Am I in trouble... again??

[balthazar]

I've been requested to contact the grandson of Harley Earl, by said person, in regards to some unspecified internet rambling I did on concept cars.

Not sure what caught his eye...

This brings me right back to the time the owner of Pontiac Historical Services called my house, demanding to know why I was "badmouthing" him on the internet.

(He still hasn't fixed the 'problem' ! )

[ocnblu]

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[FUTURE_OF_GM]

Okay 1) balthazar: that's freakin' awesome! If I knew 20% of what you know about vintage iron, I'd be happy.

And 2) ocnblu: that's the funniest $h! I've seen in a long time!

[daves87rs]

[Sixty8panther]

Awesome. Maybe you will get to take the '51 LeSabre out for a quick spin around Detroit.

Be careful though, some of the neighborhoods there are a bit rough I hear.

The locals might try to steal your rims to mount on their stolen Cadillac Escalade.

[balthazar]

^ I don't think they'd want to downgrade to 15"s, tho.

[Camino LS6]

Very interesting.

As for the owner of PHS, I've spoken with him and he seemed personable enough - but he does have a reputation for a hot temper.

He used to own one of the first Firehawks.

[Blake Noble]

Judging from your avatar, I'd say trouble is in your future. Wanna go ahead and sell me that Buick so I can put it in my traveling circus? You can clean out the trunk first, though. I don't want any part of that or what's out back in your woodshed.

seriously, though, keep us posted on what this might gein you

[balthazar]

Had a very enjoyable conversation tonight, we agree on a lot of the same factors AFA the 'state of the union' goes, both present & past (especially the past).

I had a number of questions that went unasked, but perhaps later; looks like we're going to keep in touch, which I'm looking forward to.

If anyone hasn't checked out his website, it's carofthecentury.com

Learned 1 frightening, angering tidbit tho; universally disliked Roger Smith signed a crush order on the Y-Job & the LeSabre.

LeSabre has been guesstimated to have cost between $500K and $1M to build in 1951. It's damned nearly priceless today.

They were quickly sent over to the Henry Ford Museum on long-term loan by a few people who had some sense, until after Smith was gone, in order to safeguard them.

Holy crap.

[Robert Hall]

Who is that in your avatar, Balthy? Looks like Ed Gein..

[balthazar]

'tis indeed my man, ETG.

[Camino LS6]

Had a very enjoyable conversation tonight, we agree on a lot of the same factors AFA the 'state of the union' goes, both present & past (especially the past).

I had a number of questions that went unasked, but perhaps later; looks like we're going to keep in touch, which I'm looking forward to.

If anyone hasn't checked out his website, it's carofthecentury.com

Learned 1 frightening, angering tidbit tho; universally disliked Roger Smith signed a crush order on the Y-Job & the LeSabre.

LeSabre has been guesstimated to have cost between $500K and $1M to build in 1951. It's damned nearly priceless today.

They were quickly sent over to the Henry Ford Museum on long-term loan by a few people who had some sense, until after Smith was gone, in order to safeguard them.

Holy crap.

Very,very cool!

And

I didn't think that I could hate Roger Smith any more than I already did, but...

What a truly despicable man!

[Blake Noble]

Who is that in your avatar, Balthy? Looks like Ed Gein..

Who? Nawwwww. Couldn't be.

'tis indeed my man, ETG.

Eh, I dunno. I think Ed Gein would get a run for his money from Edmund Kemper. Kemper had some serious mommy issues himself.

[Sixty8panther]

I say put Roger Smith in the crusher!!!!!!

[Robert Hall]

I say put Roger Smith in the crusher!!!!!!

I think he's long dead and buried. One of the worst CEOs in GM history, just a bean counter corporatist with no automotive passion in his soul.

[riviera74]

Roger Smith

[balthazar]

^ >>"CNBC has called Smith one of the "Worst American CEOs of All Time"."<<