Description
The unique muscle car, the Royal Bobcat GTO was once the baby of a burgeoning Detroit subculture, one not sanctioned by the massive automakers of the early 1960s. In a post World War II The usa hungry for chrome, flash and speed, Royal Pontiac in Royal Oak, Michigan, modified and sold its souped-up versions of GTOs to customers, and within the process created a demand for custom street racers in The usa. Founded by Ace Wilson, the Royal name was synonymous with speed. This book outlines the history of the Royal Bobcat GTO, from the people including Milt Schornack, the mechanic who raced for Royal Pontiac and was once accountable for the custom Bobcats to the fabled middle of the night test runs on northern Detroit s famous Woodward Avenue. Fourteen chapters, illustrated with 25 photographs of vintage GTOs, the infamous Car & Driver road test photos against a Ferrari GTO, and more, chronicle the history of a car that changed the point of interest of the Detroit auto industry for the following decade. Former editor-in-chief of Hot Rod Magazine Ro McGonegal contributes a foreword.