The guys at Royal, as is often the case, were a bunch of cut ups.
Wangers had ordered an aluminum third member for his car and was getting really antsy for its arrival. When it did (finally) show up the mechanics saw it sitting on the floor strapped to a pallet; they noted Dad's car sitting a few bays down and somebody thought it would be hilariously funny to install the carrier in Dad's car and not tell anybody.
Dad didn't notice until some time later, when he was under the car doing something else.
Jim continued to get more and more agitated and finally gave up looking for his aluminum part. I don't think he knows what happened to it to this day. He probably would not find it hilariously funny.
(Well - he might, now. Not then, though).
K
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'63 LeMans Convertible
'63 Grand Prix
'65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer
'74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.56 @ 139 mph best
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