Milt Schornack and the Royal Bobcat GTOs

<p> The original muscle car the Royal Bobcat GTO was the baby of a burgeoning Detroit subculture one not sanctioned by the big automakers of the early 1960s. In a post-World War II America hungry for chrome flash and speed Royal Pontiac in Royal Oak Michigan modified and sold its souped-up versions of GTOs to customers and in the process created a demand for custom street racers in America. Founded by Ace Wilson the Royal name became synonymous with speed.</p><p> 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 responsible for the custom Bobcats--to the fabled midnight test runs on northern Detroit's famous Woodward Avenue. Fourteen chapters illustrated with 25 photographs of vintage GTOs the infamous <I>Car & Driver</I> road test photos against a Ferrari GTO and more chronicle the history of a car that changed the focus of the Detroit auto industry for the next decade. Former editor-in-chief of <I>Hot Rod Magazine</I> Ro McGonegal contributes a foreword.</p>