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Tiger News! Tiger News! Tiger News! Tiger News! Tiger News! Tiger News!
Tiger News: Recipient of The Old Cars Weekly Golden Quill Award:
1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 & 2015
Club: Co-Host POCI 40th Annual International Convention: July, 2012
Published Monthly By The Cruisin’ Tigers GTO Club, Inc.
GTO Specialty Chapter / Pontiac Oakland Club, International
March, 2017
Tiger News!
Meteorological Spring starts March 1st
Tach it up, tach it up, ...
About P.O.C.I.
Chief Tech Advisor:
Steve Lucas 630-964-8508
Mechanical:
Marvin Minarich Jr. 815-791-1051
Transmissions:
Steve Lucas 630-964-8508
Engines:
Ron Rocchi 847-966-0998
Electrical:
Marvin Minarich Jr. 815-791-1051
Paint & Body:
Marvin Minarich Jr. 815-791-1051
1964:
Rich Edwards 847-394-0325
1965:
Rich Edwards 847-394-0325
1966:
(open: call Chief Tech Advisor)
1967:
Marvin Minarich Sr. 815-467-0381
1968:
Arnie Goldstein 847-815-6257
1969:
Doug Mecklenburg 847-437-7657
1970:
John Campbell 630-554-3004
1971 & 1972:
Bill Nawrot 708-352-5835
1973:
Tim Smith 309-714-0201
1974:
(open: call Chief Tech Advisor)
2004:
(open: call Chief Tech Advisor)
2005:
(open: call Chief Tech Advisor)
2006:
(open: call Chief Tech Advisor)
All Years of Judges:
Mike Lannom 847-338-7478
Parts Interchange:
Steve Lucas 630-964-8508
'70 1/2 -'71 GT-37:
Norm Johnson 708-772-3587
The Cruisin' Tigers GTO Club is “the” GTO non-regional specialty chapter of Pontiac-Oakland Club International (POCI), the premier national organization for Pontiac, Oakland & GMC enthusiasts. Why Join POCI? The Pontiac-Oakland Club International, the world’s oldest and largest organiza-tion (over 8,800 strong) of Pontiac enthusiasts, is devoted to the restoration and preservation of Pon-tiac, Oakland and GMC vehicles. The POCI promotes the preservation and accurate restoration of these vehicles through its various services, publications and events. Membership in POCI allows access to a vast pool of information, experience and parts resources. Local and specialty chapters are also available to further the POCI membership experience. $35 annually for U.S. membership. . Smoke Signals POCI’s full-color, monthly magazine, Smoke Signals, is devoted to Pontiac, Oak-land and GMC vehicles and their owners. It contains owner profiles, event coverage, technical data and restoration tips. You will find stories about our members and their vehicles, along with perfor-mance articles and news of chapter activities across the USA, Canada and around the world. The Classified section provides the membership with a forum for the exchange of parts, information and
vehicle-related items. Ads from members, whether for sale or wanted, include parts, sales and service literature, and promotional items as well as complete cars. Classified advertising privileges are extended to members only - FREE of charge. Only Pontiac, Oakland and GMC related, non-commercial items are permitted. Web Site: www.poci.org The newly updated web site is a wealth of information for members: registration forms, tech fo-rums, chapter news, event listings, convention information, online classifieds, ID codes, links to an on-line member forum, many vendors and sponsors- the list goes on and on. Members can also access on-line POCI member information including name, phone number and vehicles owned. The website is constantly adding new and useful information. Credit cards ac-cepted include: VISA, Master Card & Discover. Technical Advisors The POCI Technical Advisor program has been a great success and continues to grow as member-ship expands and new needs arise. These advisors are board-appointed members possessing expertise in a particular ar-ea. Questions from correct paint and upholstery, to mechanical rebuilds, to performance issues, can be addressed by PO-CI technical advisors. Library The POCI library is a massive collection of Pontiac, Oakland and GMC literature, unlike any other, anywhere else. It contains valuable technical data (manuals, engineering reports, etc.) as well as marketing and sales information (brochures, posters, photos, material samples, etc.) All this is available to our members. Materials cannot be sent out, so photocopies are available at a modest cost. POCI Convention This is the gala event of the year for POCI, attracting hundreds of members and their cars from all over the world. The convention rotates annually to various locations throughout the US and is jointly sponsored by the POCI and the POCI chapter servicing the area or a POCI Specialty Chapter.
Cruisin’ Tigers’ Technical Advisory Staff
President:
Randy Ray
(630) 740-8840
1st Vice President
Eric Carlsen
(815) 436-9514
2nd Vice President
Mark Balinski
(630) 971-1538
Treasurer:
John Campbell
(630) 554-3004
Director:
Ed Dreksler
(847) 987-2196
Director:
Nick Spensieri
(847) 358-2288
Director:
Ken Smith
(630) 853-3483
Director:
Bob Zeiger
(630) 964-9238
Membership Coordinator:
Ken Smith
(630) 853-3483
Newsletter Editor:
Randy Ray
(630) 740-8840
Tech Editor:
Steve Lucas
(630) 964-8508
Club Historian/Photographer:
Betty Last
(630) 964-6962
Social Director:
Ric Murphy
(847) 634-9158
Multi-Media Director:
Paul Weinstein
(847) 812-3782
Club Store:
Mark Grimmenga
(847) 683-7103
Secretary :
Open Position
Please contact Mark or Randy
For information
Director (Chairman of the BOD):
Mark Grimmenga
(847) 683-7103
Director
Paul Weinstein
(847) 812-3782
Director:
Rick Last
(630) 964-6962
Club History and Mission: The Cruisin’ Tigers GTO Club was founded in April 1989 by six GTO enthusiasts. This club has grown into the GTO non-regional specialty chapter for Pontiac Oakland Club International (POCI). The Cruisin’ Ti-gers is a not for profit club and is dedicated to the promotion and preser-vation of Pontiac’s ultimate muscle car... The GTO. The club acts as a source of information to its members through monthly meetings, a tech advisory staff and club website. The club welcomes anyone with stock, modified or an interest in The Pontiac GTO to join. Ownership of a GTO is not a membership require-ment. Club meetings are held the third Saturday of every month and start at 4:00. Members are encouraged to bring their cars to monthly meetings. Club Events: In addition to monthly meetings; the club sponsors cruises, annual pic-nics, and the club’s annual car show, The Indian Uprising. Members and their families can enjoy organized activities with other GTO enthusiasts. Membership: Membership dues are paid annually and collected April 1st. Dues are $30.00 and are subject to a prorated amount for new members. Tiger News: Members in good standing receive the club’s monthly newsletter Tiger News. In addition to free classified ads, members are encouraged to sub-mit articles, tech columns and club event pictures. Deadlines for all sub-missions to the newsletter are the first of the month. All correspond-ence for the newsletter should be directed to the following e-mail or physi-cal mailing addresses:
The views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the entire membership. Reproduction of any part of TIGER NEWS is PROHIBITED without express written permission of
The CRUISIN’ TIGERS GTO CLUB
Cruisin’ Tigers GTO Club Officers & Staff
The Cruisin’ Tigers GTO Club Website www.cruisintigers.com
The monthly club meeting is at: Mr. Beef & Pizza 1796 Elmhurst Road Mt. Prospect, IL Beginning at 4:00 PM 3rd Saturday of each month
(except January & December)
In this issue: Editor’s Update Remembering Ron Klomp President’s Page Renewal Time New Members Fall Color Cruise License Plates Old and New Meeting Minutes Cars and Coffee FTEA Picnic Pontiac Museum Classifieds Pontiac Museum tease... Look inside and enjoy.
Table of Contents
Photo courtesy Don and Ann Keefe. (11/12/16 - Florida)
Editor Update
As you know, Classifieds run here and the website., with the start of the new year (season), I’m wip-ing out all prior ads, that came in during 2016. I have a few new classified that came in, do far in 2017, plus the sticky-note board from the February meeting. I will print pictures on a space allowed basis. What does that mean? Now, when the ads are light, I’ll put the pictures in, later in the sum-mer, I may drop the pictures as space may be tight. Ads will run a minimum of 3 months, again, space will determine and/or editor discretion. A note to advertisers: renewal requests will also be going out this month for the coming year. I’d like you to review and update your artwork as appropriate. Thank you, The Editor
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...passing of Ron Klomp, Cruisin’ Tiger #53
We were recently informed by his family that long time Cruisin’ Tiger, Ron Klomp, has passed away.
Ron joined the club in September, 1989. He had a white on white 1967 GTO hardtop.
The below is from his daughter, Jenni.
Just received the new Tiger News this morning in my email to print it out like I always do for my dad. I wanted to let you know he passed away in January. I know the renewal comes up soon and my mom (Henrietta), brother (Kevin) and I would like to continue receiving Tiger News as his GTO is staying in our family. My mom will still mail in a check like she always does. I know he rarely made it to any of your events or shows but he still felt a part of the club with Tiger News. He proudly displayed his white Crusin' Tigers white satin jacket in the car and tiger stuffed ani-mals at our little local car shows. Whenever he had questions, issues, or work to be done on the car, you all were always there. Thank you for that. Have a great day, Jenni Boyd
What a nice statement from Jenni. We are very sorry to hear about your father, he did make it to a fair number of our earli-er events, and for all you new guys, yes, we had white jack-ets at one time.
President’s Page by Randy Ray
Admit the Truth. Don’t overthink it. Those are 2 rules I try to live by. Its pretty simple, admit the truth, if you can’t be honest with yourself, well, you know the rest. The other one is, don’t overthink it. Don’t make things complex if they don’t need to be. Saw a great quote by a retired Admiral. “If a plan can be misunderstood, it will be misunderstood”.
So, where am I going with this. The racing world just got done with the Daytona 500, and the news-papers were lamenting the decline of NASCAR. Mostly due to bad TV ratings and attendance be-ing down. The follow up articles are in the vein of NASCAR management doesn’t care, or is too stubborn to address it. I concur mostly, so, once again, NASCAR is tweaking the points method for a Championship and messing somewhat with the aero effects on the car. How to fix a lot of issues, however, can be answered in the photos here.
First, the totally bad ass Pontiacs above, all canted over in preparation of the high banks at Dayto-
na. Those things are just mean looking, then David Pearson’s Ford Torino. The cars are actually
sort of stock. Admit the Truth—NASCAR was complicit in allowing modifications in the interest of
greater speed. The teams sold them that certain(?) modifications would allow faster speeds and/or
greater safety. NASCAR wanted the cars faster as it made better headlines. The Pearson car
there is a 68, just before rules started to slow the cars down. 1969 and 1970 saw the wing cars
come in, and then they were gone by 71, also big blocks were gone in 71.
So, here we are in 2017, one thing that can’t be changed is, and this is a hard one to admit—is eve-
rytime these cars went faster, was THE VERY FIRST TIME, and that creates excitement all by it-
self. The fastest lap at x track, new track record, first 150 mph qualifying, first 200, etc. So, now
what. How about running STOCK CARS? Like it says in the name. Not some template car. Each
manufacturer has a very fast car now, Camaro, Mustang, Challenger. If you don’t have a rear drive
car that can run with them, tough—adios Toyota. Look at the 1962 Pontiacs above, daylight under
the car, stock ride height. Look at Pearson’s car, has about 1” of factory spoiler (really just an up-
tick in the trunklid). Prescription for the boys in Daytona—real cars, not template cars, stock ride
height, no or factory spoiler only, and for good measure take some tire width away. Boom, cars you
can recognize, good for fans, and manufacturers, speeds become manageable and put the driver
back in control, good for NASCAR. Don’t over think it.
Happy Cruisin,
Randy’
Renewal Time by Ken Smith
It’s that time of year again!!! Please send your renewals in, to help you out is the below form.
Cruisin’ Tigers Membership Renewal
Name:____________________Spouse:________________
Address:________________________________________
City:_________________________ State: ____ Zip:___________
Home: ( )__________Cell: ( )_____________
Email:___________________Membership #:__________
Membership Dues (with electronic newsletters) are: $30.00/year due April 1st
or
Membership Dues (with hard copy newsletters) are: $50.00/year due April 1st
Make Your Check Payable to: The Cruisin’ Tigers GTO Club
Mail to the club Membership Chairman: Ken Smith 2030 Audubon Dr.
Glendale Heights, IL
Don’t let your membership expire or you’ll miss out on the
upcoming season of Pontiac GTO-related information.
Office Use Only:
Date Paid:___________ Amount Paid:_____________
___________ N/L Mailed:______________
In Computer:_________ Roster Mailed:___________
New Members by Ken Smith
I’d like to welcome our new and rejoining members here. I couldn’t help but notice the rela-
tively high numbers of out of state and out of country sign ups. We’ll do our best for you.
The unique addresses do really illustrate just how diverse we are, yet we all come together
under the Pontiac umbrella. Thanks, the Editor
Total Member Count—274
Please include our Fall Colors Cruise on your calendar as a joint event. It will be October 15th this year. We cruise up to Lake Geneva, have lunch at The Geneva Inn, then cruise around the lake taking secinic roads to view the fall foliage. It will be our 5th year doing this and it is a great time. Here's a few posts from our website about it to give you a better idea of how cool it has been: 2014 - http://midwestfirebirds.org/?p=3093 2015 - http://midwestfirebirds.org/?p=4034
CT# L NAME F NAME ADDRESS CITY ST ZIP PHONE E MAIL Year Model Config
1024 Bergbower Don N5779 Rosedale Road Deerbrook WI 54424 715-610-7336 [email protected] 1965 GTO Convt
1097 Cerezo Milton 2715 Carr 459 San Antonio PR 0069 787-552-9981 [email protected] 1970 GTO HT
1098 Fata Mike & Amara
1780 Fox Mead Court Montgomery IL 60538 630-897-0603 [email protected] 1974 GTO Coupe
1099 Foster Michael 1866 North Country Lane Michigan City IN 46360 219-879-8576 [email protected] 1967 GTO
1096 Green Anton 14640 East View Drive Piedmont SD 57769 806-317-5200 [email protected] 1969 Judge HT
1101 Hiertz Joseph 2051 Oakwood Northbrook IL 60062 847-878-8883 [email protected] 1969 GTO Convt
1100 Hoalt Ron 2S 425 Sanchez Drive Warrenville IL 60555 630-880-6014 [email protected]
1095 Huddleston Jimmy 222 Riverbend Circle Royston GA 30662 706-498-2723 [email protected] 1964 GTO
1102 Kwasny Richard 5315 South Rutherford Chicago IL 60638 773-405-5022 [email protected]
696 Lewandowski Russ & Joan
5 N 185 Fox Wilds Court St. Charles IL 60175 630-387-1046 [email protected] 1967 GTO HT
1042 Lyczak Paul 820 Vassar Lane Schaumburg IL 60193 847-542-3388 [email protected] 1964 GTO HT
1103 Medrano Jimmie 3024 East 87th Chicago IL 60617 773-216-0827 [email protected] 1974 GTO Hatch
828 Minarich Jr. Marvin & Kimberly
9550 Sandridge Industrial Court
Morris IL 60450 815-791-1051 [email protected] 1965 GTO HT
737 Moller Ron & Jennifer
717 Lomond Drive Mundelein IL 60060 224-422-0644 [email protected] 1969 Judge Coupe
1092 Mullins Steve 9139 Birch Street Orland Park IL 60462 708-243-8655 [email protected] 1967 Tempest HT
1104 Munn Paul & Carol
4290 Rosewood Court Lake In The Hills
IL 60156 847-854-1443 [email protected] 2005 GTO Coupe
1093 Powers Chris 1077 Birchwood Drive West Bend WI 53095 414-788-7597 [email protected] 1965 GTO HT
1105 Walsh Ken 17244 South 66th Court Tinley Park IL 60477 708-259-4444 [email protected]
1094 Wanichek Dave N6428 3rd Drive Plainfield WI 54966 715-572-5150 [email protected]
1106 Warren Chris 8 Shadesrest Court Troy IL 62294 618-530-1263 [email protected] 1966 LeMans HT
An Invitation from the Midwest Firebirds—Fall Color Cruise
Some of our key sponsors
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License Plates are available for 2017!!!
Old and New—this month we feature; Ken Smith
What a wonderful world we live in… classic muscle cars & new muscle cars. I was a Pontiac owner most of my life and when it came time in 2014 for me to trade up from my 2008 Pontiac G-5 there were no Pontiacs to look at. Remember that Pontiac left me, I didn’t bail on them. So I went to my second love, which was the Plymouth ‘Cuda or the Dodge Challenger. And since Chrysler Motors shut down their division that made the ‘Cuda that narrowed the playing field to the Dodge Challeng-er. I had the option of purchasing a 6 cylinder Challenger (in black) or a Hemi Challenger R/T (in black). Can you guess which one a tripower GTO owner would lean towards?
I have fun cruisin’ year round. The Challenger is my open road cruiser. I have driven it to Sarasota,
FL three times. I can do that trip of 1300 miles in 18 hours. The greatest features of the new car
are: the 375 HP 5.7 Liter Hemi, the GPS, the sound system (that has a 40 GB hard drive to store my
favorite oldies), the body style (that just screams 1970’s muscle), and heated front seats (for winter
time cruisin’). My ’64 black GTO hardtop comes out only when the weather is good and is my gear
jamming 4- speed, with three two barrel Rochesters and a 355 differential. My GTO is my short dis-
tance cruiser (which includes a drive to Pontiac, IL annually to the Pontiac Museum). My two cars
affect the age groups differently… anyone under 30 enjoys the Challenger and above that age cate-
gory loves the classic GTO. Me? I love ‘em both!
Meeting Minutes by Mark Balinski
Meeting minutes from Saturday Feb 18th
Meeting kicked off at 4:00 pm sharp. Randy Ray welcomed everyone to the first club meeting of 2017. Due to the unusually warm February temperatures and clear roads, there was a great showing of cars in the Mr. Beef and Pizza parking lot. There were three GTOs, two G8’s and two LeMans. Randy reviewed the board elections. Eric Carlsen was re-elected as 1
st Vice President. Mark
Grimmenga was re-elected as Chairman of the board. Ed Dreksler returns to the club as a Board officer (Director). Rick Last, Paul Weinstein, Ken Smith, Nick Spensieri and Bob Zeiger remain on the board. John Campbell has moved to Indiana but remains as the club Treasurer. The club sec-retary spot formally held by Mike Brandt is open. The club is currently looking for a Secretary. Even if you can volunteer for one month at a time your assistance is greatly appreciated. Please consider volunteering your time! Randy mentioned that the BPOC swap meet was taking place on Sunday February 19
th. Ric Mur-
phy had extra table space at the swap meet and offered it up to other club members. The upcoming March meeting on March 18
th will host a special guest. Dan Purcell from Purcell
Performance and Restoration will speak to the club. In September we will conduct an off-site club meeting at Performance and Restoration in Elburn, IL. In April we will host our newest charity As-sociation of Horizon. In May members are encouraged to attend the Tri Power Automotive dust off in Libertyville. Our club will also be joining the Midwest Firebirds club for Cars and Coffee twice a month early on Saturday mornings. Stay tuned. More details to come on all of these events! Other upcoming events include GTOAA National in Springfield IL June 27
th through July 1
st. There
will be many club members joining. If interested in attending please let us know at the March meet-ing. The Woodward Dream Cruise is the 3
rd weekend of August. Again there will be several club
members attending. Randy discussed the Single Plate Initiative that the State of Illinois is considering. Links outlining the plan will be included in next month’s newsletter. The ads in the Tiger newsletter are being wiped out as some have been listed for quite some time now. We are starting fresh for 2017. POCI President Wayne Beran reminded everyone to vote for POCI board members. Awards go to Chapters that submit the most ballots. The National POCI convention will be held in Fort Worth Texas July 11-15
th.
The printed Tiger Newsletters are now being placed in an envelope for ease of mailing and reduced
mailing costs. The newsletter will go 100% digital (emailed) in 2018. Until then, paper copies of the
Newsletter will remain available for $2.00 at club meetings.
Meeting Minutes—cont’d. by Mark Balinski
Mark Grimmenga informed attendees that the Newsletter Editor position has been handled by Randy Ray since October 2015. This job needs to be filled by another club member. Randy needs a break! With the advent of the electronic newsletter in 2018, this position will become much more manageable. We are looking for a volunteer to take over this position. Randy can provide more details regarding the requirements of the job. Become more involved with the club and build relationships with other club members by volunteering for this position! The club board meeting was held on January 21
st. During that meeting Mark Grimmenga was re-
elected as Chairman of the Board. Ed Dreksler returned to the board as well. The club’s 12 year old computer died. The Board approved a new laptop for the Treasurer. The board also ap-proved the purchase of 7 tablets. These will be used to streamline the registration process for the Indian Uprising – for “day of” registrations. Club dues will remain at $30 per year, $60 for a 2 year membership and $85 for a three year membership. The Christmas party will remain free for 2018 (more details will be provided prior to the party). During the board meeting it was also decided that the Association of Horizon would replace the Comfort Dogs as our charity. This was decided because the club wants to focus on local charities. Membership cards will no longer be printed to reduce club expenses. The club roster will contin-ue to be printed and distributed. Ken Smith provided a member count update. Currently the club is at 270 members. Our mem-bers reside in 18 states. We also have members in Sweden, Australia and 2 Canadian provinc-es!! Club membership renewal date is April 5
th! The renewal fee is $30. If you want to receive a print-
ed newsletter the club membership is $50. The deadline to get your membership fee submitted is April 30
th.
Paul Weinstein provided an update on the club website. There will be a NEW member’s only sec-tion. Paul is working very closely with Tim Dye to obtain access to the Pontiac Museum’s vast library. By March 31
st the site will provide access to this reference library. We will be the ONLY
club that has access to this material. Details will be provided that will instruct members how to create an account to login into this section. There will also be access to the Tiger Newsletters da-ting back to at least 1999. Don Keefe will be supplying access to a never seen before reference library. The old reference library will be completely replaced. Paul provided an update on the Uprising. Forms for Uprising license plates are now available. Order your license plates now before they are all gone! The money raised by the plates go to our kid’s charity. The indoor arena is already 50% sold out!! This is the earliest that we have reached the 50% mark. Register now if you want an indoor spot this year. We expect that we will certainly sell out spaces this year. Tents will be allowed at this year’s Uprising but they MUST be weighted down. Paul also created
a dedicated website for the Uprising. Please visit www.theindianuprising.com . This link will take
you directly to the Uprising website.
This year the club will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Firebird, the 40
th anniversary of the Can
Am and the 40th anniversary of the Bandit Trans Am. The Midwest Firebirds are joining and assist-
ing us with this year’s Uprising. We are expecting a huge showing of Firebirds this year. Expect to see 550-600 cars for this year’s event! Paul reviewed the new digital registration process for the Uprising. Attendees that register the day of the event will now be able to enter their registration information on tablets as they drive into the Uprising. This digital process will greatly improve and streamline the process. We are still looking for Sponsors. Sponsorship forms are now available. Please assist the club in finding sponsors. Ask any business that you have a relationship with. Eric Carlsen pointed out that Wayne Berans – President of POCI - is a Cruisin’ Tigers club member and he is usually in attendance at our club meetings. Eric reminded everyone to become members of POCI. The Smoke Signal magazine is a great benefit of becoming a member of POCI. Our club (Ken Smith) received the 2014 Golden Quill award for the Tiger News . We also received the 2015 Golden Quill award for the Tiger News (Ken Smith, Nicole & Paul Lyczak, and Randy Ray). Congratulations! Randy mentioned that Mecum auctions is now advertising in USA Today. This is a testament to how our passion and hobby is taking off. If you haven’t attended a Mecum auction it is an event to behold. The local Mecum auction is held in Schaumburg in October but the larger auctions are hosted in Indianapolis (May) and Kissimmee Fl (this event was already held in January). Bill Nawrot mentioned that Western Springs is looking for Classic cars to participate in their Memo-rial Day parade. There is also a St Patrick’s day parade on March 5
th in Countryside. They are al-
so looking for cars to participate in their parade. The 50/50 drawing of $134 was won by Tom Kilis. The “have to be here” drawing was at $651.50. The member drawn was member #905 – Kevin Callahan. Kevin was not in attendance at the meet-ing so the winnings roll over. Ric Murphy has some discontinued Meguiar’s products for sale. If interested, please contact him. Lastly there was a vintage tee shirt that was raffled off…the winner was Bob Studt. The meeting ended at 5:03 pm.
Meeting Minutes—end by Mark Balinski
Cars and Coffee
1. Crystal Lake - 31 & Rakaw Road. 1125 S. IL Rt. 31 A.
2. Elk Grove Village, - 12 Biesterfied Road. Biesterfield and Arlington Heights Road. 3. Warrenville - 28341 W. Diehl Road.
New Event – we are officially going to participate with the Midwest Firebirds in their Cars and Coffee
events. The concept is simple, from 7:30 to 9:00 on the second and fourth Saturday of every month
you can meet up with other gearheads at a Starbucks somewhere near you. Locations at the bottom
of the page. Nothing formal, but gives an opportunity to get your ride out, go somewhere, and not kill
a whole day. Yes, its Starbucks, keeps it simple. Starts in May!
FTEA Picnic—May 20th
Help us KEEP THE PONTIAC LEGACY ALIVE!
If you are not yet a member of POCI and would like to check out our monthly magazine, Smoke Signals, please email or call the club office and we’ll mail you a complimentary copy and an application form to join up.
POCI is the largest Pontiac club in the world! Our monthly magazine has great articles, you will get access to our technical advisors and the best classified ads (on-line and in our magazine) for Pontiac, Oakland and GMC vehicles and parts for sale and wanted.
See more details on our website http://www.poci.org/.Call 877-368-3454 or email [email protected] (say: Free Smoke Signals please! and include your name and mailing address).
Paul Bergstrom, POCI Club Office Manager
Join POCI
Please submit ads to Randy Ray by the 1st weekend of the month.
Cruisin’ Classifieds
FOR SALE: For sale: 67 GTO OEM Quadrajet #7027262, date code D7. All shafts and linkage move freely. Fuel inlet threads are excellent. Original idle dashpot is on it, as well as the metal vacuum line to the brake-booster hose. Asking $675. Kermit Lambert 847-541-2111 [email protected] '67 GTO intake manifold, dated E-05-7. Clean and repainted the proper 67 blue engine color. Mounting surfaces are straight. No cracks or broken corners. Asking $160/offer. Kermit Lambert 847-541-2111 [email protected]
3500-stall converter for a TH-400 trans. Made by Midwest Torque Converters, of Rockford. Came off of a trans that I bought from Doug Rudisuhle, put together for him by Marvin Minarich.. Asking $200/offer.Kermit Lambert 847-541-2111 [email protected]
67 Quadrajet choke thermostat set; new, $40. Kermit Lambert 847-541-2111 [email protected]
64-67 GTO rear passenger-side armrest ashtray (hardtop or coupe); VG condition, $20. (Kermit) 64-68 GTO remote mirror mounting pad: new, $7. Kermit Lambert 847-541-2111 66-68 side roof-rail light lenses: OEM pair, crack in one, all mounting tabs intact, $30/offer. Kermit 64-69 trunk lid "GTO" emblem and nuts; new, $20. Kermit Lambert 847-541-2111 [email protected] Automatic transmission speedometer gear: black/40 tooth, new, $10. Kermit Lambert 847-541-2111 66-67 OEM starter switch without lock cylinder; $75/offer. Kermit Lambert 847-541-2111
1970s Firebird 350 exhaust system (small diameter), including cross flow muffler new in box—$300, Randy 630-740-8840 or [email protected] Radiator, Copper-Brass, 15 1/8” tall, 2 5/8 thick core, 3” mounts, no A/C, U.S. Radiator, fits 1966 GTO (and 67). $225, Paul Weinstein, 847-812-3782, [email protected]
Cruisin’ Classifieds
1969 GTO Chrome rear bumper, good condition, $200. 1969 Firebird Trunk Lid—Free 1967 Firebird 400 Hood, original—$200
1974 Pontiac 350 Engine. Heads to pan, for rebuild, $400 Rich Kroon 773-597-7714 1964 Bonneville, 2 dr, Blue, PS, PB, AC, Excellent Condition 773-318-1058 Keith (c/o of Al Kern) 1966/67 GTO Exhaust w/Hooker Arrow Chamber Mufflers, great condition, $125, Bob Zeiger 630-964-9238.
NOS 66 GTO parts, too many to list, excellent 4 speed console high end show quality. 69 GTO parts
headrests, rear metal bezels, Ric Murphy #003 847-634-9158, [email protected]
Pete Pulizze, 847-340-4084
From inside the Pontiac Museum Paul has initiated getting some never before seen materials.
Look for more on this in the future...
Tiger Of The Year… Denny Vodvarka
RETURN ADDRESS:
The Cruisin’ Tigers GTO Club 2063 Maplewood Dr. Gurnee, IL 60031
