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Street Machine Nationals
Pontiac Happening-V
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TomatalkAugust 2015
Volume 40 ~ Number 8
The Tomatalk is published monthly by the Minnesota Chapter 13 of the Pon-tiac Oakland Club International. The Tomahawk Chapter was founded in 1977. The chapter is dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of Pontiac, Oakland and GMC vehicles of all years and models, stock and modified.
Club events are organized for the en-joyment of our members.
All letters to the editor should be signed. Articles, letters and editorial content represent the opinions and viewpoints of the authors and not necessarily that of the Tomahawk Chapter or POCI.
web site: tomatalk.org
Tomahawk ChapterOfficers
President - Tony Miller 8044 Wood Duck Tr.
Circle Pines, MN [email protected]
651-786-1214 Vice-President
Todd Lewis5895 St. Albans No.
Shorewood, MN 55126 651-895-9325
Secretary - Steve Weese8838 Baltimore St. NE
Blaine, MN 55449 763-780-0937
Treasurer - Jim Notch107 Charity Circle
Montrose, MN 55363 952-594-5000
Newsletter Editor &Web Site Administrator
Paul Bergstrom1165 County Road 83
Maple Plain, MN 55359763-479-2248
President’s MessageJuly’s meeting was held at the A&W. The food was good, the weather was wonderful and the partici-pants were very enjoyable (even Steve)!
Some discussions centered around the Street Ma-chine Nationals at the State Fairground along with a bit of discussion about the POCI Convention in Kentucky. Both promise to be highly attended and hugely fun events, and we hope all participants enjoy the warm weather of summer while they stroll the grounds and enjoy the sun’s gleam off of those beautiful cars!
Future events include the annual Apple Valley Show. Nick Mann will be making contact with the coordinator at the dealership and will provide more details at next month’s meeting, which will be held at Wagner’s Drive-In in Brooklyn Park. An-other great opportunity to get those cars out for an evening cruise!
A shout goes out to my son who ran his first race at BIR over the 4th of July, and likewise we hope you are all having an exhilarating summer and enjoying those fine American machines of yours while the season is prime.
Tony Miller, Tomahawk Chief
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Stay Tuned.... September Tomatalk:
we will be featuring photos and the award results for
Tomahawk Chapter member vehicles.
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July Meeting Minutes7/14/15
We met at at the A&W with 16 mem-bers present. Meeting called to order at 7:30. Jim was not at the meeting, so we did not have treasurer’s report. Last months meeting minutes were read and accepted.
Old Business- Street Machine Nation-als ( formerly Car Craft ): we plan the same as previous years. Todd could use some help with the tent set up. We need some one to take it down as Todd won’t be able to be there on Sunday.
New Business- Valley Show: we were not sure if we had a flier set up at this time. Nick will try to meet with Valley. The show is usually the third Saturday in September. Ed Hustad is having a ga-rage sale with some Pontiac parts, July 18th and 19th from 9-6. Nick knows a person selling an original Nash Tun-nel Ram for 1500. Pontiac Event- The show is at the Chanhassen Motorplex on July 25. This year’s featured model is the Full size models. We will meet at Wagner’s for next months meeting.
Steve “Mudbird” Weese Tomahawk Chapter Secretary
Meanwhile... Back at the “Pontiac Ranch”
I ran out of room for my column, so I’ll just say enjoy the rest of summer here and keep those Ponchos rollin’!
Paul Bergstrom, Tomatalk Editor.
Membership Meeting
Tues, August 18th7:00 p.m.
Wagner’s Drive-In
7000 W. Broadway AvenueMinneapolis, MN 55428
Phone: 763-533-8262
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Help spread the word!Pick up some flyers at the next membership meeting.
Save the date..... make plans for the Fall BBQ/Car Show
14th Anniversary Tomahawk Chapter Fall Car Show Get Together & Barbecue
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Saturday, September 19, 2015
9:00 am – 2:00 pm • Valley - Buick - GMC •
7500 145th St.West- Apple Valley Buick – Olds – Pontiac – Cadillac – Oakland - GMC
Minneapolis Bring a Can(s) of Food
for Food Shelves - Trade for a Barbecue
St. Paul
494
35W
B'Ville Center
Cedar Ave Hwy.77
Co.Rd 42
Apple Valley
• Free Participant Admission • • Free Barbecue Lunch to
Participants with Canned Goods • • Spectator's Choice Awards • • Swap Spaces for $5.00 •
Cadillac!
Oldsmobile!
Pontiac!
FOR MORE INFORMATION: CONTACT TONY MILLER 651-‐786-‐1214 OR TODD LEWIS 651-‐895-‐9325
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A morning for Pontiac Cars and Pontiac People having Pontiac Fun! It’s that simple!
• Coffee and cookies• All Pontiacs Welcome - FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL!• Several cool, fun awards to be presented• Bring Pontiac memorabilia and parts to share or swap if you’d like• Special parking for all non-Pontiac special interest vehicles
AUTOMOTORPLEXCHANHASSEN, MN
Located just south of Hwy 5 at 8200 Audubon Road
FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT:JOHN ZEGLIN ~ 651-649-4518 ~ [email protected]
STEVE WEESE ~ 763-439-2284 ~ [email protected]
Sponsored By The Land Of Lakes GTO Club & The Tomahawk Chapter of POCI www.lolgto.com www.tomatalk.org
“PONTIAC HAPPENING V”JULY 25, 2015 9am-NoonFEATURED PONTIAC: FULL SIZE MODELS“Pontiac Happening V” at the AutoMotorPlex
Thanks to the Land O’Lakes GTO club for co-hosting the PH-V event. The featured model this year was “Full Size Pontiacs”. Here are the show results:
People’s Choice:1st: Kris Steinkamp, ‘68 FirebirdRunner-Up: Bill Doig, ‘77 Can Am
Feature Model Full Size:1st: Larry Husfeldt, ‘57 Pontiac StarChief2nd: Dan Gossins, ‘64 Grand Prix3rd: Gary Derner, ‘72 Grand Prix Convertible
Photos by Steve Weese. Thanks to Stev for representing the Tomahawk Chapter at this show- Editor.
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2016 POCI ConventionBettendorf, IAIsle Hotel & Casino
July 12-16On-line registration is now available at poci.org.
Check the poci.org website for hotel availability and convention updates, or call the the POCI Club Office at (877) 368-3454.
2015 Car Shows & Events
August 9: Land of Lakes Muscle Car Classic XXIX, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. A concourse judged car show for 1961-1974 stock restored original American Muscle Cars. Street Muscle class for modified cars. FEA-TURE MODEL IS FIREBIRDS! Special appearance by the 1965 Hurst GeeTO Tiger car. Admission $5. 651-649-4518 or www.musclecarclassic-show.com September 19th: Fall BBQ/Car Show @ Valley Buick/GMC, Apple Valley, MN 9 am-2 pm, bring a non-perishable food donation for the food shelf to trade for a BBQ lunch ticket. Open to Pontiac, Buick, Olds, GMC, Cadillac and Oakland vehicles. Host-ed by the MN Tomahawk Chapterof POCI. Call Tony Miller for more in-formation 651-786-1214.
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2016 POCI ConventionBettendorf, Iowa
2015 StreetMachine Nationals
MN State Fairgrounds
Photos by Todd Lewis. Looks like a some very nice Ponchos attended!
The next POCI Convention will be much closer to home: at the Isle Hotel & Casino in Bettendorf, Iowa (Quad Cities area).
On-line registration is available on the POCI website (www.poci.org). Room rates are $99 + tax at the host hotel, you can make reservations NOW. There is a list of alternative hotels available also on the POCI website.
Let’s plan to have a great show of members from the Tomahawk Chap-ter!
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WANTED:TOMATALK
Feature Vehicles
Member submissions wanted for feature vehicles for the newslet-ter. I can help write up the story and take photos too! Contact:
(763) [email protected]
NEXT ISSUE:
2015 POCI
Convention
Coverage
Todd Lewis has the new Tomahawk Chapter t-shirts. They are $18 each, (2) for $32 or (3) for $42. Call Todd at (651) 895-9325 to get yours.
1979 Pontiac Sunbird44,900 miles, 4 cylinder 151 c.i. Iron Duke engine. It is a 4 speed. It does not have power brakes or power steer-ing as these were optional in ‘79. I still have the original wheels ,tires and hubcaps and would sell with or without the ET mags that are on it and pictured. The car is all original ,no rust and has never been in the snow. It has a limited slip differential. A few things that I have done include, the windows are tinted with a film, air shocks were installed to raise the rear end a little. The original AM/FM radio was re-placed with a cassette stereo and a hitch was added to tow my small sail-boat to the lake. I would really like to get at least $4000.00 for the car. This is such a unique car (when was the last time you saw one on the road?) and would really like it to go to someone who appreciate it for what it is worth. I would like to get it to someone be-fore something stupid happens like me hitting a deer! Any more questions or more pix please feel free to e-mail or call me. I’m usually around in the eve-nings 218-475-2767
email: [email protected] Thanks, Terry Spieker
2015 StreetMachine Nationals
MN State Fairgrounds
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PLUGGERS By Gary Brookins
Thanks to Karen Ford for the “Pluggers” submission.
Check out Smoke Signals contributor Mike Carmichael’s new book, now available on Amazon.com. Visit:
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Out & About
Mick Mann spotted this unique ‘62 Pontiac ambulance in South Bend, Washington. Very cool- not sure if it was for sale or if someone already has plans for fixing it up!
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TOMATALKCLASSIFIED ADS
~ Parts For Sale ~
1962 Pontiac parts: rechromed wind-shield wiper bezels for single speed wipers only (will not fit 2-speed over-lap wiper cars), fits P/8 (big car) 1961 & 1962. Never installed after rechrome $175. Power brake vacuum reservoir, bead blasted, powder coated black & tested to hold vacuum, fits ‘61 & ‘62 Pontiac big cars (may fit other years) $75; rear electric antenna mount, re-plated with clear zinc (silver coat) w/rubber grommet, for ‘62 Pontiac, may fit other years $25. Contact Nick at (651) 451-7701 or (651) 263-5918, email [email protected]
1963 & 64 Pontiac: Full size parts. Regular and rare parts. Some 59 parts, 64 GP body 64 conv. Call or email with needs. Ed Kodet Evenings (612) 377-8256 or [email protected]
For sale: Mad Dog Headers - Pontiac 1961-1964 $200; #96 Heads - good condition $250; 1963 reproduction drivers side quarter panel 2dr HT $50. 1963 - kick panels, drive shaft, rocker panel covers. Doug (651) 786-2145
For sale: (1) TH-350 tranny cross-member (used) for 75-81 F-body $30; (1) TH-400 tranny crossmember (new) for 70-74 F-body $50. 2006-770 Street Avenger, vacuum secondaries, elec. choke $250. Contact Todd Lewis (651) 895-9325 email: [email protected]
Wanted: 1958 Pontiac cars/parts/memorabilia/toys/etc. Call Jim 952-594-5000 email [email protected]
Wanted: #13 heads for a 1970 GTO 400 engine, Fred Klokonos (507) 332-7060
Wanted: Driver’s side grille; (2) 15” Hon-eycomb wheels for 1976 Firebird. Mike Winkleman (515) 538-0086
Send want ads to:[email protected]
1969 Firebird subframe and a rear bumper for ‘61-’62 Pontiac Tempest Station Wagon. Bob at (701) 371-0810.
For sale: numerous 1970-1976 Fire-bird parts. Passenger side door with glass, rear window, chrome rear bum-per, gauges, grills. Dash vents, A lot of odds and ends and more. Email me what you are looking [email protected]
1955 Pontiac parts for sale: stainless, 2 wheels, steering wheel, heater sy-tem, call for more details. Al Breitbarth (952) 933-4874
~ Wanted ~
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TOMATALKClassified Ad Rates
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Tomahawk ChapterTechnical Advisors
Oakland and 1926 - 41 Pontiac Gary VanKempen
763-561-3911
1942-54 Al Longley 763-421-6953
1955-62 - Position Open
1963-72 Rollie Pederson
763-434-7400
1973-2010 - Position Open
High Perf. - Tom VanKempen763-434-7156
Firebird & Trans Am Tom Hegland
651-592-9305 [email protected]
Club HistorianMark Boyum
651-462-8493
Tomahawk Chapterweb site:
tomatalk.org
Photos and stories of member cars wanted. Send them by mail, e-mail or carrier pigeon to:
Paul Bergstrom, Tomatalk 1165 County Road 83
Maple Plain, MN 55359
e-mail: [email protected]
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Minnesota Tomahawk Chapter Membership Application Form
POCI Membership Number: __________
Membership in the Pontiac Oakland Club International is encouraged (see poci.org) Name: __________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip/Postal Code: ________________________________________ Country: ________________________________________________________ Phone:_____________________________ Fax:_________________________ E-mail address:____ _______________________________________________ Pontiac(s) owned: _________________________________________________ Referred by: ___________________________________________________________________
Annual dues are $20.00 (check payable to MN Tomahawk Chapter)
$15.00 for an “electronic” membership, newsletter received via email
SEND APPLICATION FORM AND DUES TO:
Jim Notch, 107 Charity Circle, Montrose, MN 55363
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