Tiger News! Published Monthly By The Cruisin Tigers GTO Club, Inc. GTO Specialty Chapter / Pontiac Oakland Club, International August, 2013

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1 Tiger News! Published Monthly By The Cruisin Tigers GTO Club, Inc. GTO Specialty Chapter / Pontiac Oakland Club, International August, 2013 POCI & GTOAA 2013 Nationals Dayton, OH TIGER PRIDE Standing Tall Details Inside Sorry all attending member pictures could not appear here. Time dictated I had to proceed with what I had. Tiger News: Recipient of The Old Cars Weekly Golden Quill Award 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 & 2012 Club: Co-Host POCI 40th Annual International Convention / July, 2012

2 About P.O.C.I. 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 organization (over 8,800 strong) of Pontiac enthusiasts, is devoted to the restoration and preservation of Pontiac, 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, Oakland 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 performance 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: The newly updated web site is a wealth of information for members: registration forms, tech forums, 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 accepted include: VISA, Master Card & Discover. Technical Advisors The POCI Technical Advisor program has been a great success and continues to grow as membership expands and new needs arise. These advisors are board-appointed members possessing expertise in a particular area. 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 Chief Tech Advisor: Steve Lucas Mechanical: Marvin Minarich Jr Transmissions: Steve Lucas Engines: Ron Rocchi Electrical: Marvin Minarich Jr Paint & Body: Marvin Minarich Jr : Rich Edwards : Rich Edwards : Clay Novak : Marvin Minarich Sr : Tim Ray : Doug Mecklenburg : John Campbell & 1972: Bill Nawrot : Tim Smith : (open: call Chief Tech Advisor) 2004 thru 2006: (open: call Chief Tech Advisor) All Years of Judges: Mike Lannom Parts Interchange: Steve Lucas '70 1/2 -'71 GT-37: Norm Johnson

3 Cruisin Tigers GTO Club Officers & Staff President: Jim Stern (630) st Vice President Ken Arendt (773) nd Vice President Denny Vodvarka (708) Treasurer: John Campbell (630) Secretary : Mike Brandt (630) mb67gto@att.net Director (Chairman of the BOD): Mark Grimmenga (847) mark@beaconfunding.com Director Bob Bruzek (847) gtobob68@gmail.com Director: Rick Last (630) rickbettylast@yahoo.com Director: Doug Rudisuhle (630) gus067@aol.com Director: Nick Spensieri (847) spensieri@aol.com Director: Jim Stern (630) Jim-stern@att.net Director: Bob Zeiger (630) rwzeiger@gmail.com 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 Tigers is a not for profit club and is dedicated to the promotion and preservation 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 requirement. 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 picnics, 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 submit articles, tech columns and club event pictures. Deadlines for all submissions to the newsletter are the first of the month. All correspondence for the newsletter should be directed to: Tiger News Editor 2030 Audubon Drive Glendale Heights, IL or - Kenz64GTO@aol.com Newsletter Editor & Membership Coordinator: Ken Smith (630) Kenz64GTO@aol.com Tech Editor: Marvin Minarich (815) Club Historian/Photographer: Betty Last (630) rickbettylast@yahoo.com Social Director: Ric Murphy (847) lansystem@megsinet.net Multi-Media Director: Charles Singer (847) kcmsinger@sbcglobal.net Club Store: Mark Grimmenga (847) mark@beaconfunding.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) 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 The Cruisin Tigers GTO Club Website

4 Tail-Less Tiger By Ken Smith Wow all I can say is WOW! The Nationals are over and so is our Indian Uprising event. This month s issue is dedicated to the 2013 POCI/GTOAA National Co-Vention. All the August 3rd & 4th photos from our 23rd Annual All Pontiac Indian Uprising weekend will be in our September Tiger News. So if you took pictures at our show, please send them to me or hand them to me at the August Club meeting on Saturday August 17th at Mr. Beef & Pizza after 4PM. So let s get on to this month s topics. Tim Smith & Bill Nawrot have stepped up as Club Tech Advisors. Tim will handle all 73 GTO issues and Bill gets the 71/ 72 GTO items. Thank you both for filling these voids. Now if we can get some other members to handle the 74 and/or the 04 thru 06 GTO tech spots, our GTO Tech Advisor spots would be full. Anyone? Also, since our last club meeting I received (through the U. S. Mail) a Certificate of Recognition from the Pontiac Oakland Club International (POCI) for this publication for I wish to thank all the contributors that have made this newsletter worthy of such an award. Remember that my job is to format and word Smith the information goes into each month s Tiger News it s your job to give me something to do. Thank you you make me proud to be a Tiger! Plus, do not forget the GTOAA Regional All Pontiac event at the Pontiac Oakland Automobile Museum in Pontiac, IL on September 21 & 22, Maybe we can set up a caravan to this event, so the streets will be full of Poncho Power. Anyone want to get this organized? Please note that is currently our club website. Our old website (with GTO in the name) has been taken over by some Japanese group, so avoid it. We have had one of the coolest summers in decades and my tri-power loves it and so do I. So keep your heel to the steel and we ll see you down the road! This Month s Cover By Ken Smith Club members cars in attendance the 2013 POCI/GTOAA Co-vention in Dayton, Ohio grace this month s cover. Jim Stern tried to get pictures of all Cruisin Tigers vehicles that were on display at these National events, however you can only show what you have. Congratulations to all attendees and winners of these prestigious events. Looking good no, looking great! Newsletter Printed And Distributed By: Allegra Print & Imaging 460 Windy Point Drive Glendale Heights, IL Phone: info@allegraprinting.net

5 Presidents Page - Jim Stern August, 2013 July Meeting Recap: During our July meeting we opened our annual election process as dictated by our governing by-laws. Candidate requirements and the possibility of appointment should no one run for a given position were discussed. Currently: President: no candidates (Jim Stern will not accept appointment) 2nd VP: no candidates (Denny Vodvarka will not accept appointment) Treasurer: no candidate (John Campbell will accept appointment) Director: one candidate (incumbent Mark Grimmenga) Director: one candidate (incumbent Doug Rudisuhle) The nomination process will continue in August. We also spent a fair amount of time during the July meeting discussing the importance of providing technical knowledge, parts sourcing and general Pontiac GTO knowhow. We did not have tech s for 71, 72, 73, 74, 04, 05 & 06 model years. During the meeting Bill Nawrot volunteered to serve for thanks Bill, who s next?? Technical articles for inclusion in Tiger News are also in short supply, please contribute! Recruitment: Our membership volume has been hovering in the 250 to 280 range for several years with a yearly, expected, dip at membership renewal time (April) and gradual return by late Summer (August). This places us in the upper ranks of independent car clubs nationally - something we are very proud of. I propose we now set our sights on a 300 member goal by year end - won t you please help make this happen? Perhaps you don t know we have an excellent recruitment tool - a tri-fold 8 1/2 X 11, 2-sided color flyer which is available in any quantity you can put to good use. Our purpose and mission statements, membership benefits, our history of charity giving to needy children s causes, dues requirements and membership application form are all included. One more thing, as you seek to recruit new members don t forget to mention that one does not need to own a Pontiac GTO to join us, all that s required is to be a fan of the vehicle which launched the American Muscle Car Era. Let me know how many flyers you can put to good use. Be sure to include your full name and mailing address. - jim-stern@att.net POCI / GTOAA Nationals: By my latest count 23 of our members registered Pontiac s at this years Nationals. An updated listing, vehicle details & awards earned will follow next month. Art Barrett, Wayne Beran, Tony Boehm, Ken Braun, Tim Dye, Tom Kilis, Rick Last, Roger MacZura, Ralph Marsai, George Mazurek, Marvin Minarich Jr., Bill Nawrot, Randy Pribyl, John Seiffert, Mike Sparks, Jim Stern, Terry Weiner, John Wright, Bob Zeiger, Roger Zievel, Jim Zievel, David Zievel & Evan Zievel (our 66 was registered, I attended - it didn t). Don t hesitate to make corrections/additions to this list and please provide vehicle and award details. Our Indian Uprising Weekend is fast approaching, watch for full coverage next month! Send Comments, Criticisms & Suggestions To: jim-stern@att.net If you don t stop, it s not that hard to keep going. - Stevie Nicks

6 July Meeting Minutes By Mike Brandt President Jim Stern called the meeting to order at 4:02 PM. There were 54 members in attendance and 18 Pontiacs in the parking lot. First time attendees were Henry Walper, who has a 65 GTO, Mark Boratto who has a 69 Firebird Conv., and Norm Swenson who has a 69 GTO that runs but doesn t stop too well. Welcome to all of you and we hope that you become meeting regulars. Jim let everyone know that longtime Club member Bob Bruzek is available for a one-on-one with any Club member to discuss their likes and dislikes about the Club and to see what we can do to make our Club more appealing to new and existing members. Club member Bill Nawrot asked if anyone had any suggestions on how to reglue his Original vinyl top that is starting to lift on some of the edges. Since Bill s car is a POCI and GTOAA judged Survivor Gold, replacing the top is not an option. Jim introduced the Club Officers, Board of Directors and Staff. He mentioned that Betty Last and Jane Lucas were going around the room selling 50/50 tickets for cash and prizes. Jim also explained how the you have to be here to win jackpot is run. First Vice-president, Ken Arendt, asked apparel chairman, Mark Grimmenga, for a status of our ability to use PayPal for sales during the Uprising Show. After some back and forth with PayPal, he was able to gain control of our account and things should run smoothly from now on. Mark also mentioned that next year, for the Club s 25 th anniversary, Betty Last has put together a committee to contract with Magianno s Little Italy in Schaumburg (same site as our 20 th anniversary), to celebrate our Club s Silver Anniversary on Sunday April 13, 2014 from 2 to 4 PM. There will be a cost of $25.00 per person and a cash bar. He also asked Ken Smith to put together a 25 th anniversary book of some type, to include pictures of the celebration at Magianno s. Treasurer, John Campbell was next up with his report on Club finances. Our income consisted of membership renewals and new joining members and sponsorship monies. Our expenses included Tiger News printing and postage, Show fliers, and some apparel. Given that, we were still about $2,000 to the good and the Club is well into the black. Next up was Mike Brandt with the Secretaries Report. He asked if anyone had questions about the minutes from last month and reminded everyone of the importance of signing the attendance book as it is being passed around the room. According to the Club by-laws, this is very important if you would ever decide to run for a Club Officer s or Board of Director s position, as your meeting attendance determines your eligibility to run for these positions. Ken Smith, our Membership Chairman and Tiger News Editor, stated that as of today we had 107 preregistrations for the Uprising, and that July 27 th will be the last day that anyone can pre-register. Ken also said that as of today we stood at 258 members strong and we always gain new members during the Uprising. He said the printed version of Tiger News went to the Post Office on Wednesday and the version, in full color, went out on Thursday. Ken asked if anyone had pictures from July s POCI/GTOAA Co-vention in Dayton and he would try to get them in August s newsletter. Rick Last, our Uprising co-chairman, was up next with news on our final committee meeting that will be held next week at the DuPage Expo Center at 9:30 AM. For any committee member that chooses to attend, we will meet for breakfast at 8 AM at Colonial Restaurant in St. Charles immediately before our meeting at the Expo Center. Rick said that we are looking for Show day help, as well as help during our Saturday cruise-in. There is still about 1000 Show fliers left and some cruise fliers left. Rick said to grab some when you leave and try to pass some out in this last couple of weeks before the Show. It was agreed upon that we would run a 50/50 drawing on Saturday and draw the winner at the band s first break. Also, Doug Rudisuhle will be going around to the cruise-in attendees and try to solicit donations for our charities in his bucket. We will run a new 50/50 drawing with all new tickets during Sunday s Show, and Doug will be in his normal spot as arena greeter. Jim asked if anyone in the room had attended the Co-vention in Dayton. Here is a list of Cruisin Tigers that attended or won awards at the Co-vention: Art Barrett, Wayne Beran, Tony Boehm, Ken Braun, Tim Dye, Tom Kilis, Rick Last, Roger MacZura, Ralph Marsai, George Mazurek, Marvin Minarich Jr., Bill Nawrot, Randy Pribyl,

7 July Meeting Minutes (cont.) By Mike Brandt John Sieffert, Mike Sparks, Jim Stern, Terry Weiner, John Wright, Bob Zeiger, Jim Zeivel, Roger Zeivel, and Dave Zeivel. Quite a Club presence considering that Dayton is 320 miles away. Jim brought up the fact that election time is nearing and what positions will be up for renewal. Second Vicepresident, Denny Vodvarka will not be running for re-election. Treasurer John Campbell will accept appointment to the position if no candidate is nominated or not interested in running. President, Jim Stern, is not running and wiil not accept appointment to the position. Board of Director, Mark Grimmenga, will accept nomination as will Director, Doug Rudisuhle. Mark Grimmenga was nominated for the Director s position by Nick Spensieri and seconded by Bill Nawrot. Doug Rudisuhle was nominated for a Director s position by Bob Zeiger and seconded by Ken Smith. Jim brought up the fact that we are looking for some tech advisor positions to be filled. The open positions are; 71-72, 73-74, and 04, 05, & 06. Bill Nawrot accepted the tech advisor s spot for the model years. Thanks, Bill. Our thanks to Steve Lucas, again, for bringing in items to be raffled off in our 50/50 drawing. This month he brought in a brake/clutch pedal locking device, similar to The Club for your steering wheel, and a Makita 3 3/8 cordless saw. Rick Bogoff also donated two White Sox tickets to be raffled off. Thanks to both of you for making our drawing interesting and not just about the money. The results of our 50/50 drawing are as follows: brake/clutch locking device, Patti Nawrot; Makita cordless saw, Cindy Thompson; two Sox tickets, Rick Last; $119.00, Mike Judy. The name drawn for the you have to be here to win pot of $ was Doug and Roberta Mecklenburg. Unfortunately they were not in attendance, so the pot rolls over to next month. The meeting adjourned at 5:23 PM. P.S. See you at the Uprising. Proud to be a Cruisin Tigers GTO Club Sponsor Jacqueline Rausa GRI, SRES sellinghomes@yourpad.com 5 Star Agent Chicago Magazine s 2011, 2012, 2013 Award and Prudential American Heritage Ask about a special offer for all car enthusiasts

8 POCI/GTOAA Co-Vention Photos By Various Club Members Here are my pictures from the POCI-GTOAA Co-vention Included are some 1/8 mile runs at Kil-Kare raceway on Friday 7/12/13. It was a warm sunny day and pretty well attended. As you can see, Arnie "the Farmer" Beswick was there with the Tameless Tiger II. Also making an exciting appearance was the glorious Boss Bird! On Saturday at the Nutter Center, it was another warm and beautiful day. The turnout was smaller than expected. I was told about 650 cars came and expectations were closer to 1,000. T here wasn't a lot for fans GMC or the pre-war examples in general (a trend we've all noticed at most shows). So, I made sure to include some pictures of those. There were so many great Pontiacs to see! Tempests, GTOs, Judges, Grand Prixs, Bonnevilles, Trans Ams, Fieros and ultra-rare Super Dutys. My favorite had to be the '62 Catalina raced by Jeff Tyree with all those aluminum parts including the doors! This show appeared to be organized and well worth the trip for me. I'm looking forward to next year's events, with the GTOAA in Pittsburgh and the POCI in Wichita. It's unlikely I will attend both, so I'll have to decide on one. That's a tough decision! - Dave Harris

9 POCI/GTOAA Co-Vention Photos (cont.) By Various Club Members This isn't the Michigan MonkeeMobile. This one is from New Jersey. - Bill Nawrot This is Cruisin' Tiger Mike Sparks' 1971 GT-37. It was a multi-year restoration that was completed just in time for the Co-Vention. There has already been a magazine photo shoot on the car. Here's a Performance Years Forum Thread on his car: - Bill Nawrot forums/showthread.php?t=594780

10 POCI/GTOAA Co-Vention Photos (cont.) By Various Club Members This is the '65 GTO that Marvin Minarich Jr brought to the show. Marvin did the work on it. It's his customer's car. My car & me. - Bill Nawrot The late John Sawruk's family. - Bill Nawrot These five photos were sent in by George Mazurek.

11 POCI/GTOAA Co-Vention Photos (cont.) By Various Club Members Photos on this page were taken by Bill Nawrot.

12 Board of Directors Meeting By Ken Smith Prior to the July Club s Monthly Meeting, the Board of Directors had their own meeting. Mark Grimmenga, the Board s Chairman, said that we are still awaiting the IRS response to our club s past tax status. The first topic was the approval of expenditure and cost allocation for the 25th Anniversary luncheon planned for April 13th, 2014 at Maggiano s Little Italy located at 1901 East Woodfield Road in Schaumbeurg, IL. The first vote was to approve the contract specifying a $3,400 minimum sales commitment (plus tax & gratuity) and remittance of a $1,000 deposit. Bob Zeiger moved to approve and Rick Last seconded the motion. It passed unanimously. The second vote was that each attendee would pay $25 regardless of their age. Bob Zeiger moved to approve and Rick Last seconded the motion. It passed unanimously. The third vote was for the Club to absorb the sales, tax, 20% gratuity and cost of the table center pieces (maximum $1,000). Jim Stern moved to approve and Bob Zeiger seconded. It passed unanimously. A request was made by the Board for Ken Smith to investigate creation and cost of a Shutterbug souvenir booklet for sale to Club members shortly after this luncheon. Minimum quantity, price breaks, reorder capabilities were issues that were discussed. Ken accepted this task and will report back in September. Other details that need investigation are: video, speakers, guests, etc. The second topic was Tim Dye s request for the Cruisin Tigers sponsorship of the 50th Anniversary of the GTO at the Pontiac Oakland Automobile Museum. The two levels offered were: Primary at $2,000 and Secondary at $750. The motion was made by Nick Spensieri to decline and seconded by Jim Stern. Unfortunately, because of our IRS situation we have to decline until our tax status is finalized. The third topic was tied to the Secretary s Report in the issues of Tiger News. The amount of money that is in the Club s Treasury will not be printed in the monthly issues of Tiger News, since copies of this newsletter are given to non-club individuals at various shows (MCACN, Indian Uprising, Pontiac Oakland Automobile Museum, etc.) it was discussed that our financial status should remain within the Club. Jim Stern moved for this rule and Bob Zeiger seconded. It passed unanimously. The fourth topic was the distribution of Club Donations for Timing of the distribution of Indian Uprising charitable contributions needed to be decided. Jim Stern and Rick Last disagreed on whether the IRS issue should affect our charitable giving. The suggestion was made to ask our Club s attorney. A motion was made by Rick Last and seconded by Jim Stern on making our charities distribution equally between our three Board approved and selected organizations: United Cerebral Palsy (UCP), Friends for Equine Therapeutic Activities (FETA) and IFSA Burn Camp. The vote was unanimous. Next the amount had to be voted on. Three values were presented: $2,000, $2,500 & $3,000. The vote was: $2,000 had one vote, $2,500 had three votes and $3,000 had two votes. So the $2,500 selection won. The Board decided to meet again in September before the regular Club Monthly Meeting. If you have any issues that you want presented in this meeting, contact a Board member and discuss your topic.

13 New & Returning Cruisin Members By Ken Smith CTGTO# 987 (New) Tom Prendergast 866 North Auburn Woods Drive Palatine, IL Red GTO 389/TriPower CTGTO# 990 (New) Jack & Betty Kappel Mynard Road Greenwood, NE Red Fiero NO TOP 355/5-Speed CTGTO# 992 (New) Michael & Mary Ludemann Government Lane Plainfield, IL Red Trans Am 5.7/Manual 2002 Black Trans Am 5/7/Manual CTGTO# 988 (New) Kyle Kruszewsi North Hampton Court Kildeer, IL Granada Gold LeMans 5.7 Litre 2 Renewals CTGTO# 989 (New) Chris & Beth Gregor 3815 Sterling Road Downers Grove, IL greek3815@yahoo.com (Looking for: 70 GTO stick or stick) CTGTO# 991 (New) Steve & Kerry Parrish 1005 Greta Avenue Woodstock, IL skjkparrish1@sbcglobal.net 1969 Silver GTO 400/4BBL CTGTO# 993 (New) Warren & Sue Aliprandini Hillside Drive Monroe Center, IL gto @hotmail.com 1965 Fontaine Blue GTO Hard Top 400/TriPower/TH400 WELCOME! Active Membership Count = 266 WELCOME!

14 Assembly Plant by Eric White (WAC Pontiac Brand Manager) In 1926, a companion automobile to the Oakland Motor Car Company's existing product lineup was introduced. It was named the Pontiac, for the Native American tribal chief of the Ottawa people; also the name of the city in the southeastern portion of the lower peninsula of Michigan where the Oakland was built. The immediate success of this new car was such that expanded manufacturing capacity became a necessity. In June of 1926 General Motors allocated $15 million for a new construction project. Two hundred forty-six acres adjoining the existing Oakland facility on the northern outskirts of Pontiac, MI were purchased for the expansion. The project represented the largest private U.S. construction venture of 1926, and its completion would require the use of 5,000 railroad carloads of materials. Among the world records of the time established by this venture were the employment of the largest steel sash and cement tile roofing orders. The design of the main assembly building, which would be designated plant number eight, featured the use of large amounts of glass windows in the upper levels and skylight areas, thus the term "daylight plant" was logically linked to the new structure. During World War Two, the Pontiac assembly complex, along with most of the American automotive industry, was converted to wartime armament and munitions production. The last civilian Pontiac passenger car assembled in 1942 rolled off the Pontiac, Michigan line on February 10th of that year. It would be 31 months before another automobile would be built in that plant. In support of the war effort Pontiac Motors was assigned the duty of producing: the Bofors 40mm mobile field gun for the Army, the Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft gun used on naval vessels, aircraft-launched torpedoes, artillery shells and casings, tank axles, diesel engine parts, truck engine parts, and GMC buses for wartime civilian use. PMD earned six Navy "E" flags and two Army-Navy pennants in recognition of its outstanding wartime manufacturing efforts. By 1967, when the 12,000,000th Pontiac was produced, a staggering sum of materials had been employed to produce that impressive number of vehicles. Among the totals were: 20,197,000 tons of steel, 3,992,000 tons of cast iron, 252,800 tons of zinc, 218,000 tons of copper and 212,000 tons of aluminum. Additionally, 14,200 tons of nickel (enough to make $90 million worth of nickel coins), 1,020,000 tons of rubber, and 55,900,000 gallons of paint were consumed in the 41-year process. The 131,000,000 square yards of upholstery material utilized over the previous four decades would cover nearly 24,550 football fields. And it would require 10,000 railroad tank cars to haul the anti-freeze used in all those Pontiacs. By the time the last car (a Buick Regal Grand National) rolled down the Pontiac home plant assembly line in mid -December 1987 (Fieros were assembled in the nearby Fisher Body plant #17), over 26,800,000 Pontiacs had been welded, glued, and screwed together by the various General Motors Assembly Division plants. Although not all of these cars had been produced in the Pontiac plant, the largest yearly Pontiac production totals always came from this facility. The end of line for this historic assembly plant came in the mid to late 1990s. Between 1994 and 1998 the main complex, made up of Plants two, five, six, eight, nine, eleven, fourteen, and forty-nine, were all demolished. Today a U.S. Postal Service distribution center stands approximately where the Central Foundry was located. The two silk worms ran a race, but they ended up in a tie. ================================================================= I thought I spotted an eye doctor on an Alaskan island. Not so, it was just an optical Aleutian. ================================================================= I wondered why the basketball kept getting bigger and bigger. Then it hit me. ================================================================= If you jump off a bridge in France, you are in Seine.

15 Web Browsing by Various Club Members Whenever a club member sends me web addresses that are relevant to our hobby (or just plain funny), I will place them in this column. If on the other hand, I don t get any this column will disappear for that month. - Editor Our history in two minutes is created by a high school student. (from Doug Rudisuhle): Why Russians have dashboard cameras. (from Doug Rudisuhle): Eric White s 67 Gold GTO Convertible. (from Wild About Cars): itemid= &action=viewad&categoryid= How many days old are you? (from Doug Rudisuhle): The Jovers are a vaudeville style couple that are very funny. (from Doug Rudisuhle): Club member Gary Firch has a couple videos that are on YouTube. (from Gary Firch):

16 Car Shows & Cruise-Ins (June & July) By Various Members CAR SHOWS: August 18th Stratford Crossing Gary Avenue & Schick Road Bloomingdale 9AM 3PM FREE August 18th Hooters Cup Series XIII 153rd & LaGrange Orland Park 9AM 4PM August 25th Hooters Cup Series XIII 1110 North Perimeter Drive Schaumburg 9AM 4PM August 31st Cops & Rodders Oak Park Metra Lot Tinley Park 9AM 4PM September 14th Family Fall Festival County Farm Road & Parkway Drive Winfield 9AM 4PM September 15th Winston Plaza North Avenue & 9th Avenue Melrose Park 9AM 3PM FREE September GTOAA Regional 205 North Mill Street Pontiac ALL DAY BOTH DAYS September 22nd Sonny Acres Farm 29W310 North Avenue West Chicago 9AM 4PM CRUISE-INS: INS: MONDAYS: Green Street & Route 120 McHenry 6PM 8PM (6/10 9/30) West Lot of Westfield Old Orchard Mall Skokie 6PM 9PM (6/3 9/3) Rookies 1545 West Main Street St. Charles 6PM 9PM (6/3 9/30) 31st & Wolf Westchester 5PM 8PM (5/13 8/26) TUESDAYS: Windsor & Grove Avenues Berwyn 6PM 9PM (6/4,6/18,7/2,7/16,8/6,8/20) NW Corner 75th & Lemont Downers Grove 5:30PM 9PM (5/14 10/1) Constitution Court Madison & Thomas Forest Park 6PM 9PM (6/4,6/18,7/2,7/16,7/30,8/13,8/27) Dog N Suds 454 Center Street Grayslake 4:30PM 9:30PM (5/7, 5/21, 6/4, 6/18, 7/2, 7/16, 7/30, 8/13, 8/27) Downtown Plainfield 5PM 9PM (6/4 8/27) Augustino s North Rte 59 West Chicago 6PM 9PM (5/14 9/24) WEDNESDAYS: Town Center Green & Center Streets Bensenville 7PM 9:30PM (06/12 08/28) West Main & Jandus Road (off Rte 14) Cary 6PM 8PM (6/5 8/28) Addison Road & 1st Street Elmhurst 7PM 9PM (6/5 8/21) Stephens & Main Street Lemont 6PM 9PM (6/5 8/28) Church Street (Between Milwaukee & Brainerd) Libertyville 6PM 9PM (5/15, 6/19, 7/17, 8/21, 9/18) Park Street & Seymour Avenue Mundelein 6:30PM 9PM (5/8, 6/12, 7/10, 8/14, 9/11) Tilted Kilt Lake Gary Avenue Roselle 6PM 9PM (5/15 9/25) THURSDAYS: Harris Bank Parking Lot South Cook Street Barrington 6:30PM 9:30PM (5/30 8/29) Ash Street & Kansas Street Frankfort 5PM 9PM (5/16 9/12) Old Courthouse Parking Lot 4th & James Streets Geneva 6PM 9PM (7/11 8/29) Rookies 325 Randall Road Huntley 6PM 9PM (6/6 9/26) Red s & Dog N Suds Parking Lot Highway 12 & Ami Drive Richmond (5/23 9/5) Burlington Street Riverside 5PM 10PM (6/13, 7/11, 8/8) Cass Avenue & Burlington Westmont 6PM 9PM (6/6 8/29) FRIDAYS: Downtown Downers Grove Curtis & Main Street Downers Grove 6PM 9PM (5/17 8/30) Main Street East of Roselle Road South of Irving Park Roselle 6PM 9PM (05/31 9/27) Goodys 2057 Lincoln Highway (Rte 38) St. Charles 6PM 9PM (5/17?) Wheaton Downtown Front & Main Streets Wheaton 6:30PM 9:30PM (05/31 9/13) SATURDAYS: Downtown Lombard St. Charles & Park Lombard 6PM 10PM (6/2 8/30) Downtown Morris Liberty Street Morris 6PM 9PM (6/8, 7/13, 8/10, 9/7, 10/12) Downtown Metra Lot Rte 83 & NW Highway Mt. Prospect 6PM 9PM (5/18 9/28) Tilted Kilt 2360 Lakewood Blvd Vernon Hills 6PM 9PM (5/18 9/28) SUNDAYS: Green Meadows Shopping Center Lake Street & Addison Road Addison 6PM 9:30PM (5/19 9/29) Rookies Between I90 & Higgins off Randall Road Elgin 6PM 9PM (6/5?)

17 Car Shows & Cruise-Ins (June & July) (cont.) By Various Members CRUISE-INS INS (specialty night for Pontiac or GTO): August 21st Roselle Tilted Kilt Lake Street & Gary Avenue 6PM 9PM Pontiac Night August 24th Vernon Hills Tilted Kilt 2360 Lakewood Blvd 6PM 9PM Pontiac Night August 26th Skokie West Lot of Westfield Old Orchard Mall 6PM 9PM Buick/Olds/Pontiac Night September 12 Kenosha 3340 Mall Loop Drive (Westfield Mall) 6PM 9PM GTO Night Tricks & Tips (Part 3) By Bill Kennedy (NIFE member) Stainless Steel Hardware: Be careful when using stainless steel nut and bolt together. Should you over tighten these items they will have a tendency to gall against each other and weld together. Here are some ways of preventing this from happening: a) use a stainless bolt with a steel nut or vis-à-vis. b) if you must use both together, use anti-seize on the parts prior to assembly. c) should you not have anti-seize available, use Maylox. You may find it s more reasonable, readily available and works as well. If on the other hand you wish to put something together and not want it to come apart Fastening Phillips Head Screws: Have you ever tried to fasten a Phillips head screw in a limited amount of space? A space where your needle nose fingers won t fit? Try applying grease to the tip of the screwdriver then stick the screw to the driver and drive it home. After securing, wipe any excess grease from the head of the screw and driver. Controlled Fastening: When assembling things together where there are several fasteners, lossely fasten all units in place before tightening. This will allow the parts to shift, avoiding abuse to the part or fastener. Crossthreading Avoidance: When reinserting a screw into plastic or soft material avoid crossthreading by taking the screw and backing it up (counter-clockwise) until you feel the threads connect. You will feel a slight bump through the screw. You can then turn the screw in (clockwise) without crossthreading. Quik Threads Threaded Inserts: This item is for use on metal or plastic parts where the thickness doesn t allow for proper threading to hold together. Consider using a product called QUIK THREADS by Fastener products in Wauconda, Illinois. This item is inserted into the predrilled hole and with a hand tool expands behind the material similar to a Molly anchor. The difference is the threaded insert offers various sizes of machine screw threads to suit the fastening need. Metric and SAE threads are available. Chassis Paint: CHASSIS SAVER is a rust preventative paint available in gloss or satin black. It compares to POR-15, but is more reasonably priced. It may be applied with a spray gun, but I ve had great result with a foam brush (no streaks). If it gets on your hands and you do not immediately wash it off with lacquer thinner, expect black marks for about four days before it wears off. I ve found it to be especially useful on plastics, I ve found this item at Terrace Supply and I m sure it s available at other auto paint outlets. Parts Cleaning: When cleaning parts prior to applying a thread locking compound, try using brake cleaner or lacquer thinner for good adhesion. Valve Spring Pressure Tester: When testing springs for correct pressure, use a bathroom scale (don t tell your wife and make sure it is clean when returning it) and a drill press. Put the scale under the drill press. Set the stop on the press for the measured height and depress the spindle to the stop and read the pounds off the scale. All springs should be within specifications and within 10% of each other.

18 Wanted: Cruisin Classifieds GTO parts. James Heyser (847) (bad) or CT#724 ** Looking for a pair of stainless steel upper door reveal moldings for a 67 GTO hardtop. Eddie at Side modeling for 72 LeMans. Marty Brennan CT#417 ==================================================================================== For Sale: Pontiac License Plate: black embossed aluminum metal sign, license plate size 6" x 12", plastic shrink wrapped and pre-drilled holes. $10 including shipping. Check or money order, Payable to: Ian Bergstrom, Mail to: 1165 County Road 83, Maple Plain, MN Mulltiple quantities available at a discounted price. Call (763) or pcpvnews@ties2.net CT # New set of two black tow hooks with bolts for a 2010 thru 2012 Silverado or Sierra. $ Near new muffler (only 238 miles on it) for a 2010 thru 2012 Silverado or Sierra. New price at dealer is over $ Asking $ Call Marty Windelborn at CT#848 Engine parts, heads, and many misc. pieces (large & small) from 1960 s & 1970 s motors. Set of Ram Air III heads #48... all machined & finished inquire. Call Ron Rocchi at (847) CT# and 1967 GTO parts for sale: NOS, Reproduction and good used. Too numerous to list. Please call Dennis Parus at or me, dfp67@aol.com with your needs. CT# GTO convertible. PHS documented. Project car. Call for details after 4 PM and make offer. Jim Micetic (773) CT#716 Looking for the letter T that goes on the hood of a 66 LeMans. Joe Kolar at jkolar_2000@yahoo.com or (708) CT# GTO 4X Heads $ shipping, or you pick up. Clay Novak yeoldgoat1966@yahoo.com or CT# GTO Judge PHS Documented,400 ram air III, 4spd, frame off restored, modified, burgundy, white leather interior, new tires, multiple GTOAA & POCI Concourse Gold winner, too much to list. $52,500 Go to gatewayclassiccars.com for pictures and a video or call Bob Zeiger at CT# dark maroon w/ white interior Pontiac GTO hardtop, 389, Tri-Power, 4 speed Hurst, chrome wheels, custom Auto sound system, traction bars & air shocks. 84,000 +/- miles. Car is in excellent shape. Reason for selling have only had time to drive twice in the past 2 years. Asking Price: $ 42, Cell (630) , Ext 11 ; J.Gaffney@GaflandLtd.com CT#448 '66 GTO passenger fender w/antenna port (I have had 22 years). Burgundy, straight, rust free! $ I have more mint used and NOS NIB GTO items to list. Call Larry Banks at (630) if no answer, leave a message, I'll get back pronto!! CT#165 ** 1) Intake Manifold (stock cast iron) 4 bbl from a 1968 (E298) pn $ ) Intake Manifold (stock cast iron) 4bbl. from a 1970 (455) (C050) $ ) Intake manifold Edelbrock Aluminum (p4b) $ ) Trunk Lid from a 1965 GTO light rust $ ) 65 GTO rocker moldings. (Need to be polished.) $50.00 John Gloff at (847) CT#37 **

19 Cruisin Classifieds (cont.) For Sale (cont.): 1) transmission with 3500 stall converter. Powder coated case. Chrome pan with drain plug & chrome dip stick and tube. Built by TRS Transmission in Orland Park using the best of everything. Very low mileage and never abused. Asking $ OBO. 2) Complete heater box with good heater core and chrome outside cover. No leaks. $ Call Doug Rudisuhle at CT#213 1) Full Size Chevrolet/GMC WD Pick-Up Rebuilt 4 Speed Transmission. $ worth of new parts. Completely rebuilt. $ OBO 2) Pair of #66 heads with comp value job, roller rockers, screw in studs, guide plates, nuts, etc.; assembled, have 100 miles on them. $ ) 462 cubic inch Pontiac engine over Pro built forged pistons, chrome rings, balanced, clearance, complete short block, assembled, less heads. $2, ) Late 1990 s Grand Am deck lid spoiler, black. $ Call Glen Halverson at (847) or at badbilly13@hotmail.com CT# Luxury LeMans: Intended for Street and Strip use with Professionally Built 1973, 455 (.30 over), 1970 Ram Air III heads, hydraulic comp cam, 850 Holley Carb, Turbo 400 with 2800 stall. Vehicle has solid body and good interior. Asking $4, OBO, will sell as is and include original 350, 350 Trans & A/C unit. Call Howie Visteen (708) CT#404 4 Goodyear Wide Tread F70-14 Road Range Bias 4 ply Red Line tires that are like new. Call Bob Studt at $ or OBO CT#809 1) 1967 HO aluminum exhaust pipes & tail pipes. (Mufflers & hangers not included). $ ) 1967 Pontiac A body convertible driver side & passenger side glass. $ ) 1967 Pontiac A body convertible window regulators. $50.00 Call Tony Boehm at (630) CT#291 Huge Pontiac Die-cast collection. Several hundred cars. All Pontiacs. Mostly GTO's and Firebirds. All are 1/64 scale (a couple of Hot Wheels 1/50 scale). Hot Wheels, Johnny Lightning, Muscle Machines, Matchbox and Greenlight. Most of the collection is in excellent condition in original packaging. There are some loose cars available. I ve been collecting these cars for many years and it s gotten out of control. There are many duplicates and some very rare pieces. Most cars are $5 or less. To a Pontiac die-cast collector, this is a dream. All cars are sorted and easy to look through at my home in South Elgin. Please contact Paul Weinstein at (847) CT# turquoise GTO hardtop, fresh 400 engine, 200 R4 transmission, disk drum brakes, too much to list. $32,500 or OBO. Call Chuck at '68-69 Pontiac Lemans Hood for those of you who need clearance for that new blower or tunnel ram manifold in your GTO and don't want to cut a hole in your perfectly good original hood. Rust free and painted taxicab yellow, just needs TLC. $250 Call or text CT#483 Pontiac 455 short block, no intake manifold. Came out of a 67 Firebird. Contact Bill Kennedy at or at billkusa@att.net 60 Series Cushman motor scooter: I think it is a 1949 model. 2 speed transmission. Runs good, but needs a good home with someone to restore and enjoy it. For sale $ or best offer. Call Doug Rudisuhle at CT#213 Gantry Crane used to lift GTO body so that the frame may be rolled away for body-off restoration. Constructed of 3 x 3 x 0.25 heavy square steel tubing. Dimensions are 7'4" H x 8' W and would fit into a standard garage. Can be disassembled into 9 pieces for storage. $500 and I'll throw in a 1 Ton chain hoist. It drinks much less beer than your 6 buddies would. Call or text CT#483 Anyone have a 66 GTO project car that they started on and no longer want?? Or Parts?? Sheet Metal? Front Tubular Control Arms, 4 Wheel Disc Conversion? Call Daniel Russo at CT#961 ==================================================================================== (If your For Sale item has sold or Wanted item has been located, please inform the Tiger News Editor so your listing can be removed. Thanks.) HOPE YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU WANT OR... HAVE AND WANT TO SELL!

20 2012 Tiger Of The Year Mark Grimmenga! RETURN ADDRESS: The Cruisin Tigers GTO Club 2030 Audubon Drive Glendale Heights, IL 60139