The Cruisin Tiger GTO Club Officers and Staff

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3 The Cruisin Tiger GTO Club Officers and Staff President: Steve Lucas (630) Secretary / Membership Coordinator: Ken Smith (630) payrsinc@aol.com Director Mike Lannom (815) pontiacmuscle@tbcnet.com Vice President / Director: Jim Sternburgh (630) jimstern@nrets.com Director: Rick Last (630) rickbettylast@yahoo.com Newsletter Editor: Paul Weinstein (815) editor@cruisintigersgto.com Vice President / Director: John Skwirbllies (630) skwirbs@aol.com Director: Doug Rudisuhle (630) gus067@aol.com Tech Editor: Steve Lucas (630) sjl67gto@cs.com Treasurer: John Campbell (630) Director: Doug Mecklenburg (847) Club Historian/Photographer: Betty Last (630) rickbettylast@yahoo.com Club History and Mission: The Cruisin Tigers GTO Club was founded in April 1989 by six GTO enthusiast. Over the years the club has grown to the be the largest chapter of The GTO Association of America. The Cruisin Tigers is a non 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 clubs annual 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 $24.00 and are subject to a prorated amount for new members. Membership in the GTOAA is not required but strongly encouraged. Tiger News: Members in good standing receive the clubs 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 correspondents for the newsletter should be directed to: Tiger News Editor 103 Glenbrook Trail McHenry, IL editor@cruisintigersgto.com Social Director: Ric Murphy (847) lansystem@megsinet.net Promotion Chairman: Jim Sternburgh (630) jimstern@nrets.com Site Webmaster Al Gierut 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 INC The Cruisin Tiger GTO Club Website

4 Tiger Tales By Paul Weinstein I wont spend too much time on talking about The Nationals because I know Steve will be covering this in his column but I just thought I d say a couple of things. If you have never made the trip with the club to this convention, I would highly recommend that you do it just once. You don't have to have a concourse quality car and there isn't anyone that will criticize you because you don't. The Nationals are about celebrating the car we all hold so dearly to our hearts. The tech sessions given by well known icons in the hobby are alone worth the trip. If you want to learn more about the hobby or want to get ideas on how to restore your own car, there isn't a better place on earth. There are cars from all walks of life at this international event. On show day, the lot will be full of concourse cars ( a great source for seeing first hand some ideas if your into resorting to factory correct or tastefully done modified), and popular vote cars totaling somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 GTO s. Even though the event does peak at show day, there are car and family events scheduled every day. The 2006 GTO Nationals will be held at Louisville, Kentucky. From the looks of things, this could be a very large family event. For one thing, the host hotel (capable of holding some 700 cars in the parking lot) is right across the street form The Great America Amusement Park!!! Just one suggestion though, the Nationals are only open to GTOAA members, you have to book reservations far in advance, and to the owners of other A and X body cars, there is a class just for these cars in the popular vote and they will be accepted in concourse running only in the modified class. The caravan with the club is a lot of fun. The club owns a bunch of open band walkie talkies so you can chat with everyone while your trailering or driving your goat. Getting there and coming home is half the fun of the trip. The Cruisin Tigers Welcome A New Advertiser Soon to be the largest collection of Pontiac Apparel & Collectables anywhere Paul Weinstein Thanks to Ram Air Restorations for the new ad placement. We are grateful for the full page advertisement on the inside back cover. Check out the back page of this newsletter and their website. This months cover of Tiger News belongs to Mark Grimmenga. Mark took gold honors at the Nationals with his 1969 Judge fresh out of restoration. I may be wrong on this one, but I overheard that his car was the second highest scoring car out of all 50 concourse cars. I guess Mark owes Jim Martino at Best of Show a thank you for that one. Jim did an amazing job on this restoration. Jim also restored Brandon Goodwin s 66 which took gold honors as well. I guess that s why they call themselves Best of Show. While on the subject of the cover of Tiger News, if your car happens to fall on the front page of this newsletter, not only do you get a couple of extra copies, but you also get a colorized version of the same newsletter. Pretty cool huh? As you are receiving this newsletter, there are only about 30 days until The Indian Uprising. If you have not pre-registered for what we believe to be by far the biggest show in its fifteen year history, I strongly urge you to do so. Not only do you save a couple of bucks on admission, but you fly right into the show field and by pass the lines getting in. Jim Stern should have the celebrity picture available for sale at the next meeting. I am not sure of the size of the photo, but I know its much larger than a regular sheet of paper and has individual pictures of all four of our celebrities on one sheet. All four of them have agreed to sign this print which could be valuable someday. How often do you see Arnie Beswick, Linda Vaughn, Ken Crocie and Jim Wangers together all in one place? The next club meeting is this Saturday. If you are planning on coming out, bring the goats. Even if you haven't been to a club meeting in a while, you should plan to attend. It would be great to see you!!!!!!!

5 The Prez page By Steve Lucas For the most part, all the Cruisin Tigers had a GRR888 time in St. Louis at the 26 th Annual GTOAA Convention. The thermometer read in the high 90s most of the week with comfortable temperatures in the 80s on Friday and Saturday. No rain! It always seems to be the hottest day on race day. Thursday at Gateway Race Park was 101 degrees. Probably 145 at the starting line inside your GTO with the windows rolled up and the brain bucket over your head. But for some racers, it only lasted 10 seconds. Me, a little over 15 seconds. That s right, Pontiac engines don t like hot weather either. With the high heat and humidity, Rich Heidlauf calculated that we were racing in atmospheric conditions equivalent to 4200 feet above sea level. That will slow you down especially when your car is tuned for 600 feet above sea level. I decided to cap up the headers. No use making a lot of noise when the Goat s only going 15 seconds. My next run knocked of a little more than a second and a half. Rich tells me that I was running too lean under the current weather conditions and capping up the headers richened the air/fuel ratio. About a half hour later, clouds covered the sky and temperatures started to drop. How much, I don t know. But my next run before eliminations ran.2 of a second quicker. Now, what to dial-in. I put on the rear window and ran a 13.72, a win. With the temperature feeling a little cooler, I dialed in again and ran a I broke out but the other guy broke out also. The rules state that the guy who runs closer to his dial-in time wins when a double break out occurs. Hey, lucky me, I m in the semi finals. Now I can really feel the temperature getting much cooler. I dialed in a I watched the guy I m racing change his dial-in from to right before we were told to enter the burn out box. Sneaky. He ran a to my I broke out again, he didn t. Oh well. Rich Heidlauf didn t do too well either. He probably had his mind at Union Grove, WI where he is currently in 1 st place in the Summit Racing Bracket Racing Series. Rich be there by Saturday to try to keep his 1 st place position. Good luck Rich. Keep us posted. The last event of the evening was a burn out contest. John Johnson s (GTOAA Chapter Coordinator) youngest son, Brian, and his girl friend, Lauren, were with me the whole day. Lauren wanted to take her first ride ever down the ¼ mile as a passenger in my 67 but couldn t. We found out that you have to be at least 18 years old to be aloud past the staging lanes. I asked her if she wanted to sit in the car while I did my burn out. I told her it should be OK because I wasn t racing. I thought I was the only one entered so this was a gimme. Well, I thought, I d put on a good show anyway. I stood on the gas pedal for seconds. I melted the cheater slicks. Then I did a launch and went half way down the ¼ mile hoping the rear tires wouldn t blow out and Lauren wasn t supposed to be with me anyway going down the track. Making my turn around I could see some smoke coming from the starting line. A 62 full size Pontiac race car was doing his thing. When he returned to line up behind me next to the grandstands, the track starter came walking (briskly) up to my car. I thought we were in trouble now! I told Lauren that she was to be my daughter and had my permission to be in the car with me. The guy told me that he has never seen so much smoke come from a street driven car. He stated that I did better than John Force did just a week earlier. Whew! Next came a 66 GTO up to the water box and made a gallant attempt to shred his back tires. He came close but no cigar. Another note to remember: Elections are coming up in November for Officers and Board of Directors. Positions up for elections: President (vacant) 1st Vice President (vacant) 2 nd Vice President (vacant) 2 Board positions (one vacant) Mark your calendars: Sunday, July 24 th, 2005, 3 rd Annual All Pontiac car show at Marquardt Pontiac, Buick, & GMC in Barrington, IL. Opens at 10AM. For info call: Ken August 19 th -21 st Woodward GTO Classic Weekend and Dream Cruise. Host Hotel is the Sterling Inn in Sterling Heights, MI. Call to make reservations. Rooms are $99.00 a night. See you on the 16 th, Steve

6 Meeting Minutes By Ken Smith On a beautiful Saturday afternoon (June 18 th ) the Cruisin Tigers GTO Club, Inc. held its monthly meeting at the Mr. Beef & Pizza on Elmhurst Road in Mount Prospect. President Steve Lucas (Cruisin Tiger # 219) presided over the gathering of 34 club members, which began at 4:12 PM. There was a lot (nice round number) of classic and new generation GTOs in the parking lot. (I ll try to get a better count next month.) There were no new members or first time attending members at this meeting. However, Arnie Goldstein (CT#103) rejoined the club after a few years hiatus. He owns a white 68 GTO convertible. Original GTO owners in attendance were: Clinton & Mildred Webb (CT#592) drove their light blue 65 GTO hardtop, Bob Bruzek (CT#439) (owns a blue with black vinyl top 68 GTO hardtop), John Cutts (CT#573) brought his black 65 GTO hardtop and Roger Illg (CT#681) in his silver 04 GTO coupe. Club Treasurer John Campbell (CT#16) presented this month s financial transactions of our club. Debits for the last month included membership dues and Indian Uprising pre-registrations & credits included Tiger News printing and postage, T-shirts, checking account fees, the club s anniversary pizza party, office supplies and printing IU flyers. John stated that we continue to be financially sound. Next on the agenda were the results of the bylaws election. As Club Secretary all ballots were mailed to my home and the final tally was 105 ballots to accept the by-laws as written by the By-laws Committee and none to reject them. So it is unanimous, we have an updated and legally approved set of club rules. If you ever need a copy of these rules, contact me and I will either or U.S. Mail them to any club member. Currently we have 248 active club members and are at a 46.5% GTOAA membership level. I passed around copies of club membership application forms and asked every club member to put some in their cars to hand out at cruise nights and car shows. Rick Last (CT#271), Jim Stern (CT#375) and I had available rooms at the GTOAA Nationals at the host hotel that we offered to any Cruisin Tigers that were looking for a room. There were no takers. Paul Weinstein (CT#558) showed this year s Indian Uprising event shirt and a new club t-shirt design. The Indian Uprising dash plaque of John Skwirblies (CT#273) 72 GTO was passed around the room to many oohs and aahs (mostly from John). I m kidding I really like the look. Next, Rick Last discussed this year s Indian Uprising car show status. He feels that we are getting better organized, but we still need some members to volunteer some of their time to handle all the tasks that lie We needed 3 volunteers for the parking lot and 3 for registration. Terry Disvilio volunteered for registration, so we still need two more people to help with day of show registration (which will be complete by 11 AM). Also since Betty Last & Jane Lucas will not be attending the GTOAA Nationals this year, we will need a volunteer to set up our club table. Someone noticed that the cars that have been on the last two Tiger News covers were photographed in the parking lot of our last two monthly club meetings, so if you would like to have your car on the cover guess where you may need to park it in the coming months. It was noted that we (as a club) have been skunked for an entire month of having our cars in any national publication. That really hurts! Then Steve showed a product named Kozak Auto Dry Wash that does what its name implies and does a great job. No scratches or swirls marks. Then Calco Plating at 414 North Wood Street in Chicago has a special price on re-chroming bumpers. The 64 thru 69 front and rear bumpers are $337/each and the 70 thru 72 front and rear bumpers are $329/each.They can be contacted at Next Jim Stern was given the floor to make it through his list of topics: Ric Murphy recommended Instruments Service, Inc. GTOAA membership forms were made available and the reasons for joining were discussed GTOAA s publication The Legend has had a couple of Cruisin Tigers as the cover and feature car of the month Cruisin Tiger laminated window cards are available. Indian Uprising Celebrity Commemorative Prints of our four guests were made available for pre-show purchase for $10. Our celebrities can sign these the day of show. The SEMA Action Network watches legislation that could hurt our classic club hobby. Jim said that you could join them on the Internet to stay informed. An example of impending legislation is that all exhaust systems must be stock. Jeff Hill (CT#7) said they were on the Hot Rod Power Tour this year. Also, Jeff talked about the Power Tour that he Long Hauled from Milwaukee, WI to Kissimmee, FL. It was $55 to register. He said there were 3000 cars that started the long trip. GM had a trailer with welders that would fix your car if it broke down for free. His car ran 205 degrees in 90 degree weather (with his new aluminum radiator). They had 2 and 1/2 inches of rain in Birmingham, AL. He found that if he started ahead of the cruise by one to one and a half hours that his travel time was better than if he ran with the pack. The total trip was 1700 miles and he used 165 gallons of gas with a 355 differential. That s a little better than 10 miles per gallon. Next year the Power Tour goes from Kissimmee,

7 Meeting Minutes Continued Parts Tires Service Accessories Mike Chuinard Sales Representative (708) (800) PEP BOYS Fel Pro Raybestos Dana Luk American Racing Gabriel

8 This will be the last newsletter before The Indian Uprising next month. Please remember to register in advance. Pre-registration is open until August 6th (you can register on site) Not sure if your going to attend?? If you don t, you ll miss the biggest All Pontiac event in the Midwest!!! And then you ll kick yourself!!!!! Fill out this form NOW!!!!! Bring the family!!! The kids will enjoy the clown from 11:00-1:00 Many door prizes, raffles and free gifts Talk Pontiac History with Jim Wangers (see a GTO Judge from Jim s personal collection) Talk GTO Racing with Arnie Beswick (See Arnie s all new Tameless Tiger II) Talk Hurst with Linda Vaughn Talk Engines and Suspensions with Ken Crocie You can get all four of their signatures on a special print available at the show

9 Location: THE KANE COUNTY EVENTS CENTER Rain Date: Sunday August 28** Registration: 8:00AM - 11:00AM / Awards: 3:00PM PARTICIPANT VOTING: NO CLASSES Over 125 Awards Including 5 Judged Best Of Show Awards Top 90 Vote Getters Receive 1st Place Style Awards Next 30 Vote Getters Receive Special Recognition Awards Swap Vendors - Food Vendors Dash Plaques (First 200 Participants), 50/50 Cash Drawing, Event T-Shirts, Contests, Door Prizes, Giveaways, Live DJ - 3D-SOUND, & More!! Special Guests:* Arnie The Farmer Beswick Linda Miss Hurst Golden Shifter Vaughn Ken Crocie / HO Racing Jim Wangers The Godfather of The GTO Traveling and need overnight accommodations? The Comfort Inn is new and only blocks away. Individual rooms and suites available. Reservations fill up fast. Trailer parking available. Free continental breakfast. A nice family restaurant next door. The Comfort Inn Geneva 1555 East Fabyan Parkway, Geneva, IL (630) VEHICLE ADVANCE REGISTRATION FORM (VENDORS SEE BACK) Name: Phone: ( ) Address: City: State: Zip: Car Year: Model: Color: Car Club Affiliation Make Check Payable To: Cruisin Tigers GTO Club Mail Form & Check To: Ken Smith Cruisin Tigers GTO Club 2030 Audubon Drive Glendale Heights, IL (if any) Entry Fee: $15 Pre-Register (Before August 6th) $18 Day Of Show *Large Groups Of Show Cars Requesting Reserved Space: Please Call Dick Edwards (847) Show Chairman: Rick Last Day Of Show (630) (630) Visit Us Online: *Celebrity appearances on August 14 show date only ** Rain or shine CLUB USE Registration Number: Date: / / Check Number: Amount: $

10 from the northwest: take rt. 31 or rt. 25 south then take roosevelt rd. (rt. 38) east. continue east through geneva, il then turn south (right) on kirk road to the first traffic light, turn right at the light (cherry lane). from the north: take rt. 59 south to roosevelt rd. (rt. 38). take roosevelt rd. west 4 miles to kirk rd. Turn left (south) on kirk to the first traffic light. turn right at the light (cherry lane). alternate: take I-355 south to I-88 west. continue west on I miles and follow the below directions. from the far north and northeast: take I-294 south to I-88 west. continue west 19 miles on I-88 to the exit marked north farnsworth ave. to kirk rd. - mile post 120. farnsworth ave. becomes kirk road. continue north 5.5 miles (through 7 traffic lights). turn left (west) at the 8th traffic light (cherry lane). this light is 1 mile past the batavia water tower. Note: the comfort inn motel can be seen to your right at the base of the geneva water tow- er. = show location = motel location from the east, south and down state illinois: take I-88 aurora (west) exit off I-294 then follow the above directions. About This Years Charitable Contribution Marklund is a private, not-for-profit organization which exists to help infants, children, and adults who have severe and profound developmental disabilities reach their highest potential and live a full and happy life. A charitable contribution will be made to Marklund with proceeds from The Indian Uprising VENDOR REGISTRATION FORM (VEHICLE OWNERS SEE OTHER SIDE) Name: Phone: ( ) Address: City: State: Zip: Description Of Items To Be Sold: Vendor Space Is Measured In 10X20 Lots (Parking Spaces) Cost: $15.00 Per Space How Many Will You Need? To Reserve Your Spot Please Send This Form And Payment To The Address Shown On Front Need More Info? Call Tom Wood (847)

11 What's Happening August 14th 15th Annual Indian Uprising (See Page 6) Kane County Events Center August 19th 20th - Woodward GTO Classic Weekend Sterling Inn Sterling Heights, MI $99.00/night Reservations August 25th Cruisin Tiger Night at Crystal Lake Cruise Night 6-8 PM October 1st 2nd Annual Pontiacs In Pontiac, Pontiac IL More information coming soon October 2nd Buick-Olds-Pontiac-Cadilac-GMC Truck Classic & Antique Auto Show / Marquardt Buick Scott Mich / Dan Marquardt Haven't been to a chapter meeting in a while? Never been to a chapter meeting??? Thinking of coming to a Cruisin Tiger meeting??

12 2005 GTOAA Nationals The Cruisin Tigers showed up in big numbers in Sty. Louis this past month at the GTO Nationals. More than fifteen club members joined up from four states to show their prized goats. Concours Gold Award: Brandon & Leeann Goodwin- Red 1966 GTO Hdtp, Mark Grimmenga- Carousel Red 1969 Judge Hdtp, Rick Last- Burgundy 1967 GTO Conv, Fred & Sharon Mazzoni- Silverglaze 1967 GTO Hdtp, and all the way from Boones Mill, VA, Charley Tull and his lovely wife Carol with their Black 1966 GTO Hdtp. Concours Best of Show: Modified: Rick Last- Burgundy 1967 Conv. Concours Car-Silver Award: Ken & Gail Braun- Red 1965 GTO Hdtp, John Campbell- Liberty Blue 1970 GTO Conv, Mike Hill- Signet Gold 1967 GTO Conv. Note: The three GTOs that received Gold Awards, Brandon Goodwin, Mark Grimmenga, and Rick Last were fully restored by Jim Martino of Best of Show, Inc. John Campbell s 70 was painted by Jim. Popular Vote: Ray & Carol Beno- Barrier Blue 1966 GTO Conv. 2nd Place, Steve Lucas- Signet Gold 1967 GTO Hdtp Modified 1st Place, Al Weintraub- White 1966 GTO Conv. 2nd Place, and Bob Zeiger- Burgundy 1970 Judge Modified 1st Place, Winners Circle: Jim Stern Burgundy GTO Hdtp, John Campbell Red GTO Conv, Paul Weinstein Blue Charcoal LeMans Membership Compliance Award: Cruisin Tigers 48% GTOAA Membership Newsletter Excellence Award: TIGER NEWS, Paul Weinstein- Editor Racing: Steve Lucas- 3rd Place Street (D.O.T.) Class (Best MPH) Burn Out Contest: Steve Lucas- 1st Place Model Car Contest: Steve Lucas- 1st Place (adult class) w/amt 67 Hdtp. The editor had to sneak in this great shot of Old Blue Another shot of Mark s Gold Judge Cruisin Tiger members from The Detroit area Fred & Sharon Mazzoni s Purple 67 Brandon Goodwin puts the final touches on his freshly restored 66 There's always excitement in the Cruisin Tiger Club corral. The trunk lock cylinder broke on Ricks Last s 67. Is that a punch hammer? OUCH!!!

13 2005 GTOAA NATIONALS Looks like Arnie is getting ready to drive away in Jim Stern s 66!!! Arnie signed many different cars includ- Charles & Carol Tull are Cruisin Tiger members from Boones Mill VA. Their beautiful black 66 is a concourse gold winner. Ray Beno took a second place in popular vote with his 66 Convertible This is just a sample of what was believed to be around 300 GTO s in the crowded lot outside the hotel. It s hard to see in a black and white photo, but there was no shortage of Carousel Red Judges on display. The Cruisin Tigers had commandeered a portion of the back lot just for club parking. From the left John Capbell s two 70 convertibles, Mike Hill s 67 Convertible, Paul Weinstein s 66 LeMans and Ste- John Campbell brought two cars. You have probably seen John and his red 70 convertible (first place winner from last year sitting this year in winners circle) but chances are you probably haven't seen this blue one yet. It just came out of restoration

14 Tigers On The Prowl Tigers on the Prowl for parts is a FREE SERVICE to members of the Cruisin Tigers GTO Club. All adds will run for (2) months unless specified and run no more than (50) words. Since we exchange newsletters with many other GTO clubs, your ad will go around the country and on occasion may appear in additional publications For submission of Tigers on the Prowl, please contact: Tiger News Editor Paul Weinstein 103 Glenbrook Trail McHenry, IL editor@cruisintigersgto.com For Sale lower windshield channel, $ LeMans passenger grill $20. 14x6 Rallye II, $25/each. 66/67 GTO non a/c core support, $ GTO cowl vents $20/set of GTO doors, $150/each or $200 pair. 68 GTO rear bumper core $ GTO/LeMans rear bumper core, $50. Many more parts. gloryrestoparts@yahoo.com Help Wanted It has been heard many times around the club recently Hey, where are all the good cruise nights? or I d like to hit a car show this weekend, but I don't know where in the world to go!!!. So in answer to these questions, I have the need for someone to report on cruise nights and car shows. Yea, I know what your saying, but Paul, this is the July newsletter and the season only has another month or two left. Well, guess what, Its never too late. This is a great opportunity for someone who is big on the local cruise and car show scene to get involved with their club. Please call me: Technical Advisory Staff Chief Tech Advisor: Steve Lucas Mechanical: Paul Elson Transmissions: Pete Stemen Engines: Ron Rocchi Electrical: Paul Schiavon Paint & Body: Jim Martino : Rich Edwards : Rich Edwards : 1967: Marvin Minarich : Ed Dreksler : Doug Mecklenburg : John Campbell & 1972: John Skwirblies & 1974: John Skwirblies All Years Judges: Mike Lannom Parts Interchange: Steve Lucas '70 1/2 -'71 GT-37:

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16 The Cruisin Tigers GTO Club 103 Glenbrook Trail McHenry, IL The next chapter meeting is Saturday July 16th 4:00 Mr. Beef and Pizza Elmhurst & Algonquin Rd Mount Prospect Get The Goats out of the garage!!!!!!