MAY Tri POWER Automotive Spring Dust Off

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1 MAY 2010 Tri POWER Automotive Spring Dust Off Recipient of the 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2007 thru 2009 Golden Quill Award Presented by Old Cars Weekly & 5-Time GTOAA Chapter of the Year: 1991, 1996, 1999, 2002 & 2007

2 About The GTOAA The Cruisin' Tigers GTO Club is an affiliated Associate Club of The GTO Association of America, the premier national organization for GTO enthusiasts. Every month, GTOAA members receive The Legend magazine, a Golden Quill Award winning publication, which is full of useful and interesting feature and technical articles on all GTOs, and Members also have access to the GTOAA Technical Advisory Staff, can use 50 words of free classified advertising monthly, and can acquire GTOAA Club Store merchandise. The GTOAA National Meet is hosted by various local chapters, and is held annually in various cities across the United States. The acclaimed Concours and Popular Vote categories bring some of the finest GTOs together in one location. Other Nationals highlights include renowned technical and special-interest speakers, a multi-day swap meet, drag racing, autocross, cruises, and other great events for the whole family to enjoy. For an on-line preview of The Legend and to become a member on line, go to To receive a membership application by mail, write to: GTOAA, PO Box 455, Timnath, CO 80547, or send an to membership@gtoaa.org for more information. For local chapter information, contact National Chapter Coordinator Bill Vantuono at chapters@gtoaa.org, or call Technical Advisory Staff Chief Tech Advisor: Steve Lucas Mechanical: (open: call Chief Tech Advisor) Transmissions: (open: call Chief Tech Advisor) Engines: Ron Rocchi Electrical: (open: call Chief Tech Advisor) Paint & Body: (open: call Chief Tech Advisor) 1964: Rich Edwards : Rich Edwards : Clay Novak : Marvin Minarich : Ed Dreksler : Doug Mecklenburg : John Campbell & 1972: John Skwirblies & 1974: John Skwirblies All Years of Judges: Mike Lannom Parts Interchange: Steve Lucas '70 1/2 -'71 GT-37: (open: call Chief Tech Advisor)

3 Cruisin Tigers GTO Club Officers & Staff President: Jim Stern (630) st Vice President Bill Nawrot (708) nd Vice President Denny Vodvarka (708) Treasurer: John Campbell (630) Secretary : Sylvia Heidlauf (847) secretary@cruisintigersgto.com Director: Rick Last (630) rickbettylast@yahoo.com Director: Doug Rudisuhle (630) gus067@aol.com Director: Jim Stern (630) JimStern@nrets.com Club History and Mission: The Cruisin Tigers GTO Club was founded in April 1989 by six GTO enthusiasts. Over the years the club has grown to the be the largest chapter of The GTO Association of America. 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. Membership in the GTOAA is not required... but strongly encouraged. 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 thirtieth of the month. All correspondents for the newsletter should be directed to: Tiger News Editor 2030 Audubon Drive Glendale Heights, IL or - editor@cruisintigersgto.com Director Larry Hoehler (847) lshoehler@comcast.net Director: Steve Lucas (630) sjl67gto@att.net Director: Paul Weinstein (847) paw333@msn.com Director (Chairman of the BOD): Randy Ray (847) red694spd@yahoo.com Newsletter Editor & Membership Coordinator: Ken Smith (630) editor@cruisintigersgto.com membership@cruisintigersgto.com Tech Editor: Marvin Minarich (815) Club Historian/Photographer: Betty Last (630) rickbettylast@yahoo.com Social Director: Ric Murphy (847) lansystem@megsinet.net Promotion Chairman: Paul Weinstein (847) promotion@cruisintigersgto.com Advertising Chairman: Charles Singer (847) kcmsinger@sbcglobal.net Site Webmaster: Al Gierut (708) agierut1@comcast.net 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 Tigers GTO Club Website

4 Tiger Tales By Ken Smith Lots of stuff to discuss, so let s get to it! First, a promise was made to Jim Hallman, the President of the Northern Illinois Fiero Enthusiasts Club (NIFE), that I would announce that June 1st has been designated as Pontiac Tribute Day. So get your Pontiacs on the road that day and show the world your idea of Pontiac Excitement. This statement comes from their website at Tuesday, June 1, 2010 was chosen because May 31, 2010 is the last day the dealerships can sell and advertise a Pontiac as a Pontiac dealership. By midnight on the May 31, 2010 Pontiac Motor Division officially ceases to exist. Next, for those of you looking for a GTO or Judge...here are a couple of auctions in the near future: May is the Mecum Indy Spring Classic that currently has 58 GTOs coming across the auction block. RM Auctions will drop the hammer on an outstanding private collection of high-powered muscle cars on June 19 th as part of a single-day sale in San Diego, California. Classic Muscle & Modern Performance, the sale will present over 80 magnificent examples without reserve from a private Southern California collector. The offering spans a variety of iconic Detroit muscle, including some 19 Pontiac GTOs and represents the owner's lifelong passion for high-performance vehicles. Their website is: I also received information on a GTO for sale outside of our club, so I know nothing more than what was sent in the from the Classic GTO Association of Denver (so potential buyers beware) Pontiac GTO Sport Coupe: Vin K130066, Automatic, 8 Cylinder, A/C, Power Steering, Tilt Wheel, AM/FM radio, Candy Apple Red Exterior, Black Interior, Runs Excellent and Sounds Awesome. Originally sold at Mahan Chevrolet - Pontiac of Deleen, TX on March 29, 1967 for $4, This GTO Sport Coupe documented by PHS (Pontiac Historical Society) is one of 7,029 GTO Sport Coupes manufactured that year. People should be taken care of as good as this car has been. Looking for $25,000 / Serious buyers can contact I pass all this information on in my column, because I have saved all of you from my latest rantings. Instead, I want to focus everyone s attention on the membership of the Cruisin Tigers. We just ended our annual membership renewal drive and as of this column s creation we still need about 80 people to renew. I have no doubt that about half of those still on the wanted list will send me a check, but I always wonder what could have been different to reduce our losses. I realize that we are in tough economic times, but I cannot imagine what my days would be like without my energies spent as Editor and Membership Chairman and Indian Uprising Preregistration Committee Member. Oh yeah, I d be cruisin! So, until I come to my senses I ll see you down the road! This Month s Cover By Ken Smith Okay, this month s cover is from some photos that I took at one of our club s Indian Uprising sponsors (Tri POWER Automotive) Spring Dust Off. This event was originally created years ago for some Pontiac big bodies (the cars not the owners). Mike Ardito is one of the owners of Tri POWER and a Cruisin Tiger and invited our club s members to attend this event. All I can say is WOW! They will have to enlarge their parking facilities to get any more Pontiacs on their lot. I have inserted more photos later in this issue. Next year make sure that you attend this outing and come early or you might end up parking somewhere down the road!

5 My View By: Jim Stern, President May, 2010 New Members: If this is your first issue of Tiger News, Welcome Aboard! Thanks for joining us, we appreciate it. Please attend our meetings and activities whenever possible. If you would like to contribute in some way let me know. We can always use more hands and heads! If you have questions, need help or simply want to chat, drop me an (address below) or call (630) April Did It! Actually we did it during April. Our April meeting was held at member Rob Lozins car filled shop. We appreciate his hospitality and the major effort he puts forth to make our Show commemorative Illinois vehicle license plate program such a huge success. This year he came up with the concept of auctioning off a very special license plate displaying only the letters GTO. Jane & Steve Lucas high bid of $1,600 took it. Wow & thanks! (Additional coverage appears elsewhere.) May Is Of Age! We made it, we re 21 - let s celebrate! Our meeting on Saturday, May 15th will be at our usual location, Mr. Beef & Pizza (Mt. Prospect, IL). During this meeting we will be celebrating our (one month belated) 21st birthday. Come view a club history display and watch continuously running video. In conjunction, our meeting theme poses this question to our attending members: Where were you and what were you doing when you turned 21? That should stir up some fun! Come join us for free pizza, soft drinks, and yes, birthday cake! June, Oh June - Where Are You? Our June meeting will also be at Mr. Beef & Pizza. The theme of that meeting will be: Follow my directions! Members will be asked to prepare a description of, and detailed turn-by-turn directions for, a fun / scenic cruise route. A starting point and ending point will make it easy to judge which self-cruise is best for you. Who knows, a route or two might turn into a follow me cruise instead of a do-it-yourself event. Let s have some fun with this! WEB Site Restoration: Over the course of the next 12+ months our club web site will undergo a body-off-frame-restoration! Member Charles Singer has agreed to undertake this project which he estimates will take approximately one year. He is seeking input from all members who wish to make a contribution. A Site Guidance Committee is being assembled. If you are willing to join in this effort, contact Charles or me. The activity between now and early August will involve site planning and organization. Initially questions need to be answered regarding: a) what topics / functions from the existing site should be retained and b) what topics / functions should be added to the new site? A site map (linking / menu tree) needs to be drawn and a design theme and colors need to be selected before programming begins. Once our Uprising Show is behind us, page-by-page programming work will begin. When completed, Charles will assume the role of Site WEB Master and, after 10 years in that position, I can fade from the scene. Got an idea or suggestion for a meeting theme or other activity? Great, speak up, we re all ears! ATTEND MEETINGS, JOIN COMMITTEES - IT S MORE FUN WHEN YOU RE INVOLVED! Send Comments, Criticisms & Suggestions To: president08@cruisintigersgto.com

6 April Meeting Minutes By Sylvia Heidlauf Our meeting took place at Rob Lozins garage in Wheeling. It started at 4:34pm The club thanked Rob for the invite to his garage and for letting us have our club meeting there. There was pizza and soft drinks provided for the members as well. Sam Mancuso from UCP came by and is now officially a member of the Cruisin' Tigers. There were two other new members in attendance as well. Richard (Dick) Brooks and Jim Wershing. He rejoined the club after a brief absence. Jim Stern introduced the officers with the exception of John Campbell (whose mother passed away) and Randy Ray (whose father passed away). All of our prayers and thoughts are with both families. As per the treasurer s report we are in the black and this is also our renewal month. Ken Smith reported on our membership and we have added 6 new members since our March meeting (3 of the new members joined at this meeting). If you have not renewed your membership by May's newsletter, you will "Slide off" the membership list as Ken Smith put it. If anyone needs a club roster, please contact Ken Smith and he will be happy to send you one. Mike Ardito let us know about his annual Pontiac Club event held on May 1st. It starts at 11:00 and lunch will be served at noon. For the Muscle Car National's next year, our club is trying to get every year GTO. We will also have another corral for the extra cars that are on display. Rick Last updated us on upcoming Indian Uprising. The Band "1969" will be playing at the Indian Uprising event this year on Saturday evening in the parking lot of the show field. There will be a dyno machine at the Uprising show this year. It is a new item which we hope will be a big item for our show. We will also be able to hear all the announcements inside and outside this year thanks to 3-D sound. So no matter where you are, you should be able to hear everything. There are now two car classes at the Uprising. All Pontiacs that were manufactured for years 1926 thru 1981 is one class and the second class is 1982 to the present. Rob Lozin's spoke about his "Special" license plate for the Uprising this year. The highest bid was at $1, As this was the last day for bidding the plate was given to the winners at the meeting and the winners were: Steve & Jane Lucas. Congrats! All plates for this event are good for two months on ANY car, not only your GTO. Rob also said that there were plenty of license plates on hand to be sold, so please order your plates now. To order plates contact Rob Lozins at Jeff Hill has a friend looking for a 1967 license plate frame. Please contact Jeff if you have an extra one or if you know of one that's just hanging around. Jim Stern would like people to try to get more new members into our club. There were applications at the door for everyone to take with them when they leave. Sylvia spoke of Rich's progress with the new gas E85. It is still in the winter blend stage which is E75. He did a few runs in the low 10's. He ran a and he even backed out of it at the top end. So who knows what will happen when the fuel becomes the full E85. Steven ran his first race of the year and came in second for that evening. Charles Singer is having another charity cruise for "Bright Horizons" (which is a special needs school which his son attends). It is called Cruise for Wings. It is on August 28th at Deer Park across from the fire station. For additional details contact Charles Singer at

7 April Meeting Minutes (cont.) By Sylvia Heidlauf Raffle tickets were pulled and we had several items to raffle off. There were a total of 5 Muscle Car National hats and the winners of the hats were: Nick Spensiri (1), Charles Singer (2) & Mike Ardito (2) Two 2009 Indian Uprising T-shirts were also given away and they were won by: Tom Burke and Ken Smith. The 50/50 amount was at $ and the winner for that was Doug Mecklenburg. After he won he renewed his membership (for two years) with the newly acquired money. The "You Gotta Be Here" would have been won by Don and Jane Marksi (CT#389) for the amount of $464.00; but unfortunately, they weren't here. The money will continue to roll over into next month. The meeting was adjourned at 5:20. GTO Car Wash By Ken Braun It s very inviting, but I think I ll wash mine by hand.. - Editor My wife Gail and I spent this past weekend in the Yakima Valley at the Spring Wine Barrel Tasting event. In downtown Yakima, Gail spotted this sign. Take a look. It looks like a '67.

8 Indian Uprising Seminar Schedule By Mike Brandt The following ilsts the begin times for all Saturday July 31 st Seminars: 10AM - Dana Mecum (Famed collector and auction organizer) 11AM - Mike Grippo (M&M Appraisals) Noon - Don Keefe (Smoke Signals Editor) 1PM - Bob Ashton (Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals) 2PM - Ellen Anderson (Rally Insurance) 3PM - Randy Pribyl (Detailing your car on show day) Upcoming 2010 Cruise Night Schedule By Ken Smith Paul Weinstein gave me the internet address of Chicago based cruise nights. That address is: However, there are some dates you might want to mark on your calendar where Pontiacs or GTOs are the featured cars. Here are the dates as I have been given them so far: Augustino s at North Avenue & Route 59 in West Chicago has Pontiac night on Tuesday 06/01. Brick House at 1461 Butterfield Drive in Downers Grove has GTO night on Thursday 06/17. Braconi s at 796 Royal St. George in Naperville has Pontiac night on Wednesday 07/01. Braconi s at 796 Royal St. George in Naperville has GTO night on Wednesday 08/11. Brick House at 1461 Butterfield Drive in Downers Grove has Pontiac night on Thursday 08/26. Rookies at 1545 West Main Street in St. Charles has Pontiac night on Monday 08/30. If anyone has additional Pontiac or GTO nights, please send me an or call me with the details. My First Time Behind The Wheel By Randy Pribyl (Jim Stern set the March club meeting designated topic of conversation as My first time behind the wheel. Unfortunately, Randy Pribyl had already made plans with his wife to be elsewhere. That did not stop him from passing along his recollections and for that... we are grateful. - Editor) Having read the newsletter makes me think of one of my first driving experiences. I was sixteen and just learning to drive while on a family vacation to California. On the way back to Iowa (going through Nevada), Dad was getting tired and asked me if I would drive. As we were going down the road Dad fell asleep, while my Mom and two sisters were sleeping in the back seat. Well being that Nevada had no speed limits back then and that everyone was sleeping and I had a good 4 mile straightaway ahead of me, I opened the throttle on the 289 Ford and decided to see what she could do. I remember hitting 95 and that most of the acceleration was spent, so backed down. With all the windows open (because we had no A/C) it was a little windy, but I loved it. No one woke up, so I just kept that little experience to myself. I told my wife this story yesterday and she said I haven t changed a bit.

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10 Tiger Tails Racing By Rich Heidlauf Want to help a race team? Tiger Tail Racing needs your support to campaign our car. Donations of $20.00 for the race season will get your family name on a paw print on the trunk of the race car. Members with a business can get their business name on both sides of the car sticker size for $ Logo sponsorships are also available. Rich Heidlauf W. Twin Lakes Blvd. Wildwood IL TTR70@comcast.net Latest News: New club logo and web address looks great on car. During first race in IMSM Pro Avenger Class we made it to the semis. This is Head's Up racing on a Pro tree with a cap. We were #1 Qualifier and sit in 3rd.place. Next race is May 29 at GLD during Olympics of Drag Racing Memorial Weekend. 1st SRT Bracket race we were fortunate to win Pro ET both days. We started off with a 1st round loss on Saturday, but bought back in to win the Pro class. We lost in the combo with red to Super Pro dragster. 10 points On Sunday we won Pro beating some tough drivers again. We lost in combo against Super Pro with a.001 red. 70 points. There are no points listing yet at

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18 Cruisin Advertisers 5105 Tollview Drive Suite 211 Rolling Meadows, IL The Cruisin Tigers wish to thank all of our sponsors! New & Returning Cruisin Members By Ken Smith CTGTO# 153 (Returning) Jim & Michelle Wersching 28W371 Judith Court West Chicago, IL GTO hardtop CTGTO# 821 (New) Robert & Jackie Meyer 1776 Sunset Highland Park, IL Peppe Green GTO hardtop 400/Auto WELCOME! CTGTO# 684 (Returning) Dave & Jeanette Morrison 880 Shooting Star Grayslake, IL Palmetto Green GTO convert 389/TriPower CTGTO# 822 (New) Rick & Gina Martin 340 E. Forest Knoll Drive Palatine, IL black GTO coupe LS2 CTGTO# 406 (New) Dick & Jane Brooks 607 Washington Street Elmhurst, IL Barrier Blue GTO convertible 389/TriPower/4-Speed CTGTO# 823 (New) Jim Lindberg 1005 South Vail Arlington Heights, IL black GTO hardtop 400/4BBL/4-Speed WELCOME!

19 Cruisin Classifieds For Sale: 1967 GTO post coupe. Beautiful looking and very respectfully restored. Starts and drives flawlessly and smoothly shifts through all its gears. Original 400HO 360 hp engine YZ code with 3 speed Turbo Hydra-Matic. Rochester Quadrajet 4 barrel carburetor. Pertronix electronic ignition (Ignitor 2) w/high performance coil (Flame-Thrower 2). Flowmaster exhaust with Street Mufflers-50 Series Delta Flow. Original Delco Morraine front power disc brakes with four piston calipers (freshly rebuilt) and dual-circuit master cylinder. Car was disassembled and media blasted and painted back to original Regimental Red (code RR). Bumpers re-chromed. Great new reproduction AM/FM radio with MP3 input w/new speakers. PHS documentation with build sheet, protect-o-plate from ROYAL PONTIAC, original owner s manual, 1967 operators manual and wiring diagram. Originally sold from the legendary Royal Pontiac specialty dealership in Royal Oak Michigan. 93,100 miles. $36,000. Reason for selling is I bought a '64 and don't need 2 gtos. Watch my video of this car here (walk around, start up, etc): Many detailed photos at: Dave daveharris72@hotmail.com (2) 255/50ZR17 G-Force TA KDWS, (2) 235/45ZR17 G-Force TA KDWS & (4)17x8 5_ Boyd Coddington Smoothie Wheels $ or best offer. Tom Glass cell (630) GTO convertible. PHS documented. Project car. Call for details after 4 PM. Jim Micetic A Body rear window reveal chrome - New and never installed on a car. Bought from OPG part number All four pieces. Currently $170 per set plus shipping on the OPG website. Sell $ Call Jim Stern 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 No , Ext 11 ; J.Gaffney@GaflandLtd.com 1) '66 GTO passenger fender w/antenna port (I have had 22 years). Burgundy, straight, rust free! $ ) '67 GTO rocker molding (I have had 22 yrs). Some minor surface scratches. Needs straightening in a couple places. Two holes need filling (screws) both ends of one. $ ) 67 GTO valve covers. Nice driver or local show with no pitting. $ ) 67 GTO (65-66) chrome air cleaner top only. Surface scratching, brite, driver now or buff to show quality. $ ) '62-67 Pontiac (GTO also) manifold vacuum gauge. Excellent face, brite chrome, minor pits (hard to see) $ ) 62-up Big Pontiac tach. Use with non-rally Gauge GTO's (same condition as #4 above) $ I have more mint used and NOS NIB GTO items to list. Larry Banks CT#165 Call 1(630) if no answer, leave a message, I'll get back pronto!! Both doors for a 65 GTO with glass. Best offer. Don Smyczynski GTO - Both doors complete with glass and hardware, rear bumper (needs re-chromed). Best fair offer. Bob McCracken CT#189 Pair of Ram Air heads #16 date code is F128 (June ). Was told are rare heads. 72cc 2.11/1.77 valves. I purchased these heads to put on a 455 but would be too much compression and didn't wanna run race gas. The heads have new stainless steel intake and exhaust valves, new valve guides, new valve springs, new valve keepers, new umbrella seals (better than o-rings), heads were gasket matched and were mildly debured and have a 3- angle valve job. Just bolt-on. $900 obo. James Heyser (CT#724) gtojameslemans@yahoo.com 24' Southwest Expressline enclosed trailer. 5200# elec brake axles. 2-5/16" coupler. 48" Escape door on roadside. Towed approximately 4000 miles. 3/4" plywood floor. Stone Guard. Asking $5500. Contact: Rich Danalewich at rjdanalew@gmail.com or Wanted: Center Link for 67 GTO hardtop, also a 2 speed wiper switch. Bob North Looking for a Pontiac A Body. Please send information to Mike Brady at mbrady38@comcast.net Rental: Car storage space. Heated, air conditioned, fire & burglar alarms in Northwest Chicago suburbs. $100/month. Contact Rob at or pontiaccollector@usa.com or Moe at (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 RETURN ADDRESS: The Cruisin Tigers GTO Club 2030 Audubon Drive Glendale Heights, IL 60139