February - Susquehanna Valley GTO

The G T O Tiger Times
February 2016
Volume 21 Issue
The Voice of the G T O and Pontiac Enthusiast in Central Pennsylvania
The next regular club meeting will be Sunday
February 21st, 1pm at the Hillside café. Car show
committee meets at 12 noon.
Preidnt Mesag
If you survived the worst snowstorm in the history of
civilization, you now have something or several
somethings to look forward to. Our 2016 Events!
Hopefully the mountains of snow piles will be melted by
then and your back will return to what your ‘normal’ is.
For those who have not visited Steve Jones’s collection
in the past you have a chance to visit this year. Steve
changes out his collection occasionally and adds new
collector cars to his collection. It’ll be neat to see what
he has this year. Mike Burkholder has a pretty nice
collection as well. I’m sure you’ll enjoy visiting both of
these collections on May 7, 2016. Mark this event on
your calendar. Our schedule is listed on our website. If
you have a suggestion for an event you’d think the
member’s would enjoy let us know.
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Club News
2016
Meeting Notes 01/17/2016
Random Pontiacs
Happy New Year Everyone! Time to get
back at it. This is the first GTO Times issue for 2016.
Our first club meeting of the year was
January 17th, at the Hillside. I look
forward to keeping you informed in 2016.
In Attendance:
Vic & Geri Schreck
Bob Krewson
Brian Little
Russ Esenwine
Ed Sloan
Jim Eyer
Mike & Cindy Martin
Andy Kear
Tim & Tom Driscoll
Jeff Jukes
Joel & Nathaniel Miller
Earl Briggs
ATTENTION!
The car show committee met to broadly
outline the 2106 show and to address any
(few) issues we had from last year. Rest
assured, every detail will be scrutinized
over the next 9 months so that the 2016
show will be even better than before. As
in the past, if any member wishes to
volunteer to help plan and execute the
show, please join us at 12 noon on
meeting days.
Be sure to check out the
website
As the meeting was called to order, Bob
Krewson presented the treasurer’s report.
www.svgto.com
For the latest information of
upcoming events.
New Business.
By now, anyone who wished to renew
their membership, should have done so
by now. If you forgot, you have until
March 31st to renew, or you will be, sadly,
dropped from the roster of active
members.
The Annual GTOAA Chapter Survey has
been compiled, completed and submitted.
The survey helps GTOAA manage
membership of individual chapters for
compliance and is required to be
submitted every year.
There are many events already scheduled
for 2016. See page for the short list.
Always check our website or Facebook
page for the latest information.
Meeting Adjourned.
Car and Driver published a great little
flip book retrospective on Pontiac.
Follow the link below.
http://www.caranddriver.com/
flipbook/poncho-profile-the-rise-andfall-of-pontiac#1
Membership Update:
Renewals are still coming in, those not renewed by January 31, we’ll assume you’ve chose
not to renew and you’ll be removed from our active roster. As of this submission: 53 have
renewed and we welcome back to SVGTO: Dave Larkins.
-------------------------------GTOAA News:
International Convention: July 13-17
Bellevue, Washington.
Hosted by: Northwest GTO Legends
Event site: http://www.northwestlegends.com/convention-details/
If you have comments
about, or suggestions to
help improve The GTO
Tiger Times, please
contact Russ Esenwine.
[email protected]
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Recent & Upcoming Events
Club Apparel:
We have a supply of 20th anniversary shirts we’d like to
offer at a great price, contact our store at
[email protected] to inquire on sizes and prices. We
also have t shirts and polos to offer as well.
-----------------------------------------Think Spring!
May 7: W e’ll be dusting off the cruisers and headed out
to tour the collections of Steve Jones and Mike Burkholder. We’ll meet at the Chickies Rock park along rt 441 in
Columbia then cruise along the Susquehanna River to
both collections. Following the tours we’ll make our way
back along the river for lunch at a nearby eatery.
May 15: W e’ll be showing as a group at the Cops& Rodders show at Hempfield High School in Landisville. We’ll
be meeting as a group and parading in together so we
can all park together. Time and meeting place to be announced closer to the event.
https://www.facebook.com/hempfieldcopsandrodders/?
fref=ts
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bandwith the slower the page will operate. We
now have 2 photobucket accounts. Account #1: svgto;
maxed out it’s free space. Rather than pay to upgrade
to a higher usage amount we’ve created Account #2:
svgto_2. We’ll be posting events to that account and
eventually get that linked to our Gallery page.
For those on facebook you know we post a pic of the
day. We’d like to get your car(s) on there as well. Please
send your pic with the year of the car to Vic for posting.
Our Pic of the day has gotten quite popular and the pics
we post there go viral. Thousands will see your car pic
as it’s shared to friends.
June 25th, REM Cruise. Meet at Chickies Rock Overlook
then cruise to Annville. Lunch at Quentin Tavern afterwards.
Mecum Harrisburg July 21st—23rd. Mark your calendars.
If you wish to get on the driver’s list, contact Vic.
Norwalk Tri-power Nationals Aug 5th—7th.
To view our 2016 Schedule visit the club’s website: http://
svgto.com/upcoming_events.htm
-------------------------------------------------------Reminder:
GTOAA East Coast Regional: If you’re considering attending and lodging you’d be wise to reserve a room at one of
the two Hotels and utilize the event discount:
Courtyard at Marriott:
http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/groupcorporate-travel/groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=PYG%
20Car%20Show%20Room%20Block^PHLLD%
60PYGPYGA%60119.00%60USD%60false%603%
606/17/16%606/19/16%
605/27/16&app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes
Holiday Inn:
http://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/kulpsville/
phlku/hoteldetail?
qAdlt=1&qBrs=6c.hi.ex.rs.ic.cp.in.sb.cw.cv.ul.vn&qChld=0
&qFRA=1&qGRM=0&qGrpCd=PYG&qPSt=0&qRRSrt=rt&q
Ref=df&qRms=1&qRpn=1&qRpp=12&qSHp=1&qSmP=3
&qSrt=sBR&qWch=0&srb_u=1&icdv=99801505&icdv=99
801505
--------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re updating our member’s rides page. We’d like to
include your car’s picture on our page. If you’d like your
car displayed please send Vic the pics. We have posted
what we have collected from events. Some new members
and existing members we don’t have and would like to
display them. In case you didn’t know, the Gallery of
Member’s rides can be found on our website’s home page
on the left pane. When clicking the Gallery or previous
event tabs you’ll be directed to our photobucket page.
Many of our previous events can be browsed there or on
our facebook page. We use photobucket because having
all those pictures takes up a lot of bandwith and the more
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The Back of the Garage
2016 Club Officers
Vic Schreck- President
Classified ads by SVGTO members will be placed in the GTO Tiger Times free of charge. Please email your ads to
Russ Esenwine, at [email protected]. I will try to get the ads placed in the next issue. If you include a photo of the items
that you are selling, please send a clear digital photo in .jpg format. I will include your photos if space permits.
Dave, this is just for you!
[email protected]
Brian Little-Vice
President
[email protected]
Bob Krewson Treasurer
[email protected]
Russ EsenwineSecretary
[email protected]
All of the photos on this page are posted on
the Pontiac Paradise Tumblr page. I don’t
know who owns this blog, but I was great to
see some of our cars posted on it!
www.pontiacparadise.tumblr.com
Susquehanna Valley GTO is an affiliated chapter of the GTO Association of America,
the premier national organization for GTO enthusiasts. Each month GTOAA members
receive The Legend, a Golden Quill Award winning publication. Members can read
the technical articles and have access to the GTOAA Technical Advisors Staff, use 50
words of free advertising monthly, view the feature articles on some of the most
interesting GTOs you’ll come across, and have access to the GTOAA Club Store merchandise. For an on-line preview of The Legend, go to www.gtoaa.org. For local
chapter information, send an e-mail to Bill Vantuono at [email protected] . To
receive a membership application by mail, write to: GTOAA, PO Box 213, Timnath,
CO. 80547, or send an e-mail to: [email protected] for more information.
The GTOAA National Meet is hosted by various local chapters, and is held annually.
The acclaimed Concours and Popular Vote Car Shows bring some of the finest GTOs
together for superb viewing. Other highlights include many renowned Technical and
Special Interest speakers, the multi-day swap meet, drag tracing, and other great
events.
National Organization Information
1995
2016
Official GTOAA Chapter, Since 1995
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SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY GTO
2016 ALL PONTIAC SHOW
DATE:
TIME:
PLACE:
COST:
August 20, 2016
Registration: 8a-11a
Show: 9a-3p
Amos Herr Park: 1670 Nissley Road Landisville, PA 17538
15.00 Pre-registration by August 13, 2016; 20.00 Day of Show
All Pontiacs welcome: Any Year, Any Model.
Rain Date: August 27, 2016 same time
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Popular vote by registered show participants
Best of Show Awards
Longest Distance Award
Raffles / Door Prizes
Catered food by Enck’s Custom Catering
Period Music by Jeff Primaldi
Showfield on grass / Abundant Shade in a park
Trailer parking
A: All Pontiac to 1964 stock except: GTO
B: Pontiac 1965-1979 stock except: GTO/TA/FB
C: Pontiac 1980-Present stock except: GTO/TA/FB
D: 1964-1974 GTO Inclusive stock
E: 1967-1981 TA/Firebird stock
F: 1982-2002 TA/Firebird stock
G: 2004-2006 GTO stock
H: All Pontiac modified except: GTO/TA/Firebird
I: 1967-1981 TA/Firebird modified
J: 1982-2002 TA/Firebird modified
K: 1964-1974 GTO modified
L: 2004-2006 GTO modified
** SVGTO Members cars are excluded from the judged
showfield ** Modified: Any performance enhancing modifications.
3 minor mods permitted for stock class. SVGTO reserves the right to
judge cars accordingly.
Model Car Contest: Adults, & Kids Classes: Pontiac & Open
Classes. Model cars limited to plastic assembly, NO diecast.
Model Car Contest is FREE.
SVGTO is a Regional Chapter of the GTO Association of America
2013 Chapter of the Year
Info: [email protected]
717.405-2178; 717.521.8277; 717.615.7117; 717.880.5692
Register online: www.svgto.com
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Name:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Street: _____________________________________________________________________________________________
City: ___________________________________________
Phone: ( ____ ) ________________
State: ________ Zip:_______________
Email: _________________________________________
Model Ponac: ________________________ Year: _________ Class: (Leer from above)________
Children Parcipaon: (age limit 15) # of Children _______
(email address is used to nofy
you of next year’s show, we will
never share your email)
Ages: _______________________
*** MODEL CAR CONTEST REGISTRATION ***
Enter Class letter & # of models: Class:_____________ Qty: __________ ___
Class; enter (A) or (K): __________________
**Enter “P” for Pontiac, or “O” for open class & quantity of each
A= Adult K= Kids
Signature: _____________________________________________________________________________________________
** I understand; SVGTO, Jones Dealerships, & East Hempfield Twp will not be held liable for any damages, thefts, or injuries to show cars, or participants.
Checks made payable to: Susquehanna Valley G T O
Mail registraon with remiance by: August 13, 2016
To: SVGTO ALL PONTIAC SHOW >>> ATTN:
Bob Krewson: 950 Driver Avenue, Landisville, PA 17538
Poron of proceeds to bene t: Ronald McDonald House Charies of Central PA