JUNE Tomatalk Newsletter

Tomatalk
June 2012
Kurt & Michael Eastburg
at the
2nd Annual “Pontiac Happening”
Tomahawk Chapter
Officers
Tomatalk
President - Steve Messer
June 2012
Volume 37 ~ Number 6
The Tomatalk is published monthly by the Minnesota Chapter 13 of the Pontiac Oakland Club International. The
Tomahawk Chapter was founded in
1977. The chapter is dedicated to the
preservation and enjoyment of Pontiac,
Oakland and GMC vehicles of all years
and models, stock and modified.
Club events are organized for the enjoyment of our members.
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Lino Lakes, MN 55014
651-786-4198
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Vice-President
Todd Lewis
5895 St. Albans No.
Shorewood, MN 55126
651-895-9325
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Secretary - Steve Weese
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Paul Bergstrom
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President’s Message
We had our monthly May meeting on Tuesday
May 15th at the Rosetown Legion. Here is a
recap of some of the upcoming events.
Thursday June 7th, 7:00 PM: Meet at the
Rosetown Legion to stuff goodie bags for the
GM Show. The more members that attend will
make this go fast. If you don’t attend you will have to answer to TERRY FORD.
Saturday June 9th, 8:00 AM: Meet at the Roseville Perkins (near Har Mar Mall)
and then go to the Fair grounds and set up our tent. Only 5-6 people are needed
but the more the better.
Sunday June 10th :GM Show at the Fair Grounds. As everyone know this is a
MAJOR fund raiser for our club so we need everyone’s attendance. We also need
every club member who knows anyone with a GM car or truck to attend.
Saturday June 16th. This will be our first annual DAVE BENNETT CRUISE.
We will meet at the upper parking lot at the Rosetown Legion at 10:00 (Rain or
Shine). We will be going up to the upper St. Croix valley, down through Stillwater, and ending up in Afton for Ice cream. The exact route has not been established yet but I will have flyers Dave did a lot for both our TOMAHAWK
chapter as well as the NATIONAL POCI chapter. I think out of respect for Dave
we should have our best turnout ever for a cruise. Please mark it down and attend.
Tuesday June 19th 7:00 PM. Our monthly chapter meeting at Wagner’s Drive
In at Brooklyn Park
Everyone enjoy their start of the summer at I will see everyone at the bag stuffing
on June 7th Have a fun and safe Memorial Day!
Steve Messer,
Tomahawk Chief
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at the Rosetown Legion and cruise to
Selma’s ice cream in Afton.
Nick brought in some artwork to see
what we would like to put on our club
stickers. He also brought in some info
on the Fireball Roberts NASCAR victory special edition Grand Prix.
May Meeting Minutes
The
We discussed some items for the upcoming GM show. Meet at the Perkin’s
on Snelling at 9:00 am for tent set –up
on June 10th.
We would like to welcome new member Dick Johnson who came all the
way from Paynesville, he has a 1969
Firebird. Last month’s minutes were
read and accepted. A treasurer’s report
was given and accepted.
The “Pontiac Happening” is this Saturday at the Chanhassen AutoMotorPlex
from 9:00 to 12:00 with a cruise afterwards.
meeting was called to order at
7:10 with 13 members present and
some more arriving a little later.
Old Business - Tony did a good burnout that impressed his children.
We talked about the mailing to court
new members and maybe a change in
our newsletter paper.
I won a trophy in my first drag strip
outing of the year.
We also did some testing on removing
lettering on our wooden plaques so that
we might find a use for them.
New Business - Terry has GM show
flyers for anyone who can pass them
out. We are going to stuff goody bags
on June 7th at the Rosetown Legion,
7:00 pm.
Paul mentioned a 1966 Bonneville that
is for sale, it has a rusted frame but
comes with a southern replacement. So
anybody looking for a new project?
The Street Rodder cartoonist, Dave
Bell, passed away. He drew Dave Bennett’s car and bike in a tribute to him in
the last issue.
Selma’s Ice Cream in Afton is open and
may make a good cruise destination.
We discussed when we would like to
have the Dave Bennett cruise. We
thought we would try on the 16th of
June, at 10:00 am. We plan to meet
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Our new member Dick won the drawing! Respectfully submitted,
Steve “Mudbird” Weese
Tomahawk Chapter Secretary
Meanwhile... Back at the
Pontiac Ranch
Thanks to all of the Tomahawk mem-
bers who showed up at The AutoMotorPlex in Chanhassen for the “Pontiac
Happening”. It was a fun event and
the Land O’Lakes GTO Club plans to
continue this again in 2013.
We have lots of other events coming
up, let’s all do our best to support and
participate in them this summer and
fall. The GM Car Show is just around
the corner, with our “1st Annual”
Dave Bennett Cruise is scheduled for
the weekend after that.
The POCI convention is drawing near,
I am seeing several Tomahawk member
registrations come is, don’t forget that
the registration fee goes up to $75 on
6/1/12.... so, REGISTER TODAY!!!
Send in those want ads, photos, articles, and any submissions for the
website. Thanks to Mike Johnson for
helping get the tomatalk.org site back
up and stabilized.
Remember the goody bag stuffing day
too on Thursday, June 7th at the Rosetown American Legion, hope to see
you there!
Membership
Meeting
June 19th @ 7:00PM
Wagner’s Drive-In
7000 W. Broadway Ave.
Brooklyn Park
763-533-8262
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Paul Bergstrom,
Tomatalk Editor
2nd Annual
“PONTIAC HAPPENING”
80+ Pontiacs showed up for the 2nd Annual “Pontiac Happening” at the
AutoMotorPlex in Chanhasen. There was a cruise to the Minnetonka DriveIn and then several people went out to check out Paul Kilker’s Pontiac cars
and parts in his storage building near St. Boni.
Thanks to the Land’ O’Lakes GTO club for arranging the event. We hope to
be back again in 2013. Enjoy the photos!
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1st Annual
“DAVE BENNETT CRUISE”
Saturday, June 16th
Mark your calendars for the 1st Annual
DAVE BENNETT CRUISE.
We will meet at the upper parking lot at the Rosetown Legion at 10:00 a.m.
(rain or shine). We will be going up to the upper St. Croix Valley, through
Stillwater, and ending up in Afton for ice cream.
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1972 PONTIAC Catalina 2 door hard
top 69,000 miles, 400, prime contition.
$4,900.00 or best offer. Contact David
Wakefield at 651-367-4190
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’02 GMMG CETA Blackbird #4 (1 of 4 T-Top CETA BB’s built for Carl Black
Pontiac by GMMG & one of the rarest Blackbird’s) – 380hp, 6 speed, GMMG
open chamber exhaust, built sheet, window sticker, GMMG window sticker. 36K
miles – 29+mpg – MSRP $45,260. Car will be at the POCI Nationals in St.
Charles July 17-20. Offers over #30k considered. Photos atinfo @ www.daytonapacecars.com.
Call Jim Smith – Balsam Lake, WI 715-529-0898
E-mail – [email protected]
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DAVE MANNINEN MEMORIAL CAR RUN
The “Southern Cruzers” car club is hosting a memorial car run will be held in
Dave’s honor. The run will take place on Saturday, June 9 at Junior’s Sports
Café at 1996 Hwy 13 east. The café is located in the Sioux Trail Center on the
corner of Hwy 13 and Cliff Road. Meet there at 3 p.m. and depart for an hour
run, getting back to the café by 4:30 for appetizers and dancing to the music
of the Del Counts. A CaringBridge e-mail account will be set up for RSVPs.
See: www.caringbridge.org/visit/Davidmanninen
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June 10th 2012
30th annual GMCCA all GM car and truck show. All makes swap meet and
all makes car corral. Minnesota State Fairgrounds, Falcon Heights MN. Hosted
by the General Motors Car Clubs Association, POCI Tomahawk Chapter and
12 GM clubs from the greater Twin Cities area. Show flier available at www.
autoswalk.com. Goody bag advertisements welcome.
Contact Terry Ford at www.pontiac2pluss22aol.com or call 651-777-7038
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Engine Parts: 1967 or 1968 # 18 Heads,
Best Offer also 1966 YH Block, Best
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Chris Brooks at (612) 720-7220
chrome, drivers quality $60.00 also
for 1962. ‘62 rear trunk lid fits Bonneville and Star Chief only, $100.00. I
believe it also fits 1961 same models.
(651) 451-7701 ask for Nick or email
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1963 & 64 Pontiac: Full size parts.
Regular and rare parts. Some 59 parts,
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needs. Ed Kodet Evenings (612) 3778256 or [email protected]
1965-66 Catalina Ventura: 2 door
hard top (all parts came off a car from
Colorado): trunk lid assembly part #
7583852, Rear Quarter Windows. 1966
Catalina Ventura: Tail lamp assemblies (left and right) - very nice, Rear
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Robert Knudtson firebirdrobert@aol.
com (701) 371-1810
For sale: 2nd generation Firebird
(F-body ‘70-’81) Suspension parts include: front swaybar w/end links, upper & lower control arms with new
Poly bushings, 2-sets of front coil
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set of 4 shocks (F&R). New: P-S-T
Poly Body mount bushings and weld-in
subframe connectors. Photos available
to email. Contact Tim Herrera (651)
731-0163H (Please leave message) or
email at [email protected]
For Sale, 1962 Pontiac Grille complete with nosepiece, fits all big cars
except Grand Prix, need to rechrome
for show,$75.00 Complete set of four
(4) deluxe spinner style hubcaps, nice
1951 Pontiac Chieftain Deluxe for
sale: $3000 OBO Motor just machined
needs assembly New clutch, new
shocks,brakes ,exhaust many other
parts with it!! Nice car 66,000 actual
miles! Many more pics if interested!
Call Fred Brunfelt (218)410-9345
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Wanted: 1958 Pontiac cars/parts/
memorabilia/toys/etc. Call Jim 952594-5000 or email [email protected]
Wanted for 1957 Pontiac: front license plate mounting bracket. Ed Hustad 763-786-1934 (MN)
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Wanted: 350 Turbo Transmission
GEAR SELECTOR lever. This is for a
floor mounted shifter on 2nd Gen. Firebird/Camaro F-body GM. Contact: Tim
Herrera 651 731-0163 or email: [email protected]
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Photos and stories of member
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763-434-7400
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651-592-9305
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~ Minnesota Tomahawk Chapter of POCI ~
Membership Application Form
POCI Membership Number: __________
Name: __________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip/Postal Code: ________________________________________
Country: ________________________________________________________
Phone:_____________________________ Fax:_________________________
E-mail address:____ _______________________________________________
Pontiac(s) owned: _________________________________________________
Referred by: ___________________________________________________________________
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SEND APPLICATION FORM AND DUES TO:
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