Current Newsletter

The Modifier
Street Rod & Modified Chapter
Pontiac – Oakland Club International
Nov./Dec. 2014
Driving Miss Charlotte (in a ’41 Pontiac)
POCI member Charles Ide’s Beautiful ’41 Pontiac Convertible.
Read about his summer on the road on page 4 inside.
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The Modifier
Newsletter of the Street Rod & Modified Chapter
Pontiac – Oakland Club International
Modifier Editor
Alan Mayes
219 Lakewood Drive
Tullahoma, TN 37388
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 615-305-1028
Please send all Modifier materials – articles,
news, photos, letters, classified ads, etc. – to
this address.
Chapter Officers
President
Lou Calasibetta
PO Box 46
Stillwater, NJ 07875
[email protected]
973-383-2001
Vice President
Ray Schwedhelm
56 Redneck Ave.
Little Ferry, NJ 07643
[email protected]
201-641-4167
Treasurer
Steve Cook
16565 Lancaster Est. Dr.
Grove, MO 63040
[email protected]
636-458-6729
Directors
Steve Cook
16565 Lancaster Est. Dr.
Grove, MO 63040
636-458-6729
Ron Chalmers
1500 Echo Lake Dr.
Piqua, OH 45356
937-773-0005
Fred Menger
1725 Chateau Way
Maple Plain, MN 55359
952-472-1115
In This Issue:
President’s Letter
Driving Miss Charlotte
Northeast Rod & Custom Show
Member’s Car – 1938 Pontiac Coupe
Member Car Information Sheet
Membership Application
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President’s Letter – Lou Calasibetta
So here we are getting ready for Christmas and New Year. I find it almost impossible that the year 2014 is
complete. The time flew by like an old roadster racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats… very fast! Just think, 2015 is almost
here. Remember 2000? At the turn of the last century all computers and the government were going to shut down, so we
were warned. I still remember the panic many people had, wanting to leave the cities and stay in the country for fear of
electrical failure.
The 2014 POCI convention in Kansas is history. The Modified Chapter once again had some great cars
represented at Wichita. How can we beat this in Louisville? First of all, please bring out your cars and trucks to the event.
The convention is a time for revisiting old friends and making new friends who share the same interest of Pontiac, GMC,
and Oaklands. I am sure some of us may have a conflict, but if we can, let’s try to visit Kentucky. I am one of the guys who
is caught in a conflict. No not a wedding, graduation, or a birthday. Having to choose between POCI and KKOA Leadsled
Spectacular. Since I am now the president of two major chapters, I am heading south instead of west. It is a tough choice
but one had to be made, and I picked POCI.
All of us that are on the board of the Modified Chapter want to thank all of you for joining our club. Let’s keep the
Modified Chapter going strong. It is all up to our members.
We want to wish each and every one of our members a safe, sound and very healthy New Year. As always, Alan
needs input from all of us to make this an interesting newsletter. So let’s get our pens and cameras out and send Alan
something special. He will be very grateful for this gift.
In closing, I want to wish you all the best in 2015 and I will see everyone in Kentucky.
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Custom & Hot Rod Books by Alan Mayes
The above books are available at www.olskoolrodz.com.
Books make great Xmas gifts & sale profits always go to charity.
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Driving Miss Charlotte (in a ’41 Pontiac convertible) - Charles Ide
Thanks for asking about our summer, Lou! I would love to share some of the tales and pictures of our latest
driving adventures in the old modified Pontiac. We now have 6200 miles on the 1941 Torpedo Convertible since we
debuted the car in 2012 at the Detroit Autorama. My youngest of four daughters is Charlotte. She was eleven years old
last month. She took over the “shotgun” seat about four years ago from her sister Cati, who is now fifteen. I have been
very fortunate that at least a couple of my daughters have liked hanging around with Dad and going to car shows and
swap meets. Since we saw you in your station wagon at the Pontiac Nationals, in Dayton, Ohio, Summer 2013, we have
put another 3000 miles on the 1941 Torpedo Deluxe 8 Convertible.
We started off the 2014 year in May with a trip to the Goodguy’s Show in Nashville, Tennessee. Our nine-hour
drive down was uneventful except that it rained the entire way and by the time we pulled into LP Field in Nashville (home
of the Tennessee Titans NFL team), the car was filthy and the whitewalls looked black. Charlotte jumped right in and
helped me wash and dry the car and polish chrome. We had a great time hanging out at the show and in the honky-tonks
on Fifth Avenue with some friends who had brought their cars up from Florida.
We left Nashville on Sunday in the beautiful sunshine, only to get caught in a three-hour traffic jam south of
Louisville. Three hours to go six miles and there was nowhere to escape. Thankfully the car idled through the mess and
we made it home at midnight. We even made a quick stop at the Corvette museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Charlotte was a trooper even though her dad was getting panic stricken as cars all around were running out of
gas or overheating. She told me that it was the worst traffic jam she had ever been in and I told her that at the age of
fifty, it was the worst traffic jam I had ever been in, too!
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Thankfully we made it home to learn that my alternator was only putting out about 27 amps and that we had
killed the battery. I installed a new battery and a 150 amp Powermaster alternator for our next outing.
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Northeast Rod & Custom Show, Timonium, MD – Lou Calasibetta photos
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Street Rod & Modified Chapter members are our best recruiting tool for the Chapter.
When you are at any car show, whether the POCI Convention or a local or national show - Goodguys, NSRA,
KKOA, etc. – and you see a modified Pontiac, Oakland, or GMC, ask the owner if he’s a member of POCI & tell
him about our club & chapter. POCI membership applications & extra copies of Smoke Signals are available
from Paul Bergstrom at the Club Office. Carry a few in your car.
Smoke Signals is the only all-Pontiac magazine left and it’s a great one, and a
good recruiting tool, as well.
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Member’s Car – Wayne
Kitchen’s ’38 Pontiac Coupe
This is Wayne Kitchen’s ’38 Pontiac coupe
street rod. It runs a 400 Pontiac engine and Turbo
400 transmission. Wayne also owns a ’66 GTO tripower 389 convertible with air conditioning and
automatic trans; a ‘65 GTO tri-power 389
convertible with 4-speed, and a stock ’80 Trans
Am.
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Street Rod & Modified Chapter Information Sheet - Tell us about yourself and your cars
Please complete the following information and return it along with pictures of your car(s).
Send to Alan Mayes, 219 Lakewood Drive, Tullahoma, TN 37388 or e-mail to: [email protected]
NAME______________________________________________ ADDRESS_______________________________________________
CITY_______________________________________________________ STATE ___________________________ ZIP_____________
E-MAIL ADDRESS___________________________________ OCCUPATION_______________________________________________
CAR MAKE______________________MODEL______________________ YEAR_________BODY STYLE_________________________
ENGINE______________ ENGINE MODIFICATIONS___________________________________________________________________
TRANSMISSION________ REAR END______________ CARB/INDUCTION ________________________EXHAUST_________________
INTERIOR____________________________ CHROME ________________________ COLOR_________________________________
TYPE OF PAINT___________________________ BODY MODIFICATIONS_________________________________________________
CHASSIS MODIFICATIONS_______________________________________________________________________________________
TIRES___________________________ WHEELS________________________ OTHER WORK DONE AND FUTURE PLANS___________
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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION – POCI Street Rod/Modified Chapter
This chapter is for those interested in Modified Pontiac, Oakland & GMC vehicles.
Name_____________________________________________________________ Spouse___________________________________
Street______________________________________________________________________________________________________
City_____________________________________________________________ State________________________ Zip____________
Phone # ________________________________ Cell # _________________________________ POCI Membership # _____________
E-Mail Address _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Pontiacs/Oaklands/GMCs owned & Modifications: ___________________________________________________________________
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PLEASE SEND A STORY AND PHOTOS OF YOUR VEHICLE FOR THE MODIFIER AND FOR THE CLUB SCRAPBOOK TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION.
POCI dues are $39 per year for the U.S., $40 in Canada, $49 elsewhere, $25 E-Membership (anywhere). Associate members are $2.00 extra each.
Street Rod & Modified Chapter dues are $15.00 per year (July 1 through June 30), pro-rated for new members who join after January 1 to $8.00 for
the remainder of the year. Chapter dues include bi-monthly issues of The Modifier newsletter. Please return this form and a check payable to the
Street Rod & Modified Chapter to:
Steve Cook, 16565 Lancaster Est. Dr., Grove, MO 63040
The Modifier
c/o Alan Mayes
219 Lakewood Drive
Tullahoma, TN 37388
Check out The SRM Website at http://www.badgoat.net/SRM/index.html. Send Charlie your photos & info.
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LET US KNOW. Send a message to [email protected]
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