September 2013 - GR-RRR8`R Wichita GTO Club

GR-RRR
8’R
Wichita
Pontiac
Club
September 2013
Eric promised his brother Mark, that if there was a way, he would watch over his
niece, Marcie. Marcie was injured in Afghanistan while on active duty with the
United States Air Force on July 11, 2013, three days after Eric passed away. After
her injury, she was flown to Germany, where she received a huge care package
filling with toiletries, shorts, shirts, a jacket, etc...from the Wounded Warrior Project. She said: “My Uncle Eric IS watching over me!” The folks from the
Wounded Warrior Project continue to contact her regularly. Your generous gift
made this wonderful gift possible for not only Marcie, but other wounded warriors as well. Thank you so much for your generosity
~~Deanna Schottler
Well it’s already the 10th of September and we are about ready to launch Pontiac Uprising #24. I have a
43 sponsorship list to contact and, as of now, I haven’t had anyone not renew their sponsorship and in
some cases, they raised the amount they are sponsoring. We have gained at least two new sponsors in
Cameo Cakes and Wichita Dyno. The people who own Cameo Cakes own the Divco Milk truck that
makes most of the local shows. Wichita Dyno, owned by Kriss, has helped several members by doing
dyno work on their cars.
I have now made two trips to Miami, Oklahoma to pick up cars and engines. We have now picked up
six cars and 15 engine blocks; some complete but most were in the short block stage. We picked up four
complete tri power’s and six more tri power intake manifolds with a bunch of cylinder heads. Also
picked up four Muncie transmissions and one Doug Nash race 5 speed with a vertigate shifter. So I have
been very busy trying to digest all of the parts and cars into my available space. Marvin Hoover had collected all this stuff for 40 years. Sandi is ready for a clean out of her husband’s stuff so she can put the
TV shop Marvin owned up for sale. For all of these parts and cars that were 1/4 done, she now has a
nice ‘64 Pontiac 2, plus two Catalina Pro Street car to drive and/or sell.
I need to check out the Best Western Air Port Inn and make sure everything there has no surprises. I
know making sure that our tech session for the Uprising is still on board. They had earlier committed to
a session about Paint with PPG. The local company handling that is Keystone Automotive LKQ of
Wichita.
We met with Larry Crider and Art Barrett a couple of weeks ago at Phil and Margaret Brinkley’s in
Rose Hill and had a good meeting with some of the old Kansas Chieftains who are excited to help make
the 2014 POCI Nationals a success. They have volunteered to do the trailer parking and also help with
registration. Bill Burton is doing articles to put in the Smoke Signals that tell about the events and sites
to see and do in Wichita. So far, this undertaking has went without any big problems. So, with all our
membership help, we can make some money for the club to go down in history as putting on a great
event in Wichita. There are some people concerned about a GTOAA Club handling a POCI event and I
hope this separation can help put the two organizations on a course of cooperating instead of competition. The Pontiac owners need to try to help each other out instead of telling how bad they got treated at
the last event they went to because their car wasn’t the GTO or the other way around, their car wasn’t a
full sized Pontiac.
I’m attending a Wichita International 50 year reunion on the 14th and will not be able to make the next
meeting at the Proffitt’s. I’m sure the steaks will be great that I will be missing! Jeff Vann will be running the show that meeting if he can make it. Les Linn will fill in if it comes to pass. See you all soon at
the Uprising!
~~Tom
The August 17, 2013 meeting was hosted by Tim Mahoney and his wife. The club enjoyed
friendship, refreshments, and a wonderful meal. Thank you Tim!
Tom Wilhite shared the design for the t-shirt for the 2014 Convention. He also discussed
having a drag race shirt along with the convention shirt.
On the matter of the Uprising, plaques and t-shirts were discussed. Les has art work for the
plaques and he will be taking care of them. Rita Jones will handle the t-shirts and sweatshirts.
It was agreed upon that it would be a good idea to do sweatshirts this year because they haven’t
been done in a few years.
The mailers for the Uprising are at the Postal Pre-Sort and are being mailed to everyone on an
updated list. They should be mailed out by then end of August.
Tom is still working on the sponsorships for the Uprising.
POCI update meeting is planned for the weekend of the 24th of September at Phil and Margaret
Brinkley’s home in Rose Hill. Les will send out an e-mail on particulars at a later date.
Bill Burton did a great article highlighting places to see and things to do in Wichita for all the
visitors coming for the convention. At the meeting we discussed different activities that could
be available during the convention such as the drive-in, Cowtown, cruises, etc.
The next meeting will be at Cap and Robin Proffitt’s on September 14th at around 12:30 p.m.
The meeting will need to be over by 2 o’clock when the band, King Midas and the Mufflers,
begins to play. Don’t forget to bring lawn chairs while food and drinks will be provided.
Deanna Schottler had programs from Eric’s service and Pontiac flashlights available for the
members that were present at the meeting.
Dan and Rita Jones were asked by Eric, before he passed, to take care of all the Pontiac parts.
We have made some progress on moving blocks, cranks, heads, intakes, and exhaust manifolds
from the shop on Osage. Next step is making an actual inventory list. We still have more parts
to be moved. E-mail your “want list” to [email protected].
I’ve received many remarkable
nature photographs over the
years but this photo of a nesting
Falcon is perhaps the most remarkable Nature shot that I’ve
ever seen. I hope you enjoy it as
much as I did. Nature is truly
breath-taking!
A FALCON NESTING IN A TREE
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September 14 — 8th Annual Hope Heritage Festival Car Show. Main Street, Hope, KS.
Brian Haden, 785-577-9752.
September 15 — SKOOPS Annual Sock Hop and Cruz-In Car Show. Skoops Diner, Downtown, Hesston, KS. Vicki Koehn 316-706-7377 or [email protected].
September 21 — 3rd Annual ROD RUN and Bike Show. Sponsored by American Legion
Riders Post 268 and Sedgwick Booster Club. Commercial Street, Downtown Sedgwick,
KS. Dwight Miller, 316-648-2585.
September 21 — 15th Annual El Dorado Open Car and Bike Show. Sponsoring an area
charity. Downtown, El Dorado, KS. El Dorado Chamber of Commerce, 316-321-3150.
September 22 — 19th Annual Show N Shine Car Show. Benefit for Make-A-Wish Foundation of Kansas. Wichita State University, Wichita. Sgt. Ken Kimble, 316-350-3460 or
[email protected]
September 27-29 — 38th Annual “Last Run” Car Show. Hosted by Ark City Tumbleweeds,
Paris Park, Arkansas City, KS. Carl Davis, 620-442-1745; [email protected];
www.actumbleweeds.com
September 28 — Greater Andover Days Car Show. Hosted by Wheat State Falcon Car
Club. 1609 E. Central, Andover, KS. Tim Sutherland, 316-655-0697; [email protected]; www.wheatstatefalcon.com
October 4-5 — 24th Annual Pontiac Uprising Drag Race and Car Show hosted by GRRRR8’R Wichita Pontiac Club. Friday night “Tech” session and bench racing. Call for
location. Saturday car show and drag racing. Kansas International Dragway, 61st &
North Ridge Rd., Wichita, KS. Tom Whilhite, 316-788-0514; www.wichitagto.com
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