October - Alberta Iron Indians Pontiac Club

Issue 5
October 2011
Edmonton Chapter
Alberta Iron Indians
Pontiac Club Poncho Paper
AIIPC EC S & S 3/9/2011
S P E C I A L
P O I N T S O F
I N T E R E S T :
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Members Rides
Page 3.
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Support Our
Sponsors.
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Check out our Calendar of Events .
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Feel free to send
articles to newsletter .
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Remember it is all
about enjoying
Pontiacs and having
fun.
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AIIPC Show & Shine
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Members Ride
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Executive
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Grizzly Trail Cruise
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Pontiac Racing News
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Presidents Corner
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Editor, Classifieds
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Barrett Jackson
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Radium Show & Shine
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Sponsors
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AIIPC EC Barbeque
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AIIPC EC Barbeque
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Barrett Jackson
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Sponsors
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Important News
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STARS VOLINTEERS PRESENTING THE CHIEFTAIN AWARD TO GARRY & DONNA COOPER.
A ROOF TOP PHOTO AT NAIT CAMPUS OF OUR SHOW. AERIALS GYMNASTICS CLUB SERVING EXCELLENT FOOD.
The “Event Tickets”
That Photography By
Bully Supplied For
Our Show Went Over
Well.
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AIIPC ECShow N Shine report
It's all good.
What else can be said about our Edmonton
Chapter AIIPC Show'n'Shine on Sept. 3, followed
by the club's first annual autumn cruise on the
Labour Day holiday Monday, Sept. 5, the Grizzly
Trail Cruise.
Much can and should be said of the events, of
course, and here is the coverage in both words
and pictures.
Truly, the gods were smiling down on us for
those two events. The weather was crisp in the
morning, but sunny and warm throughout the
rest of the day. That was true for both events.
Naturally, our perfectionist President Dave
Scragg left nothing to chance in organizing our
young club's second annual show and shine
held at NAIT's west-end Patricia Campus
(149th St., 122 Ave.) Although it was our
second club show, it was at a new venue.
The Patricia Campus - aquired for us by
member (and NAIT instructor) Jules Preville - is a nice setting, nestled in out of
prevailing winds. It certainly served us
well.
If there was a complaint or any unhappiness about the show, it certainly wasn't
heard or apparent among the 64 show
car exhibitors. The registration ladies including Susan Scragg, Bev Rosentreter,
Donna Cooper, Sybil Roche and Janice
McDonald - report a smooth, complaintfree operation. After a disappointing first
attempt at raising funds at last summer's
Ron Hodgson's Pacemaker show, our
charity cause - S.T.A.R.S. air ambulance banked an encouraging $450.00 for this
one. Well done, folks, in putting up the
cash in the S.T.A.R.S.' Chieftain Trophy
voting, won by Garry and Donna Cooper's
1952 Chieftain convertible.
Check out all the trophy winners in Jerry Stanic's
picture album on these pages.
As well, the burgers were great served up by the
Aerials Gymnastics Club food services booth. The
burgers went down well with CocaCola and the
Rock'n'Roll music served up by club member DJs,
Ben Lemon, John Dampf, Shawn Genge and Liam
Hicks. Good work on the mike, fellas!
-Garry Cooper
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Members Ride
J u l e s J E W E L 1971 L e m a n s
Convertible
Since the early 1990, I wanted to get
back into classic cars but due to other commitments it had never happened.
My initial craving was for a car which I had
had as a young driver. At the age of nineteen
I had purchased a 1967 Mustang GTA fastback. I loved that car, but the speeding tickets, body repairs and insurance had kept me
broke.
That car was not the greatest on the winter
roads due to the lack of treads on the tires
and the amount of power under the hood. So
during the summer of 2005 Janice and I put
on a lot of miles searching for the perfect
car. After looking at about 20 or so Mustangs, I found that none of them were worth
the asking price, and I lost my interest in
Mustangs.
During that summer we made a trip to a
Kelowna car show where I picked up the
newspaper and found a Lemans Sport in 300
Mile House BC. And it was a convertible, too.
After a brief telephone conversation with the
owner, he assured me it was worth the twohour trip up to view this car. Upon seeing it, I
knew this one was to be mine and so after
some negotiation and inspection it was
shipped to Edmonton.
My Lemans Sport convertible had been
initially sold from a Vancouver Pontiac dealer
in 1971. Over the next 30-some years the
car changed ownership and made its way to
100 Mile House B.C.
My attachment to this classic grew. The
enjoyment of tinkering and driving it brings
me back to when cars were built with a more
simple technology and
approach. It’s
so easy to
work on this
old girl. Over
the years,
most of the
car has seen
a restoration
and or replacement of
many components.
This Lemans has not in some ways kept its originality, and in many
cases has had the latest in technology merge with the old. When I
replaced the power train I knew I wanted a fuel injection engine and
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Member’s Ride Continued
a transmission with overdrive connected to a rear end that complements the whole assembly. I have kept the interior original looking, feeling that it is respectful to the car.
Besides the power train many other changes have been made and more will be done. The result is a machine
that is reliable and satisfies my need for a classic car.
It is nice to own this relic and now that Pontiac Motor Division no longer exists, I know that whoever and whenever the time comes for someone to take over ownership of this car, they will experience this same pleasure and
pride.
-Jules Preville
The Edmonton Chapter AIIPC Executive
Executive
President: Dave Scragg
dscragg@shaw.ca
Vice President: Jerry Stanic
stanfam@telusplanet.net
Secretary: Liam Hicks
lhicks@telus.net
Memberships: Bill Moffat
billmoffat@shaw.ca
Sponsorships: Terry Beuerlein
terrybeuerlein@msn.com
Special Events: Travis Lansing
lansintr@alpac.ca
Committees
Sponsorship: Terry Beurelein
Travis Lansing
Dave Scragg
Special Events: Travis Lansing
Lorrie Baker
Ed Harrison
Newsletter: Jerry Stanic— Lead
Garry Cooper— Editor
Dave Scragg— Assistant
Shawn Genge— Racing News
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Grizzly Trail Cruise
Now some horn-blowing from
me - your Poncho Paper editor Garry
Cooper - for the Grizzly Trail Cruise. I
guess an old car guy can blow his
own horn if forced to do so. And
Dave Scragg and member Terry
Beurerlein have insisted I write it up.
The fall cruise might have been my
idea, but Terry said at our August
executive meeting: "Let's do it Labour Day Monday." And we did.
I titled it the Grizzly Trail Cruise,
and I'm wondering if that adventurous Safari-sounding appellation,
contributed to a turn out of 12
Pontiac cars - from Clem and Doreen
Lamoureux' 1950 businessman's
coupe to Terry Beuerlein's 30th Anniversary Trans Am.
The title was half right, for we
drove the Grizzly Trail (Hy. 33) from
Gunn through Barrhead, where some
of us went through the town's A&W
Drive-thru lane, and where we all
gathered for a club photo-shoot opportunity at Barrhead's Grizzly Trail
Motors. Some from among the muscle-car set left rubber calling cards
as they peeled back out onto the
highway. As Jerry Stanic's accompanying photos of the cruise show, the
Grizzly Motors signage still contains
the word "Pontiac", and that's a rare
find anymore since GM mothballed
the brand several years ago. That
photo-shoot was a highlight of the
cruise. I must say, we looked great,
Baby!
While the rest of the Grizzly Trail
continues on north through Fort Assiniboine to Swan Hills, we turned
back east to Westlock, stopping at
J.D's Roadside Cafe (it was closed
for the holiday weekend). Nonetheless, locals stopped by and checked
out our troop as if we were a Westlock show'n'shine.
Starting out from St. Albert (and
taking Highway 37 to Onoway/Gunn)
the Grizzly Trail Cruise covered a
distance of something like 220 kilometres in some 3 1/2 or four hours.
It was a perfect fall outing; farmers
working their fields, the leaves just
starting to change. And no
one had any car trouble.
Many of us capped it off
with a stop (along Highway
44 south from Westlock) at
the Alcomdale Hutterite Colony's roadside farmers' market where we bought fresh
vegetable, pickles and fruit
pies. Donna and I enjoyed
their saskatoon berry pie
(with a bit of rhubarb in it) so
much that we bought another
at a Hutterite booth set up the next
weekend at the Fallis Show'n'Shine.
Okay, because Dave and Susan
Scragg were also there at Fallis, I
must report that our '52 Chieftain
convertible, SH BOOM, cleaned up
as Peoples' Choice and Little Peoples' Choice (a committee of kids
liked our A&W Drive-In window tray
of yore).
There. I've blown my own horn as
requested. Honk! Honk! Are you
happy now?
-Garry Cooper
JD’s Roadside Cafe
Grizzly Pontiac GMC.
A Lot of Class at Grizzly Motors.
Donna Cooper at Fallis S & S
Members Enjoying The Cruise.
Purchasing food from the Hutterite booth.
All 12 AIIPC EC in front of Grizzly Motors
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Pontiac Race News
Race News Oct 2011
As we are well into fall, the race
season has come to an end in Edmonton; if you have been following
John Dampf and myself, we had
high points and low points throughout the season, from transmission
breaking, fuel systems getting contaminated, and distributors moving
out of place. Racing at both the
GTOAA and the Pontiac Tri Power
Nationals and the IHRA Rocky
Mountain Nationals. It’s been a
successful season as both cars had
no major engine damage. Winter
brings us a time to reflect on what
went right and what went wrong. On
my car I learned that running a 26
inch tall tire gives me my quickest ET
and 60 ft. times over 27 inch tall tires
that gave me a better mph. John
learned that his engine and transmission performs better with a looser converter and to bring gas from Canada
with him when he races. This winter I
will be on the hunt for a good rolling
chassis as I am seriously looking on
building a Pontiac Super Stock Replica
for racing in 2013. Next year it would
be nice to see a few more Pontiacs at
the race track. The Weekly Street Legal events give members an opportunity to race in a controlled environment. Another highlight of the year
was racing at the Vegreville Airport,
the Vegreville Drag race Association
run four events in May, June, August
and September. It’s a laid back event
where people get to run their vehicles
and get to see how they run against
other new and old muscle cars. The
cost is reasonable at 50 dollars and
it’s a great fun event.
We hope all our members have a great
winter season and it would be nice to
see what some of our members’ cars
run, a well-tuned GTO can run low 14s
or high 13 seconds with some proper
tuning and a set of slicks. We will see
everyone next May for our first point
meet at Castrol Raceway .
-Shawn Genge
John Dampf lines up against a V-8 Vega and wins quite easily, running mid 10’s all afternoon.
* Brain Teaser *
What year and model of Pontiac is the
picture of the hood from?
A I I P C
S p o n s o r s
P l e a s e
s u p p o r t
o u r
s p o n s o r s
With the cellphone ban in
place we have
incar Bluetooth system
installed for
$249 on Special.
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Presidents Corner
Hi Members
The Alberta Iron Indians Pontiac
Club Edmonton Chapter in my
opinion had a very good season.
We had a very large increase in
membership, and two excellent
show and shines. The Ron Hodgson/Pacemaker show which we
coordinated for our sponsor was
fantastic, from the weather to the
60 top quality entries which attended the show. This Show &
Shine was organized in record
time and went over without a
glitch.
The ALL PONTIAC show put on
Sch edule
of
Events
by AIIPC - EC was a TOP NOTCH show to be
proud of. Again the weather was perfect, the
venue was excellent, the cream of the crop
Pontiacs entered, and the food supplied by
Aerials Gymnastics Club was superb.
With both shows the AIIPC raised over
$600.00 for STARS Air Ambulance.
This is the last issue of the AIIPC—EC newsletter for 2011. The newsletter will start again
on June 1 2012 and continue monthly to October 1 2012.
Our year end AIIPC—EC 1st Annual Barbecue
was very entertaining, even though the
weather was rainy and cool ( but what can you
expect for October 2).
As a club we need to offer a BIG THANK YOU
to Shawn Genge for supplying and cooking the
steaks for our barbeque.
Another THANK YOU to Doug and Sandy
Kandt for hosting the barbeque on their beautiful acreage.
Smoky Lake Pumpkin Fair & S/S
Smoky Lake Bill 780-656-2463
Mystery Fun Run Tour III
Calgary Vicki 403-569-2363
1st Cars 4Fun S/S / Make-A-Wish
Foundation
Calgary Ed 403-254-8878
Sun
Special THANK YOU to ALL of our sponsors
for supporting the AIIPC—EC and we hope you
are offering the same for 2012.
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Thank You to ALL the volunteers and executive for going up and above the call of duty for
the benefit of our club. When you get involved
with the workings of the club it can be very
rewarding.
THANK YOU ALL FOR A JOB WELL DONE!
Till Next Year –Dave Scragg
AIIPC — EC President
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Letters to Editor
Dear Editor: Please do not print my
name because this is about Christmas secrets!
My hubby is working in our attached garage on the restoration of a
'50s Pontiac but is having troubles
finding some of the parts that he
needs - weather stripping, for an example. I noticed in the last newsletter
that you had been trying to find a
source for that sort of thing for another AIIPC member; that you had
tracked
down a parts distributor, on line, in
California and that you had ordered a
Pontiac parts catalogue but it hadn't
yet arrived in the mail. I wondered if
you have received the catalogue; if its
contents are helpful for amateur restorers (does it have, for instance, a
supply of weather stripping that might
be available to my husband). How
much is that catalogue and how may I send
for it.
But, remember, this is for a Christmas stocking stuffer idea - shhhhhhh!
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous: Good news on all fronts!
The Calfornia Pontiac Restoration Classic
Parts Catalogue did indeed arrive via snail
mail. The online sites www.PontiacParts.net or
cpr@dcninternet.net - offer the 112-page full
-colour cover gratis including free delivery. It
took about six weeks to get here, but it was
free at a postal cost - theirs - of nearly $5.
The catalogue offers parts of all kinds for
Pontiacs from 1926 through 1958. I've
been frustrated myself trying to find a glove
box catch. Such a small item, but so annoying when you either can't get to the contents
of your glove box, or the darn door flops
open on every bump in the road. I think this
AIIPC Edmonton Chapter
Editor: Garry Cooper.
Email Letters To Editor
aiipcdave@gmail.com
catalogue can solve my problem, hallelujah! Weather
stripping? By the ton! But not
a whisper that you know anything about any ole' catalogue. Your hubby will surely
believe that Santa Claus
slipped down the fireplace
chimney to stuff his stocking
with this restorers' treasure.
Merry Christmas to all . . . .
-Garry Cooper
Classifieds
For Sale Chrome moldings from a 1963 Pontiac Parisienne, excellent condition, they are from both front fenders and run
the length of the fenders, also have 4 1963 Pontiac Hub Caps off of a 1963 Bonneville, spinner type, asking $100.00 for the
set, also asking $100.00 for the chrome fender moldings . Call Glenn at 780-477-1777
To Advertise
Email: aiipcdave@gmail.com
FOR SALE
Engine Stand - MVP ProLift 750lb capacity (09-1081-2) $50
Call Liam at 780-903-5930,
FOR SALE
1965 Pontiac Laurentian 4door. Parts car only, engine
missing.
Asking
$100.00. Call Dennis at
780-418-7738.
FOR SALE
One 4" X 10" Sony - 150 Watt
Dash Speaker - 4 ohm (Sony
XS-W4121) - new in box - $30
Call Liam at 780-903-5930,
pickup in St. Albert.
FOR SALE
1970 Pontiac GTO Convertible, numbers matching. Original 400 V8, 350 HP
plus. Turbo 400 3 speed
automatic. PS, PB, PW, original 8-Track stereo. New carpeting, new convertible
top.
Includes GM build
sheet. Recent engine refresh
work. Car is professionally
detailed, beautiful Class 12. Asking $50,000. Call
Dennis at 780-418-7738.
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Barrett-Jackson 2011
The best buy in my opinion for a Pontiac was a 1970 ½ Pontiac Trans –
Am, Ram Air III car with a 4 speed for 32 k.
Barrett Jackson 2011 Auction
With 100 degree heat and over 5000 registered
bidders the 2011 version of the Barrett Jackson
was a huge success. With more than 24 million in
total sales and over 60,000 people in attendance. The auction runs for 3 day in the 3rd week
in September at the Mandalay Bay Resort and
Casino. This year 580 cars were sold on the auction block with a 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 topping
out at over $700,000 dollars. The Top Pontiac
sold was a 1965 Tiger Gold Tri Power GTO driven
in by Jim Wangers and Dave Anderson. It hit the
reserve and topped out at 86 thousand dollars.
The Steal of the Auction at 32k
Nothing like getting you picture on Speed
Tiger Gold 1965 GTO
The Las Vegas Auction has a wide base of cars for sale;
this year there were a lot of Camaros on the auction
block with only 2 GTO a 1968 and 1965. An unusual car was a 1969
Firebird Sprint Convertible with Overhead Cam 6 cylinder engine that sold
for 28 thousand dollars. The 230 cu 6 cyl engine with a 4bbl carb puts
out 265 HP. This has been my second year at the auction and it gets better every year. Spending hours looking at the fine examples of vehicles,
he had an opportunity on purchasing bidder guest passes, which gave us
full access to the floor and to experience the action of a live auction. The
great Las Vegas weather in September and the Barrett Jackson Auction
makes this a great trip, there is no problem keeping a car enthusiast
busy for a week. The Imperial Hotel and Casino has 200—plus car museum that is a must to see in Las Vegas, plus the opportunity to rent exotic muscle cars and European sports cars for the day or on the track. I
would recommend this auction to anyone who is a car buff and would like
to see a broad version of different cars all under one roof. You never
know you might buy one.
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Radium Car Show
The Columbia Valley Classics held their annual
Show and Shine in Radium on September 16th &
17th. Registration was held Friday night at the
Radium Seniors Centre with free entertainment
and refreshments for the registrants. Vehicles
began lining up around 7:00 AM on Saturday
morning for entrance to the venue on the driving
range at Bighorn Meadows golf course. The
skies threatened rain and a few showers were in
the area but, as is usually the case, the skies
cleared around 9:00 and the sun shone for the
rest of the day. Vendors of all kinds were on site
to sell you food, hot rod parts, equipment, and
memorabilia. Almost 800 vehicles from all over
western Canada and the U.S. were on hand for
the festivities. The show ran until 4:00 PM when
awards were presented and the cruise to Invermere began. All along the route people gathered to cheer on the parade of vehicles. Our
group was one of the first on the route and, even
though we took almost an hour to complete the
circuit, vehicles were still leaving the show &
shine site for the cruise when we returned. Saturday evening’s dance was hosted at the Radium Ball diamond which some of you may remember as the site of previous CVC car shows.
This was a new location for the dance and it was
held in a large tent with wooden floors especially
set up for the occasion. The 50’s was the theme
and many of the attendees were dressed in their
50’s erea costumes. Live entertainment carried
on into the wee small hours of the morning and
the odd enthusiast could be heard cleaning his
tires prior to returning to the hotel for the night.
The event is one of the highlights of my car show
season and each year the Columbia Valley Classics and the town of Radium do a great job in
making it a memorable event.
-Randy Jethon
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Chapter 1st Annual Barbeque.
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Barrett Jackson Continued
Another Unique Car was a 1970 LS6 Chevelle Convertible with 62
miles on it. It was a race car for Ray Allen and was undefeated in the
1970 season. It did not meet the 400 k reserve on it. A nice car but
for 400 thousand you can buy a lot of nice vehicles.
(1969 Firebird Sprint Convertible)
( Double Overhead Cam 230 CU 6 Engine)
Written by –Shawn Genge
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E D M O N T O N
C H A P T E R
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Dave Scragg
Phone: 780-962-8430
Cell:
780-940-2641
E-mail: dscragg@shaw.ca
* It Is All About Having Fun *
* Preservation of Pontiacs *
* Helping Charity *
Alberta Iron Indians
Pontiac Club
Mission Statement
Promote camaraderie between
our members.
Strive to preserve and enjoy
Pontiacs.
Support the enjoyment and
preservation of the Old Car
Hobby.
Support Charity by fund
raising throughout the year.
Encourage others to support
our efforts as a Club.
I m p o r ta n t N e ws
AIIPC Edmonton Chapter Meetings held the
last Monday of every month at ABC Restaurant
127 st and 140 ave from 6:00 pm for supper,
meeting starts at 7:00pm to 9:00 pm. All food
costs are members responsibility.
Thank You To All
The
AIIPC Edmonton Chapter meets every Monday
evening, 6:00pm at ABC Country Restaurant ,
then leaving at 7:00pm for a cruise around
town. The only exception is the last Monday of
the month we have our meetings there.
Club Members
For All Their
Please support all club
functions…..can be very
rewarding.
Contributions
ANY COMPLAINTS?
The Poncho Paper newsletter editor
will handle any and all complaints on
the second Tuesday of next week.
Thank you, Ed.
Answer from page 6.
For Our First
Annual Club
1949 Pontiac Silver Streak.
Barbeque !!
FIFTH EDITION