January 2015 - Alamo Area Chapter of the Pontiac

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January 2015
Official Newsletter of the Alamo Area Chapter of the Pontiac-Oakland Club International
From the Prez
CLUB OFFICERS
President:
Alfred Flores 210 435-6333
Vice President: Thomas Rauschuber
210-387-6255
Treasurer:
Mike Prescher 210-695-1504
Secretary:
Penny SanMarco 830-305-1955
Editor:
Troy Smalley 210-632-1519
The purpose of the Alamo Area Chapter of the
Pontiac-Oakland Club International (POCI) is assist
Pontiac and Oakland Car owners with the restoration
and enjoyment of these great cars through sharing of
knowledge, and promotion of social activities.
Membership in the international body is a
prerequisite of chapter membership. Local chapter
dues are $12.00 per year. Membership entitles you to
receive our monthly newsletter “Ponti-Yakkin”, free
personal car/parts for sale/wanted ads, inclusion in
club-sponsored events, and voting rights on chapter
issues. Members are encouraged to submit articles
for use in the newsletter. All materials are subject to
approval, editing, and space limitations. Articles used
are the opinions of their author and not AAC or
POCI.
To submit ads, articles, or request information, please
call one of the above listed club members or contact
us at:
AAC Pontiac-Oakland Club
PO Box 34654
San Antonio TX 78265-4654
www.classicpontiac.org
Submitted by: Alfred Flores
Happy New Year everyone! I hope that all of our
Pontiac Club members had an enjoyable holiday
season. This will be our first Newsletter of 2015 and
this will also mark my tenth year as serving as your
club President. I had to look back to some of my first
articles and newsletters to confirm this. While doing so,
I read a couple of my first articles as your President.
We have come a long way. I have seen many Pontiacs
come and go in our club; memberships that reached an
all-time high of approximately 53 at one time.
With my anniversary, I want to focus on boosting club
membership. I see that our club has seen some decline
in membership as of late so I want to generate more
participation in club events starting with the Autorama
indoor car show. The dates have been set for March 1315 this year at the Coliseum exhibit halls. Our club had
a great display last year and I hope to get a great group
of Pontiacs again this year. I will bring entries for you
to fill out the day of our January meeting.
We did have a great Christmas party last month at the
San Antonio Target club. Mike and Angie Prescher
once again volunteered to cook a delicious Christmas
dinner of pork loin and chicken. I would like to extend
my thanks and appreciation for their hard work cooking
and hosting the event at the shooting club meeting
room. I also want to thank everyone that brought side
dishes and desserts to compliment the great meal. I will
give a full recap at the meeting.
One Note: Ralph Gaines notified me that the Camaro
club has scheduled their annual car show for Sunday
April 12 at Ancira Winton Chevrolet. I hope that we
could have a great showing of Pontiacs there as well.
Our next meeting is on Tuesday January 13 at Salsalito
Mexican restaurant located at 14535 Nacogdoches Rd.
at 7:00 pm. I look forward to seeing you there!
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Bastrop Veteran’s Day Car Show
Many Pontiac Models Shown
Submitted by Penny SanMarco
What a perfect day for a car show. We should
be so lucky. And there were over 255 cars there. It is
held in Historic Old Town and the streets and side
streets were lined with a great assortment of classics and
some of the new age examples. We traveled with the
Olds Club since they were leaving from Bucees in New
Braunfels. It was surprising how many Pontiacs were
there including Matt Taggart’s GTO. The new owner of
that car is from Australia and a friend of ours from the
New Braunfels Club is a classic car broker who found
the GTO for him. It will be leaving for Australia soon to
join the group of Pontiacs already in his area. Don’t
know what it is about Australians and American Classic
Cars. There were two couples attending one of the
conventions a few years ago. They flew into the west
coast, picked up a Bonneville purchased off eBay and
drove that car across the west part of the US (without
A/C) and met up with the Grand Prix Chapter at the
Pontiac Museum. Then the second couple picked up
their Pontiac from the area and they drove those two
Pontiacs back to the west coast to ship them to
Australia. And there are always some Aussies attending
the conventions.
Ralph Gaines was not with the Olds group this
time. I guess if we went to Biff’s more we would have
known he broke bones in both feet/ankles not too long
ago and will not be able to get around on his own for
some time. Sorry to hear about that Ralph! Those
ladders are mean tools at times.
There was an awesome assortment of military
vehicles and armament on display also. A great touch
for a Veteran’s Day celebration. Many Veterans in
attendance to visit with and those that brought the
vehicles were there to talk about them.
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Additional Pictures from the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals
Submitted by Penny SanMarco
Classifieds
Muscle Car Shop. Full restorations, stock, restomods, pro touring, bumper to bumper including: chassis/suspension, LS
conversions, paint/body, custom fabrication, rear ends, engine work including crank grinding, cylinder boring, valve
work, decking and interiors. Please see our web site at: www.texomaclassics.com contact us at:
chris@texomats.com or call: 903-819-1452.
Honeycomb Pontiac wheel 15 x 7 GTO Firebird or Grand Prix $75 call Alfred 210-823-2674
Tri-power [Three deuce] set up for 1957 Pontiac. Fits other models. In restorable shape, includes carbs and mechanical
linkage. Casting number 528533. One of the first Pontiac tri-powers for 347 cu. in. w/290 H.P., 10 to 1 compression ratio,
except w/ optional cam made 310 H.P. Date code: C-267; March 26, 1957.
Also have good rebuildable 389 block, like new lifters and other GTO parts, also have 1966 GTO grill inserts and 1966
tempest grill inserts.
For sale or trade for 1966 GTO stuff or Harley stuff.
Also have Harley Softtail Custom for sale, fully optioned 1994 Corvette for sale, Mercedes wheels, Lowenhart LSR wheels
and other various parts for Pontiac, C-4 Corvette and Jaguar E-type,
Call Baron: 210-822-4688
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Pictures from the
2014 Christmas Party
Submitted by Alfred Flores
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AAC Pontiac-Oakland Club
P.O. Box 34654
San Antonio, Texas 78265-4654
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