We had a very good turnout for our June meeting, in attendance were: Jerry Young & his son Jeffery, Wayne Hill, Richard Jennings, George Toala, David Silarski, Ted Wisnoski & his son, Bill Dodge, Bill Eaton, Mike Shurtleff, Eric Stevens, Mimi Siracusa & myself. We discussed in great length our May car show Even though the attendance was down, we will still be able to donate to our charity due to our sponsors.
There were seven Gulf Coast GTO members that attended the GTOAA Nationals in Wichita Kansas: Bob Rynearson, Bill Rynearson, Mike Rynearson, Bill Dodge, Mike Shurtleff, Richard Jennings, and Dan Linebarger. The three Rynearsons took their GTOs to enter in the show; Bill won second place in his class (2005-2006 mild modified), and I won second in my class (1867 mild modified). We put up a club display with our AutoRama awards, GTOAA awards, club T-shirts & hats, banners and club pictures. The club won Best Chapter Apparel and also received a bronze level certificate for chapter membership affiliation with the GTOAA. It was a great show of 225 of some the best GTOs in the USA, plus the 1967 XXX GTO movie car was on display as well as the 1966 Monkeymobile GTO. Next year’s nationals will be in Portland Oregon July 4-8, 2011.
Mark your calendars for our club’s annual picnic, it will be October 24. David Silarski is securing the location.
We have five of the six cars needed for the AutoRama in November. Bill Eaton’s 2005 GTO, Glen Duncan’s 1971 GTO, Jerry Young’s 1969 GTO Judge, George Toala’s 1970 GTO Judge, & Richard Jenning’s 1964 GTO. We still need one more car; if you are interested in putting your car in the show this year, please give me a call.
We’ve set the date for our annual Christmas party, it will be December 11. We now need to find a location for dinner & hopefully a member’s home after dinner for our white elephant gift exchange and election. Please give us your thoughts on locations.
That’s enough for this month; hope to see you at the meeting.
Mike