Issue 19 September 2014 Edmonton Chapter Alberta Iron Indians Pontiac Club Poncho Paper S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F AIIPC BBQ COMMENTS INTEREST: Members Rides Page. Today I experienced lots of cool cars, cool food and cool people. The food was amazing! Looking under the hood of the cars was awesome and Support Our Spon- sors. meeting all of the people was extremely fun. I would love to do it again! Thomas R Feel free to send articles to news- letter. Today was the Fourth Annual BBQ of the AIIPC. It was a great day for Remember it is all food and friendship, the food and people were great! The weather was about enjoying fantastic and there was many cars. I look forward to coming out to the next Pontiacs and hav- one! Doug ing fun. Wow gang, What a beautiful day to hang out with everyone, talk, laughs INSIDE THIS and the food!!! Thanks Shawn, great job! Thanks so much execs, Doug ISSUE: and Sandy. Kathy AIIPC BBQ 1 Our first time attending, it was ―AWESOME‖!! Thank you, look forward to BBQ Pictures 2 future BBQs. Dean & Janice Show N Shines 2 Race News 4 Great day; great food; great company of friends! All for a great classic car club! What could be more fitting than an old fashioned country picnic with Members’ Rides 6 a backdrop of old fashioned automobiles!! Garry C Swervyn Mervyn’s 7 Letter to Editor 12 Good friends, great food, fun fun! What better way to spend a Hot Sum- President’s Message 15 mers Day! Sibyl Local Show N Shines 16 We don‘t make the B.B.Q. each year due to vacation but we really enjoyed Sponsors 17 ourselves. The food was fantastic this year. It was wonderful to meet Winterize Your Car 19 some new members and chat with the older ones too. It is such a treat to Cruise Calendar 21 be able to all come together at least once a year. Thank you Doug and Sandy for hosting yet again. Robyn, Liam, Maeb & Gwyn Pro Max 22 Capital GMC 23 Had a wonderful time thanks for all the fun and great food! Important News 24 Susan Scragg P a g e 2 Alberta Iron Indians Pontiac Club Poncho Paper A n n u a l B B Q The Master Chef!! Above: ABC Restaurant parking lot by Gloria and Bob Local Show N Shines Sep 13 Beulah Alliance Church 8th S/S Sep 6 AIIPC-EC 5th Annual All Pontiac S&S Edmonton AB Gerald 780-990-5850 Edmonton AB Dave 780-940-2641 Sep 13 Fallis Fall Show & Shine Sep 6 5th Brooks Street Rod Car/Bike S/S Fallis AB Open 780-797-3123 Brooks AB Warren 403-501-8878 Sep 14 Sherwood Ford/AMOA 4th All Ford S/S Sep 6 Scotia Bank’s Reach Up for Edmonton AB Daryl 780-446-6690 Crystal Kids Fund Raiser Sep 19 Cruise to Radium S/S - Meet at Edmonton AB Marilyn 780-455-2413 22x Petro Fri 1pm 403-968-9669 Sep 7 Round Hill Ag Society Harvest S/S Sep 20 Columbia Valley Classics 23th S/S Round Hill AB Allen 780-672-6104 Radium BC Open 250-346-3222 Sep 7 Grace Point Church of God S/S Sep 20 Bon Accord Equinox Show & Shine Edmonton AB Guy 780-489-6773 Bon Accord AB Al 780-948-6036 Sep 8 Barrhead Chariots Car Club S & S Sep 21 The Bubble Gum Man 29th Annual Tour Barrhead AB Charles 780-674-3353 Calgary AB TBGM 403-275-3830 Sep 13 Diablos’ 10th Annual Greaseball Bash Sep 21 Edmonton T-Bird Club Show & Shine Calgary AB Pat 403-630-3779 Edmonton AB Harold 780-930-2165 Sep 13 3rd Annual Calgary Swap Meet 2014 Oct 4 Smoky Lake Pumpkin Fair & S/S Calgary AB TBGM 403-275-3830 Smoky Lake AB Bill 780-656-2463 I s s u e 1 9 P a g e 3 A I I P C B B Q All the preparation, work, dedication, hospitality, was great! Besides the wonderful day; having the opportunity of sharing and meeting new friends has been a really good experience. Con- gratulations, Always…. Norma Sanchez, San Juan, P.R. Great food, great people, great weather; what more can you ask for!! A great meal—Thank you Shawn, John and Mike! Well done! It was a great time! Thank you Doug and Sandy for offering your home for our BarBQ = Lovely (unsigned) Great day! Great food! Great people! Terrific! Thanks to all organizers! Dale & Jo-ann Mount, Rob Mount and Sons Everything was great. Food was excellent. Special thanks to the Executives and Chefs for a perfect Barbeque! Can‘t believe the value for a club membership! Randy and Marlene Gatrix Amazing it‘s our first year attending, we had a great time, food was incredible! Koodo‘s to the cooks! Great time! George, Mary & Steven Carnegie The best of everything—weather, food & friends! This can‘t be beat—bar none! Randy & Betty J Great day & wonderful food & company! Our 1st Anniversary was perfect! Ed & Bev Harrison Was a hot beautiful day at the 4th AIIPC EC BBQ, was a full yard of members with their stellar cars! The friendship and comraderie was awesome along with the great food, the best ever, proud to be a member of this club! Jerry Stanic Photo by Jerry Stanic P a g e 4 Alberta Iron Indians Pontiac Club Poncho Paper Pontiac Race News As the summer nights get cooler and the kids are all getting back to school the racing side begins to slow down and our cars are getting ready for the winter season. Some Racing updates from some of our members. Susan and Charles Forgere took their 1968 Firebird and Raced in Medicine Hat on the August 8th weekend running mid 11s. John Dampf last had his 1970 GTO at Castrol Raceway at the end of July but is preparing for the SIR Wally Event Sept 14th in Saskatoon. I will also be racing in Saskatoon in the Sportsman Class that same weekend. With a light month on the racing circuit, I went into the archives and wanted to inform members on Pontiac Engines that started the drag racing craze and how far technology has advanced with today‘s engines. The Super Duty 421 was the baddest of all the engines in 1962 and 1963, won more trophy‘s than the 409 Chevrolet, 426 Max Wedge and 406 Fords. We don‘t get to see these engines very often and when you do, spend some time looking at the achievements the engineers at Pontiac created. The Super Duty 421 The 421 Super Duty took Pontiac's very successful 389 and made it bigger all the way around. They increased the bore by 0.030 inch to 4.093 inches and added a 0.250 inch to the stroke for a total of 4.0 inches. The first 421 Super Duty appeared as a dealer- installed engine in 1961, followed as optional engines for the Catalina‘s and, of course, the SD 421 Tempests in 1963. In that year, there were three different Super Duty 421configu- rations. Cont. Pg 5 The Edmonton Chapter AIIPC Executive Executive Committees President: Dave Scragg [email protected] Sponsorship: Shawn Genge John Dampf Vice President: Shawn Genge [email protected] Dave Scragg Secretary: Liam Hicks [email protected] Terry Beuerlein Treasurer: Terry Beuerlein [email protected] Special Events: Cliff Riles Lorrie Baker Sponsorships: John Dampf [email protected] Susan & Charles Fougere Shawn Genge [email protected] Clem Lamoureux Special Events: Cliff Riles [email protected] Carlos Velasquez Memberships: Martin Sharren [email protected] Newsletter: Jerry Stanic—Photographer Apparel: Doug Kandt [email protected] Garry Cooper—Editor Denise Briggs—Typesetter Newsletter: Lance & Denise Briggs [email protected] Shawn Genge—Racing News I s s u e 1 9 P a g e 5 Pontiac Race News The single four-barrel version was factory-rated at 390 hp, sported 12:1 compression, and was intended for NASCAR stock car racing. Adding another carburetor to the same engine pushed the second version to 405 hp. Pontiac's big dog in the factory horsepower hunt retained the twin four-barrel induction but added another point of squeeze to 13:1. Rated at a ridiculously conser- vative 410 hp (500–550 hp is more realistic), this engine was intended for drag racing. All SD engines were equipped with forged crankshafts, forged pistons, and 3.250-inch main journal diameters, increased over the 389's already large 3.00-inch journals. Rod journals re- mained the standard Pontiac size of 2.250 inch. Four-bolt main caps were also standard. Iron Super Duty cylinder heads (the 980 head carried the late 1962 and 1963 casting number, while earlier 1962 engines received 127 heads) and to keep the inlet air temperatures cooler, both units were built without the usual heat-riser passage. All SDs also came with one of three mechanical lifter camshafts, referred to as McKellar cams, in reference to Pontiac chief power plant engineer Malcolm "Mac" McKellar, who was responsible for their lobe designs. McKellar also designed not just camshafts but also oversaw the creation of the SOHC inline-six and many of the exotic DOHC engines that Pontiac experimented with in the late 1960s. The Super Duty 421 engines also spawned a number of interesting factory-inspired performance components. If you were connected to the pipeline in 1963, you might have scored one of per- haps as many as 40 or 50 two-piece "bathtub" tunnel ram intakes cast by Pontiac.