March 2019 Volume 24 Issue 3 The G T O Tiger Times The Voice of the G T O and Pontiac Enthusiast in Central Pennsylvania Contact Russ or I for more info if you ’d like to President ’s Corner share you and your car ’s history with the members. In this newsletter you will find the official show flyer for our August show, now the GTOAA East As I write this an impending snow storm has once Coast Regionals. Online registration is now open, again cleaned out all the makings of French toast head to the members section of the website to sign from all local grocery stores, and we can only hope up. SVGTO members are now included in the show that Punxsutawney Phil was right and before long field, so be sure to pick the right class for your we will be driving our GTOs to monthly meetings Poncho. If you have any questions regarding what instead of 4x4 trucks! Despite that, things are fall- class you should be in or whether you should be in ing in to place for the 2019 season for SVGTO. stock or modified, feel free to ask before register- Plenty of great ideas for things to do each month ing. Email me at: [email protected] with any flowed at the February club meeting as we begin to questions. lock in some dates and events to get this year un- derway. Let ’s hope that our region doesn ’t retain Brian the tropical rain forest climate that hampered show season in 2018! This year we will kick off the year as we normally A couple other reminders: do with a cruise. As we were discussing what we wanted to do someone mentioned that Gary Cave Chapter dues renewals – We are nearing was having an open house and swap meet in April, the end of the renewal grace period, so if you which just happens to be on one of the weekends haven ’t renewed your SVGTO dues yet please do! we were looking at anyway. We ’ll meet up and At the end of March the password for the members cruise down to Gary ’s on April 14 th , stay tuned for only part of the website will be changed. If you more detail as we get closer to the date. need to renew, see Bob at this Sunday ’s meeting or Next up will be a tour of R.E.M. Automotive in it can be done on the site or by mail. Annville on May 18 th . We have quite a few new members since we last visited Ralph and Doug, this Mecum – Sign up is open, so if you would be one not to miss! For those that don ’t haven ’t yet, let us know you are interested! They know, R.E.M. manufactures hundreds of different are adding Wednesday this year so let us know restoration “soft parts ”. You may have never heard what you can do to help! of them, but I can guarantee you ’ve used their parts before if you have done any restoration work on your Pontiacs. Come out and find out just how many quality parts come out of our home turf! Both of these events will be rain or shine, and they will also both be in conjunction with the club meet- ing for April and May. April we will head to a nearby restaurant, and May will be at the conclusion of the tour at R.E.M. Both meetings will be brief meetings to keep the day from getting long and avoid having a club event the same weekend as a meeting. In June we will go back to meetings at the Hillside again. We are still looking for members to share their sto- ries with us. This month we learn a little more about our Treasurer Bob Krewson. In months to come we ’d like to hear from you! The GTO Tiger Times, A 2006 -18 GTOAA Award winner for Chapter Newsletter Excellence SVGTO.COM January 2018 Club News March 2019 donating raffle prizes, we welcome all Meeting Notes 02/10/2019 donations. In Attendance: The POCI Convention at Gettysburg Random Pontiacs Brian Little, Russ Esenwine, Bob Krewson, Gateway is July 16-21st. If you are Mike Gettys, Marlyn Runk, Rob Schaffer, planning on attending, and are in need of Rich & Darlene Slarb, Jim Eyers, Glen & a hotel room, we suggest you act fast as Deb Hill, Andy, Kear, Jeff Jukes, Alan rooms are selling out at a rapid pace. Haynes, Riaz Jena, Doug & Rueben Warble, Wilson Wolfe, John Douglas. Meeting called to order with opening SVGTO would like to welcome our newest remarks by Brian Little. member: Treasurer’s report presented by Bob Ken Leaman Of Strasburg, Pa Krewson. And his 64, 428 Tri-powered LeMans/GTO Since our regular meeting in May will fall on Mother’s Day, the meeting has been rescheduled to follow the REM Tour on May 18th. This will be a brief meeting, no more than 1 hour. There was much discussion about upcoming events for 2019. Please check page three for a list of confirmed events. As most of you are aware, SVGTO has taken the task of hosting the GTOAA East Coast Regional event. In the past this event was held in June in Hartfield Pa.We have moved this event to August and combined it with our annual show. The ECR will be a two day event starting on Friday August 16th & 17th. This will also be a rain or shine event. Keep checking ATTENTION! the website and newsletter for updates and schedule of activities. Be sure to check out the If youwebsite have comments Since this is a GTOAA sanctioned event, about, or suggestions to SVGTO members will now be able to www.svgto.comhelp improve The GTO enter their cars in the show field rather Tiger Times, please than having special classes, as we’ve For thecontact latest Russ information Esenwine. of done in the past. upcoming events. If you or anyone you know, personal, or [email protected] business contacts, would be interested in Next Meeting: The next regular club meeting will be Sunday, March 10th, 1pm at the Hillside Café. Somber News It is with great sadness that we share the news that in November we lost an SVGTO mem- ber. Lester Hess was a newer member of the club joining just last April. He was the origi- nal owner of a ’67 GTO. Mr. Hess was 72 years old and is survived by his wife Nancy. Page 2 Recent & Upcoming Events SVGTO.COM 2019 SVGTO Schedule of Events April 14 – Cruise to Gary Cave ’s spring swap meet Chapter Corner May 18 – Spring cruise to R.E.M. Automotive June 2 - Burdette Brothers Pontiac Show with GTOAA Chapter Coordinator, Denny Deal June 25 -30 – GTOAA National Convention in Lawrence- burg , Indiana I’ve been getting feedback from some of July 16 -21 – POCI National Convention in Gettysburg the chapters and Beth Butcher, our mem- July 21 - Ronald McDonald House meal prep bership coordinator, about members and July 31 -August 3 – Mecum Harrisburg their e -mail addresses. I send a Chapter August 16 – 17 – SVGTO All Pontiac show/GTOAA East Corner memo out periodically and expect Coast Regional your officers to forward it to you. If you are September 14 – Neffsville car show/SVGTO annual pic- not seeing them, then you need to check nic and make sure your e -mail address is correct with your October TBD – Fall Cruise chapter member responsible for passing these along. November 23 - SVGTO Holiday Banquet December 22 – Ronald McDonald House meal prep We also need to remind everyone that when you renew on -line whoever puts it in whether it is you, your wife, husband, girlfriend, friend, secretary etc. that this is the e-mail that is going to come through to Beth and she will update it to that e -mail in the GTOAA data- Did You Know …………… base. Most of the errors come from being unable to read the e -mail address especially when we do a show In 1958, Pontiac ’s optional “Sportable ” transistor AM radio or event and people are hand writing it out. She has to have a correct address for mailing and credit card pro- could be slid out from the dash to be taken anywhere. It oper- cessing, but if the e -mail is wrong, she has no way to ated on its own batteries and had its own antenna. When it know. was returned to the dash, it would then play through the car ’s From my standpoint, I only have the addresses for your speaker system using the car ’s electrical system to power it. officers so I expect that when I send out a memo that For 1959 and 1960, the transistor radio ’s design had changed pertains to you, the members, that your officers are to a small unit that was separate from the in -dash radio. It putting it on your Facebook page, on your website or stored in its own holder in the glovebox. Here ’s Pontiac ’s including along with your newsletter. Check your e -mail “Sportable ” transistor radio circa 1960. In the 1959 Oldsmo- out and make sure those that need to know have your correct address. bile it was the “Trans -Portable ” and the 1959 Buick it was If your chapter is involved in a Regional Events get called the “Transistor -Portable. ” Its styling differed some- them posted on our www.GTOAA.org website.