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Earlier this November, the Arizona chapter of the Pontiac-Oakland Membership Worldwide (POCI) held its Western Regional Roundup. Over 100 autos, together with an enormous GMC bus, had been current for the Poncho trustworthy to understand automotive historical past in 86-degree warmth.
The occasion began on Thursday, November 2nd with a mixer and a seminar from Thom Sherwood, who detailed a behind-the-scenes look how his pair of 1967 GTOs had been reworked into the automobiles used within the film xXx.
On Friday, three extra seminars had been introduced for these of the Pontiac persuasion. First was Jeff Lovich of “Pet Peeves of Arizona” fame, going over his critiques the “quirky, intelligent, or simply plain dumb fixes and mechanical maladies and modifications” it’s possible you’ll encounter throughout Phoenix’s public sale week. Subsequent was Dave Anderson, Jim Wangers’ right-hand man who advised the tales of Jim’s last a long time earlier than his passing this previous spring. Lastly, Jeff Sawruk flew in from Michigan to spin tales of rising up in a Pontiac family, as his father was a Pontiac engineer within the model’s heyday.
On Saturday, the automobile present and swap meet introduced in each attendees and spectators. Scheduled seminars included Invoice Schoening, the proprietor and restorer of the 1963 X-400 present automobile, and Gerson M. Goldberg, who shared reminiscences of rising up in a household that owned a Pontiac dealership in Connecticut.
A pleasant mixture of Pontiac historical past was on show, together with many who had been produced when Pontiac was quantity three within the trade. Whereas Pontiac was by no means primary — that was Chevrolet’s by birthright — it could not be incorrect to say that everybody within the trade wished they had been working for Pontiac.
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