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FEBRUARY 2012 Page 1
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Official Newsletter of the
Northern Colorado GTO Association
In This Issue:
Convention Update
Page 2
Presidents Letter
Page 3
Business Meeting
Minutes -
Page 4
Letter from the Editor
Page 5
Definition of
Acceleration
Pages 6, 7
Classifieds
Page 9
Whose Car is it?
Page 11
PLEASE SEE PAGE 8
FOR DETAILS ON ALL
UPCOMING EVENTS
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FEBRUARY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES:
The meeting was February 18th at The Ranch. There
were 22 members from both clubs in attendance.
Committee Reports:
Drag Racing:
The trophies were discussed, and we are waiting on
sized to determine which best fits the budget. Jared is
still t4rying to contact Pedders and SCCA for
assistance with the Autocross. If anyone has a
contact, please forward that on to Jared..
Hotel/Ranch:
The room count is looking good at the Hotel, and
there are several RV spots filling up at the Ranch. We
will be hiring overnight security at The Ranch
Registration:
There are 59 registrations to date. We are still waiting
on the report section of the online registration process
so we can move forward with processing.
Finance:
Money is trickling in, enough to pay the bills to date.
Promotions/Sponsors:
The car from Furniture Row Racing will be at the
convention. We are working on some sort of
sponsorship from them. There is always room for
more sponsors and vendors. If any members have
some ideas, please contact Jay for information.
Swap Meet:
No new news to report.
Activities/Tech Sessions:
The activities for the convention are all locked up,
and there are several Tech speakers signed up, with
several names still in negotiations.
Car Show:
The classes are now posted on the GTOAA's website
for Popular Vote, along with the tabulation process.
Parking Lot:
We are still in need of a chair for that committee, as
well as someone dedicated to the courtyard activities.
Audio/Video:
No new news to report.
The updated schedule of events was discussed, with
the latest being posted on the convention website -
www.ncgtoa.com.
The Legend articles are looking great, and there are
many more articles planned for the upcoming
months.
A workers signup sheet was passed around the room
for members to choose where they would like to lend
a hand at the convention. Please contact Mary to get
yourself on the list.
A list of all the members in the GTOAA was passed
around and each member took a handful of pages.
Each member will be called to personally ask them to
join us in Colorado for the Nationals. Please contact
Jay to get some pages of names. A general statement
was emailed out to both clubs in an effort to help
with the phone calls to all GTOAA members.
Apparel to be sold at the Nationals was discussed,
and Norm has already got a new supply, and a list
with prices will posted on the website soon for
preorders.
A design was decided on for all of the show trophies,
as well as the dash plaque art.
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PRESIDENT’S LETTER
A bowling warm up for the annual tournament with
the Mustang Club (and possibly others) will be March 10 at
Sweetheart Lanes in Loveland There will be more details to
come so please check back often.
2012 Nationals update:
Please see the full page of 2012 National updates on page 2
of this newsletter. We had another very productive
committee meeting, thanks to everyone that attended. We
are in need of members to sign up for areas to work at the
convention. Attached to the email is the signup sheet. Please
let us know where you would like to help out and we will
sign you up. We are also in need of help making phone calls
to each member in the GTOAA to invite them to Nationals.
There is a list with names and numbers of all GTOAA
members that has been passed around. Most of the list has
been taken, but there are a few more remaining. Please call
me and I can get you what is left. There is also a basic write
up as to what can be said when you call them, but please
feel free to tailor it to suite yourself. If you have a cell
phone with free minutes, making call would not cost you
anything but your time, and it is the hope that we can get
several more registrants with the personalized calls.
President Mary
President
Mary
Robinson
Next Club
Meeting
March 1, 2012
JOHNSON'S CORNER
@ 7:00pm
Room reserved
@ 6:00pm for dinner -
So come early!
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CALL TO ORDER - WELCOME MEMBERS
AND GUESTS:
The meeting was called to order by President
Mary at 7:09 p.m. There were 7 members in
attendance,
as it was a frickin' blizzard outside.
There was one new/old face in attendance, as
Cindy Smith graced us with her presence. Please
welcome former members Bob and Cindy Smith
back to the Club! Glad to have you back!
MEETING MINUTES:
Jay read the minutes from the December
Business Meeting and they were approved as
read.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
There was no Treasurer's report as Bob was not
present.
OLD BUSINESS:
Last call for the 2012 NCGTOA Calendars. If
you did not get one yet and still want to, contact
Jay Robinson for your copy.
The remaining membership cards and rosters
were mailed out to those members who haven't
made it to any meetings or events to pick them
up in person.
NEW BUSINESS:
The Chili Cook-off and Millionaire Night was
discussed; since there were so few members in
attendance, it was decided to table the event until
possibly May or April.
The Warm-Up for the annual bowling
tournament is set for May 10th at Sweetheart
Lanes in Loveland. The cost will be $11.00 per
person for 3 games + shoes (normally $15.20 for
3 games).
GTOAA 2012 NATIONALS REPORT:
Please see new section "2012 Convention
Update" on page 2 of this newsletter.
Meeting adjourned at 7:37pm.
There was no 50/50 pot
NEXT BUSINESS MEETING:
The next Business Meeting will be held March
1st at Johnson's Corner on I-25. Come early for
dinner at 6:00pm, the meeting will start at
7:00pm.
BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES
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CLUB OFFICERS
2012
President:
Mary Robinson 655 Zuni Circle
Fort Collins, CO 80526
970-226-1974(h) 970-227-1398 (c)
Vice President:
Brian Schachtner 9002 Eldorado Avenue
Frederick, CO 80504
303-485-7990(h) 303-817-5739 (c)
Secretary / Newsletter Editor:
Jay Robinson 655 Zuni Circle
Fort Collins, CO 80526
970-226-1974(h) 970-214-3257 (c)
Treasurer:
Bob Alexander 2950 Neil Drive #10
Fort Collins, CO 80526
970-221-0754 (h) 970-214-4234 (c)
Webmaster:
Jay Robinson [email protected]
Amazed. That is what I am. State license? Check. Fishing
license? Check. Suckers in the freezer? Check. A free Saturday or
Sunday? NOT EVEN CLOSE.
This is the first season that I can recall in the last 15 years that I
have not had the opportunity to get the snowmobile out of storage, or
go ice fishing. It is snowing like there is no tomorrow in the high
country, but still it sits. I LIVE FOR THAT STUFF!! To me there is
nothing better on this planet (yes, that INCLUDES driving my Judge)
than blasting down the trail, across a frozen lake covered with a fresh
layer of powder, finding just the right spot, drilling a hole, setting up
the trusty stool, and start me a jiggin'. Mother Nature at its best.
What you say is the reason for all of this insanity? I will give
you three guesses, and the first two don't count.
2012 GTOAA NATIONALS. You guessed right......
Yep, I assume I am not the only member of the Northern
Colorado GTO Association, or of the Classic GTO Association of
Denver, that has given up something that is very important to them
such as my coveted Ice Fishing, just to spend a little more time to
make sure every detail is covered, give just a little more effort to make
sure all that come here have a fantastic time, and of course to make
sure this nationals will be the one to remember.
So, the way I see it, there is always next snow season to get my
snowmobiling and ice fishing fix. There is always the summer of 2013
for that long awaited cruise or vacation. There is always another
season for that Horse show, Dog show, or any other type of show you
regularly attend. There is always another time in the near future for
that new remodel or landscaping on the house. There is always another
time to take a backseat when it comes to a club event.
There will only be one time for the GTOAA Nationals at The
Ranch in Loveland, Colorado. That is in 2012. That time is less than 5
months away.
It is time to get it all together and join in with the rest of you
club and lend a hand where needed. Our time is now, let's make it
amazing.
GET UP, GET INVOLVED. MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
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DDDEEEFFFIIINNNIIITTTIIIOOONNN OOOFFF AAACCCCCCEEELLLEEERRRAAATTTIIIOOONNN Read this thru slowly and try to comprehend the amount of force produced in just under 4 seconds!
There are no rockets or airplanes built by any government in the world that can accelerate from a standing start
as fast as a Top Fuel Dragster or Funny Car!
One top fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows of stock cars at
the Daytona 500.
It takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 6,000+ horsepower of an NHRA Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the
rear wheels.
Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747
consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster's supercharger.
With 3,000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into
a near-solid form before ignition.
Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
At the stoichiometric (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which quantities of reactants and
products in chemical reactions are determined) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture of nitro methane, the flame front
temperature measures 7,050 deg F.
Nitro methane burns yellow... The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning
hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After halfway, the engine is dieseling from
compression, plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1,400 deg F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the
fuel flow.
If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes
with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4G's. In order to reach
200 mph (well before half-track), the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.
Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence.
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Top fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light! Including the burnout, the engine must
only survive 900 revolutions under load.
The redline is actually quite high at 9,500 rpm.
Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each
run costs an estimate $1,000.00 per second.
The current top fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.428 seconds for the quarter mile ( 11/12/06, Tony
Schumacher, at Pomona , CA ). The top speed record is 336.15 mph as measured over the last 66' of the run
(05/25/05 Tony Schumacher, at Hebron , OH ).
Putting all of this into perspective:
You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter 'twin-turbo' powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the
road, a top fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the
advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and
pass the dragster at an honest 200 mph. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.
The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal
whine that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds, the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the
finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him.
Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mph and not only caught, but nearly
blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1,320 foot long race course.
...... and that my friend, is ACCELERATION
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March 1: Business Meeting Johnson's Corner on I-25. 6pm for dinner, 7pm for the meeting
March 10: Bowling Warm-Up for annual Tournament March 10th at 2 pm, Sweetheart Lanes, Loveland, CO
It will be $11.00 per person for 3 games + shoes (normally $15.20 for 3 games)
March 25: 2012 Nationals Committee Meeting (tentative) Time and place yet to be determined
EVERY CLUB MEMBER IS WELCOME!!
April 19: A&W Cruise Night A&W Family Restaurants, Eaton, CO, 60 W Oak Street 970-454-2959
April 14, 22, 23:Tech and Test Bandimere Speedway, Morrison, CO www.bandimere.com, 303-697-4870
April 21:Lions Club Spring Car Show presented by Poudre Valley Lions Club, at the American eagle Distributing
Center, 3800 Clydesdale parkway, Loveland, CO 8:30-2, 970-222-6503
UPCOMING EVENTS
PHS, PO Box 183251, Shelby Twp, MI 48318, hppt://www.phs-online.com
Our new numbers will be: 586/781-5167 (fax) and 586/781-5164 (office)
By supplying PHS with the VIN of your car, along with the other information listed on our
"Order" page, you will receive the most complete historical background and VIN information
ever offered by any automobile nameplate.
The information packet from PHS will include the following: Want to know more about your Pontiac? A copy of the factory invoice or billing history Contact Pontiac Historical Society today! A letter decoding the options (when necessary)
Price is just $50! A copy of a dealer order form for that year
Other specific information for that year and model Pontiac, if available
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CARS FOR SALE
1968 Pontiac GTO Convertible The car is relatively rare, an original 360HP, HO convertible
with His/Hers Turbo 400, one of 461 built. Other equipment
includes air conditioning, hood tach, power windows, power
brakes, power driver's seat, power rear antennae, hidden
headlamps, visor vanity mirror, outside remote mirror, electric
clock, tilt steering wheel, luggage lamp, head restraints, white
top and a parchment interior. I have added 14x7 Rally IIs,
245x60 rubber, 2 ½” Dynomax exhaust with crossover, and
posi-trac, 5-core radiator. The car was built in December of
1967. The car now has over 130,000 miles on it. It runs 16.30
at Bandimere (6,000 feet) at about 91mph. It won 1st place in
the 15+ class at the GTO Nats in Denver in 1996. Kathy and I
drove it to Tiger Run in OR in 1997 where it took 2nd
place in
its show class. It also took 2nd
place in its class that same
summer at the Classic Excitement Show in Sioux Falls, SD. It
has made a couple of trips to Iowa to visit my parents. I drove
it to Wichita in 98 where I outran my dial-in at the drags,
running 15.309 at 96mph on a 15.31 dial-in. $45,000
contact John Green - 970-484-6463; [email protected]
1970 Pontiac GTO Hardtop This is a VERY RARE Canadian GTO, Numbers Matching and
Mostly Original. Only 1,979 U.S. AND Canadian 455 HO
GTO's were made in 1970. How many were Canadian?
This car was originally Sierra Yellow (maybe the only 455
GTO built in Canada in this color) but is now white with the
correct color Judge accent stripes, front and rear spoiler, and
hood tack added. The rear spoiler and hood scoops are painted
black. This car deserves a CONCOURS RESTORATION!
This car is LOADED; it has 27 options. It has been
documented by Canadian General Motors as a 455 HO GTO
with Power Windows, Power Disk Brakes, Power Steering,
RARE driver’s Power Seat, rear defogger, floor mats, electric
clock, under hood lamp, passenger and driver reading dome
lights, 3.07 positraction rear-end, automatic transmission with
console, RARE engine block heater, AM/FM radio, windshield
antennae, remote driver’s mirror, tinted glass, and more. The
original owner’s protecto-plate and warranty booklet is with the
car. The build sheet was found during interior restoration. This
is a car where you don’t have to invest a ton of money to own
an original and correct numbers matching car that can be driven
immediately and that will give you plenty of enjoyment and
shows very well. I can send a complete write-up with pictures.
$23,500 contact John Green - 970-484-6463; [email protected]
1964 Pontiac Bonneville 2 door hardtop. 421 car. Red with white top and interior. Has been
sitting for 30 years, local Fort Collins car. Complete, motor needs
rebuilt, and car needs restoration, but solid. Quite a few options.
$3800. obo
contact Jared Warnock - 970-581-6465;
PARTS FOR SALE
GearVendors OverDrive Unit for 67 GTO: Includes
driveshaft and all electronic controls. Taken out of my
4-speed '67 GTO. Final drive ratio = 0.87. I get about 17mpg
at 80mph on the Interstate taching 3,000 running a 428 with
RAIV cam. $1,200.
1968-69 GTO Endura bumper: perfect shape, can send
pictures, $450 + shipping if you don't pick up.
1970 GTO rear deck spoiler: new from Year One, $250 +
shipping if you don't pick up.
1964-65 GTO rear axle: complete, 2.56 gears, needs new
driveshaft seal, $150, will not ship.
1970 GTO trunk lid: rust on lip, I chose to buy a new one, bare
metal, $150 + shipping if you don't pick up.
1968-1972 Pontiac A-body frame: bead blasted and painted,
must pick up, $500, will not ship.
1970 GTO Right Front Fender: Damaged but not badly.
Media blasted. $175, will not ship.
1970 GTO Endura bumper: Good shape, can send pictures,
$450 + shipping if you don’t pick up. contact John Green - 970-484-6463; [email protected]
1968 GTO Cylinder heads. #16, cast date B168 completely
rebuilt by AMS to factory spec's., stainless valves - Excellent
condition $500
contact Jay Robinson - 970-214-3257; [email protected]
1965 Hardtop GTO/Lemans drivers door. No glass, primered.
Door prepared for '64 concours as it will fit either '64 or'65, but
small difference keeps it from concours quality. $150 pick up
1964 GTO/Lemans/Tempest core support, pristine condition
$300 pick up contact Bob Pope - 970-556-1694,
PARTS WANTED quality after market MSD, Mallory, Accel, Pertronix Mainly
distributor. contact Jared Warnock - 970-581-6465;
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The Northern Colorado GTO Association is an affiliated chapter of the GTO Association of America,
and we encourage all of our members to become members of the GTOAA.
As an affiliated chapter of the GTOAA, your club is supplied with a $3,000,000 liability insurance
policy. This covers both Officers and Members while conducting approved Chapter events.
When you become a member of the GTOAA, you get a monthly publication of the Golden Quill
award winning magazine, THE LEGEND. This is a 32 page monthly magazine that contains technical
articles, stories about members GTO's, a large classified section and much more information.
The GTOAA hosts an annual National Convention where GTO enthusiasts can come together and see
the vast diversity within this great organization. From the Technical Seminars to the Concours Judging to the
Activities and Popular Vote Car Show, there is no other single GTO event like a GTOAA National
Convention.
No other Pontiac organization or publication does more to bring together the issues, ideas, needs and
wants of GTO enthusiasts worldwide. Technical experts for each of the production years are available through
GTOAA to answer those difficult questions we all have encountered while working or restoring our GTO's.
The annual dues to join the GTOAA are $35.00 and $5.00 for each additional family member. To
become a member of the GTOAA online, you can visit http://www.gtoaa.org. To receive a membership by
mail, write to GTOAA, PO Box 455, Timnath, CO 80547. You can contact Bill Vantuono at
[email protected] for Local Chapter Information.
ABOUT THE NORTHERN COLORADO GTO ASSOCIATION
ABOUT THE GTO ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
The Northern Colorado GTO Association was founded in 1984 with several objectives in mind.
The primary objective is to HAVE FUN and to promote interest in the Pontiac GTO. With that in
mind, we try to schedule at least one club event every month. These events may be car shows,
picnics, club member attendance at car shows, sanctioned drag races, participation in charity events,
Drive-In movie nights (Yes – we still have a drive-in theater in Northern Colorado!) or any other
event that involves people getting together to enjoy the fun of owning a true muscle car.
DUES: $30.00 yearly for the entire household
CLUB WEBSITE: http://www.ncgtoa.com
Follow us on Facebook! Group Name - "Northern Colorado GTO Association" (on electronic version of newsletter - control "click" to follow link for both website and Facebook site)
The club business meetings are held the first Thursday of each Month
Please see the minutes for the time and place of the next business meeting
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Whose Car Is It?!!
Email or call me and let me know who you think owns this car
Last month's car is owned by Art and Connie Floyd
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Northern Colorado GTO Association
c/o Jay Robinson, Newsletter Editor
655 Zuni Circle
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Address correction requested
