September 2002, Volume 5, Issue 9

General Meeting-September 3rd, 2002
The meeting was called to order by Sgt. At Arms, Dante' Higgins. President Ted Klein presiding.

No guests this evening. However, Ted had not met our newest member so he was asked to introduce himself again. Don Shanahan joined our Club last month. He has a 2002 Collectors Edition Trans Am Automatic / Yellow. We have all been drooling over the one in the show room. Smart choice Don.

Minutes were approved as printed. One question came up regarding the amount of cars that were entered into the car show for Trans A Rama. The minutes had 45 cars which was right to a point. We had 73 cars at the car show, only 45 were being judged and the rest were "show only".

With the absence of the Treasurer, the secretary gave the report. We had one new member last month for an income of forty dollars. We had no expenses for the month of August so our balance is up forty dollars from last months report. The total in our general fund and our Trans A Rama fund is $5,478.70, and balances with the bank statement.

Old Business:

Golf Shirts:
All polo shirts have been paid for except one and Leo is taking care of that this evening. Ted said he did have some extras if anyone was interested in another one.

Past Activities:

Saturday, August 10th:
This was one of those 3 event events all rolled into one. With six cars and one non - TA it was food at Woody's and Triple X movie. Leo assured us it wasn't an "X" rated movie but the title of the movie was "XXX". After the movie it was off to the bowling center. The bowling was a little competitive - high score was 141 and Leo said he had it. No one was forced to go to all three sites. You could do them all or just one or two. Rick Williams, one of our past members was also present. It's fun to meet up with those who were members of our Club. Sometimes we can get them to come back.

August 17th:
The Club made the run to Fairfield to the Pontiac dealership to help out with their first car show. They were really glad to see our Club with our 10 cars. Leo said everyone who was there won an award. Our Club received a trophy for Club Participation. This was the first for this dealership and with 25 cars it was a pretty good start. Leo said he was pretty sure they will do it again next year and maybe we can get a larger turn out from our Club.

After the car show it was off the Raley Field for the River Cats game. There were several people who said they would attend this game but some didn't make it. Leo started selling tickets and he said we had quite a few "honorary Trans Am Club members" sitting with us that evening. The Cats won and the fireworks afterwards was very nice. We received preferred parking for regular parking fees.

August 25th:
Moaning Caverns didn't happen. Leo made phone calls and didn't get many yes answers so it was cancelled. Leo had a block party the night before this event that went quite late. He said he, himself, wasn't about to get up early Saturday morning to go climbing into caves. He will try this one again next year.

The Hangtown Car Show:
There were a lot of pre '77 cars. As a Club we only had four cars. Because it was a Labor Day weekend we didn't have a bad showing. There was a great breakfast for $4. We have one potential member from this run. He has a 1969 Firebird, with a 462 engine. Color :Candy Apple Red

New Business:

Upcoming Events:
September 7th:
Anheuser Busch / Jelly Belly factory in Vacaville. Meet at Levitz on Watt Avenue at 7:30am out at 8:00am.

September 21st and 22nd:
Santa Cruz and Monterey. This is an over-nighter. Meet at Woody's on Watt Avenue, just south of El Camino, at 7am and leave at 7:30. Leo is working on reservations at a hotel.

September 27th, 28th, and 29th:
P.O.C.I. Western Regional. This is an "All Pontiac" car show. It will be held in Ventura, on the beautiful California coast, north west of Los Angeles. Friday night will be dinner and a "cruise in". Saturday will be the car show with Jim Wagner. He attended our Trans A Rama a few years ago and some Club members went down to Southern California to attend one of his events. He will be speaking for about an hour and should give us new information on the new G.T.O. Pete McCarthy, our 1999 Trans A Rama speaker, will also be there and telling about some new technical stuff. Sunday morning will be breakfast and then off for drag racing in Palmdale.

The final night of the drags happened this last month. It seems Duane ended up just ahead of Ted Klein for the top gun award. However, it was only by two one thousands of a second. Always next year, huh Ted?

August 31st:
Three cars drove up to Sparks, Nevada for the Big and Tasty Rib Cook Off. They had dinner in one of the hotels. I couldn’t get an answer on why they didn't eat ribs

The Sunrise Mall Car Show is being worked on for October 12th. There seems to be some problem with the cars cracking the tile. We have had several car shows there in the past and have never had any tiles cracked.

Ted set a board meeting for Saturday September 7th at 3pm at his place of business. Jerry’s Paint shop on Fulton Avenue. It’s three or four blocks south of Auburn Blvd. on the East side of the street.

DON'T FORGET!!! At the October meeting we nominate officers for 2003. This is an important meeting so if at all possible - PLEASE ATTEND!!

With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:23pm

Respectfully submitted, Irene Raff, Secretary




New Members.
Welcome to Dan Shanahan --- Don has a 2002 Collectors Edition Trans Am. We are lucky as he understands the fun is in driving these cars!!!


For Sale.
Show Car- 2002 Autorama 1969 Firebird Convertible
No rust always in a garage
Many near new parts $16,000/ or best offer
contact: Michael W Jordan

530-622-6606