[55chevy]

[quote He has always been very active in the Pontiac hobby. He was the President of a Pontiac club when he was only 18 years old! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] He was one of the founders of the local GTO club, and went on to serve 12 years as an officer (first as Vice-President, then later as President). He also spent 11 years as the Event Coordinator for the "GTO Classic Weekend". This show has grown to become one of the LARGEST [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] ALL GTO shows in the country.

Even though he works 7 days a week (downfall of owning your own business), he always finds time to help others. A couple weeks ago he used his enclosed car trailer to take his friendís GTO from the ìsandblasterî to the body shop. Bill said, ìhe did not want it to get wetî (it was sprinkling outside). I could not tell you how many times he has gone along with people to inspect cars before they bought them, including my niece. He must have spent every weekend for 2 MONTHS looking for her first car (a í70 Chevelle). Since he is so well known and respected around here, he gets phone calls almost every day from guys who have Pontiac related questions.

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That's cool Rita. That takes alot of dedication. I wish there were more guys like that in the hobby today, the kind that keep it alive and thriving. Unfortunately there are alot of fly by nights out there looking to make a quick $$ and have a negative effect on the hobby because of it.. Inflating prices on lesser cars.. putting fake cars into circulation..etc.. It just makes it that much harder for us little guys that don't have the funds to just go out and buy our dream car and enjoy to participate in the hobby these days. I've had some lesser muscle cars in the past, but right now my stable consists of a '99 Jeep GC...Thats it.. It's everything I can do to just scrape together $700 to go and pick up a beat '56 Chevy I got my eye on just so I can enjoy the fun of working on it to create something... Our hobby needs the good guys like that who go the extra distance if for nothing more than the satisfaction and appreciation. Those are the type of enthusiasts that you know who they are right away, same goes for the other kind.. I've made some good friends particapting on this board, and those good people know who they are. They're the backbone of our hobby and they have dirty hands to prove it. I may not have much money, but I've got dirty hands and a love for Muscle cars that will out-live me. I'll make sure my 8-month old Daughter will be able to point out a 454 and tell you the compression ratio and horsepower/torque numbers in years to come. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

ps..when and if I'm able to get this 56 Chevy.. are you guys gonna make me change my handle on here?? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]