<VV> Pontiac Oakland convention - NO CORVAIR

[Bruce Schug]

On Jun 8, 2010, at 3:27 PM, Rick Norris wrote:

>
> The 38th POCI or Pontiac Oakland club convention will be held here  
> in Charleston, West Virginia from July 5 thru July10. This is the  
> second time it has been held here. Old high school buddy is Prez of  
> local chapter.
> On Saturday Ronnie and the Daytonas will perform.
> Also Arnie the Farmer Beswick will be will be at the local drag  
> strip on Friday the 9th.
> Any Corvair folks coming to town then give me a call and stop on by..
>


Yea, that convention was here in Greenville a few years ago.  Very  
nice cars, I love those old Ponchos.

I visited with Arnie, an old friend.  He had just recuperated from a  
terrible fiery crash.  If you see him look at his fingers and his  
face, you'll see.  Also, Jim Wangers was there along with Art  
Fitzpatrick, who, along with Van Kaufman, used to do those incredible  
renderings for so many of the car brochures, especially Pontiac.   
(See: http://www.fitz-art.com/).  More recently, Art did two sets of  
stamps for the USPS in 2005 and 2008, 50's cars and "Fins".

Arnie's old "Grocery Getter" wagon was there, having been restored by  
it's current owner - an incredible restoration.  This show is really  
worth seeing.

I'll take a '57 Transcontinental, thank you.




Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
CORSA South Carolina
CORSA member since 1980
Performance Corvair Group
Stock Corvair Group
VirtualVairs
FastVairs
'67 Monza, "67AC140"
bwschug at att.net