January | 2016

Well we started the year off with a blast!! The first cruise-in of the year turned out to be a really awesome day. We had a full house and the day was georgeous. Jim and Shirley were there selling their pretzels and they made a donation to the club for letting them join us. I think they went over really well, I know I saw a lot of people eating pretzels. Katie and Skylar started the year off with a very good 50/50, they sold $342.00. John Gordon won $171.00 and as always we put the rest up towards our donation to the Cumbee Center this coming December. We had quite a few members renew their membership and sold a few t-shirts.

So, from now until the end of March I will be working on our Spring Fling Car Show. I will send out letters to Aiken County, Aiken Regional, Sam’s Club and Bridgestone. If you know of any company that would be willing to donate, please ask them. This is the hard part of having the show, getting sponsors and silent auction items. We also need to get door prizes to give away. PetSmart has donated stuffed animals to our club again and Paul (our MC) will be giving them out to the children.

If you can help out at the show please let me know and I will let you know where we need help. We have the Spring Fling posters ready, so if you need one to approach a business with just get with me or Manny. I contacted

Volume 15 | Issue 1

Officers

Aiken Horsepower Associationc/o Vickie Reynolds, President

231 Marlboro Street, SEAiken, South Carolina 29801www.aikenhorsepower.com

Phone: 803.270.3505 • Fax: 803.641.2003

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President & News Vickie Reynolds

(803) 270-3505

Vice President & News Manny Reynolds(803) 292-8219

Secretary Bill Reigart

(904) 571-0855

Treasurer Beth Rogers

(803) 293-5335

Email aikenhorsepower@hotmail.com

This year’s Spring Fling is Route 66. Flyers are done along with registration forms and sponsor sheets. You can pick them up at the next two cruise-ins at Home Depot or come by my office before 9:30 am (231 Marlboro Street SE). Our food tent army is back again this year, a big thanks to all of them we couldn’t do it without you. We are going to do the swap meet again this year. It will be in a better place this year, where they can be seen and easy to get to. Vickie is working on the new shirts, they voted for tie dye in the meeting but our logo would not work with it so we are going with a solid color. We are also having hats made and hopefully will have them at our next cruise-in. In March we will have 2 Friday meetings for the Spring Fling at the Pit, dates to follow later. So as always members, Spring Fling, Spring Fling, Spring Fling is all we are thinking about right now. If you send in your registration please print out the whole sheet and send it in, do not cut the bottom off and don’t forget to sign it.. Keep the wind in your face and the sun on your back!

Upcoming Events:February 6: Aiken Horsepower monthly cruise-in at Home Depot, 2:00-4:00 pmFebruary 7: Aiken Horsepower monthly cruise-in rain date at Mitchell Shopping Center, 2:00-4:00 pmFebruary 8: Monthly meeting, Shane’s Rib Shack, 2645 Whiskey Road, #101, 6:00-8:00 pm

Pontiac owned the muscle scene in the early 1960s. In fact, the 1964 Pontiac GTO is widely regarded as the very first of the breed. But by 1968, that car had plenty of competition. The thought within Pontiac was to make a cheaper version of the GTO with a smaller 350-cubic-inch engine called the ET (for “elapsed time”) a drag-racing term.

Pontiac boss John DeLorean didn’t like that idea. To him, no GTO could have an engine that small. Instead, the team built a car one step up from the regular GTO. DeLorean himself named the car after a popular skit on the TV show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. The Judge featured the 360-hp Ram Air III engine standard, but buyers could also opt for the more hardcore 370-hp Ram Air IV. The rarest of all were the GTO Judge Ram Air IV convertibles—only five were built in 1969.

Little-Known Fact: The original TV commercial for the Judge featured the rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders singing about the GTO out on a dry lakebed. According to the book Pontiac Pizazz, by Jim Wangers and Art Fitzpatrick, the lead singer, Mark Lindsay, was a car guy and loved the Judge, so he wrote a song about it. Wangers claims this commercial is considered one of the earliest rock-music videos.

Woodforest Bank in Walmart and they are going to donate items to our goody bags. I have received a Summit car show kit and Haggerty has donated bags and some goody

bag items. HotRodHotline is sending me something, just not sure what. Rock Auto is also helping again this year, thanks Tavares for contacting them. If you do get a donation from

somewhere please let me know so I don’t approach them also. Keep on rollin’!!

That’s right club members, in case you forgot – we are pleased to list your automotive associated ads in the newsletter. Whether it be a “for sale: or “for want” just let me know in some sort of written form, and I will put it in the very next newsletter. It will only run once (kinda like some cars I have owned) so if you want it to run again you have to let me know each time. Another reminder – I don’t know what you have, what it’s called, or what it is used for, so be sure that you include all the pertinent details, as to name, size, color, etc. and who and where to contact.

FOR SALE: 1973 Project Volkswagon Camper Van, most all steel already bought. Can see it at the Pit. Asking $800. Please call Manny or William at 641-7300.

FOR SALE: 1978 Dodge B-200 318 re-built engine and tranny. Asking $1,000. Please call Manny or William at 641-7300. FOR SALE: 304 AMC motor and 304 2 barrel intake, call Damian Williamson at 937-3641.

FOR SALE: Exceptional 2004 Ford Thunderbird Premium model for sale; silver with black interior, always garaged, all 2004 premium model options, car is original, non-smoker, new Michelin tires, 61,800 miles, 1st place winner in Touring Division, International Thunderbird Club at Annual Convention, 2013, featured in Car Club Jamboree at Hilton Head Concors Motoring Festival 2014 and received numerous awards at CSRA Car Club events and shows through 2015. Asking $21,500. Please call Lee Covert at 295-2747.

FOR SALE: 1935 Plymouth 5 window coupe; 350 motor, turbo 350 trans, 10 bolt chevy rearend, power front disc and rear drum, tubular control arms, rack and pinion steering, power windows, remote entry, tilt wheel, painless wire harness, AM/FM Stereo. This car runs and drives perfect. Asking $27,000 OBO; may trade? Please call (704) 968-2373.

FOR SALE: 2004 Chevrolet Silverado extended cab, 4x4 z71, 108K miles, HD trailering package max weight 7800 lbs., wiring for fifth wheel, weight distributing hitch, 3:73 ratio rear gear, 5 tire rotation, maintenance records available. Asking $10,000. Call Greg Baranek at 643-2727. Please leave a message if no answer.

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Advertising & AwardsCarolina Awards(Darryl & Anne Messer)(803) 642-0505

Automotive-Paint & Body Shops

and OthersSC Collision(Southern Yankee Steve Bigg)(803) 649-0137

D & G Enterprises- Custom Golf Carts (803) 292-8100

Motion Automotive(Henry & Allison Crawn)(803) 649-0090

Jay-C Designs Custom Pin Stripping (Jay-C Cafasso, Pin Stripping Hall of Fame)(803) 663-6336

White Diamond Detail Store (John Shea)(803) 663-1777

B & B Glass & Paint LLC(Rodney Boatwright)(803) 649-4997bbglass25974@bellsouth.net

Automotive-Car Dealers Crescent Automotive(Jamie & Brian Johnson)1301 East Pine Log Road(803) 644-0820

Vintage Limousines7 passenger Limousine of the1930’s Weddings & SpecialOccasions(Jacqueline Testa & Ken

McPherson)(706) 399-0850

Cosmetics & BeautyAvon Cosmetics (Vickie Reynolds)(803) 270-3505

Design - Graphic/WebPhotographyRoswell Designs (Tavares Hanks)(803) 571-3487roswelldesigns@gmail.com

Electrical ServicesRabun Electrical Services(Don Rabun)(803) 649-6548

Gardening, Landscaping & Tree ServicesQuality Tree Service (Tim George)(803) 979-6800

Mill Creek Farm Nursery (Clifton Kneece)(803) 532-2832millcreekfarmnursery.com

Heating & Air ServicesAir Tech Residential &

CommercialServices(Mark Moseley)Office: (803) 64-1259Cell: (803) 215-9867InsuranceHutson-Etherredge Companies(Rickie Thornton)(803) 649-5141JewelryBradberry’s Jewelry(Porky Bradberry )(803) 649-0475

On-line Entertainment(Allen Widener) www.bidlinkz.com/bidit

Restaurant Aiken Brewery Company (Lannie Pruiett)140 Laurens Street SW(803) 502-0707

Security Systems Aiken Systems Unlimited, Inc. (Manny Reynolds)(803) 641-7300

InvestmentsRE/MAX Tattersall Group(Dick Salsitz, Broker Associate)(803) 507-3877dicksalsitz@remax.net