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Steve,
This year at the GTO Nat's in Wichita, there were several tech sessions, they were all good, BUT, there was a panel session w/ Craig Hendricksen, Arnie, Jess, Art Peterson, John Clegg, Jim Wangers, and a couple others. Each spoke of their Pontiac Exeriences, and you got to ask questions afterwards....

Man, was that cool!!! There was someone there taping the session, wish I had a copy...

Jess Tyree told about how he got involved w/ Pontiac's. He had been at a race (and won it, I believe) w/ his new Plymouth. This Plymouth was also served as daily transportation for he, and his family, and he was still making payments on it...(I'm not sure of the year 57 or 58)

Well some nicely dressed ya hoo approaches him, and asks him if he'd be interested in racing Pontiacs??? He didn't know what to say... The guy introduced himself, as John DeLorean... Offered him a free car, and parts.....The car came to the local dealer w/ no invoice and special instructions....The guy from the dealer called, TOLD him to come get this no idling thing off his hands...LOL...The best part (to me) Jess got his parts, it was a whole semi trailer load of parts, he had no where to put ALL this stuff, he had to rent space to store all the extra parts......

I wish I could have been at Denver in 1996, Smokey Yunick and John Delorean both spoke at that event...I can only imagine...
Get that 265 shoe horned in and tell us about it
Jeff