[ANDYA]

Originally Posted by Dr. Eric M. Schiffer

Say good night to the Blackbird as it is now in hibernation for the long Michigan winter.

Looks like it's getting close to the time for the Blackbird to come out of its Winter snooze

Dr. Schiffer, is there a modern day version of the High End Club and do they still meet late at night for some "bench racing"?

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Originally Posted by ANDYA

Looks like it's getting close to the time for the Blackbird to come out of its Winter snooze

Dr. Schiffer, is there a modern day version of the High End Club and do they still meet late at night for some "bench racing"?

I removed the headers from The "Black Bird" and sent them out for a ceramic (re) coating about three weeks ago. My GTO needs a few tweeks. So I'v only used my Z06 a couple of times. While sunny it temps on Saturday morning have only been in the high 30's to 40's. Not real good traction. I am not as breave a sole as so many others.

As for the "High End" club. I have to find out where these "old guys" now meet since the Big Boy they had been meeting at closed a couple of weeks ago.

I could not even begin to tell you how many gatherings of the guys are all ove the Detroit area every week.

There is a large group of "oldies" that call themselves the "Breakfast Club". They includ George Deloran and Bob Laravee. Bob is the guy who has orginized shows known as "Autorama" and "World of Wheels" around the country since the 50's. They meet every Saturday morning, starting at 6 AM at restaurant called the Ram's Horn in the City of Rochester just off Rochester Rd and I-59 . As the weather gets better you'll see hot rods, muscle cars and classics. Several of these guys will show up with a group I meet with in at the Pasteiner's Auto Zone Book Store in Birmingham, on Woodward Ave just north of 14 Mile rd, from 8 AM until 10 AM. My group is a bunch of guys from the indusrty. Current and retired VP's, designers, special project guys and just plain old car guy's.

For instance last week end Mark Stielow brought an engineering ZL1 Camaro. Mark can be seen with his '69 Camaro ZR1 called the "Red Devil" in the current Optima battery comercial and on You Tube.

I could not even tell you all of the hot cars that show up every Saturday in nice weather.

Every day and night around the Detroit area there are weekly "free" gatherings throughout the summer. Like the Dream Cruise, unless you live here you can never imagine the amount of cars that are here. After all, all of those automotive industry, supplier, mechanic's et. al., retirees need something to do...So why not fabricate something and make it better!

Heck a bunch of us went to an open house of some ones 108 car collection this last Saturday. Most of these guys came either from the "Breakfast Club" of the Ford/ Mercury Restorers". There are many hidden collections all over the Detroit area.

Sorry, but there is no short answer to your "High End" question.