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Old 11-24-2022, 11:12 AM
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Default The Original VOE GTO in the Pontiac Museum

This video will show you where the VOE name came from, the car that started and eventually ended up with the mufflers I built, and you can see the display we made for the VOEGTO at MCACAN in 2021. What a cool car, awesome exhaust, and fun project!!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=siO1nzqQVUQ

The last photo is Jim Hall, the VOE inventor and patent holder, and me, at the MCACN show in 2021.
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Old 11-24-2022, 11:41 AM
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Cool !!

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Very cool!

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Thanks for posting!

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Old 11-24-2022, 12:37 PM
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Thanks Tom Hand for building me a set of your VOE Mufflers years ago.

Wish I had talked my uncle (the Pontiac Dealer) out of the single VOE original muffler
he had on the Parts Shelf (before it got scrapped)!

I am sure Pontiac Jack will chime in too. Happy Turkey Day and Thanksgiving Day to
you and your family.

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Tom, thanks for all your contributions to the Pontiac hobby!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all tour family!!!! Your Dad has been such a great inspiration to me!!!

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I remember the TV ad for it!

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Tom Hand, I tried to post your instruction sheet you provided years ago
but no luck. Can you try to post it or do you think someone offshore would
try to copy the design?

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Old 11-24-2022, 04:27 PM
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Tom, you mean the instructions that show how it hooks up? Here is the patent drawing.
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Old 11-24-2022, 04:28 PM
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77TC, thank you. Hope you are all well too.

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Old 11-24-2022, 10:31 PM
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Thank You Tom Happy Holidays.

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Hope it gets started regularly, glad its going to be able to be seen by so many !

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Most people who see (and hear) the repro VOE system on my Tri-Power GMC are amazed that it could be ordered from PMD!
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Thank you so much Tom for sharing the video link and details related to the development of the VOE muffler system. Love the "Humbler" commercial associated with it What an interesting piece of Pontiac history you helped preserve. Hope to see the car and exhibit in-person someday in Pontiac, Illinois.

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