Great Lakes Firebird Gathering Results

[72firebird]

Well I went out to the 1st Annual Great Lakes Firebird Gathering this weekend in Dundee, MI. There were a total of 2 TTAs including me at the show out of the 110+ Firebirds who were registered for the show. I was in 3rd Gen Lightly Modified and the other TTA was in 3rd Gen stock. Of course we swept the show and both got 1st in our classes. I met a lot of interesting people includding some guys who worked on the assembly of the TTA and might be bringing a TTA out to be sold with less than 5k miles on it and only one owner. I pointed several people interested in the TTA to this board and a couple of people who owned TTAs and wanted to find things and learn more. Overall it was a great show and featured a lot of very rare TAs, including I think the end count was 10 Super Dutys. Anyways on to the pictures:

http://home.comcast.net/~FIRE72BIRD/GLFG1.jpg - me with my trophy
http://home.comcast.net/~FIRE72BIRD/GLFG2.jpg - the engine bay of the 73 SD that took bet of show. The car was immaculate and looked better than it did coming off the line. It literally had all the part number tags on everything including the fuel lines. The owner had to have done some serious research. I have never seen a car of this quality for a stock muscle car restoration.
http://home.comcast.net/~FIRE72BIRD/GLFG3.jpg - Brake lines and brake booster from the same car notice the tags on the brake lines. The car had to have been recently finished because there wasn't even a spot of dust. I believe it was also pushed everywhere and no longer driven even to its parking spot at the show.
http://home.comcast.net/~FIRE72BIRD/GLFG4.jpg - everyone getting ready for the police escorted cruise to Downtown Dundee. It was kind of neat but the with the 95+ temperature and the constant stop go caused 2 cars to overheat.
http://home.comcast.net/~FIRE72BIRD/GLFG5.jpg - These are my pride and joys. I have spend probably close to 8 hours on getting my wheels to shine and stay shiny. I think I did a write up in my detailing thread on how to do it. If not, and someone wants to see how, I have pictures on how I did it. I got compliments from many people on them.
http://home.comcast.net/~FIRE72BIRD/GLFG6.jpg - The 2 TTAs parked together.
http://home.comcast.net/~FIRE72BIRD/GLFG7.jpg - Another picture of my car.

Oh and I had heard that Pontiac Enthusiast had a photographer at the show and later heard he was wearing a yellow shirt on Saturday. He took about pictures of my car for about 15 minutes and covered almost all aspects of it from interior to exterior. So hopefully if the show gets some coverage my car will be included in the magazine.

Hopefully for the next few gatherings some of you other TTA guys will come out. I'll be at Norwalk for the Pontiac Nationals on the weekend of August 6th at Norwalk Dragstrip (I heard numbers of like 600 show cars 400 race or something along those lines) and then I'll also be at the Trans Am Nationals which I believe is the weekend of August 26th at the Dayton Airport Hotel (typically close to 700 cars). If anyone is interested in going to either of those shows let me know and I can try to help get you some information on them. I have been to the TA Nats several times and it's always a lot of fun.

 

[j13smiley]

nice! congrats on the win also!

how did you clean your wheels? did i miss that thread? previous owners of my car did not remove the brake dust... i don't want to damage my wheels... any tips on cleaning them?

i'll be taking both my cars to the ta nationals this year

 

[72firebird]

nice! congrats on the win also!

how did you clean your wheels? did i miss that thread? previous owners of my car did not remove the brake dust... i don't want to damage my wheels... any tips on cleaning them?

i'll be taking both my cars to the ta nationals this year

Good we need some more TTAs. Is your car completely stock? You'll have a lot of fun if you take advantage of all the events involved. As time gets closer maybe we can all set something up to meet up on Friday night or Saturday night after the cruise in at Tipp City (or before the cruise).

I'll make a thread now of how I did the wheel cleaning, it's pretty simple and as long as you have a decent detailing supplies already it won't cost very much.

 

[Swede2]

Congrats to your 1st place! Its always fun to actually see the face of the person behind the car also

Daniel

 

[V6TA-MI]

Congrats on the first place at the show. I thought the show was in July, my bad. Was gonna go without the car.

I plan to be at Norwalk for the Ames Tri-power Nationals in August. I'll be on the race side.

link: http://www.pontiacnationals.com/pontiac_nationals.html

Pre-registration ends July 22.

there is a very small picture of my car on page 16 of the July/August issue of Pontiac Enthusiast taken at The Tri-power Nat's last year at Norwalk. Hope you get some super coverage on your car. (sorry for the off topic)

 

[Lee_Burough]

Congratulations Glenn!! It must feel pretty good to be so recognized.

 

[SHRPTTA]

Hey I was one of the people you talked too, NICE car and it was nice to meet you and your folks!!!

 

[72firebird]

Ahh yes were you the one with the plates? I sure hope I see you give the people who own those cars the opportunity to own their plate.

Thanks everyone for the compliments and congradulations. This was my first win but I hope it's not my last. It was my first show of the year and turned out to be a great way to kick off the car show season.