[bashton]

And our free seminars;

SATURDAY SCHEDULE;

12:00 Noon: Jim Luikens and Bruce Johnson; The Ground-Breaking BFG Tirebird Firebird Marketing Program. In 1971 B.F. Goodrich built six street replicas of their Tirebird Firebird race car. When the program was over the replicas were advertised for sale in Autoweek. Only two of the six were ever sold; Jim purchased one of them, and it was eventually totaled. The other will be joining us, and Jim, along with the owner, will discuss how and why this car came to be, and how it was discovered and eventually restored.

1:00: Jim Mattison, Pontiac Historic Services; The Evolution of the Ram Air GTO. Who better to tell the story of the Ram Air GTO than Jim Mattison, Founder and President of Pontiac Historic Services. Jim will share his insight and how these rare GTO’s came to be. He will also discuss the Ram Air high performance engines that were offered for the GTO from 65-72. Saturday Only.

2:00: John Kraman, Mecum Auctions; Inside Auctions and the Collector Car Market; As the Director of Company Relations and Company and NBC/SN on air Spokesperson for Mecum Auctions, John has seen and done it all. Get the inside track on how, why, where and when to buy or sell. John will also share his insight on current and upcoming market trends.

3:00: The Gilmore Museum; The Legacy of the American Muscle Car Project Details; Chris Shires, Executive Director of the Gilmore Museum and members of the staff will talk about their new dedicated Muscle Car building. Recently announced, they will tell us all about it also how you can become involved.

4:00: Meet the Drag-On Lady, Shirley Shahan, Hosted by Geoff Stunkard: Geoff will join Shirley to step back in time and talk about setting records and being one of the first ladies to not only break records, but barriers. Shirley is one of the most iconic Drag Racers of the 60’s and 70’s and ran both Mopars and AMC’s, and she knows how to tell a story.

5:00: Matt Avery, The Origins of COPO: The Rise of Yenko. Join author, Matt Avery, as he dives deep into the origins of Chevrolet’s ultimate Muscle Cars, the COPO cars. The discussion will also include the important role of Don Yenko and his innovation in scaling the COPO cars beyond a speed shop novelty in his pursuit of serious nationwide distribution. Saturday Only.

SUNDAY SCHEDULE:

10:00 am: Jim Luikens and Bruce Johnson; The Ground-Breaking BFG Tirebird Firebird Marketing Program. In 1971 B.F. Goodrich built six street replicas of their Tirebird Firebird race car. When the program was over, the replicas were advertised for sale in Autoweek. Only two of the six were ever sold; Jim purchased one of them, and it was eventually totaled. The other will be joining us, and Jim, along with owner, will discuss how and why this car came to be, and how it was discovered and eventually restored.

11:00 am: The Gilmore Museum; The Legacy of the American Muscle Car Project Details; Chris Shires, Executive Director of the Gilmore Museum and members of the staff will talk about their new dedicated Muscle Car building. Recently announced, they will tell us all about it and how you can become involved.

12:00: John Kraman, Mecum Auctions; Inside Auctions and the Collector Car Market; As the Director of Company Relations and Company and NBC/SN on air Spokesperson for Mecum Auctions, John has seen and done it all. Get the inside track on how, why, where and when to buy or sell. John will also share his insight on current and upcoming market trends.

1:00; Meet the Drag-On Lady, Shirley Shahan, Hosted by Geoff Stunkard: Geoff will join Shirley to step back in time and talk about setting records and being one of the first ladies to not only break records, but barriers. Shirley is one of the most iconic Drag Racers of the 60’s and 70’s and ran both Mopars and AMC’s, and she knows how to tell a story.

Some great stuff here!

Bashton