PRESIDENT’S CORNER
August 2007

Much has happened this year.  The club members entered Eight cars in the 2007 Atlanta World of Wheels, and all Eight came away with trophies.  Some of those were Best In Class.  Pretty good, considering they were competing against a few ‘Vettes.   Some members also entered the Charlotte Lowes AutoFair and came away winners.  Congratulations to you all.  We also fielded 15 Fieros in the 2007 Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade. 

After having only One entrant in the 2006 All Pontiacs At Pigeon Forge show, we were back En Masse this year with about Twelve Fieros.  This includes members of the East Tennessee Fiero Club, as well as some Fiero owners from North Carolina.  The promoters created a Fiero Class trophy so we weren’t competing against GTO’s and the like.  Had all who had planned to enter gotten there, we would have had about 15 cars in the show.  Don Hulse, Georgia; Pat Swayne, Georgia; Jack Cooke, North Carolina; and Gary Murray, Tennessee took the trophies.

The East Tennessee Fiero Club held it’s 2nd Annual Burger Burn At The Lake, in Decatur, Tn., with a great showing, including 4 cars from our club.

I’d also like to introduce a few new people to the club.  I may miss some, but you know how an Old Man’s memory is.  Some of the new folks include Peter Hoover, Tom Green, Alan Hood, Clyde Davis, Conrad and Johnnie Cheney and Ron Robinson. 

Peter Hoover was the man who helped with photography of the RFTH 11.  He enjoyed driving my Fiero so much that he bought one of Ronnie’s 86 GT’s, and has done a wonderful job in making the car a beauty.  It entered it’s first competition at the All Pontiacs At Pigeon Forge show, June 1 and 2.

Tom Green is from the Waleska area, and though he was with us last year, he has been attending on a more regular basis this year.  Welcome, Tom.

Ron Robinson has been a constant presence with us in the Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade, driving down from North Carolina each year.  Ron owns several Fieros, and is also a motorcycle enthusiast.  Having secured a job as a helicopter mechanic in the Franklin, NC area, he has pulled up roots in Fayetteville, NC and is now just an hour and a half away from us.  Says he has plans to move on down to the Atlanta area.

Clyde Davis is also another of our North Georgia members.  Clyde is the owner of a 4-cylinder coupe, and has just recently purchased an 86 GT for further enjoyment of the mountains around his Blairsville, Ga. hometown. 

Alan Hood and Conrad and Johnnie Cheney have not attended a meeting, yet, but they have made a strong presence with our Georgia Fiero Club website message board.  They have quickly discovered the friendly and helpful people that our club embodies. 

Alan is the proud new owner of an 87 Mera that had been seriously neglected by it’s previous owner.  Though it had only about 70K miles, the paint and interior was in very poor condition.  It has now experienced the talents of Don Hulse and Ashby Arnett.  It was then sent to B L Burnett Paint and Body, in Winder, Ga. to get a fresh coat of red paint.  Look for more on this car in coming months.

Conrad and Johnnie Cheney are also new owners of a Fiero.  Having been enjoying the sports car world in their Porsche, they have quickly discovered that it doesn’t have to be an import to give “Excitement”. 

Run For The Hills 12 has been laid out and the course has been finalized. We’ll be basing the run at the Comfort Inn in Dawsonville, Ga.  I’ll try to keep you up to date as I fine tune everything to assure that the Cruisers and the Drivers all have an enjoyable weekend.


Charlie
President-GFC