I think a good time was had by all at our annual Christmas party. We had a great time talking about the plans for our winter projects and enjoyed a good meal at The Great Escape restaurant. We did a grab bag gift exchange and there were a few that were highly sought after and…
Author: Dan Seidelman
Berger Chevy all Gm Show
On Aug 23 and 24, we attended the 20th annual Berger Chevrolet all GM show in Grand Rapids MI. We made two stops along the way. First for lunch at Das Dutchman Essenhaus in Middlebury IN. We then went to Shipshewana In. and browsed a few of the shops and stores in this Amish town….
Garage tour, Midwest Hotrods
We had a great turnout on March 16 for the garage tour of Midwest Hotrods in Plainfield IL. This shop can do anything from small repairs and upgrades to complete builds. They had a Chevelle in the shop to do restoration and repair due to it getting caught in the flooding that occurred at the…
2018 Local Power Tour
The day Started out nice and not too hot. It didn’t take very long for the heat to build up and it got HOT. The tour visited three shops in the area of Monee, Manteno, and Manhattan. There were 80 cars, with a wide variety, that participated in the tour.
Cruise to Gus’s
On Aug. 26 nine members and a couple other friends cruised to Gus’s Drive In located in East Troy WI. We joined the Wisconsin Chevelle club at their last event of the season for some good conversation and good food. There were 23 total Chevelles in attendance off and on thru the evening.
Vacuum Advance
Due to the fact that I had been experiencing overheating issues with my 454 powered 67 Chevelle I had done some researching on the “Interweb” and found some interesting articles about vacuum advance. Initially when I put my engine together I found an article that stated “High performance engines do not require vacuum advance”. I…
June 10 2017 Local Power Tour
For those that were not participating in the “Power Tour” 2017 the Prison City Kruisers out of Joliet IL put together a “Local Power Tour”. They arranged visits to four local automotive shops consisting of a performance engine shop, a restoration shop, a custom build shop, and a body repair/restoration shop. At each stop a…
June 25 2017 Gears and Ears 40th
A few of us attended the MSRA Gears and Ears 40th car show on June 25th. It was an interesting day. One minute it was warm and sunny the next cool as the sun was covered by one of the many passing clouds. One thing that was a constant was the wind. They set a…
June 4 2017 Great Lakes Dragaway
On June 4 a few of our members met up with the Chevelle Club of Wisconsin at the Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove WI. The drag strip was celebrating the years from their first 20 years of operation with a weekend of nostalgia racing and cars from the time period. The weather was great and…
March 12 2017 Bowling Party Recap
Members and friends of the club met at Lisle Lanes on the 12th at 1:00. After a brief meeting where we talked about more shows and things to do this summer, and a report from Mark on the financials we went to our assigned lanes for pizza and a good time bowling. Dennis had the high…