Proteam for sale

[Clem Z.]

could be the reason

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122757588574055233.html

[Timothy B.]

Re: Proteam for sale

At 50/barrell oil, some of those shieks will be looking for camels in the future and I would love nothing more. The US population could put them back on camels if we made an attempt to conserve, look at the Russan economy.

If assets are going the be worth .10 on the dollar in the future for pro team than that holds true for all of us. Looks like it's going to be a long haul for the US, I only hope leadership steps up in the future with some old and new ideas on how to get us going down the right road. All I see is the same faces in the news..


The people needed to fix the mess need to be smarter than the people that caused it. All I see are the same people in goverment, don't look for anything to change anytime soon.


Great article Clem,

[Kenneth B.]

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I met Terry in 1975 at Pomona Swap Meet. Those were the days when we bought parts on Saturday when setting up, and sold them on Sunday. Terry always bought all our left overs late Sunday.

I sold his TMCS Interiors out of my Shell station in 1976-77. And anything else he made.

In 1977, I and 10 Viejo Vette Club members (a WSCC Corvette club) "DROVE" 10 of his cars he had bought here in California back to Maumee, Ohio for his Grand Opening.

The cars were a 59 two top 245hp automatic, a 61 base 230hp , 4 sp, a 62 black 340hp, a 63 silver SWC 300, 4 sp, a 67 Lyndale cp 427/390, 4 sp,
two 68's, a 69 convert with 350/350 and 21000 miles, a 72 LT-1 air cp, a 73 cp with 454 air conditioning and auto. Two west Coast couples with a 76 and a new 77 joined our carvan.

What a drive we had. We all had CB Radio's for easy communciation with the group.

The the best BBQ Spare Ribs were eaten at a Conoco station in OK City. CORVETE FEVER Magazine was just starting and somebody wrote the story.

Only problem on the whole trip was the 67 Holley carb went bad in Springfield, Il. So we pulled it and re-built it on the outside picnic bench at a Wendy's Burger joint. We California guys had never seen a Wendy's. The local Springfield car guys saw us all parked and their Tuesday evening cruz curiosity came in to our rescue.

One of the guys opened his Dad's Auto Parts store at 7:30 that night to get us a repair kit. After his return, we had the job done in 15 minutes and back on the road.

When we got to Maumee, we met Annie Potts and Mark Harmen who were special guests of Terry's with the CORVETTE SUMMER CAR from the movie.

The HOLIDAY INN was where everyone stayed. I never forget sitting around the bar the first evening. It was a circle bar around the bar tender in the middle, so everyone coud see the patrons easily. Within the first hour we all met each other, for the first time for many of us.

Names like CHIP MILLER, KEN AND GARY NABERS, JOHN AMGWERT, DAVE BURROUGHS, RALPH ECKLER, BILL LOCKE, GARY MORTIMER, JIM PRATHER, MIKE HUNT, and others were introduced to us for the first time. I had been to Jenkintown, PA Corvette show earlier and had met some of these people, but this weekend WAS A MILESTONE in the Corvette hobby being formed. The network was being established, and TERRY MICHAELIS had a lot to due with it.

Ken and Stu, I agree with you both. Terry was the ONLY person that HAD parts and a lot of the history and knowledge of these cars.

I have always been treated well and I am sorry for those of you that have negative stories. But you have to admit, if the guy is still in business today, he has to have been something right all these years.

My best wishes to Terry and his new baby and wife. And to retirement, HE'S EARNED IT !

JIM
Thanks for sharing this with us. People have to remember that Corvettes were not collectable cars like Cords, Packards & brass cars in the early 70's. A lot of us that couldn't have a Corvette when we were young & in the 70"S the early Corvettes were cheap,fast & the top went down when the new Corvettes were non of the above. Bloomington, BOB MC.& others were a Corvette Woodstock for people in there 30"s. I will never forget the burnouts at the Holiday Inn. The newer people to this Hobby do not have the same prospective that we do. I will never regret being 19 in the 60's & 29 in the 70's. It was all fun that will never happen again.
KEN

[Stuart F.]

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Jim;

Great story. Thanks from me as well for sharing. Brings back memories of the good old days - and they WERE good. I find a lot of solace just thinking back to these days while I sit in my rocker. At least I'm not just sitting there saying; "Well, I could have, and I should have". Same goes for Terry and all those that were lucky enough to be touched by him in anyway in those early years. We did it, and we did it GOOD!

Thanks again.

Stu Fox