Running Board News

No, I don't have them back yet, but I do have some news. As a member of the Pontiac Oakland Club International (POCI), I get a directory of all members. On a whim, I looked up the members list for the province of Alberta and found a guy in Airdrie, a town about 30 miles from Precision Rubber in Didsbury (both just north of Calgary). His name is Ken Brandick and he owns a '56 Pontiac he bought in high school.

I wrote him an email explaining my problem with Precision Rubbeer, asking if he ever got to Didsbury, and if so, would he stop in and check out my boards for me? The email bounced back, so I printed it out and mailed it to him, not very confident he would even get it much less respond.

Well, I seem to have hit the jackpot. Ken called and has already talked with Precision to let him know he's on the case. Precision in turn says they are supposed to be done by the end of the month. Ken has volunteered to drive up there next Thursday and check them out in person, digital camera in hand. If they are finished, he will even pick them up and ship them to me himself! (I'll be sending him a check for the balance owed today.)

Ken is one of those genuinely nice people you meet so often in this hobby. So thanks to the kindness of strangers, I may actually have this car done in the next several weeks! Thank you so much Ken!

So if you don't belong to your marque's national car club, here is one more reason to belong.