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by Sean Mattingly. 2006 GTOAA International Convention coverage
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The 2006 GTOAA International Convention was held July 11-15 in Louisville, Kentucky. There were 450+ registrations at this show which was a record. The convention was held at the Executive West hotel near the airport. It was a very large hotel with tons of room. The main convention hall was big enough to hold most of the concours cars. It was cool indoors. The rows of concours cars were carefully staggered. This allowed the doors to easily be opened for judging. CLICK->
Cars gathering early in the morning. They will eventually fill up the parking lots of the Executive West hotel. In the distance, you can see the Kentucky Kingdom rollercoasters. The largest one is called "Chang". It cost 12 million dollars to build. It can carry 1,556 riders per hour. It is 154 feet high and the riders reach a speed of 63 mph while screaming their faces off. CLICK->
You've got to visit a national meet for the real-life GTO shopping mall. There was a swap meet off to one side of the hotel complex. It was a great place to find that special part you were looking for. They also had some full cars there for sale. CLICK->
We appreciated the guys who ran the Carquest tent throughout the show. They were manning the car wash station and providing car wash supplies, ready at all times. Hats off to the host club, the Louisville Pontiac GTO Club for setting that up. CLICK->
Inside the hotel was a line of T-shirt vendors as well as some celebrities. On the left is Dave Anderson, driver of the nostalgic '66 gold drag racing car "GeeTO Tiger". There's Jim Wangers (in yellow). Jim sells a line of art prints, books, diecast cars, etc. He's always ready to provide a personalized autograph. Paul Zazarine (in pink) is beginning to market his great new photo history book called "Pontiac's Greatest Decade 1959 - 1969" The Wide Track Era". I bought one of those books and it's a good one. CLICK->
One of the coolest things I have seen is this colorful map. The show organizers made it. People would just stand and stare at this map for a long time. They were picking out their city, name and car year that had been coded onto the map based on pre-registrations. It was such a popular attraction that it was auctioned off for charity during the meet along with many other silent auction items. CLICK->
The close-up shows the mid-Indiana entrants that pre-registered. CLICK->
Kenny Lentz's Gulfstream Aqua 1964 GTO sport coupe. This is the most extensive photo coverage on UltimateGTO.com to date with over 380 photos of this meet. All photos have captions. Each photo is indexed in the searchable database so it is available in the Advanced Picture Searcher. On these show coverage pages, you can see the names of many of the owners if you click on the thumbnail image and read the photo details. Here is a blue 1964 GTO Sport Coupe with a white interior. CLICK->
Front end shot of Kenny's Gulfstream Aqua 1964 GTO Sport Coupe. CLICK->
This Gulfstream Aqua 1964 GTO Sport Coupe wore a set of Redline tires mounted on Cragars with spinners. CLICK->
This red 1964 GTO Sport Coupe has redline tires and spinner hub caps. CLICK->
Red 1964 GTO Sport Coupe, left side view. CLICK->
Close-up of the 1964 GTO grille. Shiny! CLICK->
This is an original Nocturne Blue 1964 GTO convertible. It has a Tri-Power engine under the hood. CLICK->
Nocturne Blue 1964 GTO convertible, left rear view. This one wears vintage license 1964 plates.
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