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PGI CAR CLUB                                       Marlene Jones, 410-703-2252, marlenejones22@gmail.com


                                                                 If you drive by the Muscle Car Museum on the first
                                                                 Tuesday of any month at 9 a.m., you may think it’s a
                                                                 Corvette Club meeting. It’s not! It’s the monthly meeting
                                                                 of the PGI Car Club. Although there are more than 25
                                                                 Corvette owners in the club, you’ll find among the 146
                                                                 members a variety of automobiles from collectible
                                                                 brass-era and Model T Fords to the current go-fast
                                                                 Porsches and McLarens. To be a member, you just have
                                                                 to have an interest in cars.

                                                                 Our members love to drive their cars, so cruises are very
                                                                 important. Every month there are cruises to interesting
                                                                 places, and of course there’s always a restaurant
                                                                 included on the tour. In October, ECHO Global Farms in
                                                                 North Fort Myers provided us with a fascinating walking
                                                                 tour of unique demonstrations, plants and techniques
                                                                 used by farmers and urban gardeners in developing
                                                                 countries around the world. ECHO’s mission is to

         provide solutions for sustainable farming that will
         help solve the world’s hunger problems. After the
         tour, members traveled to Hogbody’s Bar and
         Grill on Bayshore Road for lunch.

         FEATURED CAR #1:

         Don and Ann Gordon own this beautiful 2018
         Corvette Stingray Convertible, in “Ceramic Matrix
         Gray Metallic.” This is a new color for the
         Corvettes. The car is a Z51 with 6-2L, V8 at 460
         HP and an 8 speed paddle shift automatic
         transmission. The option package includes 3Lt,
         Bose audio with an 8 inch color touch screen,
         front and rear cameras, a carbon fiber roof, a
         performance data recorder with color heads-up
         display, heated and ventilated GT bucket seats
         with 8-way power adjustments, chrome wheels,
         Bluetooth and 4G LTE WiFi.

         FEATURED CAR #2:

         Mike and Louise Gussin own the 1971 Plymouth
         Road Runner. They purchased it in 1992 with
         12,000 miles. The car had recently been painted
         to the original B5 Blue. Previous to their
         purchase, the first owner raced in the Arizona
         Roadrunner Races. The car has AC, power
         steering and power brakes. Since ’92, Mike has
         installed a rear deck wing and replaced the
         radiator, AC condenser and master cylinder. The
         727 Torque flite Automatic Transmission was
         rebuilt in 2014.

         The next meeting of the Club is November 7 at
         the Muscle Car Museum (unless otherwise listed
         on the website). Breakfast at 8 a.m., followed by
         the meeting at 9 a.m.

         For more information about our membership,
         monthly meetings, cruises and social events,
         please visit the website, www.pgicarclub.com.

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