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Winter Meeting Places
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Schaumburg Library: Located
at the southwest corner of Roselle Road and Schaumburg Road. The library's address is 130 South Roselle Rd.,
Schaumburg, IL 60193
Lisle Library:
Located at 777 Front Street
Lisle, IL 60532 which is at the intersection of Kingston Avenue and Front
Street (southeast corner)
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June 11, 2013 |
NIFE Cruise
Night - West Chicago, IL:
On Tuesday night, June 11, 2013, Augustino’s Rock and Roll Deli
located in West Chicago, IL near the intersection of Route 64 and
Route 59 will host Fiero Night at their weekly cruise night from
5:00pm until 9:00pm. Double K Productions will provide the
entertainment for this evening to socialize with your Fiero friends.
Grab a bite to eat for dinner at Augustino’s Deli; they have some
really great sandwiches. Be sure to arrive early to get the best spots
in the parking lot! This will be a night to share a meal, share some
conversation and share your enthusiasm for your Fiero!
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June 27-30, 2013 |
30th
Anniversary Of The Pontiac Fiero - Indianapolis, IN:
The most anticipated Fiero event of the year will be taking place in
Indianapolis, IN from June 27 – 30, 2013. Please review the
President’s Message in this issue of Fiero Focus for more information.
Or for all of the information you need about this event, go to
fiero30th.com. The pre-registration deadline is May 27, 2013. Please
consider pre-registering to save you time during the event
registration process. Over 300 Fieros are anticipated.
NIFE will be
arranging group caravan departures on Wednesday, June 26; Thursday,
June 27; and Friday, June 28, 2013. We will be departing from the
Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis along the Tri-State Tollway located
near South Holland at 9:00am each day. Please begin arriving at
8:30am.
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July 13, 2013 |
NIFE Cruise
Night - Lombard, IL:
One of the finest cruise destinations in northern Illinois turns 15
this year and NIFE is planning a visit. On Saturday, July 13, 2013 we
will gather together and cruise to downtown Lombard, IL to take part
in the festivities. Options for food include Capone's Pizza, The Main
Street Cafe, Dairy Queen, and many more.
At 4:15pm we will gather
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Northwest corner of Roosevelt Road
and Finley Road. The Crowne Plaza is East of the I-355 exit at
Roosevelt Road and is located at 1250 Roosevelt Road in Glen Ellyn,
IL.
The cruise night in Lombard will fill up quickly so we will
depart from this staging area promptly at 4:30pm to arrive to the
cruise night around 5:00pm. The “official” cruise night runs from
6:00pm until 10:00pm. Parking for the cruise night is along St.
Charles Road from Main Street to Elizabeth Street; several other
designated “cruise zones” are located along St. Charles Road.
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July 21, 2013 |
NIFE Car
Show - Carpentersville, IL:
Bring your Fiero out on Sunday, July 21, 2013 to the Carpentersville
Firestone Charity Car Show. The show times are 10:00am - 3:00pm with
registration from 10:00am to 1:00pm. This is a "FREE" event. However,
cash contributions to the Carpentersville Food Pantry will be accepted
in lieu of a registration fee. , The top 20 vehicles will be awarded
in this JUDGED event. Awards include Best Of Show for
Stock/Modified/Future Classics. The Carpentersville Firestone is
located at 160 S. Western Ave, across from Spring Hill Mall, just
North of Route 72 on Route 31 (Western Ave).
For further information contact Phil of Black Dog Car Shows
847-815-2128. I have been to this event. It is a great show and Fieros
do well!
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August 4, 2013 |
Indian
Uprising All Pontiac Car Show - St. Charles, IL:
Come join us for fun and Pontiacs on Sunday, August 4, 2013 at the
Indian Uprising All Pontiac Event! For 2013, NIFE is the featured
club. So the Fiero will be featured on the T-shirts and dash plaques.
NIFE members will meet at 8:00am at the Steak & Shake restaurant
located at 320 West North Avenue, in West Chicago, IL where we will
enjoy breakfast and each other’s company! After breakfast we'll make
the short cruise to the show and find a spot together among the 400+
Pontiacs expected to attend! Preregistration for the show is $18.00 if
you sign up before July 29; it is $20.00 on show day.
You can download the show flier here.
This event draws all
models of Pontiacs from across the Midwest. Let’s show off our Fiero
spirit by joining us at this event. NIFE out-of-towners, this is a
huge event with Saturday activities as well. Why not make a weekend of
it and visit your NIFE friends! For more event and lodging information
go to:
www.cruisintigersgto.com.
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From the Midwest Fiero Clubs (MWFC) to all all
the other Fiero Clubs across the United States.
Enjoy all the events in the Fiero community this
year.
This section will help you plan your summer events from coast to
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April 2012
thru October 2012 |
Here are two links posted by Dave Dave Kopielski
for local area Cruise Nights and Car Shows for the 2013 season.
Cruise Nights:
http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/meets-events/118992-2012-cruise-nights-listings.html
Car Shows:
http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/meets-events/118998-2012-car-show-listing.html
Double K Productions Cruise and Car Shows
Car Show News
Old Ride
Drive Chicago
The Chicago Garage
www.runwalkjog.com/carshowstoday/illinois.htm
www.hubcapcafe.com/calendar/illinois.htm |
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May 18, 2013 |
NIFE Club
Event: Micro Car Museum Tour - Crystal Lake, IL:
Join us as we descend
into the smallest automobile museum in Illinois (second smallest in
the world only behind
The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum in Georgia). We will gather at
the Jameson's Steak House at 5016 Northwest Highway Crystal Lake, IL
60014. Please start arriving at 9:00am and we will head out sharply at
9:30am as a group to make sure we arrive at the Small Wonders Micro
Car Museum by 10:00am.
Ken Weger (owner) will personally guide us on
this tour, which will last about 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
This is a FREE
private tour offered to NIFE. Ken Weger has asked us to bring canned
goods as a donation in
lieu of payment for the tour. The donations
will be given to the Crystal Lake Food Pantry.
This is a large
collection of some of the smallest cars (500 cc’s or less) around.
Inside “The Barn” there is a variety of microcars with a special
section dedicated to Mike Corbin’s own design of micro cars. Some of
the cars in this collection include: Austin Mini, Citroen, Crosley,
Fiat, Isetta, Messerschmitt, Subaru and Velorex. Ken Weger prefers to
keep this museum private and appreciates us not advertising his
collection publicly.
After the tour we
will head into McHenry, IL for lunch at Happy Jack's Submarines and
Fine Ice Cream located at 4911 W Elm St, McHenry, IL 60050. We should
arrive for lunch around 1:00pm. Hope you can join us for this rare and
exciting tour.
Location for first meeting place:
Location for Lunch:
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May 11, 2013 |
NIFE Car
Show St. Charles East High School - St. Charles, IL:
Are you looking for that
first opportunity to show off your Fiero this spring? The St. Charles
East High School Auto Club is hosting their annual Spring Auto Show on
Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Our youngest NIFE
member, Austin Stombres, is a member of the auto club and would love
to have NIFE well represented at this year’s show. The address of St.
Charles East High School is 1020 Dunham Rd,
St. Charles, IL 60174. The cost of entering is $10.00 and all
proceeds go to benefit the St. Charles East Auto Club. Your Fiero will
be entered in the Early Domestic Class; trophies will be awarded for
First Place through Third Place. Every Fiero at the show last year was
awarded a trophy. It was a real Fiero party and we hope to have a
repeat performance! For questions contact Austin Stombres at
630-584-9281. We hope to see your Fiero there!
Austin and
I hope to see many of you at the St. Charles East Car Show on
Saturday, May 11th at 1:00pm. After the show, we would like to invite
you NIFE folks to our house for a cook out! We're only a mile or so
from the school, and we would love to have you stop by. We'll have
plenty of burgers, brats, chips, and soft drinks. This will be a good
opportunity to eat and sit on the patio and talk about our cars. I'll
start cooking about 4:30pm, so come hungry.
Jim and Austin
Stombres
Location of show:
Location for cook out after the show:
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April 20, 2013 |
NIFE Club Meeting
- Schaumburg, IL:
On Saturday, April 20,
2013, our winter season of NIFE club meetings continues as attendees
will be enlightened on maintenance tips to keep your Fiero on the
road. Our meeting will be held at the Schaumburg Library located at
130 South Roselle Road, which is at the intersection of Roselle Road
and Schaumburg Road at the southwest corner. Members can call
847-985-4000 for directions. Our meeting will start at 1:00 pm and our
subject matter will focus on a company called Creative Colors
International, which is recognized as the leader in the repair,
reconditioning, protection, and color restoration of leather, vinyl,
fabric, plastic and carpeting in the automotive, furniture,
commercial, and residential markets.
Their
representative, Doug Watekus, will be able to show us in detail the
“how to” process of their repairs. We will have a Fiero dash for him
to work on. Doug serves the Schaumburg, Arlington Heights, Elmhurst,
St. Charles, Lombard, West Dundee, North Aurora, Elgin, Buffalo Grove,
Wheaton, Villa Park, and Palatine areas. Creative Colors is a
traveling business so they will come to you at your work, home or
wherever you need him.
Creative Colors
International can restore your damaged items to like-new condition
while providing you with significant cost savings versus replacement;
sometimes as much as a 90 percent savings. For more information on
Creative Colors International you can contact Doug at
kolorpatchil@creativecolorsintl.com or 630-372-9766.
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March 16, 2013 |
NIFE Club Meeting
- Lisle, IL:NOTE:
NOTE:
this is a location change since our January/February issue was
published.
On
Saturday, March 16, 2013, our winter season of NIFE club meetings
continues as we gather together to keep the Fiero excitement alive.
Our meeting will be held at
the Lisle Library located at 777 Front Street, which is at the
intersection of Kingston Avenue and Front Street (southeast corner) in
Lisle, IL. Members can call 630-971-1675 for directions.
Our
meeting will start at 1:00pm and our subject matter for this meeting
will be:
• Fiero pricing/what to look for when buying a
Fiero by Paul Vargyas, NIFE Membership Director
• A discussion
on auto appraisals with Dennis Parus of Ride On Appraisals, Inc.
• A discussion on specialty automotive insurance with Mike Barker
of Barker Insurance Agency.
• Fellow NIFE club members who have
installed lifts in their garages – Gary Kaleta and Gordon Grassle.
Gary has installed a Direct Lift HR8000 two-post chassis lift. Gordon
has installed a Rotary Lift. Why did they choose their respective
lift? How did they make their decision? Come join us and find out.
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February 16, 2013 |
NIFE Club Meeting
- Lisle, IL:
On
Saturday, February 16, 2013, our winter season of NIFE club meetings
continues as we gather together to keep the Fiero excitement alive.
Our meeting will be held at the Lisle Library located at 777 Front
Street, which is at the intersection of Kingston Avenue and Front
Street (southeast corner) in Lisle, IL. You can call 630-971-1675 for
directions. Our meeting will start at 1:00pm and our subject matter
for this meeting will be:
• Selecting tires for your
Fiero
• Selecting wheels for your Fiero
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Options for restoring your Fiero's wheels with guest speaker Matt
Foote of Wheels of America
We hope you can join us as we focus
our meeting on Fiero tire and wheel options.
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January 19, 2013 |
NIFE Club Meeting
- Lisle, IL:
On
Saturday, January 19, 2013, our winter season of NIFE club meetings
continues as we gather together to keep the Fiero excitement alive.
Our meeting will be held at the Lisle Library located at 777 Front
Street, which is at the intersection of Kingston Avenue and Front
Street (southeast corner) in Lisle, IL. You can call 630-971-1675 for
directions. Our meeting will start at 1:00pm and our subject matter
for this meeting will be:
• NIFE Member Ray Dyreson will
be bringing a portion of his extensive Fiero toy collection and
discuss some of his
favorite and interesting items from his collection.
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NIFE Member Tom Derr of Pennsylvania will be doing a virtual
presentation on some of his favorite and most unique
items in his Fiero memorabilia collection.
• Fellow
Fiero enthusiast Dave Kauzlarich of Louisiana is a noted collector of
Fiero memorabilia. Dave will be doing a
virtual presentation on some of his favorite and most unique items in
his Fiero memorabilia collection.
Join us as we focus our
meeting on Fiero memorabilia. We ask that if you have a
special Fiero item(s), please bring it to this meeting, as we will
allow for some “show and tell” time so you can discuss your item(s).
Each member who brings a “show and tell” item will receive an extra
door prize ticket.
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