Orland Park Crossing Display
Saturday, June 14, was a bright, sunny 48 degree morning ideal for a drive in a Thunderbird. Hearing horror stories about traffic tie-ups due to Kennedy Expressway construction I left home at 6:35 AM and was the first to arrive at Orland Park Crossing. I saw the parking lot blocked off with barricades and Joel Greenberg came soon afterward. When all had arrived we had 13 members participating in the event. Haig Garabedian came from LaGrange with a white 1956 TBird. Ken Smizinski, Len Vinyard, Larry and Karen Kelly, Doug Rogers, Lee Bakakos, Ed Levin and Rose Kovalenko, Pete Kramer drove Thunderbirds. Tom Bruin came in a Shelby Mustang and Bob and Barbara Sroka in their 1937 LaSalle. Also, 2 non club members came in their 2 seat Thunderbirds
Ken Smizinski has a Midtronics battery, starting, and charging tester. Both Len Keil and Vinyard tested OK. The tape for my car read Replace Battery. Better to know now!
The Club provided a 4 foot long submarine sandwich, chips, and pop for lunch. Ken kept slicing the sub until we all had plenty to eat.
We were visited by several General Motors vehicles during the day as there was a Pontiac show at the bank across 143rd St . Phil Bianco Jr. parked his 100% stock restored 1956 Chevy BelAir hard top with a Sierra Gold and Adobe Beige paint scheme and reminisced with club members about the old days. A radically customized orange early 50s Chevy (The only way one could tell was the roof line) parked with the TBirds for a time.
A 1969 Malibu and stray Pontiacs cruised through the lot.
The shopping center people were most appreciative and want our Club to do more displays. I steered clear of LaGrange Rd. and I 55 upon leaving and encountered no serious traffic on I 355.
By Jim Wilson
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