Ed Pentico

Online roster was just updated yesterday .... is active on the 6/15/15 one - check it .... Ed

Mornin' Jason, He is ROA #14238 - you can look him up on the roster ( I'm a little uncomfortable with listing a members name without his knowledge or permission ). He was one of a couple of cars ( sans trailer ) that arrived late to the show field after all the first gen spots were already taken, and they were spotted on the access road between the parking lots ( the road between the Rivs and Toros ). Hope this helps, Ed

Good timing .... this article/video appeared late yesterday ( 1/27/15 ) on the website of a local TV station here in Des Moines: http://www.kcci.com/news/tips-on-staying-safe-while-buying-selling-on-craigslist/30953008 Outstanding suggestion of conducting merchandise/money exchange in the parking lot of your local PD building within video surveillance range, and also a couple of good tips at the end of the article in the "comments" section.

Lamar; FYI .... This was in today's ( 11/28/14 ) Hemmings daily e-newsletter: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/11/28/buick-wildcat-i-to-highlight-next-years-buick-national-meet/?refer=news Ed

"I noticed the cylinder mounted to firewall to the left of the brake booster. Looks like it has hot water running through it from the heater core plumbing. Anyone know what that is?" Len, I guess I can understand you not recognizing this ( being in CA ), but I'd think Jason would know ( living in the Brrr-Belt ) .... It's called a "tank heater" - there's a heating element in it for keeping your anti-freeze warm - there's a line cord you plug into 110 vac. I've never seen one mounted on the firewall, though. The first one I installed was on our '68 Impala station wagon - mounted down low on the frame by the radiator and ran the cord out through the grille. Also installed one on a '74 F100 when we we traded the S/W. When I ordered our '80 F150, these were a factory installed option I ordered. There are a few different installation configurations, and a couple of them include tapping ( with a "Y" fitting ) into one of the heater hoses. They are pretty slick in the winter time when the temp is near zero and your car is outside ... start the vehicle and usually have heat blowing in less than ten minutes. Ed

Dick, et al; Sad news .... I just read that on Saturday, William "Wild Bill" Guenere has been transferred to the Staff of the Supreme Commander. Here's a link to the article in the Philadelphia newspaper: http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20140310_William_Guarnere__one_of_the__Band_of_Brothers_.html Gene, sincere condolences to your family from your friends in Iowa. Flag flying at half staff ...... Ed & Sherry

Keith, I'll take it .... email me where to send the check and total amount to zip 50009 Thanks, Ed edp1531@qwest.net

Mornin' Roberta, Ya might want to give "Jolly_John" a holler: http://forums.aaca.org/f119/1979-85-buick-riviera-nos-hood-340496.html Ed

Nathaniel, Looks like Jayson doesn't have the pictures he had taken .... can you burn me a copy of the same disk you gave Ray and drop it in the mail to me? My address is on the Regional Coordinators page of the Riview. Thanking you in advance, Ed

Jayson, I think it'd probably be best if you dumped your pictures to a disk and drop it in the mail to me - snail address is on the R/C page of the Riview. I've got the pictures in Photobucket sorted "oldest first", and as you two were taking pictures at the same time, I'm afraid yours might get intermingled with Nate's. It's a helluva lot easier to check and correct on my pc before I upload them than trying to change once they're out there. Hope this is O.K. with you..... Ed

Mornin' Nate, ( Hope you don't mind, but Nate is easier for me to spell than Nathaniel ) Damn .... I knew when you guys told me late Thursday you had a disk with all the pictures for Ray, I should have burnt a copy - too much going on and just ran out of time. All I need are just the pictures that Jayson snapped, but I think emailing is not an option here - there's a size limit on my email server, and I think it's 20 meg total. The total size of the pictures you took on Sherry's camera totaled 377 meg , so you might be SOL trying to email them. I know snail mailing the disk will take a few days, but can't see any other way at this time. Let me know .... BTW, FYI - at the previous meets Ray had Mike Voight just post a link on the ROA website to my Photobucket folders. Ed

Here's the link for the Lexington pictures we have that Nathaniel took: Photo and image hosting, free photo galleries, photo editing I think we're missing around 50 cars ..... Ed

Jayson, I am currently uploading to Photobucket the 167 pictures Nathaniel took with Sherry's camera - it's going slow, but I'll post the link later tonight or first thing tomorrow a.m. It looks like we're missing part of the boat tails, all the first gen's, the Toro's, the winners circle and a few more that were parked right outside the entrance door. If you have the missing ones, can you send to me on a CD or Data DVD and I can merge them into my Photobucket folder - BTW, Nathaniel - Photobucket is FREE. Ed

Bob, Scroll down and locate a thread started by "Mr Riviera" (aka Dick Sweeney) about two weeks ago - I show it on page 2. The responses should answer most of your questions ..... Ed

Todd, It's an "erroneous error" displayed by your Kaspersky AV .... click here: Trojan.HTML.Dosser.c - Kaspersky Lab Forum Ed

Hi Rick, Ship's right .. the URL has changed. I started at the home page and navigated to it. Try this link: http://aplsweb.com/Topics/RPO-URLS.htm Then click on the top one - "Complete GM RPO List" If you're still having problems, drop me an email and I'll email you a copy - I saved the ".pdf" on my hard drive. It's approx 1.5 meg ( 188 pages ) Let me know..... See ya, Ed Ed & Sherry Pentico ROA #6952 Office Managers Riviera Owners Association P.O. Box 457 Altoona, Iowa 50009-0457 Ph: 515-957-0ROA ( 0762 ) Fax: 515-957-0RIV ( 0748 ) Office@Rivowners.org http://www.rivowners.org/

Hi Dirk, Please e-mail a copy of the ".pdf" you scanned to me here at the office. ( does it come with "sub-titles" so I can understand what it says? .... *grin* ) Also, when you send me the e-mail could you give me some info on how to order a copy or two of the magazine? Thanks, Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ed & Sherry Pentico ROA #6952 Office Managers Riviera Owners Association P.O. Box 457 Altoona, Iowa 50009-0457 Ph: 515-957-0ROA ( 0762 ) Fax: 515-957-0RIV ( 0748 ) Office@Rivowners.org

We received the following e-mail at the ROA Office. Please contact him directly if interested. Ed - ROA #6952 ------------------------------------------------------- Hello, I have just received a 1992 Buick Riviera that has a nearly perfect body. The car does run but has timing chain issues. I was going to scrap the car but after taking a good hard look at the body, I just can not bring myself to send it to be crushed. Someone somewhere needs these body parts. This car has all the options and 99% of them work. Would any of you members be interested or is there a place that buys Rivera's for restoration parts cars? Please let me know either way. Thank you, Doug King Cell: 440-213-0610

Hi Jim, We received your New Member App via PayPal e-check on Thursday October 4th. We had to wait for PayPal to send us a "all clear" on your e-check, which they sent us on Wednesday October 10th. Your "New Member Packet" was sent to you via USPS this past Friday, October 12th. The heater core information is available on our website in the "Members Only" section ..... e-mail me directly at the ROA Office and I will give you the info to access this data. Thanks, Ed

Hi Kris, Send your meet registration to the ROA Office at the below address. Get those ROA Asheville National Meet registrations in! Thanks, Ed

Eric, Why not try contacting our ROA Regional Coordinator in the Seattle area. His name is John Andreassen #1781. His address, phone number and e-mail address can be found on the back cover of your Riview. Thanks, Ed Ed & Sherry Pentico ROA #6952 Office Managers Riviera Owners Association P.O. Box 457 Altoona, Iowa 50009-0457 Ph: 515-957-0ROA ( 0762 ) Fax: 515-957-0RIV ( 0748 ) Office@Rivowners.org

" Also, its March 11th and I still havent recieved my copy of the Rivew. Heck I dont even know if my membership renewal went through. Hope I get it soon! " Greg, I will need a little more information to investigate your membership status .... ROA Number and Name. The Jan/Feb Riviews were mailed over two weeks ago, but there are members just now receiving them, so yours is probably on its way. E-mail me direct and I will double-check membership status. Thanks, Ed [color:"blue"]

Rob, Please e-mail me direct with your snail mail address for a copy of Sep/Oct Riview. Thanks, Ed Ed & Sherry Pentico ROA #6952 Office Managers Riviera Owners Association P.O. Box 457 Altoona, Iowa 50009-0457 Ph: 515-957-0ROA ( 0762 ) Fax: 515-957-0RIV ( 0748 ) Office@Rivowners.org

Hi Carl, Just last week, we finalized the paperwork with the bank to accept credit cards. No, it is not available online yet. And, we will be working on Paypal availability online in between handling renewals and new applications. I have no ETA when it will be available. On this renewal cycle for you, would you send me an e-mail (you don't list your e-addy on your profile) and I will send you a renewal form for you to fill out with your CC number and snail mail back to me. Or, as Rob mentioned above, give us a call. To date, we still haven't received the ROA properties from Beatrice and we're operating for the time being by our shirt tails.... we really appreciate you guys patience and continued cooperation with us. Thanks from Altoona,