Report Card — Michigan Muscle

Matthew Reinke from Mount Pleasant, MI, proudly shows off his 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT.

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Matthew Reinke from Mount Pleasant, MI, proudly shows off his 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT.

Reinke, who attends Mid Michigan Community College (MMCC) in Harrison, MI, is majoring in automotive technology.

Reinke, who graduates in the spring, said that cars have been apart of his life since as long as he can remember.

“Cars are my passion and throughout my time at MMCC, I have been using my skills to work on the Pontiac Grand Prix GT. It is now my show car and it’s fully customized,” he said.

Some of the modifications Reinke has made to the Grand Prix include a full welded exhaust with high flow converter and resonator.

The car has chrome turn signal lenses, an 8000K HID kit and Altezza chrome taillights to go along with the 17-inch Edge Dagger rims wrapped in uni-tread tires.

The car also features blue underglow lighting, tinted windows and a custom sound system with a Sony Deck that includes a 1000-watt amp and two 12-inch Pioneer 800 watt subwoofers.

Reinke also said he is a fan of Tomorrow’s Technician magazine. “My professors hand out your magazine to our class every time a new issue comes in,” he said. “I always look forward to reading your articles and always walk away with new technical knowledge.”

Previous Comments

	Kari      1/21/2011   3:51 PM
What a nice comment, Ed! Well done magazine!

	matthew reinke      1/17/2011   5:37 PM
thanks Ed and thanks to every one from tomorrows technician for making me apart of your magazine and thanks kari for the support add me on facebook if you like. me and the car will be in many car shows this summer and proudly showing off tts november issue on the core support

	Ed Sunkin, editor      1/10/2011   4:12 PM
We went with the title 'Michigan Muscle' as a tribute to Pontiacs in general. In the late 1960s, the Michigan-based Pontiac was known for its engine horsepower and muscle cars such as the GTO and Firebird. Since Matt lives in the proud state of Michigan, the cover look/type font also is a bit of a tribute to the football programs in that state, namely the Big 10, where the focus is on toughness and muscle. When viewing an art design – in this case a magazine cover – one shouldn't always take things so literally. No where in the article does it state that Matt's car is a muscle car. We saw that Matt is proud of his GT, and shares the same enthusiasm as many Pontiac owners – both old and young – who make modifications to improve the vehicle's performance. To us, Matt is part of a new generation of Pontiac fans who, hopefully, will keep these cars on the road since the brand has been eliminated from GM. Ed

	Kari      1/10/2011   3:13 PM
I agree Matthew - you should be proud, I don't see you featured here, Steven, so you have no room to talk!

	matthew      1/3/2011   10:23 PM
well say what you want im proud to say this is my car and that i have done all the work myself and am in the process of building an l36 top swap block supercharged xp cam with a 3.4 pulley set up at the college to put in it this summer may not be a muscle car but its my car and im proud to say that..

	Kari      12/15/2010   1:24 PM
didn't your mom teach you that if you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all - GROW UP!!

	steven      12/10/2010   2:03 PM
what the hell thats not a muscle car its a f****** tuner