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The Newsletter of the GMC Truck Chapter of POCI

May/June 2017

THE GMC TIMES

‘76 Jimmy

Casa Grande

GMC GOES TO THE DRAG RACES

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The GMC TimesMay/June 2017

Volume 11 ~ Number 3

The Official Publication of POCI’s GMC Truck Chapter

Pontiac Oakland Club InternationalChapter #93 ~ Established 2007

www.gmctruckclub.wordpress.com

The GMC Times is published six times per year by the GMC Truck Chapter of the Pontiac-Oakland Club Interna-tional (POCI), a nonprofit organization.

The GMC Truck Chapter, founded in 2007, is dedicated to the preservation, res-toration, education and enjoyment of all GMC vehicles, stock or modified. Mem-bership in POCI is highly encouraged when joining the GMC Truck Chapter.

Dues are $15.00 per year (U.S. funds, $20.00 outside of U.S.) Annual “sub-scription only” rates for the GMC Times newsletter are $20.00 U.S. and $25.00 (outside of U.S.) An “elec-tronic” membership is available for $12.00 per year. Send change of ad-dress notices and article submissions to the GMC Times editor (use the contact information listed at right).

GTC Head Honchos

PresidentDavid Bailey

26033 E 103rd StBroken Arrow, OK 74014

[email protected]

Vice PresidentSteve Cook

16565 Lancaster Est.Grover, MO 63040

(314) 795-4700jumbodog54

@sbcglobal.net

TreasurerDon Berringer

1303 U.S. Hwy 42 Ashland, OH 44805

419-282-1200 [email protected]

Secretary, Newsletter Editor,

Web Site Administrator:Paul Bergstrom

1165 County Road 83Maple Plain, MN 55359

(763) [email protected]

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PREZ SEZHello GMC Truck Chapter members!

Well, Spring has sprung and Summer will be here soon. I hope everyone is ready for another season of car shows and showing off our trucks!

I unfortunately have been too busy al-ready and haven’t made a single show yet! Dang it! Anyway. I hope things light-en up soon.

The POCI convention is coming up soon (July 11-15) so hopefully some truck people can attend. Thanks to Paul who probably will be hosting our chapter meet-ing there again. Thanks also to Don, our new treasurer for the work he does! Me? Well, I am sitting on the sidelines once again thanks to the IRS and family stuff that keeps getting in the way of me attending.

I greatly appreciate what each member has contributed to this chapter. If you have suggestions please forward them onto one of the chapter Head Honchos shown in the front of the newsletter or email any one of us. So dust off those GMC’s get out to those car shows and take a few pictures forward them onto Paul for the rest of us to enjoy! This will probably be my last President message - hopefully we have someone to take my place! So I wish each and every one a very good year both with health, family and of course your trucks!

David Bailey, GTC Prez.

What’s going on in your neck of the woods? Take some photos and send in a short write up about the car shows and cruises that you attend. We all enjoy seeing the pictures!

E-mail your submissions to [email protected] or mail them to: GMC Truck Chapter, 1165 County Road 83, Maple Plain, MN 55359

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

GMC Truck Chapter

Member Stories & GMC Truck Photos Wanted!

What’s in your garage?

New members... send us some photos of your trucks!

Francis Everett Meridian, IdahoJay W. Hommer Ankeny, IowaJohn O’Day Anchorage, AKNatalie Priekschat Sask., CanadaRobert T. Symons Jefferson, OR

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From The Driver’s SeatIf you are attending the POCI conven-tion in Fort Worth, Texas we invite you to attend The GMC Truck Chapter an-nual meeting (see details below).

Keeping busy here in Minnesota, work-ing on my ‘69 GTO, cleaning up from a tree falling on out house in a recent storm, and preparing for the POCI con-vention. Keep those photos and stories coming. Thanks to Dennis Carol for the article and photos on the GMC-powered dragster. Until the next issue... Keep on Truckin’!

Paul Bergstrom, Editor

GMC TRUCK CHAPTERANNUAL MEETING

Friday, July 14th3:30-4:00 pmBrazo Room

Marriott Host Hotel

2017POCI Convention

Fort Worth, TexasJuly 11-15

Online registration ($65 through 6/30/17) and activity sign ups are available on the POCI website (www.poci.org).

Hotel information and event updates are posted on the website and pub-lished in the Smoke Signals. Call the POCI Club Office at (877) 368-3454 if you have any questions.

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Gone Campin’ - 70’s Style

Rich Truesdell – Aug 11, 2015 Photographers: Rich Truesdell

The ‘70s must have been an interesting time for General Motors as its product planners were watching the recreational vehicle marketplace explode well be-

yond its Jeep CJ roots. Their first shot across the bow was the introduction of the ‘69 Chevrolet K5 Blazer, followed by the GMC counterpart, the GMC Jimmy. In their time, they were unique in that, instead of a purpose-built small SUV like the Jeep CJ or the International Harvester Scout, GM shortened its full-size C/K pickups to produce a unique, go-anywhere vehicle with its own singular set of attributes.

Dave Lindsley, a GM muscle car collector living in Southern California, brought this pristine example to our attention. “You must check out my friend Jack’s truck. It’s a ‘76 GMC Jimmy Casa Grande,” he said. Not knowing what a Jimmy Casa Grande was but knowing Dave wouldn’t turn us on to something that wasn’t noteworthy, we made arrangements to photograph the truck. In the time between his phone call and our photo session a week later, we did our due diligence of the program’s history.

The GMC Jimmy Casa Grande was a collaboration between GM and Chinook, a manufacturer of self-contained motorhomes and campers, being best known for their Toyota-based camper conversions.

The only instrumented road test of either the Blazer Chalet or the Jimmy Casa Grande was in the Feb. ‘77 issue of Pickups, Vans & 4WD, and the numbers were a bit surprising, considering that this was the era of diminished performance and fuel mileage. The Blazer Chalet could accelerate from 0 to 30 in a respectable 4.6 seconds, with 60 mph coming up in 13.3 seconds when equipped with the optional 400ci, 175hp V-8 that was also offered on the Jimmy Casa Grande. Top speed was 91 mph at 3,500 rpm. Fuel mileage was an entirely respectable 11.4 city/highway mpg combined. Not surprisingly, mileage off-road suffered, with the test vehicle measuring 7.1 mpg.

‘76 GMC Jimmy Casa Grande

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Jack loves telling the story about how he found his latest acquisition. “I was hav-ing breakfast with a couple my friends and one of the gentlemen that was there started talking to me and mentioned that he had a GMC with a camper for sale,” says Jack. “This was a Sunday morning and he invited me over to look at it. When I saw the GMC I told him that I never saw a GMC with a factory camper back end. He asked me if I wanted to buy it being he had no use for it. I told him I would think about it. I called and saw him the next day and purchased the truck.” Jack started the truck’s restoration the day he purchased it. He got the AC work-ing, the interior cleaned, and the body buffed and polished. Next up is the rust repair and paint, which he plans to handle himself as well. The restoration time-line? Just three months according to Jack. And yes, as a life-long RVer, he plans to take it camping! At some point in its life the original 400ci V-8 was replaced with a new-style 350 small-block and is equipped with an Edelbrock four-barrel carb, headers, and intake. The motor has around 20,000 miles on it since it was changed by the first owner, for more power and efficiency. With just a few, possibly 100-200 of the 1,800 Blazer Chalets and Jimmy Casa Grandes built having survived the last four decades, if you encounter a Casa Grade in the wilds of the Southwest this summer, there a pretty good chance that it will be Jack. Knowing Jack, we think he’ll welcome you saying hello and we’re equally sure he’ll proudly want to show off his rig.

Specifications:1976 GMC Jimmy Casa Grande

• Engine: 350ci V-8• Transmission:Four-speed

automatic• Transfercase: NP203

(full-time)• Ground Clearance: 7 inches• Overall Length: 218.1 inches• Overall Width: 79.6 inches• Overall Height: 92.5 inches

source: www.trucktrend.com/features/1508-1976-gmc-jimmy-casa-grande/

2017 Membership Dues We have included a renewal form if your chapter dues are due. Please remit payment to Don Berringer, treasurer.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

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GMC GOES TO THE DRAGSBy: Dennis Carol

This past February, the family and I headed to Charlotte, NC for a week so Jacob could train with a pitching coach in preparation for his upcoming high school baseball tryouts. This gave us time to do some local sightseeing. One of our stops was to the Memory Lane Museum in nearby Moorseville, NC. There, packed in amongst a plethora of Busch Grand National, Winston Cup, and Sprint Cup cars, next to a Harry Gant Skoal special, was a ’59 dragster powered by a GMC straight six engine.

Now let’s face it, when you think of drag racing, you don’t think of GMC as any-thing other than a support vehicle. Yet here is an example of a GMC power plant going down the quarter-mile in 1959 over 129 mph. Not bad for a straight six that produces slightly more than one horsepower per cubic inch. Memory Lane has not returned any of my requests for more information on this car.

I have been able to find out more general information about the racing history of the GMC straight six en-gine thanks to Al Teague’s dragster, a 320 cu-in, natu-rally aspirated dragster that is part of the Speedway Motors Museum collection in Lincoln Nebraska. It ran

a best of 152 mph. The Jimmy six is a largely forgotten power plant today, yet a good design, meticulous assembly, and a surprising array of go-fast parts from tal-ented, ingenious experimenters made it successful back in the day. It seems racing Jimmy sixes were at its height in the late 1950s and very early 1960s.

Many factors made the Jimmy six a successful engine. It was a strong, robust de-signed that was born out of demanding commercial hauling; something GMC ob-viously excelled at. The design of the original Jimmy six overhead valve cylinder head was originally developed out the Chevy “Stovebolt” six. In its stock form, the Jimmy six had inefficient porting - with three siamesed intake ports and four exhaust ports on the same side of the engine. Wayne Horning was one of the first persons to develop and take advantage of the engine’s potential. Just days prior to the start of WWII, Horning designed a 12-port cylinder for the Chevy six that had cross-flow breathing capability. After the war, Horning designed and built a 12-port head for the post-war Jimmy six as well. Most of these heads were produced by Horning’s soon-to-be former partner, Harry Warner, under the company name “Wayne Manufacturing Co.”.

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2017 POCI

Convention

The new head’s valves were verti-cal, opening into shallow combustion chambers. Compression ratios ran as high as 12:1 using a homebrew fuel mixture. Lightweight pistons were made by Frank Venolia. Fuel typically was supplied by a Hilborn constant flow fuel injection system. The use of

5 Carter single barrel carburetors was also not uncommon for drag racing. Run-ning on straight alcohol, a well-tuned Wayne-headed Jimmy six delivers better than one horsepower per cubic inch displacement. This level of power tested the engine’s durability but compared much favorably cost wise with the rather mega-expensive (for the day) purpose-built 270 cu-in Offenhausers.

Al Teague’s 320 cubic inch GMC-Wayne -headed six powered roadster would do mid-120 mph trap speeds in the quarter mile and turn low 11 ETs. When they put the same Jimmy six into an early rail dragster chassis, speeds jumped to 137 mph and high 10 ETs. Turning to nitromethane fuel, that raised the trap speed of the dragster to 152 mph, a startling accomplishment for any unblown 320 cubic inch engine and nothing short of miraculous for a “truck” engine that was (and prob-ably still is) considered well outside the mainstream of performance develop-ment. When Teague put a Hilborn injected Chevy V8 in the same dragster chas-sis, times dropped into the 8’s and trap speeds climbed into the low 170’s. The handwriting was on the wall for the Jimmy six, but it had shown what it could do.If you would like to read more about the history and development of the Horning cylinder head, I invite you to check out the Inliners International website (inlin-ers.org) and read Herbert Hall’s 9-part series on the subject (hit the Historical tab on the left hand side to bring up the series). This group is dedicated to all inline engines.

MEMORY LANE MUSUEM PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR

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An interesting find on the intenet, has anyone ever seen one of the 4 x 4 Mohave GMC vans made by American Coach Corporation?

Hot Jimmy Van

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GMC Photo Page

I spotted this cool poster at a local retailer (Duluth Trading Co.)

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Searchin’ the Internet...

For sale: 1951 GMC 3 ton truck : Rebuilt original 302c.i. inliner Jimmy six with 5 speed trans and working 2 speed rear. New clutch, brakes, tires, paint and glass. Runs perfect! Western rust free truck, very nice driver quality that shows well and is ready to enjoy. Located at I-90 & I-35 in south MN. Tony (507) 448-3749 ext. 507

The special-edition Marlboro Syclone was the grand prize for the ten winners of The Marlboro Racing ‘92 Contest. All ten trucks were provided to American Sunroof Corporation (ASC), by Shinoda Design Associates, Inc., in conjunction with Phillip Morris, Inc. With the help of Larry Shinoda, designer of the Corvette Stingray and Boss Mustang, a transformation of the originally black Syclones took place. Marlboro Syclone custom features include: ASC converted the roof to a targa-style roof panel with mounts in the pick-up bed, ASC installed a slide-down rear window assembly, Guidon hard tonneau cover, Boyd Coddington “Co-bra” wheels with Marlboro emblem center caps and Goodyear Eagle GS-C tires,PPG “Hot Licks” Red paint, with white strobe stripes provided by Graphik Con-cepts, Recaro leather seats with Simpson 5-Point racing harness, Custom Momo “Evolution” steering wheel, Sony sound system, PROMPaq performance chip and Borla stainless steel exhaust, Bell Tech suspension dropped 3 inches.

Asking $85,000 - for more information, Allen at call 706-332-6378http://muscletruckmuseum.com/1991-syclone-marlboro-edition-1-of-10/

1991GMC Syclone

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Thank you for your continued support!

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1962 GMC 1/2 ton 4x4 V6; ‘54 GMC 1 1/2 ton 6 cyl 4-spd w/hydramatic; ‘55 Pontiac Chieftain 2-door wag-on; ‘59 Catalina convertible & ‘59 Catalina 4-door wagon ‘60 Catalina 2-door. Contact Charles Jorgenson (701) 680-0777 [email protected] (Lisbon, ND)

$4,000 each: (3) ‘59 GMC 100’s. #1 Rare fleet model, 8 ft. stepside, orig. and 90% compelete. #2 Small win-dow, 8 ft wideside, chrome grill, 350 V8. #3 Big window, orig. V8, pwr steering, 90% complete. Contact Bill Sells email [email protected] (Par-ma, ID)

‘57 GMC extended cab w/’65 389 2 bbl, auto, Chevy front clip. Not com-pleted, project. Best offer over $7,500. Nelson Powell (618) 347-2370 (IL)

GMCs FOR SALE PARTS FOR SALEFor Sale: NOS 1965 GMC Truck Right Side Front Fender Part #1-3781472 $150 or best offer John C. Zaborowski (814) 739-9421 (PA), e-mail [email protected]

Literature for sale: 1998 GMC Denali info in styrofoam block, unopened $18 postage paid; 1999 GMC Sierra tri-fold box info. $15 postage paid; 2002 GMC Envoy tri-fold box info $15 post-age paid. Contact Mark Jaffke, 8101 Westview Lane, Woodbridge, IL 60517 (630) 910-1247 (weekends only)

Have rear ends, trans, etc. for larger trucks. Richard Hurt (925) 200-5279

Rebuilt ‘63 305 V6: GM HEI dist., Rochester elec. choke, carb., updated heads. 6,400 miles, drive it, $650. Also have chrome grille and bumper for ‘60-’66 GMC $25 @.Roger Aho (734) 751-9316 (Plymouth, MI)

305 V6 engine: 3,500 miles on prof. rebuild, the works! $900. Walt Heini-ger 208-835-4720 (Troy, ID)

Front clip & chrome grille & bum-per for a 1957 GMC 2-ton or larger truck. Jim Goltz (507) 828-9712 email [email protected] (MN)

‘58-’59 GMC hood emblem with good emblem, no rust ever $175 Ralph Wescott (727) 430-3599 Largo FL

1954-57 GMC 6-volt radio, exc. work-ing condition with original installation instructions and manual. $575 Daniel Rush (207) 985-9850 [email protected]

I have a 1947 250 GMC flatbed, single axle that I am not able to restore. If there is someone out there that would like to take on this project. Please con-tact me at [email protected], Fred Dutton

1957 GMC: Camaro sub frame. 1966 389 motor.700 r4 trans. Cruise control, tilt wheel, vintage air/heater, power steering, power brakes. We drive this truck anywhere, it gets noticed wher-ever it goes. Iowa. Fly in, drive home! Asking: $22,000 Rainer Nielsen, [email protected]. 712-431-6837

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Wanted: Literature/brochures for ‘37 to ‘58 Canadian GMC light duty truck showing panel trucks and sedan deliv-eries. Wanted for 1949 3/4-ton: radio, fog lights John Preikschat (306) 771-2929 [email protected]

Wanted: cab for 1/2 ton ‘69 GMC pick up. Lloyd Oman, Box 131, Brady, NE 69123 (308) 930-0131

Wanted: ‘46 GMC lower front grille. Louis Flippin (336) 986-8802 (NC)

Wanted: Any speed equipment for 50’s GMC 228-302 C.I. engine (in-take manifold, exhaust headers, carbs., etc). Duane Peterson 716-664-1973 or [email protected]

Wanted: ‘92-‘99 Suburban Running Boards. I am in need of the factory ABS molded black plastic running board in excellent to mint condition. These boards consist of a long center along with a front and rear end-cap. Bryan Hartley, [email protected] 317-530-5574

Wanted: 1954-59 GMC COE “Can-nonball” diesels: artifacts, memora-bilia, photos Also driver’s stories run-ning these trucks. James Semon (440) 979-0831 [email protected]

Wanted: GMC COE, Delane Lang-ton Billings, MT (406) 248-7205 email [email protected]

Wanted: V-6 plaid valve covers (‘68), decals for Gentleman Jim (‘75), info on Longhorn model (‘69 with 8.5’ bed), grille for 1946 GMC. Don Ber-ringer (OH) 419-289-0591

WANTEDWanted: 1963 GMC Fleetside send email to: [email protected] Charles Ide.

Wanted-Front Grill Emblem for 410 GMC 55-59, will pay in advance and pay for shipping. Contact: Lawrence Pilgrim, (706) 892-6440 (GA)

1959 GMC wanted: fleet model (stripped down pick up). Send photo to Jerry Welden, 202 Glen Dr., Iowa Falls, IA 50126 or email [email protected]

1956-1959 GMC Pickup with original factory Pontiac V-8 engine. Contact Jim Ketchersid at (205) 979-5387 (AL) or [email protected]

Wanted: Any GMC truck or tractor prior to 1950. Joe Castellana 404-808-1010 (GA)

1970-72 GMC pickup: 1500 1/2 ton, 2WD, shortbed. #1/ or #2 condition. Reward paid to leads that end up in a purchase! Steve Ledger (847) 487-5340 (IL) [email protected]

Frame to Transfer case bracket shown on page 368 of GMC Service Manual (1968 GMC 3/4-ton, 4WD, 4-speed pick-up with Rockwell-Stan-dard trans. case). David Harris (860) 584-9377 (CT)

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GTC Technical Advisors

GMC HistorianDon Meyer, GMC Historian, is avail-able to field your questions. You may contact Don at (248) 693-1227 (Michi-gan)

GMC MotorhomesJohn Biwersi, (651) 779-6498 Central Time Zone (MN), [email protected]

1947-53 Series 100-250 GMCs

American Truck Historical Society (A.T.H.S.) mechanical advisor George Bennett has offered to help out GTC members with questions on 1947-53 Series 100-250 GMCs. Send a SASE please. George Bennett, 8678 US Highway 98, Sumrall, MS 39482 George has owned a 1961 GMC pick-up for 44 years. He is also looking for used chrome park light trim rings for 1951-63 GMC pickups. Contact him if you can provide any leads.

Canadian GMCsJohn Preikschat call (306) 771-2929 email [email protected]

Late 1955 (2nd version) and 1956, 1957 GMCs

Steven Cook, 16565 Lancaster Estates Dr., Grover, MO 63040 (314) 795-4700 or email: [email protected]

WANTED

Wanted: GMC hood emblem for 1941-47 GMC C.O.E.; Intake, Exhaust Manifold for GMC C.O.E. 228, 248, 270. One for an updraft Carburetor Walter Heiniger (208) 835-4720 (ID)

Restoring a 1989 3500 short-wheel-base “Tipper”. Could use tan interior parts, door panels, dash, upholstery and good grille. Also married to “S-Series” (1955-67) IH 3/4-ton pickups and parts. Interested in sales brochures for both. Deane Tehrman (303) 880-2900 or email [email protected]

Front clip & bumper for a 1957 GMC Pick Up. Prefer factory light blue col-or. Jim Goltz (507) 828-9712 email [email protected] (MN)

Wanted: set of hubcaps for a 1966 GMC Suburban, 4-wheel drive, 1/2 ton. Don Golm (708) 485-6950

Wanted: step gas tank for a 1971 C60 Chevy Single Axle dump truck. Con-tact Jerry Holtzgrafe, 2626 Mayfair, Quincy, IL 62305, (217) 316-329

Always looking for photos of GMC Cannonball trucks, James Semon Sr. [email protected]

Wanted: 1959 GMC Truck “wide-side” or Suburban with original Pon-tiac V-8. Any condition. 910-686-0899 John Keating (NC)

Wanted: early 50s to ‘72 GMC 2-wheel drive automatic pick up, solid. [email protected] (920) 621-0584

Wanted: 1949 GMC pickup ignition surround ring/lock, diagram for throt-tle & carb., AM radio (complete, was radio delete). Kerry Klotzman (216) 469-0190 [email protected]

Wanted: Continental 4-cyl. engine for a 1920 GMC 3/4 ton Model 16 truck, need for parts. Also, 1922 Buda engine specs. Dennis Klug (320) 251-3133

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GMC Chapter Membership / Subscriber FormIndicate if joining as a POCI Member or a non-POCI Member

____ $15.00 Annual dues if you are a POCI Member (POCI # _________)____ $20.00 Annual dues for non-POCI member

____ $12.00 Annual dues for an Electronic Membership (newsletter is emailed to you)

(US rates above, if outside of US, please add $5.00 to the rates above, except for Electronic Member)

NAME: ___________________________________________________

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GMCs owned: _____________________________________________

Send check or money order made out to: GMC Truck Chapter of POCI

c/o Don Berringer, 1303 U.S. Hwy 42 Ashland, OH 44805

NEXT ISSUE...how about a feature onYOUR GMC TRUCK?

Complete 305 cubic inch V-6 engine, clutch and granny-gear 4 speed transmis-sion from my 1960 GMC 1/2 ton 2 wheel drive pickup. I pulled the engine for a Chevy 350/700R4 swap. Engine starts right up and runs good but burns oil... need an overhaul. Clutch and transmis-sion work fine. Will also include recent dual exaust with mufflers and chrome tips plus some other parts. Buyer to pick up all in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. $900 or best offer. Can supply pictues of en-gine and odometer. See contact details at:www.hemmings.com/parts/item/12538.html?refer=news

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