Updated 30-Jan-2007 - Copyright (c) 2007 Corvairs of New Mexico.
EDITOR:
Jim Pittman
NEXT MEETING:
Wednesday October 1st, 7:30 PM Galles Chevrolet, Lomas & University NE
THIS MONTH:
New Members Sylvan Zuercher
Dues Expired and Due Sylvan Zuercher
September Meeting Notes Jim Pittman
September Board Meeting Chuck Vertrees
The Driver's (Hot) Seat Robert Gold
Pikes Peak Club Web Site Dennis Pleau
Calendar of Coming Events Everybody
Seven Years Ago Jim Pittman
Car Council Report Mark Martinek
For Sale, Trade or Wanted Everybody
Corvair Aging Tips Steve Goodman
Tri-State (2004) Info Ken Brown
COVER:
Corvair Owners Gather at the Owl Cafe
Dues Expired or Due or Approaching Due:
Mark Morgan 2003-Jun EXPIRED
Robert Harvey 2003-Aug EXPIRED
Jacob Schlessinger 2003-Aug EXPIRED
Lee Olsen 2003-Sep EXPIRED
Jon Anderson 2003-Oct THIS MONTH
Willard Davis 2003-Oct THIS MONTH
John Topp 2003-Oct THIS MONTH
Jason Ward 2003-Oct THIS MONTH
Del Patten 2003-Nov
Jack Bryan 2003-Nov
David Huntoon 2003-Dec
Walter Huntoon 2003-Dec
Fred Edeskuty 2003-Dec
Joel Nash 2003-Dec
Roger Pape 2003-Dec
If your membership is due or has expired, please send your dues to:
Wendell Walker, CNM Treasurer, 301 Utah Meadow, Rio Rancho, NM 87124
Note: the Club will mail in your National dues when you renew,
but only if you send us the renewal form from CORSA Communique!
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September 20th, Saturday morning, 8:30 AM at the Owl Cafe on Eubank at Lomas
and I-40 NE CNM members brought their Corvairs and had a nice breakfast! See
several photos throughout the newsletter. Everyone is welcome to come and join
us next month.
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NEW MEMBERS
Sylvan Zuercher
Ray & Sylvia Trujillo
3610 Alamogordo NW
Albuquerque 87120
505-839-7436
505-266-4011
They own a 1964 white sedan with 110-HP and they
also own a 1965 yellow Corsa convertible with 140-HP.
Sally Johnson
516 Columbia SE #2
Albuquerque 87106
505-877-1428
Sally owns a 1961 white sedan 95-HP and her e-mail is ( sbuna AT unm DOT edu )
Let's have a hearty CNM welcome for our new members!
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NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT
Sylvan Zuercher
Our October meeting will be the stage for our 2003 election of club officers
for the coming year. The slate of candidates we have so far is:
Mark Domzalski President
Sally Johnson Vice-president
Charles Vertrees Secretary
Wendell Walker Treasurer
Nominations will be accepted from the floor, and permission will be needed from
the nominee. No railroading! Come to the October meeting!. Vote early! Vote
often!
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MEETING NOTES SEPTEMBER
Jim Pittman
President-for-a-few-more-hours Robert Gold called the meeting to order at 7:33
PM. Since Chuck Vertrees was not present, your editor was called upon to record
the minutes. Any irregularities or inept attempts at humor should be blamed on
your editor and not on Chuck, unless you just want to blame him for being
absent.
Shortly-to-be-ex-president Robert started off the meeting by saying that the
last few weeks have been like a dream come true: he went with Mark Martinek to
his first Car Council meeting! He drove up in his official VW Corvair (VW van
with Corvair drive train) and looked over the selection of exotic cars at the
meeting. They were interesting - you never know what kind of cars you'll see
there. Robert felt like he was the Car Council rep in training.
Robert continued to the next topic by chanting his mantra "21 - 21 - 21 - 21"
to remind us that the upcoming State Fair car show will be "21 - 21 - 21 - 21"
that is, Sunday September 21st. Robert has the ribbons and guarantees that if
you don't get a ribbon in this show, it will be because you didn't attend.
(There were some comments apparently regarding Carl Johnson's cars which your
scribe did not hear or record.)
President-for-just-a-few-more-minutes Robert reminded us that this is his last
meeting as president since he will be in Carlsbad next month. At our next
meeting we will have our annual election of officers. Probably there will be a
slate of candidates in the next newsletter, but any member can run for office,
so volunteer if you wish. Robert said that for him tonight ended four years as
an elected officer of club and it has been time well spent. Being an officer is
well worth doing. His only regret at leaving office was, he thought he'd have
to start taking his own pictures!
Sylvan reported on two new members: Sally Johnson joined tonight, and Ray
Trujillo joined last month. Dick Foster from White Rock was with us for his
first meeting although he has been a member for some time. A visitor was Bobby
Bentz from the Air Force who came to see what Corvair excitement he could find.
Welcome all, new members, old members, young members, and visitors!
Last month's minutes were approved as printed.
Treasurer's report: Wendell said we had $817.50 in our checking account,
$4,644.76 in our GMAC account, and therefore $5,462.26 in total.
New Car Council Representative Robert Gold gave us his Car Council report. The
NMCCC swap meet & car show is coming up the weekend of 26-27-28 September.
Raffle tickets will be available for a car. There was a car show at Traditions
on Aug 31st. It was poorly publicized, not much seemed to be going on there.
Mark Martinek noted that the next NMCCC meeting was the same night as our board
meeting; it was made earlier to plan for the swap meet & car show. How will CNM
participate? It was not well defined.
We had no CORSA news from Mark Domzalski as he was not present tonight.
Someone passed along information about a 1960 2-door for sale for $500. It was
an automatic. A Monza? Anyway, check with Robert for a phone number.
Sylvan says a friend in Las Cruces is looking for a '64 Corvair.
Someone asked, did anyone know how LeRoy Rogers was doing after his quadruple
bypass? Bill Reider said he's back at work after a short time in hospital, and
said he was doing quite well and running two or two and a half miles a day.
OLD BUSINESS:
The August Car Council picnic was a wonderful time. CNM had a good turnout and
we enjoyed the picnic and the location and the weather, and it was a treat to
see all kinds of old cars. And, supposedly there were more Corvairs present
that any other type of car. Tarmo pointed out that Corvairs were well
represented at the Fourth of July car show on the plaza. There were lots of
nice cars, but typically only one or two of each type. Gordon Johnson reported
a big turnout at a car show he attended. It is planned to have a car show at
the balloon fiesta this year. Larry Blair said that the city's celebration of
the Fourth of July next year will be at the balloon fiesta location. Someone
suggested that we could go to Santa Fe for the car show on the Plaza in the
morning, then drive down to the balloon fiesta site for the car show in the
afternoon.
Sylvan reported that Bill and Marian McClellan are moving from their apartment
into an assisted living apartment and Bill has tools and parts that he needs to
give or sell to CNM members. Contact Bill for more information.
NEW BUSINESS:
Go to the State Fair Car Show we will meet at the old Furr's parking lot at San
Pedro & Central at 7:00 AM on Sunday September 21 - 21 - 21. We will go in
together at 7:30. Robert said it's supposed to cost $2.00 per car to get in,
but if go in early and together he thinks we'll avoid the $2.00 fee.
Wendell discussed photos made by a movie person and said that there will be a
maroon Corvair in the new Elvis movie. They also took pictures of his 1963
Cadillac and his Challenger and his 1964 Corvair. Steve Gongora's Rampside was
also photographed. Stay tuned for news on whether any of our cars make it into
the movie.
Sally Johnson wants CNM members to get together and bring their Corvairs! A
first opportunity to do this will be the day before the State fair Car Show
when we'll meet at the owl cafe (the one at Eubank and Lomas, not the one in
San Antonio) on Saturday morning, September 20th for breakfast. We'll meet at
8:30 am. Also, we'll organize a breakfast before or after the balloon fiesta,
tentatively October 18th? Stay tuned.
Larry suggested that, since the air conditioning was not working and it was
rather warm and humid in our meeting room, we could put off his talk on Army
combat engineering until next month when it might be cooler. A show of hands
indicated the room was pretty evenly divided between "tonight" and "next time"
but before anything could be decided....
Mark Martinek pointed out that we really needed to make decisions about the
NMCCC swap meet.They need workers for two one-hour shifts on Saturday September
27th: 7 to 8 and 8 to 9. Do we have any volunteers? Four members volunteered.
Anyone else who is interested should contact Mark Martinek.
Robert said for the car show on Sunday, they'll need ballot counters. Bill
Reider says it would take some twenty people to help count. Counting would
probably start about 10:00 AM.
Do club members want to attend the NMCCC car show? Does anyone want to show a
car? If so, be there by 7:00 AM.
Bill Reider made another offer to sell the remaining Raton Tri-State T-shirts
at exceptional prices.
President-for-merely-a-few-more-seconds Robert made an executive decision and
declared that Larry's talk would be given at the October meeting. The meeting
was adjourned at 8:14 PM and we gratefully moved to the cool outdoors to
continue our conversations.
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SEPTEMBER BOARD MINUTES
by Chuck Vertrees
The meeting was called to order at 17:08 on 9/19/03 at House of Covers. Present
were Sylvan Zuercher, Sally Johnson, Geoffrey Johnson, Steve Gongora, Joel
Nash, Wendell Walker, Jim Pittman, and Chuck Vertrees. Treasurer reported that
CNM has $877.63 in the checking account and $4,644.76 in the GMAC fund for a
total worth of $5,522.39.
The first thing brought up was when Joel asked how the shirts from the
Tri-State were going. He was told that we are selling a few at each meeting and
Steve said that he has put an ad on our web site. Possibly we should take some
to the Fan Belt toss in November.
Apparently the September meeting was cut short because of the heat. I was not
aware of this since I was on vacation, seeing my latest great-grandson. It was
announced that Larry Blair would repeat his talk on engineering in Viet Nam at
a later date if anyone were interested.
Elections are coming up at the October meeting. We have a full slate and
members are advised that nominations WILL be accepted from the floor. However,
if you want to nominate someone be sure that is cleared with the person that
you want to nominate.
The Owl Cafe breakfast on Saturday morning was mentioned. Also the day after,
Sunday, is the State Fair car show.
As brought up at a previous board meeting, having some kind of award
certificate for our speakers was again discussed. Steve said he has tried to
work on one but has been just swamped this month. We also need to thank Mark
Martinek for his long service as our representative on the New Mexico Car
Council.
It was suggested that we need to set up a permanent committee for the Francis
Boydston Award. It should have members on it who are familiar with the
Tri-State meetings.
October 4th is the date for the next cleanup of "Old Route 66." There will not
be a regular meeting before that date, so an arrangement needs to be made to
contact members so that they will show up. Time is 09:00. Let this be the
reminder.
The Car Council swap meet is coming up. Those who signed up to help, at the
last meeting, make a note and show up. Those who were not able to sign up
because they were gone (like me) should contact Robert Gold.
We were discussing the recognition of club newsletters by CORSA. Jim wrote a
letter to CORSA and had missed that they printed it. If you did not see it,
check your latest CORSA Communique.
Bill McClellan sent in $35.00 for his dues, although he cannot attend the
meetings. Many of the new members did not know Bill. He was a great member and
would help anyone. If you needed to know anything about welding, he was the one
to ask. This brought up a discussion about creating a life member category with
a certificate, etc. Wendell Walker made a motion that he be declared a life
member. Nobody seconded the motion. We probably need to set up a group to
consider revising our By Laws and Constitution. In the past Mark Domzalski has
expressed an interest in such a group.
At this point I told my LBJ joke, and the board insisted that I add it to the
minutes, so here goes.
One day a Texas State Trooper stopped a Lincoln going way over the speed limit.
When he walked up to the tinted driver's window, it rolled down a little way.
"May I see your driver's license please," the trooper said. A voice from inside
said, "Son, do you know whom you have stopped?" "No Sir," said the trooper. The
voice from inside said, "Son, just check the front plate on this car." The
trooper walked to the front and looked and there was a big license plate that
said LBJ. "Oh My God!" said the trooper, and the voice from inside said, "And
don't you forget it!"
So there is my joke such as it is.
In discussing ideas for talks at the meetings, Sally suggested something about
painting. Although we have had some in the far past, it was suggested that
since Joe Trujillo, our sponsor, is restoring a Corvair and is planning on
having the Galles paint shop do the painting, possibly someone from the Galles
shop could give us a talk. Sally will also check with Bruce Phillips at
Professional Paint Supply.
There was no information about a possible October tour; Tarmo Sutt will be
contacted on Sunday at the Fair.
It was suggested that we contact Joe Trujillo and see if there is some activity
that CNM could do with Galles that would help show our appreciation. They may
have a sale in the future where we could display some of our nicer Corvairs.
Steve announced that past member (Boyd) has a 1964 turbo coupe in town with his
son that he would like to sell. The son can be reached at 261-5515 and the car
can be seen at 6500 Martin Court NE.
The meeting slowly came to an end and we adjourned at 18:15.
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FROM THE DRIVER'S (HOT) SEAT
Robert L Gold
I've lived in New Mexico now for over 20 years. During that time I've learned
there are a couple of things that you can count on here. First, there will
always be the question, "Red or Green?" and secondly, it will rain during the
State Fair.
I was pondering those truths recently as I tried to make some last minute
repairs to my cars as I prepared for the upcoming State Fair Car Show. I guess
the corollary to the rain thing is that we don't get rain on the day of the car
show. We've had some cold mornings, but it has always been a sunny day for us.
Talk of the Fair Car Show leads naturally to a new event that will be taking
place the day before the show on September 20th. Sally Johnson has organized a
"Show and Shine" to get ready for the Fair Show. The informal get together will
take place at the Owl Cafe on Eubank near Lomas NE (not San Antonio, NM, Jerry)
at 8:00 am. We'll have a little breakfast and then swap stories as we admire
our Corvairs. The idea is to celebrate our cars by bringing a Corvair to the
event. I'm planning to drive my seldom seen v8 that has been named CORNADO in
honor of the Corvair Toronado mix. Joel Nash planted the bug in my ear about
getting a vanity tag for the car and I now have CORNADO emblazened on the back.
I hope to see you at the breakfast.
I've discovered that sometimes the nicest part of a car event is something that
you haven't anticipated. This has been true for me when I attend the monthly
Board Meetings and I get to see the various cars that Steve Gongora has in his
shop to be worked on. I position myself at the meeting table so I can gaze upon
Steve's latest project. Well that unexpected benefit showed up again when I
attended the last Car Council meeting with outgoing rep Mark Martinek.
I had heard of the Old Car Garage, but I hadn't seen it. Well, the Council
meets right in the shop among some of the nicest cars I've ever seen. These are
those high ticket items that mere mortals like me will never own, but I did
enjoy looking at them. I want to take this opportunity to thank Mark for his
years of dedicated service to CNM by serving as the Council Rep. I only hope I
can do an adequate job as the new representative -- I know I won't be up to
Mark's standard.
Oh yes, I think I need to thank Mark for his presentation to me of the official
Car Council cap at the last club meeting. That reminds me of a tradition at my
college fraternity. The president was called "Master," so some president in the
dawn of time had made up a sweatshirt with the name Master on it. That
sweatshirt was then passed down to each successive president. By the time I got
it the shirt was pretty ragged. Ah the price we pay for tradition. I've got an
idea, how 'bout the club build up a Corsa Turbo Convertible that will be passed
from one President to the next so the chief executive will represent the club
in style. That might result in more people being interested in being president.
Too bad I didn't think of that when I became president two years ago!!
That brings up the fact that this will be my last column as club president. I
might still need to write one more column after the upcoming election, but this
is my last exposition as your fearless leader. As I mentioned at the last
meeting, the four years I have served as Vice-President and then President of
the club have gone by amazingly fast. I really enjoyed my time as President.
This is in spite of the fact that I vowed before I first ran for Vice-President
not to run for President. It's such a great club that it just seemed natural to
continue on up the ladder. I recommend the experience to everyone (including my
wife!).
I guess this train of thought leads directly to say that we have an election
coming up at the October meeting. There should be a list of proposed candidates
in this newsletter, but if you have any interest in running for an office make
sure you speak up at the meeting. I forgot to mention another perk of being the
CNM President. When Bill Reider updates his "Care and Feeding" manual you get
to have your name in the book among the list of Club presidents. Hey, I have to
use whatever I can to sell you on being president! Anyway, thanks for being
such good sports during my term.
Lastly, I mentioned in my last column that Larry Blair would be speaking on
engineering in Vietnam at the September meeting. Due to climate problems (it
was hot as h**l in the meeting room) that talk has been postponed until the
upcoming October meeting. I still stand by what I said about Larry being a
captivating speaker. So please make an effort to come an hear Larry.
I guess that's all I have for this month. I encourage you to attend the next
CNM meeting that will be held at 7:30 on Wednesday, October 1. I won't be able
to attend, but I'm sure Joel Nash will do a fine job at making sure neither he
nor I are reelected. -- Robert Gold
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Wed 1st Oct 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE
Sat 4th Oct ....... Old Route 66 Clean-up - more information later
Sat 4th Oct early! Balloon Festival starts - continues through week
Sat 11th Oct CNM Ladies - TBA
Wed 15th Oct 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers
Sat 18th Oct 8:30 AM Breakfast at the Owl Cafe - Eubank at I-40/Lomas NE
Fri 24th Oct 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman
Wed 5th Nov 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE
Fri-Sat 7-8 Nov Great Western Fan Belt Toss & Swap Meet - California
Sat 8th Nov 1:00-4:00 CNM Ladies - TBA
Sat 15th Nov ....... CNM Pot Luck & Auction - more information later
Wed 19th Nov 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers
Wed 19th Nov 9:00 PM ===EARLY=== Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman
Wed 3rd Dec 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE
Sun 7th Dec Christmas Party - more information later
Sat 13th Dec 1:00-4:00 CNM Ladies - TBA
Wed 17th Dec 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers
Fri 19th Dec 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman (early)
Wed 7th Jan 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE
Sat 10th Jan 1:00-4:00 CNM Ladies - TBA
Wed 21st Jan 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers
Fri 23rd Jan 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman
Wed 4th Feb 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE
Sat 14th Feb 1:00-4:00 CNM Ladies - TBA
Wed 18th Feb 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers
Fri 20th Feb 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman
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SUBJECT: PIKES PEAK CORVAIR CLUB WEB PAGE
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:38:21 -0500
From: Dennis & Debbie Pleau ( ddpleau AT earthlink DOT net )
PPCC now has a web page. We had an unofficial one before which one of our
members had posted, but it went away. CORSA gave PPCC a site, and I put this
together tonight. It's far from done. Jon Anderson has volunteered to be
webmaster so I'm going to transfer it all to him. I will finish the picture
pages which I have listed but don't have links from yet. Note, I have a link to
the CNM web site.
Check it out at http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter809/
Dennis
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SEVEN YEARS AGO
Jim Pittman
Seven Years Ago - October 1996 Volume 22 - Number 10
The cover showed a Mark Morgan fantasy: a Forward Control, articulated steam
locomotive. President Mark Domzalski ran our meeting. Treasurer Will Davis said
we had $1541 in the bank, not counting convention funds. Bill Reider's Car
Council report said that the state fair people called up the VMCCA president to
apologize for the misunderstanding about the car show at the state fail and to
assure him that next year VMCCA cars will be welcome. Several car shows around
town were mentioned. Mark brought a busted input shaft for us to marvel at.
Ollie Scheflow had an appointment for safety training for the Route 66 cleanup.
And, your editor reported on his participation in the first cleanup event on
September 14. He said that the negative aspects of dealing with all that nasty
and thoughtless littering was offset by the beautiful vegetation and rocky
mountain scenery.
A major article this month was "Keystone Blues" by Mark Morgan who continued
his "Driving in..." series with his experiences in Pennsylvania. I can't
adequately summarize Mark's article here except to say that this series of
articles addresses a lot more about a location than just driving, and they
deserve to be re-read from time to time. Especially if you tend to think that
New Mexico drivers are really bad. No, says Mark, drivers elsewhere are often
much worse!
Fourteen Years Ago October 1989 Volume 15 - Number 10
The cover drawing showed how to remove that pesky late model headlight switch
shaft; easy if you know how and have small, flexible fingers. The State Fair
was to have a collection of 1964 and older cars, but our econo-run was set for
the same date. We had a committee to decide on whether to send our newsletter
to other clubs. We planned an Aspencade to the Santa Fe area this year with a
picnic at Hyde Park. President Bill Hector listed the ten most common questions
he got when driving around in his Corvair. Tom Martin's LA VENTANA column
focused on your editor, following his career from college to Air Force to
graduate school to computer expert of sorts. Tech tips swiped from other clubs
(yes, we used to publish tech tips years ago) included how to guard against
getting a defective fuel pump, how fuel pumps work, how to clean a cloudy
convertible window, door panel clips from Horizons or Colts, and using diesel
fuel as a parts cleaner.
Twenty-one Years Ago October 1982 Volume 8 Number 10
The cover showed Norm, Robin, Francis and LeRoy and a nice early model. We had
$394 in the bank and a batch of just-arrived Clarks' Catalogs to distribute.
CNM members formally applied for the 1987 CORSA convention - we did not get it.
Jack and Sharon Bryan hosted a picnic at Doc Long's campsite in the Sandias
that we all enjoyed. A new Corvair club was starting up in Roswell. Tech tips
included a chassis tuning chart (thanks, Tucson club) and an article on keeping
your turbo carb working right (thanks, San Diego club) not to mention (thanks,
Houston club) a paragraph on the sorrow you'd feel if you bought shock
absorbers that were too long for your car and they beat the mounting brackets
to death.
Twenty-eight Years Ago October 1975 Volume 1 Number 9
The cover highlighted the Denver CORSA convention with a photo of the "Nader
Hater" Corvair. Steve Gongora provided an excellent article on the convention,
as well as a report on his first try at driving his Corvair in an autocross.
Not one but two V-8 Corvairs showed up at our meeting. We were ordering front
license plates with the club logo. Nick from Albuquerque Glass spoke to us on
getting windshields and window glass for Corvairs and offered member discounts.
Jim Pittman reported on a new book by Richard Finch, HOW TO KEEP YOUR CORVAIR
ALIVE, and recommended it to accompany your copy of Bill Fisher's HOW TO
HOT-ROD CORVAIR ENGINES. James Breeden gave us a tech tip on the difference
between early and late throwout bearing collars and described the expensive
noises that could result if the wrong one was installed! Note that "early"
includes the 1965 and "late" is the Saginaw-equipped 1966-1969 models.
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NMCCC REPORT - 17 SEP 03
Mark Martinek
1. President Jim Clements call the poorly attend (14) meeting to order at 7:39
PM.
2. There was no treasurer's report.
3. JD reported on upcoming events. (See enclosure 1).
4. Michael Madlener reported on the upcoming 3rd Annual Balloon Fiesta Car
Display on 5 Oct 03. There is no entrance fee and entries will have free entry
into the Balloon Fiesta. See enclosure 2 for entry requirements.
5. The remainder of the meeting was about the Swap Meet, Car Show, Auction to
be held at Sandia Motor Sports complex. The council voted & approved splitting
a one Sunday newspaper ad cost with Sandia Motor Sports. A $700.00 limit was
placed on the ad. Everything was preceding according to the plans. Eighty swap
meet spaces had been presold. There are over sixty autos entered in the car
auction. The car corral is canceled due to a lack of interest. The Ford Mustang
will be raffled off. Enough tickets have been sold to make the break even
point. CNM volunteered to be Swap Meet Gate Guards Saturday morning, 7:00 to
9:00. Del Patton was notified.
6. The meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM.
Submitted by Mark Martinek, CNM Representative
2 Enclosures;
1. List of upcoming events
2. 3rd Annual Balloon Fiesta Car Display entry form
Mark & Mary Lou Martinek
505 275-3271
mjmartinek AT juno DOT com
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * FOR SALE, TRADE OR WANTED * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
YARD SALE: Lots of Corvair parts at very low prices. Some free.
Mike Stickler - 344-2039
FREE: 1964 Corvair coupe - needs restoration, new cylinder head.
Geoff Johnson - 720-1484
FOR SALE(?) Extra Greenbriers to go -- call Carl Johnson - 344-3178
Talk to me. Must also be discussed with Sally & Geoffrey.
FOR SALE: Yellow Tri-State T-shirts - $10 - XXL $12 Call Bill Reider
Yellow Tri-State Golf Shirts - $14 - XXL $16 299-4597
FOR SALE: Book on MG-T series. $7,500.00 - Jerry Goffe - 345-3100
Comes with an MG-TD.
FOR SALE: Super Manual for 1960 Cushman. $3,000.00 - Jerry Goffe - 345-3100
Comes with a 1960 Cushman.
FOR SALE: 1961 Honda Scrambler - no book. $2,650.00 - Jerry Goffe - 345-3100
* * * * * CNM ADS ARE FREE TO CNM MEMBERS, $5.00 TO NON-CNM MEMBERS * * * * *
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CORVAIR AGING TIPS
by Steve Goodman
from Denvair News,
Rocky Mountain CORSA,
Denver, Colorado September 2003
Our CORVAIRS are getting older BUT there is no need to let them fall in
disrepair. I see the ravages of age every day at the shop (not only by looking
in the mirror either). The most common aging is rubber products. Weatherstrip
gets the sun and ozone constantly. An occasional wipe with a rubber restorer or
even vinyl preservatives will keep the rubber soft and pliable.
The engine and fuel systems are the other really tough place on rubber. Todays
gasoline works on rubber fuel lines, making them hard and brittle. Having vapor
lock problems OR smelling fuel after shutting the engine down? Look at the
rubber line at the back of the car over the rear axle. I see these every day
that are so hard that the rubber actually will break in two pieces like
breaking a pretzel. Hopefully there are no rubber fuel lines in the engine bay,
if you are using a rubber fuel line check it constantly for breaks. Leaking
fuel on a hot engine (or a spark jumping from a plug wire) will ignite quickly.
The rubber connector hoses from the balance tube to the heads will also get
very hard from the heat. When the hoses get hard they tend to lose the seal to
the head and a vacuum leak occurs. The leak will screw up your idle and make
the engine run hot too.
If you have a 1964 and later engine then you normally have a harmonic balancer
(crankshaft pulley). There is a rubber strip bonded between the two halves of
the pulley. A combination of heat/fuel leakage from the fuel pump and oil from
either spillage or a leak will cause the rubber to lose its' bond and the outer
ring will come loose. Among the disasters are the timing mark moves and even
worse; the outer ring comes loose and rubs a hole in the oil filter. If this
happens while driving, it can be quite a mess and possibly lead to an engine
failure.
Both the outside paint as well as the interior will age too. Frequent washing
and waxing of the outside and vinyl softeners on the interior will help a lot.
Keeping the carpet clean will stop the dirt from being ground into the pile. In
fact keeping the glass clean will go a long ways in your mind to seem like the
car is still clean and shiney. It is my opinion that every time I clean one of
my cars it seems to just run better. Along with cleaning the outside and
vacuuming the inside, don't forget to clean the engine and the underside of the
powertrain too.
Treat your suspension to a lube on a regular basis. I shoot the rubber bushings
with a silicone spray. It not only keeps the rubber pliable and not squeaking,
it also keeps the fasteners on the suspension lubed a little too, making it
easier to remove or loosen a bolt underneath. While you have silicone spray
and/or WD-40 in your hand, take the wiring plugs apart and spray the contacts,
check the battery terminals too. There are several wiring plugs, the one in the
engine bay on early models is the most troublesome but the same plug on a late
will get corroded too. Remember there are plugs under the dash and don't forget
the small plugs like the oil pressure switch and temp wires.
GOT MAG WHEELS? Check your lug nut torque occasionally. Unlike a steel wheel,
the alloy wheels tend to change with the heat cycles of the brakes etc. I find
my alloys on the Spyder move once in a while, usually after a hard drive in the
mountains. The metallic brake shoes generate a lot more heat than organic
linings too.
The real message in all of the above is this: just maintain the car, pay a
little attention to all the parts of your car, and DRIVE YOUR CAR -- letting
your baby sit in a garage is worse than using it every day.
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SUBJECT: TRI-STATE HOTEL INFORMATION
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 20:47:10 -0500
From: Dennis & Debbie Pleau ( ddpleau AT earthlink DOT net )
Jim,
Here's the information on the rooms for next year's Tri-State
Dennis
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:35:55 -0600
From: "Brown Ken" (KBrown AT lps DOT k12 DOT co DOT us)
To: (lwredvair AT msn DOT com)
Cc: (ddpleau AT earthlink DOT net)
Please tell your members that they have to mention "Corvair Club" for May 21
Friday through checkout Sunday May 23, 2004. They can come earlier or stay
later for the same rates. I think our members have failed to mention the
Corvair Club block for the Tri State and they were told no rooms are available
as they are saving 54 for us. The cost is $50.00 per night tax included and
only 13 non-smoking rooms are available. Six of our members toured the hotel in
eight different rooms and could smell no smoke so I think they do a wonderful
job of cleaning without spraying that awful perfume substance.
We are excited about the chance to make this the largest turnout ever for
TriState and are working on a lot of family and driver events and fun. If you
would be so kind to forward this message to the President of the Albuquerque
club , I would appreciate it. If your members have any trouble after doing the
above steps, please ask them to call back on the 800 number and dial extension
2199 and either talk to or leave a message with the Special Events manager Jenn
who is great. She will take care of any problems we might encounter. Thanks for
the picnic yesterday. Due to things I had on my plate I was late getting there
but everyone enjoyed a good time.
Mention also to your members that Sept. 10th is the deadline to call me at
303-347-3404 in Littleton or Ben Benzel at 719-598-6886 or e-mail me at this
address to get into the north gate of the USAFA for our picnic on Sept. 14th
Sunday from 11-4 PM If in doubt call and if they don't come no problem, but if
they decide on Friday or Saturday they can't get in. My home phone is
719-481-6812 and cell is 719-337-5348
Ken Brown
Littleton Public Schools
Director of Assessment and Evaluation
303-347-3404 ( kbrown AT lps DOT k12 DOT co DOT us )
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