The May 2010 newsletter - Text Version Updated 29-May-2013 ==== Copyright (c) 2013 Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAY 2010 / VOLUME 36 / NUMBER 5 / ISSUE #416 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 5 May 2010 at 7:00 PM Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due ................................ Membership Committee Drive a Corvair! .......................... President Pat Hall April Meeting Minutes ............................... Art Gold April Board Meeting Minutes ......................... Art Gold Birthdays and Anniversaries ............... Sunshine Committee Route 66 Cleanup and the Weather ............. Oliver Scheflow Route 66 Clean Up: My Years on the Road .......... Javier Gold Talking During Meetings ........................ Heula Pittman Raring Retreat To Red River 2011 ............. Brenda Stickler Calendar of Coming Events ................. Board of Directors Powerglide TUNA Report ............................ Dan Palmer CORSA Corner - May 2010 .............. Director Jamie Reinhart Installing Clark's A/C in a 1963 Coupe Part 2 .. Richard Finch Late-breaking News on Canon City Tri-State ..... Paul Campbell Map with locations of all 26 Tri-State Events ......... Editor Seven, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago ............... Club Historian COVER: Admiring 1960 & 1966 Corvair Coupes at the April Meeting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ President: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Vice-Pres: Ray Trujillo 505-839-7436 ray @ bpsabq.com Secretary: Art Gold 505-620-7434 rollerart @ gmail.com Treasurer: Robert Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 @ msn.com Car Council: Art Gold 505-620-7434 rollerart @ gmail.com Merchandise: Vickie Hall 505-865-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Membership: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com Sunshine: Heula Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu Newsletter: Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu Past Pres: Mike Stickler 505-856-6993 sticorsa @ hotmail.com Correspondent: Charles Vertrees 505-299-0744 vertrees @ swcp.com Membership: Sylvan Zuercher 505-299-7577 flat6 @ hubwest.com Emeritus: Wendell Walker 505-892-8471 defarge505 @ aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DUES: CNM: 12 months $25.00 -or- 26 months $ 50.00 CORSA: 12 months $45.00 -or- 26 months $ 90.00 CNM & CORSA: 12 months $70.00 -or- 26 months $140.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CORSA's home page: http://www.corvair.org Steve Gongora's page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871 CNM's newsletters: http://www.unm.edu/~jimp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DUES DUE DATES FOR MAY 2010 == DUE LAST MONTH = INACTIVE 25-MAY-2010: (none) == DUE THIS MONTH = INACTIVE 25-JUN-2010: 2010.05 Jack Bryan 1982.02 == DUE NEXT MONTH = INACTIVE 25-JUL-2010: 2010.06 Melba & Tommie J. Anderson 2008.06 2010.06 Mark Jones 2009.06 2010.06 John Myers 2003.05 2010.06 Joel Nash 1974.12 2010.06 Fred Riggs 2008.06 ====== DUE JUL = INACTIVE 25-AUG-2010: 2010.07 Geoffrey Johnson 2002.03 DUES NOT PAID == INACTIVE 25-MAR-2010: 2009.03 Sally Williams 2003.09 2009.07 Jerry Goffe 1977.05 2009.08 Marci & Gary Calabrese 2008.08 2009.11 Pam & Charlie Mann 2008.11 2009.12 Robert Galli 2007.10 2010.01 Kim & Del Patten 1980.07 Send your Dues to: Robert Gold CNM Treasurer, 1301 Valencia NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 Past due memberships will become inactive after a one-month grace period. The Club will mail in your National Dues when you renew, if you send us the renewal form from your CORSA Communique! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drive A Corvair! Pat Hall May the Best Car Win! The 2010 Tri-State in Canon City, Colorado, sponsored by Pikes peak Corvair Club, is just a few short weeks away. Let's go for the GUSTO and show up with as many Corvairs as possible. Some will drive up on Thursday and some on Friday. If you want to go in a CNM Cor-a-van (that's a "Corvair caravan") on either day, be sure to coordinate with others who are going up the same day so you are all at the starting place at the same time. The TUNA at my house on April 17, 2010, which was performed by Alan Gold on the Powerglide automatic transmission, was a great success. We had 15 members in attendance and everyone seemed to enjoy the demonstration, lecture and questions-and-answers by Alan, as well as the coffee, sodas and snacks provided by Vickie. After the TUNA, lunch at Sopa's Restaurant was enjoyed by 13 CNM friends. It was a really nice day and I thank all who participated. If you didn't make it to the Galles Chevrolet Open House on Wednesday April 21st you missed a great opportunity to see a first rate restoration shop. Vehicles from several car clubs were there along with several cars and frame-off restorations done by Galles. They looked fantastic. Galles provided catered food and no one should have left hungry. A big thanks to Galles Chevrolet. There were 14 members from CNM in attendance and at least five Corvairs were to be seen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minutes Regular Meeting - 04-07-2010 Art Gold THE MEETING COMMENCED at 7:03 pm at the Highland Senior Center with 23 attendees. Officer Reports Pat Hall (President) asked for approval of the previous minutes. Pat also introduced guests from Galles Chevrolet, who were to give a presentation at the end of the meeting. Ray Trujillo (Vice President) stated that the anniversary dinner was tremendous, and that the Ike Meissner award was presented to Ruth Boydston. She had left early from the dinner and Ray presented her the award personally at her home. Art Gold (Secretary) stated that he had nothing to report. Robert Gold (Treasurer) was not in attendance but gave a paper report of the funds to Alan Gold who reported that the funds are: Cash Account $2,701.89 and GMAC Account $1,161.39 for a total of $3,863.28. Sylvan Zuercher (Membership) stated that he had a guest who wanted to sell a nice 1963 Spyder. The car is in Albuquerque and has been in the family for 30 years. Pictures of the car were circulated. There is no set price for the car. Dave Huntoon (Membership, Car Council) discussed that a faded club resurfaced for the NMCCC: the Las Cruces Rod Runners. He also stated that the NMCCC website is still not completely up and running. The council is trying to buy back its privilege to use its old web name. Temporarily it is using the name "http://nmcarcouncil.net/" instead of "http://www.nmcarcouncil.org/" which is the original name. The topic of the upcoming museum show was discussed. The main attraction is that this is the 50th anniversary of the Year of the Compacts, as well as the 100th anniversary of the Hudson. We don't know of a Falcon club or a Valiant club, but there's a Corvair club! CNM wants as many people as possible to show up, especially since this year there's no conflict with the Tri-State. The time to meet for the show on 05-16-2010 is 7:00 AM, location TBA. (In previous years we have gathered at the northwest corner of the parking lot of the Sheraton Hotel just north of Old Town at Rio Grande & Bellamah NW.) Dave also stated that he sent CNM and CORSA application forms to an Ultra Van enthusiast named William Panzer who lives in Taos. Jim Pittman (Editor) discussed the club's appreciation for our tour of Galles/Kraco Racing back in 1996. For the Canon City Tri-State, Jim passed out T-shirt order forms and passed around a sign-up list for the banquet dinner at the Tri-State. Jim also had printed out maps to Canon City. Pat asked if there were plans for a caravan up to the Tri-State. Maybe Steve Gongora would organize that? Some may go up on Thursday, some on Friday. Heula Pittman (Sunshine Committee) stated that there was an error in the newsletter concerning Ruth's time as head of merchandise. It was 9-10 years not 5 years. Heula also thanked Pat and Vickie Hall on behalf of the club for the scrap metal recycling venture. Pat's truck was really loaded tonight! Mike Boushey and Steve Esqueda of Galles Collision, 1601 Lomas NE, made a presentation at the end of the meeting. He told us that Galles is setting up a restoration group for older cars. It is menu priced, and they offer much support for car collector clubs. Wednesday, 04-21-2010 marks the date for an open house to be held at Galles Chevrolet from 5:30 - 7:30pm. We are invited. Upcoming events: (04-10-2010) Old Route 66 clean up at 9am, maybe lunch afterwards. (04-17-2010) TUNA at Pat Hall's place at 10am, conducted by Alan Gold. Topic is automatic transmissions. Lunch will be afterwards at Sopa's in Bosque Farms. (05-08-2010) Albuquerque Tour hosted by Chuck Vertrees, possible meeting place to begin the tour will be at the Winrock Mall parking lot. (05-16-2010) NMCCC and Albuquerque Museum 32nd Annual Car Show. (05-21 to 05-23-2010) Tri-State at Canon City, Colorado will be sponsored by the Pikes Peak Club and the Boydston Award will be presented there. If going to the Tri-State, please sign the sign-up sheet for the banquet. (06-05-2010) Old Route 66 clean-up 8:00am (06-20-2010) Annual Father's Day Car Show - Valley View Christian Church - Edgewood, NM - 7:00am (06-21 to 06-25-2010) CORSA International Convention - Cedar Rapids, Iowa Meeting adjourned at 8:04 pm That's all folks! -- Art Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAY BIRTHDAYS: Mary Alice Scheflow May 2 Marilyn Foster May 11 Samantha Wilvert May 19 Stephanie Wilvert May 19 Pat Hall May 22 Brenda Wilvert May 23 Mary Lou Martinek May 26 Anne Mae Gold May 28 MAY ANNIVERSARIES: Mary Lou & Mark Martinek May 1 Mary Alice & Ollie Scheflow May 6 Leslie & Kevin Sullivan May 13 Lee & Bill Reider May 27 Julia & Chuck Vertrees May 30 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April Board Meeting Minutes 04-22-2010 Art Gold Meeting started late due to traffic and weather (rain, wind) issues. Brenda and Mike Stickler had phoned that they would be late. Meeting came to order at 5:06pm. Officer Reports Pat Hall (President) first stated that he wanted to cancel May's board meeting due to the copious amounts of activities in May. All present agreed. (Pat repeated this later in the meeting for Brenda's benefit.) Then he introduced Hector Gongora who wished to speak to the board. Hector Gongora (Guest) stated that he was attending for an organization that is trying to lobby the legislature for a law for people that are being held back due to people who are put in prison for sex crimes. This is to assist in allowing the people to reintegrate into society. The organization is called "Citizens for Change" and Hector came to us with a proposal that we organize a car show to benefit this organization. Ray Trujillo (Vice President) stated he had no new business to report. Art Gold (Secretary) stated that he enjoyed the Galles Restoration open house, and the meatballs were scrumptious. Robert Gold (Treasurer) stated that there is $2,671.59 in the CNM checking account and $1,161.39 in the GMAC Account for a total of $3,832.98. Also he stated that this newsletter will be the one that will publicize the Museum Show which will be on Sunday May 16th. The club will meet at the hotel near Old Town (tall building at Rio Grande Blvd and Bellamah NW) and be prepared to enter no later than 7:00am. We need a good turnout because if there is low attendance, then there is a chance that the Corvairs could loose their class in the show. Dave Huntoon (Membership/NM Car Council) was not present. Jim Pittman (Editor) discussed organizing caravans to drive to the Tri-State. Some want to go on Thursday and some on Friday. The location for departure for those in the Albuquerque area is on I-25, just north of the exit to Bernalillo and Placitas, at a possible time of 6:30am. Pat asked Steve Gongora when he planned to leave (Friday). Jim brought an issue of the "Dripline" (Pikes Peak Club newsletter) and told us that the banquet has changed locations to Buckskin Joe's Frontier Town 10 miles west of Canon City. Jim brought up the 100% CORSA membership question. CNM has 53 paid members. According to CORSA, 5 of these are past due in their CORSA dues. Jim had printed member lists for Pat. Also he stated that there is a lot of information in the Communique, and on Virtual Vairs (online). He stated that this month there will be a section in the newsletter called the CORSA Corner. There was talk about CORSA's financial problems, how costs are increasing and the membership is decreasing. Talked about possible recruitment of new members, and the possibility of fewer issues of the Communique each year or dues increases, all of which may come to reality after the national convention. Urged the members to read the Communique and be prepared. Heula Pittman (Sunshine Committee) stated that she had coupons for Walgreens for bags that are 3 for a dollar, which would be good for door prizes for future events. Also stated that Dave Huntoon's father fell about a month ago and broke a hip bone. She sent a get-well card. Heula also brought up that it would be a good idea for future door prizes to be more "men" oriented. She brought up a pet peeve that she has about people having side bar conversations during the regular meeting and read a statement that discussed this issue. Vickie Hall (Merchandise) turned over $39.00 in cash to the treasury. The topic of new CNM license plates came up, and they still can be made, but the board decided that there still are plates available for $5 until they are gone. New Business 2011 Tri-State Brenda Stickler (Tri-State) stated that there are five questions from the last board meeting. Question 1: Would we still have to pay $25 to enter a Corvair in the car show. YES. 2: Can we have a Corvair show that is separate from the main show? YES. 3: Could a Corvair be on the T-shirt? YES, maybe. 4: Where would the banquet be? The Red River Conference Center will be available and the club could walk or drive to it. 5: What if we decide we would prefer the 2nd weekend in June, would we have a discounted rate at the hotel? YES, a discounted rate would apply ($63 plus tax). For the Lift West hotel, there is parking underneath the hotel. The hotel is set up in a lodge format and the cost of $63 would be for each bed. Some rooms have one bathroom, or two bedrooms would share. (Lift West is the name of the hotel, and there may be a website with pictures). Robert Gold loves the idea of piggy-backing on the bigger car show, for less work for the club. Jim Pittman stated that the voting for Tri-State Corvairs at the car show should be done by and for Tri-State Corvair people only independently of the large car show. Heula Pittman urged that we should not have it in the second week in June because of teachers and students, and it would be rather late in the summer for the event. We voted on the date for the 2011 Tri-State and on the location. By unanimous vote (8-0) it will be the first weekend in June (3rd-5th) and at Red River, NM. Committees for this event will be organized at a later date. N M Car Council Web-Site Should CNM help with the web-site. Robert Gold stated that it may be prudent to stay out of their situation. Chuck Vertrees stated that the Car Council is quite affluent in economic terms. There was a discussion of how the original decision was made for the first web-site. A motion was posed to table a vote for a decision for donating funds to the Car Council until they initiate the money issue or until we get more information. Old Business A car show as proposed by Hector Gongora topic was discussed further. Discussion entailed that the lead time is not long enough to organize a show. How is this show going to raise money? Robert Gold wants to support Hector, but it's really difficult to put a show together on such short notice. Robert Gold stated that the recent Powerglide TUNA was great. The weather stayed at bay. Alan Gold explained the operation of the Powerglide transmission in such a way that anyone could benefit from the discussion. Vickie Hall stated that the Edgewood Show will be conflicting with the date of Hector's proposed car show and that the Edgewood Car Show last year was awesome. It's on Father's Day (June 20th, 2010). A meeting spot will be discussed at the June regular meeting where we will meet to drive our Corvairs to the show. Topic of talking during the regular meeting. Ray Trujillo stated he had an opinion on the topic of side bar conversation. He stated that it would be nice to let people who have the floor be able to speak and be heard. Would it be appropriate for the president to keep order (quiet) and have the group know that they can discuss topics at the 66 Diner. Discussed the topic of passing around newsletters and sign-up or for sale sheets. Art Gold stated he uses the attendance sheet for an account of the attendees at the regular meeting. Heula Pittman brought up the idea of having a Parliamentarian who will keep order during the regular meetings might help. Pat asked if Heula would serve as this Parliamentarian and she agreed. Jim Pittman said he would stop circulating the other clubs' news-letters during the meeting times but just give the newsletters to the president. Pat Hall stated that newsletters should not circulate but will be held until the end of the meeting to help keep more order. Vickie Hall stated that the newsletters have been collected for the benefit of certain members. Meeting Adjourned at 6:35pm That's All Folks, says Art Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Route 66 Cleanup and New Mexico Weather Oliver Scheflow Back in 2009 I was looking forward to a nice spring day for our switch from March to April for our first cleanup period of the year. The results were freezing temperatures, strong winds and a light rain, which fortunately stopped before we started our cleanup chore. This year our first cleanup was on Saturday April 10th and the weather was 100 per cent the opposite: sunny, warm, beautiful skies, and little wind. We couldn't have asked for better weather, and we had a full crew. Some of us found a lot less trash than usual. Some of the crew said the most interesting item they saw was a dead cat. It was a great pick-up-trash morning and I think we all had a pleasant time. With a large crew we were done pretty early. Some gathered afterward at our usual spot, the Golden Corral, for breakfast or brunch or at least coffee. Participating were: Robert Gold, Javier Gold (15 years old, who has been part of our crew since he was seven), Larry Hickerson, Dave Huntoon, Lube Lubert, Dan Palmer, Jim Pittman, Bill Reider, Ollie Scheflow and Larry Yoffee. Thanks to all the above for a record turnout. Hope to see you all for the June cleanup. -- Ollie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROUTE 66 CLEAN UP -- My Years on the Road Javier Gold Eight years ago my father asked me if I wanted to go with him to do the Old Route 66 Clean Up. It has since turned in to a tradition for him and me. I'm now 15 years old, so I've been doing this for over half my life. Every few months my dad and I, along with Ollie Scheflow, Jim Pittman, and other CNM members, drive up to our spot near Central and Tramway and pick up trash along the highway. We've found many interesting items along the road. On one occasion as we were walking along I picked up what I thought was a strand of rope. It turned out to be a corn snake! I was able to find out the kind of snake because of Geoff Johnson who is a real animal enthusiast. Geoff was able to identify it from the picture I took with my camera phone. On another clean up we found a "well preserved" steel Pepsi can that had a pull tab opening from the late 1970's. I know Ollie has been doing this clean up longer than I have, and I really appreciate all his hard work. My dad and I are part of a small group of regulars, but the number of people doing this important job needs to increase. At the last pickup we had just 6 people. We have a lot of ground to cover and having more people would make it a lot easier and faster. It is a great thing to do and it is one of those things that makes you feel good when you're done because you know that you've done something good for the city and the historic highway in New Mexico. You would be amazed what people throw out of their cars. Everything from beer bottles to auto parts. Every time I go there I find something new. Even though not many people show up regularly to pick up the trash, those who do come have done a great job. If you drive through that stretch of road you can see how nice it looks. Ollie has done a great job organizing the effort. He can be counted on being there no matter what kind of weather we have or how early it is. I don't know if all of you know this, but picking up the trash is not the only activity we do out there. It's become a tradition for some of the people to meet at the Golden Corral resturaunt afterwards for a late breakfast. Not only do you feel good about the job you've done, but you also get to eat delicious food and lots of it! So next time there is another clean up I encourage as many people as possible to come out and help preserve our Mother Road. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talking During Meetings Heula Pittman For many years my mother was a school teacher. She would be happy to know that some of her lessons permanently rubbed off on me! One of the things she emphasized was that I should not talk nor interrupt while another person is speaking. I'll bet you were taught the same thing by your parents. I'll bet you taught this to your own children! But at CNM, month after month when we gather for our meetings, we have small groups of people who talk to their neighbors while the meeting is going on. I think our last general meeting was the noisiest ever! There were so many conversations going on around the room it was impossible for me to hear much of what was supposed to be the important business of the meeting. To me, carrying on private conversations while a meeting is in progress is one of the rudest, most uncouth and most ignorant things a person can do. And yet we have all been guilty of this thoughtless behavior. Apparently it is just too hard NOT to reply when someone leans over to us and asks a question or makes a comment. We just don't seem to realize that talking during a meeting can prevent others from hearing what is going on. Why do we keep on doing this? One reason is, many of us do not hear as well as we used to (even though we don't want to admit it) and consequently it's easy to feel isolated from whatever is going on at the meeting. As for me, I feel I'm gradually experiencing more and more short-term memory loss. (Maybe it's information overload, not memory loss!) Either way, I have found it helps me to keep a pad and pencil handy to jot down thoughts before I forget them. Then at a more appropriate time I'll have my ideas available. Maybe we should issue pads and pencils at the door? As for poor hearing, well, this is partly up to the speaker. It should be the speaker's responsibility to stand up if possible, speak clearly and speak loudly enough to be heard, after being recognized by our president. We all owe it to each other to be considerate of other members and allow the person who has the floor to have the floor! Can't we all try to keep our conversation times to either before or after the meetings in the future? I believe that we would all be much happier campers if we would use these guidelines. Remember, these are our CNM meetings where business is to be conducted. While the meeting is in progress it is not party time and it is not visiting time. We should save that till later. We could come to the meetings early or stay late to socialize. Or, we could join the members who routinely go to the "66 Diner" after meetings for snacks and socializing. Thanks for all of your lessons over the years, Mama. -- Heula ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Raring Retreat To Red River 2011 by Brenda Stickler & Heula Pittman BRENDA PRESENTED the final items to be discussed before the CNM board at the April board meeting. Then it was time for the board to vote whether to approve Red River as our Tri-State for 2011 location. By a unanimous vote it was decided that we will trek to Red River in 2011. The date for the event, first weekend of June, was approved as well. Expect plenty of updates from us, as well as pleas for members to head up the different Tri-State committees. So mark your Calendar for June 3rd, 4th & 5th 2011 for the Lifts West Hotel in the heart of Red River. Be prepared to have a great time. Thanks in advance for those who chip in to make this Tri-State a success. As usual Heula and Brenda will look forward to working with each of you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ C O R V A I R S o f N E W M E X I C O C O M I N G E V E N T S ============================================================================ | May | June | July | | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | | 1 | 1 2 3 4 5 | 1 2 3 | | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 | 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | 27 28 29 30 | 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | | 30 31 | | | ============================================================================ Wed 5 May 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 5 May 8:30 PM After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Sat 8 May 1:00 PM Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starting in Bosque Farms at the Wells Fargo Bank. This is every second Saturday. Sun 16 May 7:00 AM Corvairs: meet at Sheraton Hotel parking lot, NW corner, Rio Grande Blvd & Bellamah NW so we can go in together! Sun 16 May 10:00 AM NMCCC and Albuquerque Museum 32nd Annual Car Show Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque NOTE: this year's show celebrates the introduction of the 1960 Compact Cars! There will be Corvairs! Will there be Falcons and Valiants? We'll see. NOTICE: the Board Meeting has been cancelled, this month only. Wed 19 May 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman - EARLY THIS MONTH! Fri-Sat-Sun May 21-22-23 The Tri-State will be held in Canon City, Colorado. Sponsored by Pikes Peak Corvair Club, Colorado Springs, CO. = BOYDSTON AWARD: Sponsored by the Pikes Peak club. Wed 2 Jun 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 2 Jun 8:30 PM After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Sat 5 Jun 8:00 AM Second Old Route 66 Clean-up of 2010. Brunch afterwards? Ollie Scheflow 897-2611 Sat 12 Jun 1:00 PM Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starting in Bosque Farms at the Wells Fargo Bank. This is every second Saturday. Wed 16 Jun 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Sun 20 Jun 7:00 AM Annual Father's Day Car Show to be held at Valley View Christian Church in Edgewood, NM. As early as 7:00am and continues all day. This event includes live entertainment, a silent auction, all types of vehicles to see and free food. From the Edgewood exit go North on Hwy 344 past Church St., which is the first traffic light. Continue on just past the next traffic light and the Church is on the right. Note: We, The Halls, went last year and this event is well worth the drive. Pat Hall- President - Corvairs of New Mexico MON-FRI JUNE 21-25 CORSA International Convention - Cedar Rapids, Iowa See the web site: http://conventions.corvair.org/2010/ for latest information Fri 25 Jun 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sun 4 Jul early! Santa Fe Plaza -- Pancake breakfast, Car Show, Parade Wed 7 Jul 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 7 Jul 8:30 PM After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Sat 10 Jul 1:00 PM Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starting in Bosque Farms at the Wells Fargo Bank. This is every second Saturday. Wed 21 Jul 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 23 Jul 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sat 7 Aug 8:00 AM Third Old Route 66 Clean-up of 2010 - Ollie 897-2611 Sun 15 Aug ....... NMCCC All-Clubs Picnic - Nambe Lake near Espanola ============================================================================ Fri-Sun 24-25-26 Sep NMCCC Los Lunas Annual Swap Meet ============================================================================ Sat 9 Oct 9:00 AM Fourth Old Route 66 Clean-up. Ollie Scheflow 897-2611 ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 2011: 3-4-5 June - Tri-State - sponsored by CNM - Red River, New Mexico ============================================================================ 2011: 20-23 July - Rocky Mountain CORSA - Denver - CORSA Convention ============================================================================ See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities: ======================== http://nmcarcouncil.net =========================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Powerglide TUNA Dan Palmer Alan Gold was our Corvair Powerglide transmission presenter at the TUNA on Saturday April 17 held at the Pat Hall shop in Los Lunas. Fifteen members of Corvairs of New Mexico observed the table covered with parts of many shapes and sizes usually hidden inside the transmission case. Alan identified the parts and functions of the gears, clutches, fluid pumps and control block that make this two speed transmission work. Some say that due to the exceptional durability of the Powerglide design there has not developed an aftermarket production of repair parts. When needed, parts are scavenged from parts cars. Their strength has led to the full size Powerglide frequently being used in high power dragsters. Alan showed the signs to look for to decide whether parts needed replacement. He has an expert sense of the correct condition and fitting together for the transmission to operate with proper engagement and release of clutches for smooth shifts. He showed the fluid pickup screen position for full flow to the pump. If a blow to the transmission pushes the bottom up against the screen, both parts must be replaced. In the middle of the control block the infamous "E-clip" maintains a control valve in correct position. This 50 cent part can break or fall off making for unpredictable shifting. The speeds at which low to high shifts occur are set by the governor flyweights and throttle linkage position. The modulator is supplied with an intake manifold vacuum that varies the shift from "soft" to "firm" to match the engine power level. Manual control of Reverse, Neutral, Drive and Low are by cable from the dash lever to the transmission. Corvair Powerglide overhaul is done mainly with the seal and gasket kits from Clarks Corvair Parts -- see catalog pages 133-135. Some bushings can be machined locally, friction surface on the Low band can be replaced. Other parts may need to come from parts cars. The Corvair Powerglide is the same design but has smaller size parts as compared with the full size Chevrolet. Many thanks to Alan Gold for his clear explanations and practical wisdom. He brought us the know-how from his career as a General Motors mechanic and transmission rebuilder over the years in Florida and St. Louis. Club members appreciated learning from his presentation at this top quality TUNA. Our thanks to Pat and Vicki Hall for their hospitality and for arranging for the excellent weather. After the TUNA most of us retired to Sopa's Restaurant in Bosque Farms for an excellent lunch. -- Dan Palmer An observation: The interest and comments/questions of those attending was impressive. Most of us have never disassembled an automatic and possibly never will, but the knowledge given by Alan was a definite plus to the group. It is my hope that we can continue to have a variety of these kinds of TUNAs where we can learn more of the workings of the various Corvair components. -- Sylvan Zuercher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CORSA Corner - May 2010 Jamie Reinhart --- CORSA Central Director I have talked a lot about change lately and about a plan to make those changes. The plan is finished and I would like to take this opportunity to give you a very brief overview of it. First some numbers from CORSA's five year strategic plan. 2012 Strat. Plan Numbers Total assumed profit of convention, advertising fees, merchandise, donations, filing fee: $11,003 Administration: $15.48/person/year Communique: $28.29/person/year Total: $43.77/person/year By 2012 we are getting too close to the $45 yearly dues even with the estimated profits added into the equation. As I said above we will need to act to fix this by the end of the year 2012 or earlier. The two easiest ways to fix this problem are to raise dues or revert to a bi-monthly or quarterly Communique. Obviously along with one of these two options we need to continue to try and grow or sustain the membership we have. 2015 Strat. Plan Numbers Total assumed profit of convention, advertising fees, merchandise, donations, filing fee: $12,176 Administration: $17.59/person/year Communique: $33.03/person/year Total: $50.62/person/year By 2015 we are way beyond the $45 dues level. The strat. Plan indicates that if we continue on our current course, by the end of 2015 CORSA will have a budget deficit of $32,410. Even if we opted to go to a bi-monthly Communique before that point to save money, about $16,000 if we did it today, at a $5/member savings, using 3903 as the number of paying members, we are still over the $45 dues. If we could retain the 4503 members that we had in 2009 at $45 dues, the cost per member would be $46.08, still too much. At 5000 $45 dues paying members the cost per member would be $43.72/year. One last scenario, if we could do both, meaning go to a bi-monthly issue and retain a 4503 paying membership, we would be at $41.00/person/year. I hope you can see that by just adding members, or reducing some of our expenses we are not helping ourselves that much, we need to do both together. If these numbers anger, upset, or intrigue you, go to corvair.org, click on the forms and event rules link either on the bottom of the front page or under the events and calendar info drop down menu, and read the rest of the story entitled "Planning for the Future." It takes about 25 minutes to read, but isn't CORSA's future worth that small amount of your time? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Installing a new Clark's Corvair Air Conditioner in a 1963 Monza Coupe Part 2 -- by Richard Finch When I left off this report in the March newsletter, I had explained how I had quickly installed the a/c compressor, the condenser and the evaporator, plus a new 100 amp chrome alternator and the trunk-lid-mounted drier. At that point my 500,000 mile 1965 Corvair 4-door was demanding a new rear engine mount and new lube in the rear wheel bearings. I had also decided to install a new CD and FM radio to replace an old Realistic brand radio and cassette player that was constantly running my battery down. This work required me to take the 1963 Monza coupe out of the work shop so I could put the 1965 in for work. The 1965 is still in the work shop, but is due to come out in a few days. But, I will tell the club members about some other upgrades I had already made to the 1963 Monza. Installing a new Blaupunkt brand CD player, FM radio and Bluetooth hands-free phone machine. The 1963 Monza had been purchased as a Standard Oil company car and the company had required the buyer to only purchase an AM radio. However, I quickly got tired of only hearing baseball games and political talk programs on the AM radio, so my wife, Gayle bought me a new FM/AM radio and CD player to install in the car for our mutual travel pleasure. I also decided that we needed a Bluetooth adapter so I could simply talk to the radio while driving rather than have a cell phone up to my ear if phone calls come in while I am driving. The adapter comes with a microphone that I can talk to that picks up the phone conversations. I bought the new radio from Crutchfield's catalog and it came in 3 days. It is one of the newer DIN packages that uses a standard width and height case to slide the radio into. So, I cut a larger slot in the Corvair radio housing and made a new face plate to cover the housing. I want to note here that I have attempted to make all my changes to the car so that it can be returned to stock if I should decide to do that later. Some things will not be easy to cover up, like the air conditioner holes in the firewall and in the trunk, but they will not be so obvious I think. I am saving all the stuff I take off for possible use later. Radio off-on switch. You may have read that if you leave your ignition switch on while running a transistor ignition, it will burn out your ignition within 5 minutes sometimes. The same is partly true if you are still running points ignition, only it will just cause your points to burn out a lot faster, depending on the position of the points when the engine is off with the ignition switch in the "on" position. That is why I have installed the new off-on switch for listening to the radio while we are parked at a Sonic Drive-In. I don't want to take a chance of burning out my ignition. Now, I can listen to the radio as long as I want to without burning up my ignition. And the Monza did come with a Zenith brand electronic ignition, which could explain why I got 29.5 mpg while driving the car home from Reno, NV where I bought it. The new radio also came with leads for plugging in an MP3 player that can be stored in the glove box with up to 1,500 songs stored on the card. That will be a new experience of me. The radio also has RCA leads for plugging in an amplifier if I become hard of hearing some day. Radio speakers. The radio installation instructions said that the radio must have all four stereo speakers hooked up, so I built a new aluminum panel and installed two 4-inch stereo speakers where the original speaker was installed in the top of the dash. I used the foam insulator to surround the speakers and keep the housing from squeaking and rattling on the dash panel. That job took at least 8 hours total. Then I started looking for a place to install the new 8" stereo speakers in the doors. As many of you already know, there is not enough room to install speakers in the Monza Coupe doors. Many people just buy small box speakers and leave them laying in the back seat, but I had already spent too much money on the speakers, so I decided to install them under the two front bucket seats. That way , I did not have to cut out any upholstery from the doors. I took some fiberboard speaker mounting material that I got from House of Covers several years ago, and mounted each speaker on a panel that measured 12" wide by 14" long and mounted that assembly under each seat. The speakers point down and we will have to wait to see how they sound on the highway. The radio installation instructions are specific that the speaker wires MUST be wired exactly per the diagram or the radio will burn out! GPS device. When I left Tularosa on the trip to Reno to pick up the Monza, I decided to buy a new GPS receiver to keep me occupied on the trip home. It was supposed to let me know if I was speeding and it also had a storage for listening to music as I drove home from Nevada. But being somewhat ignorant of such things, I did not realize when I bought it that I had to install the songs on the device while on my computer! So, the GPS mostly provided me with time and speed information on the trip. But now I have my favorite Roy Orbison songs installed on it so I can hear good music while I drive. One problem is that the GPS receiver was made in Germany and it is not easy to program for trips here in New Mexico, USA. While on our trip to Santa Fe for the Ultra Van Convention, it kept trying to get me to turn right at every dirt road we passed on our way up to Santa Fe. However, it was pretty accurate on the return trip to our house in Tularosa, NM. The GPS device is a MIO brand unit that I bought at the local Alamogordo Staples store. A clerk at Staples told me later that he preferred the TOM-TOM brand of GPS for easier programming. Summing this report up. I have spent several months with all these mods to my Monza, trying to not make any changes that can not be returned to stock should I decide to do so at a later time. The main problem is that I am not as young as I was when I was installing air conditioners in new 1956 Buicks back in the olden days. I will be 75 years old this coming July and I also have two new titanium knees that don't let me get down on the concrete floor anymore. I have to lie down on a creeper to take tires off vehicles and when I want to get back up, I have to find something like a door handle to pull up on. I also have two new plastic lenses in my eyes for cataract repair and there are times I can't see the screws or nuts unless I adjust my tri-focal glasses. That is my excuse. I am sticking with it too. Tomorrow, I plan to lube the grease fittings on the rear axles of my 1965 Corvair 4-door and then I will be able to put the 1963 Monza back in the shop to continue with my Clark's air conditioner installation. I should have pulled the power train out the first day of the project and should have painted the engine compartment to match the wonderful outside paint job. More in a couple of months, to be continued. The pictures are of the chrome plated engine, the chrome alternator, the new compressor installation and the new engine lid mounted condenser. Richard Finch, SAE, AWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEVEN YEARS AGO Jim Pittman Seven Years Ago - May 2003 - Volume 29 - Number 5 - Issue 332 On the cover: Mark Martinek and Elvis in Mesquite, Nevada. Maybe it wasn't really Elvis. No matter, Mark reported on the Nevada Corvair gathering. We had photos of our visit to Trinity Site. A new member was John Myers, a graphic artist who had recently purchased his first Corvair, a 1965 Monza 110 HP 2 door coupe. At Galles Chevrolet, Anne Mae Gold conducted our meeting. A guest was Dwight Simmons who had a Corvair rail. Treasurer Wendell reported a net worth of $5,716.16. Mark Martinek was not present to give a Car Council report. Ollie Scheflow was ill and hoped to be able to attend the next meeting. Gayle Finch had a serious eye infection. Steve Gongora's mother passed away. Jerry Goffe said he had talked to former member Will Davis who fondly remembered CNM. President Robert told several stories includeing how he got more power for his Corvair-powered VW van. Anne Mae reported on CNM Ladies activities. David brown (Houston club) listed all the differences between '65s and '66s. Finally, we reprinted an article by Rebecca Sullivan focused on Wendell Waker and his 1972 Pantera supercar. Well, just ask Wendell about it the next time you see him. Fourteen Years Ago - May 1996 - Volume 22 - Number 5 - Issue 248 On the cover, a fantasy Monza / Ferrari melding by Mark Morgan. Mark Domzalski ran the April meeting and we had new members Lisa Meissner, Angela Goguen and Peter Vellero. We had a total of 825 in the bank. Bill Reider reported on plans by the Car Council for the Museum car show, a picnic and the swap meet. A car show at Nob Hill was mentioned and a musical event at Inez Park was to include ten nice classic cars. On the Convention front, Bill reported we had sold 1,383 raffle tickets so far, bringing the convention treasury up to $5,882. The raffle car was just about done. A training session was scheduled for convention workers. A refined version of the convention rally was done and members volunteered to run the route to check for last-minute errors. The club planned a tour to Trinity Site but apparently no one made it this time. The latest Dummy-of-the-month award went to an unnamed member who went to get some 3/8 coarse bolts to mount the starter on an engine. On returning from the bolt store, he could not find the starter. After searching the entire garage and innumerable storage boxes, a visitor pointed to the starter already mounted on the engine. Ollie Scheflow reported on possibilities for our "Adopt-a-Highway" project. Possibilities included a section of I-25, a mile of Tramway or a mile of old Route 66. Our tech talk was presented by Tracy Bates of Albuquerque Brake and Alignment on front and rear wheel alignment. At the board meeting we decided to aim for old Route 66 for our highway cleanup project. We also discussed starting a club web page and expertise from the membership was solicited. Twenty-one Years Ago - May 1989 - Volume 15 - Number 5 - Issue 164 A map of the April rally as seen by Christopher Barbarone was our cover art. VP Tom Martin ran our meeting. Discussed were the museum car show, the Car Council picnic, the Aspencade, the Library Van, orders for Clark's catalogs and an effort to get our Corvairs on television. We had a report on a weekend trip to Alamogordo and Cloudcroft for a party by the Otero Sports Car Association. LeRoy conducted a fun auction and netted the club $57. President Bill Hector told about a child who asked "What kind of car is that?" and on being informed it was a Corvair Spyder, drew a blank. Bill said it was too bad modern cars had no soul or personality. Finally, a newspaper article from the San Diego Evening Tribune told the true story of Ralph (who?) and related how a senate subcommittee proved the Corvair innocent of the charges leveled against it in 1965. Twenty-eight Years Ago - May - 1982 - Volume 8 - Number 5 - Issue 80 The cover showed two Corvair fans underneath their car which had apparently broken down on the way to the mini-convention in Phoenix. Bob Wilson of Cylinder Heads, Inc. gave a talk on reconditioning Corvair heads. Norm Brand reported on the four Corvairs that went to Phoenix and the actual mechanical difficulties encountered along the way. Jim Pittman continued his story on "Why I own a Corvair" with a description of the steps taken to keep the 1966 turbo Corsa running through the Alaska winter in Fairbanks. Thirty-five Years Ago - May 1975 - Volume 1 - Number 5 - Issue 5 The cover featured a convertible Corsa running an Ohio rally in 1966. Yes, the navigator really did do his calculations with a six-inch slide rule. At our meeting we worried about money and how to get some: could we obtain a Corvair to raffle; could we design and sell Corvair license plates; could we set up car clinics and charge to have car problems diagnosed and repaired? Jim provided a tech tip on engine air exhaust doors. In an interview Jim provided some interesting stories on driving various sports cars and events that led to his decision not to buy a new 1964 Mustang. =END=