The July 2010 newsletter - Text Version Updated 29-May-2013 ==== Copyright (c) 2013 Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JULY 2010 / VOLUME 36 / NUMBER 7 / ISSUE #418 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 2 June 2010 at 7:00 PM Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due ............................. Membership Committee Birthdays and Anniversaries ............ Sunshine Committee Drive a Corvair! ....................... President Pat Hall June Meeting Minutes ............................. Art Gold June Board Meeting ............................... Art Gold Chevrolet or Chevy ...................... Pat & Vickie Hall New Members .............................. Sylvan Zuercher Old Route 66 Cleanup Turns Profitable ...... Ollie Scheflow The Corvair Rumor Mill "Sobriquet" .......... A-nonny-moose Red River Roster .......................... Brenda Stickler Corvair heritage Day ...................... October 2, 2010 Calendar of Coming Events .............. Board of Directors Two Car Shows, Two States, One Week! ......... Wendy Walker A Few Canon City Tri-State Photos .. PPCC & RMC Newsletters Seven, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago ............ Club Historian COVER: Former Library Van, Robert, David, Art: Board 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 JULY 2010 == DUE LAST MONTH = INACTIVE 25-JUL-2010: 2010.06 Mark Jones 2009.06 2010.06 John Myers 2003.05 == DUE THIS MONTH = INACTIVE 25-AUG-2010: 2010.07 Geoffrey Johnson 2002.03 == DUE AUG = INACTIVE 25-SEP-2010: 2010.08 Ruth Boydston 1974.04 2010.08 Alan Gold 2009.08 2010.08 Russ McDuffie 2008.08 2010.08 Bob Philips 2007.07 2010.08 Mary Alice & Oliver Scheflow 1992.05 ====== DUE SEP = INACTIVE 25-OCT-2010: 2010.09 Kay & Tarmo Sutt 1976.07 2010.09 Brenda & Hurley Wilvert 1992.10 == MEMBERSHIP EXPIRED = INACTIVE AS OF 25-JUN-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 2010.05 Jack Bryan 1982.02 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! Birthdays: Debra Anderson July 6 Mark Domzalski July 8 Tarmo Sutt July 8 Larry Blair July 15 Leslie Sullivan July 18 Richard Foster July 20 Gayle Finch July 27 Richard Finch July 29 Kay Sutt July 31 Anniversaries: Anne & John Wiker July 6 Linda & Dick Cochran July 18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DRIVE A CORVAIR! Pat Hall On the 100th anniversary of Father's Day, I thoroughly enjoyed being at the 7th Annual Father's Day Car Show in Edgewood, NM. I hope all of our CNM fathers had a great day. Much to my surprise, during the car show, I came upon a guy wearing a Corvair cap and he saw that I was wearing a CORSA shirt, but something was wrong. We didn't know each other! So the talking began and after quite awhile of enjoying each other's company, wives included, we said good-bye. I'm speaking of Hal and Linda Rupert from the Silicon Valley CORSA Club in California. Hal is the editor of the "Rear View." It was so nice to meet Hal and Linda and I look forward to seeing them again at the CORSA Convention in Denver, Colorado next year. So long for now. Drive A Corvair! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JUNE MEETING NOTES 06-02-2010 Art Gold Meeting called to order at 7:07 pm. There were twenty-nine in attendance. The minutes from the May meeting were approved as published. Officer Reports Pat Hall (President) The meeting began with Pat's introduction of a new member (Steve Sanchez, who was accompanied by his son Enrique Sanchez). Pat then asked all the club members present to introduce themselves and tell a little about joing CNM and about their Corvairs. Ray Trujillo (Vice President) stated that he needs people to schedule tech talks with him and get them on the agenda prior to meetings. Art Gold (Secretary) nothing to report. Robert Gold (Treasurer) stated that there is $2,961.60 in the Cash Account and $1,165.53 in the "Ally Demand Note" (previously known as the "GMAC" account) for a total of $4,127.13. He also discussed the Museum Car Show. Robert stated that it was a resounding success with 14 Corvairs in attendance. Committee Reports David Huntoon (Membership) was not present. Sylvan Zuercher (Membership) stated that there are not any new members with the exception of Steve Sanchez, who was in attendance. Robert (NM Car Council) reported (in David's absence) that there was no meeting in May, the council's time being occupied with preparations for the excellent Car Show. Jim Pittman (Editor) read a story of two Corvair owners (Ken Farr, President of the Tucson Corvair Club and his friend Ron) who had the worst and best of luck on their journey from Kansas to the Tri-State and on to Tucson. (For those who missed it, the story is on the web page.) Jim also stated that the Canon City, Colorado Tri-State was a success. This was the second time the event has been held in Canon City. The Tri-State car show was held in nearby Florence, Colorado. There was also a massive car show in Canon City itself the same weekend. There were about 100 people at the Tri-State. The attendance award went to the Rocky Mountain Club (Denver). Only 13 members and four guests attended from CNM. Pat & Vickie Hall drove their 1964 Spyder coupe and Wendell Walker brought his red 1964 convertible. More details on the Tri-State may be found elsewhere in the newsletter. Heula Pittman (Sunshine Committee) stated that little is going on other than mailing out birthday cards. She reported that Gayle Finch is ill, and Brenda Stickler stated that Rita Gongora's Mother is very ill. Heula will mail a card with members' signatures. Vickie Hall (Merchandise) stated that there is merchandise for sale. The prices are clearly displayed with the items. Money from sales during the last month was turned in to the Treasurer. Chuck Vertrees conducted the 50/50 drawing. Our guest Enrique Sanchez drew the ticket from the hat and the winner was Pat Hall. Congratulation to Pat! Brenda Sticker (Plans for 2011 Red River Tri-State) stated that she needs volunteers for the Tri-State. Contact her if interested. We will have more on our committees at the board meetings. Upcoming Activities/Events June 06-04-2010: Car Show in Red River 06-05-2010: Route 66 clean-up (8:00 am, with a new meeting location at the entrance to the interstate, just east of the bridge over I-40.) There will be lunch afterward at the Golden Corral. 06-13-2010: Galles Chevrolet Car Show -- 1601 Lomas NE Starts at 11:00 am. Three people said they'd bring Corvairs to the show. 06-20-2010: Annual Father's Day Car Show -- Valley View Christian Church -- Edgewood, NM 9:00am to 3:30 - get there early to park together. Caravan? 06-21-2010: CORSA International Convention - Cedar Rapids, Iowa. So far we don't know of anyone going from CNM. July 07-04-2010: Santa Fe Plaza - pancake breakfast - car show - parade - get there EARLY (6am). Cars must be parked by 7am, since that is the start of the pancake breakfast. There is a shuttle from the Rail Runner to the Plaza. Tarmo Sutt stated that he will look into the shuttle possibilities. 07-10-2010 or maybe 07-17-10: Albuquerque Tour hosted by Chuck Vertrees - historic buildings, statues are to be seen on the tour. The tour will begin at the Winrock Mall and end at the Rodeo Cafe on Montgomery. For more information contact Chuck Vertrees. 07-23-2010: Car Show at Kirtland AFB - John Wiker, information call 239-3311. August 08-07-2010: Route 66 clean-up (8:00 am, with a new meeting location at the entrance to the interstate, at the bridge). There will be lunch afterward at the Golden Corral. 08-15-2010: NMCC - All-Clubs Picnic - Nambe Lake near Espanola. Possible caravan? Old Business With no old business, Jim Pitman said he had a couple more observations about the Tri-State. They had an interesting drive up US 285 via Alamosa and Salida to Canon City, Colorado. There was a lot of traffic and road construction near and north of Espanola. Jim also said that they saw an Air Force B-1 having a grand time flying at low altitude along the Rio Grande Gorge. What a sight! They also saw hundreds of old gondola cars (used to carry coal) stored on shut down tracks along US 50 east of Salida, Colorado. He did research on the internet and found out that the older cars were steel and the newer ones were aluminum cars. His conjecture was that the lighter weight of the aluminum cars made it more economical to build new cars and junk the old ones. Motion to adjourn at 8:04pm. That's all folks! Submitted by Art Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOARD MEETING 06-16-2010 Art Gold Our meeting was called to order at 5:03 PM. President Pat Hall presented two awards to Ray Trujillo from the Albuquerque Museum car show. Pat then asked Ray to start off with a discussion about our meeting place and time. Changes to our regular meeting location / time Ray Trujillo (Vice President) stated that, to save money, the City of Albuquerque will begin closing the Senior Centers at 7:00 PM starting on July 1st 2010. This obviously will conflict with our regular meetings. Our choices are: find another meeting place, decide on a different day of the week, or change our meeting time. Ray suggested that we stay at the Senior Center but move up the meeting time to 5:30 PM and be done before 7:00 PM. He said the meeting room at the Senior Center could be reserved anytime after 4:00 PM. Discussion: Dave Huntoon stated that maybe we could meet on Saturday mornings? Board members objected that this would conflict with the weekend schedules for many members. Dave also suggested that maybe tech sessions could be at 5:30 PM and then the meeting could begin at 6:00 PM. Pat Hall stated that, as Galles Chevrolet closed at 7:00 PM it was not possible to meet there. He suggested having our meetings at the 66 Diner. Some of us claimed to remember that we used to regularly meet at a restaurant. Shoney's? Brenda Stickler suggested having the meeting start at 6:00 PM, and any tech sessions could be held later at the 66 Diner. We'd keep the meeting to one hour. Jim Pittman stated that he believes changing a meeting location or changing the day of the week or day of the month almost always causes problems. We should try not to do that. He said some members would benefit from an earlier meeting time. He likes the idea of keeping the meeting to one hour. After more discussion, the board decided for July 7th to have the meeting start at 6:00 PM and to hold the meeting to 55 minutes. Then everyone will be out of the building by 7:00 PM, and we'll continue the meeting at the 66 Diner. At the July 7th meeting we will learn how many problems the new schedule will cause and, if necessary, make further changes. We need to notify everyone of the change. It will be posted on the web page and Robert Gold stated that he will send out an email to inform all club members. Ray stated that he will telephone about one third of the members. Heula Pittman and Vickie Hall said they'd telephone the other two-thirds. Officer/Committee Reports Pat Hall (President) stated that Galles will not sponsor the club with a check to help cover newsletter mailing as they had done in the past. However, Galles told him they would provide a donation ($500) to the club if a member of the club would have their car restored at the Galles shop. Also, they told him they will give $100 to any club member referring someone to their shop for a car restoration. Art Gold (Secretary) had no report, but stated that he enjoyed using the air conditioning in his Corvair today! Robert Gold (Treasurer) stated that the balances are: Checking account $3,116.60, Ally account $1,167.64, giving a total of $4,284.24. Dave Huntoon (Membership) stated that there was nothing on the membership front. Dave Huntoon (Car Council) said there was no Car Council meeting last month. Pat Hall said that he planned to attend next week's Car Council meeting. He stated that the Car Council will provide the club with a free space at the upcoming swap meet (at the end of September) in exchange for members working at the swap meet. The nature and hours of the work were unspecified. Pat said we could have someone man a table on Saturday with copies of the news- letter and application forms to publicize and recruit new members for the club. The board decided to table this discussion until the next board meeting. Sylvan Zuercher forwarded a copy of Steve Sanchez' application form. Jim Pitman (Editor) discussed reports on the recent Canon City Tri-State. Both the Denver and the Colorado Springs newsletters had good coverage of the Tri-State and both of these newsletters may be downloaded from Jim's web site. Jim said there were many photos and names of award winners but few statistics. He said there will be an article about Wendell Walker's travels to two car shows in two states within one week in our next newsletter. Someone asked about the recent Old Route 66 clean-up and Jim said it went very well despite the road construction going on at our usual meeting place. We simply parked at the "Y" east of the bridge over I-40. There were six people and four 1965 Corvairs in attendance. Heula Pittman (Sunshine) stated there's no report this month. Vickie Hall (Merchandise) stated that she still has merchandise to sell. Plans for the 2011 Tri-State Brenda Stickler (Red River Tri-State Committee) discussed the issue of T-shirts and her attempts to get the Red River car show organizers to agree to include silhouettes of Corvairs on their T-shirts. We decided not to have "Tri-State" T-shirts for this event. Our hotel is on the main street of Red River, and hotel personnel stated to Brenda that they would provide a parking area in front of the hotel for our Corvairs, adjacent to the main car show. Robert Gold stated, regarding registration, he would like to be in control of the money situation. We need volunteers for the car show. Brenda would like to see ideas for the jacket patch and publicity logo by next meeting. Jim has a suggestion for the patch. See illustration on Page 2. Suggesntion for a logo are requested. Get them to Brenda or Heula as soon as you can. Chairpersons needed: media articles, logo, door prizes, hospitality room, and tech session. Jim asked if there is anyone to chair the car show, answer: not at this time. Art Gold then stated that he will chair the car show. Pat Hall volunteered to assist. Jim suggested that voting on the Tri-State car show should be limited to only those with Corvairs in the car show. The board voted to approve this suggestion. Albuquerque Tour: to be hosted by Chuck Vertrees: It will be on Saturday July 17th and will start at Winrock Mall. It will end at a suitable restaurant. Chuck will mention the tour in more detail at the regular July meeting. Meissner Award: Pat told us that Sylvan Zuercher will chair an award committee and will make recommendations on the Ike Meissner Award no later than November 2010. Meeting adjourned at 6:13 PM. That's all folks! Submitted by Art Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHEVROLET OR CHEVY -- Pat & Vickie Hall THE ADVERTISEMENT: "Galles Classic Car Show, June 13th. Over 40 cars will be on display. Come out and see our Classic Showcase Vehicles such as: 1969 RS/SS Camaro, 1955 Belair, 1955 Sedan Delivery and Classic Corvairs. Free hotdogs, hamburgers and sodas. Prizes and giveaways." That was their advertisement. Thank goodness at least three Corvairs were there! Galles opened their Showroom doors for all to see the new Chevys and a couple of oldies. A 1968 Apache truck, not restored. A 1957/210 complete restoration with modifications. OK boys, you'll have to dig deep down in your pockets to buy this one. Approximately $89,000. It was an all Chevy car show and three of our favorite cars showed up. Corvairs of course! Larry Yoffee in his 1965 turbo Corsa, LeRoy Rogers in his 1960 Monza and we brought our 1963 Spyder Convertible. Thanks to all for listening. -- Pat and Vickie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW MEMBER -- Sylvan Zuercher We welcomed Steve Sanchez and his son Enrique when they visited with us at the June meeting. By the end of the meeting they had joined the club. Steve purchased the 1965 convertible (orange with new top and upholstery) owned some years ago by John Topp. Sylvan helped rebuild the 140-HP engine. The car was wrecked (front end damage) and sat for a while. Steve, son Enrique and spouse Klaudia are bringing the car back to life and good health! Steve has 20 years experience working with tractors, trucks and cars. He wants to join us to learn more about Corvairs. We are pleased to have Steve and family in CNM! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR SECOND CLEANUP OF 2010 OF OLD ROUTE 66 TURNS PROFITABLE Ollie Scheflow The cleanup started differently because our usual parking place was barricaded due to being used by road equipment. We parked just east of the bridge over I-40 on the north side of Old Route 66 at the bypass from west- bound Old 66 to westbound I-40. Jim Pittman got there first and parked his 1965 Monza close to the bridge so he was easily seen. We were blessed with sunny weather and little wind. Fortunately we finished before the weather warmed up. Once again the amount of trash was not excessive, but the quality was definitely unusual! Lube Lubert found a ten dollar bill and I found a one dollar bill. I also found a 4-foot piece of perfectly good new pipe insulation. Participating were Gordon Johnson, Lube Lubert, Dan Palmer, Jim Pittman, Ollie Scheflow and Ray Trujillo. There were four 1965 Corvairs in the parking area! Perhaps a few of the passers-by appreciated seeing them. Thanks for your help and hope to see you on the August cleanup. I can't guarantee that any more ten dollar bills will be found -- but we can always hope! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE CORVAIR RUMOR MILL A-nonny-moose "Sobriquet" Def #1. An affectionate or humorous name. Def #2. An assumed name. The Rumor Mill stated that one of our newer members has the sobriquet "Snidley Whiplash" but no reference was made to either definition #1 or definition #2. "Snidley Whiplash" brings to mind the old time melodrama character with a black stovepipe hat, black handlebar moustache and black shoulder cape. Perhaps this member, upon reading this, will write to our newsletter editor and reveal the origins or circumstances of this rumor. Don't be shy, unless it is too embarrassing or unless you feel the need to stay incognito. Examples: Police, Mafia, FBI Witness Protection Program, or for any less sinister connotation. -- Numb de Plumb (PS. I know the correct spelling is Nom de Plume.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RED RIVER ROSTER -- Brenda Stickler As Heula and I Start the process of getting things organized to have a successful 2011 Red River Tri-State, our starting point is the roster of volunteers. We want each of you to think what your personal skills and interests are. Then, let us know how we can use those skills to head or assist a committee for the Tri-State. So far, we have: Car Show - led by Art Gold, assisted by Pat Hall; Registration - Ollie Scheflow, Jim Pittman and Robert Gold; Tri-State Banquet - Brenda Stickler; Registration Bags - Heula Pittman. A few of you are currently starting to look into taking a position and we thank all of you in advance for your efforts. So, the vacancies we need to fill are: Hospitality Host, Door Prize Organizer, Banquet Master of Ceremonies, Media Contact (this person will be using the new Red River Tri-State logo when it is approved at the July 21st board meeting -- all are welcome to submit ideas for the logo), and volunteers to do three-hour shifts at registration. We'll need volunteers to set up Registration, Car Show and Banquet. Lots of hands will make each one of our loads lighter. Thanks to all who sign up!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ | July 2010 | August 2010 | September 2010 | | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 2 3 4 | | 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | | 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | | 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | | 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | 29 30 31 | 26 27 28 29 30 | ============================================================================ Sun 4 Jul early! Santa Fe Plaza -- Pancake breakfast, Car Show, Parade Wed 7 Jul 6:00 - 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 7 Jul After we adjourn, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Sat 10 Jul Second Saturdays: Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starts in Bosque Farms at the Wells Fargo Bank. 1:00 PM in Winter, 6:00 PM during Daylight Time Wed 21 Jul 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 23 Jul ....... Car Show at Kirtland AFB -- John Wiker, information Fri 23 Jul 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman July - Albuquerque Tour hosted by Chuck Vertrees. Possible meeting place to begin the tour could be at the Winrock Mall parking lot. ============================================================================ Tarmo Sutt suggests a tour to Glorietta (east of Santa Fe) to see a collection of old guns, some as recent as World War I. Date and time to be determined. ============================================================================ Wed 4 Aug 6:00 - 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 4 Aug After we adjourn, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Sat 7 Aug 8:00 AM Third Old Route 66 Clean-up of 2010. Brunch afterwards at Golden Corral. More info: Ollie Scheflow 897-2611 Sat 14 Aug Second Saturdays: Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starts in Bosque Farms at the Wells Fargo Bank. 1:00 PM in Winter, 6:00 PM during Daylight Time Sun 15 Aug 11 to 4 NMCCC All-Clubs Picnic - Nambe Lake near Espanola Drive your hobby car, and bring the family for a beautiful drive through scenic New Mexico. There will be door prizes, lots of food, friendship and collector cars to admire. Picnic is open to all members of Council Member Clubs. Wed 18 Aug 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 20 Aug 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman ============================================================================ Wed 1 Sep 6:00 to 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 1 Sep After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Sat 11 Sep Second Saturdays: Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starts in Bosque Farms at the Wells Fargo Bank. 1:00 PM in Winter, 6:00 PM during Daylight Time Wed 15 Sep 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 24 Sep 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Fri-Sun 24-25-26 Sep NMCCC Los Lunas Annual Swap Meet Morris Field in Los Lunas Auto Related Parts Only 12' x 40' Spaces $20.00 Pre-Registration $30.00 at Gate ============================================================================ Friday Sep 10 through Sunday Sep 26 - New Mexico State Fair - Car Show, 26th Fri-Sun 24-25-26 Sep NMCCC Los Lunas Annual Swap Meet ============================================================================ Sat 2 Oct ....... CORVAIR HERITAGE DAY (Corvair's official birthday) Reference: http://www.vintagecorsa.com/ Vintage Corsa then click on the event link in upper right hand corner. Wed 6 Oct 7:00 PM ELECTION OF OFFICERS AT OCTOBER MEETING ============================================================================ 2011: 3-4-5-June - Tri-State Event - Red River, NM - Corvairs of New Mexico ============================================================================ 2011: 20-23 July - CORSA Convention - Rocky Mountain CORSA - Denver,Colorado ============================================================================ See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities: ===================== http://www.nmisso.com/nmccc1.htm ===================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TWO CLASSIC CARS, TWO CAR SHOWS, TWO STATES, ONE WEEK! Wendell Walker Last February I was 91 years old (young?) and our editor Jim told me that since I had done so much with Corvairs, I should write up some of my stories. I don't have time to write about all my adventures but I will write about taking two classic cars to two car events in two different states -- during the same week! I bet there aren't many club members of whatever age who can claim that. So, here's the story. For many years I have been a VMCCA member and I love going to their activities. I signed up for the 2010 Muscle Car Tour in Flagstaff. Our plan was, my old friend Bill Sullivan and I would drive there in my 1971 Challenger 440 R/T. It is comfortable on a trip because it's an automatic and it's air conditioned. Recently I have done a lot of work on my 1964 Corvair convertible and I did not want to miss this year's Corvairs of New Mexico Tri-State in Canon City, Colorado. I signed up for that one too. It was only later that I realized I could not do both! The Flagstaff event started on May 16th and was not over until the evening of May 21st. The Tri-State started on the 21st with the car show on Saturday the 22nd. It would simply be impossible to drive back from Flagstaff and then drive up to Canon City in time to enter the car show! Bill proposed a solution to my problem. We'd drive to Flagstaff and participate in the VMCCA activities through Wednesday. Then on Thursday morning he'd put me on the Amtrak, someone would pick me up at the Albuquerque train station and drive me home, and I'd be able to take the 1964 Corvair to Canon City Friday morning. After the VMCCA meet was over Bill would drive my Challenger back to Albuquerque. That way I would only have to miss the final banquet of the VMCCA meeting. I could live with that. I really needed another driver for this plan to work. Kim Patten was able to get time off from her job that weekend and she agreed to go with me to Colorado. Well, our plans seemed sound, so I got both the Challenger and the Corvair ready to travel. On Sunday Bill and I set out to drive to Flagstaff. We met a group of VMCCA friends at the intersection of SR6 and I-40. Our group included Bill & Joyce Sullivan and their daughter, her husband, and their granddaughter. Also, Pat & Wayne Young from Texas and Mike & Patti Werckle from Illinois joined us there. We had an uneventful trip and the Challenger ran just fine. It was a remarkably beautiful day for driving. The drive took from about 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. We arrived in Flagstaff and greeted old friends. Now I'll comment that, unlike recent typical Tri-State events, the VMCCA is a "touring group" and we did a lot of driving in the Flagstaff area. We made about 375 miles the first day, 210 miles the second day and about 150 the third day. The Challenger ran great all the way. We went to a number of really nice museums and drove along the south rim of the Grand Canyon. I thought that, compared to the last time I saw the Grand Canyon, the drive along the rim was disappointing. You just can't see into the canyon except at the "scenic view" side roads. There are a lot more trees along the rim than there used to be. There were a lot of nice cars, nearly all 1960s and 1970s muscle cars and the Challenger fit right in. In fact, my Challenger was voted "the most beautiful" car in the show. There were about fifty-nine cars altogether in the show. Thursday morning Bill got me to the Amtrak station at 5:00 AM and I arrived in Albuquerque by noon. Bill's cousin Glen picked me up at the train station and took me home. Then all I had to do was get some rest and be sure the Corvair was ready to go. Friday morning Kim came over really early and we got to the "caravan" starting point on I-25 just north of the Bernalillo/Placitas exit by 6:00 AM. We had to wait awhile for the others to show up, but pretty soon Pat and Vickie Hall arrived in their 1964 Spyder coupe and Steve and Rita Gongora showed up in Rita's 1998 Cadillac Eldorado. We headed north on I-25 at 7:00 and went to Santa Fe, then went up US 285 and US 50. It took us about 9-1/2 hours to get there. We stopped at a few points of interest and looked for a favorite restaurant in Alamosa. We ended up going to "Chili's" in Alamosa for lunch. We stopped for a snack and ice cream in Salida. We got to Canon City about 5:15. Saturday morning we lined up to go to the Corvair car show in Florence, ten miles southeast of town. As it turned out, Pat's 1964 coupe and my 1964 convertible were the only two Corvairs from Corvairs of New Mexico to register for the car show! A new low in our club's participation. It was a good show and it was neat the way the town people got involved in the show. We were pleased to have lunch with Lee Olson from Kansas. Steve got to visit some old friends at this time and easily found them with the help of his GPS system. The wind picked up during the afternoon but we got to Buckskin Joe's all right for the banquet. Unfortunately I ended up out in the "outer wing" of the restaurant where I could not hear anything of the announcements. Everyone at the VMCCA meet wore name-tags so that we knew each other. This would be a good idea for the Tri-State, so I will try to do this at our next Tri-State. (Heula tells me that the Canon City organizers provided stick-on name tags, but she noticed at registration that many chose not to use them.) We left Canon City early on Sunday and took about 6 hours to get back home via I-25. We found a particularly nice restaurant in Colorado just before Raton. All in all, I traveled by 1971 Challenger and 1964 Corvair over 2,000 miles between Sunday May 16th and Sunday May 23rd. That's a pretty long journey for someone 91 and a half years old, don't you think?! I'm sorry I had to miss part of the VMCCA event, but I'm glad I was able to get to one more Tri-State event. Especially since I was able to contribute half of CNM's Corvair contingent to this one! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A FEW CANON CITY TRI-STATE PICTURES Early Coupe Ed Halpin PPCC and RNC Late Sedan John and Deborah Dinsdale RMC and CNM Early Sedan Paul and Pat Campbell PPCC Early Conv Dave and Brenna Olwine RMC Late Coupe Dale Nielsen RMC Late Conv Bill Staeben PPCC 1962 Rampside Jerry and Betty Seale Eckert, CO PPCC Best of Show George and Carolyn Evans 1966 Corsa V-8 Longest Drive Award: John and Mary Hesco, Greybull, WY Corvairs Line Up for Shootout on Buckskin Joe's Old West Main Street Steve Goodman, Steve Gongora, Tri-State Old-Timers Extraordinaire Entertain the Crowd! Marc Miller's early with genuine Judson supercharger George Evans' Fabulously Engineered V-8 Installation Super Convertible and Another Rampside in the Car Show Thanks to the DENVAIR NEWS (RMC) and THE DRIPLINE (PPCC) June Newsletters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEVEN YEARS AGO Jim Pittman Seven Years Ago - July 2003 - Volume 29 - Number 7 - Issue 334 Cover: street scene at the Raton Tri-State. Ollie contributed the main newsletter report on this great event, while Mark Domzalski listed awards and statistics. Our June meeting was held at Galles Chevrolet. Sylvan introduced new member Dwight Simmons who owned a 140-powered "rail" or dune buggy. Wendell said we had $5,120 in our accounts. Tall tales about the Raton Tri-State were related, and similar tales were heard regarding the Museum car show. A campout at Ruth's Pecos cabin was announced. We had a speaker, Tim McCool, from Plains Refrigeration. (Was that really his name?) At our board meeting Wendell reported that the July 4th car show on the Plaza in Santa Fe was all set. An August picnic was set for the Elk's Refuge in the mountains. There was discussion about how to sell or give away the 58 (!) T-shirts left over from Raton. Once again, registration forms were incomplete, so realistic statistics on attendance at the Tri-State were not available. Ollie asked, what happens to new members who join, come to a meeting or two and then disappear? We need to do something to bring these people into the club so they'll stay with us. President Robert had praise for Galles Chevrolet for diagnosing and fixing a thorny rough-running problem. He had praise for those who organized and participated in the Raton Tri-State. Robert also suggested we do something to enhance the Boydston Award, like, maybe, open it up to members of the Colorado clubs. Anne Mae reported on activities of the CNM Ladies Group. Finally, a portfolio of photos, many with Corvairs or Corvair people, filled out this issue. Fourteen Years Ago - July 1996 - Volume 22 - Number 7 - Issue 250 The cover showed Corvairs leaving New Mexico after the CORSA convention in Albuquerque with the owners commenting on what a great convention it was. We thought so, too. President Mark Domzalski ran our June meeting. We had no treasurer's report. By meeting night we had sold 2,664 raffle tickets. So far, pre-registrations were 153 for the Acoma tour, 124 for the Santa Fe tour, 109 for the Turquoise Trail tour, 46 for the concours, 59 for the rally and 58 for the econo-run. A stuffing party was scheduled for the Saturday before the convention. Participation by CNM membership so far has been outstanding. Bill Reider reported that there were about 480 cars at the NMCCC/Museum show and it was a nice show. Sylvan received a letter written in German from his friends in the Swiss Corvair Club and we had fun trying to translate it. We learned that, this year, to enter a car in the Santa Fe July 4th car show, one had to be a member of the Santa Fe club. Our August campout was on hold due to drought and fire danger in the mountains. We had many comments on the tremendous success of the convention. There were tech tips on: Steps to take to prevent overheating your engine (thanks, Bill Reider); Dual master cylinder conversion (thanks, B. Mitchell Carlson); A replacement refrigerant "FR-12" that was nearly identical to the no longer manufactured Freon R-12 (thanks, Pennzoil). Twenty-one Years Ago - July 1989 - Volume 15 - Number 7 - Issue 166 The cover showed our six-door Library Van at the Tri-State in Red River. There were several photos from the Red River Rendezvous but many were not very clear. The newsletter needed better photo technology! Bill Lawless reported on the Tri-State. The parade was mostly 1964 Corvairs with eleven convertibles. Bill Reider's monthly article told us about checking the distributor point plate and told about how a conductive vacuum hose could cause an engine miss. LeRoy reported on the Library Van, nearly done. Twenty-eight Years Ago - July - 1982 - Volume 8 - Number 7 - Issue 82 The cover showed a 1935 Mercedez-Benz 500K/AK for no particular reason. A new member was Karl Elsner. President Bill Reider gave a talk on carburetors inspired by Fisher's book. Bill also gave us the first half of an article on his much modified 1965 Monza sedan; his goal was to update it to be the "Ultimate 1982" Corvair. Thirty-five Years Ago - July 1975 - Volume 1 - Number 7 - Issue 7 The cover featured a V-8 Corvair. We planned a tech session to attract new members, and to help all our members keep their Corvairs in tip-top condition. We hoped to organize another car show at Winrock this summer. Bill Reider of Car-Tune reported that Viton O-rings were now readily available. A new member was LeRoy Rogers. Jim provided six tech tips, all tested on his 1966 Corsa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =END=