The February 2011 newsletter - Text Version Updated 21-May-2013 ==== Copyright (c) 2013 Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FEBRUARY 2011 / VOLUME 37 / NUMBER 2 / ISSUE #425 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, First Place, 2005 Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, Third Place, 2010 EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 2nd February 2011, 6:00 to 6:55 PM Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE, Albuquerque THIS MONTH: Dues Due..................................Membership Committee At the January Poker Run in Los Lunas....photos by Vickie Hall "AIRTIME"........................................David Huntoon January Meeting Minutes...............................Art Gold January Board Meeting Minutes.........................Art Gold Thank You Letter from the Safe House............Michele Fuller Steve Gongora's Rampside on my Web Site...........Larry Yoffee Thoughts About Bubbletops..........................Robert Gold Remembering Sylvan - February Memorial Service.....Sherry Gray Our 37th Anniversary Lunch on March 6th..........Ruth Boydston Red River Request..............................Brenda Stickler Corvair Brakes Ain't Got No ABS!...Reprinted from DENVAIR NEWS Calendar of Coming Events...................Board of Directors Engine Codes.............Bob Helt...Reprinted from VEGAS VAIRS Birthdays and Anniversaries.................Sunshine Committee Harmonic Balancer.Richard Stolzmann.VULCAN CORVAIR ENTHUSIASTS Map to Sopa's Restaurant in Los Lunas, February 12th....Editor Seven, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago.................Club Historian COVER: 1966 Corsa turbo coupe, cruising through Nevada on 29-July-1967 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEETING: First Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM LOCATION: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE, Albuquerque, NM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ President: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.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: John Wiker 505-899-3076 wikerj63 @ yahoo.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: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Correspondent: Charles Vertrees 505-299-0744 vertrees @ swcp.com Emeritus: Wendell Walker 505-892-8471 defarge505 @ gmail.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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DUES DUE DATES FOR FEBRUARY 2011: PAST DUE = INACTIVE 25-JAN-2011: 2010.12 David Huntoon 2010.12 Roger Pape DUE LAST MONTH = INACTIVE 25-FEB-2011: 2011.01 Darlene & William Darcy 2011.01 Wibke Garrecht DUE THIS MONTH = INACTIVE 25-MAR-2011: 2011.02 Gayle & Richard Finch 2011.02 Kelly & Art Gold 2011.02 Brenda & Mike Stickler DUE NEXT MONTH = INACTIVE 25-APR-2011: 2011.03 Rita & Steve Gongora 2011.03 Carl Johnson 2011.03 Anne & John Wiker DUES NOT PAID = INACTIVE 25-NOV-2010: 2010.01 Del Patten 2010.05 Jack Bryan 2010.06 John Myers 2010.10 Barbara & Gordon Johnson 2010.11 Linda & Dick Cochran 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! CNM's newsletters: http://www.unm.edu/~jimp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pat & Vickie took their Corvairs to the Poker Run at Bosque Farms and Los Lunas on Saturday January 8th. (Do you recognize the car at the the right in the larger photo? Be the first to tell me what it is - Jim.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "AIRTIME" -- David Huntoon First I would like to thank our newsletter editor, Jim, for the nice write up for my Dad. Much appreciated Jim. In other news, remember the potluck for Sylvan at the Church of the Good Shepherd. The date is Saturday, February 19th at 11:00 AM. Directions to get to the church are on page 7 of this newsletter. February membership meeting is the deadline for this year's Meissner award nominations. Next year our award will be decided on a participation point system developed by John Wiker. If anyone has any suggestions for this new system, let John know. Also, still pending is the name of the award. Always looking for ways to improve. Keep February 12th in mind for a club breakfast in Los Lunas. A nice little ride for most of us. I am positively going this time. I don't always but I would like to see a lot of people show up. It is nice to think winter is on the way out and we can start planning on things we want for our vehicles. Anybody have big plans? A big bore turbo motor with a bit of nitrous when needed? OK, how about a nice paint job? I had some plans for a bit of work on the 8-door but other events shut that down. I was aiming for the Denver convention at the end of July. Still plan to go one way or the other. Also remember our Tri State in Red River the first weekend of June. We need volunteers for that, so think about it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "January Meeting Notes" 01-05-2011 - Art Gold Meeting came to order at 6:03pm, with 28 in attendance. Officer Reports President - Dave Huntoon asked for approval of the last minutes. He thanked Ray and the other board members for their support while he was recovering. Welcome back Mr. President. Vice President - Ray Trujillo stated that we now have replacements for the New Mexico Car Council Representative, and they are John Wiker and Pat Hall. Ray also stated that we need a replacement for the Membership committee. Treasurer - Robert Gold stated that he had eliminated the Ally account and deposited the funds into our checking account. The only account that is in existence is the checking account, and the funds are $4,251.84. Art Gold (secretary) was added as a co-signer on the account. Committee Reports Membership - Dave Huntoon did not know of any new or prospective members. NM Car Council - John Wiker & Pat Hall will have no report until February. Editor - Jim Pittman stated that he has not heard anything further concerning the sale of Sylvan's Corvair parts and tools, but the sale may be in March according to Bill Reider. Jim gave us an update an update about Wendell Walker's current condition, and more can be found in the "News" section of the web page. The deadline for the newsletter is 2-21-2011. The new Newsletter CD project is now in effect. The price of the CD is $15.00 in person and $20.00 by mail. Sunshine - Heula Pittman stated that Ruth Boydston has a report for the service for Sylvan (maybe 2-12-2011 or 2-19-2011) to be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 7834 Tennyson NE, just off Tramway. Merchandise - Vickie Hall stated that she still has items, and the prices of these items, to sell, and she has $5.00 for the treasury. Award Report - John Wiker discussed the procedure of the new award. There still needs to be a name of the award (at the moment it's called the "CNM Activity Award") and we can think about that. John also stated that he will be ordering new name tags for those who don't have theirs yet. Tri-state - Brenda Stickler stated that she needs tech session ideas and presenters. She also needs a volunteer for the hospitality room, for the food and such. There are 20 rooms left as of December, and the manager of Lifts West will not honor the discounted rate after March. Brenda also discussed the main car show to be had in Red River during the Tri-State. There is still a search for a master of ceremonies. The 50/50 drawing winner tonight was Ruth Boydston! She took home $10 and the Sunshine Committee gained $10. Upcoming Activities: January 01/15/2011 - Club breakfast at Roper's Restaurant (8810 Central SE) at 9:00am Upcoming Activities: February 02/02/2011 - Meissner Award nominations are due by 7:00pm. The form is located in the January newsletter. 02/12/2011 - Club breakfast at Sopa's Restaurant, 1700 Bosque Farms Blvd, Los Lunas at 9:00am, there may be a map in the next newsletter, or just count seven traffic lights from the Isleta Casino and look on your left. Upcoming Activities: April 04/06/2011 - Scrap metal pickup before the meeting. 04/09/2011 - Old Route 66 clean up, breakfast location TBD. Meeting adjourned 6:51pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "January Board Meeting Notes 01-05-2011" Art Gold Meeting came to order at 5:02pm Officer Reports President - Dave Huntoon - stated that he does not have much to state, but does feel better, yet weak. Vice President - Ray Trujillo - stated that the club members need to turn in the Meissner Award nominations by the end of the February meeting. Treasurer - Robert Gold - not present but sent a substitute, Sara Gold, who stated that the funds are as follows: $4,488.83. A check has been sent to the State Corporation Commission. Committee Reports Membership Committee Chairman position is still vacant. However, the board suggested asking Larry Yoffee if he would chair this committee, due to his website. NM Car Council - Dave Huntoon - stated that the meeting occurs this month (Wednesday, 1-26-11). Editor - Jim Pittman - stated that the newsletter deadline is Friday 1-21. The breakfast on the 15th occurred, and the food was less than spectacular. Jim also gave an update on Wendell Walker, and stated that he was moved out of ICU. Updates will be given on the website. Also, Mark Domzalski will be in Washington D.C. for two more years. The next club breakfast will be in Los Lunas at Sopa's Restaurant. Bill Reider and LeRoy Rogers are to begin preparing an inventory of Sylvan's Corvair tools and parts for a sale in March but we don't have a date at this time. There was also a note from Robert Gold suggesting how to itemize the monies from the Tri-State registration. CORSA also has reduced the number of Communiques from every month to only 9 times a year. The Old Route 66 clean-up is set for April 9th. Sunshine - Heula Pittman - stated that our 37th Anniversary lunch date has been set for Sunday March 6th, at 1:00 PM. It will be at JR's Bar-B-Que (6501 Gibson) and the price will be $13.00, everything included. There will be various food choices. The service for Sylvan will be on February 19th at 11:00am, at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Lunch will be a potluck. People need to bring their own service (plate, silverware, glass) as well as a serving spoon for whatever dish they bring. Heula also stated that there still is a need for door prizes for the Anniversary Dinner. The committee also possesses $164.75, some of which comes from the 50/50's that are run at the regular membership meetings. Heula next asked a question concerning what has happened to the registration forms which new members fill out since they (Jim and Heula) have not been receiving the information. Possibly Robert Gold has some of these forms? We need a better way to collect and save these forms in the future. Merchandise - Vickie Hall - stated that she has nothing at this time. Tri-State - Brenda Stickler - stated that she has been working on possible locations for a banquet. One possibility is a restaurant at a barn, called Bobcat Pass. Bobcat Pass is approximately ten miles outside of Red River. There may be pictorials on the web for the banquet location. The hotel also may be a possibility for the banquet, if the numbers attending decrease due to the National Convention. Brenda will ask the Colorado clubs for a head count of who plans to go to the Tri-State. Meeting adjourned at 5:57pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1-17-11 Dear Jim, Heula, Just a note of thanks to both of you ------ Hope you will be able to get the Safe House letter into our "Corvair" newsletter "ASAP" LeRoy & Emma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ S.A.F.E. HOUSE Shelter and Family Empowerment P.O. Box 25363, Albuquerque, NM 87125 January 12, 2011, Corvairs of New Mexico Attn: E. Rogers & H. Reider 11521 Versailles Ave NE Albuquerque, NM 87111 Dear Corvairs of New Mexico, Thank you for your generous donation of clothes, toys and a check on the amount of $50.00 on December 8, 2010 to S.A.F.E. House. Your support helps adults and children in our community to escape domestic violence and begin to rebuild their lives. We are the only shelter in our community that provides safe shelter and comprehensive support services to survivors of domestic violence. Each year we provide safety and assistance to nearly 1,000 people whose homes have become the most dangerous place they can be. Our services include an array of both practical and clinical services to help survivors choose and use services that help them move from violence into healthy, productive lives. If you would like more information about domestic violence or our services, or to schedule a presentation for a group, please contact us at (505) 247-4219. Our website can be found atwww.safehousenm.org. Thank you again for your support in ending the cycle of domestic violence in our community. Sincerely, Michele Fuller, LISW Executive Director S.A.F.E. House is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Our federal ID number is 85-0247473. Main: 505.247.4219 Toll Free: 1.800.773.3645 www.safehousenm.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CorsaTurbo180USA.com Larry Yoffee Website: http://www.CorsaTurbo180USA.com Steve Gongora's 1962 95 Rampside is the Featured Presentation for January. Hope you'll take a few minutes to view this. Russ McDuffie is up next and then I'm open for the remaining months of the year except for June which will feature Tri-State 2011. Hope to hear that you would like to be *next* to feature your car for viewing by a national audience of Corvair enthusiasts. I will gladly come to you to take the pictures at your convenience. Take a look and let Steve know what you think. He's looking forward to your comments. Larry Yoffee - corsa180@gmail.com -- 321-5909 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REMEMBERING SYLVAN Memorial service for Sylvan Zuercher to be held on Saturday, February 19th at 11:00 AM at Church of the Good Shepherd. After the service there will be a potluck. People need to bring their own service (plate, silverware, glass) as well as a serving spoon for whatever dish they bring. Ruth Boydston has worked closely with Opal, Sylvan's wife, in getting all these details worked out. We hope to have good attendance as we share in this time of remembering Sylvan. We think there will be many great stories to share with the group. From I-25: * Go east on Paseo del Norte. * Turn south (right) on Tramway Blvd. * Turn west (right) on Tramway Terrace (stop light). * Turn north (right) onto Tennyson. Continue on Tennyson about 1 block. The church is on the right/east side of the street, just before Tennyson bends to the left/west. From I-40: * Go north on Tramway Blvd. * Turn west (left) on Tramway Terrace (stop light). * Turn north (right) onto Tennyson. Continue on Tennyson about 1 block. The church is on the right/east side of the street, just before Tennyson bends to the left/west. Church of the Good Shepherd 7834 Tennyson NE Albuquerque, NM 87122 Tel: (505) 856-1004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CorsaTurbo180USA.com Larry Yoffee Website: http://www.CorsaTurbo180USA.com Thanks to all of you that have taken the time to view my new website and to those who have sent pictures or contributed Corvair stories. To date, I've had almost 850 hits on my website the vast majority coming from forum users at Corvair Center.com. according to my statistics review. Hope you've had a chance to view the "Cavalcade of Corvairs Showcase" that features CNM members cars. It's a good start but I sure would like to have everyones cars on there. There's lots of room. So... I'm hoping more of you will email me pictures of yours or if you don't email, you can mail me pictures, I'll scan them and post them with the others. These pictures are being viewed by a national audience of Corvair enthusiasts and a chance for us to show off what we have. I have a page dedicated to Corvair "stories" interesting things that have happened to you related to Corvairs and would love to have some new stories to feature. Lastly, I plan to add a page that features a "Corvair of the Month." If you are interested in having a page dedicated to *your* *Corvair exclusively*, please send me an array of pictures or I'll be happy to come to you and take the pictures myself. You can email me at: corsa180@gmail.com or write to me at: Larry Yoffee 7921 Woodridge Dr. N.E. Albuquerque, NM 87109 505-321-5909 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Come Celebrate Our 37th Anniversary On Sunday, March 6th at 1:00 PM, Corvairs of New Mexico will celebrate its 37th Anniversary! We will meet for lunch at JR's Bar-B-Que at 6501 Gibson Blvd SE, just west of Louisiana. (Normally the restaurant is closed on Sundays but will be open just for our club's event.) The Bar-B-Que menu choices include: Chicken, Sausage, Brisket. The sides are: Beans, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw and Rolls. A non-alcoholic drink is also included. The cost is $13.00 per person, which includes gratuity and tax. The final IKE MEISSNER AWARD will be presented at our luncheon. The deadline for turning in your nomination forms is February 2nd at our regular membership meeting. We urge EVERYONE to give some thought to who should receive this award and fill out the form accordingly. Ruth Boydston has worked very hard in setting up all the details for this event. Thanks, Ruth!! No later than at our March 2nd meeting, we need to have a count of how many people will be attending se we can pass it along to JR's. If you can't go to the meeting, give Ruth or a club officer a call. We hope to have YOU and your family included in this count! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red River Request Brenda Stickler After you finish finding something that you want to bring for a door prize for the March Anniversary dinner, organized by Ruth, don't forget to start looking for something to bring for a door prize for the banquet at the Red River Tri-State. Rita Gongora will be heading door prizes for the Tri-State and you can call her for ideas on what she thinks we could use. Our gentlemen in the club should start looking around in the Auto Supply shops and Hardware Stores for something that is great and would be appreciated by those of the male gender. Variety at both functions really make it fun for all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Corvair Brakes Ain't Got No ABS - Pump Your Brakes For Safety! Growing up in central Indiana back in the good old days, it was not at all uncommon to watch cars sliding on the icy roads of winter. They would usually have all four wheels locked, with the front wheels sawing uselessly back and forth as the car's inertia selected an impact point in total disregard of the driver's input. My Dad would point and say with great authority, "Keep your speed way down on slippery roads, and remember to pump the brake pedal." Years later, I rode with my Dad in his blue Dodge of unmemorable model, his first with an anti-lock braking system. We were driving on icy roads at Christmas time, and I recall with horror sliding down a long slope into a curb that ultimately bent a wheel. I was yelling "Keep the brakes on!" while Dad dutifully pumped his anti-lock electronics into total confusion. Modern anti-lock brake systems allow Joe and Alice Average to stop at the absolute edge of traction while retaining some directional control, a stunning engineering feat. An unyielding foot on the brake pedal is the key. In your Corvair, however, you are responsible for modulating the braking effort and determining the edge of lockup during threshold braking. Pump! It's a good thing to remember. Reprinted from: DENVAIR NEWS Rocky Mountain CORSA - January 2011 - Page 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ | February 2011 | March 2011 | April 2011 | | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | | 1 2 3 4 5 | 1 2 3 4 5 | 1 2 | | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | | 27 28 | 27 28 29 30 31 | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | | | | | ============================================================================ Wed 2 Feb 6:00 to 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 2 Feb After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Wed 2 Feb MEISSNER AWARD: Nominations are due tonight before 7:00 PM. Sat 12 Feb 9:00 AM CLUB BREAKFAST - Sopa's Restaurant - LOS LUNAS, NM Sat 12 Feb 1:00 PM Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starts in Bosque Farms at the Wells Fargo Bank. Wed 16 Feb 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 18 Feb 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Fri 18 Feb BOYDSTON AWARD: Nomination Form will be in the March newsletter. Sat 19 Feb 5:00 PM Potluck Meeting / Remembering Sylvan Zuercher Church of the Good Shepherd 7834 Tennyson NE Albuquerque, NM 87122 ============================================================================== Sat ? Mar SALE: Sylvan's Corvair Parts, Corvair Tools, Corvair Books. TBA Wed 2 Mar BOYDSTON AWARD: Nomination Form is in the March newsletter. Wed 2 Mar 6:00 to 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 2 Mar After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Sun 6 Mar 1:00 PM CNM's 37th Anniversary Luncheon - tentative location: J.R.'s Bar-B-Que 6501 Gibson Blvd SE, just west of Louisiana Sat 6 Mar MEISSNER AWARD: Presentation at the 37th Anniversary Celebration Sat 12 Mar 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 16 Mar 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 18 Mar 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman ================================================================================ Wed 6 Apr 5:15 PM BEFORE THE MEETING: Scrap Metal Pick-up. Pat & Vickie Hall Wed 6 Apr 6:00 to 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 6 Apr After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Wed 6 Apr BOYDSTON AWARD: Nominations are due tonight by 7:00 PM. Sat 9 Apr 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 20 Apr 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 22 Apr 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman ================================================================================ 2011: 3-4-5-June - Tri-State Event - Red River, NM - Corvairs of New Mexico ================================================================================ 2011: TUE-SAT 26-30 July - Rocky Mountain CORSA - Denver - CORSA Convention ================================================================================ 2011: August -- NMCCC All Clubs Picnic to be held at Nambe Falls again. ================================================================================ More activities: New Mexico Council of Car Clubs: http://www.nmcarcouncil.org ================================================================================ Tarmo Sutt suggested 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. ================================================================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Engine Codes Bob Helt As everybody knows, the Corvair engines all have an identification code stamped on the crankcase just ahead of the fuel pump. This code as it appears on original factory engines follows a general format as follows: TI228RB, where the T tells us that the engine was built at Tonawanda, NY. I2 is the Month of assembly (December... they used an I to stand for a 1) and 28 is the day of that month. RB is a special code- called the suffix code-that identifies the engine's features. These alphabetical suffixes (e.g., RB) are decoded in several places including THE CORVAIR DECADE and THE CLASSIC CORVAIR books so they won't be decoded here. But what we do want to talk about is the purpose of this code. The code does not state the specific year of assembly. In our example, it is not stated whether this is a 1965 or 1966 engine. Why is that? In addition, an investigation of these codes will show that sometimes the same suffix (Z, for example) was used for two different engines during two different years (80HP and 95HP). Why did they do that too? Seems strange, doesn't it? Well the reason the factory used this code, unfortunately, was NOT to tell the public (us) about the engine. The code was used at the engine assembly plant as a build code to tell the assembly workers which parts were to be included in the engines as they were being built. Each summer, during the month of August, the assembly line was shut down and the workers took their vacations while the production and process engineers revamped the assembly line to produce the next year's products. This was true for both the engine assembly lines and the body assembly lines. So when the lines started back up, they were equipped with all the tooling, parts and procedures necessary to produce the new models. Thus, the lines were set up to produce only the products for the new model year. This explains why the year of assembly is not stated in the engine code. The production line could only produce that new year's products. Parts for last year's production were all removed from the line. All the Corvair engines were built on the same assembly line in Tonawanda, NY. So, for example the suffix Z told the line to produce the base engine intended for a Powerglide for that year which would be an 80 HP engine in 1960-63 and a 95 HP engine in 1964. The base engine is the standard engine supplied for a given year. The line only had parts to build the correct base engine during any specific year. Thus no identification of the year was needed in the code. Some specifics might help show how this works. In our example, RB told the assembly people that this engine received a special Tuftrided crankshaft, along with the 891 camshaft. In addition, the 140 HP heads were to be installed, along with other intake and exhaust parts. Also it told the production people that a specific distributor was to be installed. The assembly people then chose the correct parts to assemble to the engine based on the suffix code. Of course they were previously trained on which parts went with each suffix code. And finally, the date portion of the code was used as a locator to tie that engine to its body also being build but in a different factory-the Fisher Body section. Naturally, the factory had to get the correct engines installed into the correct bodies so that there would be a correct match of engines and bodies. To accomplish this the engines were built some three weeks ahead of the mating of the engine to the correct body. This was accomplished via a "Broadcast Sheet" sent to all stations. Reprinted from: VEGAS VAIRS VISION January 2011 - Page 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Birthdates: Alan Gold February 2 Nancy McDuffie February 6 Melba J Anderson February 14 Wendell Walker 92 Years Young!! February 9 Anniversaries: Rita & Steve Gongora February 14 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harmonic Balancer Richard Stolzmann Included are some pictures of my harmonic balancer and what I did to make it fail safe. I first drilled three holes about 1/16 in diameter 120 degrees apart all the way through the inner and outer part of the harmonic balancer. The size of the through hole will be determined by the size of the available taper pin. I then drilled only the outer part to 5/16 in the same locations. I basically enlarged the outer hole. I then drove in the hole the taper pin with a hammer. I cut off the part of the taper pin protruding out of the outer part of the harmonic balancer. Now all you have to do is inspect the balancer to see if the pin is still centered on the outer hole. If it isn't, you know the balancer has failed by the pin being off sided. If it is it will run quite a while before the pin is worn off. It beats the harmonic balancer outer part from sliding off the inner part and wearing a hole in the oil filter. I did this first on a harmonic balancer that a deceased member rebuilt with new liquid rubber. I was afraid the the life of it would be short. It's been over 10 years since the rebuild and it still looks good. Reprinted from: THE OIL DROP January 2011 - Page 5 VULCAN CORVAIR ENTHUSIASTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are going to the club breakfast at Sopa's Restaurant, 1700 Bosque Farms Blvd, Los Lunas on Saturday February 12 at 9:00am and aren't sure how to get there, here's a map! Or, just head south from Albuquerque on NM 47 and south of the I-25 exit you'll see Isleta Casino on your left. Then just count seven traffic lights from the Casino and look for Sopa's Restaurant on your left. You can't miss it! Photos on Page 10 courtesy of Vickie Hall) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEVEN YEARS AGO -- Jim Pittman 07 - FEBRUARY 2004 - VOL 30 - Nr. 2 - # 341 The cover showed CNM members at a club breakfast, and a photo of the USS Kidd, a WWII destroyer anchored at Baton Rouge. There were more photos and an article about touring the ship last November. Heula wrote about the breakfast at the Owl Cafe. Anne Mae told about the CNM Ladies' recent meetings. Mark Domzalski reminded us of upcoming activities and suggested that we spend a day in early spring getting our Corvairs maintained and tuned up for spring and summer driving. Wendell wrote about our visit to Bosque del Apache and thanked Jerry Goffe for organizing a terrific tour. Meeting notes reported $5718 in the treasury, forecast our garage tour to Dan Palmer's, commented on the upcoming re-write of our constitution, and reported on a debate about the importance of adjusting Corvair thermostats and the ways to do it. If you don't know about Corvair thermostats, maybe you should find out. Finally, we formed yet another "awards committee" and we discussed a special edition of the newsletter to celebrate the club's 30th anniversary. 14 - FEBRUARY 1997 - VOL 23 - Nr. 2 - # 257 The cover featured a drawing of an early coupe - borrowed from the August 1996 Fanbelt Flyer, Cactus Corvair Club. President Domzalski called the meeting to order at 7:30. Treasurer Will Davis was moving to Florida and Wendell Walker agreed to take over the job. We had $7543 in the bank. Sylvan said, no new members; Bill said, no Car Council meeting. We all said, thanks to Rita for organizing the successful Christmas party. Congregation Albert Synagogue and the YMCA thanked the club for contributions to Michelle Goffe memorials. We planned a carb rebuild session at Larry's and later in the newsletter Jim reported on how it went... it went great. Jerry, Mark and Wendy drove their Corvairs in a Christmas parade, only to hear an announcer call them Mustangs. Oh the shame. Among many tech tips this month, Steve Goodman had an article on Smelly Heaters which we cheerfully plundered from one of the Colorado newsletters, and we stole another on what may happen to cause you to "lose" reverse, and how to find it again. Other tips told how to do a proper repair on a battery clamp, how to keep your engine cool with aluminum valve covers, how to install an electric fuel pump, and make your long-stored car run much better by installing a new fuel tank. 21 - FEBRUARY 1990 - VOL 16 - Nr. 2 - # 173 On the cover, a rear view drawing of a late coupe. Interim Treasurer Sylvan said we had $755 to spend. We planned an auction for March, a cheese & wine tour, a picnic, an econorun, an aspencade, a trip to Trinity site and a Christmas party. A lot to do in March! President Dale Housley told us the story of how his wife bought a new Corvair for him while he was overseas with the Army. Tom Martin reported on member Milton Sanchez, our sponsor at Ed Black's Chevrolet. Tom also told about a fun encounter at midnight with a herd of horses on a remote highway near Anthony, New Mexico. We reprinted an article listing cars with the best and worst heaters. The best was a tie between a 1946 Oldsmobile and a 1960 Corvair with gasoline heater. Worst was a tie between the VW Beetle and the standard-heater 1961-1969 Corvair. Some of us who have driven Corvairs with oil leaks in the winter have certainly cursed the designers of the heater. 28 - FEBRUARY 1983 - VOL 09 - Nr. 2 - # 089 The cover sported a map of the Albuquerque Sun-Tran's bus system. Your editor suggested you'd save wear & tear on your Corvair by riding the bus. In 2003 I was still saving wear & tear on my Corvair by riding the bus to work. Probably few other Corvair owners took this step. Jerry told about his misadventures going to Phoenix when everything went wrong with his 1962 Greenbrier. Rumor has it that the Greenbrier is still out in the Painted Desert somewhere. Or at least its soul is lost out there. Chuck Hollingsworth gave us the part number for a replacement high-capacity fan for our heaters. For our January garage tour we saw Joe Lite's 1963 Avanti, a 1961 Lakewood, a 1953 Packard and a 1930 Model-A. Francis showed off a newly-painted Ultravan. Bud Knapp showed a 1906 Cadillac, a 1956 Cadillac, a 1953 Buick and a 1930 Indian motorcycle. Last but certainly not least, LeRoy's collection of Chrysler iron included a beautiful 1929 DeSoto. All in all, a record-setting garage tour. 35 - FEBRUARY 1976 - VOL 02 - Nr. 2 - # 013 Cover photos showed one of Francis Boydston's Corvairs sitting next to a Porsche 911. The Corvair was a dark blue, low mileage 1964 coupe that he went back to Nebraska to get. It was a terrific car and he bragged about it for years. President Mark Morgan told us how Francis got started in the Corvair hobby. We learned that CNM was now an official CORSA chapter. We planned activities for the year and discussed ways to raise money. Ike Meissner described a high-performance ignition system for Corvairs: it had three ignition coils and no points. A joke, right? No. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~