The March 2011 newsletter - Text Version Updated 21-May-2013 ==== Copyright (c) 2013 Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARCH 2011 / VOLUME 37 / NUMBER 3 / ISSUE #426 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 March 2011, 6:00 to 6:55 PM Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE, Albuquerque THIS MONTH: Dues Due..................................Membership Committee Photos at Pat & Vickie Hall's Corvair Collection...Jim Pittman "AIRTIME"........................................David Huntoon February Meeting Minutes........................Chuck Vertrees February Board Meeting Minutes........................Art Gold Memorial Service for Sylvan Zuercher.............February 19th Metal Recycling Project, New Members Recognized..Heula Pittman Birthdays and Anniversaries.................Sunshine Committee In Memoriam Hector Gongora........Albuquerque Journal Obituary CorsaTurbo180USA Web Page Features................Larry Yoffee Calendar of Coming Events...................Board of Directors Winter Storm 2011..................................Jim Pittman The Nuts and Bolts of It All...Steve Silvia BAY STATE CORVAIRS Red River Revivifying Review...................Brenda Stickler Report on January Car Council Meeting...............John Wiker Seven, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago.................Club Historian The Boydston Award Nomination Form....Saint Francis of Corvair COVER: Monza at the limestone mine and cement factory in Tijeras ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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: Larry Yoffee 505-321-5909 corsa180 @ gmail.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 Past Pres: Mike Stickler 505-856-6993 sticorsa @ hotmail.com Correspondent: Charles Vertrees 505-299-0744 vertrees @ swcp.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 Larry Yoffee's home page: http://www.corsaturbo180usa.weebly.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 MARCH 2011 == DUE JAN = INACTIVE 25-FEB-2011: 2011.01 Darlene & William Darcy 2011.01 Wibke Garrecht == DUE FEB = INACTIVE 25-MAR-2011: 2011.02 Gayle & Richard Finch 2011.02 Kelly & Art Gold 2011.02 Brenda & Mike Stickler == DUE MAR = INACTIVE 25-APR-2011: 2011.03 Rita & Steve Gongora 2011.03 Carl Johnson 2011.03 Anne & John Wiker == DUE APR = INACTIVE 25-MAY-2011: 2011.04 Deborah & John Dinsdale 2011.04 Cary Hubbard 2011.04 Lee & Bill Reider 2011.04 Curtis L. Shimp == EXPIRED = INACTIVE AS OF 25-JAN-2010: 2010.01 Darlene & William Darcy 2010.01 Del Patten 2010.05 Jack Bryan 2010.06 John Myers 2010.12 David Huntoon 2010.12 Roger Pape 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PHOTO CAPTION: After Sopa's superb breakfast on February 12th some of us visited Pat and Vickie at their Los Lunas home. John borrowed a tool to use when tuning his carburetors. We toured the used car lot. We gave up determining how many Corvairs there were after counting up to fifty or so. A few of them need a little work, like the Lakewood shown here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "AIRTIME" David Huntoon Hope all are doing well. The change in weather, warmer, has inspired me to wash and clean the motorcycle. The 8 door Corvair van is next. I charged the battery on the 8 door, pumped the gas pedal twice and it fired off after about 2 revolutions. Kind of surprised me as it has been sitting since last November. That is when I began my exploration of a local hospital and a phalanx of doctors. Well that is in the past and I feel I am over the hump as far as recovery is concerned. Saturday, 19th, is Sylvan's service and I will be there. Hope to see a large turnout. Sylvan certainly deserves all our respect for his work for the club and our favorite car. I need to mention how nice it was to see all who showed up for our, delayed by one week, meeting. It was a good thing to call off our regular meeting. The bitter cold, -18F at my place one morning, and the good chance of icy streets made the delay sound like a good idea. Thanks to Ruth for suggesting this and thanks to her and others who called or e-mailed our members to let them know about the change. Time is flying by and the Tri-State will be here before you know it. Things in Red River are proceeding nicely. The hotel has nearly sold out our block of rooms, three left as of two days ago. If you mention the Corvair event and our normal block is sold out I believe you will still get the price break. Of course after that is the national convention in Denver. Could be a busy summer. See you at the next meeting. later, David ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February Meeting Notes 02-09-2011 Chuck Vertrees President David Huntoon called the meeting to order on 2/9/11 at Highland Senior Center. The meeting was a week later than normal because of the weather on Wednesday the 2nd. Even though the meeting was not on the regular day we had a good turnout of 28 members. Substitute secretary Chuck Vertrees, your past secretary of many years, composed these minutes since secretary Art Gold had a bad case of the wally-gobbles. After Art called me he said that he was going to crash in the bed. He sounded as though he needed to. We hope he is better by now. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as published in the newsletter. There were no new members. A guest was David Huntoon's sister Carol, here from Elgin, Illinois. Vice-President Ray Trujillo reminded the members that tonight was the last time to hand in nominations for the Meissner Award. Treasurer Robert Gold reported that CNM had $4,420.62 in the checking account. The Ally Demand Note account has been closed. Robert said that he had received a form from our state Public Relations Committee. If you remember, this group has had lots of publicity of their own over the last few years. Robert sent in the form with the check. After a long time he was informed that we were late in filing. They said they had never received the form. Robert filled in another copy of the form and sent it in with a check, which included the late filing fee. In time he received the form back covered with yellow highlights, showing where they thought that he had filled it in incorrectly. Robert redid the form and sent it in again. One of the other members of CNM said that he had the same problem and that he had sent in the form exactly as it had been in the past. It was returned all marked up. We conclude that the Public Relations Committee must have an oversupply of yellow highlighters. Membership chairperson David Huntoon reported no known new members. The winter is usually slow and things may become more active in the summer. Car Council representative John Wiker reported on the Car Council meeting. The meeting went well. There were five new clubs joining the Car Council. There were around 190 cars at the Super Nationals. There were around 30,000 attendees and there was $13,000 raised for the Ronald McDonald House. CNM has been asked to help count ballots at the annual Museum Show which will be May 15th. Also we will help with parking at the swap meet in the fall. The Car Council picnic will be August 14th at the same place as last year: Nambe Falls. The Car Council publishes, in their newsletter, a list of all the car related happenings in New Mexico. There are enough that you could go to several every weekend. They will start having this list on their web site. Editor Jim Pittman had a "What's this car?" question in a photo in the February newsletter, and he reported that five minutes after the newsletter was posted on his web site, Russ McDuffie called him to identify the car. Jim presented Russ with his prize, a copy of THE CORVAIR DECADE. Jim reported on Wendell Walker, still in San Diego, still in rehabilitation from his accident and his neurosurgery. No word on when he will be able to return home to Rio Rancho. He'd probably like to hear from his friends, so give a call to his cell phone: 505-280-2190. Jim said he had looked at every web page listed by CORSA for chapters and found many of them inactive, and wondered if web sites were losing popularity. Larry Yoffee said he was getting good response to his web page, and invited all members to provide (or obtain) photos of their Corvairs to feature on the page. Steve Gongora's Rampside is featured now, and Russ McDuffie's convertible is the next one up. Go look at Larry's web site, it's a good one. Merchandise chair Vickie Hall said that sales of CNM merchandise have been slow. Heula reminded the members that we need door prizes for both the Anniversary dinner and the Red River Tri-State. Sunshine Committee: Heula Pittman reported getting more door prizes tonight. We'll appreciate getting more door prizes, items for registration bags or auction items for both the Anniversary lunch and the Red River Tri-State. Vice president Ray Trujillo received the last of the nomination forms for the Meissner Award. Ray, Heula Pittman and Ruth Boydston, this year's awards committee members, went out of the room to go over the forms. We'll learn the result at the Anniversary lunch when the club's final Ike Meissner Award will be presented. Upcoming events were mentioned. There will be a breakfast this coming Saturday at Sopa's Restaurant in Los Lunas. The memorial service for Sylvan Zuercher will be on the 19th at 11:00 at the Church of The Good Shepherd. This will be followed by a pot-luck meal and fellowship. The 50/50 drawing was won by Joel Nash. His winnings of $13.50 were donated to the Sunshine Committee. Recycle chairperson Pat Hall reminded everyone that the April meeting will be the time for scrap metal collection this year. Pat will bring his truck. Come to the meeting early and bring your scrap aluminum, iron, steel, copper or brass. Proceeds from the sale will go to CNM. Bring metal - no plastic. The meeting was adjourned at 18:53 and many went to the 66 Diner for follow up of food and stories. -- Chuck Vertrees ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February Board Meeting Notes 02-16-2011 Art Gold Meeting was called to order at 5:11 pm. Officer Reports President Dave Huntoon stated that a change in the New Mexico Car Council by-laws had been proposed, and each member club was to have one vote on accepting or rejecting the change. The changes to the by-laws were available for us to read. David supposed that the changes were being made to allow the Car Council to accept donations. After discussion we voted to accept the changes. David will ask our representative, John Wiker, to convey this vote to the Car Council at their February 23rd meeting. Vice President Ray Trujillo said he received nominations for the Ike Meissner Award for this year, the committee made their decision on a winner, and he has ordered the plaque to be ready in time for the anniversary dinner on March 6th. Secretary Art Gold had no news. Treasurer Robert Gold stated that the funds are the same as they were at the regular meeting held last week. Committee Reports Acting membership chair Dave Huntoon asked Larry Yoffee if he was interested in taking over as our membership chairman. Larry asked about the position's duties and asked if it was a one-man job. We discussed ways to recruit new members including contacting people at car shows, providing back issues of the newsletter and distributing the club's business cards and application forms. The discussion continued with the duties of the job of being head of membership which includes carrying cards and applications at all times. The board voted to give Larry the job. Thank you Larry Yoffee! Larry told about current activity on his web page and asked if the club had ever done a club project or had a demonstration engine or a cut-away engine. Dave stated that the club has not, although members have brought rebuilt engines to events and we have had several tech sessions on various maintenance topics. Editor Jim Pittman stated that the newsletter deadline was this coming Friday. He said he especially enjoyed the breakfast at Sopa's and the food was great. There were 12 in attendance. We thanked Pat and Vickie for organizing this club breakfast and inviting us to see their "Corvair Yard's" new additions. Sunshine chair Heula Pittman told us about our new member in Roswell, Wesley Heiss, who is editor of the Lehigh Valley club's newsletter in Pennsylvania. He and his wife Angela are in New Mexico for a few months. Heula said she'd mail a copy of the Care & Feeding book along with the other items we give new members. She also said that the Sunshine Committee would be meeting soon to inventory the items collected so far for both Anniversary Lunch and Tri-State. We still need items for Tri-State registration bags. Merchandise chair Vickie Hall stated that she has not sold anything since last week. New Business Tri-State chair Brenda Stickler stated that there are 27 rooms taken (3 are left). She also informed the board about her efforts to find a caterer for the banquet. For logistical reasons our preference was to hold the banquet at LiftsWest rather than outside of town. They would provide the meal for about $15 per person, perhaps less for children, offering various dishes including vegetarian options. The caterer will serve right at the LiftsWest. There was some discussion concerning registration and hospitality. Some of us plan to be there early so we can be prepared to start registration on Thursday as needed, continue registration on Friday, and for a time on Saturday morning. Heula emphasized that we must account separately for raffle money, banquet money and any other money collected. Robert Gold stated that it is simple as counting the tickets. But we must plan how to do this. Robert and Jim committed to designing the registration form, accounting for all money collected and perfecting a "flow chart" for the registration and awards processes. An additional task will be providing a sheet for each car with the car number, year, owner's name, etc. for the car show. We discussed the car show. All who bring their Corvairs to Red River may choose to be in the Red River car show (it costs $30 to enter and has T-shirts and other amenities) or not. Whether they enter the Red River car show or not, all Corvairs which register for the Tri-State are considered to be in our car show (which does not have an entry fee and does not have a T-shirt) and will be judged for our banquet awards. That is, enter your Corvair for either or both car shows and you are elegible for our awards in either case. Brenda reported that Tarmo Sutt will be working with the organizers of the Red River car show to try to incorporate a "Corvair" theme in the design of the T-shirt. Adjourned at 6:20 pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Twenty-seven CNM members met for the service in memory of Sylvan Zuercher at the Church of the Good Shepherd on Saturday February 19th. Many of Sylvan's friends and relatives joined for a rememberance and stories. Thanks to all who joined us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Metal Recycling Project Heula Pittman Once again Pat and Vickie Hall will be collecting our scrap metal to be recycled. They will have their truck parked out front of our meeting place at the Highland Senior Center Wednesday, April 6th. They will be set up to start loading it at 5:30 PM, one-half hour before our meeting time. They ask that we DO NOT take anything to them to be recycled BEFORE that time. After everything is collected and loaded onto the truck, Pat and Vickie will then sell it and give all the money to CNM. Oh, what can they recycle? Old car parts including aluminum, iron, steel, brass, copper, even pot metal - but please, no plastic. If it's metal and you don't need it any more, bring it. This is their third year to do this for the club. We are appreciative of their efforts. This not only rids your yard and shop of clutter but also gives our CNM's treasury a nice boost! Thanks so much, Pat and Vickie! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Members, WELCOME! WELCOME New Members Wesley Heiss and Angela Fraleigh who presently reside in Roswell, New Mexico. Their application form mysteriously arrived at CNM's mailing address and it's not clear whether ayone in the club has spoken to them yet. We mailed the club packet for new members, including a copy of CARE & FEEDING and a CNM pin. Our new members own a white 1966 Monza sedan, 110 horsepower and are looking for a RAMPSIDE! Maybe someone can give them a tip on one that is available nearby. Wesley is a professor/artist and is the newsletter editor for the LEHIGH VALLEY CORVAIR CLUB in Pennsylvania. He has been a member of Corvair Houston. He will be living in New Mexico for eight months. We hope to see and meet him and Angela at future club events. Perhaps they will be able to come to the Red River Tri-State in June? Welcome Wesley and Angela to New Mexico and to Corvairs of New Mexico! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nine CNMers celebrate birthdays this month: Steve Sanchez March 1 Barbara Johnson March 2 Hurley Wilvert March 11 Vickie Hall March 17 Russ McDuffie March 19 Kim Patten March 24 Brenda Stickler March 26 Art Gold March 29 Wesley Heiss March 30 CNM Sends HAPPY ANNIVERSARY wishes to: Anne Mae & Robert Gold March 13 Kelly & Art Gold March 26 (Are these GOLDEN ANNIVERSARIES? Ha) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN MEMORIAM HECTOR GONGORA Members of CORVAIRS OF NEW MEXICO remember Hector as the always-friendly and cheerful father of long-time member Steve. He was often at HOUSE OF COVERS when we'd drop by for a bit of club business, or to see about getting some upholstery work done on a favorite car. He was always at our Christmas lunches and our Anniversary parties. Many remember that Hector, for several years, arranged for the club to have Christmas parties at the Officers' Club at Kirtland AFB, even getting the necessary permission for us to go on base in 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks when the base was on high alert. Only our older members may remember what a key role Hector played in the early years of the club, supporting it by providing a meeting place. We remember his enthusiasm for Corvairs and the fine craftsmanship we could count on when we needed convertible tops or the best upholstery work. Thanks to Hector, Steve and Rita for supporting our club and for keeping HOUSE OF COVERS going all these years. -- Jim PUBLISHED ON: THU FEBRUARY 17, 2011: http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/search GONGORA -- Hector Gongora, 81, passed away surrounded by his loved ones on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, after a long and adventurous life. He is survived by his loving wife, Dorothy Gongora; daughters, Carolyn Lauer and her husband, Stephen and Elizabeth Schlessinger; son, Steve Gongora and his wife, Rita; step-children, Karl Christ and his wife, Annabelle, Rachelle Luna and her husband, Larry, Brigitte Moller and Bryon Moller; grandchildren, Chris Lauer (Susanne), Matthew Lauer (Katie), Jacob Schlessinger (Dana), Jacqueline Schlessinger, Emily Barbault and Bernadette Veronda (Rory); step-grandchildren, Kyleigh Christ, Lisa Luna, Leigh Luna, Angelo Galvan, Francine Galvan and Damius Moller; great-grandchildren, Zachary Price; and sister, Belia Peterson and her husband, Bob. Hector was preceded in death in 2003 by his wife, Marie. Hector proudly served as CWO3 in the US Army for over 21 years active duty, and then served as Lt. Col. in the State Guard and Reserves, for a combined service of 48 years. He was an active member of Risen Savior Catholic Community, as well as MOW in the local high school ROTC and colleges. He contributed to various veteran organizations, including the Paralyzed Veteran's of America, DAV and the American Legion. Rosary will be recited for Hector on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at French ~ Wyoming Chapel. Memorial Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., at Risen Savior Catholic Community, 7701 Wyoming Blvd. NE. Ennichement will follow at Gate of Heaven Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Hector's name to the American Cancer Society, 10501 Montgomery Blvd NE, Suite 300, Albuquerque, NM 87111. Please visit our online guestbook for Hector at: www.RememberTheirStory.com Pre-planned at FRENCH 7121 Wyoming Blvd. NE (505) 823-9400 ROSARY Friday February 18 7:00 PM French ~ Wyoming Chapel 7121 Wyoming Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 MEMORIAL MASS Wednesday February 23 10:00 AM Risen Savior Catholic Community 7701 Wyoming Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Next CNM Feature Presentation on CorsaTurbo180USA Larry Yoffee Hope you all had a chance to view Steve Gongora's 1962 Rampside 95 on www.CorsaTurbo180USA.com and I can tell you that we had a lot of fun doing the photo shoot. I know that Steve was real pleased with the comments he received. Google Images has since picked up about three of the pictures we shot for the website and can now be viewed there as well, presumably forever. Having fun with our cars, I think, is exactly the point. For me, creating my website featuring my Corsa and others' cars is just one more way to do that. And I would like to extend an invitation to join me in featuring our cars in this way. By the time you read this, the next featured Corvair will be posted on-line and that will be Russ McDuffie's 1965 Corsa convertible with its distinctive rear cove display of lights. I think you will find this presentation to be decidely different from Steve's and I will try to do each one in a unique way to keep it interesting. If you are interested in having your Corvair featured on my website, please contact me. I will come to you to do the photo shoot. In addition to the feature page, I hope that, before the year is out, that I can include everyone's car (or cars) on my Cavalacade of Corvairs page to show the extensive national Corvair community what we're all about here in New Mexico. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ | March 2011 | April 2011 | May 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 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | | 27 28 29 30 31 | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | 29 30 31 | | | | | ============================================================================ 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 Lunch. Location: JR's Bar-B-Que (just west of Louisiana SE) 6501 Gibson Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-268-1676 Normally closed on Sundays but open for us! Barbeque: choice of chicken, sausage, brisket Side dishes: Beans, potato salad, cole slaw, rolls Cost: $13.00 per person, everything included MEISSNER AWARD: Presented at the 37th Anniversary Lunch 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tarmo Sutt suggested a tour to Glorietta (east of Santa Fe) to see a collection of old guns, some as recent as The Great War of 1914-18. Is there any interest? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wed 6 Apr 5:30 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 9:00 AM Old Route 66 Clean-up. Breakfast afterward? To be decided. 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 ============================================================================ Wed 4 May 6:00 to 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 4 May After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Sat 14 May 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 May 10:00 AM Albuquerque Museum / New Mexico Car Council Car Show Wed 18 May 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 20 May 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman ============================================================================ Fri-Sat-Sun 3-4-5 June -- Tri-State Event at Red River, New Mexico ============================================================================ 20-23 July - Rocky Mountain CORSA - Denver - CORSA Convention ============================================================================ More activities: New Mexico Council of Car Clubs: http://www.nmcarcouncil.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Winter Storm 2011 Jim Pittman In another universe I went for a walk on Monday afternoon and the temperature was in the high fifties. The TV weather news said that a major storm was on its way and I saw the big gray cloud over toward Grants and Mount Taylor. In a couple of hours it arrived, armed for business. It started snowing about 4:30 and snowed all night. That was fine by me. We stayed inside for five days until the storm was gone, it finally warmed up, the snow melted and we could venture out. The cars slept through the storm, just like they did in January 2007. In the "real" universe I went for a walk on Monday afternoon and the temperature was in the high fifties. The TV weather news said that a major storm was on its way and I saw the menacing blue-gray cloud over toward Grants and Mount Taylor. It would be here in a couple of hours, armed for business. I had to hurry home and get one of the cars ready for snow. We had to be at the Cancer Treatment Center at eight every day of that week and the week after. We couldn't hibernate and stay at home, storm or not, and we certainly couldn't take the bus. I felt that the Corvair would be better than the Civics to face the icy streets. It started snowing about 4:30 and it snowed off and on throughout the night. On Tuesday morning it was 17 degrees when I went out to start the engine. The car hadn't been driven for three weeks, but no problem. After "priming" the carbs with the electric fuel pump it started right up. It took a minute before I could let out the clutch in neutral without stalling. I had allowed fifteen minutes for the engine to warm up and planned to drive in second gear. The big Pirelli tires were not the best snow tires, but we were able to drive out to the street, we managed to stay in the middle of our lane, we didn't slide through any red lights, and no one slid through from the other direction to collide with us. There was little traffic and plenty of snow on the street with icy spots at intersections. Second gear all the way there, second gear all the way back, go very slowly and brake and turn very carefully. All in all, an easy expedition. No disk brakes, no Positraction, no ABS, no traction control, no power steering, no air bags, no four-wheel-drive. Just a 1965 Corvair Monza with heavy duty springs, 14-inch Camaro wheels and fat Pirelli tires. The heater actually pumped out a few BTUs (well, maybe fractions of a BTU) on the short trip so we didn't freeze. We got home okay and backed the Corvair into its spot. Well done, 46-year-old warrior! The temperature dropped all day and all night while the wind blew out of Tijeras Canyon. At 6:45 on Wednesday morning my thermometer said 0.9 degrees F and the weatherman kept talking about wind chill in the minus twenties. I hooked up the battery charger and a shop light for half an hour to warm up the battery. The engine was not so happy to start as yesterday, and it took quite a while before I could let out the clutch -- I couldn't move the gearshift lever, so it was a good thing I left it in neutral last night. When we finally drove out, the snow made that crunchy sound that very cold snow makes and there was no traction problem. The streets were mostly dry. They were covered everywhere with a peculiar light gray color -- it must have been from salt from the day and night before. I guess the snow/slush/ice/salt combination was scattered far and wide by traffic, then most of the water evaporated away, leaving the salt's whitewash color on the pavement. No problem starting in first gear, then second, then third -- even getting into fourth gear here and there. I was reminded of my winter in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1966-67, when I learned that whatever people needed to do continued to get done in the winter, but everything just happened more slowly. In the fall, your car needed to be "winterized" with thinner lubricants and electric heaters. I had an electric battery blanket and an electric oil pan heater for my new Corvair and I plugged in every night. I'd always leave the shifter in neutral. I'd go out early to start the engine (the turbo engine never failed to start) while holding down the clutch pedal. I'd goose the gas until the engine was warm enough to run without stalling when I let out the clutch. Then I'd turn up the heater full blast and let the engine run at fast idle for 10 or 15 minutes before driving in second and third gear around the base's perimeter road to the lab. To save the engine, I changed the oil and filter once a month regardless of mileage. Unlike Anchorage, Fairbanks did not really get a lot of snow, but whatever fell never melted. When it got cold enough in the fall, driving on the snow was pretty much like driving on pavement. There was no snow removal that I recall. Whenever there was new snow, it just made another layer on the streets and roads. The streets and roads imperceptibly built up a thicker and thicker layer of compacted snow until spring breakup came. Then for two weeks the streets were a wet, slushy, muddy disaster to drive on. In the real universe this year, while we in Albuquerque were "suffering" with a couple of inches of snow and zero temperatures for two days, the news was full of details about the two-thousand-mile-long major blizzard from Texas to Pennsylvania, and that was the third major storm of the winter. People from Minnesota have every right to scoff at Albuquerque's whiny, wimpy, winter weather woes! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reprinted from: BAY STATE CORVAIRS VAIR FORCE -- January 2011 -- Page 4 The Nuts and Bolts of It All -- Steve Silvia It's getting late and you are about to make the last turn to tighten a bolt and "SNAP" off comes the head as your knuckles smash into the sharpest thing in sight. After a few bad words, you crawl out from under the car, wipe the blood off and head to the parts shelf/bin/box and grab another like size bolt to replace it. I have found that many people are unaware of the importance in selecting the correct grade hardware. As a standard, all automotive hardware must conform to the Society of Automotive Engineers standards (SAE). This is done for a number of reasons, however safety is probably the most important one. The next time you look at the head of a bolt stop to take note to the hash marks on it. The more marks, the higher quality material. Most automobile hardware falls into the three-mark category for SAE 5 and is made suffice for most applications and can be used in most cases to accept fair amounts of torque. I am amazed at the work I see on cars with sub standard hardware as many companies buy inferior Chinese fasteners and pass them off to the consumer. You should never substitute hardware on critical components such as brakes, suspension and steering. These systems are designed to hold tremendous loads and stress; your life depends on them. Another good idea is to replace all hardware as it is removed. Remember, the newest Corvair is 42 years old. These parts have been subjected to much stress over the years, so play it safe and replace them if you have the opportunity. Also keep in mind that any lubricant applied to a bolt such as simple machine oil will reduce the amount of torque required by as much as 15-25% as well. Please be sure to play it safe and replace anything that you can, your safety and those on the road around you depends on your work, make sure it's done right. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red River Revivifying Review by Brenda Stickler IF YOU START your Corvair at the top of a hill and start traversing down, pretty soon gravity takes over, you can take your foot off the gas and your Corvair will pick up speed. You will soon arrive at your destination without any futher effort except steering on your part! Well, that's how I feel right now. We have gained momentum to keep this Tri-State moving forward. Our wonderful members are the gravity that keeps us productive as a team. There are some things every member can do in the next couple of months to help support our Tri-State team of volunteers. Contact Rita Gongora about your contribution, or to get suggestions for door prizes. Get in touch with Hurley & Brenda Wilvert on the hospitality food you would like to provide. Contact Tarmo Sutt if you have silhouette graphics of Corvairs. Heula Pittman still needs registration bag items. Since my last article, Lifts West has 27 (out of 30) reservations for our Tri-State. We are having our banquet at the hotel by the reputable chef Brett Lewis. You can down load your registration form for the car show from "redriverclassiccarshow.com" and click on Registration. The deadline to register at $30.00 is April 30th. (Late registration is $40.00.) This will include a T-shirt that will feature silhouettes of Corvairs on the back. On the front of the T-shirt will be the winning car from last year's show. If a Corvair wins this year we will be able to take orders from your club to have T-shirts sent to your club next year. The town of Red River is excited to have Corvairs in town. Get in touch with Tarmo (tarmo@juno.com) if you have any articles about your club or great anecdotes of your Corvair experiences. The hotel is reserving a parking lot adjacent to the main car show for Corvairs that do not enter the main show. We will judge all Corvairs registered with us for the Tri-State whether or not they are in the main Red River car show. The door prizes for the main show will be top quality. There will be fun events and games for you. Besides Lifts West, 1-800-221-1859, there is a Best Western and The Alpine Lodge if you can't register by March 30th. We are looking forward to our return to Red River for our third Tri-State there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January Car Council Meeting Notes 01-25-2011 John Wiker There are five new member clubs this year: Corvettes of Santa Fe; Camaro; Horseless Carriage; Straight Razers; and Model Car Club. Supernationals are this weekend and the NM Car Club has spots. They needed a Corvair to sit opposite a VW Bug so people could see the simularities and differences and they asked me to use mine. Unfortunately, I was scheduled to work the day it needed to be there. I don't know if they ever foumnd another or not. Guess I will visit to see. Cost is $13.50 unless you buy from NAPA for $10.00. Children under 12 are free: if they bring a ticket they can get for free from McDonalds. There are over 190 cars and motorcycles this year. There were over 600 entry applications, so you know those that got in are great looking cars. They expect over 30,000 visitors. The Ronald McDonald House is the charity getting the profits this year. They hope to raise about $15,000. If you have any old car show trophies that are gathering dust, bring them to the club meeting so we can collect them and get them to the Car Council. They can use them for all the kiddie type events they sponsor throughout the year. Muscle Car Show scheduled for March this year. More info later. The club has been operating under By-Lays set up in 1988. New government and IRS laws and regulations are forcing the Car Council to rewrite the By-Laws. Each club will be sent a copy of the new charter by mail with a SASE to return it in. There is one vote per club and that vote can be cast by the club representative or the club President. The Car Council needs a quick turn around to get this done in time to start the new fiscal year on 1 July -- vice the old 1 January fiscal year starting date. They could not tell me at the meeting whose address they have on record for CNM, so everyone should be on the lookout so you don't think it's Junk and throw it away by accident. Established dates for the year: * Museum Car Show -- 15 May, well before our Tri-State. They have asked us to help count votes again - they need more help because the counting without enough help last year delayed the presentations. * All Clubs Picnic - 14 Aug, hosted by Rainbow Roadrunners. Location is Nambe, the same place as last year. * Los Lunas Swap Meet - 23-25 September. They have asked us to help with parking again, on Saturday morning. We will need volunteers later for this. The Car Council treasury has $8331.91 in the checking account and $14,400 in the standing CD account. Budget figures anticipated for this year are, spending $13,285 and bringing in about $13,000. That is, they expect to lose some money again this year unless they can increase the profit margin at the Swap Meet. To put this in perspective, they lost $12.90 last year overall. Well "That's all folks" as Elmer used to say. John Wiker sends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YEARS AGO -- Jim Pittman 07 - March 2004 - Vol. 30 Nr. 3 # 342 The cover heralded our special 30th Anniversary newsletter. Our meeting was at Galles Chevrolet. Some did not attend due to snow and ice. Wendell reported $5,562 in the bank. The Car Council Swap Meet location was disappointing. No August picnic was planned: the Elks asked us not to come back. March would see the first cleanup of our mile of "Old Route 66" and in April we were invited to the Domzalskis' for a cookout. The April breakfast would be at Kokopelli's. We discussed getting our own safety jackets with our club patch on the back for our "Old Route 66" cleanup. We had a special seal (like a notary seal) but, where is it, and was it ever used? The Hospitality & Care Committee was renamed the "Sunshine Committee" and they met at Wendell's. The committee comprised Heula Pittman, Kim Patten, Elizabeth Domzalski and Anne Mae Gold. The board voted to give them $200.00. Sylvan reported on a snowy but interesting garage tour to see Dan Palmer's Corvair-powered aircraft. Tri-State information about hotels in Cripple Creek, Colorado was provided. 14 - March 1997 - Vol. 23 Nr. 3 # 258 The cover showed a 1907 Brush at the J & R Vintage Auto Museum, scene of our garage tour. They had Rickenbacker, Brush, Flanders, Chandler, Bantam, Stewart, Wills Sainte Claire and Marmon cars. Oh, yes, various Fords and Chevys too. A Mark Morgan Billiken cartoon praised the smoothness of Ohio roads, as compared to Pennsylvania's. Jim took notes since Chuck was in New Zealand. A new member was Christopher Burke. Wendell reported $7,564 in the bank. President Mark said CORSA was raising its dues from $27 to $35. Dennis said that was good since CORSA has really got its act together recently and was a great bargain. The Tri-State was to be in Gunnison, Colorado. We wished Will Davis and his family a fond farewell as they left for the Far East, that is, Florida. Sylvan presented Will with the "Golden Needle" plaque. I guess you had to be there to appreciate it. Our Board meeting was held at AMAFCA. (It featured a busy freeway right outside the front door and an automobile mural featured an early Corvair. Thanks, Larry.) VP Jon was looking for tech speakers for meetings. We were still working toward the mythical, mystical 100% CORSA membership goal. We agreed to put up either $100 to $300 each year to help defray the cost for the club president to attend CORSA conventions. Mark provided a tech tip on when to flush brake fluid. Should we replace DOT-3 with DOT-4 or DOT-5? Mark did not advise silicon-based DOT-5 as it would not mix with the original brake fluid. Any residual fluid would be trapped, absorb water, and become a corrosion failure point. Mark flushed every year with DOT-4, basically a heavy-duty version of DOT-3. He described how this could easily be done by a single person. 21 - March 1990 - Vol. 16 Nr. 3 # 174 On the cover, a 1965 convertible. We planned a tour of Sandia Shadows winery. LeRoy published a list of twenty-three items for the March auction. Our guest speaker, Darwin Doll, told us about plans for "Albuquerque Raceway" to be located west of the Rio Grande near Jemez Dam. President Dale Housley thanked the members who were chairing events, and sent a letter to Galles/Kraco thanking them for inviting us to tour their racing center. Sylvan provided a report on this excellent tour. Bill Reider previewed the Durango Tri-State. La Ventana, a colunm by Tom Martin, explored the life and times of our Santa Fe member, Tarmo Sutt. His first Corvair was a $100 1965 turbo Corsa. The issue wrapped up with three articles related to carburetors. One described how to add a power valve to a 1964 carb to upgrade it to 1965 specs. Bill Reider suggested that a careful rebuild would give you equal performance for a lot less time and effort. A newspaper reprint claimed that tuning up our cars would do more to reduce pollution and improve driveability than government-mandated oxygenated fuels. (Every time I buy gasoline with ethanol I resent the payola flowing to the executives of Archer-Daniels-Midland.) 28 - March 1983 - Vol. 09 Nr. 3 # 090 Our cover showed future archaeologists digging up an early model Corvair and being impressed with the technology of 20th century barbarians. We planned a March garage tour, an April rally and a June car show at Les's Auto Parts. An article by Tony Hossain of Rochester, NY, outlined the history of the late-model Corvairs. Bill Reider told the tech-minded how to get those push rod tubes out without scarring and scrunching them. It's easy with the right tool and a little patience. 35 - March 1976 - Vol. 02 Nr. 3 # 014 Mark Morgan's cover drawing illustrated the controversy between the "restorers" and the "racers" in the Club. Mark provided an article on the reasons we should modify (and maybe race) our Corvairs. The treasury held the princely sum of $72. Our guest speaker, John Linn, told us the advantages of re-curving a distributor: better low-end response and better overall gas mileage. We were exploring the possibility of a meeting with Colorado and Utah clubs in Pagosa Springs. And a notice was posted that after next month we'd need a new newsletter editor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE BOYDSTON AWARD -- "SAINT FRANCIS OF CORVAIR" The Francis Boydston Award is presented annually to a Tri-State CORSA Chapter member in good standing who best exemplifies the influence, support, ideals, and values that Francis Boydston embodied. It may be awarded to an individual, or jointly awarded to a member and spouse, as approved by the reviewing authority detailed below. By agreement among representatives of Corvairs of New Mexico, Rocky Mountain Corsa, and Pikes Peak Corvair Club, the Award is the responsibility of the Chapter sponsoring the Tri-State Meet each year. To commemorate the occasion, the recipient should be awarded a plaque suitable for prominent display. The suggested wording for the Award is: St. Francis of Corvair Francis Boydston Service Award For Outstanding Service and Contribution To the Corvair Tri-State Event, and to The Perpetuation of the Corvair AWARD RECIPIENT NAME DATE This Award is bestowed in memory of Francis Boydston, a CNM founder and friend. A traveling plaque with tags for the name and date of each annual recipient was prepared by CNM and has been updated annually by CNM. Two months prior to the next Tri-State meet, the CNM Vice President or an alternate designated by the CNM President should arrange to retrieve the traveling plaque to be in CNM custody no less than five weeks prior to the next Award presentation. It is suggested that the Award selection committee should comprise three Tri-State Chapter members appointed by the Chapter President who will work with and report to the Chapter Vice President or an alternate designated by the Chapter President. It is recommended that at least two of the three members be immediate past Award recipients. The Chapter Vice-President, or designated alternate, shall achieve approval of the Award by concurrence with a quorum of the officers and President the Chapter. Suggested guidelines for consideration for the Francis Boydston Award, in no particular priority, are: 1. Attend meetings. Plan, coordinate, organize individual Tri-State Chapter or Tri-State Meet activities. 2. Share Corvair knowledge and expertise. 3. Encourage owners to preserve, maintain and share in the lore of the Corvair. The presentation of the Francis Boydston Award shall be made at the annual Tri-State Meet Banquet or at a time and place designated by the Chapter President. The presentation shall be made by a Chapter official as approved by the Chapter President. The content of the oral Award presentation should be scripted in advance and should adhere to the spirit of previous Awards as set down by the original Francis Boydston Award Committee. The oral Award presentation and engraved Award plaque should be prepared no later than one month prior to the annual Tri-State Meet Banquet or the otherwise designated time and place. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Francis Boydston Award Nomination This award is presented annually to a Tri-State CORSA Chapter member, in good standing who best exemplifies the influence, support, ideals and values exhibited by Francis Boydston with Tri-State Chapter members and other Corvair enthusiasts. This form is confidential. To avoid disappointment, do not divulge to or otherwise advise the nominee of this action. This form shall be submitted to the CNM Vice President or an alternate appointed and designated by the CNM President. This form will be distributed in the March issue of the Enchanted Corvairs Newsletter and at the March Membership Meeting. Copies of the criteria and this form will be mailed and/or e-mailed to the other Tri-State Newsletter Editors and Presidents for publication and distribution to those chapters. The DEADLINE for submission of this completed nomination form shall be NO LATER THAN adjournment of the CNM April Membership Meeting. Any exceptions to this deadline shall be made by agreement between the CNM Vice President or the appointed alternate and the CNM President. To the Francis Boydston Award Committee: It is a pleasure to submit the following Tri-State CORSA Chapter member(s) to be considered for the Francis Boydston Award. Name(s): _________________________________ Address: _________________________________ City, State and Zip: _________________________________ Has been a Chapter member since: _________________________________ Has been a CORSA member since: _________________________________ Has served as a Chapter official, chair or leader: Y _ N _ Approximate years:__ Has promoted the Corvair and Corvair hobby: Y _ N _ Has helped other people: Y _ N _ Briefly describe the merits of this member and nomination: _________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Date of this nomination: _________________________________ Author of this nomination: _________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~