The April 2011 newsletter - Text Version Updated 21-May-2013 ==== Copyright (c) 2013 Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ APRIL 2011 / VOLUME 37 / NUMBER 4 / ISSUE #427 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, First Place, 2005 Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, Third Place, 2010 EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: April 6th, 2011 at 6:00 PM Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due...................................Membership Committee You'd Never Catch Me................Driving Something That Size "AIRTIME".........................................David Huntoon March Meeting Minutes..................................Art Gold March Board Meeting Minutes............................Art Gold Scrap Metal Recycling Project.....................Heula Pittman Our 25th and Final Meissner Award Winner Is:....Brenda Stickler Our 37th Anniversary Luncheon.....................Heula Pittman Birthdays and Anniversaries..................Sunshine Committee Winter Storm 2007...................................Jim Pittman Reports on February & March Car Council Meetings.....John Wiker Calendar of Coming Events....................Board of Directors Pump Pain: A Story About Fuel Pumps..................Tim Colson Tri-State Preview: Red River Renaissance........Brenda Stickler What's Going On At CorsaTurbo180USA................Larry Yoffee Gayle Finch Passed Away.............Alamogordo Daily News Obits Seven, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago..................Club Historian For Those Seeking the April Fool Feature.........See Back Cover COVER: Russ McDuffie: 1965 Corsa Convertible..Photo: Larry Yoffee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 APRIL 2011 == DUE FEB = INACTIVE 25-MAR-2011: 2011.02 Richard Finch 2011.02 Kelly & Art Gold == DUE MAR = INACTIVE 25-APR-2011: 2011.03 Rita & Steve Gongora == 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 == DUE JAN = INACTIVE 25-FEB-2011: 2011.01 Darlene & William Darcy 2011.01 Wibke Garrecht 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "AIRTIME" -- David Huntoon Let's call this story a tale of modern life and things mechanical. Firstly, I have four licensed vehicles. The '61 VW is up on jack stands with the exhaust and carbs off in preparation for engine removal. Of course it has been that way since November. My plans for this winter project were interrupted as you may know. (Feeling better all the time by the way.) One down. The eight-door runs well enough but has a dead battery that will not hold a charge. Two down. At this time the pickup is my transportation. I wanted to get a battery for the eight-door Wednesday. The pickup will not start, no spark. Three down. Everything looks OK but there is a control module in the distributor that does something. The weather is good so I fire up the motorcycle for a trip to NAPA. Get the part, go home, wrong part. Electrical connections are not compatible. Go back to NAPA for the right part. Done, and it starts up. End of daylight and I think I am done anyway. The next morning I want to go to the coffee shop. The pickup will not start, this time it is the fuel filter. Now when I get the motorcycle for the trip into town I smell gas. I see a puddle of gas on the garage floor. Four down. Find the gas tank is leaking underneath at the plate that holds the in-tank fuel pump. There is a gasket and tightening it a little stops the leak. Now I can go get the fuel filter. Do so and the pickup is now running. By now the day is pretty well shot and I need to rest and collect my thoughts. I will try for the battery again tomorrow. Perhaps I can finally get this wrapped up since I now have two running vehicles. But, transporting a Corvair battery on the motorcycle does not sound like a good idea. Moral of the story, I don't know really. Maybe fix all these little problems as they appear before they multiply and cause a much bigger problem. One other thing. I know it has been this way since time began. Why does Chevy put the distributer on the back of the motor up against the firewall. Maybe an NBA player can reach that far, but most of us can not. The Corvair is a magnitude easier to work with, the carbs and distributer and everything else are all right there. Thank you. Now for some club business. Remember to bring your scrap metal to the April meeting. Be there early so Pat can wrap this up before the meeting starts. At the meeting remember to sign up for our first Old Route 66 cleanup this year. The more of us volunteers, the merrier. Have a good month. I need to rest! Later, Dave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARCH MEETING NOTES 03-02-2011 Art Gold Meeting came to order at 6pm, with 24 in attendance. Officer Reports President: David Huntoon asked for approval of the last minutes. Dave said he went to Sylvan Zuercher's memorial service, and there were 29 CNMers in attendance, with the luncheon afterward at the church. Vice President: Ray Trujillo stated that all nominations were received for the final Ike Meissner Award. The award plaque had been made and will be presented at our 37th Anniversary luncheon, Sunday March 6th. Secretary: Art Gold stated that he was here and happy to be healthy. Treasurer: Robert Gold stated that there is $4,257.33 in the checking account. He also stated that the check sent to the New Mexico Regulatory Commission actually cleared, so we are good for one more year. Committee Reports Membership: Larry Yoffee asked whether "Membership" is a committee, and the club responded that at present it is a committee of one. He also stated that he is the person to see for recruitment - i.e. ideas for advertisement of the club. He also discussed his website and said that Steve Gongora's Rampside and Russ McDuffie's convertible are being shown on the website. Larry wants to discuss other ideas with the board. NM Car Council: John Wiker stated that he handed in our ballot, and it is official now. He also discussed his frustration concerning discussions concerning VINs and House Bill 512, dealing with home-built hot rods. These topics were discussed for an hour at the car council meeting. Getting a title for a home-built car is not simple! Joel Nash urged club members to join SEMA for free information if they are building a hot rod car. The Museum Show now allows no tents. Canopies are allowed provided they have no sides. Coolers will be searched! This year's theme will be the "Year of the Survivors" meaning that cars that are older than 1971 and in original condition will be featured. Also discussed: any cars that are being restored do not have to be registered. You can obtain a clear title, then register when it's ready to drive. Editor: Jim Pittman stated that the newsletter deadline is March 25th. Jim also stated that Sunday the 12th is the beginning of daylight savings time. He discussed the status of Wendell Walker. Wendell is still in California, and he is pessimistic about returning to Rio Rancho anytime soon. Jim urged the club to contact him through his cell phone, since it is difficult for him to read e-mail because of his eyesight. He also stated that there are extra nomination forms for the Boydston Award, to be presented at the Tri-State. Jim also mentioned seeing an article about the one-of-a-kind Fitch Phoenix, built and owned by John Fitch, a great race car driver and safety activist, who happens to be the same age as Wendell: 92 years old. Jim also said he was not afraid of long sentences so long as they do not involve judicial procedures. Sunshine: Heula Pittman stated that there are special "CORVAIR" suspenders for raffle at the Anniversary Luncheon this Sunday (03-06-2011). She is still looking for contributions for registration bags for the Tri-State. Merchandise: Vickie Hall stated that she sold two license plates and two lapel pins for a grand total of $12. Vickie asked Dave, since the club's "Great Seal" had been reported lost, to look in the club briefcase's lower compartment. Sure enough, there it was. Vickie said that the seal was in the briefcase for the entire tenure of Pat Hall's presidency. Dave passed around an embossed gold seal so we could see for ourselves the impression that our "Great Seal" could make. Chuck Vertrees ran the 50/50 drawing and the winner this month was Russ McDuffie for $14.00. Plans for the Anniversary Luncheon: Ruth Boydston stated that the Anniversary Luncheon has 47 people signed up, and the chicken at the restaurant is terrific! The luncheon is this Sunday at JR's Bar-B-Que on Gibson, starting at 1:00 PM. Pat Hall stated that he will be at the next meeting for scrap pickup. He asked members who bring scrap metal to be early: he will be available to collect scrap at 5:15 in the parking lot at our meeting place. The club discussed a date concerning a breakfast for April. The club decided on Furr's, 2004 Wyoming NE, between Indian School and Menaul, on Saturday April 16th at 9am. Remember that our Old Route 66 clean-up is the previous Saturday, April 9th at 9:00am. Tri-State: Brenda Stickler stated that the rooms are now booked, but there are still suites available. The owner (Billie) of the LiftsWest condominiums bought new tables for the banquet. The banquet will be at a great price and he has great chocolate cake and home made bread that will be served along with our meal! She and Tarmo Sutt also discussed the main car show and the place for our Corvair show. John Wiker stated that the dragway if now open. See how fast your Corvair is for only $15! Check it out at www.abqdragway.com! Meeting adjourned at 6:51pm Submitted by Art Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARCH BOARD MEETING NOTES 03-16-2011 Art Gold The meeting was called to order at 5:07pm. Officer Reports President - Dave Huntoon said he had just returned from Chicago via Amtrak. He had a good trip but he was feeling just a bit of jet lag. Vice President - Ray Trujillo was not in attendance. Secretary - Art Gold said that the car show forms are finished and accepted suggestions for the form. Treasurer - Robert Gold reported that the checking account funds are $4,500.12. Committee Reports Editor - Jim Pittman reported on the money that the club has received from the sale of Newsletter CDs. Counting both Version 1 and Version 2, the total to date was $315. He also stated that the newsletter deadline is a week from Friday, 03-25-2011. Sunshine - Heula Pittman stated that she is working on registration bags (there is a lack of masculine items, and more donations would be appreciated, so keep that in mind). Brenda Stickler added that there will be maps of Red River and coupons for local restaurants included in the bags. Brenda is in charge of the banquet details. Old Business Tri-State Committee - Brenda Stickler said that there is a volunteer to emcee the banquet, Russ McDuffie. There was a discussion about the awards at the banquet. Several of us will arrive early on Thursday June 2nd to set up and coordinate with the hotel and car show people. We discussed the banquet and the 100-person limit. We guess about thirty people from each club is possible. Rita Gongora - stated that she had spoken to Dan Palmer and he was going to contact Clarks Corvair Parts about contributing coupons or donations to us for the Tri-State. Pat Hall said his guess is that it would be oil filters. Rita is collecting door prizes, and will assist Anne Mae Gold with distributing door prizes. Brenda also stated the need to obtain tickets in four different colors for the banquet. There will be one or two raffles and a 50/50 drawing. We need to count each category of raffle tickets separately to keep track of how much money each raffle item brings in. There was a discussion about how to handle cash and checks at registration. Not everyone will pay for everything at the start with a check, so we need a procedure for cash sales. On the form, there will be an option to pay for the raffles and 50/50 at registration. Anne Mae will plan the children's activities. Registration will be Ollie, Jim & Robert. Media is Tarmo Sutt. Hospitality will be done by Hurley & Brenda Wilvert. The car show is Art Gold, Pat Hall, & Larry Yoffee. Additional volunteers will be recruited as needed. Registration should not be scheduled for Thursday. It should start at about 9:00 or 10:00 AM on Friday and continue to 9:00 PM, then resume from 7:00 to 8:30 AM on Saturday. Our car show starting time will be 9:00 AM, an hour before the Classic Red River car show starts. Jim said he assumed we would not have our traditional "drive around" before the car show, both due to the activities of the Classic Red River car show and to the fact that they planned a "parade" at 5:30 PM after their show. Our Tri-State people may want to join the Classic Red River car show's "drive around" but if so, this will conflict with our banquet's starting time of 6:00 PM. There was a discussion of the Corvair image which we hope will be placed on the back of the Classic Red River car show T-Shirt: a picture of a Corvair. Brenda said the designers of the T-shirt had some kind of problem with the "outline" image they had and wanted us to send a "shaded" image. Rita said Steve Gongora would consult with Tarmo Sutt on providing a suitable image to the committee designing the T-shirt. There was a discussion of how the food line will be set up with tickets, and Rita stated that she act as sergeant-at-arms for the line. Tickets for the banquet will be distributed as needed at registration. The price for the banquet is $20 for adults and $10 for children up to age 12, and checks or cash will be accepted. We do expect some people will enter the car show but won't go to the banquet. Some will go to the banquet but not the car show. We discussed how to count attendees at the Tri-State. We would like to know how many attended from each of CNM, PPCC and RMC, and how many came from other clubs or were not affiliated with any club. Some of us remember that at one event the attendance award was determined by a simple head count at the banquet, thus ignoring any who may have registered but did not go to the banquet. We did not think that was appropriate. We think anyone who registers for, and attends, either the car show or the banquet should be counted as a member of their club. Some of us think that members with "dual membership" should be counted for both clubs they belong to, but some think the person should state their preference for "primary club" and be counted only once. Furthermore, do children and relatives of members count as attending from a club? Our constitution clearly states that spouses and children living at home up to age 19 are counted as members of CNM, but we don't know about other clubs' rules for membership. Some of us didn't think it fair that in-laws and grandchildren should count toward a club's attendance, while others think this is perfectly acceptable. While satisfactory answers were not obtained, the board decided that a member must declare their particular club and be counted for one club only. Children and relatives were left unresolved. We may re-visit this decision. There was a lengthy discussion concerning the two car shows: our Tri-State show and the Classic Red River car show. Our show should start at 9:00 AM, an hour before the Classic Car Show. We discussed how it would work for people who wanted to enter both car shows. Those people will have two windshield placard "car numbers" and presumably they'll want to park with the Classic car show. We of course would prefer that the Tri-State-registered Corvairs would park together at Lifts West, and Robert assured us that Lifts West will provide our parking area. We decided our voting for "Best early, Best late, Best FC" classes will only include those Corvairs registered with the Tri-State, and any other Corvairs present would not be voted for. Certificates will be prepared for all Corvairs in attendance at the Tri-State, and for winners of each Corvair class. Jim insisted that we should be able to run our car show completely independently of the Classic Red River car show, and all Corvair owners could freely decide which set or mix of activities they wanted to participate in. Jim asked how many registration bags were planned? Answer: about 70. Well, there were 100 jacket patches. If more than 100 registration bags were needed, then some would get no jacket patch. If fewer than 100 were needed, then extra jacket patches would be available. What to do with them? Surely some will ask for more than one patch per registration. Should we sell them? Some thought the extras should be be made available at the location of the drop box for the voting for the car show. Then they could be sold right after the end of registration for our car show, that is, about 8:30am on Saturday. Meeting adjourned at 6:41pm. Art Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LAST REMINDER FOR 2011 METAL RECYCLING PROJECT Heula Pittman Once again Pat and Vickie Hall will be collecting our scrap metal to be recycled. This is their third year to do this project and we appreciate their efforts. Bring your scrap iron, steel, aluminum, brass or copper parts, even pot metal (but no plastic or glass) to the April 6th meeting. Come early! Pat said he'd be there by 5:15 PM and he does not want to miss the 6:00 PM start of the meeting! The truck will be parked out front of Highland Senior Center. Don't bring anything to recycle before that time. Pat and Vickie will then sell our scrap parts and give the money to CNM's treasury. This is another chance for us to not only rid our yards, shops and houses of clutter but also to give our treasury a nice boost! Remember, if it's metal and you don't need it any more, bring it in and help out our club! Thanks, Pat & Vickie! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CNM CELEBRATES 37 YEARS! Heula Pittman Forty CNM members and guests gathered at JR's BAR-B-QUE Sunday afternoon, March 6th, to celebrate 37 years as a club. We thank Ruth Boydston who did all the organizing for our celebration. She told us that the bar-b-que at JR's was the best she had ever eaten. I believe the consensus of all present was that everything on the buffet was indeed just grand and oh, so tasty! It was a real pleasure to see Tom Martin and his wife in attendance. They reside in Belen, New Mexico, but some members remember years ago attending board meetings at Tom's house on San Rafael NE, off Tramway. Tom was a member of our club for several years. He served two terms as vice president, was active in planning events and contributed several articles to the newsletter. Tom researched and wrote nine biographical articles on CNM members under the title La Ventana back in 1989-1990. They were truly windows on the careers of some of our club members. Thanks so much to all who brought door prizes. I think it makes for a more interesting party when there are lots of prizes to choose from! Thanks to Ruth's granddaughter-in-law who baked the special "Corvair" cake. It was gorgeous and delicious. The high point of the celebration was when the winner of the 24th and final Ike Meissner Service Award was presented by Vice-President Ray Trujillo to Brenda Stickler. We congratulate Brenda for a job well done in many areas of our club! A few of our old-time members are left who remember Ike Meissner and his many drives from Los Alamos to attend our club meetings, his excellent technical articles for the newsletter and his help to all Corvair owners who came to him with a problem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eight CNMers celebrate BIRTHDAYS this month: Mike Stickler April 2 Cary Hubbard April 5 Robert McBreen April 7 Elizabeth Domzalski April 9 Ray Trujillo April 9 Ollie Scheflow April 25 Emma Rogers April 28 Estevan Sanchez April 30 Two Couples Get HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Wishes: Connie & Robert McBreen April 1 Sylvia & Ray Trujillo April 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WINTER STORM 2007 Jim Pittman Since I reported on the success of the 1965 Monza getting us to the doctor on the coldest morning of the year, it is only fitting to tell about another attempt to drive through the snow, with somewhat different results, back in January 2007. The weather report predicted a big snow storm and sure enough it arrived. It snowed all day and all night and the drifts were feet thick! Really unusual for Albuquerque. But we had plenty of food and did not really need to go out, so we just hibernated and watched the storm through the windows and on television. We planned to wait until it all melted before venturing out. But events conspired to make me break this resolve. Back in December I had found a set of almost new alloy wheels for the Miata through the Miata club, called the seller in Arizona and arranged for them to be shipped here at a very reasonable price. When they arrived they were even better than described -- virtually in mint condition, just a little dirty from 12 years sitting in the back of a garage. Some soap and warm water and a bristle brush and they were like new. I put them in the Corvair and took them down to Discount Tire, but they told me that the Michelins I wanted were not in stock. I ordered them and took the wheels back home and waited. During our snow hibernation I got a call from Discount Tire -- the Michelins were in. Well, I could easily wait a few more days to get them -- the snow had not even started to melt yet -- but you know how it is, I couldn't wait. I loaded up the Corvair with the four wheels and started the engine. It started okay and idled okay and I warmed it up for a while. Then I put it in gear and let the clutch out and --- the engine died! I put in the clutch and restarted. Same thing, it would idle but when the clutch pedal came up the engine died. I tried shifting to another gear but the same thing -- there was no response to the accelerator pedal. Well, there was a sane thing to do and a less sane thing to do. I could just wait until a better time to fix the Corvair, or I could go in another car. I picked the second option. I started up the 1990 Civic and while it was warming up, I moved the wheels from the Corvair to the Civic. The Civic wasn't thrilled with the drifts, but no problem, it plowed through them to get me out to the street and it took me to Discount Tire. The tire guy cheerfully mounted the new Michelins and balanced them and then I had to cram them into the Civic. The tire guy could hardly believe they all fit in that little car. I headed for home. And there the combination of my now-frozen ruts and a slight uphill, plus a dip in the driveway, resulted in a stuck Civic! I could not go forward and couldn't go backward. I went to get a shovel to dig some snow from in front of the wheels but was making no progress when my neighbor across the street came to my rescue. We'll just push it in, he said, You drive and steer. No problem. So Tim and his daughter took strategic positions where they could get their footing and pushed while I tried not to let the wheels spin. The car wanted to go sideways, so Tim grabbed the right front fender just over the wheels and gave a mighty heave. Soon we were out of the dip and the car went along the icy ruts and into its parking slot. Much gratitude to Tim and his daughter who went away laughing about how this wasn't anything compared to snow in Chicago. I left the wheels and tires in the car and went in to warm up. Next day I was moving the wheels and tires to the garage where the Miata was waiting for them. I noticed that the Civic had a couple of dents on the right front fender! Tim's mighty heave had dented my car! But it was an honorable dent and every time I see it I am reminded of the heroic Civic that held all four of those big Michelins, and I am reminded of how much the Miata loves those beautiful wheels and tires. And I am reminded of the generosity of my neighbors for coming over to help. And most of all, I am reminded of how stupid it was not to take those heavy wheels and tires out of the car and put them in the house before trying to charge through the ruts and snow drifts of the driveway! Oh, I almost forgot -- why wouldn't the Corvair run? When the snow was gone and it was dry enough to jack up the left rear, the problem was obvious. The C-clip that holds the rod from the front of the car to the lever at the transmission had just dropped off, letting the swivel drop out of its hole. It must have happened after I started the engine but before I was ready to drive out. A pair of pliers, a new C-clamp and five minutes and the job was done. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FEBRUARY CAR COUNCIL MEETING NOTES 02-23-2011 John Wiker Tonight's guest speaker was the manager of the Albuquerque Dragway. He passed out a schedule of this year's events and invited us to run our "hot cars" on the track during down times for only $15.00 for unlimited passes. I have a copy that I will bring to the meeting Wednesday, 2 March. Financial news included the expenditure of $112.50 so far in postage and mail box rental to get that new constitution out to every club with a return prepaid envelop that someone still has somewhere since I hand carried ours to the meeting. The Car Club web site is up and running and the web master asks that we send him pictures of our events so he can keep the collage of photos fresh. The Albuquerque Museum/Car Show committee will meet on March 2nd at the Merril Lynch building at 7:30 PM, so if anyone from our club is interested, you can leave from our meeting and still make it there on time. The special car theme this year will be "Survivors" or cars older than 1970 that have not been refurbed or customized and are in original condition as much as possible. If you own one, let Joyce know so she can add it to the list and make final decisions on what goes on the up front line at the museum. A few notes about the show. The zoning board will not allow any canopies to be erected unless you pay a fee. The Museum complained and will pay a $50.00 fee to the zoning board so you can bring your canopy if: no larger than 12X12 and it can't have any walls dropped down from the roof. Something about, security needs to be able to see through everything to "keep us safe." This is an alcohol free event. No beer, wine, etc will be allowed in the area. Coolers will be checked and fines will be given out to the "guilty." The picnic at Nambe in August is on track. No problems so far, but we will keep you posted. The last hour of the meeting was spent talking about the SB 412 on registering home made cars. It degenerated into a discussion about VIN Numbers and their location on cars and how Cops if they stop you can checked to make sure your VIN is correct and located where it belongs and you are not driving a stolen car. The only thing I got out of that before I left completely bored is the fact that you have to have a title that is clean and just because you have a title, does not mean you have to register the car until you are ready to drive it on the street after its spent all that time in your garage as you "improve" it. Yours truly, John Wiker, your Car Council representative. March notes are on Page 11. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ | April 2011 | May 2011 | June 2011 | | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | | 1 2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 2 3 4 | | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | | 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | 29 30 31 | 26 27 28 29 30 | ============================================================================ 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 9:00 AM Old Route 66 Clean-up. Workers may go to Golden Corrall. 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. Sat 16 Apr 9:00 AM Club breakfast, Furr's, 2004 Wyoming NE, near Indian School 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 ============================================================================ Wed 1 Jun 6:00 to 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 1 Jun After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Fri 3 Jun .... TRI-STATE EVENT - Red River, NM - Corvairs of New Mexico Sat 4 Jun .... TRI-STATE EVENT - Red River, NM - Corvairs of New Mexico Sat 4 Jun BOYDSTON AWARD: Presented at the Red River TRI-STATE EVENT Banquet Sun 5 Jun .... TRI-STATE EVENT - Red River, NM - Corvairs of New Mexico Sat 11 Jun 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 Jun 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 24 Jun 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman ============================================================================ 20-23 July - Rocky Mountain CORSA - Denver - CORSA Convention Get more information from Rocky Mountain's web site: http://rockymountaincorsa.com/ Click on their Denver Eleven page or download their 2-page flyer: http://rockymountaincorsa.com/CWAPromo.pdf ============================================================================ Sun 14 August ........ NMCCC All Clubs Picnic: Nambe Falls again this year. ============================================================================ Fri-Sat-Sun 23-24-25 September -- NMCCC Swap Meet, Los Lunas, NM. ============================================================================ 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 The Great War of 1914-18. Is there any interest? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reprinted from: Flat Six, March 2011 Mid Continent Corvair Association Newsletter PUMP PAIN Airtex Corvair fuel pumps are stocked at O'Reilly's in Wichita and sold by most Corvair parts vendors. In the last couple of years Mike Dawson of Kansas City noticed an unusually high failure rate on Airtex pumps. Upon inspection he found loose inlet or outlet valves. Then Mike started checking the Airtex pumps he had on hand and found many that were not assembled correctly, with valves not fully seater or staked. When installed the pumps would work for awhile until they got warm, heating the body then the cool gas hitting the valves would shrink them and they would fall out. Mike then began corresponding with Airtex about the problem, at first it was thought to be just certain batches with the problem, but defective pumps turned up in most batches. Further correspondence concluded that the pumps weren't being assembled properly in the Mexico plant and Airtex was moving production back to the U.S. Airtex pumps can be identified by the bolts that hold the unit together, they use hex head screws instead of slotted heads. If you have an Airtex you should have it checked. Terry Kalp bought a Airtex last month, but it checked fine. A Story About Fuel Pumps From My Shop Tim Colson Seeing that the FLAT SIX for March 2011 has a nice article about fuel pump issues, I will add my latest two cents. The photo with the deeply corroded casting came from a motor that was running fine LAST fall! I went to start it last week, and it peed gas out the back big time! The inside looked 40 years old. The other photo with the tipped valve undoubtedly caused somebody in Georgia to park the car behind a dealership years ago. It is from a 1965 LOW miles motor I bought for a core ( 65 RK 110hp A/C ) for my 1964 coupe. It had wrong fuel lines on one side, carbs messed with etc etc, (Remember, this car had some 17,000 miles on it!) How did I find it? I parted this motor out to build my real nice 110hp A/C motor for my 1964 coupe. When I did it , I used all new Clark's parts, including cylinders and pistons. I had a new fuel pump also. BUT the real me likes to diddle with details, such as an AC pump. So I took the original pump (looked original, but old) AC brand cover and correct screws off, cleaned them to put on my new pump. So here are pictures I just took for your scrutiny. I think the tipped valve was bad from the day the car was new, then finally moved just enough to leak too much to pump gas. Test fuel pressures with a gauge, and treat all of your fuel these days! I hope you enjoy this information. Regards, Tim Colson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARCH CAR COUNCIL MEETING 03-23-2011 John Wiker Short meeting tonight. Not many people there. By-Laws passed 24 to one in favor. All the clubs did not respond, but the quorum was met. Plans for the Nambe Falls picnic for August (same location as last year) are still going strong. New details: there will be a permanent building bathroom for women only this year. We men must still use the portajohns. Entry fee is $5.00 and camping fee has been reduced to $20.00. There will be prepaid tickets that I will bring to the meeting. They will speed up the entry into the park. If you pre-pay and don't bring your ticket, sorry, you will have to pay again -- no sob stories allowed. The Albuquerque Museum car show in May still has room for some "original" cars. There will be a mailing party on Wednesday 6 April at the Old Car Barn at 6:30 to stuff envelops -- free pizza!!! There will be a display-only card available for the same entry fee of $10.00. You can have your car there but it won't be voted on for any awards. It's time to start a sign up list for Vote Counter volunteers from our Club. Members who have done this job in years past report that it's a pleasant chore, inside in the air conditioning. I need to take the names to the next Car Club meeting in April. Don't forget that July 9th is the national Collector Car Appreciation Day. The Car Council still has $6,975 in the checking account. No new business was introduced and no one wasted our time talking just to hear themselves talk tonight. -- Your Car Council Rep, John Wiker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red River Renaissance Brenda Sticker We are down to the last two months of prep and off we'll head to Red River. We'll find this town has a new revived spirit with lots of specialty cars, music, even a Neon Glow parade Friday night. To be in the Classic Red River Car Show, get your applications and money in! The $30.00 fee is only until April 30th. As of this week I am told few Corvairs are registered in that show. Redriverclassiccarshow.com will get you a registration form for this show. First get on Main Street in Red River to find our hotel Lifts West. (800-221-1859 Liftswest.com). Once you have checked in and unloaded, go back to the front desk area to find a bulletin board that will lead you to our hospitality/registration room. (If someone looks for you, there may be a pinned note on that board for you.) Registration starts at High Noon on Friday for our FREE Tri State Corvair Car Show and our Banquet, with great raffles you can sign up for. We do not take credit cards or debit cards, so bring cash or checks to registration. If you arrive on Saturday you will have from 6:30AM to 8:30AM to register. Our car show starts at 9:00AM. There will be food treats at registration to reward you for your long trek to Red River. Late comers on Saturday who still wish to attend the banquet should locate Robert Gold at the Car Show. An Agenda will be in each family registration bag for our events and the main events in town for that weekend. Some "locals" recommend the best breakfast place is T' Bucks, lunch place is Mountain Treasures, and for dinner there is the Timbers' Sundance restaurant. Of course Saturday will be the two car shows, which will have food venders there, an opportunity to stroll a lovely town, and our wonderful banquet on Saturday night where we will announce winners of our car show. Sunday morning is when the Classic Red River Car Show will announce their winners. I send a special thanks to our car club members who offered to head different committees to make this Tri-State possible. -- Brenda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHAT'S GOING ON AT CORSATURBO180USA.com Larry Yoffee Getting the word out about your website is not that easy. One of the ways I have done that is by registering on a few Corvair and other auto enthusiast forums. I then post a comment or question and invite other forum members to view my website by including an easy link to it. Turns out, this is great way for Corvair owners and enthusiasts to not only view my Corsa story, pictures and galleries, but to also get the word out about Corvairs of New Mexico. I've had some very nice responses and have now developed a viewership. The website has had over 2400 hits since last October. To date , almost 400 views of my webpage dedicated to CNM, almost 700 views of Russ McDuffie's Corsa convertible and over 500 views of Steve Gongora's rampside on my website called Corvairs of New Mexico "Our Feature Presentation". Coming up next, Robert Gold's 1962 red wagon. Really looking forward to that photo shoot on April 3rd. Contact me if you would like to have your Corvair featured on my website for the national Corvair community to view. Now, as your new membership committee chair, I'm always looking for new ways to increase membership. Because of the website, I have my first "potential" new member. I also plan to advertise our club at upcoming car show events and through www.corsaturbo180usa.com Lastly, you will find photos and video of our anniversary luncheon on the Corvairs of New Mexico page and I hope you'll check that out. -- Larry Yoffee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GAYLE FINCH -- JULY 27, 1940 - MARCH 9, 2011 It makes me very sad to have to tell you that Gayle died in the Las Cruces hospice on March 9th. She was born in Tacoma, July 27, 1940. She was 70 years old when she died. She had been in and out of the local hospital for several months as you recall. Her health was bad during the past several months and in fact the last time we attended any function was back during the month of February, when we attended the RV event at the Fairgrounds in Albuquerque. Gayle had purchased her own 1961 Corvair Rampside Pickup, and she did about 50% of the restoration of our 1969 Ultra Van. I had also purchased a 1964 Corvair Convertable to convert from a 3-speed stick to an automatic so Gayle could drive it more easily. - Richard Finch Gayle E. Finch, 70, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011, in Las Cruces. She was born Saturday, July 27, 1940, in Tacoma, Washington. Gayle was a registered nurse for the county of Santa Barbara, California. She liked to write novels and enjoyed decorating the house. She is survived by her husband, Richard F. Finch, of the family home; one son and three daughters. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2011, at Cuba Avenue Church of Christ in Alamogordo with Al Maxey officiating. Interment will be at 1 p.m. Monday, March 14, 2011, at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon, Texas. The Finch family has entrusted their loved one to the care of Alamogordo Funeral Home to direct the funeral services. Should friends desire, contributions may be made to the Cuba Avenue Church of Christ food pantry. To sign the online register book, please visit www.alamogordofuneralhome.org. Published in Alamogordo Daily News, March 11 to April 11, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YEARS AGO -- Jim Pittman 07 - APR - 2004 - VOL 30 - Nr. 4 - # 343 Cover: Old Route 66 clean-up crew with new safety jackets. Treasurer Wendell Walker reported we had $5,405. The committee to remember members' birthdays, anniversaries, and health is called the Sunshine Committee and consists of Heula Pittman, Anne Mae Gold, Elizabeth Domzalski and Kim Patten. They mailed sympathy cards to David and Walter Huntoon. David's mother, Doris, died last month. They sent a card to "Lube" Lubert, whose mother died in February. They delivered a plant and food to Ruth Boydston who is recovering from surgery. Wendy Walker designed and printed greeting cards. The Awards Committee discussed criteria for the Boydston and Meissner awards. The Constitution Review Committee will meet 3/20/04. Three former members, George Morin, Dale Housley and Tom Martin, were invited to attend the 30th anniversary party. New CNM lapel pins arrived. We will give one to each primary active member at the banquet. Extras will be available for $3.00. The annual CNM campout has been moved to the first weekend of August up in the Pecos wilderness at Ruth's cabin. Jim reported on getting a hardtop for the Miata. Steve Goodman provided tech tips this month. The 30th anniversary party was great and the 2004 Ike Meissner Award went to Larry Blair. 14 - APR - 1997 - VOL 23 - Nr. 4 - # 259 The cover featured a map of Australia. President Mark ran our meeting. Robert introduced his brother Allen. We thanked LeRoy and Bill for photos in the March issue. Wendell reported $7,360 in the bank. Sylvan said new members were Christopher Burke and Steven Parker. There were upcoming events including the Tri-State Meet, the Museum car show and other car shows. Worldwide Automotive planned a "Spring Thaw" where you could get work done on your old car at no charge. At our board meeting we proposed an amendment to our constitution to require CORSA membership in order to join CNM. The board also proposed the position of "Fellowship Chairperson" who would keep the rest of the membership up to date on the health and welfare of members. Mark provided a tech tip for taking care of chrome parts: even if the visible surfaces of bumpers and bumper guards look good, the inside surfaces may need protection against rust. When chrome parts are removed, treat the non-visible surfaces with Extend and satin black paint to keep rust at bay. Chuck Vertrees provided an article "Motoring Down Under" based on his cruise to Australia and New Zealand. Chuck had a number of interesting observations and anecdotes about driving in these southern countries. I was disappointed that he didn't mention that the sun comes up the wrong way down there. 21 - APR - 1990 - VOL 16 - Nr. 4 - # 175 We had four new 1965 Chevrolets on our cover: Chevy II, Corvair, Chevelle and Impala. President Dale called the March meeting to order; we had $634 in the bank. Jerry replaced LeRoy as our representative to the Car Council. LeRoy was recognized for his role as Club auctioneer and was named "Colonel Rogers" and given a colonel's hat and string tie. Then he conducted our auction. Sylvan welcomed new member Johnny Silva who had a 1963 convertible. Dale commented on the 1990 census forms which he had great fun filling out. He was impressed that his form asked how many Corvairs he had, when he bought them and what they were used for. Bill's column discussed clutch linkage binding and what to do about it. Other tech tips told how to keep your glove box latch from sticking, how to get stuck spark plugs out, how to keep your lifters from rattling, how to keep your battery from running down, and how to fill out your insurance form. Tom Martin's La Ventana told us about the automotive career of long-time CNM member Elliott "Bud" Knapp. Tom also reported on our wine and cheese tasting party at Sandia Shadows Winery on a rainy day in March. We had a great time despite the weather. 28 - APR - 1983 - VOL 09 - Nr. 4 - # 091 Our April Fool cover showed an automotive smorgasbord made up of bits of at least five different cars; the rear quarter appeared to be from an early Corvair. This was a classic April Foolish issue with a biography of CNM's latest member, Tom Joad. (He was played in the movie by Henry Fonda.) A reprint from Western Pennsylvania told how to get your Corvair's cooling system ready for spring by flushing the antifreeze and cleaning out the radiator. As a public service, the revised IRS 1040 form was reprinted in the Newsletter. The editor's self-referencing editorial drew no comments from readers. Francis was ordering a batch of reproduction thermostats. Bill told how to stop leaks around the blower bearing top cover. 35 - APR - 1976 - VOL 02 - Nr. 4 - # 015 We had forty-one members. We had a new constitution and voted to approve it. We worried about how to raise money. Mark Morgan, our first newsletter editor, departed for a duty with the Navy. Glen Thompson took over as Newsletter editor. We planned a trip to Bandelier National Monument. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BACK COVER: Corvaers of Now Moxico Enchunted Corvaurs Newslittur Recieved of thu Tony Memmorital Fiore Chopter Newsfetter Aword Chaptr 871 of CORSA - The Corvuir Sicoety af Amarica Aprl Foool 2011 - Volum 37 - Numbr 4 - Isssu #427 EDITER: Jom Puttnom 12345 Westernfield WE Albupuerpue NM 8777 NXT MEEETING: Aprul 1st, 2011 of 6:66 AM/FM Highfield Single Seat Centair at 12345 Monrow NE THUS MONTEY: Duty Dews Due............................Memoryship Commentators "AIRWORTHY".....................................Daneel Hunterson March Hare Meting Seconds............................Arty Golden Marty Bored Meating Minutia......................Chuckle Vermuth Trea$ured Repertoire............................Roberto Gullible Scrap Medal Recirculating Priject......Heula Spellitright Please Berthdays & Annotations.....................Moonshine Communnity Fur Salvage, Tributary or Wavering.................Everyotherone Calkulator of Conflicting Evidence............Biard of Defectors True-Stats: Reed Rever Rendezouze................Branda Stecklir Visitinng Spaeker on Gun Knotching................Billie the Kit Firmer Presudent's Rantings........................Pat Garrettet Part Time Governor af th' Territory...............Lewd Wallacher Repose on Fertile Care Package Meeting.............Window Wolker Seventeen, 15, 23, 33-1/3, 78 Yeas Ago..........Cubed Historical Source of Inspiretian.........................Maybe Mad Magazeen Speeeling Authurity.................................Beel Reedeer Whosenot Insultedyet........................Roy Rogers & Tregger How 2 Xplain this Page..................The Usual Gang of Idiots CLOVER: Russsert MacDugal & his 1865 Almost-Corvettte Corvertable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~