The August 2013 newsletter - Text Version
Updated 26-Nov-2013 ==== Copyright (c) 2013 Corvairs of New Mexico
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AUGUST 2013 / VOLUME 39 / NUMBER 8 / ISSUE #455
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Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, First Place, 2005
Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, Third Place, 2010
Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, First Place, 2012
EDITOR: Jim Pittman
NEXT MEETING: Wednesday August 7th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM
North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE
THIS MONTH:
Dues Due ......................................Membership Committee
Old Route 66 Cleanup Club Project .......................... Editor
Fourth of July Notes ................................... John Wiker
"Air" Force President's Letter ............... President John Wiker
July Meeting Minutes .............................. Fly-on-the-Wall
July Board Meeting Minutes ........................ Fly-on-the-Wall
At the TA Truck Stop .................................. Vickie Hall
Logo Contest, September Meeting ................... Brenda Stickler
June Car Council Report ............................... Robert Gold
July Car Council Report ............................... Robert Gold
Thank You, Madame Governor ............................ Robert Gold
Birthdays and Anniversaries .....................Sunshine Committee
Collector Car Appreciation Day .................. Pat & Vickie Hall
Treasury Report ....................................... Robert Gold
Member Information: Who Has What ......................... Everyone
A Real Cheap Summer Vacation .......................... Robert Gold
Thank You Madam Governor .............................. Robert Gold
Calendar of Coming Events .......................Board of Directors
Seven, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago .....................Club Historian
COVER: Above: Six Corvairs were at our July Club Breakfast. Here are three.
Below: David Huntoon's brother sent iPhone photos from the CORSA Convention.
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MEETINGS: First Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 PM
North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE
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President: John Wiker 505-899-3076 wikerj63 @ yahoo.com
Vice-Pres: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com
Secretary: Art Gold 505-620-7434 rollerart @ gmail.com
Treasurer: Robert Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 @ msn.com
Car Council: Mike Stickler 505-856-6993 sticorsa @ hotmail.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: Ray Trujillo 505-839-7436 ray @ bpsabq.com
Past Pres: Mike Stickler 505-856-6993 sticorsa @ hotmail.com
Past Pres: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com
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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
CNM only: 12 months $28.00 -or- 26 months $ 56.00
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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 home page: http://www.corsaturbo180usa.weebly.com
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DUES DUE DATES FOR AUGUST 2013
DUE JULY 2013 ====================== INACTIVE DATE
2013.07 Elizabeth & Mark Domzalski 25-AUG-2013
2013.07 Connie & Robert McBreen 25-AUG-2013
2013.07 Tracey & John McMahan 25-AUG-2013
2013.07 Leslie & Kevin Sullivan 25-AUG-2013
DUE AUGUST 2013 ==================== INACTIVE DATE
2013.08 Alan Gold 25-SEP-2013
2013.08 Lori Nash 25-SEP-2013
2013.08 Nancy & Russ McDuffie 25-SEP-2013
DUE SEPTEMBER 2013 ================= INACTIVE DATE
2013.09 Floyde Adams 25-OCT-2013
DUE OCTOBER 2013 =================== INACTIVE DATE
2013.10 Debra & Jon Anderson 25-NOV-2013
2013.10 Ruth Boydston 25-NOV-2013
2013.10 Mary Lou & Mark Martinek 25-NOV-2013
2013.10 Mary Alice & Oliver Scheflow 25-NOV-2013
2013.10 Sylvia & Ray Trujillo 25-NOV-2013
DUE NOVEMBER 2013 ================== INACTIVE DATE
2013.11 Linda & Dick Cochran 25-DEC-2013
2013.11 Anne Mae & Robert Gold 25-DEC-2013
2013.11 Cheryl & Edward Halpin 25-DEC-2013
2013.11 Kay & Tarmo Sutt 25-DEC-2013
2013.11 Brenda & Hurley Wilvert 25-DEC-2013
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EXPIRED ============================ INACTIVE DATE
2013.02 Kathy & Larry Blair 25-MAR-2013
2013.04 Richard Finch 25-MAY-2013
2013.05 Rita & Steve Gongora 25-JUN-2013
2013.06 Joan & Murray Bruskin 25-JUL-2013
2013.06 David & Judy Jaramillo 25-JUL-2013
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Send your Dues to:
CNM Treasurer
c/o Robert Gold
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!
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chartered Chapter #871 of CORSA, the Corvair Society of America. Copyright by
the Authors and by Corvairs of New Mexico. Articles may be reprinted in any
CORSA publication as a service to CORSA members, provided credit to the Author
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Photoshop CS, GraphicConverter, BBEdit and InDesign CS. If you care, ask for
details. Transportation: 1965 Corvair Monza, 1990 Honda Civic, 1996 Mazda Miata,
2003 Honda Civic. When I'm 64, I'll get by with a little help from my friends.
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OLD ROUTE 66 CLEANUP CLUB PROJECT
Editor
Oliver Scheflow has organized all of our Old Route 66 cleanup sessions starting
with the very first one, Saturday September 14th, 1996. I think Bill Reider was
the one who first proposed that the club should have some kind of public service
function, our members approved, and Ollie took the idea and ran with it. At
first we did three cleanups a year, then it changed to four, and now it's back
to three again. Many of us have enjoyed these outings over the years and it's
always a mystery why certain items seem to get thrown out on the roadway. Don't
miss the fun, come and join us.
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"AIR" FORCE PRESIDENT's LETTER
John Wiker
How many of you know how to break into a Corvair's trunk if it refuses to open?
I do now, thanks to Pat Hall and Lube Lubert.
It's major surgery! You have to take out the headlights, the headlight retainer
and housing, and force the whole area back into the trunk. Its not easy if you
have stuff stored behind the headlight area like rags, cleaner fluids, spare
tools, spare light bulbs, spare fuel pump and some extra tools. Then you have to
find and loosen the trunk locking bracket and finally it should open. Replacing
the locking mechanism did not fix our problem. It would open with no problem
with a screwdriver, but not with the key. So now, I have to order a new key
system and in the meantime, the screwdriver in the glove box is now the "key" to
the situation. So if you see me driving down the road with the front emblem
missing, you now know why. It's in the trunk, waiting for replacement parts
from Clark's.
Thanks to the three of us working as a team, we finished the "operation" in
about 3 1/2 hours, including breaks. Once again, I owe these two deeply and we
have arrived at a "payback" after the next board meeting.
Oh by the way, haven't these evening rain storms been great? Just what the
doctor ordered. See you at the August meeting. Think about volunteering for
President or Vice President for next year.
Mike Stickler, Pat Hall, Ollie Scheflow and Lube Lubert pose at our July 6th Old
Route 66 cleanup. Also working today were John Wiker and Jim Pittman.
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FOURTH OF JULY NOTES
John Wiker
Well, I hope all of you had a great 4th of July. My plans changed from Santa Fe
to local events. I started my day at the Kirtland Golf Course getting 28 groups
of golfers out to play in the annual Fire Cracker event. I then met my wife,
Anne, for lunch at the TA truck stop for free lunch for us Veterans. Thanks for
the heads up from Pat Hall. At 2:30, I left for the Balloon Fiesta Park to
participate in the Car Show and other activities. At my last count, I had 54
cars there, the majority being Chevy products along with my lonely Corvair.
As you know, I enjoy having kids in my trunk and car for pictures. I was parked
next to a brand new Lotus and its owner had one of those signs that invites
trouble - you know, the one that says don't touch, just look. This may work at
normal car shows, but when you have about 30,000 or so all over the field and
standing family deep to look at the cars, you can't expect that your pride and
joy will stay perfect all day long. He ran out of cleaner and borrowed some from
me to use every time someone laid a finger on it. By the end of the evening, he
must have been hoarse from yelling "Please don't touch my car." He even asked me
to stop letting kids climb over my car so they would not be tempted to do the
same with his. I kindly declined.
You meet all kinds at a show like this. One cute five-year-old boy asked me "How
often do you have to use the "spare" engine in back?" Another young lady let me
know in no uncertain terms that my steering wheel was on the wrong end of the
car. The best of the night goes to the gentleman who told me his friend owned a
Corvair with a 400 HP engine in the back and he raced it at the Sandia Raceway
and was hardly ever beat because the front wheel drive of the Corvair gave him a
great advantage. You should have seen the look on his face when I told him that
Corvairs only had rear wheel drive, no matter what year they were.
As I was dozing, what do my eyes see but the Sullivans approaching to say hello.
He was playing his bass guitar in one of the bands on stage that night. They
thought about bringing the Ultravan to the show, but decided that they could not
stay until 10:00 PM, since they were leaving in it the next morning on a trip.
My wife joined me after taking the bus in from St. Pius.
The night then turned ominous, with Mother Nature providing her own Fireworks
Show with lightening hitting the Sandias. Nothing ever hit close to the Fiesta
Grounds and at 9:15, the real Fireworks kicked off. Fortunately, unlike
California, there were no incidents, and the launch area was well away from the
crowd and no misfires occurred. At 10:00 PM, we left the grounds and were home
at 10:30. It was a long but very entertaining day.
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MEETING MINUTES 03-JUL-2013
Fly-on-the-Wall
Meeting minutes were put together from the notes available at newsletter
deadline time as transcribed by our reporter Fly-on-the-Wall.
John Wiker (President) Thanks for newsletter and news. Fourth of July, balloon
museum, free if bring a car, otherwise $10, fireworks show. July 20th: neon
cruize at Nob Hill. There was to be a visitor tonight but apparently he did not
show up.
Pat Hall (Vice President) Free meal to veterans at the T.A. Truck Stop on July
4th. Club breakfast on Saturday July 20 at 9:00 AM at T.A. Truck Stop. Phone
tree to notify members. Show of hands: 15 indicated they would go.
Robert Gold (Treasurer) $4,076.76 in treasury.
Art Gold (Secretary) nothing recorded.
Larry Yoffee (Membership Chair) was not present. Was reported to be doing well.
Jim Pittman (Editor) newsletter deadline is Friday July 26th at 9:00 PM.
Heula Pittman (Sunshine Committee) our next club anniversary should be special!
It's our 40th anniversary. Committee will meet to discuss the anniversary
celebration. We have asked Jon Anderson about getting the cut-away Corvair to
the Chama Tri-State next year.
Vickie Hall (Merchandise) has not sold anything lately, no money to turn in. The
new Care & Feedings books are only $5.00.
Robert Gold (Car Council) reported on the June meeting. Museum Car Show
attracted 341 cars but income not yet reported. The NMCCC Picnic will definitely
be held, but we don't have a location yet. Oak Flats is closed due to fire
danger. The Car Council had elections and the officers were re-elected. For the
board of directors, Robert tied with another nominee who then dropped out, so
Robert is now on the NMCCC Board of Directors. Robert really likes the Car
Council and expects to enjoy serving the 3-year term.
Pat Hall said, since no one had suggested topics for a TUNA, he and Bill Darcy
would provide a presentation on carburetors on Saturday September 14th at the
Hall's place in Los Lunas.
Brenda Stickler reminded us that we will have a contest to select a logo design
for the 2014 Chama Tri-State. Everyone is invited to bring a design to the
September meeting and we will vote on the best design.
Wendell Walker said all his cars are insured and if someone wants to drive his
red early convertible to a car show, contact him. Wendell also has a 1963
Cadillac and a 2008 Honda S-2000. He said he had talked to Kim Patten who still
drives a truck in between visits to Hawaii.
The 50/50: Ruth Boydston won tonight's drawing, with $8.50 to her, $8.50 to CNM.
Bill Reider donated a copy of the very first CORSA issue for raffle. The winner:
Roger Pape who told us the story of his finding a 1971 Corvette for his 71st
birthday present.
The meeting adjourned around 8:00 and most of us had to drive home in a sudden
rainstorm.
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BOARD MEETING MINUTES 17-JUL-2013
Fly-on-the-Wall
Meeting minutes were put together from the notes available at newsletter
deadline time as transcribed by our reporter Fly-on-the-Wall.
John Wiker (President) reported pretty dense traffic making some of the members
late. John asked if we knew what the primary ingredient of WD-40 was, then read
out 40 uses for WD-40. Handy stuff to have.
Pat Hall (Vice President) had nothing to report.
Art Gold (Secretary) said he had been visiting his car in the paint shop and it
was taking longer than expected.
Robert Gold (Treasurer) reported $4,178.95 in the treasury.
Robert Gold (Car Council) reported he was now on the board of directors and he
had attended Car Appreciation Day where there was food after a long wait, and
the cars there were wonderful. The NMCCC Picnic will definitely be held at Oak
Flats because recent rains have reduced the fire danger. It will start at 11:00
AM and we can all meet at the Smith's parking lot, Central at Tramway SE at 9:30
or 10:00 or so, then caravan down old South 14 (now officially NM Hwy 337) to
Oak Flats.
Larry Yoffee (Membership) was not present.
Jim Pittman (Editor) newsletter deadline is Friday July 26th at 9:00 PM.
Heula Pittman (Sunshine Committee) Lee Reider & Emma Rogers will organize our
charity donation for the Christmas dinner. Do we want to donate to the same
organization as last year, or another? Vickie Hall suggests JOY JUNCTION and
they will accept just about anything. The committee will meet on Saturday July
20th at our club breakfast to discuss various issues relating to the Christmas
dinner, our 40th anniversary luncheon next March, and the 2014 Chama Tri-State.
OLD BUSINESS:
There had been a proposal at the May meeting that we change our club logo from
"CNM" to "Corvairs of New Mexico" because the educational institution that used
to be called TV-I had changed their name to "Central New Mexico Community
College" and had appropriated the logo "CNM" leading to confusion for anyone
seeing our "CNM" logo. After discussion we vetoed the idea of changing our logo.
We have had it since 1974 and we will just keep it as it is.
John Wiker asked if we have a hotel in Chama yet. He passed around a brochure
for Tierra Wools, a weaving company near Chama which would be great for a tour.
He asked, what else might there be to do in or near Chama?
NEW BUSINESS:
Pat Hall mentioned that there was an article on Corvairs in the current Hemmings
magazine.
Robert Gold reported on taking the family to the Santa Fe Fourth of July
festival where they had a great time. Highly recommended for a near-by vacation
spot!
John Wiker said we would commemorate Ollie Scheflow's many years of running the
Old Route 66 Cleanups. He said we needed a new chairman because Ollie said he
must resign.
Lube Lubert volunteered to take on the job. A first order of business was to try
to get the state to replace our sign at the east end of our mile. Another order
of business was to somehow get more members to come out and help clean our mile.
Vickie & Heula were "volunteered" to do a phone tree to call members to
encourage them to go to the club breakfast on Saturday July 20th.
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Saturday morning, July 20, 2013, 9am at the TA Truck Stop
Vickie Hall
What better way to start your day than having breakfast with 15 of your closest
CNM Friends.
We enjoyed good food, several of us drove our Corvairs (Roger Pape brought his
"new" Corvette!) and with this group, there is always great conversation.
We were glad to see Elizabeth and Mark Domzalski who have recently moved back to
New Mexico from living in Washington, D.C. for several years and are looking
forward to them attending CNM meetings again.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the picnic next month at Oak Flats.
Pat and Vickie Hall
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PHOBIAS
Pat Hall
Panicphobia is the fear of becoming an officer in an auto club, sometimes called
Gavelphobia.
This was found in the CORSA Communique dated April 1989 and was written by Jack
Allison.
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Logo Contest on September 4th
Brenda Stickler
As we all look forward to our first ever Chama, New Mexico Tri-State event in
2014, it's time to select a logo.
So, we are calling on our talented members to bring in their vision for what
this logo should look like. At next month's meeting, a bulletin board will be
placed at the front of the meeting room and we will ask members who have brought
their logo ideas to pin them up on this board. All members in attendance will be
able to vote for the logo they think is a winner.
Good Luck! We always look forward to this selection. -- Brenda
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A TIE GOES TO THE RUNNER -- June Car Council Report
Robert Gold
This time of the year there isn't much to report concerning the New Mexico Car
Council. The Museum Car Show is now history and nothing much is going on until
the August Car Council Picnic. Therefore, there isn't much to report here,
except one thing of note-- the annual Council elections. More about that later.
I was the lone CNM'er in attendance this month, which is better than last month,
when no one from the club attended. My excuse for missing that meeting was that
I experienced a "senior moment" and didn't pay attention to the Council
newsletter. It had announced that the May meeting would be held a week early
because of the Museum Car Show. I arrived at the right time, but a week late. I
can say one advantage to arriving at the wrong time is that I did get a great
parking spot. Sorry CNM. Also, for those of you who aren't aware of the fact,
I'm the "unofficial, super secret" CNM Car Council rep. I'm not the official CNM
rep, but I like the Council so much I attend meetings to just to be part of the
gang.
As I mentioned before there really isn't much to report this month. One thing
that did come up was that the Council's web site continues to operate
splendidly. You might even say it operates as nicely as the ones run by Jim
Pittman and Steve Gongora. I would suggest you take a look and see how nice it
is. Just go to nmcarcouncil.net and take a look.
The report on the Museum Show was brief since all the costs hadn't been
resolved. There were 341 cars. A last minute problem with a broken water main
was resolved after a Council member's friend in city government was contacted. I
love New Mexico, because of its population you're not far away from the people
who make things happen.
The Treasurer's report was brief. Our Treasurer was departing after 8 years of
service. He was all smiles at the prospect of leaving his post. I guess he had
had enough fun. . .
We heard a report about the upcoming July 13 Car Collector Appreciation Day.
Events are to be held in various places in the State. In Albuquerque the
celebration will take place at Mild to Wild Classics. I attended the event a
couple of years ago and had a great time. One nice thing was the free food! If
you're interested take a look at the web site for more info.
The Council Picnic, scheduled for August 11, was discussed. It seems that Mother
Nature is messing with this event. Extreme drought conditions have resulted in
the closing of the picnic area that was to be used. The event still will be
held, but we won't know until next month where that will be. There is a
possibility that we will assemble at the Estancia Fairgrounds. Tune in next
month to hear about the location. I know in the past CNM was well represented, I
hope you all will again plan to attend.
With this business out of the way, it was time to elect the new Council officers
and Board of Directors. A Council member had asked for a CNM'er to run for a
seat on the Council's Board of Directors. I agreed to run after no one else
stepped forward. My great fear was that I would set our club's reputation back
and not get any votes. Luckily, that didn't turn out to be the case.
Here are the new officers:
President Dennns Seibert
Vice President Lauri Rector
Secretary Bill Lemen
Treasurer Lisa Bon Durant
These positions were not contested, so we pretty much knew who would be elected.
The Board of Directors elections, however, were contested. We had three people
running for two, 3-year seats on the Board. Paul McLaughlin got enough votes to
be elected, but my contest turned out like most soccer games-- it ended in a
tie! I tied Louis Paul of the Rainbow Roadrunner Car Club, the other person
running. Those people who say your vote doesn't count were proved wrong this
time. While the current officers were trying to decide what to do next Louis
graciously bowed out making me the new Board member. I'm thrilled to be elevated
from the "super-secret" CNM rep to a member of the Board of Directors. I'll get
a chance to give a little back after all the years of enjoying their events.
Well that's about all for this month. If you attend CNM's next monthly meeting
you'll get to hear a report from your new Car Council Board Member!
-- Robert Gold
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A Half Step Behind -- July Car Council Report
Robert Gold
It seems that I'm in a bit of a slump concerning the New Mexico Car Council. For
the second time in three months I arrived at the Council meeting at the wrong
time. I missed the meeting completely in May. For July I arrived one and a half
hours late. It seems there was an envelope stuffing event scheduled for this
month preceding the business meeting. I missed it because I didn't pay attention
to the announcement in the newsletter. I did, however, arrive in time for the
free pizza. Timing is everything! Since I did attend the business meeting here
are the highlights.
We spent a good amount of time talking about the Swap Meet that will take place
on September 27-29 in Los Lunas. Tickets for sellers are now available. Due to
flooding problems the north field will be reconfigured. The "friendly" Los Lunas
police will be replaced with hired security people. Posters for the event will
be distributed at the next council meeting. And the most important thing -- the
number of porta-potties will be increased 50 percent from 10 to 15. Remember
CNM'ers, if you volunteer at the event you will get free lunch and an early
crack at the things for sale. I'll be asking for volunteers at the upcoming
monthly CNM meetings.
One thing of note, the former treasurer who was so happy at leaving the post
after eight years has returned. Lisa has some health issues and will be taking a
couple of months off. As CNM treasurer I know that you never really leave the
position. I tried it once, but it didn't take. Do you all know I was treasurer
before Wendell got the job?
Now about the Car Council picnic. It is happening and it will take place on
Sunday, August 11, beginning at 10:00 am at the Oak Flat Picnic area, 8 miles
north of I-40 on NM Hwy 337 (the old Hwy South 14). CNM is donating 3 cases of
water to the event, so I'll be arriving at 9:00 am for the setup. Admission is
$5.00 a car (a deal at twice the price). The NMCCC will supply burgers and dogs,
and, of course bottled water. Let's have a good CNM turnout for this fun event.
Concerning this month's Car Appreciation Day. We had over 100 cars arrive at
Mild to Wild Classics. Everyone had a good time. The only problem was when
someone complained about how the free hotdogs were prepared... big deal. Anyway,
the Council will be taking over the event next year. We have been promised the
event will be bigger and better next year. Details will be coming soon. Stay
tuned....
Lastly, I know many of you have attended various meetings and witnessed what
writers like to call a "tempest in a teapot." That means, much ado about
nothing. That happened at this meeting. Things were rolling along just great and
then our new president requested that we approve two purchases. The first was an
executive-sized barbeque so we wouldn't need to borrow one for our events. It
costs $399 and after some debate that purchase was approved. Then came the
bombshell. It was proposed that the council purchase an enclosed trailer to
ferry equipment back and forth to events. Keep in mind that it was a bit warm in
the meeting room. We then proceeded to talk FOREVER about the purchase. Who
would be responsible for the trailer? How much would it cost? What about
insurance? No one would make a motion to make the purchase, so after days of
discussion, someone had the sense to make a motion to put the decision off until
next month when we would hopefully have more information. The meeting then
thankfully adjourned.
That's it for this month.
-- Robert Gold, Your dedicated NMCCC Board member.
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Thank You Madam Governor
Robert Gold
Do you go through life feeling that nobody appreciates you and your car(s)? You
are not alone. The car hobby has been under attack for many years for valid and
invalid reasons. For a number of years I commuted to and from work on my bicycle
and I saw first hand how unmaintained older cars were a hazard to both the
drivers who were trying to control them, and me, as I had to dodge them or get
hit. But we in the collector car hobby know that the dummies who drive such cars
are not real "car guys". They are just jerks who drive junk cars.
Unfortunately, those who think of old cars as just dangerous and polluting,
don't understand the true old car culture. Because of their lack of knowledge
old cars have been the target of misconceived "junker" laws whose aim is to get
all old cars off the street. We know better. Car enthusiasts like those in CNM
strive to restore our rides and make them as safe and desirable as we can.
Luckily for us there is a national movement among car guys to educate the public
about the true nature of the car hobby.
On July 13, car enthusiasts nationwide got to celebrate our passion on "National
Car Collector Appreciation Day". In Albuquerque the celebration took place at
Mild to Wild Classics. The celebration was sponsored by the New Mexico Council
of Car Clubs. Did you know that I'm on the Board of Directors?!! Anne Mae and I
attended the ceremony to both support the car hobby in general, and Corvairs in
particular.
What a fun time it was! The parking lot and surrounding streets were clogged
with classics of all sorts. We had high-end show cars and not so high-end cars
"customized" cars. What we all had in common was a love and respect for our
cars.
The highpoint of the event (besides the free food) was the reading of a
proclamation made by Governor Martinez celebrating the car hobby. Here are just
a few of the points the Governor made in her proclamation:
1. Many people collect and maintain classic cars as a pastime shared across all
segments of society;
2. Hundreds of area car clubs have been instrumental in preserving a historic
part of the heritage of New Mexico by encouraging the restoration of vintage
vehicles;
3. Car clubs encourage preservation of historic highways in our state; and
4. The collection and appreciation of cars are an important part of preserving
the cultural heritage of the state.
Sorta makes you feel good to hear those things, doesn't it? So I'd like to thank
our Governor for her good words and support for the car hobby. With this kind of
support there is hope that future generations will get to continue our love of
old cars.
For you CNM'ers who missed this year's celebration, I would strongly suggest you
attend next year. You get to see all kinds of groovy cars, talk to a lot of
great car people, and don't forget all the free food. Not a bad deal.
--Robert Gold
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Six CNMers Celebrate Birthdays This Month:
Steve Johnson August 10
Lee Reider August 11
Floyde Adams August 14
Ryan McDuffie August 18
Larry Yoffee August 25
Mark Morgan August 28
Two Couples Celebrate Wedding Anniversaries This Month:
Marilyn & Richard Foster August 5
Sylvia & Ray Trujillo August 7
Congratulations to Kyle Stickler who just graduated at UNM Computer Tech Center!
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TREASURY REPORT: 06-19-2013 to 07-17-2013 .......... Robert Gold
DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION
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2013.06.19 +$ 50.00 CNM Dues Art Gold
2013.06.19 +$ 165.00 CNM Dues J.Dinsdale, F.Riggs
2013.06.21 2165 -$ 45.00 CORSA Dues Carl Johnson
2013.06.21 2167 -$ 62.81 J.Pittman JUL 2013 Newsletter
ENDING BALANCE = $4,178.95
If you have any concerns or questions about this report please
contact Robert Gold at 505-268-6878 or email: beisbol30@msn.com
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* * M E M B E R I N F O R M A T I O N * W H O H A S W H A T * *
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Ruth Boydston 505-350-6003 has a 1963 Corvair Coupe, automatic, 98,252 miles,
all original. It has white exterior and blue interior. This car has been seen
at recent meetings and local events and was featured on the cover of the
December 2012 ENCHANTED CORVAIRS newsletter.
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Larry Blair 505-249-1035 has two Clark's finned aluminum valve covers.
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Pat Hall 505-620-5574 in Los Lunas, NM has Corvairs in need of repair. Lots of
parts for most Corvairs.
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Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 has terminated the Corvairs of New Mexico Newsletter CD
and Newsletter DVD projects.
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A Real Cheap Summer Vacation
Robert Gold
In case you don't know it, I'm a member of the "Peace and Love" generation. This
has resulted in really thin, white hair, a tendency to tell too many stories
about my college years, and a couple of teenagers in the house. Teenagers? For
most people my age when they mention teenagers they're referring to their
grandchildren. Alas, I am referring to my children. You have to understand I
love Javi and Sara, but, they are getting to be increasingly expensive. This
year is a case in point.
Javi has now taken the first steps towards a college education. That means for
him new adventures, new friends, increased knowledge,and college experiences he
can bore people with when he's a senior citizen like me. For Anne Mae and me it
means spending lots of MONEY on his college education.
With a college student in the house we now need to pay more attention to where
our money is going. And starting this year much of our money won't be going to
extended vacations. So this year we decided to forgo any major trips. This
creates a dilemma. We want to save money, but we still want to have a fun
summer. Luckily a solution was just up the road in Santa Fe.
It occurred to me at the beginning of the summer that we hadn't attended the
July 4th celebration on the Santa Fe plaza for a number of years. That meant the
kids really didn't remember much about it. Also, as most of you know, I am a
rabid baseball fan. Last year a professional baseball league was formed in New
Mexico called the Pecos League and Santa Fe has a team called the Fuegos. It was
like a perfect storm where no money meets an inexpensive trip. Also a perfect
storm like the name of the visiting team, the Taos Blizzards.
With this in mind we ventured to Santa Fe arriving mid-morning to enjoy the
pancake breakfast and car show on the plaza and then we drove down Cerrillos
Road to our all-time favorite New Mexican restaurant, the Horseman's Haven. For
any of you who like HOT green chile you gotta go there. We then splurged and
checked in to a motel prior to our drive to historic Fort Marcy Park to see the
Fuegos play. They had everything, bad pitching that resulted in lots of runs, a
bench-clearing brawl, and a home team win.
The morning following the game all the stores had reopened so we window shopped
around the plaza, ate at a French restaurant and drove the 60 miles back home.
That ended our summer trip, full of fun things to do and at a cost that we could
afford. The trip was so much fun that Javi and Sara gave it two thumbs up,which
is quite a nice thing coming from teenagers.
I guess the lesson to be learned from this adventure is that if you want to
vacation on the cheap and still have a good time consider the 4th of July in
Santa Fe. Maybe next year we'll journey to Los Lunas and see what it has to
offer.
-- Robert Gold
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Wed 7 Aug 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER,
at Wyoming & Carmel, north of Wyoming & Paseo del Norte NE.
After the meeting, we may go to "JASON'S DELI" at 5920 Holly Ave. NE.
Sat 10 Aug 6:00 PM Los Lunas South Rte. 66 Hint Cruz - Wells Fargo Bank,
Bosque Farms - Bill Schofield (505)565-2105,
David Silva (505)550-8415, or vintagegasser@aim.com
Sun 11 Aug 10:00 AM NMCCC All Clubs Picnic - Oak Flats Picnic Area, NM South 14
Side Dishes and Desserts to share are encouraged. Meet at the Smith's, Central
& Tramway, at about 9:00 AM and caravan to Oak Flats. (joyce@nmcarcouncil.net)
Wed 21 Aug 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE
Fri 23 Aug 9:00 PM Deadline for items for September newsletter
Sat 24 Aug 10:00 AM TUNA: Pitman Arm Bushing, Pat Hall & Bill Darcy, LOS LUNAS
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Wed 4 Sep 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER,
at Wyoming & Carmel, north of Wyoming & Paseo del Norte NE.
Wed 4 Sep Bring your design for a logo for the 2014 Chama Tri-State tonight!
We will vote on the best design.
Wed 4 Sep After the meeting we'll go to "JASON'S DELI" at 5920 Holly Ave. NE.
Sat 14 Sep ....... CNM Picnic at Los Lunas - sponsored by Vickie & Pat Hall
Sat 14 Sep 6:00 PM Los Lunas Mystery Cruz - Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms
Bill Schofield 505-565-2105, David Silva 505-550-8415, vintagegasser@aim.com
Wed 18 Sep 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE
Fri 20 Sep 9:00 PM Deadline for items for October newsletter
Sun 22 Sep 7:00 AM New Mexico State Fair Car Show - Robert Gold
Fri 27 Sep ........ N.M. Car Council Swap Meet, Los Lunas
Sat 28 Sep ........ N.M. Car Council Swap Meet, Los Lunas
Sun 29 Sep ........ N.M. Car Council Swap Meet, Los Lunas
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Wed 2 Oct CORVAIR HERITAGE DAY (Corvair's official birthday)
Wed 2 Oct 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER,
at Wyoming & Carmel, north of Wyoming & Paseo del Norte NE.
After the meeting, we may go to "JASON'S DELI" at 5920 Holly Ave. NE.
Sat xx Oct ....... Road Rally -- organized by Russ McDuffie
Contact Russ at 505-400-5526 or (russ.mcd@msn.com) for information.
Fri 4 Oct Start of Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Sat 5 Oct Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Sun 6 Oct Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta - NMCCC Car Show
Sat 12 Oct 9:00 AM Old Route 66 Clean-up - Lube Lubert - 505-256-9331
Sat 12 Oct 1:00 PM Los Lunas Pumpkin Pie Cruz - Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms
Bill Schofield 505-565-2105, David Silva 505-550-8415, vintagegasser@aim.com
Wed 16 Oct 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE
Fri 25 Oct 9:00 PM Deadline for items for November newsletter
Fri 25 Oct ........ 36th ANNUAL GREAT WESTERN FAN BELT TOSS & SWAP MEET
Sat 26 Oct ........ 36th ANNUAL GREAT WESTERN FAN BELT TOSS & SWAP MEET
Sun 27 Oct ........ 36th ANNUAL GREAT WESTERN FAN BELT TOSS & SWAP MEET
Sunrise Park, Palm Springs, California
Quality Inn 1269 E. Palm Canyon Drive Palm Springs CA 92644
Hosted by Inland Empire Corvair Club www.iecorvairclub.com
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Sat 7 Dec ... Christmas Party -- Donations will be organized by Lee Reider
and Emma Rogers to benefit JOY JUNCTION. Details later.
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Sat xx Mar ... We will be celebrating our 40th Anniversary! We need to have
a chairperson to organize this event - as early as possible!
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See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities:
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Seven Years Ago in August
Aug 2006 Vol 32 Nr 8 # 371
On the cover, a Corvair looks out over the city from high on the road to La Luz
Trail. At the July meeting Wendell reported $2,935 in the treasury. Jim reported
that, since CNM sponsored the Montrose, Colorado Tri-State last month, we mailed
a copy of the July newsletter to everyone who registered. Five CNM members (with
three Corvairs) were at the Fourth of July car show on the plaza in Santa Fe.
President Ray told the story of how he came to buy his Corsa convertible in
Phoenix back in 2003. Naturally, Ray soon met Sylvan Zuercher and soon joined
CNM. Robert reported on the Car Council meeting and described seeing a beautiful
1956 Lincoln Mark II at the Old Car Garage. Maybe he went to the meetings just
to see the exotic old cars? An article by out long-time member Del Patten
described his life in Virginia, at least the parts where he attended Corvair
club events. Wrapping up this issue was a brochure forecasting the NMCCC picnic
at Jemez Falls camp grounds on August 6.
Aug 1999 Vol 25 Nr 8 # 287
The cover shows Steve, Dave and Ollie posing next to filled trash bags on an Old
Route 66 cleanup excursion. The weather was cool but windy, making it hard to
fill those flimsy plastic bags. New members were Wayne Uhl of Cloudcroft and
Richard Foster of White Rock. Dennis conducted our meeting at Casa Chevrolet.
Wendell e-mailed that our finances stood at $6,329. Mark Domzalski had been
elected CORSA president for another term. Our Tri-State was at Salida, Colorado
and we were happy that Kay and Tarmo received the Boydston Award. The Tri-State
for 2000 was to be in Albuquerque in conjunction with the Museum Car Show.
Several Corvairs were in Santa Fe for the July 4th plaza show, but English cars
got all the awards.
At the board meeting we had a report on the car show at Cottonwood Mall, away
west in Rio Rancho. We planned a camping trip to Jack's Creek in the Pecos and a
map with directions was provided. An article from Virtual Vairs by Norm Helmkay
discussed keeping a Powerglide automatic transmission alive in an Ultravan. Yes,
heat is the big killer, and driving a heavy Ultravan up and down hills or into
the wind in the summer may be the worst case! Norm told how he added an oil
temperature gauge to keep an eye on the fluid temperature, and he suggested
installing an oil cooler (perhaps an early Corvair 12-plate) to help keep the
Dextron ATF below 170 degrees at all times. Norm added a tip for looking at a
drop of the fluid to see it it has been overheated. Finally, four letters to the
editor discussing a recent article on the Corvair's unsafe image were borrowed
from the Wall Street Journal.
Aug 1992 Vol 18 Nr 8 # 203
The cover photo showed Wayne Christgau's 1969 Monza in front of the unfinished
Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota. We met at the Ken Johns Lincoln-Mercury
dealership, across the street from Casa Chevrolet. Sylvan introduced new member
Ollie Scheflow. Wendy reported $1,043 in the bank. Milton reported that 21 CNM
members helped move new Chevrolets from Ed Black's to the new Casa dealership.
Casa Chevrolet offered to pick up the postage for "Enchanted Corvairs
Newsletter" for which we are all grateful. Steve reported that we sponsored two
cars in The Great American Car Race. He also reported on our trip to the Santa
Fe Fourth of July show and our tour of Tinkertown.
Previews included an Arts in the Park Tour by Sylvan; the State Fair Car Show by
LeRoy; an Orange Barrel Funkhana by Chuck; and the Christmas Dinner by the
Sticklers. Larry provided a photo of a 1960 Corvair floating through the flooded
intersection of Second and Indian School several years ago. Tech tips told us
how to fasten those early model air cleaner clips without chipping the paint,
and the use of pieces of plastic water pipe and glue to repair old cracked
Corvair body parts. We had "A Poem Four Bill" about the hazards of trusting your
computer's spell checker.
Aug 1985 Vol 11 Nr 8 # 119
The cover: another Mark Morgan Corvair-derived race car. Our meeting was in
Santa Fe at Molly's Kitchen. Bill McClellan's "Gas Welding" concluded with part
four. Mark Morgan told us about how he started drawing modified Corvairs after a
comment by Sylvan. Bill Reider's tech column was on fixing floating valves and
changing oil.
Aug 1978 Vol 4 Nr 7 # 35
Our cover showed a rare Loadside. At a board meeting we said our diversity was a
strength but also a weakness: it was hard to find activities that everyone would
participate in. Jim contributed technical articles on turbocharging. The first
one asserted that it was not a good idea on Corvairs. Bob Helt had an article on
spark plugs, Francis Boydston wrote about cooling considerations and Gary Jarvis
wrote about Corvair brakes.
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PREVIEW OF THE 30th TRI-STATE 2014 -- CHAMA, NEW MEXICO
Larry Yoffee
Before you know it, we'll be in Cripple Creek, Colorado attending Tri-State
2013! It is then that we will announce our plans to host the 2014 Tri-State in
beautiful Chama, New Mexico.
If you have not had the opportunity for visit this charming northern New Mexico
destination, Tri-State is the perfect time.
As you know, it takes Corvair people to make Tri-State happen and continue this
great and fun tradition.
So here is the opportunity you've been waiting for! Join the Chama 2014 Team.
Please volunteer for one or more of the following:
Event chair: Larry Yoffee
Media contact: _
Registration: _
Registration hand bags: Sunshine Committee
Hospitality: Brenda & Hurley Wilvert
Car show and parade: _
Banquet: _
Banquet MC: Russ McDuffie
Door prizes: _
Tour Leaders: More on this later at our membership meetings.
We need more than one person for each of these above, so please sign on now. I
will also be sending around a sign-up sheet at upcoming membership meetings.
Soon we will be discussing the process for choosing the 2014 logo so stay tuned
for that.
I am looking forward to working with you all. Once we have a team, we will meet
and finalize our plans to put on a wonderful, memorable event in beautiful
Chama, New Mexico. Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you. You may
reach me in one of the following ways:
505-321-5909
corsa180@gmail.com
Thanks very much,
Larry Yoffee
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