The May 2014 newsletter - Text Version Updated 30-Apr-2014 ==== Copyright (c) 2014 Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAY 2014 / VOLUME 40 / NUMBER 5 / ISSUE #464 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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, May 7th, 2014 at 7:00 PM North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due.................................Membership Committee An Afternoon of Golf...............................John Wiker Where's Dave ...................................David Huntoon April Meeting Minutes...........................Anne Mae Gold April Board Meeting Minutes.....................Anne Mae Gold March Car Council Report..........................Robert Gold In Memory Of.............................Roger Pape 1943-2014 Four Weeks from Tri-State........................Larry Yoffee Birthdays & Anniversaries..................Sunshine Committee Treasury Report...................................Robert Gold First Old Route 66 Cleanup of the Year..............Anonymous Make-A-Wish Car Show...............................John Wiker Brakes on 1965 Convertible........................Joel Yelich Only The Lonely - April Route 66 Cleanup..........Robert Gold Trek to the City Different........................Terry Price Breakfast in Santa Fe............................Photo Spread Calendar of Coming Events..................Board of Directors May Issue, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago.........Club Historian COVER: April 12th: We line up to drive to Santa Fe for a club breakfast. Maybe there's a story about these golf heroes somewhere inside? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEETINGS: First Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 PM North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ President: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com Vice-Pres: Tarmo Sutt 505-690-2046 tarmo @ juno.com Secretary: Anne Mae Gold 505-620-7434 beisbol30 @ msn.com Treasurer: Robert Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 @ msn.com Car Council: Mike Stickler 505-856-6993 sticorsa @ gmail.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 heula @ q.com Newsletter: Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu Past President: Ray Trujillo 505-839-7436 ray @ bpsabq.com Past President: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Past President: John Wiker 505-899-3076 wikerj63 @ yahoo.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 home page: http://www.corsaturbo180usa.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DUES DUE DATES MAY 2014 EXPIRED ============================ INACTIVE DATE 2013.04 Richard Finch 25-MAY-2013 2013.06 David & Judy Jaramillo 25-JUL-2013 2013.10 Mary Alice & Oliver Scheflow 25-NOV-2013 2014.03 Everett (Allen) Greer 25-APR-2014 DUE LAST MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2014.04 Deborah & John Dinsdale 25-MAY-2014 2014.04 Angela & Wesley Heiss 25-MAY-2014 DUE THIS MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2014.05 Marilyn & Richard Foster 25-JUN-2014 2014.05 Chloe Mullins 25-JUN-2014 DUE NEXT MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2014.06 Melba & Tommie Anderson 25-JUL-2014 2014.06 Susanne & Larry Hickerson 25-JUL-2014 DUE JULY 2014 ====================== INACTIVE DATE 2014.07 Robert McBreen 25-AUG-2014 2014.07 Tracey & John McMahan 25-AUG-2014 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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Afternoon of Golf John Wiker A golf team of Corvair owners played at Kirtland AFB Saturday in the first tournament of the year. The team consisted of Sam Snead Wiker, Jack Nicolaus Trujillo, Arnold Palmer Huntoon and rookie Jordan Spieth Choiniere. The day was beautiful, the golf course was in great shape and the golf was not bad. There were 25 four person teams in the field. Team Corvair shot a 64, eight under par. The wining teams in our first flight had a 58, a 59, a 60 and a 62. The second flight winners had 66s, 67s and a 68. So if we had been 2 shots better, we would have won some money in the first flight, or if we had been 2 shots worse, we would have dropped down to second flight and tied for first. As Arnold Palmer Huntoon said, "there are just times when it is hard to understand the game, let alone the scoring system." Well at least we had fun and no one got hurt. Jordan Spieth Choiniere said he set a personal record with balls that kept disappearing in the grass, the dirt, and the prairie dog holes. but as he proudly said, "Never lost one in the water." If you are a golfer and want to have a chance to play the base course, just call me and I can escort you on anytime you can get off work, or whenever I am not teaching. Lastly, thanks to my teammates for spending their Saturday with me. See you on the course. -- Sam Snead Wiker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where's Dave? David Huntoon Get ready. It's finally here. The Chama Tri-State is roaring down the tracks and will be here before you know it. All the effort and planning will culminate at the end of May. Special thanks to all the volunteers for their efforts and help. Hopefully everyone has their plans finalized but if you have any questions be sure to ask them at the next club meeting or check out Larry's website. A couple of weekends ago we had our first breakfast in Santa Fe. Nice day, nice place and good food. A nice lineup of Corvairs. I brought a coffee shop friend and he said he had a great time. Peter lives in Ontario, Canada, and spends his winters in Mexico. Spends a few weeks with friends here on the way to and from Mexico. Waiting for the snow and ice to finally clear from his home before he returns. Can't blame him. An interesting guy who's had some interesting jobs, including selling Rileys, Austins and Austin-Healeys. Bus driver and stock trader. Anyhow, thanks for making him feel welcome. Thanks to Tarmo for setting up the breakfast. Since May will be a busy month we will likely not have another breakfast until June. I am thinking about having it in the East Mountains at a spot near my place. After, drop by my place if interested. Even after 20 years in the club I think maybe only 5 people know where I live. We can talk about it at the June meeting to see if there's any interest. June will be our next Old Route 66 cleanup. We had kind of a minimum turnout at April's first cleanup of the year and would like to see a few more people in June. An hour or hour and a half is about all the time it takes, and of course the more people who help, the less time it will take. After the cleanup there is usually an informal breakfast where we get to swap tall stories. I enjoy it and have missed only a handfull of cleanups since we started. Time to clean and shine those Corvairs and see you at the next meeting, and then on to Chama. Thanks, David ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 2, 2014 - Monthly Meeting Anne Mae Gold Meeting called to order at 7:04 PM. Secretary: Our new secretary was announced. She is Anne Mae Gold. Treasury: Robert Gold reported the current balance is $4,458.03 and there is an outstanding bill for the dash plaques. Committee Reports: Membership: No new members right now, however, Will has a 1966 coupe. He called Steve and Rita. Contact will be made later. Mark Pringle went to the Gold house to see the Lakewood wagon and also visited Pat Hall. No purchase yet that we know of. Car Council: Robert Gold reported that about half the usual number of people were in attendance at the March Car Council meeting and the meeting took a total of only 30 minutes! The state car inspection requirement has been moved back from April 1st to August. The Car Council website is still down and there was no word on when or even if it will live again. Steve Gongora said he could add the car club links to CNM's website if we can get them. The data could all be emailed to him. Robert Gold brought some posters for the Museum Car Show. As always, it will be held May 18. It is the 30th anniversary of this show. At 6:00 PM on April 9 there will be a special meeting for envelope stuffing, pizza will be served. Art Gold is signed up to count ballots, volunteers can approach them (Joyce et al) on the day of the show to help out. Editor: Jim Pittman said the deadline for the newsletter is Friday April 25. He learned from Steve Gongora that Keith Greg has moved to 809 Arno (just north of Lomas) where he will do alignments on Corvairs. His number is 553-3789, it's called Keith's Wheel Alignment. He is also willing to come to the meeting for a tech talk. Sunshine: Heula Pittman said that a few more contributions have been brought in. There are 85 bags and they will not all be the same. If you can get quantities of pens, decks of cards, notepads, etc. please get them to Heula by the May meeting. Steve Gongora reported that Jerry Goffe will be having one of his feet amputated this month. Today is Michael Stickler's birthday. Merchandise: Vickie Hall reported no sales this past month. Vickie has free calendars, free patches, $2 patches, $3 Tri-State patches. The manager of the T.A. truck stop would like the club to come by and set up another breakfast. The menu has changed, there is now a $6 breakfast menu. Vickie and Heula have Harbor Freight coupons for free items. Please help out and pick some up and give the items to them for the gift bags. Old Business: David Huntoon reported that a Facebook Corvairs of New Mexico group is now active. Tri-State ads: Larry Yoffee reported that posters are going up around Chama. The Chama Rotary Club will have little welcome bags with information. The NAPA store will be donating some door prizes and possibly some items for the registration bags. Tri-State Updates: There is a total of 72 people confirmed for the Tri-State: 41 from CNM and 18 from Pike's Peak. Larry has heard from several from other states. May 1 will be the last day for banquet registration and T-shirt orders. T-Shirts can be ordered online. There is a nice area to hold a Fan-Belt Toss and maybe a Horseshoe Toss. The banquet is set and ready to go. The smoker for the banquet food will be on site. Volunteers' final meeting: Volunteer roles need to be updated and set immediately after the May meeting. The Hospitality room should remain open. Some members will be bringing games such as Scrabble and Checkers. At the next meeting we will discuss stocking the HR with food. New Business: Tarmo Sutt reminded us that tonight was the deadline to turn in Boydston Award nomination forms. Tarmo had received a few and more were turned in tonight. Old Route 66 Cleanup: Lube Lubert said that we'll meet at 8:30 am on Saturday April 5th. Tarmo told us that our next club breakfast will be at the Santa Fe Bite on Saturday April 12th. Leave at 9:00am from the Valero gas station on Tramway across from Sandia Casino and near Bien Mur. Go north on I-25 and exit on the 3rd Santa Fe freeway exit: Old Pecos Trail. Proceed to downtown Santa Fe. It is in Garrett's Hotel close to the plaza. See page 7 of last month's newsletter for details. News Items: Matt Choiniere told us that the Trinity Site is now only open once a year. It will be open this Saturday, April 5th starting at 8:00am. Enter through the Stallion Gate. Go down I-25 to San Antonio and turn east on US 380 then turn right at the Stallion Gate entrance to White Sands Missile Range. Steve Gongora has tried to get a columnist (Leslie Linthicum) from the Journal to write an article about the Corvair's anniversary. It may help if other people call her to give an extra push. Valencia county zoning is giving Pat Hall a hard time. He is clearing things out, but he is anticipating having to go to court. He is asking that the membership write letters of support in his favor. Send or e-mail your letters to the Halls. Steve Gongora told us that the property of the two-story business next to Dave Langlois has been sold. There may be implications for Dave's business as for years Dave has been using some of the space to store cars and parts, with the previous owner's permission. For the 50/50 drawing: $16.00 dollars total = $8.00 pot went to Mike Stickler. Meeting adjourned at 8:15pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Board Meeting, April 16, 2014 Anne Mae Gold Present were: Anne Mae Gold, Robert Gold, Heula Pittman, Jim Pittman, Lube Lubert, John Wiker, Tarmo Sutt, Vickie Hall, Pat Hall, Larry Yoffee, Dave Huntoon. Start Time: 5:05pm - End Time: 6:33pm Vickie Hall brought pretty blue Easter cupcakes. John Wiker complimented Tarmo Sutt for last Saturday's Santa Fe breakfast. Last meeting's minutes were approved without change. Vice President: The 2014 Francis Boydston Award: A member has been chosen by the Awards Committee to receive the award. Some of the people present at this meeting have been nominated, so the winner will not be discussed at this time. The plaque will be obtained and will be presented at the Tri-State banquet. Secretary: Nothing to report. Treasurer: We have $4,201.13 in the account. Please see the accounting report for details. Committee Reports: Membership: Our new members are Joel Yelich & Valerie Nye from Santa Fe and they have a 1966 convertible of an interesting color (a shade of green/lime). They attended the Santa Fe breakfast with application form filled out and check in hand. Car Council: Last Wednesday the Council had an envelope stuffing party. The Museum Car Show is Saturday May 18th. We will meet at 6:45 at the hotel parking lot at Rio Grande and Bellamah NW just north of Old Town to go into the car show in a group at 7:00 AM. The Car Council was having problems with insurance for the car show. Not to worry, they are putting something together with Hagerty, but the trailer will not be covered. Editor: Friday April 25 is the newsletter deadline. Terry Price will be contributing an article about the breakfast. Jim looked into what the Pikes Peak club has done on Facebook. His granddaughter sent him some screenshots, but he could not tell much from them. Larry said, you don't have to be a member of Facebook to look at the club information. Our Facebook page had pictures of the breakfast almost immediately. Facebook may help us contact new, younger people. We've recently held two Corvair-only shows; was this a worthwhile thing to do to muster up membership/interest? Three board members commented that it is worthwhile. Jim said that next month, the day he would take the newsletter to the printer, falls on Memorial Day. Our board meeting is on Wednesday the 21st. Jim will need to have all articles in by the night of the board meeting (May 21st) so he can finish the newsletter and get it to the printer by Thursday May 22nd. Jim would like to mail the July newsletter with the Tri-State report to all who attend the Tri-State. This would mean extra printing and postage costs for that mailing. The board agreed that the club will pick up the extra costs for that mailing. Sunshine: Heula has already put together a welcome packet for our new members. John Wiker has already ordered their nametags. Ray Trujillo has contributed some things for our registration bags. As soon as a final number of families has been set, Heula would like to know so that she can prepare the correct number of bags. In 2003 the Sunshine committee made a First Aid kit to be taken to all the Old Route 66 cleanups and to the meets. She'd like to have it back so that it can be updated and then delivered to the Tri-State meet. The printer may also be able to donate items for the bags. David Huntoon has ordered the new CNM lapel pins and delivery is expected in about two weeks. One will be placed in each bag and others will be available for purchase. The cost of the pins is $3 each, we may want to set a higher price for purchase. Merchandise: Vickie had nothing new to report. She showed us a sample of the centerpieces she is making for the Tri-State. The date for the Tri-State was misprinted in the Corvair Center Forum. She pinged the person who put the announcement up and it was corrected right away. OLD BUSINESS Old Route 66 Cleanup. Only a skeleton crew showed up for the last cleanup. We should advertize it more at the upcoming meetings and write an article about it for the newsletter. Having eight members would be nice. The next cleanup will be held the first Saturday in June, June 7th. A sign up sheet needs to go around at the meeting just before the event. Tri-State: Larry said that on May 22 the Yoffees and Wilverts will meet to decide on what will be offered in the Hospitality room. Donations will be asked for after that date. The room will be cleaned up before registration. At registration there will be two colored tickets for the banquet, one for beef and one for chicken. Set up for the banquet will be at 1:00 pm at St. Patrick's church. At this time there are 53 families (about 108 people) pre-registered. Anne & John Wiker will work registration. Elisa Yoffee will also be there collecting money, selling posters and merchandise. Registration will be all day Friday and Saturday morning until noon. Heula and Vickie will be part of the set up for the banquet. Tarmo will contact the local newspaper and contact Clarks. On Thursday May 29 Larry will be making sure all things will be set up and in place. Robert, Pat and Art will set up the car show parking. Pat will set up games at an adjacent green space. Anne Mae will lead the Tierra Wool tour and fill in the car show award certificates. Chama Chamber of Commerce will get whatever any other tour group gets. Larry will pick up those bags on Thursday. Rose Martinez of the Chamber of Commerce would like to have some time at the banquet to welcome our group to town. Tarmo talked about having a "Hard Luck Award" prepared in case we need it. Usually the award is a broken part awarded to someone who had a mishap in getting to the Tri-State . Tarmo will work on this. The next Club Breakfast will be in June (14th or 21st) in Dave Huntoon's neighborhood in Cedar Crest. This will be discussed later. The Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast and Car Show would also be a good club activity. Mention other interesting news items -- then adjourn. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Quiet on the Automotive Front March 2014 Car Council Report Robert Gold After the explosions generated by the Attorney General's decision to implement a rigorous car inspection program, I figured the current Car Council meeting would be super exciting. Alas, that was not the case. When meeting time came around there weren't many people in the room. The result was probably the shortest meeting I've attended to date. It was even shorter than the meeting we were forced to have in the parking lot under a single spotlight. With that in mind here's what happened. During the opening introductions we were told that our Treasurer, Louie Paul, had walking pneumonia. Surprisingly, he actually attended the meeting, but he was unable to talk above a whisper. That made for a rather mellow treasurer's report. Louie's spokesperson read a statement that said that there was over $10,000 in the council's checking account. In addition we were informed that because we bought a trailer, our insurance company had dropped us and we are in the process of finding a company that will have us. I guess you could call that an unintended consequence. The really good thing was that the IRS did not have anything to do with this problem, so we probably could find a solution to it. J.D. reported that the copyright attempt for the logo was now going before the Zia Pueblo to get their approval. Once this was done the Secretary of State could then give the final approval. Now on to the exciting part of the meeting; the report on Gary King's inspection program. We were told that efforts to negate the bulk of the program were proceeding quietly in an attempt to resolve the issue with the minimum of bloodshed. Attorney General King had decided to postpone the implementation of the rules until August. Why, you might ask, was this done? Simply, this was a result of the fact that with April 1st approaching the General did not have any written rules to implement, so this issue will continue on. We then talked for a short time about the May 18th Museum Car Show. There wasn't much to report aside from the decision to have an envelope stuffing event on April 9 at around 6:00. Last year I missed it because I hadn't read the newsletter. This year I'll miss it because I'll be out of town. Different reason, same result. The meeting wound up with announcements of various upcoming events. This included the All Clubs Picnic, which will be held in the same place as last year; the Spring Thaw, with inspection spots rapidly filling up; and the Classic Chevy Show to be held on April 12. As was mentioned at the meeting, we are entering the peak period for car events. Activities will be going on just about every weekend. I'll be forwarding information to you by email as I receive the announcements. With that, the meeting was adjourned, 8:00pm. -- Robert Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROGER PAPE --- 1943 - 2014 Roger Pape joined CNM in December 2002 and for years drove up from Bosque Farms to attend meetings and club activities. Recently he brought his beautiful green 1971 Corvette to a club breakfast for all to see. Roger died on April 22, 2014. We didn't know that Roger was born near Doniphan, Nebraska and grew up on a farm. After college he worked at the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant, taught accounting at a business school and was the leader of a successful dance band that grew into a popular country western band named Pure Intensity, well known in Nebraska and beyond. He became a safety engineer and decided to move to New Mexico to be closer to his children. He was a Cornhusker at heart and proudly wore red during football games. Roger loved cars, especially 1971 Corvettes and Corvairs. He enjoyed racing stock cars with his son, working night after night to prepare for races. Roger was a quiet and unassuming member of CNM, regularly attended meetings and activities. We will miss him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOUR WEEKS FROM TRI-STATE Larry Yoffee We are now approximately 4 weeks away from Tri-State 2014 in Chama but 10 days away from the May 1st deadline for your awards banquet menu choices and T-Shirt orders. Almost everyone has indicated their menu choices, but if you have not , please reply with that information. If you haven't as yet made a motel reservation, there are still accommodations available at nearby motels. T-Shirt orders must be completed by May 1st to be available for pick up and purchase at Tri-State registration May 30th. The T-Shirt and poster designs for Tri-State 2014 have received great reviews. If you have not seen them , please go to: www.CorsaTurbo180USA.com to view them and for all things Tri-State 2014 ! If you have any questions or need more information, please feel free to get in touch. Larry Yoffee Tri-State 2014 Event Coordinator 505-321-5909 corsa180@gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seven CNM'ers Celebrate Birthdays in May: Tommie J Anderson Marilyn Foster Anne Mae Gold Pat Hall Mary Lou Martinek Mary Alice Scheflow Brenda Wilvert Six Couples Celebrate Anniversaries in May: Melba J & Tommie J Anderson Darlene & Bill Darcy Mary Lou & Mark Martinek Lee & Bill Reider Mary Alice & Ollie Scheflow Leslie & Kevin Sullivan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TREASURY REPORT ........... 03-20-2014 to 04-16-2014 ........... ROBERT GOLD STARTING BALANCE = $ 4,458.03 DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION ========== ==== ========== ========== ==================================== 2014.04.04 2161 -$ 90.00 CORSA dues M.Stickler 12 m. CORSA = $ 45 2014.04.04 M.Morgan 12 m. CORSA = $ 45 2014.04.07 2166 -$ 201.16 All Sports Dash Plaques = $201.16 2014.04.07 2165 -$ 35.74 J.Pittman APR 2014 Newsletter_Printing = $ 35.74 2014.04.15 $ 70.00 CNM Dues C.Johnson 12 m. CNM & CORSA = $ 70 2014.04.17 2164 -$ 45.00 CORSA Dues H.Wilvert 12 m. CORSA = $ 45 ========== ==== ========== ========== ==================================== ENDING BALANCE = $4,156.13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================================================ * * 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 * * ================================================================================ Robert Gold 505-268-6878 has a 1961 air conditioned "hot red" Lakewood. This is the famous "Radio Flyer" show car and it has "no issues" i.e. it is perfect. Robert will be glad to tell you all about it. ================================================================================ PAT HALL 505-620-5574 in Los Lunas, NM has Corvairs in need of repair. Lots of parts for most Corvairs. ================================================================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Old Route 66 Cleanup of the Year We started at 8:30 AM on Saturday April 5th. It was windy but not hurricane force. The plastic bags loved the wind. There was no mud to be seen anywhere. Often losing one's grip on a pice of trash resulted in its being transported to someone else's cleanup zone. The sign at the east end of our mile was (temporarily?) removed for road work of some kind. We filled approximately 9 plastic trash bags. The amount of trash was somewhat below expectations and we were done well before noon. Workers: * Lube Lubert * Robert Gold * Javi Gold * Pat Hall * David Huntoon * Jim Pittman At the Golden Corral parking lot: * Robert's gray-on-gray Rampside * Lube's primer-on-white early sedan * Pat's used-to-be-gold late coupe * Jim's used-to-be-white late coupe * David's black Brand-X miniature ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Make-A-Wish Car Show John Wiker Saturday, the 19th of April, Larry Blair and I represented our club at the year's first Make A Wish car show sponsored by California Pastrami at the corner of San Pedro and Montgomery. A total of 10 cars showed up. There were 7 Camaros from their club, our two Corvairs and a 1968 Pontiac GTO. People would come by and vote for their favorite car for a dollar a vote.They also had T-shirts for $10.00 each. You could also buy ice cream cones for $2.00 a scoop. All money collected went to Make A Wish. Larry and I made sure the Ice Cream fund was well taken care of -- at least 3 scoops each. We had plenty of visitors from 1:00 to 5:00 and at the end of the event, three trophies were presented. First place went to the 45th Anniversary Camaro with all kinds of electronics and clam doors and a 600 horsepower engine. Second place went to the GTO that looked like it came off the showroom floor. Third went to a 1969 Camaro that showed up late and had to be asked to join us because the owner said she had not prepared it for the show and only stopped by to see what was going on. She had the same paint scheme and interior as my car, but her engine was spotless and put mine to shame. She beat me out by one vote, but I felt good because the DJ Bobby Box from 98.5 FM oldies station had his publicist take a picture of him in my car for future use as he had owned one himself in an "earlier life" -- hasn't everyone? The weather looked threatening, but after one very small sprinkle, it never rained again till I was safely in my garage at home. I had a good time and contributed to a very worthy cause. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brakes on 1965 Convertible Joel Yelich Hello Russ, Tarmo and Larry, here's an update on my brakes. It might be something for the newsletter. Thanks, Joel Hello All, Here's an update on Saturday afternoon's slow trip home after the breakfast in Santa Fe. I could tell there was a little drag in the brakes after we stopped at Albertson's for groceries. The driver's rear totally locked as I was testing in the parking lock. I tried to get the drum unlocked by going in reverse and possibly having the adjuster unlock it a bit. Sometimes that backfires and I wasn't sure how the Corvair's adjuster worked. Going backwards did work and I was rolling free again forward. The brakes themselves were working fine with hard pedal and no metal on metal sounds. The parking brake seemed to work fine as well. Val and I slowly made our way down Rabbit Road which is the back way home to Highway 14. Eventually the leading shoe wanted to drag and pop free every so often. The first time was quite loud. We stopped and debated pulling the drum on the side of the road, but the jack was too unstable on the soft ground. We made it home more slowly than usual. The rim was hot to the touch at that time. I just got a chance in the past day to pull the drum. I've seen worse. It only took a few taps of the hammer to get the drum free as is somewhat normal. It's not advised to breathe much at that point in the process of course. The linings separated completely from the shoes after I removed the drum. Did they break free from age with the added heat? It's hard to say how old these are, but not super old or they probably wouldn't have been bonded. I'll probably order wheel cylinders, shoes and a spring kit. The drum is not badly scored or thin, although I might replace both. I guess riveted linings might have kept us from going anywhere or could have heated things up a lot more. I originally thought it was just the parking brake sticking, but I now suspect the left piston of the wheel cylinder is maybe seizing (see image). Wheel cylinders often leak with age. I see no evidence of leakage. I now have a longer list of items to take with the car on even a small trip. Best Regards, Joel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ONLY THE LONELY April Route 66 Cleanup Robert Gold For any of you who have known me for any amount of tine you will know that baseball is very important to me. I even met my wonderful wife, Anne Mae, at the old Dukes ballpark. Though I do not have many baseball skills I always enjoyed watching those with abilities play the game. Anyway, as the Major League season winds down those statistical folks assign a number called the "magic number" to describe how close the leading team is to winning the championship. For example the magic number 8 means any combination of the first place team's wins plus the number of losses by the second place team's that adds up to 8 results in a championship for the leading team. The number 8 also is a magic number for our Route 66 cleanup. If we get that number of volunteers we are assured of two things: 1. Pat Hall won't be lonely as he picks up the trash and 2. We'll have enough volunteers to insure that the pickup will be completed quickly and we can get to the Golden Corral before breakfast ends. Alas, our last cleanup effort in April did not achieve that "magic number", so Pat Hall had to work alone and we were almost last for the breakfast. I never thought that asking to have 8 CNM'ers join in an effort that makes our environment nicer and plugs us into the history of the "Mother Road" would be hard to do. So CNM'ers let's show our support of the environment, support of our car club, and most of all support for Lube Lubert's efforts to organize this event. Put the next cleanup date, Saturday, June 7 at 0800 on your calendar and we'll make the next cleanup a "magic" one! -- Robert Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CASH GIVEAWAY AT THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM! Robert Gold Now that I have your attention I'd like to tell you about the upcoming Car Council Museum Car Show which will be taking place on Sunday, MAY 18. The show will be held at the Albuquerque Museum in Old Town, 2000 Mountain Road NW in the parking lot directly in front of the museum. For any of you who might have forgotten, this car show is a unique chance to see many cars that spend most of their time hiding in garages all around Albuquerque. An odd Corvair or two that you haven't seen before might also make an appearance. In addition to the cars, I know that my family really enjoys a breakfast at Garcia's on Central and then an extended shopping trip into Old Town, which is right next door to the museum. If shopping doesn't do it for you, a small donation will get you into the air conditioned comfort of the Albuquerque Museum. This year on temporary exhibit is a collection called, "Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898." I know my Spanish-born bride, Anne Mae will be interested in this! Also there is an exhibit titled "Everybody's neighbor, Vivan Vance" (You know, Ethel Mertz from "I Love Lucy"). All these things will insure you'll have lots to do during the show. So meet us at the north parking lot of the Hotel Albuquerque at 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW at 6:45 am and we'll enter the show around 7:00. The entry fee of $10 (a bargain) will be collected by friendly car guys as you enter the museum parking lot. We'll then set up in a group and have a wonderful time. Things begin to break up after 2:00. Oh yes, I forgot one thing. If you want a free lunch paid for by the Car Council you can join Art Gold (and others) and count ballots inside the museum. The luncheon will be held at a later date. In the past it's been a pizza party in Corrales. Let me know at the show if you want to do this. I look forward to seeing you on the 18th!!! -- Robert Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TREK TO THE CITY DIFFERENT Terry Price It's been about eight years since my wife Sarah and I have attended a CNM event. Sarah does not care much about breakfast and is not a car enthusiast, Corvairs are not high on her list of autos to be excited about, but I was able to bribe her with the mention of a walk around Santa Fe Plaza. So, a breakfast trek to Santa Fe on Saturday, April 12 was a go. Six Corvairs, a FC, a convertible, four coupes and one Brand X were waiting at the Valero gas station, across from Sandia Casino in Albuquerque, when we arrived around 8:40 that morning. In spite of a cool breeze, drivers and their guest were gathered around talking about, what else, their Corvairs. Around nine the caravan started out, all following a red and white Rampside of all things. So, off we were! I was surprised that Steve Gongora was able to get that Rampside over fifty but he had no issues, getting up to seventy-five and easily making it up La Bajada Hill and on into Santa Fe, arriving at 10:02. Tarmo pulled up right behind us with his 1966 red Corsa turbo convertible and a friend followed him with his 1965 green Corsa coupe. A couple in a green convertible also arrived from Espanola. They were Valerie & Joel Yelich and they became new CNM members at the breakfast. I was looking at Tarmo's car and he said, "Let me show you the BIG engine" as he opened the lid. After a bit of chatting and trading old car stories everyone proceeded into the Santa Fe Bite for some GREAT food. A super place for breakfast, uh -- lunch, uh maybe brunch. Some had the fantastic Green Chile Cheese burgers, some had Quesadillas and some had the BIG BITE, a 16 oz burger. Whatever, the green and the red chile were terrific. About 30 members and their guests filled the room with laughter and noise until the fabulous food was set before them -- then silence, well maybe a little slurping. A wonderful time. Most diners returned to the parking lot after dinner for more Corvair talk. Sarah and I took a walk down to the Plaza. On the way we noticed a light rain which did not last long; I don't think the ground got wet. After the Plaza visit we returned to the parking lot where some were still chatting. We said goodbye and headed home. A very successful and fun trip for all who attended. Editor's Note: Above we see Terry Price in a former life. He has been a CNM member before! At an Albuquerque Museum car show on May 16th, 2004 he posed proudly in front of a Monza coupe. Thanks to LeRoy Rogers for this photo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ Photo spread on the Club Breakfast in Santa Fe, April 12th, 2014 ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ | May 2014 | June 2014 | July 2014 | | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 | | 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | | 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | | 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 | | 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | 29 30 | 27 28 29 30 31 | ============================================================================ Thu 1 May ..... .. Deadline for making dinner choices for the CHAMA TRI-STATE Wed 7 May 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER, at Wyoming & Carmel, north of Wyoming & Paseo del Norte NE. After the meeting, the CHAMA TRI-STATE volunteers will have a short coordinating meeting to tie up any loose ends in our preparations. After the meeting, we may go to "JASON'S DELI" at 5920 Holly Ave. NE. Sat 10 May 1:00 PM Los Lunas - Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms Bill Schofield 505-565-2105, David Silva 505-550-8415, or vintagegasser@aim.com Sun 18 May 2014 - Albuquerque Museum / Car Council Old Town Car Show Wed 21 May 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Wed 21 May 9:00 PM Deadline for items for June newsletter Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon 23-24-25-26 May - Remember this is MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. Wed 28 May 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE Fri 30 May -- Sat 31 May -- Sun 01 June -- TRI-STATE The 30th Tri-State meet will be held in Chama, New Mexico. Primary hotel: Branding Iron Motel 575-756-2162 Make reservations via e-mail: info @ brandingironmotel.com Suggested back-up hotel: Chama Trails Inn Location of Corvair Car Show: Branding Iron Motel Location of Banquet: Chama Community Center Featured Activities for the Tri-State: Tour to the TIERRA WOOLS "sheep to shawl" facility in Los Ojos Narrow-gauge Scenic Railway to Osier or to Antonito, Colorado Driving tour to Colorado paralleling the Cumbres & Toltec tracks Scenic Railway: http://www.cumbrestoltec.com/ Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway Chama, New Mexico: http://http://www.chamavalley.com/ Chama Valley Chamber of Commerce ============================================================================ Wed 4 Jun 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 7 Jun 8:00 AM - Old Route 66 Cleanup Sat 14 Jun or 21 Jun --- Club Breakfast, CEDAR CREST, stay tuned for day and time. Sat 14 Jun 1:00 PM Los Lunas - Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms Bill Schofield 505-565-2105, David Silva 505-550-8415, or vintagegasser@aim.com Wed 18 Jun 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 20 Jun 9:00 PM Deadline for items for July newsletter Wed 25 Jun 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE ============================================================================ Wed 2 Jul 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. Fri 4 Jul * EARLY * FOURTH OF JULY ON THE PLAZA IN SANTA FE Sat 12 Jul ======== NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL - Car Appreciation Day Sat 12 Jul 1:00 PM Los Lunas - Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms Bill Schofield 505-565-2105, David Silva 505-550-8415, or vintagegasser@aim.com Wed 16 Jul 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Wed 23 Jul 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE Fri 25 Jul 9:00 PM Deadline for items for August newsletter ============================================================================ Sun 10 Aug ======== NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL - All Clubs Picnic Fri 26 Sep ======== NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL - Swap Meet ============================================================================ See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities: ========================= http://nmcarcouncil.net/ ========================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEVEN YEARS AGO IN MAY 2007 - Vol. 33 Nr. 5 - # 380 On the cover we find two Corvairs in Carey Hubbard's workshop in process of being restored. Inside, three Corvairs are seen at the April meeting at Galles Chevrolet, one a rusty but rare 1969 convertible. We planned a group attendance at an Isotopes ball game. That's BASEBALL for any who don't know. President Ray told us about an Easter adventure he had about thirty years ago that featured melted chocolate Easter bunnies. Ask him about it. Steve Goodman previewed the PPCC-sponsored Tri-State in Monte Vista, CO. Robert Gold reported on the Car Council and previewed the Spring Thaw (get your classic car serviced almost for free) and the Museum car show. Cary told about adding air conditioning to an early model. Heula reported on the club's April breakfast and TUNA and a series of photos by Jim gave some idea of the "mechanicking fun" we all had. Maybe some of us left the TUNA with our cars running much better! 2000 - Vol. 26 Nr. 5 - # 296 The four-part cover features photos Steve Gongora made on a club trip to El Paso to see the War Eagles Museum. There was an RF-84F Thunderjet, a P-40 Tigershark, a collection of old Corvairs, and a Corsa coupe under the shade of pecan trees near Las Cruces. Our meeting was held at Galles Chevrolet. Meeting minutes were full of plans for the April trip down south, the Museum car show, the Tri-State, a camping trip and other summer activities. Elizabeth Domzalski reported on the trip to Las Cruces and El Paso and a fine trip it was. Thanks, Steve, for the great photos. Finally, a tech tip entitled "Tail Light Ghost" by Dale & Marilynn Dewald Hancock was reprinted from Virtual Vairs. The "ghost" part referred, no doubt, to the awesome complexity of the electrical circuits controlling brake and turn signals. There are plenty of mechanical parts to go awry without having to worry about ghosts. 1993 - Vol. 19 Nr. 5 - # 212 The cover was another Morgan fantasy. Secretary Chuck ran the meeting because Del and Bob were both absent. Treasurer Will reported a bank balance of $1,381. LeRoy previewed the May Museum car show. We ordered Club jackets. Seth Emerson sent the Club a letter asking for a bid to host a CORSA convention and we agreed to consider it. Bill Reider told us about the Milestone Car Society. A topical story in 2014: Tarmo told us about cars in Santa Fe that were confiscated and crushed because the owner violated city zoning laws. The owner considered his cars to be a collection, the city did not, the city won. Bill McClellan reminded us that Casa Chevrolet was paying for our newsletter printing and mailing. Answers to last month's crossword were given. Larry Blair told us how to repair loose rivets on your early glove box door. Test an alternator by hooking it to the car's wiring, then spin with an electric drill. Mike Dawson discussed chemical helpers and how they work. 1986 - Vol. 12 Nr. 5 - # 128 The cover showed several Corvair owners at a football field waiting for a hot air balloon to show up. We had parked several Corvairs on the field, so arranged to spell out "Corsa" for an aerial photo. The balloon couldn't fly because of the wind, so no aerial photo. The treasury stood at $756. We planned car shows, a Tri-State meet, a flea market outing, a comet watch at Bill Hector's and a trip to Los Alamos to see a stock of Corvair parts that had to go. Carl Johnson's tech tips were how to keep those pesky leaves out of your air ducts and how parts cleaning solvents were toxic and could lead to joint problems. Karen Jackson reported on a Corvair event in Phoenix attended by a few New Mexico members. 1979 - Vol. 5 Nr. 5 - # 44 Two Rochester HV carbs were depicted on the cover. Secretary Les Campbell was moving to Connecticut. Ike Meissner's tech tip told how to clean grungy parts with a tub of hot water and laundry detergent. Some technical details from George Brazil's talk on his super Spyder were included. Frank McKenna warned about using too much silicone sealer lest globs should get loose and clog oil passages. Francis described a spring attached to the right-hand carb linkage to help compensate for linkage slop and thus keep a steady idle. The editor asked if anyone had driven any of the new crop of small front-wheel-drive cars and if so would they write an article comparing their handling with that of our Corvairs. ========================================================================= Enchanted Corvairs Newsletter is published monthly by Corvairs of New Mexico, 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 and this Newsletter is clearly stated. All opinions are those of the Author or Editor and are not necessarily endorsed by Corvairs of New Mexico or CORSA. Material for publication should reach the Editor by the 15th of the month. Send material via e-mail ( jimp @ unm.edu ) or submit a readable manuscript. I prefer ASCII TEXT, but MS Word or RTF are fine. Photographs are welcome. Don't photoshop your digital JPGs -- send the originals. This ecologically green newsletter is produced in a Microsoft-free environment. I still print mailing labels with a 1989 Apple IIgs on a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IIIp. The newsletter is composed using Apple Macintosh computers. Software includes OS-X, AppleWorks, Photoshop CS, GraphicConverter, BBEdit and InDesign CS. If you care, ask for details. Transportation: 1965 Corvair Monza, 1990 Honda Civic, 1996 Mazda Miata, 2013 Honda Civic. When I'm 64, I'll get by with a little help from my friends. ========================================================================= =END=