The July 2014 newsletter - Text Version Updated 22-Jun-2014 ==== Copyright (c) 2014 Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JULY 2014 / VOLUME 40 / NUMBER 7 / ISSUE #466 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 Where's Dave .......................................David Huntoon June Meeting Minutes................................Anne Mae Gold June Board Meeting Minutes..........................Anne Mae Gold GPS by Javi Gold............................and other Haiku Poems Club Breakfast - Cedar Crest - Green Side Cafe.........JimPittman Birthdays & Anniversaries......................Sunshine Committee My First Car........................................Chloe Mullins Corvairs Take the High Ground.........................Larry Blair Tierra Wools Tour......................................Lee Reider Tri-State 2014.................................Neyla Olwine (RMC) Old Route 66 Cleanup...................................John Wiker Treasury Report.......................................Robert Gold Chama Tri-State 2014 - Statistics.....................Your Editor Chama Tri-State 2014 - Who Did What.................Heula Pittman Calendar of Coming Events......................Board of Directors July Issue, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago............Club Historian COVER: Corvairs Meet the Chama Narrow-Gauge Train at Cumbres Pass David Huntoon, Ruth Boydston, John Wiker with Winning Plaques Photos thanks to Mark Domzalski, David Huntoon, Bill Reider, Others ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 CNM's newsletters: http://www.unm.edu/~jimp Steve Gongora's page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871 Larry Yoffee home page: http://www.corsaturbo180usa.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On 25-June-2014 the club had 46 active family memberships. DUES DUE DATES July 2014 EXPIRED ============================ INACTIVE DATE 2013.10 Mary Alice & Oliver Scheflow 25-NOV-2013 2014.03 Everett (Allen) Greer 25-APR-2014 2014.04 Angela & Wesley Heiss 25-MAY-2014 2014.05 Marilyn & Richard Foster 25-JUN-2014 2014.05 Chloe Mullins 25-JUN-2014 DUE LAST MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2014.06 Melba & Tommie Anderson 25-JUL-2014 2014.06 Susanne & Larry Hickerson 25-JUL-2014 DUE THIS MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2014.07 Robert McBreen 25-AUG-2014 2014.07 Tracey & John McMahan 25-AUG-2014 DUE NEXT MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2014.08 Alan Gold 25-SEP-2014 2014.08 Nancy & Russ McDuffie 25-SEP-2014 DUE SEPTEMBER 2014 ================= INACTIVE DATE 2014.09 Kathryn & Douglas Gadomski 25-OCT-2014 2014.09 Brian E Rowe 25-OCT-2014 Send your Dues to: CNM Treasurer c/o Robert Gold 1301 Valencia NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 Past due memberships become inactive after a one-month grace period. The Club will mail in your National Dues if you send us the renewal form from your Communique. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where's Dave? David Huntoon I would like to thank everyone involved with the 2014 Chama Tri-State. All those involved with the planing, volunteers and all that showed up. Seems everyone had a good time. Weather was great, food was fine, scenery wonderful and many nice Corvairs. I was quite impressed with Chama having never been there before. The train is a major attraction for me and I plan to go back in the fall for a ride. My room at the Chama Trails was just fine. Small, tidy and a little western funky. Just my style. Next year's event at Durango will be great. I spent a good deal of time in Durango in my working career and enjoyed it. Never had much time to explore as I was always pressed for time. Working at the hospital there you could watch the trains go by basically through the parking lot. There is a new hospital now at a different site. Too bad. Our trash pickup went as planned. Well, except for the wind! Nothing really new though. Our East Mountain breakfast went well also. There was a small caravan afterwards to my place. Nobody got lost, ok it was only about 1.5 miles. I spent two days cleaning up the place so I wouldn't be embarrassed. That was a good thing as sometimes I need a little motivation to get things done. Doubt if I am alone in that respect. Now back to my natural state of entropy. I forgot to mention how I have noticed over the years of Tri-States how the cars have stepped up in quality / appearance. I have a theory concerning that but then again I may be wrong. Needn't explain it here but if you ask me I will throughly bore you. Once again. Thank you, thank you, thank you for making it a wonderful Tri-State! A special thanks to Larry Yoffee acting as ringleader and pushing this thing along. Take care, David ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Membership Meeting Anne Mae Gold OFFICER REPORTS President: Last month's minutes were approved as submitted. The Tri-State traveling award plaque has been updated to show CNM the winner for 2014. Over the years most of the awards were split between Rocky Mountain CORSA and CNM. Vice President: Not present. Secretary: No addition. Treasurer: Current balance is $4300.09. At present not all income from the TriState has been turned in. Larry added that the T-shirts were selling well. T-shirt sales will add $425.00 to the club treasury. Not all the posters were sold. They will now be offered to the membership for $3.00 each. There are some hoodie shirts available. Pre-orders accounted for 62% of the sales. COMMITTEE REPORTS Membership: Dan, Russ McDuffy's brother-in-law, is a new member tonight. Car Council: The last meeting was a stuffing party for the Museum Car Show. Louie Paul, the treasurer, has resigned due to illness. Due to hacking, the Car Council webpage was closed down several months ago. Steve Gongora has offered to post their links to help out. June 25 is the next Car Council meeting. Editor: Newsletter deadline is 6/20 (Friday). Jim has not determined how to share all the pictures from the Tri-State. Information on attendance, clubs, and cars based on registration has been posted on Jim's website. Sunshine: John Wiker received a Corvair mug to go along with his Boydston Award. His name needs to be added to Ruth's plaque. David will take care of that. Heula mentioned that the club bought her a bouquet of flowers intended to be presented to her at the banquet. Ruth and her daughter were to bring it on Saturday, but they had an accident before leaving Albuquerque and did not get to Chama. Sherry's car was totaled but both Ruth and Sherry came out of the accident with no more than aches, pains and bruises. They missed the Tri-State and Tina prepared another bouquet for Heula. Merchandise: Elisa Yoffee sold various items at the Tri-State. Vickie has $42.00 to turn in to the treasury. Having given away his copy to a visitor at the Tri-State, John Wiker bought a replacement Care & Feeding book at tonight's meeting. OLD BUSINESS TriState Comments: Larry Yoffee said he takes responsibility for not having any sugar at the TriState. [This was in response to a story about how a pair of visitors churlishly complained about finding no "real" sugar and no "real" cream for their coffee in the hospitality room -- Ed] Larry thanked all members who volunteered, donated door prizes, food, drink, time, etc. He also called the Branding Iron Motel to thank them for allowing us to use their empty restaurant for the registration and hospitality room. He will compile a video and slide show to post on his own website. The Chama Chamber of Commerce wrote him a letter of thanks for picking Chama as our site. Finally, Lube remarked that he had a bit of a hard luck story. The "Great White Hope" shakes enough at 65 to make milkshakes. Out-of-balance tires, or something else? NEW BUSINESS -- COMING EVENTS Old Route 66 Cleanup: This coming Saturday, June 7th at 8:00 AM Club Breakfast: The following Saturday, June 14th at 9:30 AM. It's at the Green Side Cafe in Cedar Crest. Meet there at 9:30. The cafe is in the vicinity of the old Bella Vista restaurant. Before our meeting adjourned, the 50/50 winner was Art Gold who took home $8. Mae Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Board Meeting 6-18-2014 Anne Mae Gold Present: David, Tarmo, Jim, Heula, John, Lube, Robert, Anne Mae, Art. Treasurer: Tri-State registration brought in 89 dollars; T-shirts brought in about $400. The current treasury balance is $4,737.88. Discussion on monies brought in and spent at the Tri-State. On the quilt raffle: $325. On the 50/50: $160. The club did not lose money, we came out about $89 to the good. The Sunshine Committee spent $250 dollars on the registration bags, center pieces, etc. The committee will be needing money soon. Heula has a breakdown of expenses. The club received a Thank You card from Roger Pape's family. Heula asked about the certificate for one free year of membership that Dave has for the Sticklers. He does have it but needs to be reminded at the next meeting to give it to them. Tarmo and Kay did not get a hospitality bag. Tarmo would like a bag and two dash plaques since he entered two cars. Editor: The newsletter deadline is this coming Friday, June 20. How much effort should we put into Cost Accounting Tri-State expenses and publishing the data? The July newsletter will publish Robert's report as presented today. Jim printed the Tri-State newsletter special report in color on his own printer but he does not care to do that again. The Board needs to think about the future of the newsletter. We have not gone to e-mailing the newsletter, but the printing costs need to be considered. ABQ Grafix prints in black and white and color would be much more expensive. It was suggested to print the articles in black and white, saving the last couple of pages for color printing of all the pictures. We currently print about 70 copies of the newsletter monthly. The Martineks are selling Mary Lou's 1963 Monza convertible. If you want to buy it, they may be willing to tow it down to New Mexico behind their RV. John Wiker was presented with a photo of him and Ruth receiving the Boydston Award. New/Old Business: Dave suggests that we write a Thank You letter to the Chama Chamber of Commerce. He will ask Larry to do this on behalf of the club. Tarmo suggests that we also acknowledge Clark's Corvair Parts for their gifts. Either a letter or a certificate would be nice. Tarmo and Kay will make something up and bring it to the next club meeting. Friday (6-20) is going to be cruise night on the Santa Fe Plaza from 4-9pm. Only 75 cars will be allowed to park on the plaza. On the Fourth of July in Santa Fe there will be a car show on the plaza, as well as pancakes on the plaza. Activity Award: John Wiker does not mind keeping track of all the points. Robert proposes that the name of the award be changed sometime in the future. This award goes out in March. Car Council will meet next Wednesday. Robert will make sure he gets the information to Jim to include in the newsletter. The Car Council volunteer luncheon will be June 29 at the Corrales pizza place. Jim was able to talk to Wendell via cell phone on Father's Day. We adjourned, 5:57pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GPS by Javi Gold Global position Siri want help this time? Recalculating PC Error Messages as Japanese Haiku Your file was so big. It might be very useful. But now it is gone. The website you seek Cannot be located, but Countless more exist. Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return. Program aborting: Close all that you have worked on. You ask far too much. Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Computers are like that. First snow, then silence. This thousand-dollar screen dies So beautifully. With searching comes loss And the presence of absence: "My Novel" not found. The Tao that is seen Is not the true Tao Until you bring fresh toner. Stay the patient course. Of little worth is your ire. The network is down. A crash reduces Your expensive computer To a simple stone. Three things are certain: Death, taxes and lost data. Guess which has occurred. You step in the stream, But the water has moved on. This page is not here. Out of memory. We wish to hold the whole sky, But we never will. Having been erased, The document you're seeking Must now be retyped. Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank. Foolish user! You believed Steve Jobs. Macs are not infallible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CNM'ers Who Celebrate Birthdays in July: Debra Anderson Larry Blair Mark Domzalski Richard Foster Emma Greer ??? Kelli Pogue Morgan Val Nye Leslie Sullivan Tarmo Sutt Couples Who Celebrate Anniversaries in July: Angela & Wesley Heiss ??? Anne & John Wiker Linda & Dick Cochran Kelli & Mark Morgan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================================================ * * 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. ================================================================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Club Breakfast -- Cedar Crest -- Green Side Cafe Jim Pittman Sixteen members (five Corvairs were present) met on the east side of the Sandia Mountains in Cedar Crest for breakfast. The food was good, the company better. Anne Mae & Robert Gold...Lakewood Vickie And Pat Hall......Late coupe Anne & John Wiker........Late coupe Lube Lubert..............Early sedan Carolyn & Dan Palmer.....Late coupe Also present were Art Gold, David Huntoon, Heula & Jim Pittman, Brenda & Mike Stickler, Tarmo Sutt and a few Brand-X vehicles. After breakfast several took David up on his invitation to check out his house and garage where we saw his Volkswagen Beetle in grey primer. A good time was had by all. The weather was fine -- only a little breezy. A pleasant Club Breakfast! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My First Car Chloe Mullins In August of 2013 I officially received my first car, a 1962 blue Corvair Monza, naming it "007" for its spy-like qualities that many modern cars often lack and many modern generations fail to recognize. Russ McDuffie encouraged my membership in the CNM club when he sold me the Corvair that was previously owned by his father. He also willingly took on the role of mentoring me on how to work on my own vehicle, an independence which I take pride in. When I first began driving it to my high school, I got an immediate reaction. People didn't necessarily know the history of Corvairs, but they saw the age in my car and I saw the amazement in their eyes. When asked about 007 I spilled my excitement into the folks who were used to seeing cars and trucks from the 2000s and considered a car from 2001 old. People often commented positively on the longevity of 007, and the character it had that no modern car could ever quite reach. Afterwards, I'd sometimes even get approached about the stories their parents and grandparents told them when they mentioned Corvairs. The reaction to my car was incredible, and I was completely surprised because I didn't realize how many people would appreciate my car that wasn't only old by modern standards, but was "ancient!" Of course not everyone recognized my Corvair, and I always loved the flabbergasted kids who watched as I pulled up to put gas in the front drivers' side area, which was apparently not what they expected. The funniest reaction was always when I went to put items in the trunk of my car, which any onlookers viewed as a crazy attempt at storing things in my engine! While I enjoyed sharing any knowledge I've learned from interesting members of the Corvair club and watching faces become filled with astonishment, I looked forward to the Corvair Tri-State meet to hear the stories of many others on their expeditions to restoration. The trip to Chama in 007 was its maiden voyage on a journey longer than 30 miles. It ran smoothly up, down, and around every hill and winding road that led up to Chama. While the desert of New Mexico is often underappreciated due its abundance of dirt and tumbleweeds, driving with windows that hide no properties of the scenery, in the midst of the comforting rumble of an engine that's still kicking after 52 years, to a beautiful refuge such as Chama gives it a whole new value. During the stay in Chama, locals warmly welcomed Corvair enthusiasts as they met to share the restorations they've completed through lots of hard work and dedication. Prior to and after the day of the Tri-State meet and banquet, the quaint shops and restaurants provided a friendly atmosphere that spread knowledge on the unique aspects of New Mexico. At the car show, Corvairs from different years, with different modifications, and each with its own distinct story brought together the collective knowledge and appreciation of car enthusiasts. People living in Chama, along with the many visitors, walked around acknowledging the incredible achievements made by each and every Corvair owner who restored their car to its grandeur in appearance and function, some even surpassing its former glory with customization. Excitement danced in the eyes of all onlookers as they saw the importance in things of the past being carried into the present and future. While 007 has had its own ups and downs, it remains dependable, as do all Corvairs, because of the people who carry their extensive knowledge on Corvairs with them and offer to share it with anyone willing to listen. Each Corvair has a story that has accumulated over a span of 45-54 years, and each Corvair owner has a story of determination and dedication that has ended in success because they carry a part of history with them. When they share that history, they emphasize the importance of the past in leading up to future and demonstrate that just because something is old does not mean it has lost its worth, but instead has gained a new title of grandiosity by surviving the test of time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Corvairs Take the High Ground Larry Blair A half dozen signed up to take a short trip to the top of Cumbres Pass, to meet the train as it escaped Colorado and descended into New Mexico's Chama valley. However, during the morning show and shine, the Chamber of Commerce Pres came by and invited us to do a photo op with one of the engines. We decided we could work it in, if it would be quick. "No sweat" he said. "We'll have the engine spotted so you can just park around it and take some shots." We lined up for the pass trip and a half dozen Corvairs became a dozen and a half. Driving into the rail yard, we found Engine 489 smiling and ready. In a maneuver that would have made Robert E. Lee proud, we all wheeled into place in front of Engine 489. Alas, 489 suddenly backed up. It seems cinders had fallen on the ties and started a fire. A couple of buckets of water later and Engine 489 moved back into position. The cameras came out. So while many went back to the hotel for a nappy-poo, the hardy half-dozen headed north on Hiway 17 for our rendezvous with the train. A beautiful 20 minute drive found us at the pass, elevation 10,015, or 10,022 [I guess depending on whether it is measured at your feet or your head]. The train arrived 10 minutes later for many good shots while the tender took on water. Passengers were happy to see the Corvairs, which, after all, are only half as old as the steam engines. A few stops on the way back to Chama yielded more photo ops, more great scenery, and anticipation of a good meal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tierra Wools Tour Lee Reider We thought we were going to see how sheep are shorn. We had no idea that, instead, we would see how the already shorn wool is spun into yarn (on a real spinning wheel) and that some of our people would actually be able to try their hands at the wheel. The capable and very talented artisans at Tierra Wools were gracious and showed us not only how the wool is spun into yarn, but the intricacies of dying the yarn with all natural dyes into the most glorious colors and the techniques of weaving the yarn into incredibly designed rugs. It was a truly rewarding insight into a process that is still "hands-on" from start to finish. Thanks to the Tierra Wools staff for making this such an enjoyable and colorful tour! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tri-state 2014 Neyla Olwine This is the first time I was excited to ride in the car to go to Tri-State and I loved it! (Tri-State itself was the most fun though.) I loved the fan belt toss with Pat. I liked a lot of the cars. They had beautiful colors and there were new and old models which is a good mix. Tierra Wools was really cool especially the felted animals. I loved when a lot of people got to volunteer for spinning on the big wheel which was fun. The banquet food was wonderful and being a member of the Tijuana Club is always fun. Seeing my grandpa (John Drage) getting an award was awesome to watch. That is what I thought of Tri-State in Chama, NM. Sincerely, Neyla ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Old Route 66 Cleanup John Wiker The Old Route 66 cleanup was quite successful on the 7th of June. Seven members showed up at 0800, but we did not immediately start to work. First item of business was a vote to see if we were really going to do this. Most of us recall the old saying for the mailman -- neither rain, sleet, snow, and hail will delay the delivery. Today we added another element -- wind. Gusts up to 40 MPH were in the area. The vote was close, but Robert Gold held firm by saying, "we woke up, we are here so why not gut it out?" So off we went. Robert had a heavy duty lawn trash bag with him, and the rest of us had the lightweight ones we usually use. The wind kept twisting the bag closed no matter what direction I held the bag -- down wind, up wind and sideways. Pat Hall came to my rescue and he held the bag open with both hands as I picked up and dropped in the trash. Even with both hands on the bag, the wind won many battles and we worked harder at bag control than trash pick-up. At times, Pat's hands were so twisted in the bag, we had to set the bag down just to free his hands so we could move on. Thankfully, there was not too much trash to collect today. Everyone worked hard. Thanks to Dave Huntoon, Jim Pittman, Dan Palmer, Robert Gold and of course our host Lube Lubert for hanging in there and completing our Community Service for the summer. Of course, then it was off to Golden Corral for breakfast and Corvair small talk and Automotive Tall Tales. Hope to see some more of you next time we clean up our mile of "The Mother Road." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TREASURY REPORT ............. 05-19-2014 to 06-18-2014 ............. ROBERT GOLD DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION ========== ==== ========== ============ ==================================== 2014.05.21 +$ 75.00 Deposit J.Dinsdale 12 m. CNM = $ 25.00 2014.05.21 J.Pittman 26 m. CNM = $ 50.00 2014.05.22 2170 -$ 114.54 H.Pittman MAY 2014 Newsletter_Printing $ 41.52 2014.05.22 Newsletter postage 2-months = $ 62.33 2014.05.22 Stick-on Address Labels = $ 10.69 2014.06.02 2172 -$2,240.00 Yvette McGee TRI-STATE BANQUET = $2,240.00 2014.06.02 2171 -$ 225.00 St Patrick Church Banquet Room = $ $225.00 2014.06.03 +$2,554.00 Deposit Tri-State meals, 50/50, quilt $2,554.00 2014.06.06 +$1,543.00 Deposit Tri-State T-shirts = $1,543.00 2014.06.06 2174 -$ 35.74 J.Pittman JUN 2014 Newsletter_Printing $ 35.74 2014.06.12 2173 -$1,069.47 Graphic Connection Tri-State T-shirts = $1,069.47 ========== ==== ========== ============ ==================================== ENDING BALANCE = $ 4,737.88 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRI-STATE 2014 CHAMA --- STATISTICS NUMBER OF PEOPLE **REGISTERED** BY PRIMARY CLUB ** (Number of people does not =============================================== count guests or people who CNM = 38 (Attendance Trophy) just stopped by to visit.) RMC = 24 PPCC = 18 MCCA = 8 HACOA = 1 INCA = 4 Guests = 4 (or more) TOTAL = 97 (or more?) NUMBER OF CARS IN THE CAR SHOW ============================== BY YEAR | BY BODY TYPE | BY STATE | BY CLUB | ========= | ================== | =============== | ========== | 1961 = 3 | Coupe = 17 | COLORADO = 15 | CNM = 13 | 1962 = 3 | Convertible = 10 | NEW MEXICO = 13 | RMC = 9 | 1963 = 4 | Sedan = 4 | KANSAS = 3 | PPCC = 7 | 1964 = 7 | Station Wagon = 3 | OKLAHOMA = 3 | INCA = 3 | 1965 = 8 | F.C. = 2 | MISSOURI = 1 | MCCA = 3 | 1966 = 9 | | WYOMING = 1 | HACOA = 1 | 1967 = 1 | | | | 1968 = 1 | | | | TOTAL = 36 ========== | ================== | =============== | ========== | ========== WINNERS OF CAR SHOW =================== 1. Best Early ............ Loren Capron ............ INCA .... 1964 Monza Conv 2. Best Late ............. Elisa & Larry Yoffee ..... CNM ..... 1965 Corsa Coupe 3. Best FC ............... Steve & Rita Gongora .... CNM ..... 1962 Rampside 4. Best Custom. .......... Jim Reich ............... RMC ..... 1961 Lakewood 5. Best Stock ............ John & Sandra Drage ..... RMC ..... 1962 Monza Conv 6. Best of Show .......... Steve & Rita Gongora .... CNM ..... 1962 Rampside 7. Best CNM Member Car ... Curtis Shimp ............ CNM ..... 1966 Corsa Coupe HARD LUCK AWARD =============== Richard Law of Oklahoma City was driving a 1966 Corsa and towing a 1961 Lakewood 700. In Santa Fe the Corsa had a failure of the transaxle and would not move in any gear. The Lakewood was removed from the trailer so the Corsa could be towed in to Chama. OTHER HARD LUCK STORIES ======================= Pat Hall Oil light came on. Keith Hammett Got bad gas, ignition knock. Later, vapor lock immoblized car. Lube Lubert Vibration at 65-70 MPH. Lee Olsen Had to buy new A/C condenser. Eric Schakel Only 42 payments to go. Wife makes me slow down. Kelly Westerfield Needed new battery. John Wiker Passed truck, truck threw rock, broke new windshield. SPECIAL ======= Larry Blair 1964 Spyder convertible with 140-HP, gas heater, daily driver. Loren Capron Lots of chrome, engine, wheels. John Drage Second owner, original (1962) engine. Garrie Fox V-8 Crown conversion. Art Gold Hand controls, smooth running! Steve Gongora 1962 Rampside - red, white stripe, almost perfect! Steve Goodman Sunroof Ed Halpin Original PPCC early 1980s car -- John Koll rescue car. Keith Hammett First Corvair I ever saw, at age 14! Later found and bought it. John Hesco Factory head rests. Richard Law Corsa with original A/C. Lakewood original. Ned Madsen 1965 Corvair is a daily driver. Jan Mohr 1964 Corvair is a daily driver. Lee Olsen Power top, A/C Dave Olwine It's a Spyder. William Pearce Uncle Russ gave it to us to haul off. Fixed it up, drive it! Jim Reich Lakewood "Shorty" with 82" w.b. and all 1964 suspension. Chuck Riblett Air dam, 15" wheels, lowered. Curtis Shimp 1966 Corsa has 3.1 litre engine rebuild. Tim Shortle 1964 Corvan has factory camper kit. Jim Steinborn 1966 Monza has original paint (90 percent plus!) Tarmo Sutt 1966 Corsa turbo is 12-year restoration (almost perfect) John Wiker Originally a Santa fe motors car. Larry Yoffee Torque Talent wheels, Recaro seats, turbo, oil cooler. John Dinsdale EVERYTHING! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CNM'ers Who Helped With Chama Tri-State Heula Pittman Overall Organization: Larry Yoffee a.k.a. "2014 Tri-State Superman" was chairman. He worked for months to prepare, making several trips to Chama and many phone calls. Kept vital information up-to-date on his web site. Found our host hotel, negotiated prices and found back-up hotels. Oversaw the design of the logo for dash plaques and T-shirts. Ordered T-shirts and posters. Located an excellent caterer. Arranged use of a church fellowship hall for our banquet. Supplied PA system. Conducted several coordinating meetings of committee chairs. Contributed food for the hospitality room. Elise Yoffee collected money for T-shirt and poster sales. Sold "Vair-Fare" cookbooks, CNM lapel pins and extra Chama Tri-State dash plaques. Anne & John Wiker donated food items. They transported items to Chama and spent countless hours preparing for registration. Set up registration and hospitality areas. Worked faithfully at the registration desk for many hours. Jim Pittman consulted on "running a Tri-State" based on experience with past events. Assisted with setting up and running registration. Did "go-fer" chores for the Sunshine Committee. Helped design registration forms. Presented the "St Francis of Corvair Award" at the Banquet, including its history, and named and recognized all the Award recipients. Prepared photos for a "Chama Tri-State Special Edition" report and mailed a hard-copy to every person who attended. Pat Hall set up and ran the "Fan Belt Toss" and with Vickie donated items for prizes for this game. Helped with the car show preparations. Robert Gold handled all finances for the Tri-State. Helped design registration forms, windshield forms and certificates. Helped set up and run the car show. Art Gold organized and ran the car show. Supplied certificates for car show prizes and presented certificates to the winners at the banquet. Tarmo Sutt acted as our publicity chairperson. He provided information to the CORSA Communique promoting the Tri-State event. Dave Huntoon donated new CNM lapel pins for registration bags and food for the hospitality room. He covered many background invisible but vital chores. Brenda & Hurley Wilvert were in charge of the hospitality room. They contacted members to coordinate contributions of needed supplies. They kept the hospitality tables stocked with goodies, kept the soft drinks cold and the coffee hot. Russ & Nancy McDuffie donated over 100 toy cars to use in the registration bags and for our table decorations. They supplied food for the hospitality room. Russ did an excellent job as Master of Ceremonies, organizing the banquet announcements. Mark Domzalski wrote, printed and framed the "Steve & Steve" certificates and presented them to Steve Gongora and Steve Goodman in recognition of their having attended all 30 Tri-States. He recognized Rita Gongora for having attended "almost" every event and Ruth Goodman as a Tri-State supporter for every event up to 2011. Rita Gongora donated food to the hospitality room and was in charge of all the door prizes and their distribution at the banquet. Rita oversaw the Tri-State tradition of the Tijuana Club and the induction of two new members: Tami Mohr and Ed Halpin. Larry Blair led us on the Cumbres Pass tour and organized the photo opportunity with the locomotive at the Chama train station. Gordon & Barbara Johnson and Steve & Janet Johnson donated food for the hospitality room. Lee & Bill Reider donated food, Bill contributed photos and Lee contributed an article for the special report. Emma & LeRoy Rogers provided food and brought the CORVAIR-CHEVROLET neon sign. Lube Lubert helped with loading and unloading items from vehicles. Sylvia & Ray Trujillo donated note pads and ball point pens from their shop, "Business Printing" and furnished decks of cards for our registration bags. Sunshine Committee Members: Heula Pittman, as Chair of the committee, organized and coordinated everything. Over several months she painted all (85) of the CORVAIR vehicles for the registration bags and all (18) of the CORVAIR vehicles that appeared on the raffle quilt. She donated all the painting supplies. Vickie helped come up with a collection of "Corvair Sayings" that appeared on the registration bags and Heula "painted" the sayings on each bag by hand. She supplied baked goods for the hospitality room. Vickie Hall donated baked goods and all the water to the hospitality room. She made all the little table centerpieces for the banquet and helped set up and decorate the banquet hall. She helped plan and design the raffle quilt. Anne Mae Gold led the group of Corvair guys and gals on the popular Tierra Wools tour. She helped design the raffle quilt. She sewed on the binding for each block which made up the quilt and donated the backing material. She contributed items for the registration bags and helped Heula and Elizabeth fill the bags. Kay Sutt designed and printed two "title" blocks for the raffle quilt and sewed and quilted all the blocks. She made a cover that could be used to store or transport the quilt. She donated all the materials used for this project. Elizabeth Domzalski supplied food for the hospitality room. She and Mark transported supplies to Chama for the registration bags in Chama. She purchased items for the registration bags and helped Heula and Anne Mae fill the bags. Brenda Stickler, even though she and Mike were not able to attend the tri-State, donated money for supplies. They donated note pads, pens and decks of playing cards. Brenda contributed to the initial planning of the Corvair raffle quilt. After the Taos event, Brenda compiled a How-To document for running a Tri-State that we found very useful for planning the Chama event. Ruth Boydston donated baked goods to the hospitality room and prepared a Sunshine Committee flower bouquet, but unfortunately was unable to attend. I'm sure others contributed time, effort, money and items to the cause and I apologize to anyone I did not mention. We know that "It takes a Village" to put on a Tri-State event such as this. 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FOURTH OF JULY ON THE PLAZA IN SANTA FE - CAR SHOW - BREAKFAST 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 ============================================================================ Wed 6 Aug 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER Sat 9 Aug 1:00 PM Los Lunas - Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms Sun 10 Aug ======== NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL - All Clubs Picnic Wed 21 Aug 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 22 Aug 9:00 PM Deadline for items for September newsletter Wed 27 Aug 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE ============================================================================ Wed 3 Sep 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 13 Sep 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 17 Sep 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 19 Sep 9:00 PM Deadline for items for October newsletter Wed 24 Sep 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE Fri 26 Sep ======== NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL - Swap Meet Sat 27 Sep ======== NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL - Swap Meet Sun 28 Sep ======== NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL - Swap Meet ============================================================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEVEN YEARS AGO IN JULY 2007 - Vol 33 Nr 7 - # 382 A Fourth of July theme: the Domzalskis' in Placitas. Good turnout for the Tri-State meeting in Monte Vista. CNM had 16 members in attendance. The Boydston Award went to John Koll of Colorado Springs. The June Communique printed Tarmo's article on his 1966 Corsa turbo. We planned to visit the Sticklers' for the fireworks show. Ray told about scaring an 18-wheeler driver with his horn while driving his 1964 sedan. Loud horn! Bob Bauer reported, with photos, on the raffle car he won at the 1996 Convention. It was still going strong. Check our January 2012 issue. David asked members to tell the longest nonstop trip they ever made by Corvair. His record trip was in 1967 from Sacramento to Chicago, 2,000 miles in two days and a night, driving a 1962 Monza coupe. Jim provided a story covering all he could remember about the 1967 "Stinger" owned by Don Heath who was well known to some Albuquerque members. Was it a real Stinger? A photo showed Lee Olsen of Burdett, Kansas with his genuine white Stinger. 2000 - Vol 26 Nr 7 - # 298 Cover: Steve Gongora's 1966 Corsa coupe at the VLA Radio Telescope. Our treasury held $6,020.39. We recognized Bill Reider with a lifetime achievement award. Debbie Deck reported on plans for our August campout. Dennis & Debbie Pleau packed for their move to Colorado Springs. We had to get a replacement trophy plaque for Tri-State attendance winners. Steve worked on designs for a new CNM license plate. An "All Chevy Show" was in the works. The CNM Ladies Group met at Brenda Wilvert's "in the mountains" and had a good time. Dennis refuted a newspaper columnist's ill-informed rantings about the "unstable" Corvair that was supposedly sent to the junkyard by Ralph Nader. How many errors of fact could one short column contain? Billiken had both Bill and Sylvan flying around in vintage P-51's. From Virtual Vairs we reprinted articles about tire sizes, how to identify rear wheel bearings and the numbers of turbocharged Corvairs made. There were only 1,951 turbocharged 1966 Corsas made. I owned two of them. 1993 - Vol 19 Nr 7 - # 214 Billiken was the pit boss of a CNM Indy racing team. President Del ran the meeting; treasurer Will said we had $1,433 in the bank after subtraction of BMW expenses. That was a joke. Our committee to plan the national convention had met twice and things were going swell. We planned a Corvair convoy to the Alamosa Tri-State. Bill Reider gave a talk on the 200 different places oil can leak from your Corvair. President Del Patten thanked all who participated in the Museum Car Show, and said he and Kim had a great time at the Tri-State. We planned a campout at Villanueva this year. Club jackets were in. Francis formally reported on the Tri-State and especially enjoyed the Ultra Vans and their owners. Mark Morgan provided an article on his years of cartooning and told how "Billiken" got started - it was in the Navy, of course. Technical stuff included: tips on installing a convertible top, effects of front tire pressure on steering, trouble-shooting your Powerglide, using heavy-duty bearings in alternators, the right way to install hose clamps and the value of oil changes. A table from Car and Driver compared the 1963 Spyder with the 1965 turbo Corsa; very interesting! Finally, there was an essay on the dangers of governments making your license plate data easy for anyone to obtain. Were we actually talking about "identity theft" back in 1993? It has certainly been a growth industry. 1986 - Vol 12 Nr 7 - # 130 The cover was a drawing borrowed from the San Diego club, a nice late coupe with a fancy spoiler. Clayborne ran the meeting; LeRoy said we had $757 to spend. Bill said the Car Council was happy with the car show but hoped to improve it for next year. A picnic and a swap meet were upcoming events. We planned a caravan to the Montrose Tri-State. LeRoy needed more items for our flea market money-maker. A trip to Los Alamos to pick up car parts was planned. Bill Reider gave a talk on how to photograph your car. Clayborne reported that we had a terrific trip to the Montrose Tri-State; thanks to all who helped. LeRoy had a detailed report with plenty of statistics. Karen Jackson reported on the "My First Car" contest, providing more stories from our members about their good old days with Corvairs. Bill Reider, not content with just a talk, gave us a page of notes on successful car photography. 1979 - Vol 5 Nr 7 - # 46 On the cover: Francis with his 1964 convertible at Ed Black's. A Ford Fiesta was in the used car lot; Francis told us he drove one of these all over Ireland. Doug Morgan reported on the NMCCC car show. A trip to Moriarty to participate in a July Fourth parade preempted our meeting. We planned a meeting at a Bella Vista dinner. A Shriners' parade featured red Corvair convertibles with white tops from Colorado Springs. We were looking for a volunteer to take on the secretary job. George Morin displayed several idler pulleys and described an inexpensive bearing replacement. Tech stuff: George wrote up his bearing replacement tips; fiberglass resin catalyst was said to be an eye hazard. Joe Caruso listed items for a Corvair emergency kit. Finally, Jim wrote about the importance of CORSA insurance to CNM and other affiliated clubs when we put on events. This is a major reason for the rule that all club members must be CORSA members. ========================================================================= 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=