The January 2015 newsletter - Text Version Updated 30-Dec-2014 ==== Copyright (c) 2014 Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JANUARY 2015 / VOLUME 41 / NUMBER 1 / ISSUE #472 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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, January 7th, 2015 at 7:00 PM North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE THIS MONTH: Why Are These People Laughing? .............. Low Gas Prices! Dues Due ............................... Membership Committee Mechanically Un-inclined ....................... Ray Trujillo December Meeting Minutes ........................ Jim Pittman December Board Meeting Cancelled .................. The Board Frayed Clutch Cable Tech Talk ................... Larry Blair Birthdays & Anniversaries ................ Sunshine Committee Christmas Party at Highland ...................... John Wiker Treasury Report ................................. Robert Gold Declining Membership ............................ Jim Pittman Get it Out of my Kitchen! ...................... Corvanantics Calendar of Coming Events ................ Board of Directors January Issue, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago ... Club Historian Page of Photos Emailed to Participants During 2004 ... Editor Roster of Club Members ..................... 28 December 2014 COVER: An Ultra Van and two great Rampsides at Sonic in 2005 Brenda, Ray and Heula at CNM's 2014 Christmas Party ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEETINGS: First Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 PM North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFFICERS and VOLUNTEERS President: Ray Trujillo 505-839-7436 ray @ bpsabq.com Vice-Pres: Tarmo Sutt 505-690-2046 tarmo @ juno.com Secretary: Anne Mae Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 @ msn.com Treasurer: Robert Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 @ msn.com Car Council: Robert Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 @ msn.com Merchandise: Vickie Hall 505-865-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Membership: Larry Yoffee 505-321-5909 corsa180 @ gmail.com Sunshine: VACANT VACANT VACANT Newsletter: Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu Old Route 66: Lube Lubert 505-256-9331 505-400-3680 = cell Past President: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Past President: John Wiker 505-899-3076 wikerj63 @ yahoo.com Past President: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com MEETINGS: First Wednesday of each Month at 7:00 PM North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE INTERNET: 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's home page: http://www.corsaturbo180usa.com/ New Mexico Council of Car Clubs: http://www.nmcarcouncil.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/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On 25-DEC-2014 we had 39 active family memberships. DUES DUE DATES JANUARY 2014 EXPIRED ============================ INACTIVE DATE 2014.05 Marilyn & Richard Foster 25-JUN-2014 2014.05 Chloe Mullins 25-JUN-2014 2014.06 Melba & Tommie Anderson 25-JUL-2014 2014.06 Susanne & Larry Hickerson 25-JUL-2014 2014.08 Nancy & Russ McDuffie 25-SEP-2014 2014.09 Kathryn & Douglas Gadomski 25-OCT-2014 2014.09 Brian E Rowe 25-OCT-2014 2014.11 Matt & Heather Choiniere 25-DEC-2014 2014.11 Cheryl & Edward Halpin 25-DEC-2014 2014.11 Brenda & Hurley Wilvert 25-DEC-2014 DUE LAST MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2014.12 David Huntoon 25-JAN-2015 2014.12 Barbara & Gordon Johnson 25-JAN-2015 2014.12 Kelli & Mark Morgan 25-JAN-2015 2014.12 Larry Yoffee 25-JAN-2015 DUE THIS MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2015.01 Darlene & William Darcy 25-Feb-2015 2015.01 Sarah & Terry Price 25-Feb-2015 DUE NEXT MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2015.02 Frank Stadler 25-Mar-2105 DUE MARCH 2015 ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2015.03 Carl Johnson 25-APR-2015 2015.03 Emma & LeRoy Rogers 25-APR-2015 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why is this woman laughing? NEWS ITEM: Fuel Prices plummet to an Average Cost per Gallon of $2.25 in December 2014. In a file photo housewife Rayette Lee Brown of Fort Worth is laughing during a fillup in Dallas on Wednesday, December 24, 2014. Brown said that her Hummunger H5 V-12, the largest non-commercial private vehicle in Texas, had been in storage for nine years but she decided to start it up this morning. Brown says unexpected low gas prices will allow her to start driving it again. "I feel a lot safer driving my Hummunger instead of my little old pickup, and I just found out my favorite gas station has unleaded priced at $1.88 right now and it's going down more! Thank God for low gas prices! My husband just made a deal for a loaded 2013 Ford F-150 pickup for him to to run around in. He says it's made out of good old solid American steel, not that sissy aluminum the new Fords are made out of. We're just so glad we can finally drive the cars we want to again!" (ABC Photo/Barbara McWalters) Why is this man laughing? NEWS ITEM: Exxon Mobil reported a better-than-expected 3 percent increase in third quarter profit. In a file photo Exxon Mobil Corp. Chairman and CEO Billy Lee Raymond laughs with the audience during a news conference in Dallas, Wednesday, December 24, 2014. Exxon Mobil Corporation, the largest publicly traded oil company in the world, on Thursday, October 23, 2014, said that third quarter profit surged despite lower crude prices. "We may have had slow growth for the last nine years," chortled Raymond, "but we have no worries for the future. Our industry is healthy and ready to contribute to the economic recovery of our great country! Just check out the sales figures at Ford, Chevy and Dodge dealerships during the last few weeks. Customers can't wait to get their hands on big American pickups and SUVs again and they are buying as many as the companies can make. These customers will be buying our gasoline for years to come. Say goodbye to those little Priuses and Hondas." (NBC Photo/Bryan McWilliams) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mechanically Un-inclined Ray Trujillo Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. As for CNM, we completed our 2014 calendar of events with a very nice Christmas party of our own. As you know, this year we held our party at the Highland Senior Center and decided to make it a potluck affair. CNM provided the hams and Sylvia and I were entrusted with the duty of preparing the hams while the membership brought all the accompanying side dishes. Wow, what a feast we had! In hindsight, I guess the club could've gotten away with just one ham because we had enough ham to send everyone home with leftovers for dinner. Oh well, I figure it's always better to have too much than not enough. On the day of the party I had delivered the hams in a big roaster and the heavenly aroma of honey glaze with pineapple and cherries filled my Brand X vehicle. I know the aroma lingered for a few days after our party because the neighborhood dogs held a sniffing and circling convention centered around my parked car in our driveway, but it only ended in total frustration for my canine friends. In addition to all the superb food and drinks, the Sunshine Committee headed by Heula Pittman did their usual awesome job, complete with decorations, great prizes and gifts for everyone in attendance. On the three prizes won, Pat Hall and Art Gold each received a one-year CNM club membership and Elizabeth Domzalski won a nice $25 cash prize, donated by the Sunshine Committee. Our members also did a great job of donating the needed items requested by the Albuquerque Rescue Mission and The Storehouse. Thank you to all who brought donations, and special appreciation goes out to Dave Huntoon and Vickie Hall for transporting these items to our selected charities. During our celebration I presented some appreciation certificates to five of our very worthy members for their long-time services to the club. The first two members honored were Emma Rogers and Lee Reider for their ten years (2004-2014) of graciously organizing the Christmas donations to various needy organizations. The next honoree was Heula Pittman for her twelve years (2003-2015) of dedicated service as the Sunshine Committee Chairwoman. Heula, what a great job you have done! Last but not least, Steve and Rita Gongora were also honored for their many years of hosting our annual Auction & Bingo fundraiser evenings. I couldn't find the year Steve and Rita started doing these fun evenings -- at least as long ago as 1994 -- but they surely are to be commended for their contributions. As you well know, without members like these our club would not flourish, so thank them when you see them. As we got toward the end of our celebration Jim Pittman recited a smartly worded poem about Santa's visit and it was very well received. I also had written a Corvair version of the Twelve Days of Christmas and I asked Brenda Stickler to help me lead in the singing of the song. If my singing was the only lump of coal you received this Christmas then please accept my apology. Brenda did her best to keep me in tune but that was pretty much an impossible task. I think we had a fun time anyway, so thanks for helping me, Brenda. Okay, let's move on to the start of a new year. CNM has planned some really great activities beginning with a club breakfast at Dan and Lisa Thompson's Dough-Re-Mi Bake Shop in Edgewood. The date is January 10, 2015 at 10 A.M. At the last meeting Dan & Lisa gave us a mouthwatering description of the pastries they create, so many of us are looking forward to this. They are located 1.6 miles north of Old Route 66 at 150 State Highway 344. Some of our members expressed an interest in a caravan out to Edgewood so if you would like to do this we plan on meeting at 9:30 A.M. at the Smith's parking lot located at Central & Tramway. Our next event will be on February 7, 2015. Robert Gold has set up a garage tour at the Old Car Garage located at 3232 Girard NE. The tour will start at 11 A.M. and afterwards we are planning to go to lunch at a local restaurant. In March, we will hold our Anniversary Dinner and at our last meeting I asked for a volunteer to set up the dinner. I'm happy to report that not only one volunteer but two members have stepped up. Both Bill Reider and John Wiker will be looking into two separate options for the club. Thank you to both Bill and John for helping with this event. We'll keep you all posted with all the details as the date gets closer. Also, don't forget that the Ike Meissner Award is presented at the anniversary dinner. For those of you who are new to the club, this honor is basically awarded to a member who has been very active and has contributed to the overall well being of the club over the last year. We select the winner by using a point system developed by John Wiker and we also take into account any nominations we get from members. So if you have someone in mind who fits this description please nominate them. I'll have nomination forms at the next couple of membership meetings. Well I guess that's enough said for now, so I'll see you at the next club meeting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meeting Minutes December 3rd, 2014 Jim Pittman A rainy night (*) but eighteen people showed up, some with Corvairs. President Ray called us to order and reported on the Christmas party. He circulated sign-up lists: who planned to attend, what potluck items were needed and planned. Bring your donations of new or used but usable clothing, non-perishable food, household or personal items, or cash. Items will be transported to the Albuquerque Rescue Mission and to The Storehouse by Vickie and David. Ray asked for ideas for speakers or topics to be scheduled for discussion at meetings. Vice-President Tarmo reported no snow in Santa Fe tonight, but said the traffic on I-25 gets crazier every month. Typically, cars with cell phones and cruise control set at 80 are camped out in the fast lane, the usual slow cars camp in the right lane, and on both sides there are some trying to pass everything in sight. Anyway, for club members he reported a text message from Steve to the effect that there is a new Gongora grandson named Gunnar born to Emily on Monday night. Seven lbs eight oz and everyone involved is doing great but Steve was visiting and was not able to make the meeting. Secretary Anne Mae was not present as her back pain kept her from work (most unusual for her) but she hopes to be better soon. Treasurer Robert reported $5,054.33 in the checking account. He apologized for the article in the newsletter claiming that the Potluck/Auction was the club's biggest money-maker, since actually the Tri-State held that distinction. Membership chair Larry was not present and we had no news of new or prospective members. Editor Jim said the newsletter deadline was Friday December 26th, so as soon as your Christmas Celebrations are done, send in your articles please! Sunshine Chair Heula announced that she is resigning her position with the Sunshine Committee. The group was formed in January 2003 and over the years the committee has organized events, sent out birthday cards and sympathy cards and coordinated club activities. Plans for the Christmas party include gifts for all present and prizes for members present. Merchandise Chair Vickie said she had sold two cookbooks so had $10 for the treasury. She has a few $2 patches available. Upcoming Events On Saturday January 10 we will have a club breakfast at Dough-Re-Mi in Edgewood at 10:00 AM. All who wish to caravan will meet at the Smith's parking lot at Central & Tramway and leave no later than 9:30 AM to drive east on Old Route 66 to Edgewood where we'll turn left (north) and proceed a mile and a half and turn right into the shopping center at Highway 344 and Dinkle Road. Lisa & Dan Thompson told us about their bake shop and described some of their baked goods. Who knows, this may become the CNM Breakfast Venue from now on! Just in case the weather does not cooperate we will postpone a week to January 17th. In February we hope to have a garage tour to Old Car Garage and Robert hopes they will be able to show their new and very impressive cleaning technique. In March we will have our CNM 41st Anniversary Celebration which will include the Meissner Award. Planning is underway, stay tuned. So far, we have no chairperson for this event. In April the first Saturday, April 4th, Lube will be expecting a good turnout for the first Old Route 66 cleanup of the year. In April we hope to organize a driving tour to Grants and maybe a visit to the Mining Museum. In April some of us may take our Corvairs in for an oil change, lube job and general inspection at the Old Car Garage Annual Spring Thaw on April 18th. In May we may organize a spring tune-up, we will all attend the May 17th Museum Car Show and we will all be driving to Durango, Colorado for the May 29-30-31 Tri-State. Sponsor is Rocky Mountain CORSA. In July the Classic Car Appreciation Day will happen and it seems to be getting bigger and better every year. Stay tuned. Do we want to have a TUNA to address specific maintenance issues? Let Pat know your suggestions so we can bring our Corvairs to Los Lunas for lessons in keeping those Corvairs tuned up and healthy. Pat prefers that he be given these ideas in writing. Previous Events The Potluck/Auction/Bingo was a great evening for club members, thank you Rita & Steve for your hospitality, thank you John Wiker for running the Bingo games, and thank the many who brought great food. We discussed the need for a better way to do the silent auction to avoid such things as the last-minute squabble between two individuals over who won the bid for a classic license plate. Maybe we all believed the rules were understood and all who were bidding would just behave. Several nice 2015 calendars were brought in for anyone to take home. Lube reported that his brother learned of a break-in at the Wheels Museum in which the collection of model trains was stolen. Wiker reported that the historic Harvey House in Los Lunas, home to a marvelous model railroad collection, was going to have to move it out. Maybe anyone who wants to visit this site should do so soon. Our 50/50 drawing was won by Wiker who took home $6 and the treasury received $10 so congratulations, John! After we adjourned Larry Blair made another of his short but informative tech talks. He showed a damaged clutch cable and described the difficult and intricate process of changing it out for a new one. Not easy or quick! His opinion is, the clutch cables available these days are not of good quality. Not only had his cable frayed badly (thus making that characteristic scraping sound just before it breaks) but the swivel pin was unduly worn. If your cable breaks you are either stuck or you'll have to practice the art of clutchless driving -- not impossible but not easy in traffic! Hurley pointed out that if you have to replace your clutch cable, you should plan to replace or at least inspect the parking brake cable as well. Larry also mentioned the transverse leaf spring on 1964 Corvairs and said he had found broken bolts holding the outboard ends of the spring. His opinion was that the bolts recommended for this job are actually of a higher grade than required and were brittle and tended to crack. When the bolts break the spring pops down on the road and the car is immobilized, not just crippled! Thanks to Larry for this interesting tech talk. * The rain was my fault, or, since we are in a drought, I will take credit for it! The 1990 Civic wanted to go to the meeting but it was covered with dust from the last couple of weeks of windy weather. I rinsed off all the dust and squeegeed all the glass squeaky clean. No sooner had I finished when the drops started falling! Well, we needed the rain. -- Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: Board meeting Cancelled This Month. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Four Special CNM'ers have January Birthdays: * Javier Gold * Steve Gongora * Carolyn Palmer * LeRoy Rogers One Special Couple has a December Anniversary: * Vickie & Pat Hall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TREASURY REPORT ************* 11-21-2014 to 12-25-2014 ************* ROBERT GOLD DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION BALANCE = $5,054.33 ========== ==== ========== =========== ========================================= 2014.12.08 2185 -$ 166.12 J.Pittman DEC 2014 Newsletter_Printing -$ 27.07 2014.12.08 J.Pittman Newsletter Postage, 3 months -$ 139.05 2014.12.15 +$ 190.00 Deposit Merchandise $ 10.00 2014.12.15 Deposit 50/50 Raffle $ 10.00 2014.12.15 Dues D.Palmer 12 m CNM & CORSA $ 70.00 2014.12.15 Dues T.Sutt 12 m CNM $ 25.00 2014.12.15 Dues Alan Gold 12 m CNM $ 25.00 2014.12.15 Dues S.Johnson 26 m CNM $ 50.00 2014.12.17 2183 -$ 45.00 CORSA Dues D.Palmer 12 m CORSA -$ 45.00 ========== ==== ========== =========== ========================================= 2014.11.19 ********************** ENDING BALANCE ********************* $5,033.21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christmas Party at Highland Senior Center John Wiker Boy, can Ray Trujillo put on a party! Even those who showed up early found Ray and Sylvia already at Highland Senior Center where they had everything organized and set up, awaiting the great dishes brought by several of our members. The food prepared by all was outstanding! The program moved along smartly with give-a-ways from the Sunshine committee and the club treasury. There were two one-year membership certificates presented. Pat Hall won one by drawing the winning fabric fortune cookie, an original and novel design by Kay Sutt. Art Gold won the second by drawing the winning raffle ticket. Ray presented certificates of appreciation to Lee Reider and Emma Rogers for organizing our Christmas Charities for many years, and to Heula Pittman for being Sunshine Committee Chairwoman for some twelve years. He also recognized Rita & Steve Gongora for once again hosting the annual Auction/Bingo/Potluck party at House of Covers in November. Ray wrote a cute and quite appropriate song for us to sing -- a customized version of the Twelve Days of Christmas. Jim Pittman wrapped up the event with a spin-off of Santa's visit that he adapted from the Iowa Corvair Association newsletter but it originally was from the December 1977 Communique. Bags of clothes and dry goods were collected for The Storehouse and the Albuquerque Rescue Mission. These items will be delivered in the name of the club by Vickie Hall and David Huntoon. There was plenty of good food and plenty of Christmas joy. The only "downer" of the whole day was in the number of attendees. Only twenty-five of our members showed up at the Highland Center. Those who did not attend, really missed a great time. Once again, our thanks to Ray and Sylvia Trujillo for organizing and setting everything up and thanks to all those great cooks out there who prepared our great meal. This potluck really came off well!! Thanks to Vickie Hall for forwarding this cartoon! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * 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 1962 Greenbrier that NEEDS A NEW HOME. Seating for 9. Beautiful van gray with white stripe, gray interior. Both interior and exterior in great shape. Powerglide with 110 HP engine. It runs great. If you want to provide the new home, you'll find it is well under Hagerty quote. ================================================================================ Brenda Stickler 505-856-6993 has Corvairs to move. One is a white Corvair V-8 (not running). ================================================================================ Pat Hall 505-620-5574 in Los Lunas, NM has Corvairs in need of repair. Lots of parts for most Corvairs. ================================================================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Declining Membership Jim Pittman Check out these two graphs. They show the membership count every December in CORSA and in CNM from 1974 to the present. What do the two curves tell us about the future of our local and our national Corvair organizations? Over the years both we and CORSA have discussed how to increase (or at least retain) our membership, and there have been many suggestions for ways to attract new members and retain old members. Apparently these ideas have been less than successful. Or, maybe that's just the way the world of car clubs goes. When our club started, benefits to membership were seen as having a social group of like-minded individuals who would attend meetings and organize and participate in Corvair activities, having a group of friends with knowledge of Corvair maintenance who could help work on our cars, having the privilege of voting in club elections or running for office, and having a newsletter arrive in your mailbox every month. Why would anyone pay dues when they can get the newsletter for free on the internet, when they don't want to run for an office, when they can get all the technical advice for Corvair work on the internet, when they can go to car shows for free, and when they are no longer interested in the mystique of driving an old car like a Corvair? Think about it -- what benefit do you get from CNM and from CORSA? What keeps you paying your dues and coming to meetings and participating in events? What can you do to help keep the club healthy into the future? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ | January 2015 | February 2015 | March 2015 | | 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 6 7 | | 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | | 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | | 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | | 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | | 29 30 31 | ============================================================================ Wed 7 Jan 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 Jan 10:000 AM Club breakfast at DOUGH-RE-MI BAKE SHOP in Edgewood. Meet at 9:30 AM at SMITH's parking lot at Tramway & Central, caravan to Edgewood. 150 State Hwy 344, Suite J, Edgewood, NM 87015 -- Phone: 505-286-9119 (In case Tijeras Canyon is closed for weather, change to January 17) Sat 10 Jan 1:00 PM Los Lunas - Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms Bill Schofield 505-565-2105, David Silva 505-550-8415, or vintagegasser@aim.com Sat 17 Jan - Martin Luther King Parade - Albuquerque - 10:00 am - Come early to be assigned a place and a passenger - John Doran jdoran@swcp.com Wed 21 Jan 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 23 Jan 9:00 PM Deadline for items for February 2015 newsletter Wed 28 Jan 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE ============================================================================ Wed 4 Feb 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER Sat 7 Feb 11:00 AM Garage Tour to OLD CAR GARAGE -- club lunch afterwards. Fri 6 Feb - Supernationals - EXPO at the Fairgrounds, Albuquerque Sat 8 Feb - Supernationals - Contact: Reggie rftibbe@flash.net Sat 14 Feb 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 Feb 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 20 Feb 9:00 PM Deadline for items for February 2015 newsletter Wed 25 Feb 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE ============================================================================ Wed 4 Mar 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER xxx xx Mar xx:xx PM CNM Anniversary Dinner --- to be announced Wed 25 Mar 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE ============================================================================ xxx xx Apr xx:xx AM Driving Tour to Grants, NM --- to be announced xxx xx Apr xx:xx AM Old Route 66 cleanup --- to be announced Sat 18 Apr ........ Annual Spring Thaw WORLDWIDE AUTOMOTIVE 3232 Girard NE, Albuquerque - 881-2722 Get your collector car tuned up, make a donation to Cuidando los Ninos. ============================================================================ Sun 17 May - Albuquerque Museum/NMCCC Annual Car Show - Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque - joyce@nmcarcouncil.net <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> May 29-30-31 - 2015 Tri-State -- Durango, Colorado <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> <<<=>>> ============================================================================ See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities: ======================== http://www.nmcarcouncil.com/ ====================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEVEN YEARS AGO JANUARY Jim Pittman 2008 Vol 34 Nr 1 Issue 388 On the cover we see a frozen beaver dam and pond in Alaska, sometime in 1967, with Jim's 1966 turbo Corsa. In December our bank balance was $3,158 said Wendell. The board approved offering the Newsletter CD for $10 by mail order. We discussed TUNAs and what they should be designed to accomplish: teaching members how to maintain their Corvair. Wendell proudly posed for pictures with his new black Honda S-2000 race car. Mike Stickler reported his new garage was nearly done. Sherry Gray forwarded a photo of her mother Ruth Boydston with beautiful red roses, courtesy of Joel Nash, for her birthday. Dennis Pleau told us via the DRIPLINE newsletter about his new business in Woodland, California where he and the boys moved from Colorado Springs. From the same newsletter we had an article by new PPCC president Steve Goodman on what they hoped to accomplish during the coming year. Closer to home, CNMers and Corvairs congregated at Milly's for breakfast. Possibly the first time most of us heard about zinc dithiophosphate or ZDDP as an oil additive was in an article by Bob Dunahugh from the Iowa Corvair Association newsletter. Bottom line: older "flat tappet" engines may be damaged by the use of new oil! Really? Finally, we could order 2008 Corvair Calendars, we could nominate people for the Meissner Award, and we had a complete member list with 45 family memberships in-state and nine out totaling 54. 2001 Vol 27 Nr 1 Issue 304 On the cover a late coupe and an early coupe attended the Christmas dinner at KAFB. Steve Gongora announced that our CORSA-sponsored web site was up. A new member was John Wiker. Wendell reported $5,710 in the bank. We had new license plates and new business cards. The Board announced a calendar of activities for the new year. President Hurley thanked all who made possible another great Christmas party at the KAFB Officers' Club. Billiken told us that if you have a modern high-tech car, to go up to the crest in the snowy winter you still need a set of low-tech tire chains. Robert told us about Car Council efforts to join in the upcoming 75th anniversary of Old Route 66. Anne Mae told us that the CNM Ladies group planned to meet in January. Debbie wrote a thank-you note expressing gratitude for all the great memories the Pleaus would be taking with them to their new home in Colorado. Jim provided a short history of our Meissner and Boydston awards. Bill contributed a complete price guide to Corvairs, from 1960 to 1969 and from Grade 1 to Grade 6 for all models. The top prices shown were $13,000 for a 1966 Corsa convertible, a 1968 Monza convertible or a 1969 Monza convertible. Yes, they beat out the $12,500 1962-1964 Spyder convertibles. Finally, our traditional member list showed 25 members from Albuquerque, 15 from elsewhere in New Mexico, and 13 from out-of-state. Phone numbers were included but this year no e-mail addresses. 1994 Vol 20 Nr 1 Issue 220 The cover listed Ten Commandments for the Car Collector. President Del ran the meeting. New members were Mark Domzalski and Greg Corazzi. Treasurer Will Davis reported that we had $1175 in the bank. LeRoy turned over a $50 check from the Car Council for our work at the swap meet. We planned a trip to the Bosque del Apache wildlife refuge, a garage tour and the Tri-State in Pagosa Springs. Finally, we had a talk by Stanley Degree about the history of the Pikes Peak Race and the Unsers family. Our Christmas party was excellent. Steve Gongora won the Ike Meissner Award. At the party there was entertainment by a well-known and much-appreciated quartet. Debbie Pleau reported on serious planning by committee members for the 1996 CORSA Convention. Tech tips included how to paint a carburetor (talcum powder) and how to install top shroud and carbs not once but twice (forgotten fan belt) and how to nearly cut your finger off when rotating tires (Honda disc brake caliper). A list of members wrapped up the issue. 1987 Vol 13 Nr 1 Issue 136 Our cover was another "Corvairs will take over the World" map. We had $921 in the bank. Clayborne described our Christmas dinner as a quiet success. Journal columnist Jim Arnholz was to speak but tall chair backs got in the way. We invited him to come back later. He did come back, but with the name Jim Belshaw. LeRoy was setting up a March auction and we had sixty-two names on our member list. Jim complained about vibrations in his 1966 Corsa clutch. A newspaper article noted that the book Unsafe At Any Speed was 20 years old. "Our society knows a good deal more about building safer machines than it does about getting people to behave safely in an almost infinite variety of driving situations," Nader wrote. "And whether motorists are momentarily careless or intoxicated or are driving normally when they are struck by another vehicle is entirely irrelevant to the responsibility of the automobile makers to build safer cars." 1980 Vol 6 Nr 1 Issue 52 On the cover, a Corvair 95 van. A slide show featured CNM events and the CORSA national convention. Our December dinner at Bella Vista in Cedar Crest was a great success. An article by Ike Meissner claimed "highest mileage" for his one-owner 1961 Greenbrier. Ike said he had done some 260,000 in this vehicle and he told how he managed to rack up so many miles in only nineteen years: he used to think nothing of driving 80 miles to a movie or restaurant, and he drove 102 miles each way to work for a year. Lifetime gas mileage for this Greenbrier was 18.6 MPG and on a trip it would easily get 22 MPG. Ike said he planned to completely restore it one of these days. Unfortunately, by the time the article was published Ike had been in an automobile accident and we had lost a unique CNM member, Corvair mechanic and friend. Tech tip from Francis: how to keep those pesky squirrels out of your engine compartment. George Morin provided a list of Corvair parts and where to get them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few of the photos sent by email after CNM events during 2014. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CNM MEMBER LIST AS OF 25-DEC-2014 FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME E_MAIL_ADDRESS CITY_STATE HOME_PHONE WORK_PHONE ================== =========== =============================== ================== ============ ================= Connie & Floyde ADAMS floydeadams@gmail.com Mimbres NM 575-536-3131 Debra & Jon ANDERSON jbanderson65@hotmail.com ColoradoSprings CO 719-572-6747 Linda & Anthony BERBIG studeboy@frontiernet.net Mayer MN 952-955-2848 Kathy & Larry BLAIR blairylar@hotmail.com Albuquerque NM 505-821-1386 505-249-1035 Ruth BOYDSTON sg730@comcast.net Albuquerque NM 505-401-7970=cell Linda & Dick COCHRAN email@unknown Grants NM 505-287-8403 Darlene & William DARCY Bfuryous1@q.com Belen NM 505-864-6423 Deborah & John DINSDALE john_dinsdale@adp.com Aurora CO 303-341-2327 Elizabeth & Mark DOMZALSKI mdomzalski@aol.com Placitas NM 505-867-0030 505-665-1529=cell Alan GOLD alanmgold@sbcglobal.net Albuquerque NM 505-268-6878 Art GOLD rollerart@gmail.com Albuquerque NM 505-620-7434 Anne Mae & Robert GOLD beisbol30@msn.com Albuquerque NM 505-268-6878 505-450-3098 Rita & Steve GONGORA stevegongora@houseofcovers.com Albuquerque NM 505-292-5570 505-256-0551 505-220-7401 Vickie & Pat HALL patandvickiehall@q.com Los Lunas NM 505-865-5574 505-620-5574=Pat 505-917-3745=Vickie David HUNTOON corvair66@aol.com Cedar Crest NM 505-281-9616 Carl B JOHNSON email@unknown Albuquerque NM 505-344-3178 Barbara & Gordon JOHNSON gjohnson@unm.edu Corrales NM 505-898-7688 Janet & Steve JOHNSON email@unknown Belen NM 505-864-6278 H. 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"Lube" LUBERT email@unknown Albuquerque NM 505-256-9331 505-400-3680=cell Mary Lou & Mark MARTINEK mjmartinek@juno.com Vancouver WA 360-896-3807 Connie & Robert McBREEN email@unknown Albuquerque NM 505-265-2808 505-229-5880_pager Tracey & John McMAHAN jmcmahan49@gmail.com Hendersonville NC 828-606-1101 Kelli & Mark MORGAN rangermk@sbcglobal.net Manchester MO 636-227-2662 Carolyn & Dan PALMER danpal@q.com Tijeras NM 505-281-7275 Heula & Jim PITTMAN jimp@unm.edu Albuquerque NM 505-275-2195 Sarah & Terry PRICE nmfloorinspections@yahoo.com Albuquerque NM 505-328-8827 Lee & Bill REIDER br236425@gmail.com Albuquerque NM 505-299-4597 Fred RIGGS II email@unknown Las Vegas NM 575-425-3126 Emma & LeRoy ROGERS 004873@q.com Albuquerque NM 505-294-0623 505-238-7302=cell Curtis L SHIMP clshimp@q.com Silver City NM 575-534-9576 Frank STADLER email@unknown Albuquerque NM 505-255-7326 Brenda STICKLER tounce66@msn.com Corrales NM 505-856-6993 Leslie & Kevin SULLIVAN tildekevins@yahoo.com Corrales NM 505-417-2481 Kay & Tarmo SUTT tarmo@juno.com Santa Fe NM 505-471-1153 505-690-2046=cell Lisa & Dan THOMPSON dannyboy58.dt@gmail.com Edgewood NM 505-269-2306 Sylvia & Ray TRUJILLO ray@bpsabq.com Albuquerque NM 505-814-8373=cell 505-266-4011=work Anne & John WIKER wikerj63@yahoo.com Albuquerque NM 505-899-3076 505-239-3311=cell Valerie Nye & Joel YELICH joelyelich@gmail.com Santa Fe NM 505-474-6680 Elisa & Larry YOFFEE corsa180@gmail.com Albuquerque NM 505-321-5909 RECENTLY INACTIVE: ================== =========== =============================== ================== ============ ================= Melba J & Tommie J ANDERSON motormeter30@aol.com Rio Rancho NM 505-892-4055 Heather & Matt CHOINIERE shamrocklaroque@yahoo.com Albuquerque NM 937-232-4604 Marilyn & Richard FOSTER fosterrm2@aol.com Los Alamos NM 505-672-9404 Kathryn & Douglas GADOMSKI gadomski@unm.edu Albuquerque NM 505-265-8345 Stacy & Allen GREER E.Allen.Greer@gmail.com Rio Rancho NM 505-358-5737 Cheryl & Edward HALPIN halpinem@comcast.net Castle Rock CO 303-619-0080 Angela & Wesley HEISS wes.heiss@gmail.com Allentown PA 713-446-7910 Susanne & Larry HICKERSON 77larr@gmail.com Albuquerque NM 505-296-1636 505-228-5284 Nancy & Russ McDUFFIEE russ.mcd@msn.com Albuquerque NM 505-400-5526=cell Becky & Chloe MULLINS runningathelete@yahoo.com Rio Rancho NM 505-948-8088 Brian E ROWE browe48@msn.com Albuquerque NM 505-856-2577 Brenda & Hurley WILVERT wilverth@q.com Sandia Park NM 505-281-1732 ================== =========== =============================== ================== ============ ================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 more details. Transportation: 1965 Corvair Monza, 1990 Honda Civic, 1996 Mazda Miata and 2013 Honda Civic. When I'm 64, I'll get by with a little help from my friends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =END=