The July 2015 newsletter - Text Version Updated 22-Jun-2015 == Copyright (c) 2015 == Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JULY 2015 / VOLUME 41 / NUMBER 7 / ISSUE #478 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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, July 1st, 2015 at 7:00 PM North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE THIS MONTH: Mechanically Un-inclined .......................... Ray Trujillo June Meeting Minutes ............................. Anne Mae Gold June Board Meeting ................................. Jim Pittman Treasury Report .................................... Robert Gold The Great Race vs. the City - March Car Council .... Robert Gold Birthdays & Anniversaries ................... Sunshine Committee Who Do I Vote For? - May Car Council ............... Robert Gold Durango 2015 Tri-State Member Reports ....... Robert Gold, Larry Yoffee, John Wiker, Bill Reider, Jim Pittman, Curt Shimp, Larry Blair, Steve & Rita Gongora, Lube Lubert, Vickie Hall, Elizabeth Domzalski, Anonymous, Photo Captions Mr and Mrs Bill Reider, 65th Anniversary ... Albuquerque Journal Calendar of Coming Events ................... Board of Directors July Issues, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago ........ Club Historian COVER: Larry Yoffee's maroon 1965 Corsa turbo coupe in Durango COVER: Lube Lubert received the Hard Luck Award for bearing noise ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DUES DUE DATES MAY 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 2014.09 Kathryn & Douglas Gadomski 25-OCT-2014 2014.09 Brian E Rowe 25-OCT-2014 2014.11 Matt & Heather Choiniere 25-DEC-2014 2015.01 Darlene & William Darcy 25-Feb-2015 2015.02 Frank Stadler 25-Mar-2105 DUE LAST MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE NONE DUE THIS MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2015.07 Rita & Steve Gongora 25-AUG-2015 2015.07 Tracey & John McMahan 25-AUG-2015 DUE NEXT MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2015.08 Linda & Anthony Berbig 25-SEP-2015 2015.08 Alan Gold 25-SEP-2015 DUE SEPTEMBER 2015 ================= INACTIVE DATE 2015.09 Elizabeth & Mark Domzalski 25-OCT-2015 2015.09 Leslie & Kevin Sullivan 25-OCT-2015 2015.09 Lisa & Dan Thompson 25-OCT-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. On 25-JUN-2015 we had 43 active family memberships. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MECHANICALLY UN-INCLINED RAY TRUJILLO Hello everyone! This year's Tri-State has now come and gone. My family and I had a really nice weekend at the meet and a big thank you to Rocky Mountain Corsa for doing a great job hosting. Durango is truly a great mountain town with plenty to see and do and I know we, in addition to the planned Corvair activities, also enjoyed some hiking, some bike riding and some golfing. CNM had a terrific showing with 41 people attending, so thanks to everyone who came and represented our fine club. It was announced that next year's Tri-State will be held in Montrose, Colorado. Having the meet in Montrose may not be a surprise to many of you long time members since every ten years the Tri-State's tradition is to hold it in the very first town where the first Tri-State was held. The Pikes Peak Corvair Club will host next year's meet and the following year in 2017 it will be our turn. It's not too early for us to start thinking about who, what, where and when for our Tri-State. So if you have any ideas about this event please let me or a board member know your thoughts. On June 6th CNM held its second Old Route 66 cleanup for 2015 and we had six members come and help with our club's obligation. Thank you to Larry Blair, Dave Huntoon, Robert Gold, Lube Lubert, Jim Pittman and John Wiker for their efforts. So let me get this straight, CNM had 6 members cleaning 66 on the 6th day of the 6th month. Wow, is that just an incredible occurrence or am I just very easily amused by coincidental happenings. Anyway, if I had been one of those 6 members picking up trash on the 6th day of the 6th month on the Old Route 66 highway I hope I would have had the 6th sense to go to the Route 66 casino afterward. Okay, that's enough of me and my psychotic thoughts, so let's move on to upcoming events. After our next membership meeting on July 1st, Bill Reider has put together a twenty minute video about maintenance relative to keeping our Corvairs running smoothly. The video is from the American Mechanic and Bill has condensed the material to items that are more beneficial to us. So if you like tech sessions this should be worthwhile and educational. On the Fourth of July, the annual Pancake breakfast on the Plaza in Santa Fe takes place. If you'd like to show your Corvair you'll need to get there really early, like 6:00 AM or earlier. Tarmo Sutt has told us he'll be unable to attend this year so possibly others from our club will be able to represent CNM this year. Next up on the schedule, on Saturday August 9th the NMCCC will have its All Clubs Picnic at the Oak Flats Picnic area on South Route 337. Then on Sunday September 20th we have the New Mexico State Fair Car Show and it is free admission just for bringing your Corvair. So if you enjoy going to the fair without all the hassles of parking and paying to just get in, then this is the perfect way to avoid all that. One week later on September 25th thru 27th, the NMCCC will hold its annual Los Lunas Swap Meet. This event has just gotten bigger every year, so if you'd like to find some great deals or enter as a vendor then this is the event for you. For more info about this event go to joyce@nmcarcouncil.net. Well I guess that's enough said for now, so I'll see you at the Route 66 Casino, oops I mean the next club meeting. Ray Trujillo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEMBERSHIP MEETING JUNE 3 Anne Mae Gold Start at 7:08 PM. Previous minutes were approved. President: Colleen and gang from Big 98.5 FM Radio came out to the meeting. They brought a 1963 Corvair (known as Claire the Corvair) that they are giving away. Members were able to sign up for the key give away. Only 100 keys will be given out, this sign up is for one of those keys. Steve and Rita will be donating a dash cover for the Corvair. Daniel Winard from AAMCO was in attendance. He helped put the Corvair together and has learned how to take care of Corvairs. On Saturday June 27th, winners of keys will need to come out to AAMCO Westside (6632 Caminito Coors Blvd NW) between 8-9 AM to register. You must be present to win, key vouchers are not transferable. You can sign up online at http://www.big985.com/win-a-1963-chevrolet-corvair/ or go to an Audio Express. This car has been modified. Daniel has pulled out a lot of original parts but they will go along with the car to the winner. He can work on transmissions and just about anything else to do with automobile maintenance and repair, but he does not sell tires. He owns AAMCO at 6632 Caminito Coors Blvd NW on the west side, phone 505-896-4244 or check out http://www.aamcoalbuquerquewest.com The Tri-State meet in Durango was very well attended by CNM -- 41 people attended. Rocky Mountain CORSA did a great job putting on the event. RMC had 50 members in attendance so they took back the traveling trophy. Thanks to RMC for a very enjoyable weekend. The 2016 Tri-State will be in Montrose, Colorado, hosted by the Pikes Peak Corvair Club. The following year it will be CNM's turn. We need to start planning soon for Tri-State 2017. Possible venues mentioned so far were Las Vegas, Santa Fe and Los Alamos. Be thinking of other venues and bring them up. Lessons Learned from this last Tri-State: check acoustics in room, get a good speaker system, choose an MC who speaks clearly and loudly, make sure there is plenty of room for diners. The food was very good but the room had poor acoustics, was very noisy and tables were crammed together. There was no consideration for handicapped attendees -- bathrooms were upstairs! Vice President: Tarmo brought a rare Corvair part to show after the meeting. He asked about the Hampton Inn Tri-State lodging, everyone seemed to enjoy the amenities, breakfast was great. He stayed at the Knights Inn, he felt it was somewhat run down. Dave stayed at the Econo-Lodge. His room was small, no real breakfast offered. Tarmo will be in California this year for the Fourth of July so his famous immaculate 1966 Corsa turbo convertible will not be there. He encourages the membership to come up and show a Corvair on the Plaza. For a choice spot, be there at 4:30 AM! Secretary: Nothing new. Treasurer: Robert was unable to attend. He sent a report. The balance is $4,729.59 Membership: Larry was not in attendance. Editor: This is a short month. Deadline is Friday June 19th for the newsletter. Please send him any articles or your short paragraphs on the Tri-State to include in the newsletter. Car Council: Wednesday June 24 the Great American Race will stop, not in Old Town, but at the great Unser Museum for lunch from 11:30-3:30 so no traffic jam in Old Town! Our CNM member from Mimbres, Floyde Adams, will be there, driving a 1928 Buick Roadster. Jim reminded us that the Unser Museum has a fabulous collection of race cars. Merchandise: Vickie says that merchandise is not selling. Everyone here already has just about everything that she has for sale. It was suggested that she take the patches and the pins to the CORSA National Convention in Tennessee and to Montrose next year and try to sell them there. Sunshine Committee: Vickie is going to pass on the birthday card assignment to Tarmo and Kay. She will give Tarmo everything tonight. Upcoming Events: June 6 (Saturday) Old Route 66 cleanup 8:00 AM, meet at the I-40 and NM 333 triangle. If it's raining, volunteers are not allowed to pick up trash... so don't come out if it is raining. June 23-28 CORSA National Convention, Knoxville, Tennessee June 24 (Wednesday), Great American Race Lunch, Unser Museum from 11:30-3:30 July 4th (Saturday), Santa Fe Car Show on the Plaza, early start 4:30 AM (if you want to show your car on the plaza) August 9 All Clubs Picnic at Oak Flats Picnic Area, South Route 337. Robert will tell us more. Recent Events: Albuquerque Museum/Car Council car show was very nice, CNM had seven members bring their Corvairs. Thanks to those members for their efforts. Lube showed us his hard-luck award plaque from the Tri-State. Drawing for 50/50: John Wiker won $9.00 to pay for a sandwich. Sam Nickel sent Dave Huntoon an e-mail with photos. He obtained a red 1960 Corvair coupe, a 500, with 14 miles on it. That's FOURTEEN miles. It was part of the Pierce, Nebraska trove of stored Chevrolets auctioned in 2014. He is interested in selling it. Sam lives in Albuquerque. He will probably be asking $12,000 for it. Adjourn: 8:05 PM Tarmo had a tech session for those interested: he brought in a Judson Supercharger for members to see. This large, heavy device is destined to go to Del Patten, former CNM member and past president, who has been back east for many years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOARD MEETING - JUNE 17TH Jim Pittman Ray Trujillo, Robert Gold, Lube Lubert and Jim Pittman met at 5:00 PM. Ray told us that Bill Reider has Corvair tech sessions and commercials ready for viewing after meetings. Jim said we need a smooth transition to after-meeting tech or video sessions, as some members will want to leave early, others will want conversations with friends, and some will want to watch the sessions. Ray said that we need to start planning our turn for the 2017 Tri-State. Las Vegas, Los Alamos or a return to Taos or Chama are the suggestions we have heard so far. Summer events need planning. The Car Council picnic is on August 9th. Do we want a Corvair picnic in October? Robert said our bank balance was $4,919.59 and he was surprised at the cost (about $30) for a book of deposit slips which he has purchased. Wendell Walker's name no longer is printed on our checks and Robert and Art are authorized to write checks on our account. Adding a person to sign checks is a complex and tedious process! Anne Mae is in Phoenix and has been hired at Sandia High School, starting this fall. Congratulations! Jim's deadline for the newsletter is Friday June 19th and he hopes to get more "paragraphs" for the newsletter from those who attended. Sunshine Committee chair position is still vacant. Kay Sutt sent birthdates and anniversary dates for July and will be sending out birthday cards. Car Council news - the free lunch for those who worked on the Museum Car Show will be attended by Art. We hope some members will attend the Great Race on June 24th starting about 11:00 AM at Unser Museum because of all the great classic cars that will be there, as well as our own Floyde Adams who will be driving a 1928 Buick Roadster. We think John Wiker will attend the July Fourth Car Show on the Plaza in Santa Fe. Perhaps other Corvairs will join him? The August 9th Car Council Picnic is on schedule for Oak Flats on South 337 and CNM will be bringing bottles of water or other items. The September 20th State Fair Car Show is right on track as in previous years and all who have a Corvair to show will get in the State Fair for free that day. The September 27th Swap Meet in Los Lunas is right on track and will be bigger than ever this year. We heard that Hurley Wilvert crashed his motorcycle at a race and is recovering from several broken ribs. Ray said he planned to bring his Corvair to the AAMCO raffle event on Saturday June 27th. We adjourned and then went outside to admire the new paint on Robert's blue late convertible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2015 1:18 PM To: Barron, Olga, NMDOT Subject: Old Route 66 Cleanup - June 2015 We started our trash cleanup at 8:00 AM on Saturday June 6th. We filled approximately seven large black plastic trash bags. The amount of trash was light today. These members of CORVAIRS OF NEW MEXICO participated: Lube Lubert Robert Gold David Huntoon Larry Blair Jim Pittman John Wiker Sincerely, Lube Lubert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TREASURY REPORT ************* 05-19-2015 to 06-16-2015 ************* ROBERT GOLD DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION BALANCE = $4,939.37 ========== ==== ========== =========== ========================================= 2015.05.07 2202 -$ 34.78 J.Pittman MAY 2015 Newsletter_Printing -$ 34.78 2015.05.15 2201 -$ 250.00 Make-a-wish Donation -$ 250.00 2015.05.20 +$ 120.00 CORSA Dues C.Johnson 12 m CORSA $ 45.00 2015.05.20 CNM Dues C.Johnson 12 m CNM $ 25.00 2015.05.20 CNM Dues J.Yelich 26 m CNM $ 50.00 2015.05.28 2203 -$ 45.00 CORSA Dues C.Johnson 12 m CORSA -$ 45.00 2015.06.03 +$ 50.00 CNM Dues C.Shimp 26 m CNM $ 50.00 2015.06.05 +$ 140.00 CORSA Dues D.Gadomski 26 m CORSA $ 90.00 2015.06.05 CNM Dues D.Gadomski 26 m CNM $ 50.00 ========== ==== ========== =========== ========================================= 2015.06.16 ********************** ENDING BALANCE ********************* $4,919.59 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE GREAT RACE VS. THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE MARCH CAR COUNCIL REPORT Robert Gold Let me start this month's Car Council report with a bit of a confession. You're not going to hear much about what went on at the Council meeting. To tell the truth nothing much exciting went on this month. We had our normal officer reports and discussions, but nothing to "write home about." I can say the Council is doing great financially, we have a new Treasurer, and plans continue for the various Council-sponsored events for 2015. If you need all the particulars wait until I distribute the April Council newsletter or take a look at the absolutely wonderful website nmcarcouncil.com. What I'd like to talk about here is a non-Council event: The Great Race. For those not in the know, the Great Race is comprised of a group of incredibly valuable antique cars that follow a grueling course through the U.S. This year the race is scheduled to come through Albuquerque on June 24. If you'd like to see what kinds of cars compete in the race, take some time off and go up to the J&R Car Museum in Rio Rancho. On display are a number of cars that have competed in the race. When discussion of the race took place my attention was drawn to the statement that, "The race will stop in Old Town for lunch." OLD TOWN FOR LUNCH! That means 130-plus antique cars will be stopping in Old Town and after the cars are parked the riders will go to lunch. WHAT? Anyone who has lived in Albuquerque for any amount of time knows very well that in the summer time trying to navigate Old Town can be quite a challenge. Just finding parking for a single car can be a problem. Just imagine 130 cars rumbling into town with their occupants hungry for lunch. Where are these cars going to park and where are these folks going to eat? The organizers have allocated just 2 hours for this exercise. I hope they find a venue that can service all of them that quickly. In case you think I'm over thinking this thing, remember that the organizers are going to be dealing with representatives of the City of Albuquerque, who didn't show much interest when the race came through town a few years back. I realized I wasn't the only one with concerns when I saw the expressions on the faces of the other club reps. Joyce Clements said that she'd look into the situation. The problem is, who are we to ask? The City of Albuquerque can be a mystery to navigate and the Great Race's web page didn't give many details. On the plus side, the Council voted to hand out welcome dash plaques to each car in the race. I have the image of the cars driving along, not having a place to stop, and the passengers grabbing a plaque as they continue through town. I truly hope things are better organized than they seem now. It could work. After all, my true love, Anne Mae, observed that all the cars could easily fit in the Albuquerque Little Theater parking lot. So, if you want to see how things work out, plan to be in Old Town on Wednesday, June 24, at around 11:30. Just make sure you get there early so you can get a parking spot! -- Robert Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHO DO I VOTE FOR? MAY CAR COUNCIL REPORT Robert Gold The meeting began in the parking lot. We hung out and talked cars as we waited for a key to get in. Joyce came to the rescue with the key and in no time we were ready to begin the meeting. The meeting, though poorly attended, did have a few things of interest. So here goes. The treasurer gave his report. We continue to be in great shape. There's lots o' money in a checking account and a couple of CD's. Things moved to a discussion of the results of the May 17th Museum Car show. The event just about broke even. We had 308 entries. Volunteers at the event get a free luncheon at Villiage Inn Pizza in Corrales on June 28. I'll send a list of those who get free food. The event lost a bit of money. Nothing that can't be made up. I reported that we've had about 1,400 views on the website. My main concern has to do with the domain name. Jamie will help me figure out what we need to do to gain ownership of our "good name." I'll hopefully have something intelligent to say at the next meeting. NEWS FLASH ---- The Great Race has figured things out. No longer will they be waiting in line to turn left through the Old Town Plaza. The event has been changed to the UNSER MUSUEUM at 1776 Montano Rd NW, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107 on Wednesday, June 24. Lunch is sheduled to begin around 11:30 and end at 3:45 when the racers go on to Gallup. I'd suggest you stop by and see all the cool cars that are in the process of crossing most of the country. Jamie reported that things are progressing nicely on the August 9, All Club's Picnic. The GTO Club and the Rickshaws are teaming up on the event. The entry fee is still $5.00 per carload. It was pointed out that our classics could generally fit a lot of people in the car and don't forget the trunk. The meeting concluded with nominations for the officer positions to be voted on next week. After the dust had settled, we had one nomination for each of the open positions, except for the President. Jamie Saavedra and Lauri Rector both showed interest in that position. Dennis Siebert accepted a strategy of giving the person the presidental position and the loser would become the vice-president. Now I have to decide who to vote for? Jamie has done a great job as the Facebook person for the Council, and besides, she did a brilliant job restoring her GTO. Lauri has been the backbone of the organization for the last three years. No doubt we'd have a great group under Lauri's leadership. So WHO DO I VOTE FOR? Tune in next month and see how things turned out. That's about it for this month. As I write this I'm packing for the Tri-State. Art and I will be on the road in his 1964 Monza 2-door. See you up in Durango. -- Robert Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CNM Birthdays in July: Debra Anderson Larry Blair Mark Domzalski Carol Haynes Larry Haynes Kelli Morgan Leslie Sullivan Kay Sutt Tarmo Sutt Val Nye CNM July Anniversaries: Linda & Dick Cochran Kelli & Mark Morgan Lisa & Dan Thompson Anne & John Wiker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Durango 2015 Tri-State -- Member Reports ROBERT GOLD It's easy for me to describe what I liked about the Durango Tri-State. It's the same thing that I like about all our Corvair events either local, regional, or national. It's not the cars, even though the cars are an important part of our events. It's not the locale, even though I have to say Durango was a perfect place to hold a Tri-State. Simply put, for me, it was the interaction with all the other Corvair folks that stands out. From the moment we arrived, Art and I were treated to a warm welcome from all the RMC members. I'll always value being a member of this car fraternity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LARRY YOFFEE The car show was well placed as it was in a highly visible area frequented by locals. How great was it that the train was so close by. Durango has been a favorite destination for us over the past 40 years. So that combined with getting together so many nice Corvairs for the public to see really helps to promote interest in our cars. This was our fourth Tri-State. We've had an opportunity to meet many new people and see what they have done with their cars. So, when the event comes around again each year, it's nice to see those Corvair folks and their cars again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JOHN WIKER I liked the town, the scenery, the river walk, the golf course, the car show, the banquet meal, especially the desserts; the friendly folks from other clubs, the friendly town folks, the location of the car show right next to the VFW who were having a garage sale that my wife unfortunately found; the trolley bus service which really made the lack of parking downtown almost unnoticeable; the mountain scenery that still had lots of snow there; and finally, the beautiful weather, cool in the evenings and just warm enough in the daytime so that all those long sleeve shirts I brought along were unnecessary. I would also like to thank the car pool team of the Yoffees, the Halls, the Luberts and the Blairs who made the Wikers' trip pleasant and uneventful -- except for the knocking noise coming from Lube's car. Hope he finds out what was causing the noise soon. The only drawback was the Comedy Club that Anne and I went to in downtown Durango Friday night. It was beyond silly and was demeaning to anyone who may have been from a small country town in Texas named Tuna! We left at the intermission it was so bad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BILL REIDER I like the Tri-State events because you get to see many old and long-time friends. Having been to most of the Tri-States in the past it's a great opportunity to visit with people from out of state, and see what they have done to their Corvairs. I didn't care for the guy that was MC for the Banquet. He was hard to understand and just went on and on. As a side remark, the highway going up from Albuquerque and Bloomfield to Durango was very good until you got into Colorado where it went down to two lanes. New Mexico has one up on Colorado there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JIM PITTMAN The town of Durango was a major factor in the success of this Tri-State. I fondly remember our visit in 1990. For us it is nearby and for all there are many attractions in the vicinity. There's lots more there than the Durango-to-Silverton narrow-gauge train! But the great value to the Tri-State is always the variety and quality of the Corvairs and their owners. Fifty-year-old cars that can run with modern automobiles and that can be driven hundreds of miles to a weekend vacation and then back home! If we could calculate the average distance covered by all the Corvairs this weekend, it would surely be an amazing statistic for cars half a century old. Then there are the conversations with friends old and new. What great opportunities thirty-one Tri-State gatherings have provided! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CURT SHIMP Likes: Durango is a beautiful town and never having visited there before I was glad of the opportunity to do so. I thought the host hotel was especially nice with a great staff and one of the best hot breakfasts I ever had in a hotel in this price range. I was appreciative of the goodies that the host club set out Friday night and the drinks during the remainder of the event. Registration also went smoothly for me and I appreciated all the local information included in the goodie bag, especially the local road map. The Rotary Park was a great place to stage the cars for the People's Choice and having the steam train operating right next to the park and the 50's music D. J. was a bonus. The food at the Saturday night banquet was especially good and I thought the host club did a good job of supplying plenty of raffle items. I also enjoyed Christy Barden's gift of gab while everyone was working their way through the chow line. Dislikes: let me say that none of the remarks below are "deal breakers." None of them would have kept me from attending the event. Names tags should have been made available or at least in the pre-event publicity they should advise you to bring one. For any off-site event, maps should be provided, even if they are just hand written. I found no information as what to do with the People's Choice ballot. For the car show the cars should have been grouped by category. This would save a lot of extra walking by us seniors. Having said that, I have been at a number of Corvair events where the hosts try to do this but the drivers just don't follow instructions. The town of Durango is too crowded for my likes. Something formal should be planned for Saturday afternoon such as a fun rally or a tech session. I know that a rally would take manpower, but over the years I have been at many Corvair club events such as the Vair Fair in Virginia where year after year the host club does both a fun rally and a tech session, sometimes two. These clubs have no more manpower than those clubs in the Tri-State events. The fun rallies are designed to show off to best advantage the local country side. For me most Corvair awards banquets are just too long and I usually leave before the end of the show. Buffet style dinners should be served from both sides of the serving table. There was no info available that I saw that said free off street parking was available at the Elks Club. I ended up in a for-fee parking lot over a block away. The Elks Club building did not have a sign that I could see that said Elks Club. There was a big sign that said "P. O. B. E." which meant nothing to me. I also wondered around inside the Elks Club for 10 minutes before I found that the dinner was in the basement. There were no signs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LARRY BLAIR Deja Vu in Durango! I could not believe it had been 25 years since we drove the 1964 yellow Spyder to Durango. But when I dug out my framed photo from the Communique cover, there it was, June 1991! It took almost a year to get my "Rocky Mountain Rendezvous" photo on the cover. Jerry Goffe took my photo negative (remember those?) and did his magic to remove shadows and brighten it up. I submitted it to CORSA and eventually it was published. It was a fun trip back in 1990. Kathleen and I were within three months of getting married, the Spyder was in top condition mechanically, and with a new paint job by MAACO -- Sil, the owner of MAACO, took a personal interest in it -- we decided to take the long way from Albuquerque to Durango. We went over Wolf Creek Pass with the turbo spooling up, whistling, pushing the manifold gauge to the positive side, and Kathleen yelling at me to slow down. The snow was still melting, so the Spyder got a little dirty, but what joy it was to blast into the Rockies with the top down. After the car show, we headed north of Durango to catch the train as it returned from Silverton. Some of my shots looked like the steam locomotive was in the back seat! Jerry helped me pick out the best image to send to CORSA. Was that a better trip than Durango 2015? I don't think so. The Tri-State meets are all good, each unique, but they are always fun. Perhaps unfortunately, our 2015 trip found us riding in a Brand-X, not in a Spyder. Maybe next time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STEVE & RITA GONGORA It is hard to believe that the first time we did this was almost 40 years ago. It is such a great event that is solid and such an opportunity to keep the Corvair alive. Editor Jim asked if the white 1966 Corsa coupe was the same one we drove to Durango in 1990. The car I drove to the first Tri-State in 1976 was my 1965 Corsa. Bill Reider owns the car now. I've been to Colorado to the Tri-States with the 1966 Corsa coupe more times than I can count. I put over 16,000 miles on the car since 2003 with my local driving and going to Tri-State events. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LUBE LUBERT May 29: Early Friday morning CNM members met at the gas station near Sandia Casino to caravan to Durango. My brother Bill and I were in my 1963 Corvair 4-door sedan and the Yoffees and Wikers were in their Corvairs. On the road the axle bearings on my car decided to have a sour note. Very loud at times and scary too. With several stops we finally made it to the Hampton Inn in Durango. We got our room on the first floor and two electronic keys. We had twin queen size beds, very comfortable. We didn't watch much TV. We sat on the patio a lot. Nice cool weather, not too hot during the day. May 30: Saturday morning we went to the little kitchen area to have breakfast there. We went back to our room, Bill got his camera but I forgot mine. We went to the VFW & Rotary Park parking lot for the Corvair Car Show, 9 AM to 12 noon. We had lunch at Wendy's and we saw Robert Gold and his son Art Gold. Back at the hotel several of us discussed what could be making the noise in the rear end. At around 2 PM Pat Hall and I jacked up the car with jack stands in front of the rear wheel housings. I removed the rear tires, brake drums and the left axle shaft with bearing housing. The bearing was pretty dry. Pat packed a lot of marine grease into the bearing and the bearing retainer. Then Pat and Dave Huntoon installed the axle shaft into the differential assembly. I pushed the bearing housing all the way in. I installed 4 lock washers and 4 nuts, then tightened them in an "X" pattern. I installed the brake drum, and Pat said not to adjust the brake shoes on the rears. I decided I would do the right rear bearing at the house after we got home from the trip. I installed both rear tires and tightened the lug nuts. Pat raised the Corvair high enough so I could remove the jack stands, then lowered car to the ground. I re-tightened the rear lug nuts. We put the jack stands back in the trunk, locked up the car and went to the room to clean up. That night at the banquet dinner my brother Bill won a seven-piece American ratchet wrench set. The banquet meal was okay. Bill and I left early after the dinner and later that evening we were surprised when Pat brought the "Hard Luck Award" to our room. Pat took a picture of me with the award. May 31: On Sunday morning my brother and I had a big breakfast. We loaded up the car with suitcases and other things. I turned in both electronic keys. We got some more food, then got into the car and our caravan left the Hampton Inn parking lot. We stopped at a Valero gas station for premium gas for the Corvair. We headed south on Highway 550 through Durango, bound towards the Colorado state line with New Mexico. We stopped at a gas station south of Bloomfield, New Mexico. We walked around a lot. We got back in the Corvair and continued south. Next stop was at a Tee-Pee gas station and casino. We grabbed a burrito and ate it outside. At this point John Wiker said he was going to lead the caravan. We didn't stop in Cuba, New Mexico as we had done on the way north on Friday. John and his wife turned toward Rio Rancho. We continued to I-25 with Dave Huntoon, Pat and Vickie Hall. Bill and I made it to the San Mateo Blvd exit on southbound I-25. We made it all the way home with the rear end knocking all the way. About six hours driving time. What about that noise that followed us all the way home? On June 9th we pulled the right axle and could not get the bearing off. Installing two good used axles and bearings got rid of the noise. Now I can hear other Corvair noises, like the blower fan and tire road noise and normal conversations! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VICKIE HALL As I type this up to send to our editor we are minutes away from leaving to go to the CORSA Convention, and we will be visiting friends and relatives as part of the trip. I'm sorry to say that I didn't have time to put much thought into this. No matter how you prepare for a long trip, when it's time to leave everything piles up and you run out of time! I'm sending this to our editor anyway and I hope he can use it. Going to Tri-State events is one thing that I look forward to each year. I enjoy seeing how the individual Corvair Clubs present their turn at hosting the Tri-States. I always enjoy visiting with "Corvair Friends" and catching up on their news from the past year. An assignment on this trip is to deliver a Paxton Supercharger to Tennessee and it will eventually be delivered to former member and former CNM president Del Patton. Maybe we will meet a few old Corvair friends at the convention and I'm sure Pat & I will make some new Corvair friends there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ELIZABETH DOMZALSKI Where we were sitting during the Saturday night dinner, it was difficult for us to understand or sometimes even hear Christy Barden's comments, but I picked up a few remarks he said about Jim. Christy gave glowing remarks about how Jim has been putting out an outstanding newsletter every single month for so many years. He commented on our web site saying, "If you go to the CNM web site, you can find statistics on anything you can think of as far back as you care to go." (This may not be an exact quote, but it's close.) Here's an exact quote: "When they are wheeling Jim into the old folks home, they will be saying, 'One more, Jim, just one more!"' He meant, just one more newsletter! So true. Jim has set the bar at an all-time high. We appreciate it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANONYMOUS At the banquet, I for one would like to thank Mr Barden for taking pains to gather information on every car in the show and try to recognize the cars and owners at the banquet. That made the Car Show that much more interesting to me! I don't know all the cars and owners. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANONYMOUS The food at the banquet was great! Unfortunately the PA system and the room acoustics were not great, and as there was a lot of enthusiastic conversation everywhere, it was hard to hear and understand the speakers. But, Tri-States are supposed to be "laid-back" and this one was! Glad I went!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PHOTOS: Page 10: Pat Hall & Bill Lubert watch as Lube Lubert removes a noisy axle and bearing in the hotel parking lot on Saturday afternoon. Art & Robert Gold unpack Art's early coupe. Page 11: Christy Barden congratulates RMC president John Dawson who is taking back the attendance trophy this year. RMC had fifty members present while CNM managed a healthy forty-one and PPCC contributed twenty-three. John Dawson presents this year's Boydston Award ("Saint Francis of Corvair Award") to Eric Schakel of the Denver club. Eric has been a fearless Stinger race driver, editor of the Denvair News, writer of excellent tech articles for the RMC newsletter and the Communique, and a major contributor to the popular 2011 Denver CORSA Convention. John Dawson congratulates CNM member Tarmo Sutt on winning another prize for his amazing red 1966 Corsa turbo convertible. The car continues to inspire awe in the minds of car aficionados wherever Tarmo takes it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr and Mrs Bill Reider, 65th Anniversary Bill and Helene "Lee" Reider are celebrating 65 years of marriage. Bill Reider and the former Helene Lepley were married May 27, 1950, at St. Philomena Church in Chicago. Bill served in the U.S. Army and completed a tour of duty in Korea during the Korean conflict. He was a commercial photographer in Chicago until relocating to Albuquerque in 1974. He established Cartune Inc. in 1974, first as an auto parts business and later as a repair shop specializing in Corvairs. Bill retired in 1991. Helene was employed as a legal assistant at Sutin, Thayer & Browne from 1980-1992. The couple have been members of Corvairs of New Mexico since 1974, and were involved in various leadership positions in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and are recipients of the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Their children are Barbara Dye and her husband Wade Dye; Laurie Valdez; and Thomas Reider and Steve Reider, both deceased. They have seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Bill and Helene will celebrate with family and friends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ | July 2015 | August 2015 | September 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 4 | 1 | 1 2 3 4 5 | | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 | | 26 27 28 29 30 31 | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | 27 28 29 30 | | | 30 31 | | ============================================================================ Wed 1 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. Sat 4 Jul EARLY! Fourth of July on the Plaza - Santa Fe - Pancake Breakfast Fri 10 Jul - 6th Annual Collector Car Appreciation Day -Activities being planned Sat 11 Jul - 6th Annual Collector Car Appreciation Day -Activities being planned Wed 15 Jul 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Sat 18 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 22 Jul 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE Fri 24 Jul 9:00 PM Deadline for items for August 2015 newsletter ============================================================================ Wed 5 Aug 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER Sun 9 Aug - All Clubs Picnic - Oak Flat Picnic Area, South Rt 337 Sat 15 Aug 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 19 Aug 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 21 Aug 9:00 PM Deadline for items for September 2015 newsletter Wed 26 Aug 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE ============================================================================ Wed 2 Sep 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER Wed 16 Sep 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Sat 19 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 Sat 19 Sep 9:30 AM Annual Santa Fe Airshow Sat 19 Sep - Concours du Soleil - Albuquerque - andy@albuquerquefoundation.org Sun 20 Sep - Concours du Soleil - Albuquerque - andy@albuquerquefoundation.org Sun 20 Sep - State Fair Car Show --- check on date and time! Wed 23 Sep 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE Fri 25 Sep 9:00 PM Deadline for items for October 2015 newsletter Fri 25 Sep - NMCCC / Los Lunas Annual Swap Meet Sat 26 Sep - Morris Sports Complex, Morris Rd. & Hwy 314, Los Lunas Sun 27 Sep - joyce@nmcarcouncil.net ============================================================================ Fri 2 Oct - DRIVE YOUR CORVAIR DAY --- FIRST RETAIL SALE OF CORVAIRS, 1959 ============================================================================ See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities ======================== http://www.nmcarcouncil.com/ ====================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEVEN YEARS AGO JULY Jim Pittman 2008 Vol 34 Nr 7 # 394 Our cover featured Bill Reider's silver-and-black 1965 Corsa. New members were Brian Rowe and Curtis Shimp. VP Pat Hall ran our June meeting and Wendell Walker reported $2,552. Sylvan headed a committee to recommend changes to our Meissner Award. Pat said he'd bring his truck for our first scrap metal drive. We discussed saving money by not mailing newsletters to computer literate members. Secretary Chuck Vertrees said he had received a member list from CORSA and it was full of errors: some CNM members were not listed, while some names on the list had never been CNM members. We published the list, noting errors. Brenda Stickler contributed an article on preparations for the Taos Tri-State. Yes, we really did work on it for a year or so. Laura Wilshire of the Denver club reported on the successful 2008 Pagosa Springs Tri-State. Bob Helt of the Las Vegas, Nevada club contributed an article on the history of CORSA with emphasis on CORSA and chapter publications. Richard M. Langworth placed an ad in CAR AND DRIVER magazine stating an interest in a national Corvair club and in October 1969 he sent out Preliminary Newsletter #1 to those who responded. CORSA was founded on 7 March 1970. Preliminary Newsletter #4 was dated Jul/Aug 1970 and was now called the "Corsa News." It was 17 pages and contained the proposed constitution and by-laws. A "CORSA Quarterly" started in June 1971 and the "CORSA Communique" as we know it today started in September 1978. 2001 Vol 27 Nr 7 # 310 Our cover had photos from Jerry Goffe's June Mystery Tour. The photos were made at Bien Mur near I-25 and Tramway. Today you'd see a huge Sandia Casino! New members: Tamara & Anthony Couture, owners of a nice yellow 1964 convertible, and Barbara, Gordon and Steve Johnson. We had $5712 in the bank. Our Sponsor Joe Trujillo said that Galles was having a car show in June and we should bring Corvairs. Steve Gongora reported on our new embroidered jacket patches. We discussed the upcoming Route 66 Diamond Jubilee and decided it was not well organized, was in the wrong place, and was too expensive. Could we have a car show on Central near Richmond NE instead? We planned a Fall Aspencade to the Shidoni Art Studio near Tesuque and Pojoaque. Should we send our newsletters to the western CORSA directors? Mark mentioned the idea of sending newsletters by e-mail. Your editor thought we were not ready to do that. President Hurley's column was written from a hotel room in Houston and the high humidity prompted thoughts of the Corvair's front fresh air vent windows. With no engine up front, these vent windows allowed many of us to survive without air conditioning. We planned a campout at Ruth's cabin in the Jemez and the State Fair car show in September. Del wrote a "tech tip" that described the results of not replacing the oil filler cap and then driving around for awhile. A tech tip by Brent Covey borrowed from the "VAIR-IETY" newsletter told all you needed to know about late model wheel alignment and how to do it yourself! 1994 Vol 20 Nr 7 # 226 Our cover showed the commemorative award presented to Terry Price for hazardous duty at the Pagosa Springs Tri-State Meet. Someone accidentally discharged a firearm in his direction! We had $873 in the bank. The Museum car show had 440 vehicles but Corvair turnout was poor. At Pagosa Springs there were 91 Corvairs. Denver had the biggest turnout. We planned to host next year's event at Red River. Kay Sutt reported on the Colorado event. We planned a Saturday tech session to demonstrate Heim joint carb linkage. We looked forward to the Santa Fe July Fourth car show, an All-Chevy show at Galles celebrating their 86th anniversary and a July 10th econorun. New members Clint and Angela Collins were married in June. New member Bert Weil was restoring a 1964 sedan. Tech tips: How to finish back window trim, how to prevent Corvair skin cancer with a screen under the front air intake, how to prevent condensation during storage, proper installation of a Chevy S-10 air dam on late Corvairs. We reprinted an article on Don Yenko and his Corvair Stinger race cars. 1987 Vol 13 Nr 7 # 142 Our cover was a Mark Morgan fantasy. We had $633. The library van's seats were done and body work was next. Corvairs at the Museum car show were scattered, not grouped. Eleven Corvairs went to Ouray and total attendance was 65. Jerry showed us a video of the Ouray trip. Clayborne told us the technique of "sparking" bearing races so they wouldn't spin in front wheel hubs. Connect your engine ground straps so your brake cable won't melt. Things to do when rebuilding an engine. Easy removal of weatherstrips. Using a test lamp to check electrical circuits. Otto Mechanic had a new use for Armor All. This was the first CNM newsletter to feature "Burma Shave" signs throughout the issue. 1980 Vol 6 Nr 7 # 58 Our cover showed a mid-sixties NSU Prinz 1000 with 1960 Corvair styling. New members were Del Patten, Sheldon Dike and Ike's son John Meissner. Bill Reider gave a talk on Corvair mufflers. Can you use a "turbo" muffler on non-turbo cars? In CAR AND DRIVER: the most significant cars of the last 25 years... the Corvair "opened the door to government regulation of the automobile" -- no mention of its intrinsic values. Book review: "The (in)Compleat Corvair Story" by Dave Newell. Technical:How to connect a condenser to a generator: it goes to the ARMATURE terminal, not to the FIELD terminal. It's there to suppress radio noise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. I still print mailing labels with a 1989 Apple IIgs on a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IIIp. The newsletter is composed using Apple computers. Software includes OSX, 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=