The November 2015 newsletter - Text Version Updated 27-Oct-2015 == Copyright (c) 2015 == Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOVEMBER 2015 / VOLUME 41 / NUMBER 11 / ISSUE #482 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 November 4th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE THIS MONTH: Mechanically Un-inclined ........................ Ray Trujillo October Meeting Minutes ........................ Anne Mae Gold October Board Meeting .......................... Anne Mae Gold The Eyes Have It (Bill ReiderŐs photos) .......... Robert Gold Birthdays & Anniversaries ................. Sunshine Committee Christmas Party Collections ....................... John Wiker Day at Corrales Farm Festival ..................... John Wiker Corrales Harvest Festival Part II ............ Brenda Stickler Corvairiations from the Norm .................... Larry Yoffee A Cautionary Tale ............................... Larry Yoffee National Route 66 Caravan ......................... John Wiker Treasury Report .................................. Robert Gold October Club Breakfast: The New Yorken ........... Jim Pittman Calendar of Coming Events ................. Board of Directors October Old Route 66 Cleanup ..................... Lube Lubert November Issues, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago .. Club Historian COVER: CNM's Halloween Pumpkin ... First seen in November 1985 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ President: Ray Trujillo 505-814-8373 ray @ bpsabq.com Vice President: John Wiker 505-899-3076 wikerj63 @ yahoo.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 williamlubert @ gmail.com Past President: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Past President: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com Past Vice-Pres: Tarmo Sutt 505-690-2046 tarmo @ juno.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEETINGS: First Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 PM North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTERNET: CORSA's home page: http://www.corvair.org Steve Gongora's page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871 CNM's newsletters: http://www.unm.edu/~jimp Larry Yoffee home page: http://www.corsaturbo180usa.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DUES: CNM: 12 months $25.00 -or- 26 months $ 50.00 CORSA: 12 months $45.00 -or- 26 months $ 90.00 CNM & CORSA: 12 months $70.00 -or- 26 months $140.00 CNM only: 12 months $28.00 -or- 26 months $ 56.00 As of 25-October-2015 we have 40 active Family Memberships. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DUES DUE DATES FOR NOVEMBER 2015: INACTIVE =========================== INACTIVE DATE 2015.01 Darlene & William Darcy 25-FEB-2015 2015.02 Frank Stadler 25-MAR-2015 2015.08 Linda & Anthony Berbig 25-SEP-2015 2015.09 Elizabeth & Mark Domzalski 25-OCT-2015 2015.09 Leslie & Kevin Sullivan 25-OCT-2015 2015.09 Lisa & Dan Thompson 25-OCT-2015 DUE LAST MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2015.10 Debra & Jon Anderson 25-NOV-2015 2015.10 Mary Lou & Mark Martinek 25-NOV-2015 2015.10 Fred Riggs II 25-NOV-2015 2015.10 Sylvia & Ray Trujillo 25-NOV-2015 DUE THIS MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE (none) DUE NEXT MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE 2015.12 Ruth Boydston 25-JAN-2016 2015.12 David Huntoon 25-JAN-2016 2015.12 Mark L Morgan 25-JAN-2016 2015.12 Larry Yoffee 25-JAN-2016 DUE JANUARY 2016 =================== INACTIVE DATE 2016.01 Anne Mae & Robert Gold 25-FEB-2016 2016.01 H. C. "Lube" Lubert 25-FEB-2016 2016.01 Nancy & Russ McDuffie 25-FEB-2016 2016.01 Carolyn & Dan Palmer 25-FEB-2016 2016.01 Sarah & Terry Price 25-FEB-2016 ================================================== Send your Dues to: CNM Treasurer c/o Robert Gold 1301 Valencia NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 Past due memberships will become INACTIVE after a one-month grace period. The Club will mail in your National Dues when you renew, if you send us the renewal form from your CORSA Communique! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MECHANICALLY UN-INCLINED Ray Trujillo Hello everyone! First of all, I stated on my last article that I would update you on two activities that occurred after last month's newsletter deadline. Those two activities were the Corrales Harvest Festival and the Los Lunas Swap meet. The Los Lunas Swap meet was once again a great success with tons of vendors and just about everything available that a collector car enthusiast could need or want. I had nothing particular in mind when I went and I was tempted by many different items like beautiful leather bucket seats, shiny chrome rims, and lots of cool accessories. Well as I was leaving the swap meet thinking I had resisted the many temptations, I saw a really neat hot dog rotisserie machine and I just had to have it. Can you believe it, all those awesome car parts to choose from and I end up buying a hot dog cooker. Anyway, I got home excited to show off my prize and when I showed Sylvia what I proudly bought she quizzically asks, "Where are you gonna put that thing?" Sensing she doesn't care much for my new toy and feeling a little hurt by her comment, I jokingly said, "Well of course, it will go perfectly in our bedroom." On to the Corrales Harvest Festival. The festival was really a fun family event as there were hay rides from one end of town to the other. There were many different booths to see arts and crafts, locally grown produce, kids face painting and multiple food booths to choose from. There was also live music at a couple of the stops and we couldn't have asked for better weather. CNM was represented by John Wiker, Larry Yoffee, Dave Huntoon and yours truly. Thanks to Dave Huntoon for setting this up and we enjoyed it so much I've asked if we could participate again next year. It really is a nice event and it's at a great time of year. On October 3rd, CNM held its final Old Route 66 cleanup of the year and we had five members show up. The five members who came were Lube Lubert, Dave Huntoon, Pat Hall, Robert Gold and myself. A big thank you from CNM to those five members for their helping with this cleanup. Good job boys! Okay, let's talk about our upcoming events. On Saturday, November 7th at 5pm CNM will hold its annual Bingo/Potluck/ Auction night at the House of Covers located at 115 Richmond NE. This event is one of CNM's main fund raising activities and you're encouraged to come and play a few games of bingo and participate in our silent auctions. If you can, please bring items that you'd like to donate for the auction and remember it's also a potluck affair, so bring a dish to enjoy with your fellow members . We'll play three or four games of bingo and the winner of each game will split the pot with the club. This is always a fun evening so plan to be there. Next up on the schedule, on December 5th we'll hold our final social event of the year with our Christmas party at the Quarters Restaurant located at 4516 Wyoming NE. The start time is still to be determined as the Quarters has two parties to host that day. At our next membership meeting we'll see what time works best for our group. This Christmas CNM plans to donate school supplies to a couple of needy elementary schools so please read John Wiker's article for more details. At the end of our next membership meeting Bill Reider will present a slide show of some of his excellent photography work that he did over a twenty-eight year career in the advertising field. Bill has given me a sneak preview and you're in for a real treat. Well I guess that's enough said for now so I'll see you at the next club meeting. -- Ray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OCTOBER MEETING MINUTES Anne Mae Gold Call to order = 7:01 PM Approval of Minutes = approved President: Ray has already filled out the annual request for CNM to continue meeting at Domingo Baca and it was approved for first Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 PM. Officer Elections: Ray will stay as president if needed, Tarmo is stepping down as VP, Secretary Anne Mae is willing to stay, Treasurer Robert will stay. Terry nominated Ray for President; Ray nominated John Wiker for VP. The slate was approved by acclamation. John Wiker suggested a new club/board position. This position would be Activity Director. This currently falls under the prevue of the VP. John is not adverse to doing the job, but in an effort to have more members involved in the club, he feels this would be a good position. Discussion was held over this proposition. Any club member can suggest and organize an activity. Club members should be bringing in tech talk presentations. The membership voted and the above names were elected to their nominated positions. Vice President: Tarmo was not present but had spoken to Jim by phone, so Jim gave his report. Tarmo brought home from California a Porsche 911T. His red Corvair will be stored while he works on the Porsche. A new Goldwing motorcycle has joined the Sutt family but we haven't seen it yet because Tarmo had a class to attend tonight. He sent photos and it looks awesome. Secretary: nothing to report. Treasurer: We have $4,879.61 in our account. Membership: Larry Yoffee said that Jay and Pauline Waterfield are possible new members. They bought LeRoy's 1960 Corvair. They attended the State Fair Car Show with the 1960 Corvair. Jay owns "Dr. Jays" on San Mateo and a transmission shop on Candelaria. Larry brought in a mini-poster of Corvairs. Editor: The deadline for the newsletter is Friday October 23. A group of Colorado Corvair people plan to come through Albuquerque on the way to Palm Springs on October 21st. Please look on the website under the NEWS tab if you want to contact them to make arrangements to join their caravan. Car Council: Robert reported out on the Swap Meet. It was a "magnificent" success. Thank you to all members of CNM who attended and helped out. The Car Council is currently working on by-laws. Merchandise: Thanks to Lube, a cookbook was sold. Vickie gave Robert $5. Do we want new Club shirts? Larry is willing to go to the graphic artist who made the Chama shirts to come up with a couple of designs for new CNM T-shirts. Larry will bring in the catalog for us to look at. Mention was made of making new jackets. Larry said we could look at the catalog so that we can see what the prices are. Tri-State 2017: Terry Price reports that the venue has been narrowed down to three: Taos, Pagosa Springs or Las Vegas. The advantages of each were discussed. Larry Yoffee is on board for T-shirts, John Wiker will be in charge of registration, Pat Hall will be in charge of the car show. More volunteers will be needed! A decision on the venue should be reached in a month or two. Upcoming Events: 10/23-10/25 Great Western Fan Belt Toss Raffle tickets were available at $5 each for various prizes. 10/24 Saturday 9:00 AM -- CNM breakfast at The New Yorken Cafe 2120 Juan Tabo NE (between Menaul and Indian School). 11/ 7 Saturday 5:00 PM -- Bingo/Potluck/Auction House of Covers, 115 Richmond NE. 12/ 5 Saturday 5:00 PM -- Christmas Party at The Quarters Restaurant 4516 Wyoming Blvd NE at Wyoming and Montgomery. Recent Past Events: State Fair Car Show (13 Corvairs) Santa Fe Concourso (no report of any Corvairs) NMCCC Swap Meet (great success) Corrales Harvest Festival (Four members attended, they also got a chance to visit Ollie and Mary Alice Scheflow) Old Route 66 cleanup (Five members picked up six bags of trash) Albuquerque International Balloon Car Show (no report of any Corvairs) Miscellaneous Topics: Please bring your working items for the silent auction. Feel free to put up home baked goods at the auction. The club will be collecting new school supplies for the Christmas party. All items will be accepted. John and Anne Wiker will collect and deliver the supplies. Brenda made a suggestion that once a CNM member reaches a specified age,that they be made a lifetime member who does not pay dues. The 50/50 was won by Hurley -- $15 total. Adjourn = 8:25 PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOARD MEETING MINUTES - 10/21/2015 Anne Mae Gold Present: Ray, Jim, Heula, Vickie, Pat, John, Lube, Terry, Robert, Anne Mae Gold Called to order at 5:00 PM President: Ray reported that the Quarters called about our Christmas dinner party. They are double-booked and have asked us to start at 4:00 PM instead of 5:00 PM. We would have the room from 4:00-5:30. We could go earlier and go from 3:30 to 5:30. Ray will call about our arriving at 3:30 PM. Ray has taken care of the bingo cards. We went over the rules for the silent auction. The intent is to avoid conflict such as the one that spoiled last year's party. The board recommends that bid increases be at least $1, maybe more if the item is worth more. The last game is always blackout. Final bids need to be in by the end of that game. One person needs to then collect the bid sheets. Totals will be tabulated and money will be collected by the volunteer banker. Vice-President: John will call all members on Thursday evening to remind them about the Saturday morning breakfast. Treasurer: $4,771.42; Edeskuty's membership fee has not been received. The $35 annual club charge from CORSA has cleared. Secretary: Nothing Membership: Larry was not present. Vickie shared Larry's information on the club T-shirt order suggestion. Money does not need to be collected prior to ordering. T-shirts must be ordered in quantities of 12 or more per order. Vickie will be taking the orders. Editor: Friday October 23 is the deadline for the newsletter. According to the by-laws the president must appoint all the board members. This was done at the meeting. Do we need an actual Activity Director on the board? This is a topic Jim feels we need to discuss as a board. Steve Gongora has the website for our club that is hosted on CORSA's server. Jim has been maintaining his website for the club for about 15 years. After positive reviews by the Pikes Peak club, he finally decided to try out Google Analytics. So far it is not revealing any useful information. Jim received a letter from the North Texas Corvair Association advertising the Corvair Hawaiian Shirts that were featured at the Knoxville convention. They are selling for $85. Jim ordered one. He will model it for us when it arrives. Car Council: Next week's meeting will be the last for 2015. The by-laws will be voted on. 2017 Tri-State: Terry needs to know how the Tri-State gets paid for. Taos, Las Vegas and Pagosa Springs are the 3 cities in the running at this time. June 2-4 is the proposed weekend for the 2017 Tri-State. That's the weekend after Memorial Day. Robert and Art will help Pat with the car show. Terry is thinking about looking for a guest speaker. Are we interested in having a rally? No. Usually there are tours of local interest spots. Terry would like to take a photo of each car, have them printed and give photos to each owner at the banquet. He'd also like to use these photos for making a 12-month calendar showing all the winning cars. New Business: Oct. 23-25 Great Western Fan Belt Toss in Palm Springs. Oct. 24 Breakfast at New Yorken Restaurant at 9:00 AM, location: 2120 Juan Tabo. Nov. 7 Bingo/Potluck/Auction at House of Covers at 5:00 PM. Dec. 5 Christmas party at the Quarter's Restaurant at 4516 Wyoming NE, 3:30 PM, maybe? Miscellaneous: We should set up a "garage tour" of the Unser Museum for February. Ray will set up a tentative calendar of activities. Adjourned at 6:27 PM. Some of us admired the "new: Gold red 2002 Honda Civic with a wing on the trunk lid! Robert is so pleased. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE EYES HAVE IT Robert Gold My membership in CNM has given me much pleasure totally unrelated to cars. For example, I've encountered two of our valued members in my previous role as a scientist in the Federal government. Larry Blair and Tamo Sutt had "day jobs" that were related to my job as a water expert. Larry was the head of the Albuquerque Arroyo Flood Control Authority and Tarmo worked for the New Mexico State Engineer Office. These guys got me thinking of what interesting jobs my fellow CNM members might have. Probably the most spectacular is that Hurley Wilvert was a wild factory-sponsored motorcycle racer. Who would have thought? Not quite as exciting, but equally interesting, was Bill Reider's work as a professional photographer. Thanks to Bill's recent talk to the club, I came to understand the depth of his abilities in that field. Unfortunately, I didn't stay around to listen to his complete talk to the Club. Luckily, I got a second chance to appreciate his work. Bill Reider was kind enough to go over his photographs in private for both myself and my son, Art. With his flash drive in hand Bill brought his photos over to Art's. For an hour and a half he captivated us with both his work in Korea, during the war, and his commercial work, when he lived in Chicago. I could go on and on about his shots, but let me sum things up in a simple way. His pictures were of the same level you see in those gigantic books they sell to display on your coffee table. They are that remarkable! Some of the shots actually were run in publications for various clothiers and industries. Other shots were made just for Bill's amusement. All of them were memorable. I asked Bill if he had ever had a show for his photographs, and I was sorely disappointed when he said no. So it turns out that we at CNM, and Art and I have had the unique privilege to behold Bill's images. Thank you Bill for your time and your abilities. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Three Birthdays in November: Jim Pittman Anne Wiker John Wiker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHRISTMAS PARTY COLLECTIONS John Wiker I know that Christmas seems a long way off, but if you look at our busy calendar, the 5th of December will be upon us quickly. At the September meeting the club decided to collect school supplies for a couple of under-served elementary schools. Anne and I have located two in the South Valley that would more than welcome a mid-year boost by Christmas Break time, as fresh supplies will be needed to start the new calendar year. So we are asking all CNM attendees to bring typical school supplies that Anne and I will collect and deliver to the two schools. More information at the next meeting. Thanks for all you can bring to the "table" that evening. See you there for a great time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAY AT CORRALES FARM FESTIVAL John Wiker On Sunday, 27 September, four members represented the club at the Corrales Harvest Festival. Larry Yoffee, Ray Trujillo, and I met at the McDonalds at Alameda at 08:15 AM and drove into Corrales looking for the spot we were to display our cars. We drove through the whole town and did not find any place suitable for us. We turned around and drove back out and who do we see flagging us down, but Dave Huntoon. We parked next to the Senior Center and behind the Town Hall behind lots of vendor tents. Who was going to see us there, I thought? At about 10:00, Sylvia Trujillo showed up and she and Ray went off to enjoy the event. A few people wandered by and finally at about 11:00, business picked up. It so happened we were parked near the street that Ollie Scheflow lived on. I had picked up and taken him home a few times so I was familiar with his home area. I walked down to visit him at about 12:00 and found the house open and no one around but a car was parked out front. I knocked on the door to the kitchen area that I always used and still no answer. I walked back to my car and got out the member list, found his phone number and called. The caretaker, Eva, answered and said that they were out back in the orchard when I visited and all was well and he was resting and could take visitors at 2:00 PM. Just as we were about to leave to walk to Ollie's house Brenda Stickler showed up and came with us. We spent about 20 minutes with him. He is doing well and misses the club and people he considered friends for many years. He says hello to everyone and will talk to his daughter about the possibility of joining us at the Christmas dinner. We walked back to our cars, glad to have taken the opportunity that the event provided us. One of the more "colorful" characters we met claimed to have worked at Ed Black's while in high school as a janitor and gofer handy man. Later, he was allowed to drive and deliver cars to new owners. He delivered Ed Black's first 1962 Spyder to a pilot at Kirtland AFB. He said he drove the new car along Zuni from Wyoming toward the Kirtland Gate, hit the gas as he left the pavement and entered the stones on Zuni, spun the car and almost lost it when the turbo cut in. He spent about 30 minutes too long with us, all the while leaning on Larry's car and his expensive paint job. If only you could have seen the look on Larry's face every time he would change position!! After entirely too many home-made pastries and BBQ, 3:30 PM arrived and we all agreed to leave and give the attendees one more look at the Corvair "parade." It was a great day and we parked close to some overhanging trees that provided shade for us. Photos: David Huntoon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CORRALES HARVEST FESTIVAL PART II Brenda Stickler As a resident of Corrales for ten years, it was surely time for me to attend the Corrales Harvest Festival for the very first time. Of course I was most motivated, knowing there would be Corvairs on display. I headed down my hill and was able to park two blocks away from all of the festivities. It was almost 2:00 PM when I caught up with the Corvairs... who had it "made in the shade." It was great to visit with Larry, David, Ray and John and they said people enjoyed asking them questions and admiring the Corvairs. Larry stayed with the vehicles and the rest of us took a nice walk to visit Ollie at his home about three normal city blocks away. This visit had been prearranged by John through the care provider in the Scheflow home. We were offered coffee by the caregiver, but we all declined. Of course our Ollie was all smiles, and very glad to have us come visit. One of the first topics was that we were looking for new leadership and did he want to run for an office for CNM. He kind of chuckled ... and declined nicely. Soon, we were letting Ollie know that we were going to have the Christmas dinner in a little over two months. He said he would see if his daughters could go, he would love to see everyone. Well, of course we ended up talking about vehicles. Ollie has one light blue Corvair in his garage that he is continually doing a little work on. He indicated that Pat Hall most probably would be taking the Corvairs in his yard that pretty much had been parted out. As the guys headed out to look at a large collector motor home from the 1960's that was in the yard, I looked up the caregiver and asked her to ask Mary Alice if she was up to a brief visit with me. I was escorted into her room and Mary Alice and I held hands and caught up. Occasionally, her card group comes out and spends time with her. She was very pleased that our car group had come out to visit with Ollie. She agreed that is was good to see Fall coming around. When I mentioned that possibly one of her daughters might get them to the CNM Christmas Party ... she said that would be nice. Mary Alice thanked me for visiting with her and we had a nice hug. I did walk around the Festival and made a few purchases and for a while a lady from England latched on to me and we discussed how warm and cozy the little farm town of Corrales was. There were lots of great booths with art and jewelry. Corrales has a variety of great food choices. The Park next to the library had great shade and activities for young children. If you are a reader there is a great yearly book sale to help fund the Corrales Library. I hope more of you will join us next year... I'm hooked. Of course the highlight of my very first Corrales Harvest Festival was my visit with Ollie and Mary Alice "of Corrales" Scheflow! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CORVAIRIATIONS FROM THE NORM Larry Yoffee Before I tell you my story, my purpose for writing it was to offer a feature to our newsletter and encourage others to contribute their own "horror" ... I mean interesting stories while owning and driving a Corvair. Well, they don't have to be horror stories, just fit with the title of the by-line... CorVairiations. So, please contribute each month with your own stories. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A CAUTIONARY TALE Larry Yoffee Recently, I was re-telling a story to a friend of mine, a cautionary tale really, about a time I was getting ready for a cross country trip in my 1965 Monza 110, December 1970. First picture my 1965 Monza 110 HP coupe in madiera maroon, 4 speed with a telescopic steering wheel, chrome reverse wheels, center mounted tach on the steering column and a luggage rack. Oh, and my one Lucas Flamethrower lamp mounted under the left side front bumper. I was so proud. In those days, I was attending the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. It was Christmas break and I decided to make the + or - 2000 mile trip to see my grandmother in Dover, New Hampshire, my hometown. Now usually a trip like that in December is probably not recommended for all the obvious reasons. But being 22 at the time, not much was obvious to me. I just typically went with it no matter what "it" was. My Monza was really a great performer. I had done regular maintenance on her (I think it was a her) and I felt confident I could make the trip with no problems and, as it turned out, I did. Or at least one way. It's important to add that I had a companion with me. A female friend of mine, not plantonic, not a girlfriend either, at least I didn't think so. She was from New Hampshire also and so when I asked her if she'd like to make the trip, she said yes. Once we got to her town on the western side of the state near the Vermont border, I dropped her off at her parents' house where I met her mom and dad. Her dad had lots of stories. He was a WWII vet and was a part of the famed 10th Mountain Infantry Division -- they fought the war on skis. My grandmother and I had a great visit and when she asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I said I could use a new set of tires. She didn't know what Michelins were but agreed to pay for them. My first set of radial tires. I could not believe what they did for the handling of my coupe. So, now for the cautionary part of this tale. As I recall, it was cold, really cold the day before I was ready to leave. I decided to change the oil and because I did everything on that car myself in those days, I just got after it. But, I either got lazy or forgot to change the oil filter. Fast forward to picking up my friend and heading back to Colorado. We were in the middle of Nebraska in a blizzard when smoke started filling the cabin of the car through the heater. I'm sure I uttered a few choice words as I pulled off I-80 which by this time was down to one lane behind the snowplow. There wasn't much room to pull over and I was really worried about another car running into us. No flashers you know. But I pulled off as much as I could, hoped for the best and opened the engine compartment. I knew right away what it was. Remember that oil filter I didn't change? Well thankfully there was a new one in the trunk along with lots of new oil. I cleaned up the mess as best I could and off we went. But not far. They closed the interstate and we had to exit. The closest town was a one-horse town and even that one horse had enough sense to stay in the barn. It was so cold and so white. Under different circumstances, I'm sure I would have thought it was quite beautiful. But we were forced to put into this small old hotel and in a room that didn't have a heater that worked very well. I think I slept a little that night but wouldn't swear to it. Hard to sleep when you're that cold. In the morning, they opened the interstate and we headed out. We eventually made it back to Greeley that day with a cautionary tale. Whatever you do, please, change out the oil filter FIRST!! Larry Yoffee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NATIONAL ROUTE 66 CARAVAN John Wiker I represented Corvairs of New Mexico tonight at the Unser Racing Museum. Thirty classic cars showed up at 4:00pm, 18 from local clubs and 12 "travelers." I talked with the gentleman leading the group from Chicago to the West Coast in his brand new Chevy Camaro. He said at times on the route he had 66 cars in the group and when they got to Albuquerque they were down to 46, but would pick up more from Gallup on. Cars would join him and leave him all along the way. They were spending the night here and would leave for Gallup in the morning. They'd leave when everyone was up, had breakfast and "felt like leaving." They were housed in four hotels downtown and as far west as the Route 66 Casino hotel. After spending about one and a half hours at the museum, they headed for the Route 66 Diner on Central for dinner. With the group were nine folks from Canada. If you look at a calendar, you will see that in addition to Columbus Day, it is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. These folks hoped that there was turkey of some kind on the menu at the diner. Apparently Americans are not the only ones with turkey as a tradition on Thanksgiving. Some of the Canadians were from British Columbia and had already put 4,300 miles on their 1951, flat-head 8 Meteor 2-door hardtop which looked exactly like my grandfather's 1951 Ford. As they left for the diner I headed for home having met a bunch of people a little more adventuresome than I think I would ever be. By the way, no one could recall seeing a Corvair in the group on this trip. Also by the way, it might be time for our club to revisit the Unser Museum. I recall we went there years ago and I remember Bill Reider taking a picture of me sitting in a race car. A Classic! The museum has grown a lot since then and now occupies two buildings and a lot more displays than I recall from many years ago. This might be a good "Garage Tour" to start our new year. Jim, I took a few pictures that I will bring to the meeting on the 21st to download into your computer. John Wiker sends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TREASURY REPORT ............. 09-26-2015 to 10-21-2015 ............. ROBERT GOLD DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION BALANCE = $4,634.61 ========== ==== ========== =========== ========================================= 2015.10.02 2213 -$ 35.00 CORSA Annual CORSA Chapter Fee -$ 35.00 2015.10.05 +$ 280.00 CNM Dues F.Adams 26 m CNM & CORSA $ 140.00 2015.10.05 +$ CNM Dues F.Riggs 26 m CNM & CORSA $ 140.00 2015.10.14 2216 -$ 28.19 H.Pittman OCT 2015 Newsletter_Printing -$ 28.19 2015.10.15 +$ 145.00 CNM Dues T.Sutt 26 m CNM $ 50.00 2015.10.15 +$ E.Halpin 12 m CNM $ 25.00 2015.10.15 +$ R.Cochran 12 m CNM & CORSA $ 70.00 2015.10.20 2217 -$ 45.00 CORSA Dues D.Cochran 12 m CORSA -$ 45.00 2015.10.20 2215 -$ 180.00 CORSA Dues F.Adams 26 m CORSA -$ 90.00 2015.10.20 -$ CORSA Dues F.Riggs 26 m CORSA -$ 90.00 ========== ==== ========== =========== ========================================= 2015.10.21 ********************** ENDING BALANCE ********************* $4,771.42 ========== ==== ========== =========== ========================================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A club breakfast was scheduled for Saturday October 24th at 9:00 AM at the New Yorken Cafe & Bakery at 2120 Juan Tabo NE. Four Corvairs parked in front of the cafe. Fourteen CNM members gathered around a large dining table and had a great breakfast. We had a lovely time and the Fall weather was perfect. This is a great locally-owned business and we all vowed to return! Thanks to the friendly staff. Some who attended were thrilled to see the famous Corvair Shirt from the North Texas Corvair Association. Thanks to Rita Gongora and John Wiker who set up this event! Photos: Jim Pittman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ | November 2015 | December 2015 | January 2016 | | 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 5 6 7 | 1 2 3 4 5 | 1 2 | | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | | 29 30 | 27 28 29 30 31 | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | | | | 31 | ============================================================================ WED 04 NOV 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 07 NOV 5:00 PM Bingo / Potluck / Auction -- HOUSE OF COVERS WED 18 NOV 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE FRI 20 NOV 9:00 PM Deadline for items for December 2015 newsletter ============================================================================ WED 02 DEC 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER SAT 05 DEC 3:30 PM CHRISTMAS PARTY - The QUARTERS - Wyoming at Montgomery NE Donations this year: School supplies for elementary school children. John and Anne Wiker will deliver the items after they are collected. WED 16 DEC 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE FRI 25 DEC 9:00 PM Deadline for items for January 2016 newsletter ============================================================================ WED 06 JAN 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER WED 20 JAN 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE FRI 22 JAN 9:00 PM Deadline for items for February 2016 newsletter WED 27 JAN 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE ============================================================================ FRI 03 JUN 2016 Tri-State in Montrose, Colorado - Pikes Peak Corvair Club SAT 04 JUN 2016 Tri-State the Holiday Inn Express has been confirmed SUN 05 JUN 2016 Stay tuned for phone numbers, T-shirts, other details. More information: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter809/ ============================================================================ See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities ======================== http://www.nmcarcouncil.com/ ====================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On October 3rd five members of Corvairs of New Mexico met for our last Old Route 66 cleanup for 2015 and picked up six bags of trash. Thanks to: Robert Gold, Pat Hall, David Huntoon, Lube Lubert, Ray Trujillo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEVEN YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 2015 Jim Pittman 2008 Vol 34 Nr 11 Issue 398 On the cover, CNM members and friends pose with Art's Corsa at the State Fair. Some attended the Locomotive Restoration Project. Tarmo's red Corsa turbo engine was done and had run on a test stand. Wendell turned over his final treasury report to Robert Gold. Planning for the Taos Tri-State continued. Pat Hall described a reconnaissance trip several members made to Taos in October. We discussed what to do with the CNM awards and thought the two Colorado clubs should be more involved with the Boydston Award. Mike Stickler described car work he was doing to prepare for winter. Lee Reider and Emma Rogers called for Christmas donations for children's hospitals. Robert reported on a record year at the State Fair with seventeen Corvairs. David Huntoon forwarded an article about a Corvair based on an island in Maine, how it was used, how it was maintained. Chuck Vertrees reported on our recent economy run with Pat & Vickie getting 49.8 MPG in an early model. Finally we had an article about lubrication of flat-tappet engines by modern oils and how the lack of zinc dialkyldithiophosphate or ZDDP would cause severe cam wear. 2001 Vol 27 Nr 11 Issue 314 This issue was full of photos, starting with a cover shot of Mark Domzalski, outgoing CORSA president, and Hurley Wilvert, outgoing CNM president. The October meeting reported our treasury at $5,359.59. An almost-new member attended: John Mattern. At the State Fair Car Show 18 Corvairs on hand. Our elections brought in Robert Gold, Larry Blair, Chuck Vertrees and Wendell Walker as Pres, V-P, Scribe and Moneyman. At the board meeting, we learned that only six members turned out to clean our mile of Old Route 66. Our tour to the Shidoni Foundry went well with an excellent lunch at Gabriel's. We discussed the continuing problems with Galles security. Have we lost members due to these difficulties? Should we look for a better meeting place? Anne Mae invited the CNM Ladies Group to a meeting in November and a week later we planned a club potluck. Jim reported on an impromptu dinner several members organized when the Pleaus were in town. It was great to see old friends! Robert reported on the State Fair Car Show. With perfect weather it was a great success. Finally, a lengthy tech tip from Virtual Vairs discussed turn signal problems with a 1963 Monza. 1994 Vol 20 Nr 11 Issue 230 The cover was a shop manual drawing of a late rear suspension. New members were Fred & Susan Roach and David Huntoon. David's father Walter was already a CNM member. President Del ran the meeting. Our bank balance was $973. Dennis said he had received ten completed questionnaires from members for activities during the coming year. Bill said there would be a car show at the Atomic Museum. Bill told us he wrote a letter to the editor of the Albuquerque Journal pointing out errors in their coverage of the recent appearance of Ralph Nader. They later published his letter. Our election winners were Larry Blair, Bob Beasley, Chuck Vertrees and Will Davis. Larry's column "NOXIOUS FUMES" asked us to support the Pleaus in their planning for the convention, to help educate each other on technical issues and to have fun and fellowship in meetings and events. Rita Gongora previewed an auction and pot luck, Debbie Pleau reported on Convention planning and the cook book project, and Del Patten contributed a book report on AMERICAN CARS by Leon Mandel (1982). Technical stuff this month included: restoring old speakers; keeping those late tail lights burning; fixing a "cranks but won't start" problem; preventing a short in the wiring harness under the tunnel cover of late models 1987 Vol 13 Nr 11 Issue 146 The cover was borrowed from another club and showed a nice early sedan in front of a classic Greek-style door. We had $713 in the bank. The Car Council made $2000 in the September swap meet. Francis invited all to go on the Aspencade to his cabin in the Pecos. We thanked Milton for being our Ed Black's Chevrolet sponsor. New officers were Bill Reider, Bill Hector, Chuck Vertrees and Brian Zolna. We planned to go to Las Vegas to see the famed Montezuma Castle. Sylvan previewed his Architecture Tour. LeRoy provided a financial statement for the past twelve months. Sadly, we spent more than we took in. Steve presented a fun football quiz. Mark Morgan sent the Club a clever hand-drawn "Billiken" card announcing the arrival of two new Naval Aviators, Marilyn Dorothy and Caitlin Delorez. He called them "Twin OK-3s" and the card illustrated a carrier task force with two A-6 aircraft on the downwind (upwind?) leg. 1980 Vol 6 Nr 11 Issue 62 The cover was an idea for a two-seater Corvair by Les Campbell, our former secretary who was in humid and salty Connecticut. He reported on "Corvair Day" at the famous Lime Rock race track, home of racer John Fitch and his Corvair Sprint and Fitch Phoenix specialty cars. Tech tips included: replacing interior door panels, installing a Vega clutch disk and why you'd want to, cleaning mufflers with WD-40 and steel wool, and checking the year your engine was made by noting the number stamped on the oil cooler. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================================= 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 ) in ASCII TEXT, MS Word or RTF, or submit a readable manuscript. Digital photos are welcome. I still print mailing labels with a 1989 Apple IIgs on a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IIIp. This 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=