The September 2020 newsletter - Text Version Updated 31-Aug-2020 ==== Copyright (c) 2020 Corvairs of New Mexico ======~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~====== September 2020 / VOLUME 46 / NUMBER 9 / ISSUE 540 ======~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~====== First Place, Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, 2005 & 2012 Third Place, Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, 2010 EDITOR Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING Regular Meeting: September 5th at 10:00 AM Mariposa Basin Park - Taylor Ranch Rd. at Kachina St. THIS MONTH President's Message ................................ David Huntoon Dues Due Dates .............................. Membership Committee August Regular Meeting .................................. Kay Sutt August Board Meeting .................................... Kay Sutt How to Join a Zoom Meeting .............................. Kay Sutt Birthdays & Anniversaries ................... Membership Committee COVID Psychology .............................. Medical Consultant Nomination Form for October Election ....................... Board Treasury Report .................................... Steve Gongora Tech: Magnesium Cooling Fan Deterioration .......... Group Corvair Presidential Ramblings ................... Travis Bolton - VairCor Twenty Years Ago: Unintended Acceleration .................... Jim Twenty Years Ago: You Can't Always Get What You Want ......... Jim Calendar of Coming Events ..................... Board of Directors September Issues, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 Years Ago . Club Historian COVER: Members Gather for Old Route 66 Cleanup, July 2000 ............................................................................. ............................................................................. OFFICERS and VOLUNTEERS President David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com Secretary Kay Sutt 505-471-1153 tarmo @ juno.com Treasurer Steve Gongora 505-220-7401 stevegongora @ msn.com Membership David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com Merchandise Vickie Hall 505-865-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Sunshine Heula Pittman 505-275-2195 heula @ q.com Newsletter Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu Old Route 66 David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com Past President Dave Allin 505-410-9668 dnjallin @ gmail.com Past President Ray Trujillo 505-814-8373 rtrujilloabq505 @ gmail.com Past President Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Past Vice-Pres Tarmo Sutt 505-690-2046 tarmo @ juno.com MEETINGS: First Saturday of each Month at 10:00 AM Mariposa Basin Park - Taylor Ranch Rd. at Kachina St. INTERNET: CORSA's home page www.corvair.org/ CNM's newsletters www.unm.edu/~jimp/ New Mexico Council of Car Clubs www.nmcarcouncil.com/ ............................................................................. ............................................................................. SCHEDULE CNM: 12 months = $25.00 or 26 months = $ 50.00 OF CORSA: 12 months = $45.00 or 26 months = $ 90.00 DUES CNM & CORSA: 12 months = $70.00 or 26 months = $140.00 ............................................................................. ............................................................................. DUES DUE DATES SEPTEMBER 2020 DUE LAST MONTH ================= INACTIVE DATE 2020.08 NONE 25-SEP-2020 DUE THIS MONTH ================== INACTIVE DATE 2020.09 Anne Wiker 25-OCT-2020 DUE NEXT MONTH ================= INACTIVE DATE 2020.10 Debra & Jon Anderson 25-NOV-2020 2020.10 Tony Lawler 25-NOV-2020 2020.10 Sylvia & Ray Trujillo 25-NOV-2020 DUE NOV 2020 ==================== INACTIVE DATE 2020.11 Linda & Dick Cochran 25-DEC-2020 INACTIVE ========================= INACTIVE DATE 2020.02 Larry Yoffee 25-MAR-2020 2020.03 Natalie Robison 25-APR-2020 2020.04 Conner Siddell 25-MAY-2020 2020.04 William Darcy 25-MAY-2020 2020.06 Art Gold 25-JUL-2020 Send your Dues to: CNM Treasurer -- Steve Gongora c/o House of Covers 115 Richmond NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 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. As of 31-Aug-2020 we have 40 active family memberships. ............................................................................. ............................................................................. WHAT'S UP DAVE? David Huntoon As may be expected, not much. We will continue with our club meetings at Mariposa Park for Sept/Oct. After that I am hoping our normal meetings may return to Highland Senior Center if or when restrictions are lifted. If not then ......? Upcoming events: our 4th Old Route 66 Cleanup Sept 7th at 8:30 AM. Last cleanup had just 3 participants. Thanks Tony and Linda. Still we managed just over an hour to complete. Monthly cleanups seem to be working well, in my opinion. October will be our last of the year. Other news will be our upcoming election of officers in October. To ensure a viable election I will be accepting nominations and votes by mail or online. Consider running for an office so the club can count strong leadership continuing. I am not inclined to remain Pres and hope some will consider that office. Terry Price has agreed to be the lead on our 2021 TriState meet. That should lessen some of the work load on the President. Thanks Terry for your help! Stay safe and remember the October elections, David Huntoon P O Box 499 Cedar Crest, NM 87008 Email: Corvair66@aol.com ............................................................................. ............................................................................. GENERAL MEETING MINUTES, 08/01/2020 Kay Sutt The meeting was called to order by President Dave Huntoon at 10:15 at the Mariposa Basin Park, located on the corner of Taylor Ranch Road, NW and Kachina. Eleven members were present at the meeting. The group was good at practicing social distancing with their lawn chairs and masks. We were happy to welcome a new member to the meeting. He was introduced as Gregory Nelson. Greg just bought the 1964 Monza 900 Coupe with 2 doors and a 4-speed which originally belonged to Donald Duke. Welcome to Greg, and welcome back to the Monza! Greg is seeking resources for both parts and labor, so the discussion of his options was fun for the guys. President's Report: Dave Huntoon reported the next I-40 highway cleanup is scheduled for Monday, August 3 at 8:30 A.M. He indicated he will have the same cleanup in September, and maybe again in October, before the weather ends this activity for the year. Dave indicated we will need a new Car Council representative, now that the Allins have moved to Oklahoma. Secretary's Report: Kay Sutt had nothing to report. Treasurer's Report: Steve reported the only change was Bob Kitts paid his dues and Greg Nelson paid his dues for both CNM and CORSA. Sunshine Committee Report: Vickie Hall had nothing to report. Newsletter Committee: Jim Pittman sent word that the deadline is 9 P.M. on Friday, August 28. Old Business: Now that Dave Allin has moved, we need to ask Jim Pittman to change CNM's internet connection to CORSA to reflect the change. Lee Reider wants to clean Bill's "stuff" out of the garage. Items include a 20-ton press, parts, tools, paint, etc. Larry Blair suggested he contact Lee to set a time for club members to come over, possibly after the September General meeting. It was agreed that Bill's 48-page cross reference document of part numbers, what they are and which vehicle they fit should be retained in the library van for future reference for the club. New Business: The next club meeting will again be at Mariposa Basin Park on Saturday, September 5 at 10 A.M. The October meeting will possibly be held at the park too, weather permitting, but the Sawmill Market was discussed as well. The seating is outside, however, so we will still have to determine where we will meet, starting in November, if Pandemic closures continue. Will we meet remotely (i.e., Zoom), will we meet somewhere else? We need to be thinking about this! Larry Blair suggested an October event and, maybe lunch, focusing on the Museum of Military History. No action was taken at this meeting. Announcements: Dave Huntoon recommended Griots Ceramic 3 in 1 Polish. He recently used it on his car and was very pleased with the result. The meeting was adjourned at 11:15, after which folks spent quite a bit of time catching up with one another and kicking tires in the parking lot. ............................................................................. ............................................................................. WELCOME NEW MEMBER -- GREGORY NELSON A big welcome goes out to our newest member, Gregory Nelson, who joined us at our August meeting. Gregory owns a gold 1964 Monza and lives in Albuquerque. On his application form he expressed interests in "community drives and car shows". We mailed him a new member packet and a copy of our latest newsletter this week. We are happy to have him in Corvairs of New Mexico and look forward to working with him in the coming months. Vickie and Heula ............................................................................. ............................................................................. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 08/19/2020 Kay Sutt Location: Online meeting using Zoom at 7:00 P.M. Present: Dave Huntoon, Steve Gongora, Kay Sutt, Tarmo Sutt, Jim Pittman, Terry Price Treasurer's Report: Steve indicates there is a total of $6,887.93 in the CNM account as of August 15, when he reconciled the checkbook. Secretary's Report: None Meeting Agenda: The first item on the agenda was to formally accept the September 5 and October 3 General Meeting location at Mariposa Basin Park, weather permitting. In case of a weather problem, there is a covered area at Sawmill Market, so it was agreed that will be the "Plan B" location. Discussion about meetings inside, starting in November, was difficult, because of the uncertainty of the Pandemic progress. The possibility of having virtual (Zoom) meetings was discussed, as was the possibility of scheduling meetings at a restaurant, someone's home or a business, if social distancing could be maintained as required. Kay indicated several of her quilt groups are meeting successfully via Zoom, and she is willing to lead a meeting via Zoom for CNM. This would involve members needing an internet connection at home or connection via their mobile phone and downloading the Zoom application on their computer, smartphone or tablet. She offered to lead "training meetings" prior to the November meeting to familiarize members with the platform. Jim agreed to contact members regarding the need to make a decision about this and other items from our Board agenda. We still have a couple months to prepare for this, but we must be prepared in case in-person meetings remain impossible due to the Pandemic. Dave indicated he is scheduling the Old Route 66 Cleanup for Monday September 7 at 8:30. October brings elections, as mandated by our constitution, and discussion was undertaken of how to accomplish this during the uncertainty of the current Pandemic. Since we had only 11 people at the last park meeting, the Board believes that is insufficient to declare an in-person election only. Therefore, it was agreed that Jim will place a nominating petition in the September newsletter, and the ballot in the October newsletter, so people who cannot attend either meeting can have the opportunity to participate. Dave Huntoon said the nominations and votes could be sent to him for inclusion in the respective meeting agendas. The Board urges people to please participate in this process to give everyone a voice in how CNM will be run for the coming year. A new Tri-State Chairman is needed since Dave Allin's move. Jim agreed he would include this in his canvassing of the membership. Much of the work has already been done, so the chairperson will essentially be a ramrod since most of the decisions have been made and the hotel contracted. Discussion of Tri-state 2021 continued with discussion of CNM's obligation to the hotel. The obligation is for 125 meals and $8,700 total hotel room revenue for the event, for a gross amount of a little over $12,000. If the event has to be cancelled, 50% of the total amount is due if the event is cancelled over 180 days out, $9,100 from 90-180 days out and 90% of the total amount within 90 days of the event. The same contractual escape hatches that existed in the 2020 contract carry into 2021. The possibility of other club events was briefly discussed, but due to the uncertainty of the Pandemic, no items were scheduled. The Board discussed, and the membership needs to consider, how we can keep CNM an active and viable club so long as the Pandemic continues to keep in-person meetings at such limited levels. Suggestions from the membership are welcomed. The discussion turned to the Christmas Party, but no decisions were made due to the uncertainty of the current Pandemic. It was agreed the Boydston Award, which the club agreed CNM would continue within our club, will be postponed until March, 2021, when there is a stronger likelihood the Anniversary Party will take place. Finally, Jim suggested that members could submit articles for the newsletter. He says he can keep reprinting old articles, but sooner or later they will run out. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 with the conclusion of the free Zoom meeting timeframe. ............................................................................. ............................................................................. HOW TO JOIN A ZOOM MEETING Kay Sutt Since the Pandemic has severely limited our in-person meeting, Zoom has become a popular way for people to keep in touch. It may be the future of CNM meetings, at least for a while, and it has the added benefit of allowing club members outside Albuquerque, those who aren't comfortable driving any longer or can't come, for whatever reason, to join in our meetings. I am sure you all have heard about Zoom by now, you may have used it, and you may have heard it can be 'hacked.' Well, I can tell you from personal experience that it's easy, the company has addressed the security issues, and it is a real lifeline for those of us largely staying home during the last several months. There is no cost to join a Zoom meeting. You can use your computer or laptop with an internet connection, or your telephone. You can allow yourself to be visible to others in the meeting, or not, as you choose. Same goes for joining verbally. I was originally going to write a tutorial about how to join a Zoom meeting, but I found many tutorials online. The photo I attached is from YouTube and is a good place to start. Her instructions are clear, easy to understand and complete. Log onto the internet and type in YouTube.com in the URL, or the subject line at the top, or start the YouTube app if it is installed on your device (see the yellow highlighted area of the photo). When YouTube opens, type in 'joining a zoom call for the first time' in the search line (see the orange highlighted area in the photo). The video from the Creative Life Center (see the purple highlighted area of the photo) that looks like the screenshot photo I saved for you should be among your first choices. Simply click on that video. It's a little over eight minutes long, but it gives excellent and simple instructions of how to do it, no matter which device you choose to use. When it comes time for us to use Zoom, you will get an email with an invitation, the time of the meeting and a link to join. I will resend the invitation the day of the meeting. For that reason, it's important for CNM to have an accurate email address, and one you check regularly. If you don't get an email, check your spam filter; since this goes out to all members, some email programs filter out emails with a lot of recipients as possible spam. Finally, if you need help feel free to call me, and I will be happy to work with you. We can set up a practice meeting before the actual CNM meeting so you are comfortable using the app. I can be reached at tarmo@juno.com, or by phone at 505-471-1153 (home) or 505-690-2056 (cell). We all wish we could meet in person again, but based on the meetings I've had with my quilt groups it's greatly superior to not meeting at all. Zoom is a way for CNM to keep in touch and find our way during these uncertain times. ............................................................................. ............................................................................. Happy September Birthday Wishes to: Josie Alderete Jamie Anderson Linda Soukup David Huntoon Gordon Johnson Janet Johnson Mathrew Lawler Connie McBreen Christian Deyermond Curtis Shimp Happy September Anniversary Wishes to: Guadalupe & Jim Arellanes Kathy & Larry Blair Jenny & Phil Finch Sui-Fong & David Neale Emma & LeRoy Rogers Kay & Tarmo Sutt Valerie Nye & Joel Yelich ............................................................................. ............................................................................. COVID PSYCHOLOGY It sure seems like a long time ago that we decided we could go to the Anniversary Party if we'd be especially careful not to stand too close and not to shake hands. We had been wary of getting the flu for years and had been doing the "flu shot handshake" with elbows and getting a flu shot every September for years. So it wasn't much out of the ordinary for us. Then official words of restrictions came down, This is a Pandemic! Wear a mask! Wash your hands with soap for twenty seconds! Never touch your face! Don't go anywhere in groups of six or more! Our Senior Center meeting place is closed! Restaurants are closed! Get home delivery of groceries! Wear a mask if you have to go to a store! Okay, that was months ago. We have been doing our best imitation of "social distancing" while watching TV news scenes of crowded beaches and crowded bars. We are sick and tired of this thing. We want it to be over. Where's the "psychology" here? It is that after all this time of social trauma, when there is the smallest lifting of the official restrictions, we want to see the world come back to normal. We want everything to be the way it was. And so we relax our precautions, we are careless about how we wear a mask, we go to stores or meetings and don't really keep six feet apart. The thing is, with COVID, things are not going back to normal. There has to be a working, cost-effective vaccine, "enough" people have to get it, and enough time has to go by to feel like the countermeasures are working. But psychologically ..... we just don't want to wait. ............................................................................. ............................................................................. NOMINATIONS FOR CNM OFFICERS FOR THE OCTOBER ELECTION Elections are to happen at the October meeting. The Board suggested a Nomination Form could be included in the September newsletter, everyone could nominate someone (or volunteer) and then get the names to David before the October meeting. Here's the Nomination Form. We need: President: _________________________________ Vice-President: _________________________________ Secretary: _________________________________ Treasurer: _________________________________ If you want to help determine the trajectory of the Club as we make our way out of this pandemic, consider running for one of these offices. It can be fun and rewarding if you make it so! ............................................................................. ............................................................................. TREASURY REPORT FOR 07-16-2020 to 08-16-2020 DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION BALANCE = $6,812.93 ========== ==== ========== =========== ========================================= ========= 2020.08.06 2258 $ 50.00 Dues B.Kitts 26 m CNM $ 50.00 $6,862.93 2020.08.06 Cash $ 25.00 Dues Gregory Nelson 12 m CNM $ 25.00 $6,887.93 2020.08.06 Cash $ 45.00 Dues Gregory Nelson 12 m CORSA $ 45.00 $6,932.93 2020.08.06 2393 -$ 45.00 CORSA Gregory Nelson 12 m CORSA $ -45.00 $6,887.93 ========== ==== ========== =========== ========================================= ========= 2020.09.01 SEP NEWSLETTER ===================================================== $6,887.93 ............................................................................. ............................................................................. [[ REPRINTED FROM GROUP CORVAIR COMMENTS --- AUGUST 2020 ]] Tech Topics 1964 THROUGH 1969 COOLING FAN DETERIORATION Pictured is a closeup of a portion of a cooling fan from a 1968 Corvair with over 190K on the engine that was built in 1967. Note the flaking of the fin to the left of the reinforcing post. The section of the fin that was to the right of the reinforcing post is missing completely. This is just one section of the deteriorating fan. While I understand magnesium's potential for corrosion, this is the first Corvair fan that has failed for me. I wouldn't have been surprised to see some deterioration where iron or steel was in contact with magnesium due to galvanic corrosion, but the hub area where the steel bolts clamp the fan to the steel blower bearing show no signs of any such corrosion. This car never had any overcharging issues in the 37-plus years we have owned it that would have created corrosive deposits from the battery. Possibly this fan was part of a batch that didn't fully meet GM standards. ............................................................................. ............................................................................. [[ REPRINTED FROM VAIR COR --- HEART OF AMERICA CORVAIRS --- AUGUST 2020 ]] PRESIDENTIAL RAMBLINGS Hopefully everyone is still safe and healthy amid all the bad news surrounding the continuing pandemic. A little good news is that our auction was a big success raising $867.75! It seemed like a small but generous crowd this year, so thank you to everyone who brought and bought items. The money will go to a local charity - Warriors 4 Wyandotte. This organization is dedicated to helping children in Wyandotte County and I'm sure our donation will help a lot. I hope that many of you who are having more time at home are getting a lot done on your Corvair projects. If you are at the meeting, please be prepared to share with us what you are doing and what you are getting done. If you won't make the meeting but would like to share, then please send me the information and I will talk about it for you. I have once again been reassembling the turbo engine in my car after suffering piston/cylinder damage last year at the Corvair Track Classic. This time I'm converting to a blow through turbo setup. If it works, I will write up how I did it. If it doesn't, then you'll never hear about it again. I'm currently registered in the Corvair for the SCCA Solo Nationals Sept 7-11 in Lincoln, NE. Dick, Charlie and Scott are also registered, so hopefully there will be at least 4 Corvairs there - if the event is held. That brings me to my last point. If you don't believe the club should be meeting, then by all means stay home. But I also ask that you let me or a board member know how you feel. Many of us are really feeling the need to be around friends again and I know I thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone at the last couple of meetings. But I am also still worried about COVID-19 and would like to know everyone else's feelings on this. I am planning to hold the August meeting outside again to hopefully be safer as well as alleviate fears. Again, if you aren't comfortable, please stay home, but share anything with me that you'd like to share with the club and I will be sure to do it. -Travis ............................................................................. ............................................................................. UNINTENDED ACCELERATION by Jim Pittman I never was a big believer in the phenomenon of unintended acceleration. I figured, when the non-mechanically-minded person put his/her gear shift in drive instead of reverse, then stepped on the brake to stop going forward and the car roared into the garage and took out the kitchen, what they really did was step on the gas instead of the brake pedal. On TV they'd say, "But I had my foot firmly on the brake and it just kept going!" and I'd nod skeptically and say, "Yeah, right, dummy." Well, I now find it a little easier to sympathize with those dummies. It happened to me. If my Corvair had been equipped with an automatic transmission instead of a four-speed, I might have eaten some car's back bumper. I was on a routine drive in town with several chores to do. It was mid-morning so the weather wasn't yet really hot but I looked for shade to park in anyway. At my last stop I came out of the store, got in the car, put in the clutch and started the engine. Much to my surprise, it accelerated with a roar, the tach needle climbing up toward the top of the dial. Jiggling the gas pedal didn't do anything and the tach kept climbing, so I turned off the ignition. I figured my thirty-year-old throttle linkage had finally failed at a weak spot, sticking one of the carbs open. I raise the engine lid (thank goodness for the shade) and have a look. Nothing seems amiss. The crossover shaft operates both primaries as expected. Neither of the secondaries is stuck open and both seem free to open and close smoothly. Back in the driver's seat, I start the engine again; it does the same thing again. Turn it off. (Do you know how long it takes a 95,000-mile engine to come to a stop from 5,000 RPM?) I go back to jiggle the linkage some more and I still can't see anything wrong. For lack of a better idea, I flip off the retaining clips and disconnect the rods to both secondaries, then make sure the secondaries are both shut all the way. Back in the car, start it up; it does the same thing again! Now I am getting worried. I don't have any serious tools in the car. I give the throttle linkage another good look. This time I notice that the right primary carb linkage is significantly off its stop; it is for sure hanging open. And when I push on it, it doesn't want to close. I look on the other side and the left carb looks the same. How can that be? I peer into the grungy darkness under the carbs to see why the link isn't shutting all the way. Can't see a thing. I reach in, under and around (yes, it's hot in there!) to feel for what I can't see. There's something under the left primary carb throttle link. I carefully move it around until I can see it. A piece of rubber hose about five inches long and half an inch in diameter! It was sitting right under the throttle link. Now, where did that come from? I have no idea, but I work it around until I can pull it out. Now the throttle linkage closes fully. When I start the engine it purrs at about 750 RPM just like it's supposed to. Well, okay, if I'd had an automatic it would have been in neutral when I started the engine, and I would probably have had my left foot on the brake. But, I might have popped it into gear the second the engine started, and when it roared up to half throttle I might have been surprised enough by the car taking a great leap forward that I might not have been able to stop before plowing into the car ahead. Who knows? All I know is, when your old faithful engine suddenly roars like a 747 and your foot isn't on the gas, it's more than a little disconcerting! ............................................................................. ............................................................................. [ This fantasy was made up by the little guy who does the newsletter. You are ] [ advised not to believe everything you read. Original version, August 2000. ] YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT Jim Pittman I don't think I have the energy to pick up trash this Saturday morning, but maybe I'll go down and meet the gang. I'll be a reporter and take some photos, then go home and work on the newsletter. But once there I find myself putting on an orange vest and getting a supply of plastic bags from Ollie and riding down to the bridge with the rest of the guys and gals to start pickin'. A homework morning? Well, No-o-o-o. We have done this trash pickup routine in heat and in cold, in wet and in dry. We have done it with wind so rambunctious you could hardly get a bag filled: the wind would blow your plastic bag around, twisting the opening shut, or blow it around the other way, spilling the lighter stuff out, or blow your hat off and carry it to Texas. Today the sun is baking down, still and hot as can be. It would be nice to have just a teeny little breeze. Is there a breeze? Well, right now, No-o-o-o. I fill up one bag and start on another. I'm gonna need more bags. Where's Ollie's van? There it is. The van's doors are shut and locked. There are the bags inside. But is Ollie anywhere to be seen? Well, No-o-o-o. I'll just have to pack the stuff in more tightly as I fill up this bag. Now I'm near where a big machine is moving gravel from one pile and dumping it onto another pile. Wonder if they learned how to do that in the Army? When the driver dumps the gravel, there is a billow of dust. I notice that now a breeze has come up. Wow, it would be nice if the breeze would blow the dust the OTHER way. But, No-o-o-o. I finally get some more bags from Ollie and start pickin' again. Over there is the mother lode of all trash. Bend over, move a step, bend over, another step. Pretty soon my bad knee is complaining and this bag's about full. I haven't finished this zone of detritus but I've gotta stop a minute. When I stand up I'm pretty light-headed. Sun stroke? Heat exhaustion? Where's my canteen of water? I remember it's locked up in the trunk of the car. I remembered to fill it and put it in the car, but did I remember to bring it with me? Well, No-o-o-o. I'll just sit down and rest a few minutes. No shade anywhere, unless I walk up to the bridge and get under it. Nah, too far... I see a little bush. If I sit down close to the bush I'll get some shade. I sit down. How many years have I lived in New Mexico? Do I remember that all the plants by the roadside in New Mexico have stickers? Well, No-o-o-o. Brush aside the stickers. Ah, there's a piece of old tire tread to sit on. Good. Out of the sun now, not too uncomfortable. Take off my hat and gloves. Now there's a little breeze and it feels really nice. What's that I hear? Sounds like a backup beeper? It's a road grader and he's backing up the shoulder of the road. He's backing toward me? Good thing this bush is not right on the shoulder. Hey, the guy is backing right toward my bush! I grab my hat and gloves and jump out of his path. I stand there and watch him go by. The driver clearly sees me. Is he impressed? Clearly, No-o-o-o. Okay, now the driver stops and heads down the road again. He's letting down the blade. He's scraping some excess asphalt that's near the edge of the road. Now he's heading right toward three or four full trash bags our guys just put by the side of the road. Is he gonna stop before he hits them? Actually, No-o-o-o. The bags slide along the road ahead of the blade. Now he stops and backs up for another run. I go over while he's backing up and heave what's left of the bags behind the guard rail. The driver doesn't acknowledge me at all, he just makes another run to scrape that asphalt off the pavement. I stand behind the guard rail to watch this. Now the excess asphalt is smoothed out and he goes away. Do I have enough energy left to walk down to where the rest of the guys are, or should I just wait for them here? No shade here. I decide I can walk down there. I come up to Del just in time to see him fold up a piece of paper and put it in his pocket. "What didja find?" I ask. "Must be a page from a porno magazine," he says. "It's a naked lady and a boy in a swimming pool." "Let's see it," I say, but he just gives me one of his marvelous copyrighted Del grins and ambles off without another word. I thought Del was the kind of guy who'd share. Apparently, No-o-o-o. Okay, cut to the following weekend. I happen to run into Larry and I tell him about our Old Route 66 trash day and Del's porno photo of the naked lady and the boy in the swimming pool. "I'm going up to Del's place to help him with his van," says Larry. "I'll ask him about it." Sure enough, later that afternoon Larry stops by my place on his way home. "I waited until Del went back in the house to get something and I asked Kim about the photo," says Larry. "She didn't know anything about it. She thought it would be a big joke to find it and give it to me. Then when Del missed it, he wouldn't have the nerve to ask her if she'd seen it." So when Del came back out, Kim sneaked into the house to look for the photo. She found it on Del's desk under a stack of classified Los Alamos documents. She had a laugh, then secretly brought it out to give to Larry. "Kim said you might want to put it in the newsletter," Larry tells me. "Wait a minute -- this is a family magazine," I say. "It will be all right," Larry assures me, "Here it is." "Wow! I guess Del was right," I say. "I'll scan it into the computer for the newsletter. And now I'll have a story to write up about the Old Route 66 trash pickup." "That will be fine," says Larry as he gets into his giant pickup. "Nobody will believe it, though." "Sure they will," I say, "The photo will be the proof." So Del has to share with us after all. If you want to see his porno photo of the naked lady and the boy in the swimming pool, turn to the last page of the Newsletter. "How did he know it was a naked lady?" I ask Larry as he's starting the engine. "I don't know," he says. "Maybe he's got more experience with these things than we do." ............................................................................. ............................................................................. ============================================================================ | September 2020 | October 2020 | November 2020 | | 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 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 | 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | | 27 28 29 30 | 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | 29 30 | ============================================================================ SAT 05 SEP 10:00 AM === MEETING IN THE PARK === MARIPOSA PARK, TAYLOR RANCH Location: Taylor Ranch, 4900 Kachina Street NW **** WEAR MASKS **** We need candidates for office for the October election! President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer. Can YOU help? MON 07 SEP 8:30 AM - Old Route 66 Cleanup - meet at the I-40 / NM-333 Triangle WED 16 SEP 5:00 PM Board Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED WED 23 SEP 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING: CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 FRI 25 SEP 9:00 PM Deadline for items for October 2020 newsletter MON 28 SEP >> TARGET FOR PRINTING AND MAILING OCTOBER NEWSLETTER << ============================================================================ SAT 03 OCT 10:00 AM === MEETING IN THE PARK === MARIPOSA PARK, TAYLOR RANCH Location: Taylor Ranch, 4900 Kachina Street NW **** WEAR MASKS **** SAT 03 OCT 10:00 AM Meeting: Election of Officers today MON 05 OCT 8:30 AM - Old Route 66 Cleanup - meet at the I-40 / NM-333 Triangle WED 21 OCT 5:00 PM Board Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED WED 28 OCT 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING: CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 FRI 30 OCT 9:00 PM Deadline for items for November 2020 newsletter MON 02 NOV >> TARGET FOR PRINTING AND MAILING NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER << ============================================================================ SUN 01 NOV 2:00 AM - Set your clocks back an hour because the government stole an hour out of your life in March and now we get it back. SAT 07 NOV 10:00 AM Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED WED 18 NOV 5:00 PM Board Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED FRI 27 NOV 9:00 PM Deadline for items for December 2020 newsletter MON 30 NOV >> TARGET FOR PRINTING AND MAILING DECEMBER NEWSLETTER << WED 00 NOV [ NO CAR COUNCIL MEETING THIS MONTH ] ============================================================================ SAT 05 DEC 10:00 AM Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED WED 16 DEC 5:00 PM Board Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED FRI 16 DEC 9:00 PM Deadline for items for January 2021 newsletter (EARLY) MON 17 DEC >> TARGET FOR PRINTING AND MAILING JANUARY NEWSLETTER << WED 00 DEC [ NO CAR COUNCIL MEETING THIS MONTH ] ============================================================================ See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities ======================== http://www.nmcarcouncil.com/ ====================== SUGGESTION: A visit to the Telephone Museum on Fourth Street SUGGESTION: A visit to the new WEATHER LAB at the Balloon Museum SUGGESTION: A visit to the Soaring Museum in Moriarty SUGGESTION: Activities with other clubs such as VMCCA. ============================================================================ ............................................................................. ............................................................................. SEVEN YEARS AGO [ SEPTEMBER 2020 VOL 46 Nr 9 Issue # 540 ] Jim Pittman 2013 Vol.39 Nr 9 # 456 COVER: Enthusiasts met for a TUNA at the Halls' in Los Lunas. President Wiker, electric drill in hand, described the event. Vickie Hall told about another great Oak Flats NMCCC picnic. Art Gold relayed meeting minutes. Larry Yoffee previewed next year's Chama Tri-State and listed volunteers and tasks. Robert Gold previewed the State Fair Car Show. Bill Darcy wrote about the August TUNA in which we rebuilt carburetors. There were many photos. Ruth was on the cover! 2006 Vol.32 Nr 9 # 372 COVER: John Wiker's yellow 1966 Monza at our July breakfast at Milly's. Ray Trujillo told about a couple who admired his car and told him "that was our first car" and shared their memories. John Wiker said that many were scared away from the Car Council picnic by the weather. A new-old member was Dick Cochran who had a 1963 coupe. Dick organized a CNM tour to the Grants Mine Museum in 1990 and an economy run to Estancia in 1991. The Old Route 66 finds: wire headlight guard, corroded Colorado Quarter, Woody Allen movie DVD, set of Toyota keys. We are seeing the initials "CNM" around Albuquerque. Not our club but Community College of New Mexico, formerly known as TV-I. There were photos from the NMCCC picnic and many photos from our tour of the Unser Racing Museum. We had a marvelous get-together at Ray's house on the west side. 1999 Vol.25 Nr 9 # 288 COVER: Officers Norm Brand, Robin DeVore, Francis Boydston and LeRoy Rogers posed. VP Hurley ran our meeting. Wendell reported $6,367 in the bank. We welcomed visitors Ron & Debbie Deck, new owners of a 1962 convertible. We planned a campout at Jack's Creek in the Pecos. Larry told us how it went: a lot of rain, but great fly fishing. Jerry told us about his new "Horseless Carriage" license plate which cost $12 for six years. Robert organized our State Fair car show. Ruth told about her new Corvair rig: a Rampside with a side-door camper shell. Dave told about a flying show in Odessa, Texas and suggested we organize a CNM overnight outing. Billiken found summer started early and gasoline prices were up? From Virtual Vairs: Larry Claypool and Seth Emerson discussed the bewildering variations of steering wheels, shafts, couplers and gear boxes of different year Corvairs. Swapping out a standard wheel for a simulated wood-rim wheel, a fixed wheel for a telescoping wheel or a one-piece shaft for a collapsable shaft were popular projects. We wasted an entire page telling what various tools are really good for. 1992 Vol.18 Nr 9 # 204 COVER: A 1965 Monza coupe at UNM. More photos of this pretty car were inside. Steve was our president. Robert Gold introduced his guest Ann Mae. The treasury balance was $813. We had a great Fourth of July in Santa Fe and a curious visit to Tinkertown. Steve said our new meeting place at Casa Chevrolet was great except for parking. Jim made up a Burma Shave quotation: "Corvairs exhale, without a doubt, the same stuff politicians spout: hot air!" (Are we gonna get more for the next 15 months?) Billiken's characters also complained about politicians. Tech tips included identifying wheel bearing noise and keeping an eye on the condition of those late model motor mounts. 1985 Vol.11 Nr 9 #120 COVER: a Mark Morgan fantasy showing a modified early coupe. Francis was president. We had $549 to spend. We discussed having a "subscription fee" for members who moved away but wanted to keep getting the newsletter. Billiken said the Corvair was a "great, noble and desirable" car. Bill McClellan gave us part five of his article on Gas Welding. Bill Reider's column described a breakdown on a lonely road far from home, and the friendly strangers who helped him get his car fixed and on his way again. Why don't we hear about wonderful people like this on the evening news? Tech tips told about starting up your engine after storage, repairing the Powerglide governor tab, a cylinder head temperature adapter and using your oil-dripping Corvair as a fire ant suppressor. 1978 Vol.4 Nr 8 # 36 COVER: Mario Andretti in a race car... the engine was in the back. A bill in the legislature would pay dealers $300 to scrap old cars. Ike Meissner gave a tech talk on what to do if your Corvair failed on the road. Mark Morgan commented on the "con" turbocharger article from last month, and this month Jim gave us the "pro" article, listing the many advantages of turbocharged Corvairs. Reider's tech column was on the distributor doing a real tune-up. A tech tip from San Diego: how to repair thermostats. ............................................................................. ............................................................................. ======~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~====== ======~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~====== 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. The newsletter is composed using Apple computers. Software includes Mac OS-X, AppleWorks, Photoshop CS, GraphicConverter, BBEdit and InDesign CS. If you care, ask for more details. When I'm 64, I'll get by with a little help from my friends. ======~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~====== ======~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~=====~====== =END=