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EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 1 March 2006 at 7:30 PM Galles Chevrolet, Lomas & University THIS MONTH: The Ballad of Antonio Antonio The Internet Dues Due Membership Chair February Meeting Notes Jim Pittman Birthdays & Anniversaries Sunshine Committee February Board Meeting Notes Chuck Vertrees Mechanically Un-inclined Ray Trujillo For Sale, Wanted, Free Everyone Rebuilding Late Instrument Cluster Larry Blair New Members Sylvan Zuercher Turquoise Trail Econo-Run Rallymaster Car Council Report Robert Gold CNM Calendar Everyone Saturday Breakfast at Weck's Heula Pittman Tri-State Notes LeRoy Rogers Seven Years Ago Club Historian Clutch Replacement John Priddy - Cactus Corvairs DO's and DON'Ts Steve Goodman Francis Boydston Nomination Form COVER: At the Albuquerque Balloon Museum in February PRESIDENT: Ray Trujillo 839-7436 ray @ bpsabq.com VICE-PRES: John Wiker 899-3076 wiker @ aps.edu SECRETARY: Charles Vertrees 299-0744 vertrees @ swcp.com TREASURER: Wendell Walker 892-8471 defarge505 @ aol.com MEMBERSHIP: David Huntoon 281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com NEWSLETTER: Jim Pittman 275-2195 casa @ unm.edu PROPERTIES: Ruth Boydston 821-1506 CAR COUNCIL: Robert Gold 268-6878 beisbol30 @ msn.com DUES: CNM: 12 months $15.00 or 26 months $ 30.00 CORSA: 12 months $38.00 or 26 months $ 76.00 BOTH: 12 months $53.00 or 26 months $106.00 CORSA's home page: http://www.corvair.org CNM's newsletters: http://www.unm.edu/~casa CNM's home page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871 =CNM= The Ballad of Antonio Antonio Antonio Antonio Was tired of living alonio, So he thought he would woo Miss Lucamy Lu, Miss Lucamy Lucy Molonio. Antonio Antonio Rode off on his polo ponio, And he found the maid In a bowery shade, Sitting and knitting alonio. Antonio Antonio Said, "If you will be my ownio, I'll love you true, And buy for you An icery creamry conio. "Oh, nonio, poor Antonio, You're far too bleak and bonio. And all that I wish, You singular fish, Is that you will quickly begonio." Antonio Antonio Then uttered a dismal moanio, And went off and hid, Or I'm told that he did, In the far Antartical Zonio. =CNM= DUES, EXPIRED, DROP IN 30 DAYS: DUES, EXPIRED: Fred Edeskuty 2006-Feb Carl Johnson 2006-Feb Frank Stadler 2006-Feb DUES, THIS MONTH: Mike Hacker 2006-Mar Geoffrey Johnson 2006-Mar DUES, COMING DUE SOON: Oliver Scheflow 2006-Apr Jerry Goffe 2006-May Hurley Wilvert 2006-May DUES, EXPIRED, NOW DROPPED: Tom Bunter 2005-Aug Dan Clifford 2005-Aug Jacob Schlessinger 2005-Aug Willard Davis 2005-Dec If your membership is due or has expired, please send your dues to: Wendell Walker, CNM Treasurer, 301 Utah Meadow, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 As of January 2006, past due memberships will be dropped after a 30-day grace period. The Club will mail in your National dues when you renew, provided you send us the renewal form from your CORSA Communique. =CNM= Enchanted Corvairs Newsletter is published monthly by Corvairs of New Mexico, a chartered chapter of CORSA, the Corvair Society of America. Contents are copyrighted in the names of the Authors and CNM. Articles may be reprinted in any CORSA publication as a service to CORSA members provided credit to the Author and this Newsletter are clearly stated. All opinions are those of the Author or the Editor and do not necessarily reflect endorsement by CNM or CORSA. Material to be published should reach the Editor by the 15th of each month. Submit material as ASCII TEXT via e-mail to ( casa @ unm.edu ) or in ASCII TEXT format on Apple II, Macintosh or MS-DOS disk, or submit a readable manuscript. I don't like MS Word documents (they are ten times as big as the text they contain) but no problem, I can read them, thanks to icWord 3.0. The same goes for RTF files. So, send what you have, I'll read it! Photographs including digital JPGs are welcome too! This newsletter was produced in a nearly Microsoft-free environment using a 1989 Apple IIgs with GS/OS 6.0.1, a 1998 Macintosh G3 with OS 9.2, a 2003 Macintosh G4 PowerBook with OS-X and a 2003 iMac with OS-X. Software includes Bernie To The Rescue 2.6, Addressed For Success, ShadowWrite 1.3.4, Platinum Paint 2.0, Pointless and Harmonie for the Apple IIgs and AppleWorks 6, Photoshop CS, GraphicConverter 5.6, BBEdit 8 and InDesign CS 3 on the Macs. Printing is via HP LaserJet IIp and Apple LaserWriter Pro 630. Ask for more technical details if you are interested. Transportation requirements provided by Albuquerque SunTran, 1965 Corvair Monza, 1990 Honda Civic, 1996 Mazda Miata and 2003 Honda Civic. And when I'm 64, I'll get by with a little help from my friends. =CNM= FEBRUARY MEETING NOTES Jim Pittman GALLES CHEVROLET was our gathering place on the first Wednesday of February. Twenty-five members and guests showed up, and President Ray Trujillo called the meeting to order at 7:31 PM. VP John Wiker and Treasurer Wendell Walker were present but Secretary Chuck Vertrees was not. Meeting notes were recorded by your newsletter editor. The minutes of the January meeting were approved as published. The treasury report revealed $358.15 in the bank and $2,636.95 in the GMAC account for a total of $2,995.10. Two new members joined tonight. Cary A Hubbard visited with us earlier and will be restoring a Greenbrier to go with his VWs and other cars. Cary only has to buy a few more cars to have one for each year of his age! Clay Keen re-joined CNM after a long hiatus; he is retired now and still owns his 1965 convertible in the rare Evening Orchid color. Welcome to Cary and Clay! VP Wiker presented a new name tag to new member Bob Moore. New Mexico Car Council Report: Geoff attended the meeting and said that much discussion was about club insurance, a topic of little interest to CNM because of our insurance coverage from CORSA. Coming events: CNM did the NMCCC picnic last year and this year it will be organized by the Firebird club. This year CNM has been volunteered to work on "the big show" which your editor assumes can only refer to the May Albuquerque Museum Car Show - always a major event. Some members immediately wondered if this meant we'd automatically get the best parking spaces and Geoff assured us that we would. Robert mentioned that every year the organizers find it hardest getting help BEFORE the show - so we need to schedule time to contribute our help at setting things up. The car council said the entry cost would be raised to $10 this year - no solid reason given. Is the city losing money on the show? Is the car council? We don't know. Sunshine Committee Report: the committee has been meeting monthly, working on details for the Tri-State banquet decorations. Progress is being made. We need small tissue boxes (the square ones, not the rectangles) for our table centerpieces. Please save them and give them to one of our committee members as you collect them. We continue to mail birthday cards to members, their spouses and their children who still live at home. We recognize wedding anniversaries in the newsletter each month. If we do not have your special dates in our files, please give this information to one of us ASAP. Tri-State Report: Bill Reider circulated a sign-up sheet for ordering T-shirts, golf shirts and sweat shirts. The intention is to order about the middle of April. You can pay for them when you receive them. We don't know how many are registered for the Tri-State so far. John Wiker said that he had invested in buying a model car collection that was for sale in Silver City. He wanted to use it as a Tri-State fund raiser. How about a silent auction to raise money for the club? How should we group the models - by size, quality, desirability? Sylvan said we should have a paper auction, not a "live" auction, people would put in a bid and winners would be announced at the banquet. Dave said we could number the models and then sell numbered raffle tickets for the model cars. Pat Hall said we'd make more money selling the models individually. John said we could sell raffle tickets separately on the big items and maybe group the small items. Sylvan said we'd coordinate this with the Tri-State committee. Tarmo said he had some duplicated models that could be donated; do any others have model cars for donations? So, we need to plan this. Meissner Award: Robert said the committee will meet next week to make a decision on the award recipient - tonight is the deadline for nominations so if you haven't turned in your form it's now too late. Coming Activities: This Saturday February 4th: We will meet at the Balloon Museum at 2:00 PM and those who are interested will meet for lunch at 12:30 at The Kettle at San Antonio and I-25. If possible, bring your Corvair for photos. It should be a great photo op with the impressive new museum building. Our next CNM breakfast will be on Saturday February 18th at Weck's on Juan Tabo, south of Constitution and north of Lomas NE. The time as always is 8:30 AM. VP John has been looking into the 66 Diner on Central and it should be a good place for a Saturday club breakfast. Maybe April will be a good month. Be sure to bring your Corvair for another photo op! Saturday March 18th at 6:00 PM will be our anniversary dinner at Papa Felipe's restaurant on Menaul just east of Eubank NE. Larry Hickerson told us about a Supernational Car Show at the State Fair grounds this weekend - his Rampside will be in it. Robert Gold mentioned a few details about our upcoming group attendance at an Isotopes game. Interested? Contact Robert. OLD BUSINESS: Bosque del Apache Tour Report: A big thank you to Jerry Goffe for presenting last month's slide show and for arranging the tour and the tour bus. Thanks to both Jerry and Mark Domzalski for being outstanding tour guides. All who went had a great time. We have discussed making a donation to the Friends of the Bosque. How best to do this - maybe pay for a membership in the organization - or maybe we can accept donations at the March meeting. Maybe 5 bucks a person? You'll hear more about this in March. Member List: Jim said the member list with e-mail addresses is on his web page and he occasionally hands out a printed member list with e-mail addresses and telephone numbers at meetings. If anyone wants telephone numbers added or corrected, let him know. There's room for a home phone, a work phone and two cell phone numbers if you wish these numbers to be published. Someone told us that a Carlsbad car show will be coming up June 3rd. Next month Larry Blair will give us a tech talk on restoration of dash. Tarmo mentioned attending the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale and was pleased to see the early sixties Pontiac Banshee show car which he remembered from his childhood. Tarmo said he had hoped the car would make its way into production but it never did. He said one of the prototypes was sold for something like $210,000. This was the 35th year for this auction and maybe Tarmo's fifteenth trip to attend. He said they rarely have Corvairs at the auction but this time there was a Rampside for auction. Pat Hall said that he went to see the cars for sale in Golden that we recently heard about. He said the owner's asking price was outrageous. Pat invited everyone present to go see them and make up their own mind as to whether they are worth anything. The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 and Ray introduced speaker Don Giles from Amsoil. Don had barely got started with his talk and slide show when there was an interruption by a security person who was apparently concerned with how and when we got into the meeting room, and how and when we were going to leave. Ray and Dave went outside with him to find out just what the problem was. Don seemed undisturbed by the interruption and gave us an interesting talk on the various physical and chemical characteristics of lubricating oils for gasoline and diesel engines, how these are tested in the lab, and how several brands ranked. He made a few interesting comments on his experience with Chevrolets and Fords in Alaska at temperatures colder than forty below. Needless to say, Amsoil as a 100% synthetic scored well in most (but not all) of the tests. The main message was, there are many characteristics of a lubricating oil and one should not pick a brand of oil based on just one superior rating factor. The slide show lasted almost until 9:00 PM. As we were getting ready to leave, some of us thought we had heard that we'd all have to leave in one group and would have to leave through the front entrance. But, when we tried to leave, the front entrance was locked. We headed for the back gate - and then had to wait in a long line of vehicles for many minutes before someone came to open the gate. It was a sour ending to another CNM meeting at Galles Chevrolet. -- Jim =CNM= Happy Anniversary to: Anne Mae & Robert Gold - March 13 Happy Birthday wishes go to the following CNM Members: Walter Huntoon - March 3 Kyle Stickler - March 5 Hurley Wilvert - March 11 Julia Vertrees - March 11 Kim Patten - March 24 Brenda Stickler - March 26 =CNM= FEBRUARY BOARD NOTES Chuck Vertrees The meeting was called to order at 17:07 on 2/15/06 at President Ray Trujillo's Business Printing Services Office. Present were Ray Trujillo, John Wiker, Robert Gold, Jim and Heula Pittman, Wendell Walker, Dave Huntoon, "Lube" Lubert, and Chuck Vertrees. Ray reported that the day after our regular Wednesday meeting, he met with Mike Kaminski of Galles regarding the disruption of our meeting, and also the recurring problem of finding security to let us out of the property after the meetings. Mike apologized for security disrupting our meeting and stated that Galles is having a big problem with break-ins on their car lot. Mike also asked if we could call him the day before our meeting so he could alert security that we would be on the premises. Also he asked if we could possibly plan on leaving at the same time since security is busy patrolling the lot. Mike also called Ray today and asked if we could change our meeting time to 19:00 and all be there by 19:30. Galles will be closing the entrance by 19:30; however, anyone coming after that time can park in the area near the showroom and walk to the meeting hall. Dave suggested that we consider looking for another meeting location that is more accessible. Galles does not have a meeting room that is not upstairs. Many of our members are having trouble negotiating the stairs to the second floor. John said that his building might be available but that the required insurance would probably be too high. We will look into our CORSA insurance. How much is the amount and would it cover a regular meeting? John is also going to check on the availability of the various senior centers around town. It was brought up, "What can we do for Galles?" We have been at car shows for them but lately they have all been planned at short notice so that it's difficult for us to organize car owners to show their cars. It was decided that Jim will add in the heading of the newsletter that we are sponsored by Galles Chevrolet. John reported that the February breakfast is set for the 18th at Weck's on Juan Tabo. The March breakfast will be at Loyola's and the April breakfast will be at the Route 66 Diner. Wendell reported that CNM had $331.53 in the checking account and $2,636.95 in the GMAC account for a total of $2,968.48. Also he said that the Meissner Award plaque has been paid for. Robert said that the member for the Meissner Award has been chosen and that the committee was very pleased with the nominees and that CNM has so many members that are worthy of being nominated. LeRoy Rogers sent in a report on the Tri-State meeting. T-shirts will be $10.00, Sweat Shirts will be $15.00, and Golf Shirts will be $16.00. The later two items will be available only by previous order. They must be signed up for at the meeting before they will be ordered. If you will be calling the motel in Montrose, be sure and let them know that you are with the Corvair "Tri-State" meeting to get the lower price. You must reserve your room 10 days before the meeting to get the special price. Robert Gold is heading a committee to acquire the other trophies needed. Heula reported that the Sunshine Committee is meeting monthly. They are working on 30 center pieces for the tables at Montrose and still need the square Kleenex boxes. Heula and Wendell have come up with a new birthday card for the Sunshine Committee. Dave said there was nothing new to report on membership except for the one new member who joined last meeting. It was mentioned how pleasing it was to see the number of members lately who are young enough to not have trouble with the stairs. They are the members who are the future of CNM and CORSA. Robert said there was not too much to report on from the Car Council. CNM will be in charge of the Museum Car Show and the Mustang Club will be in charge of the annual picnic. Your secretary will have a couple of copies of the Car Council minutes at he next meeting for anyone to look at. Jim reported that the newsletter is going smoothly. He reminded us that the nomination form for the Boydston award will be in the March newsletter. The award is given at the Tri-State each year. Bring your completed nomination form to the April meeting or mail it to one of the officers. At the March meeting it was decided that we would pass the hat to accept donations for Bosque del Apache, and Jerry Goffe or Mark Domzalski can give the donation to them. Larry Blair will give a presentation on how to re-do a late-model instrument cluster "dash" immediately after the March meeting. We are reminded about the anniversary dinner at Papa Felipe's at 18:00 on March 18th. We are going to ask Mark Domzalski to M.C. the proceedings if he is in town. If he's not, well, someone should volunteer. The first Route 66 cleanup is March 4th starting at 09:00. You are reminded that starting this year we will do four per year instead of three. April is planned for a tour of the Turquoise Trail. It was brought up that we have not had an Economy-Run in quite a while. This was discussed for a while and will be brought up later. Having an Economy-Run will involve everyone filling up at the same station, perhaps the Chevron at Tramway and Central, then going on the tour, then everyone filling up under supervision at the same pump to get an exact number of gallons used. Someone's odometer will be considered to be the official correct mileage. Prizes for best gas mileage are a possibility, or we could just do it for bragging rights. The Balloon Museum tour was a great success. There were about 20 CNM members present and about 25 members of other car clubs also turned up. It is great that we are able to get more multi club activities. The meeting was adjourned at 18:18. -- Chuck =CNM= MECHANICALLY UN-INCLINED Ray Trujillo Happy 32nd Anniversary CNMer's! Even though I'm a short timer in the group, it's great to be associated with all the wonderful people who have made CNM such a long standing and successful club. As I looked through the current member list I recognize that we still have at least a dozen families who started or joined soon after the club formed 32 years ago. I also noticed throughout the following decades, CNM gathered at least another two dozen families that have anywhere from ten to twenty plus years of being members. Over the last decade CNM has continued to add more families and hopefully all of us coming together we will carry on the rich tradition of CNM into the future. I really enjoy hearing the stories told about the many events held over the years and how it has created many lifetime friends and happy memories. Imagine all these benefits coming to each of us because of a simple common interest in Corvairs. So, let's all gather together at Papa Felipe's restaurant on Saturday March 18th at 6:00pm to celebrate our club's 32nd Anniversary and to present the annual Meissner Award to one of our worthy members. The cost is $13/adult and children able to order from the menu. Please plan on attending this sure-to-be-fun evening of reminiscing and commemorating. Congratulations to all CNM families! All right, let's move on to other current events for March. On March 1st immediately following our membership meeting Larry Blair will do a tech talk on how to restore a late model instrument cluster. We all know Larry does excellent presentations so this is really a good reason to attend the meeting. For those of you who attended last month's membership meeting, you'll recall that while Don Giles from Amsoil was doing his presentation someone from Galles' security rudely interrupted our session. The following day I met with Mike Kaminski from Galles regarding the situation and he wanted me to pass along an apology to all members for the way security acted. I also let Mike know that we are having a difficult time finding security to let us out of their property after our meetings. Mike explained to me that Galles is having big problem with break-ins on their car lot and he has asked if we could all leave at the same time because security is really busy patrolling the lot. Also, Mike said to inform our members that the gate in front of our meeting room will be open from 7:00 to 7:30 only. If you arrive after 7:30 you'll need to park by the showroom or across the street and walk from there to the meeting room. We'll talk more about this issue at the next meeting to clarify the situation. On March 4th, we'll have our first Route 66 clean-up of the year and sign-ups will be done at our March 1st meeting. For the month of April the board would like to have a membership vote to decide on which activity they want to do. The choice is between an econo run via the Turquoise Trail or a car show in Rio Rancho presented by Westside Cruisers and the Rio Rancho Convention and Visitors' Bureau. Give these two choices some thought. Next,our second club event of the year was a visit to the Balloon Museum and it was terrific. We had about 20 CNM members show up and about 25 members from various other car clubs. We had quite a few Corvairs arrive in parade fashion at the Museum and it made for a colorful picture. We really had a nice collection of beautiful vehicles to show. Thanks for the great turnout! Well, I guess that's enough said for now, so see you at the next club meeting. -- Ray Trujillo =CNM= = = = = = = = = = = = = = FOR SALE, TRADE OR WANTED = = = = = = = = = = = = = = FOR SALE: 1 Gas Guard used 65-69 $12.00 High & Low Horns - Early and Late Used all work $10.00 each GM Emergency Brake front cable 65-69 heavy duty $20.00 1 Set Hydra Lifters for Corvair $40.00 Shifter Shaft Seals. Early or Late $ 3.00 each Air Cleaner Gaskets Late. Tube to Cleaner Base. $ 1.50 Air Cleaner Gasket top of Carb. $ 1.50 pr. 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Make offer - Hurley Wilvert 281-1732 hurbrenwil @ peoplepc.com = = = = = CNM ADS ARE FREE TO CNM MEMBERS, $5.00 TO NON-CNM MEMBERS = = = = = =CNM= REBUILDING A LATE MODEL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER Larry Blair Rebuilding a late cluster is not terribly difficult -- I did it! But often there are deteriorated components that require some improvisation, so I hope to pass along some tips on how to do that. Removing the cluster is not difficult. Follow the instructions in the Shop Manual, under "Instruments and Gauges" [repeated here in case you don't have a manual]. If your Corvair is running, disconnect the battery ground cable. The Manual says to remove the steering wheel, but I just unbolted the bracket underneath the cluster and dropped the steering column a little bit. Remove the light and wiper switch bezels. If you have a Powerglide, remove the shift lever knob. Unscrew the heater or AC controls and let them hang. Disconnect the speedometer cable, and the trip odometer if you have one. Remove the Phillips screws around the edge of the cluster, and CAREFULLY pull the cluster away from the console. Disconnect the cluster wiring harness from the panel wiring harness [a multi-prong connector]. On Powerglides, remove the shift lever mechanism. Voila! It's out! Set the whole unit on the workbench and go to work. If it has a clock, remove the clock setting knob, held on by a tiny screw. Don't lose either one! Separate the aluminum face from the plastic housing by carefully bending back the metal tabs around the edges. Just bend the tabs enough to separate the two. TIP: If the plastic is broken, it can be glued together using DEVCON Weld-It. Remove the metal ground strap from the back of the cluster, held in place by hex-head screws. TIP: Thoroughly clean the contact points around the screw holes of the ground strap. Remove the rest of the hex-head screws, but do it carefully, because when the screws are all out, the steel instrument housing will separate from the plastic housing, and you could lose some small parts. Now you will have lots of pieces -- rubber cushions about one inch long, and 1/4 inch in diameter; the hard, clear plastic gauge faces; the thin plastic green colored turn signal and red hi-beam indicators, about 5/8 inch diameter; cardboard tubes [from these indicators to the bulbs]; and roundish-triangle shaped gaskets between the cardboard tubes and the steel housing. TIP: The rubber cushions [1/4 by one inch] go between the clear plastic gauge faces and the plastic housing, and are supposed to prevent rattles. They may be brittle and deformed. Clarks has replacements [called dash bumpers, C753, p233, about $3 for 5.] I bought a couple feet of 7/64 inch vacuum tubing and cut my own. TIP: The clear plastic gauge faces can be washed with warm soapy water and polished with a good plastic polish [like Clarks C106, p293. This is good stuff. I use it to polish the rear plastic window on my convertible]. Use a soft cloth and work carefully. TIP: The small [5/8 in] round turn signal and hi-beam indicators are usually faded or discolored. I kept my faded ones, but if you're a purist, Clarks has some NOS ones [CX3514 and CX3520] for a few bucks each. TIP: The cardboard tubes transfer the light from the bulb to the lens, and may be delaminated or shot. Clarks has NOS replacements for non-Corsas [CX3744], but I made new ones from 1/2 inch white thin-walled PVC-1120 tubing, ASTM D-2241, available at Lowes. The inside diameter is about 11/16, but it's labeled as 1/2 inch. For a Corsa, the tubes are 3-1/8 inches long; for others they are 1-1/2 inches. I cut them a little long, and squared off the ends using my disc sander. There are three metal prongs which held the cardboard tubes onto the steel housing, and to make the PVC tubes fit, I ground out a little bit of the inside of the PVC at one-third points, using a Dremel tool and a #115 cutter bit. You can also use a rat-tail file, but it's more tedious. TIP: The roundish triangle shaped gaskets that surround the three metal prongs may be dry or rotted, and won't work well with the PVC tubes anyway. What works perfectly are rubber O-rings from pushrod tubes -- a good use for those unusable rubber O-rings. Now to the steel housing which contains all the gauges. It is well marked as to the color of each wire which goes to each light bulb hole or gauge, but I marked my own, anyway. Remove the wiring harness and clean it up with a stiff brush. Clean all the metal connections [I used my trusty Dremel with a small wire brush]. Check all the bulbs, clean their bases and sockets [I used my trickle charger]. TIP: Coat all connections and bulb bases with a light coat of bulb grease. This prevents corrosion and makes changing bulbs easier. Remove the gauges from the steel housing, and replace or repair any gauges that don't work [unless you don't care]. Clark's has NOS and used gauges, and there are a couple good speedometer shops here that have served me well. If the gauge is served by a sending unit [e.g., gas gauge], the repair shop may need the sending unit to properly calibrate the system. If the steel housing is dirty and/or rusted, clean it up by washing in warm, soapy water, and when thoroughly dry, lightly sand and treat any rust with Extend or similar. TIP: Repaint the pale green interior with Model Master Custom Spray Enamel "Fifties Agua" #2942, available at a well-stocked hobby store like Southwest Hobbies on Menaul. This paint is almost a perfect match for the original color, although it is a little glossier. This is also a good time to brighten up any faded gauge pointers with some orange paint. I replaced my Corsa clock with a quartz kit from Clark's. It was cheaper than a rebuild from a local shop, and easy to do. I added an on/off switch to the clock, in case I have to store the car for a while. I refinished the aluminum cluster face by stripping all old crinkle paint, and washing it. I masked off the openings with 1/8 and 1/4 inch masking tape [fairly tedious], and cleaned with a good silicone/grease remover. I primed it with self-etching primer made for aluminum [I like products from Professional Paint Supply on Singer], then sprayed on the crinkle finish from Clark's, also doing the rest of the dash to get a good match. After carefully removing the masking tape, a little touch-up with a small brush may be needed. Now the fun part -- putting it all back together. Go in reverse order from disassembly above, and be slow and careful. Put the gauges back in their places in the steel housing, put the rubber O-rings around the prongs, and install the PVC tubes. I used a tiny bit of clear silicone adhesive/sealant to glue the directional and hi-beam plastic lens to the PVC tubes, and also to glue the rubber cushions to the plastic housing, so they wouldn't fall out of place. Put the clear plastic gauge faces in place, and snuggle it all up to the plastic housing. There are little plastic studs protruding from the plastic housing that make assembly easier -- just don't force anything. Screw in the hex-head screws, ensuring that the flat steel grounding strip is in place. Reconnect the wiring harness and all the bulbs. Carefully lay the reassembled cluster on your newly-painted aluminum face [laid on a soft towel], mate the two together [be gentle, honey] and bend the tabs back into place. Finally, put the little clock-setting knob back on, with its little bitty screw that you hopefully didn't lose. Put the whole thing back into the car, and keep a little dust rag handy so you can polish up your handiwork. HAPPY CORVAIRING! =CNM= NEW MEMBERS Sylvan Zuercher Welcome back "old" new member Clay Keen. Still the owner of a 1965 Evening Orchid convertible, Clay was a CNM member back in the 1980's. We hope he will be joining us for meetings and events now that he's retired. Welcome "new" new member Cary Hubbard. With a VW as a daily driver, Cary knows about air-cooled cars with the engine in the back, and he will soon be driving around in a restored Greenbrier. TURQUOISE TRAIL ECONOMY RUN The old rallymaster We have talked about having an econo-run on the Turquoise Trail tour. Here's how it would work. We'd need to leave from the same gas station after topping up our tanks. Each driver will record the starting mileage to the nearest tenth. We'll try to drive over exactly the same route as we go to our destination and return to a gas station to fill up. An event official ("rallymaster"?) will supervise topping up the gas tanks, all cars using the same pump, and record the amount of gallons for each car. The driver using the least amount of gas is the winner! We have had articles on how to drive in an economy run in previous newsletters. Let's go out and have some competition as well as fun on the Turquoise Trail Tour! =CNM= REPORT ON THE CAR COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 25, 2006 Robert Gold Please be warned, you are about to enter a baseball analogy zone. If you have read my other articles in the CNM newsletter and are tired of my baseball talk you need to stop reading.... For those of you who are able to take my baseball stories, I first want to thank you for your patience. I don't know when I got to the point that I could relate everything in my life to that sport, but it seems to me that it corresponded to the period when I proposed marriage in a baseball park and I named two children after ball players. It was all downhill from there. Anyway, what I wanted to say is that in baseball a .300 batting average is pretty darn good. That means you can hit the ball safely one out of three times. That also means that you FAIL two out of three times. I've heard commentators say that one of the major things a ball player has manage is failure. It is even worse than the .300 batting average would imply. There are times that a players will go into a "slump" and not even get close to hitting safely one out of three times. This type of stress can either "break or make" player. I believe that my tenure as Council Rep over the past two years can also be viewed in terms of managing failure. You see that as Council Rep I'm duty bound to attend three car meetings a month. First there is the CNM regular meeting on the first Wednesday of the month, followed on the third Wednesday by the CNM Board meeting, and ends on the fourth Wednesday, with the Car Council meeting. That totals three meetings in the month. Using baseball as a standard if I managed only one meeting a month I would be doing good. Two meetings would mean I could be an all-star and three meetings attended would mean I had reached perfection. Alas I am not perfect. Some months I'm in all star territory and other months I'm just hitting 300. In January I went two for three. I got to the CNM meeting, and also the Board meeting. I thought I had the third meeting in sight when, alas, I had to leave town on business. But I was lucky. I had a backup hitter ready in the clubhouse- Geoff Johnson and he came through for me. For you who have gotten this far I will now describe what happened at the Car Council Meeting. According to Geoff the Council was up to its standards by arguing most of the meeting about insurance issues. Since CNM is lucky enough to be covered by the CORSA national policy for events so we don't have a problem with insurance. I know that Geoff had to show immense patience during this discussion. What followed was talk about upcoming events. As I have mentioned in earlier council reports, the Car Council has three major events during the year- the Museum Car Show, the Swap Meet and the Council Picnic. Last year we were major participants in two out of three of the events. Do you notice a trend here with that two out of three stuff? Anyway, we helped with the swap meet and we organized the picnic. Our problem with doing all three is that our Tri-State meet usually conflicts with the Museum Car Show. That was the case last year, however this year we don't have a conflict. With this in mind, Geoff volunteered CNM for a major role in this year's event. I encourage the CNM membership to step up and help with the show. This show is a lot of fun and deserves our support. I don't know if this is the place to mention the fact that the entry fee is going up to $10 per car. There hasn't been an increase in cost in many years and the council feels it needs to make sure the event pays for itself. Another piece of news from the meeting was that another club has offered to head up the picnic preparations this year, so we won't have to be as active as we were last year. Again, I encourage you to plan on attending the picnic. It's a fun time and you'll get to mingle with other folks who love cars as much as we do. I'd like to bring up one last thing. This doesn't relate directly to the car council, but since this column is my one chance to comment on various CNM things I'd like to take this opportunity to recognize a new member's accomplishments. Before the State Fair Car Show last fall I got a call from Pat Hall of Los Lunas. He wanted information about the club and he spent a few minutes describing his stable of Corvairs. None of them were running, but he had ambitious plans for his cars and wanted to become active in the club. I had the pleasure to meet Pat at the Fair Car Show. Since then he took a major step and acquired a 63 Spyder Convertible. He purchased the car from an individual in Chicago and Pat personally trailered the car back to New Mexico. He drove the car to the January CNM meeting. It is a truly beautiful acquisition. In fact I was almost late to the meeting because of the time I spend looking over the car! Pat indicated that he would be showing his new car. I encouraged him to enter it in the Museum Car Show. I look forward to seeing the car at the Museum car show and encourage our membership to turn out and take a look at Pat's ride as well as all the other wonderful Corvairs that we display at the show. Good job Pat!! I guess that is all I have for this month. Tune in next month to see how I'm batting. -- Robert Gold =CNM= ============================================================================ C O R V A I R S o f N E W M E X I C O C O M I N G E V E N T S ============================================================================ | | | | | March | April | May | | | | | | : : : 1 2 3 4 | : : : : : : 1 | : 1 2 3 4 5 6 | | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | | 26 27 28 29 30 31 : | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | 28 29 30 31 : : : | | : : : : : : : | 30 : : : : : : | : : : : : : : | ============================================================================ Wed 1 Mar 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE Wed 15 Mar 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Sat 18 Mar 8:30 AM CNM Breakfast -- cancelled -- this month only Sat 18 Mar 6:00 PM Club 32nd Anniversary Dinner - Papa Felipe's - Menaul NE Fri 24 Mar 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Wed 5 Apr 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE Wed 19 Apr 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 21 Apr 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sat 22 Apr 8:30 AM CNM Breakfast - Loyola's at 4500 Central SE Wed 3 May 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE Wed 17 May 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Sat 20 May 8:30 AM CNM Breakfast - TBA maybe "66 Diner" on Central? Fri 26 May 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Thu 8 Jun evening Isotopes Baseball Game - tentative Sun 11 Jun afternoon Isotopes Baseball Game - tentative Fri-Sun June 2-3-4 2006 Tri-State Event - Montrose, Colorado Coming Soon: Tour of Unser Racing Museum =CNM= FEBRUARY CNM BREAKFAST Heula Pittman This morning five of us collected at Weck's Restaurant on Juan Tabo for breakfast. Jim and I (in our 1965 Monza, no less!) arrived first, then Anne and John Wiker along with Bob Mc Breen who joined us later. As we enjoyed our food, discussions of high-octane fuel and gas stabilizer circulated among the men. Anne and I exchanged ideas for remodeling bathrooms. The general consensus of the group, including our "social chairman" John, was to cancel our March breakfast gathering. Due to the fact that our anniversary dinner is to be that same evening, we thought we should not meet for breakfast too. He urges everyone to try to join us in April at the Loyola cafe on Central. After we drove up into the foothills far enough to warm up the Corvair, we returned home to get back to work on the newsletter. =CNM= TRI-STATE NOTES LeRoy Rogers Our planning for the June 2006 Tri-State in Montrose, Colorado is on track. The host motel will be USA Inns at 1417 E. Main Street, Montrose, CO 81401. Their phone (there's not a toll-free number) is 970-249-4507. There is also a FAX number if you prefer to make your reservation that way: 970-249-1828. Note that you should be able to make your reservation via the Internet. Point your favorite web browser to: http://www.usainnsofamerica.com and follow the directions to register. Our room rates will be $50 per night. Rates go up in May, but we Tri-State people will get this rate, provided we register by ten (10) days before the event. So, when you register, ignore the posted rates. When you register, be sure to fill in the "Business Affiliation" blank with "Tri-State" so they will know you are with us. There will be T-shirts, sweat shirts and golf shirts with the 2006 Tri-State logo for sale. Prices will be $10 for T-shirts, $15 for sweat shirts and $16 for golf shirts. You must sign up for sweat shirts and golf shirts BEFORE the deadline of April 15. You don't have to pay until you receive the shirts. The Show-n-Shine on Saturday will be in the street in front of City Hall and the street will be roped off for us. There will be a model car display and there will be awards for the best model cars. If you have model cars, plan to bring them! We will need a committee for trophies and awards. The banquet will be at the Elks Lodge Saturday evening. We need to come up with items for door prizes and items for the goody bags. We are looking for a suitable item of some value to raffle. There will be dash plaques for everybody. We will get to other details soon, so look for more information at club meetings and in future newsletters. =CNM= SEVEN YEARS AGO Jim Pittman Seven Years Ago - March 1999 - Volume 25 - Number 3 - Issue 282 Our 25th Anniversary Edition was special in every way. It featured a full-color cover and many articles on such topics as "How I got my first Corvair" and "How I found Corvairs of New Mexico" and "What the CNM club means to me" and my favorite, a two-page "Billiken" spread by first president Mark Morgan telling how the club was founded. How can I outline all the articles so generously provided by so many members? As the introduction said, "So here we are, twenty-five years later, with as happy and as healthy a car club as anyone could want. We have done a lot of great things over the years, and we'll do more in the future. It is clear that some of us will be enjoying our Corvairs as real "daily drivers" for several more years, some of us will enjoy having them to drive to Club events and other special occasions, and some of us will take 'em apart, lovingly reassemble them, and keep them in the garage as special collector cars for years to come." All still true, except it's now thirty-two years. If you don't have a copy of this issue you should get one. The text of the articles is on my web page. Fourteen Years Ago - March 1992 - Volume 18 - Number 3 - Issue 198 Our cover featured a big "18" made of Corvair images. President Steve ran the meeting. Treasurer Wendell said we had $911. Sylvan said we needed someone to take over Club properties since Wayne Christgau had moved to Iowa. LeRoy reported on the Car Council with information on the Museum car show and the Great American Race in June. We got a check for $50 for our help with the swap meet. Our tour of Bobby Unser's garage had to be cancelled. Tri-State plans were firming up. Francis told us that CORVAIR WAREHOUSE in Fresno was for sale for $20,000. Will Davis previewed our tour to the Galles/Kraco Racing shop. Mark Morgan continued his series of articles on driving in foreign countries with a great one about driving in -- Texas? He said it was just fine after he got used to it. A couple of tech tips helped us install that cylinder head high temperature warning switch correctly and remove those pesky stuck carb jets. Twenty-one Years Ago - March 1985 - Vol 11 Nr 3 Issue 114 The March 1985 cover showed a late convertible with both ends open. Meeting minutes credited us with Francis as president, $351 in the kitty, a Museum car show coming up, and a project to obtain a Club banner. LeRoy reported on our garage tour. Clayborne reported on going to Alamogordo for a visit with the White Sands Corvair Club and announced an upcoming autocross at Holloman AFB that we could attend. Tech tips: Bill McClellan's second installment on Beginning to Weld; the function of crankshaft thrust bearings; how to remove the emergency brake cable; keeping your tools "sharp" so they won't slip; vibration caused by broken blades on the cooling fan; replacing worn steering knuckles; and advice that if a used car is clean inside, it has probably been lovingly maintained, so it's safe to buy it. Twenty-eight Years Ago - March 1978 - Vol 4 - Nr 2 - Issue 30 We listed fun things to do at the 1978 Convention in San Diego. Steve reported organizational changes in CORSA. The treasury held $487. We were selling member lists at 25 cents each. We planned a dinner party at Bella Vista. Jim reviewed "How to make your car handle" by Fred Puhn and said Corvair owners ought to understand how their suspensions worked. Lon Wall of CORSA Oregon told about "rare Corvairs. Francis' tech tips included heater hose repair with a coffee can and blower bearing installation using thermal expansion: heat up the aluminum housing, freeze the steel bearing, then stick them together real quick! It works! ==CNM== CORVAIR CLUTCH REPLACEMENT Fanbelt Flyer - February 2006 CACTUS CORVAIR CLUB Recently I've spoken to a couple of club members who have the same experience I've been having with my '65 convertible; clutch chatter. It's a phenomenon that can ruin the driving pleasure of your Corvair, if not literally ruining the actual drivetrain, and if not remedied will in fact cause serious and substantial damage over time. Clutch chatter is felt when the clutch is being released and is most noticeable when starting out in 1st gear. It's a series of rapid shudders felt as the car first begins to move and can vary in intensity from a slight shake or two to a hard thudding that feels like it's going to rip the transmission out of the car. The chatter can be reduced somewhat by increasing the rpms before releasing the clutch slowly, just until engagement is felt and then releasing the clutch normally. Depending on the cause, this technique can extend the life of the clutch, but eventually repairs are going to be required. Clutch chatter is normally caused by three things: a worn-out motor mount, oil on the clutch disc and/or worn mechanical components in the clutch release system that causes an oscillation to occur. The oscillation occurs when the clutch is released enabling the engine torque to rotate or twist the drive train counterclockwise. If the engine moves too much it will pull the clutch cable which disengages the clutch. As the engine un-torques, the slack in the clutch cable re-releases and the cycle starts all over again. A broken or weak motor mount and/or transmission mount can be the cause as well; as loose mounting bolts, worn or damaged turnbuckle, pivot bushings, pedal bushings, and clutch cable. This problem is more common in forward control vehicles with the extra long clutch cable, but can happen in cars as well. In the case of my car I'd driven it for several years before painting it and didn't have any problems. I figured that the front crankshaft seal must have started to leak oil and that must be the cause of the chatter. The normally spotless underside of the engine occasionally had a drop of oil on the garage floor but when I wiped it up it was thicker, more like gear lube. Now that I think about it, I first began to notice clutch chatter soon after replacing the 3.27 differential with the factory-correct 3.55. It's difficult to know how many miles are on the differentials and how many different cars they've been under. One of the items that probably has not been serviced is the input shaft seal. It's hidden behind a split ring retainer back about an inch inside the clutch throw-out bearing snout on the differential. The seal rides against the input shaft and in time it's going to leak, depositing gear lube directly on the pressure plate, clutch disc, and flywheel, exactly where you don't want any. So that's another item to replace. So here's the list of parts and related work that should be done if you're going to do the job right: Throw-out bearing. If it goes bad after you replace the clutch you'll have to pull the engine again, so replace it with a Camaro/Firebird fulltime engagement bearing, part # 15680264, available at any GM dealer. Wholesale cost is about $35.00. Bolted flywheel. The Corvair flywheel is made from three pieces of metal; a half-inch thick machined clutch surface, a center mounting flange, and an outer stamping, all riveted together. I won't go into all the reasons why it's constructed this way, it has to do with vibrations, but in time the rivets loosen and the whole assembly begins to rattle. There are solid flywheels available but don't waste your time on them, you won't be happy with the results. Clark's sells a replacement bolted flywheel that I've never heard of anyone ever having a problem with. The flywheel costs $100.00 and there's a $30.00 core charge that is refundable when you send them your rebuildable core. But it will cost $28.00 to ship to Massachusetts. So save it and take it with you to a CORSA Convention when Clark's Corvair is there and they'll give you the full core refund price. Flywheel bolts. This may not seem like a regular item that you need to replace but those bolts are old and have probably been re-used many times. And they're stressed by the flexing of the flywheel and the torque of the crankshaft. Six flywheel bolts will set you back about $25.00 but like everything else in this project, you only want to do it once. Be sure to use a six-point 1/2-inch socket on these bolts because you're going to torque them to 75 ft/lb. Use a beam torque wrench to get an accurate reading. (I know, I have a clicking torque wrench too, but I don't use it here.) Spacer ring. This is the 4-inch ring that goes under the heads of the bolts that hold the flywheel on the crankshaft. The original ring has holes that are slightly larger than the bolts so the fit is loose. Clark's makes a replacement ring with holes just large enough for the bolts to slip through and it's slightly thinner. The smaller holes will help to keep things aligned better and the thinner cross-section allows for more room for the clutch disc that we'll be using. DO NOT skip, forget, or leave out this ring. You'll absolutely ruin your engine if you do. Don't ask - trust me on this one. Cost of ring: $3.00. Cost of replacement engine if you forget: $600-1,000. Clutch disc. Arizona Brake and Clutch can rebuild your stock Corvair clutch disc for about $30.00. If it's oily or damaged or showing signs of fatigue then replace it. Another option, the one that I chose, was to replace the clutch disc with one from a late 70s Monza/Sunbird with the V-8 engine. The diameter is the same but the splined center hub is about 1/8 inch too long and has to be machined down to match the Corvair hub. The reason for using this disc is that it has 4 or 6 springs in the space between the hub and the face surface. The springs compress when the clutch is being engaged and absorb some of the torque. This small amount of "give" helps to eliminate some of the chatter that can occur. Finding one of these discs and having it machined takes a little longer but the results are worth the wait and only an additional $10.00. Pressure plate. Stock pressure plates are durable but again, they're 35-40 years old. Arizona Brake and Clutch will rebuild them for about $65.00. There were two different pressure plates made for late models, standard and heavy duty. Usually 95s and 110s came with the standard one and 14's and turbos had the heavy duty. You can tell the difference by the size of the integral weights that are part of the heavy casting that makes up the machined surface that engages the clutch disc. The radial springs that move the pressure plate away from the clutch disc are also heavier. Although the heavy duty pressure plate was used on the high performance engines, the lighter one will also work, resulting in decreased pedal pressure needed to depress the clutch pedal and an engine that revs quicker (less rotating mass). I'm using a standard one in my air-conditioned 110 and Frank is using the heavy duty with his 140 early. Pressure plate bolts. This is another item that's available from Clark's. They're only about $3.00 but that's cheap insurance. But don't throw away the old bolts just yet. You'll need to use the old bolts when the flywheel and pressure plate assembly is being balanced. Pilot bushing. Every time the engine and transaxle assembly is pulled apart, the pilot bushing should be replaced. This bronze bushing is inside the end of the crankshaft and supports the end of the transaxle input shaft. The input shaft also supports the clutch disc. Any chatter from the disc is directly transmitted to the pilot bushing, increasing wear to the bushing, which increases the movement of the input shaft and an unending cycle of vibration and wear. Clark's pilot bushings are about $3.00. Before installing the new bushing submerge it in motor oil for about a week. Ok, that's the parts list. Next month I'll talk about drivetrain removal, removing the parts and doing the required machining needed to ensure a long lasting and smooth running Corvair. -- Fanbelt Flyer editor, John Priddy ==CNM== DOs and DON'Ts for 2006 Steve Goodman DENVAIR NEWS February 2006 The time for New Year's resolutions has passed and probably most of those well intended changes in lifestyle have already been ditched. So let's try resolutions that may be easier to hold onto through the year. DON'Ts: Don't slam your car doors--It is hard on the door alignment and the latches themselves. The springs and plastic parts break easier now that the car is 35-45 years old. Don't slam the engine lid--The lid will close easily if you ease the lid down to the latch and then push gently. Adjust the latch if this doesn't work. Don't use the steering wheel for a lever--When adjusting your seating position in the car, use your hands against the seat or door frame. Most steering wheels are cracked at the spokes from pulling and pushing. Don't put your knee in the seat--The seat springs aren't designed to have a sharp knee in the middle; it rips the center of the seat vinyl. Don't leave rubber mats on the floor--Remove the rubber mats and let the carpet underneath dry out, especially after rain or snow periods. The rubber traps moisture that will eventually rust the floor away. Treat the trunk mat the same way. Don't use the sill plates for shoe sole scrapers--The sill plates are soft material and scratch and dent easily. Knock your shoes together outside the car before swinging your legs under the dash. DOs: Do keep records of your maintenance and fuel--You won't have to guess when the oil was last changed and watching your fuel usage tells you when a tune-up may be needed. Records are particularly handy when you have more than one car (and who doesn't??). Do watch tire pressures--One of the greatest detriments to the handling of our beloved CORVAIRS is errant tire pressures. It not only contributes to poor handling characteristics but shortens the life of the tires. Do watch your wiper blades--Why did I pick wiper blades out of everything on the car?? EASY, when the rubber fails, the sharp end of the wiper arm can score an arc in your windshield in just a couple of swipes. Windshields are too expensive to ruin over something so minor. The wiper is at your eye level all the time. Do your battery maintenance--Same question/same answer as above; dirty and corroded battery cables or dry battery cells contribute to many ill starting woes. Of course the problem could be the started itself, but more often than not, the battery or connections is at fault. =CNM= THE FRANCIS BOYDSTON AWARD The Francis Boydston Award is presented annually to a Tri-State CORSA Chapter member(s), in good standing who best exemplifies the influence, support, ideals, and values that Francis embodied. This may be jointly awarded to members and spouses or jointly to separate members if approved by the reviewing authority as detailed below. To commemorate the occasion, the recipient shall be awarded a plaque suitable for prominent display. The award shall read: St. Francis of Corvair Francis Boydston Service Award For Outstanding Service and Contributions to Corvairs of New Mexico And Perpetuation of the Corvair AWARD RECIPIENT NAME DATE This award is bestowed in memory of Francis Boydston, a CNM founder and friend. In addition to the individual plaque, there shall be a traveling plaque that has tags for the addition and date of each annual recipient(s). The cost of the award and engraving shall be borne by CNM. Two months prior to the next Tri-State meet, the CNM Vice President or an alternate appointed and designated by the CNM President shall make arrangements and retrieve the traveling plaque to be in CNM custody no less than five weeks prior to the next award presentation. The selection committee for the awards shall be comprised of three Tri-State Chapter members appointed by the CNM President who will work with and report to the CNM Vice President or the alternate appointed and designated by the CNM President. Members appointed to serve from non-CNM Tri-State Chapters shall be jointly appointed by that Chapter President and the CNM President. It is recommended that at least two of the three members be immediate past award recipients. It is preferable for the last three immediate recipients to serve on the selection committee. The CNM Vice-President, or designated alternate, shall achieve approval of the award by concurrence with a quorum of the officers of CNM and Presidents of the represented Tri-State Chapters. Guidelines for consideration for the Francis Boydston Award shall, in no particular priority, be: 1. Attend meetings and plan, coordinate or organize individual Tri-State Chapter and/or Tri-State Meet activities or events 2. Share Corvair knowledge and expertise. 3. Encourage owners to preserve, maintain and share in the lore of the Corvair. The presentation of the Francis Boydston Award shall be made at the annual Tri-State Meet Banquet or at a time and place designated by a majority of the Tri-State Chapter Presidents. The presentation shall be made by a CNM official, approved by a majority of the Tri-State Chapter Presidents, and supported by a representative of the recipient's Chapter. The content of the oral award presentation shall be scripted in advance and have achieved concurrence of the Francis Boydston Award Committee and the represented Tri-State Chapter Presidents or alternates designated by the CNM President. The oral award presentation and engraved plaque shall be prepared no later than one month prior to the annual Tri-State Meet Banquet or the otherwise designated time and place. Francis Boydston Award Nomination This award is presented annually to a Tri-State CORSA Chapter member, in good standing who best exemplifies the influence, support, ideals and values exhibited by Francis Boydston with Tri-State Chapter members and other Corvair enthusiasts. This form is confidential. To avoid disappointment, do not divulge to or otherwise advise the nominee of this action. This form shall be submitted to the CNM Vice President or an alternate appointed and designated by the CNM President. This form will be distributed in the March issue of the Enchanted Corvairs Newsletter and at the March Membership Meeting. Copies of the criteria and this form will be mailed and/or e-mailed to the other Tri-State Newsletter Editors and Presidents for publication and distribution to those chapters. The DEADLINE for submission of this completed nomination form shall be NO LATER THAN adjournment of the CNM April Membership Meeting. Any exceptions to this deadline shall be made by agreement between the CNM Vice President or the appointed alternate and the CNM President. To the Francis Boydston Award Committee: It is a pleasure to submit the following Tri-State CORSA Chapter member(s) to be considered for the Francis Boydston Award. Name(s): ___________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ City, State and Zip: _______________________________________________ Has been a Chapter member since: _______________ Has been a CORSA member since: _______________ Has served as a Chapter official, chair or leader: Y _ N _ Approximate years:________ Has promoted the Corvair and Corvair hobby: Y _ N _ Has helped other people: Y _ N _ Briefly describe the merits of this member and nomination: ____________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Date of this nomination: _____________ Author of this nomination: _____________ =end=