Updated 30-Jan-2007 =-= Copyright (c) 2007 Corvairs of New Mexico. EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 1 November 2006 at 7:00 PM Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due Membership Chairman New Member Sylvan Zuercher October Meeting Minutes Chuck Vertrees Birthdays and Anniversaries Sunshine Committee October Board Meeting Minutes Chuck Vertrees Mechanically Un-inclined Ray Trujillo Calendar of Coming Events Everybody Breakfast at Jimmy's Heula Pittman Christmas Collections for Barrett House Emma Rogers & Lee Reider Seven Years Ago Jim Pittman Printed Matter vs 'Net Steve Goodman, Denvair News Pertronix Ignition System Installation Tom Schrum, Silicon Valley COVER: Joel Nash, Ollie Scheflow, Pat Hall & Bill Reider admire Pat's new Corvair =CNM= 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= Dues Expired or Due or Approaching Due: Dues Expired, Become Inactive on 25-nov-2006: Jon Anderson 2006-Oct Mark Domzalski 2006-Oct Richard Finch 2006-Oct Steve Johnson 2006-Oct Dues, This Month: Joe Ashton 2006-Nov Steve Gongora 2006-Nov Del Patten 2006-Nov Dues, Coming Due Soon: David Huntoon 2006-Dec Walter Huntoon 2006-Dec Mark Morgan 2006-Dec Roger Pape 2006-Dec Bill Reider 2006-Dec Wendell Walker 2006-Dec H C "Lube" Lubert 2007-Jan Robert McBreen 2007-Jan Dan Palmer 2007-Jan LeRoy Rogers 2007-Jan John Wiker 2007-Jan Dues Expired, Now Inactive: Tom Bunter 2005-Aug Dan Clifford 2005-Aug Jacob Schlessinger 2005-Aug Willard Davis 2005-Dec Fred Edeskuty 2006-Feb Robert Moore 2006-Jun Lee Olsen 2006-Sep Dwight Simmons 2006-Sep Kevin Sullivan 2006-Sep Sally Williams 2006-Sep If your membership is due or has expired, please send your dues to: Wendell Walker, CNM Treasurer, 301 Utah Meadow, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 Past due memberships will become inactive after a one-month grace period. Note that the Club will mail in your National dues when you renew, provided that you send us the renewal form from your CORSA Communique! =CNM= PHOTO: Admiring the "new" Ultravan at our July meeting. =CNM= NEW MEMBER Sylvan Zuercher Guadalupe "Lupe" Arellanes joined us in October. She picked up a beautiful 1964 Corvair on e-Bay and contacted Wendell for help fixing it up. Wendell says the paint is beautiful but the car has lots of rust and needs some work, especially with the brakes. We may feature Lupe's car in our "TUNA" sessions. Let's have a big CNM WELCOME to Lupe! =CNM= OCTOBER MEETING NOTES Chuck Vertrees The meeting was called to order at 19:05 on October 4th at Highland Senior Center. All officers were present, although Wendell came in late since he was picking up his son at the airport. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter. New member Lupe Arellanes (Lupe, I hope I got the right spelling of your name) joined CNM. She has a 1964 Monza, white and turquoise, which she found on e-Bay. She found CNM through Wendell and is joining so she can learn how to take care of her 1964 Corvair. Wendell reported that CNM had $467.34 in the checking account and $2,473.58 in the GMAC account for a total worth of $2,940.92. Wendell will have the annual financial report at the next meeting. Geoffrey Johnson reported on the Car Council meeting, but there wasn't much happening. They will be pretty quiet the rest of this year. Most of the discussion had to do with some office in the state government wanting to add front license tags to New Mexico vehicles. The main reason for this seems to be so Albuquerque can raise more money with their red light cameras. If you go on line to check the statistics, you will find that since the red light cameras have been installed, the number of rear end collisions has increased. Everyone should write a letter to Governor Richardson about the problems with requiring front license plates. Send your letter to: Governor Bill Richardson State of New Mexico Capitol Building, Fourth Floor Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 Keep your letter reasonable and don't be snide or angry sounding. The Sunshine Committee welcomed Ollie Scheflow back after his illness. Heula also reminded everyone that we will support Barrett House at our Christmas dinner. Bring NEW children's books or any kind of school supplies. A list of suggested items was in the last newsletter. Also we will accept GOOD condition used books for their library. Start collecting these items now and bring them to our Christmas party on December 3rd. Jim Pittman announced that he will need everything for the newsletter sent to him by the Friday after the October 18th board meeting. It helps Jim if anything that you would like in the newsletter was sent to him as early as possible so he can reserve space for it. Next we came to the annual election of officers. All of the current officers agreed to serve another term and therefore were "railroaded in" by acclamation. I was perfectly willing for someone to run against me but nobody volunteered. All joking aside, the CNM membership should start now considering what office they will run for at our next election. Some of our current officers are getting a little mature! Not old, you understand, but mature. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES: We received notice about several automobile related activities but several of them were sent without enough time to plan anything. One event that many were planning on going to, was the Balloon Fiesta Car Show on Sunday October 8th. Unfortunately as I write this on the 9th, almost everything was canceled on the 8th because of rain. October 13-15th is the Santa Fe Porsche Oktoberfest Swap Meet and Show & Shine. I understand that there is also be a rally along with it, but I don't have any more information. If anyone might be interested, contact Wendell Walker. Wednesday October 18th is the Board meeting, and Saturday October 21st is the club's monthly breakfast. This time it will be at Jimmy's at 7007 Jefferson NE. The time is 08:00. Come to the breakfast and count all the people named "Jimmy" or "Jim" or "James" in their photo collection. October 27th-29th is the Great Western Fan Belt Toss & Swap Meet at Palm Springs, California. Some CNM members usually attend this major Corvair event. Saturday October 28th is the last "Old Route 66" Cleanup for the year. This is the fourth one this year. Let's have a good turnout at 09:00. Saturday November 4th is the annual potluck and auction at "House of Covers" courtesy of Steve and Rita Gongora. This is always a real fun time, whether or not Del is able to attend. Start now saving the items that you want to get rid of. They do not have to be automobile related. Ask Robert Gold about the "eyes" he bought a couple of years ago. Your unwanted is someone else's treasure and will raise money for the treasury. Let's keep Wendell happy! Sunday December 3rd will be our Christmas Dinner and party at Kirtland AFB Officers' club. We will start at 11:30. There will be more information later on how we will get on base. OLD BUSINESS The Moriarty Fly-In and Car Show was attended by several CNM members. From their reports, it was such an enjoyable event that we probably should plan on adding it to our regular schedule of events next year. It is an annual event and we need to find out ahead of time when it will be held next year. The State Fair car show went well. There were 13 Corvairs present and everyone got at least one ribbon. The New Mexico Car Council Swap Meet in Los Lunas was the same weekend as our show at the State Fair. A number of CNM members worked the swap meet on Saturday and everything went well. On a sad note, one of CNM's long time members, Bill McClellan, passed away this week. Bill was very active in the club for a long time. If you wanted to know something about welding, he was your man. I remember him and his wife going to the Tri-States in his red early model Corvair. Although it should be under new business, Geoffrey Johnson mentioned what he called TUNA. I never understood why because I sometimes miss something. Basically it is to have a "Corvairama Tune-Up" on three or four Saturdays a year and have a potluck while fixing a problem on some CNM member's Corvair. It was discussed and I think the consensus was to organize the first one at the December meeting to get in January - or was it to get together in December to do a brake job on Lupe's 1964 Monza. Stay tuned. The meeting was adjourned at 20:06, followed by a Tech Talk by Sylvan Zuercher on Corvair Thermostats. =CNM= HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS to the following CNM Members who have birthdays in November: Anne Wiker November 06 Jim Pittman November 13 Sylvan Zuercher November 16 Opal Zuercher November 22 John Wiker November 23 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY wishes go to: Brenda and Mike Stickler who celebrate November 21! =CNM= OCTOBER BOARD MEETING Chuck Vertrees The meeting was called to order at 17:05 at Business Printing Service on 10/18/06. Present were John Wiker, Wendell Walker, Ray Trujillo, Robert Gold, Jim and Heula Pittman, and Chuck and Julia Vertrees. Minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter. Ray turned the money for the Turbo Spyder raffle tickets over to Wendell so that he can forward it to the San Diego Club. John Wiker reminded us that the October breakfast will be at Jimmy's on Saturday the 21st. Next month it will be back at the Owl Cafe on Eubank. Wendell said that CNM ended the fiscal year with $482.34 in the checking account and $2,485.86 for a total of $2,968.20. This puts us ahead for the year since last year's closing was $2,860.78. Heula reported that Gayle Finch is still not doing real well. Her doctor says that they cannot do a hip replacement at this time. We are hoping that they will both be well enough to come to the Christmas party. No report on membership except that Lupe joined at the last meeting. Wendell has been working on her car. Robert reported that the Car Council Swap Meet went well. There was lots of support. The next Car Council meeting will be October 25th and then no more meetings until January 2007. The Car Council has announced a Festival of the Cranes no host old car tour to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge for November 18th. It is expected that the Bosque will be jammed with cars the whole week. Probably no CNM members will go. We are going to ask Jerry Goffe to set up our regular annual tour in January. Someone suggested that we may want to invite some other club members. This would be up to Jerry. Upcoming CNM events are the Great Western Swap Meet & Fan Belt Toss in Palm Springs on October 26th-29th. I don't think there will be as many CNM members going as many times in the past. October 28th is the last cleanup on "Old Route 66" for this year. Starting time is 09:00. Let's be sure there is plenty of help on hand. Some may want to join Ray afterwards in looking for pancakes. November 4th is our annual Potluck and Auction at House of Covers, starting at 18:00 AKA 6:00 PM. Don't miss this. November 18th will be the first "CNM TUNA" when we will bring Lupe's brakes up to order. This is also the Saturday for breakfast. We will decide if we'll have a breakfast before or a brunch after. Geoffrey and Wendell will set up the location and time for the TUNA. December the 3rd will be our Annual Christmas Party at the Kirtland AFB Officers' Club. The time will be 11:30. The physical location of the room in the Officers' Club will be determined and announced later along with the price. It was decided that there would be no breakfast on December 23rd because some of us felt this would be too close to Christmas. PROPOSED 2007 ACTIVITIES First, we thought we should check with the membership about continuing the monthly breakfasts. Some have good attendance but many have had poor attendance. Maybe we are not advertising them enough? Do you think that you would be more apt to come if the breakfast was the Saturday after the meeting? Is every month too often? We can have them in conjunction with activities such as the "Old Route 66" cleanup (a breakfast or a brunch or a lunch). Or in conjunction with the TUNA. JANUARY Possibly a tour to Bosque del Apache, arranged by Jerry Goffe. Also have a club attendance at the Scorpions hockey game in Rio Rancho. FEBRUARY See if we can get LeRoy Rogers to arrange a garage tour. He has set up many great ones in the past when he is given enough time. We could also plan a TUNA. MARCH Have our annual Anniversary dinner, probably at Papa Felipe's. Also this month or later a trip to the west mesa to watch the radio controlled airplanes. This can be very interesting if you have never been there. APRIL The Rio Rancho Car Show is a possibility, and another TUNA Saturday. MAY This has both the Tri-State meet on the 18th to 20th and the Albuquerque Museum show; date unknown at this time. JUNE This would be a good time for an Isotopes ball game and another TUNA Saturday. JULY The International Convention is in Detroit in 2007 and I don't know how many CNM members will go. The Santa Fe 4th of July is questionable because the car show has become secondary to Craft booths. It was suggested that we have an economy run and a picnic combined. The terminal site suggested was the Quarai Pueblo Ruins at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. It is one of the three ruins that belong to this Monument and it has picnic facilities plus a museum and the ruins to investigate. It is not far from there to Mountainair where everyone could gas up to check their mileage. AUGUST This is the month for the NMCCC annual picnic. Also we could have a progressive dinner as in the past. These are always fun. SEPTEMBER There is always the State Fair Car Show in September. We believe that the Moriarty Fly-In also occurs in this month. It would be good to add this to our activities since we could see both some interesting cars and airplanes. OCTOBER There is the Balloon Fiesta Car Show. Hope for better weather. Also a chance for an Aspencade. We need to contact Tarmo and Kay and see what they think about an Aspencade. NOVEMBER Annual Auction and Potluck if Steve and Rita can put up with us for another year. DECEMBER Annual Christmas party. All CNM members should look over the proposed schedule. The board will welcome any suggestions, additions, or comments. The only old business was comments on the Balloon Fiesta show. CNM had five entries and a lot of spectators, although the Mass Ascension was canceled because of the poor weather. The meeting was adjourned at 18:17. -- Chuck Vertrees =CNM= MECHANICALLY UN-INCLINED Ray Trujillo Hello Everyone! CNM's fall schedule continues this month with our annual Pot Luck and Auction. The event is graciously hosted by Steve and Rita Gongora on November 4th at 6:00 PM at their House of Covers business located at 115 Richmond NE. So I hope you've been collecting and gathering all your neat items to donate for the auction. Remember, your items don't need to be Corvair related, items can be just about anything you don't need or want anymore. The old saying of "one man's junk is another man's treasure" is truly the case at this fun event. You'll see your fellow members trying to out bid other members on some really unusual items. It gets to be quite funny at times and all the money made is directly deposited into CNM's bank account. The event is one of the few fund raisers we have during the year so come on out, bring your items, some money, your favorite pot luck dish and expect to have a good time. As for last month's Balloon Fiesta Car Show, the mass ascension of the balloons was cancelled due to rain but the car show went on anyway. In fact, the car show became the main event and CNM was represented by five Corvairs. The participants were Geoff Johnson, Cary Hubbard, John Wiker, Robert McBreen and yours truly. Thanks to the above mentioned guys for bringing their cars for the show. Also, there was one extremely rare 1962 Monza station wagon from Arizona. When I first saw the station wagon I thought it was a Lakewood but according to our knowledgeable on hand Corvair expert Geoff Johnson it was a Monza station wagon. I found in our handy Care and Feeding booklet where it states this model was produced only 2362 times, so it truly is rare. I got to meet the owner of this rare car and as we talked I learned that he bought it from Tom Martin of the Cactus Corvair Club in Phoenix. Now if you've being reading my previous month's articles you might recall Tom Martin is the same man that I bought my 1965 Corsa convertible from. Some people probably find this type of coincidence as nothing out of the ordinary but to me it's really fascinating. What are the chances of that happening? The best way to explain this fascination is that it proves to me that the phrase "it's a small world" is especially true. Wow, the Corvair Gods were at work! Now to those of you who see this situation as nothing out of the ordinary you're probably rolling your eyes and saying the following phrase is also true: "Simple minds are easily amused." Well I guess I'm rambling again so let's get back on track. As people came to see the cars it was amazing how many different countries were represented from around the world. These people came from everywhere imaginable, but of course that's why they call it the Albuquerque "International" Balloon Fiesta. Many of these visitors were saying that they come to New Mexico just about every year to enjoy or participate in the Balloon Fiesta. They also come to see our beautiful scenery, explore our multi-cultural heritage, bask in our tremendous fall season and to experience our savory foods. I guess New Mexico is not our little secret anymore. Many of these visitors really enjoyed seeing our Corvairs and lots of questions were asked. I believe we had most of the questions answered and we had stories told to us about our favorite little car. Also last month CNM held the election of its officers at our membership meeting. Since there were no nominations for any of the offices the existing officers were retained by acclamation. You all know this means you have to tolerate another year of my "fly by the seat of pants" monthly article. Anyway, your board members and I are already planning an exciting activities schedule for 2007. At our next membership meeting I'll have a listing of the proposed activities on the meeting agenda, so please come and give your suggestions and any input for the upcoming year. One last thing before I close, the Christmas Party is being held on Sunday December 3rd at 11:30 AM at the Kirtland AFB Officers Club. We'll begin sign-ups at the next meeting and we'll update you on the details of cost and base entrance procedures as we get them, so stay tuned. In addition to the party, CNM's Christmas project is to help the Barrett House with new or gently used books or new school supplies for these disadvantaged children. It really is a good cause so please help if you can. Well, I guess that's enough said for now, so hopefully I'll see you at the next club meeting. -- Ray =CNM= PHOTO: Robert Gold showed up at the September board of directors meeting with yet another vehicle, a Chevelle El Camino pickup truck. He says he really likes it. =CNM= PHOTO: Ollie Scheflow arrived at the July CNM meeting and admires the "new" Ultravan. =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 ============================================================================ | | | | | November | December | January | | | | | | : : : 1 2 3 4 | : : : : : 1 2 | : 1 2 3 4 5 6 | | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | | 26 27 28 29 30 : : | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | 28 29 30 31 : : : | | : : : : : : : | 31 : : : : 2006 | : : : : : 2007 | ============================================================================ Wed 1 Nov 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Sat 4 Nov 6:00 PM Auction & Pot Luck - House of Covers - 115 Richmond NE - 256-0551 Wed 15 Nov 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Wed 15 Nov 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman - EARLY THIS MONTH! Tue-Sun 14-19 Nov Festival of the Cranes at Bosque del Apache Sat 18 Nov 8:30 AM CNM breakfast - the Owl Cafe at Eubank & Lomas NE Sat 18 Nov ------- Tune-up session at Wendell Walker's - tentative Sun 3 Dec 11:30 AM CNM Christmas Party - Kirtland AFB Officers' Club Bring Back-to-School items for the Barrett House children. Wed 6 Dec 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 20 Dec 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 22 Dec 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman 2007: Wed 3 Jan 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 17 Jan 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Sat 20 Jan 8:30 AM CNM Breakfast -- TBA Fri 26 Jan 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Fri-Sun May 18-20 Tri-State Meet - Monte Vista, Colorado - Pikes Peak Corvair Club =CNM= BREAKFAST AT JIMMY'S October 21, 2006 Heula Pittman Bright and early on a beautiful Saturday morning John Wiker drove ahead in his bright yellow coupe to Jimmy's Restaurant on Jefferson and set everything up for us. He had to attend some sort of ROTC meeting so he ate first and returned after his meeting. A little later Pat Hall drove in from Los Lunas in his pretty blue early convertible. About 8:30 Julie & Chuck Vertrees and Ollie Scheflow arrived in their respectively white and black Brand Xs. Jim and I arrived in our white 1965 Corvair. As usual, the food was terrific! Their "Christmas Chiles" (red and green) were excellent! The fellowship was even better. Jim showed his 1966 "Amco" shift knob that came unguled on the way over this morning. We learned from Pat about the recycling business and exactly what "clean metal" was and the process involved in getting it clean, sorted and ready to sell. Chuck, Jim, Ollie and Pat all told stories about their first car purchases as if they bought them just last month. It is amazing to me how these guys can remember such things as exactly how much they paid for these vehicles, the horsepower, tire sizes, and numerous other details. And all of these factoids happened some forty years ago!! Now, maybe I won't get into what some of us can't seem to remember that happened just last week! Ha! I highly recommend attending these breakfasts with our Club Members. It is a great time to share a good meal with other members and get to know each other at the same time. Next month on November 18th, the plan is to meet at the Owl Cafe on Eubank at Lomas. You probably won't see Jim and me because we hope to be driving across Texas about that time on our way to Louisiana to see our new Great Granddaughter and the rest of the family! After breakfast we took the 1965 Corvair east on Montgomery and Montano and Paseo del Norte past the Double Eagle airport to Volcano Park. We were looking for some spectacular scenic backgrounds to make cover illustration photos. Did we succeed? Well, you'll have to see if any pictures of the volcanoes appear on the covers of future issues. The white Corvair thanked us for taking it on such a nice long drive. =CNM= CHRISTMAS COLLECTIONS FOR BARRETT HOUSE Heula Pittman This year we are collecting items for a group of homeless children who are a part of The Barrett House. The BARRETT HOUSE is transitional, temporary, short-term housing for homeless women and their children. It is a facility that assists women with a place to live while either going to school, finding a job and working, while receiving medical care or finding permanent housing. It is a non-profit, non-denominational organization. This facility is located on Constitution at Eubank NE. Whenever any child leaves this facility for good, a NEW BOOK is given to him or her. A big supply of NEW BOOKS is always in demand for this reason. Also, school supplies are distributed to school age children whenever they enroll in school. Lee Reider, Emma Rogers and I are working together getting things organized to start a collection of items to donate to this worthy organization. We will present these things to the BARRETT HOUSE to be distributed to these women and to their children as needed. At Christmas time this year, we are asking that our Club Members help support this group of women and children. You can help by bringing the following (tax-deductible) items to our annual Christmas party in December: NEW BOOKS for outgoing children and new or gently used children's books for their library SCHOOL SUPPLIES: 1. Back packs/Book Bags 2. Loose leaf paper 3. #2 Pencils 4. School Glue (washable) 5. Colored Markers (washable) 6. School Scissors 7. Crayons and colored pencils 8. Spiral bound notebooks 9. Boxes of Tissues . . . . . . . . and other items that would be of use to school age children. If you would like for me to shop for these items for you, just give me a little bit of cash and I will be glad to do that. Please start collecting these items now and bring them with you to our Christmas party on December 3rd at the Officer's Club at Kirtland AFB. The festivities will begin at 11:30 AM. More details can be found elsewhere in this newsletter. =CNM= SEVEN YEARS AGO Jim Pittman Seven Years Ago - November 1999 - Volume 25 - Number 11 - Issue 290 The cover showed Chuck visiting with Bill & Marian McClellan before the parade celebrating the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the Corvair. Bill and Marian were in their neat early model and Chuck & Julie were in their "new" '67 sedan. New president Hurley Wilvert ran our meeting. New members were announced: John Topp, Alicia & Monica Romero, and Kathy & Jon Lovett. A visitor was Dennis Pleau's father Larry from California. Our bank account totaled $6,243. We had reports on a successful swap meet, a search for a new location for the CORSA museum, a successful State Fair car show, the parade to the "66 Diner" and progress of a sort on the Wheels Museum. Hurley wrote his first "President's Letter" subtitled "The Driver's Seat" and included a short autobiography which outlined his motorcycle racing career and told us how he came to be in the Albuquerque area. Kay Sutt reported on our spectacular "Aspencade" over the mountains of northern New Mexico via Cuyamunge, Pojoaque, Truchas, Chimayo, Las Trampas, Penasco and the Mora Valley to the famous Salman Ranch where we picked the last raspberries of the season. It was truly a memorable Aspencade and one we really should try to do again sometime. Sylvan introduced a new member of the Dummy of the Month Club. This issue featured no fewer than 18 digital photos, a harbinger of many such illustrations to come in future issues. Fourteen Years Ago - November 1992 - Volume 18 - Number 11 - Issue 206 The cover showed Thanksgiving turkeys near a tiny Lakewood. President Steve ran the meeting. VP Dennis was absent due to the scheduled arrival of future Corvair driver Michael Pleau. Guests (soon to be new members) were Lawrence and Geraldine Jiron and Hurley Wilvert. Wendell said we had $1082 in the bank, and he provided a summary of the Club's financial transactions for the year. LeRoy reported on the swap meet and the State Fair. Casa Chevrolet asked us not to park in areas that would be closed off after hours. Jerry and Chuck were praised for their Orange Barrell Fun-khana. Newly elected officers were Del Patten, Bob Beasley, Charles Vertrees and Will Davis. Heula reported on Sylvan's Aspencade to Los Alamos. A preview of Rocky Mountain CORSA's plans for the 1993 Tri-State in Alamosa came from Jim Rushton. Mike previewed our Christmas dinner. Tech tips included a new modulator for the Corvair Powerglide transmission. Finally, your editor challenged the membership to write an article for the newsletter during the coming year. Any topic would do, but a couple of dozen suggestions were provided to get you started. Did anyone respond? Twenty-one Years Ago - Nov. 1985 - Volume 11 - Number 11 - Issue 122 Our cover featured a special "Corvair" Jack-o-lantern such as you never saw before. President Francis ran the meeting. We had $556 to spend or save. Norm Brand reported on Christmas dinner plans. Bill said we had a successful swap meet. We were planning a Tri-State Funrama, said LeRoy. Newly elected officers were Clayborne Souza, Bill Hector, Charles Vertrees and LeRoy Rogers. Guest speaker Howard Bryan of the Albuquerque Journal told us about filming a Chevrolet commercial in 1960 in Cabezon, New Mexico. At our board meeting it was suggested that we have a Club library with manuals and other documentation. Our editor told about seeing a skateboarding teenager who called his Corvair an "Unsafe-at-any-speed" while zipping up and down driveway slopes. Thanks, Ralph, for making sure kids know what Corvairs are. Our tech tips told how to remove a 1965 Corvair transmission and how to adjust tapered roller bearings on front wheels. Yes, the procedure is different for ball-bearing wheels. Finally, Bill Reider's column discussed how to keep those Corvair tail lights working despite age, corrosion and neglect; one secret is making sure they have a positive ground. Many Corvairs could use some attention here! Twenty-eight Years Ago - November 1978 - Volume 4 - Number 10 - Issue 38 The cover by Mark Morgan showed a Monza doing it the Corvair Way! At our election Steve proposed that we should make secretary and treasurer two different elected positions. New officers were Sylvan Zuercher, Norm Brand and Les Campbell. This issue was full of tech tips. Ike Meissner gave us an article on synthetic oil. Bill Reider elaborated on an earlier article on brakes and discussed when to turn brake drums: he said, always turn them if you put on new shoes. We had part numbers for Autolite spark plugs, a quick way to clean lamp sockets, how to un-stick choke risers, how to purge hydraulic brake lines and a good deal on replacement weatherstrip for engine and trunk lids. =CNM= PRINTED MATTER VS 'NET Steve Goodman Rocky Mountain CORSA The DENVAIR NEWS October 2006 A philosophical subject here, not to start arguments but maybe just to think a little bit . . . . . . . . . . Many of us are regularly on the internet and visit the various shop and talk forums such as "corvaircenter" or "fastvairs" or "virtualvairs" and even more. Every car has its own forums and I visit others associated with VW/dune buggy/Porsche and various kit car sites too. They all have one thing in common: everyone with a question or problem instantly grabs the keyboard and asks all around the country for help. This group apparently has absolutely zero for shop manuals and other tech guides, or if they do, they believe it is faster to simply ask the question "What is my plug gap?" or "How do I remove my engine?" The worst is "My engine leaks, what do I replace?" or "My engine doesn't run very well, what is wrong?" Some of the replies will be things like "It is in the tech guide" or "Join your local club and someone can provide some help" and the reply is "What is the tech guide?" or "Where do I find out about a local club?" When I was growing up (a while back now, but not as long ago as Harlan Sr) if I asked my folks "What is the capitol of Colorado?" their answer would be "LOOK IT UP"! No one wants to spend time "looking it up" anymore I guess. This is overlapping now to the point that car magazine sales are falling and the magazine stores are disappearing. The best local car book store (Colorado Car Books) is closed, folks simply don't buy magazines and books anymore. There was a chain store (Newsland) that carried not only lots of car magazines but many other subjects too; there used to be 4 or 5 around the area, only two are left. The email craze sometimes baffles me. You all know my computer is at home, I found an email one night from a prospective customer in Lakewood (very nearby to Golden) asking about my work schedule. I replied and gave the shop phone and suggested they call me during the day to work out a date. Instead that night there was another email asking me if I had scheduled them that day. I replied NO, I need to visit with you and other things, call me during the day. They never did call, and what is more amazing is that they asked about a local club and I gave them the RMC schedule as well as the CORSA website. They replied that they were hoping there was a "local" club instead of having to go to Englewood. I reminded them that members drive regularly from Boulder/Ft. Collins and Loveland and even Colorado Springs but they apparently were not interested and the emails stopped. QUESTION: How do you know that you are really-really addicted to email? ANSWER: When you check your email during a TV commercial. =CNM= PHOTO: In March 1988 future president Dale Housley supervised speedometer checks using a highway patrol radar gun. =CNM= PERTRONIX IGNITION SYSTEM INSTALLATION Tom Schrum The Silicon Valley CORSA Rear View October 2006 An excellent and useful accessory and a great improvement over points and condenser is the Pertronix Ignition system. Unfortunately, installation seems to be a problem, due to misinterpretation of instructions or not understanding the electrical portion of the installation. There is only one CORRECT way to install a Pertronix ignitor in a Corvair: 1. The black wire from the module goes to the (-) wire terminal on the coil. This is the terminal that originally connected the points to the coil. 2. The red wire from the module must connect to the +12V switched from the ignition switch. There is no factory wire available for this purpose. 3. The factory wire to the (+) terminal of the coil is still used as Chevrolet intended. To explain the reason that this configuration must be adhered to, start with the factory wire to the (+) terminal of the coil. When the engine is running, the voltage is not +12V at the coil, but about +6V because this wire is a resistor wire, required in the factory application to protect the points from premature failure which would occur if run on +12 volts for any length of time. The coil is designed to operate properly on this reduced voltage, so we need to leave it as factory wired with no changes. The most misunderstood connection is to the red wire coming out of the module. This wire cannot be hooked to the (+) terminal of the coil if proper operation of the ignition is to occur. We now know that less than +12V appears at the (+) terminal of the coil when the engine is running, and the module would like to see +12V. It will operate on less, but if anything causes a drop in the system voltage (battery voltage low, wires corroded, or sitting without running for a few weeks), module performance will be affected, or it may not operate at all. To connect the red module wire correctly, find the other end of the resistor wire at the main chassis harness connector. This wire will have the full +12V when the engine is running and is switched on/off with the ignition key (an inexpensive voltmeter will be useful here). Tap into this wire and dress and secure the new wire along the factory wiring harness down the left side of the car and around the rear, bringing the wire out near the factory coil wire. Connect this wire to the red wire coming out of the module. Make sure no wires are near the fan belt. Do not overlook the short wire included with the igniter assembly. This wire connects the module to engine ground, and without it, the ground return would be through the movable pivot plate and would cause an intermittent condition as mileage and corrosion take a toll on the pivot point. A correctly installed ignitor will improve starting, fuel mileage, horsepower and spark plug life, and will pay for itself in point and condenser replacements many times over the life of the car, which we all know is infinite. =end=