Updated 30-Jan-2007 =-= Copyright (c) 2007 Corvairs of New Mexico. > EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 6 December 2006 at 7:00 PM Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due Membership Chairman November Meeting Minutes Chuck Vertrees Proposed Activities for 2007 The Board Birthdays and Anniversaries Sunshine Committee Old Route 66 Clean-up Oliver Scheflow November Board Meeting Minutes Chuck Vertrees Mechanically Un-inclined Ray Trujillo My Dream Came True: Ford GT-40 Wendell Walker Calendar of Coming Events Everybody Photo of my 1964 Convertible Lupe Arellanes Wanted, For Sale or For Trade Everybody Seven Years Ago Jim Pittman Photos from the year's events CNM Photographer Winter Storage Tech Tip Steve Goodman (Pikes Peak) Web Page Tour Jim Pittman End of Year Car Council Report Robert Gold Enchanted Corvairs Newsletter Index The Editor COVER: The "Library Van" and some of the Route-66-Cleanup Crew =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, TO BECOME INACTIVE ON 25-NOV-2006: Mark Domzalski 2006-Oct Steve Johnson 2006-Oct DUES EXPIRED, TO BECOME INACTIVE ON 25-DEC-2006: Joe Ashton 2006-Nov Steve Gongora 2006-Nov Del Patten 2006-Nov DUES, THIS MONTH: David Huntoon 2006-Dec Walter Huntoon 2006-Dec Mark Morgan 2006-Dec Roger Pape 2006-Dec Bill Reider 2006-Dec Wendell Walker 2006-Dec DUES, COMING DUE NEXT MONTH: "Lube" Lubert 2007-Jan Robert McBreen 2007-Jan LeRoy Rogers 2007-Jan John Wiker 2007-Jan DUES, COMING DUE SOON: Cary Hubbard 2007-Feb Carl Johnson 2007-Feb Clay Keen 2007-Feb Frank Stadler 2007-Feb Mike Stickler 2007-Feb DUES, EXPIRED, NOW INACTIVE: Cathy & 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 members will become inactive 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 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 5.8, 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= NOVEMBER MEETING NOTES Chuck Vertrees The meeting was called to order at the Highland Senior Center at 19:02. There were 25 members present, including all officers. The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as printed in the newsletter. Treasurer Wendell Walker reported that CNM had $512.34 in the checking account and $2,497.80 in the GMAC Fund for a total worth of $3,010.14. Sylvan Zuercher said he had not received any new member inquiries recently. Dave Huntoon said that a Mr. Gilmore had contacted him and was looking for a rebuildable 110 engine. Mr. Gilmore turned up later, but I did not get his first name. Robert Gold, supplemented by Geoffrey Johnson, reported that the Car Council met on October 25th, which was earlier than normal. Robert missed the meeting because some team was playing in the world series. The report was, Thanks for the help at the Swap Meet. It went very well. Discussion will be had with the Los Lunas representatives because it seems to work very well with the continuity of the last few years. It seems to improve with each year. Heula Pittman said that the Sunshine Committee did not have anything to report. However, members should remember that we are going to bring items for the Barrett House to our Christmas dinner. Editor Jim Pittman said to remember is that anything that is to go in the newsletter should be in his hands by Wednesday night, November 15th. This is the day of the board meeting. The newsletter has to be done about a week and a half early this month due to Thanksgiving. Upcoming activities were mentioned and many will be over when this newsletter is received, so it is hoped that you did not miss any of them. December 3rd will be our annual Christmas Dinner at the Kirtland Air Force Base Officers' Club. The cost was originally $17.00 for adults and $8.00 for children under 12 years old. Wendell suggested that, since our bank balance is healthy and we don't expect any large expenses, the club should pay part of the cost of the Christmas dinner. After discussion we moved and approved that the cost to CNM members and their families would be $15.00 for adults and $5.00 for children. CNM will pick up the rest. I am not positive at what age the break is between adults and children, and I think small children are free. Wendell says that making change is a major chore at club events and the simpler the fee, the easier it is for him to collect money. To get on the base, go to the Wyoming entrance. Go to the Guard House and present your registration, driver's license and proof of current insurance. Once you are admitted, take the first left and proceed to the Officers' Club. Don't forget to bring your Barrett House donations. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES FOR 2007: The continuation of the Saturday Morning Breakfasts was discussed, since attendance had been very spotty. It was decided to have them on TUNA Saturdays. Whether to have breakfast before or lunch after the TUNA was not decided. Also, after the Route 66 Cleanup would be a good time. The Route 66 Cleanup meal would start about 2 hours after the scheduled start of the cleanup, and you would not have had to go to the cleanup to join in the meal - go to either or both. Planned TUNA Saturdays would be in February, April, June, September and November. Times and which Saturday have not been planned yet. * January would be a Bosque del Apache tour if Jerry Goffe can set it up. It was suggested that we go to a Scorpions' hockey game, but not much enthusiasm was evident. * February will be a garage tour. Bill Reider, in coordination with LeRoy Rogers, has it set up for us to visit two garages. * March is our Anniversary dinner, probably once again at Papa Felipe's, and the Old Route 66 cleanup. * April would be the Rio Rancho Car Show. * May is the Tri-State meeting in Monte Vista, Colorado, the Albuquerque Museum Car Show, and another Old Route 66 cleanup. * June will be an Isotopes ball game, organized by Robert Gold if that team's farm team is playing here in June. * July has the CORSA International Convention in Detroit and a combined Economy Run and Picnic to Quarai National Monument north of Mountainair. * August is the NMCCC Annual Picnic (no location known at this time) and our Progressive Dinner. * September is the State Fair car show and the Moriarty Fly-In. Our visitor Don Gilmore is associated with it and said the time is September 8-9th and CNM members and their Corvairs would be welcome. * October is the Balloon Fiesta show, another Old Route 66 cleanup and possibly an Aspencade in the north. Tarmo Sutt will make suggestions. * November is expected to feature another annual auction and potluck as a fun money-making event for the club. * December is our Christmas party. These are not engraved in stone and members are welcomed to add, comment, or suggest anything about activities. OLD BUSINESS: October 28th was the last Old Route 66 cleanup for this year. There was a good turnout. Thanks to Ollie Scheflow for organizing these all year and Jim Pittman, Joel Nash, Dave Huntoon, John Wiker, Pat Hall, Lupe and Jim Arellanes and Ray Trujillo for their turnout. Geoff and Cary reported that they went to the Fan Belt Toss and had a great time. There was no smoke from the California fires and in fact the weather was remarkably clear. Geoff said the event was much bigger this year with plenty of people and plenty of things to buy. John Wiker was the only CNM member who went to the Eisenhower Middle School car show and his was the only Corvair there. There were 52 cars and John was entered in the "Street Unmodified" class. He got first place in his class and brought the three-starred trophy to show us. Tarmo brought half of a Corvair block that he had taken to be cleaned. They vatted it then blasted it with something (beads?) and it looked great. However, he had to do a lot of work to get the passages clean of all debris. Also there was some discussion of using a method to tighten the threads where the studs go in. Tarmo brought a Heli-Coils kit and there was discussion of the best way to deal with steel parts such as studs and spark plugs threaded into aluminum and how to get holes and threads for Heli-Coils lined up perfectly. The meeting was adjourned at 19:57 -- Chuck Vertrees =CNM= BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES Sunshine Committee Eight CNMers celebrate birthdays this month. They are: Dick Cochran December 5 Ruth Boydston December 7 Isaac Trujillo December 9 Jimmy Arellanes December 16 Lube Lubert December 21 Burnadette Gongora December 22 Sara Gold December 30 Sally Williams December 31 Three of our couples celebrate wedding anniversaries this month: Elizabeth & Mark Domzalski December 11 Sylvia & Jerry Goffe December 27 Barbara & Gordon Johnson December 18 Lori & Joel Nash December 31 =CNM= OLD ROUTE 66 CLEANUP Oliver Scheflow The Club held its fourth cleanup of Old Route 66 on Saturday, October 28. This was our final cleanup of 2006. The weather was cold and windy when we started but the wind wound down and the temperature was very pleasant by the time we finished. The trash was quite light this time, maybe because the wind blew it away from the shoulders of the road. No one told me of finding any especially interesting items. Someone remarked that there were a lot more "spear-able" items this time, saving a lot of bending over to pick things up. Of course there was the usual assortment of bottles that can't be speared. But we may have set a club record for the smallest number of bags filled. This time we had nine Members participating in the pickup. They were: Lupe & Jim Arellanes, Pat Hall, Dave Huntoon, Joel Nash, Jim Pittman, Ollie Scheflow, Ray Trujillo and John Wiker. Our four cleanups for 2007 will be held in March, May, August and October. Exact dates and times will be posted at a later date. Watch the newsletter for this information. For anyone who has been too shy to attend one of these clean-up sessions, note that there's more to this than picking trash! Those who come early can brag about their automotive exploits or ask for tips on car projects. Then we model our sharp fluorescent orange vests, grab our bags and nail sticks and head up to our favorite section of highway to begin filling bags. Some of us enjoy working in solitude and admiring the variety of weeds at the side of the road. When done we often go for coffee or breakfast. We are planning to have club breakfasts after the 2007 clean-up sessions. You'll be welcome at the cleanups or the breakfasts -- or both. Thanks so much for helping. We hope to have a good turnout in March for our first cleanup of 2007. -- Ollie =CNM= NOVEMBER BOARD NOTES Chuck Vertrees The Board meeting was called to order at 17:00 at Business Printing Services on November 15th. Present were Wendell Walker, Jim and Heula Pittman, John Wiker, Ray Trujillo and Chuck and Julia Vertrees. Ray reported that thirty people had signed up for the Christmas Brunch at Kirtland AFB on Sunday December 3rd. We are sure there will be more attending since the only ones who signed up were at the November meeting. Emma Rogers and Lee Reider have called all of the CNM members, reminding them of the Christmas Party and that we are supporting Barrett House and to bring one or more of the previous items mentioned in past newsletters to the party. John reported that he was just tired! School ROTC functions are taking lots of time right now. He mentioned that this coming Saturday the 18th the club breakfast will be at the Owl Cafe on Eubank. Chuck the Secretary had nothing to report. Wendell reported that CNM had $566.76 in the checking account and $2,497.56 in the GMAC account for a total of $3,064.56. He also reported that the club took in $189.50 at the Auction and Potluck the first Saturday of November. Heula said that the Sunshine Committee had nothing to report. Someone mentioned that the Newsletter Editor, her husband, had a birthday on Monday the 13th, and we asked if he got a card. This question was not answered! Jim may have stopped counting birthdays. There was no information about new members, and there was no Car Council report. We think that the Car Council does not meet in November or December. Jim Pittman said that the newsletter will be 16 pages this month and will include a two-page index of the last year and a lot of photographs. He and Heula will be leaving soon for Louisiana so he will put the newsletter on a CD as a PDF and Bill Reider will get it printed and mailed. Jim also brought up an idea we have discussed before, putting several years of the Newsletter and favorite photos on a CD and selling the CD for a nominal fee to members and possibly other clubs. This will be discussed further at future board meetings. Upcoming events include breakfast at the Owl Cafe on Saturday the 18th of this month, followed by a TUNA session at Wendell's garage where we will do a brake job on Lupe's 1964 Corvair. Sunday December 3rd is our annual Christmas Brunch at the Kirtland AFB Officers' Club. We hope that all CNM members will receive this newsletter before the Brunch. The club meeting notes had complete information as to how to get onto KAFB, and here it is again: To get on the base, go to the Wyoming entrance. Go to the Guard House and present your registration, driver's license and proof of current insurance. Once you are admitted, take the first left and proceed to the Officers' Club. Don't forget to bring your Barrett House donations. If you did not have a chance to sign up for this, COME ANYWAY. It is a buffet brunch and there is plenty for everyone. There will not be a monthly club breakfast in December because it is too close to Christmas. Next January and February breakfasts will be announced. Ray talked with Jerry Goffe and he is willing to set up a Bosque del Apache tour for CNM in January. Time and date will come later. You don't want to miss this! The Auction and Potluck went well and was a lot of fun. We need to thank Steve and Rita Gongora for setting this up at House of Covers. The meeting was adjourned at 17:33. -- Chuck =CNM= MECHANICALLY UN-INCLINED Ray Trujillo Hello Everyone! First of all, a big thank you to Steve and Rita Gongora for hosting another successful Auction and Pot Luck. Everyone who came had a good time and there was plenty of delicious dishes, desserts and drinks to fill up on. Those of us who attended really had a lot of fun bidding on many of the neat auction items and we all seemed to get a bargain or two to take home. I personally always end up taking home way more than what I bring to the auction. This year I ended up cajoling a fishing rod, some jewelry, an am-fm radio headset, two skate boards, some dolls, a Christmas scene music box, two children's folding chairs, a baby stroller, a piggy bank, a teddy bear, a computer keyboard, a desk file holder and a partridge in a pear tree. All totaled I believe CNM made approximately $190 from the auction and thanks to everyone who donated items, brought a pot luck dish and bought items. As you are well aware, the holiday season is upon us once again. In fact to many people the Thanksgiving holiday is the official start of the Christmas season. I hope all of you had a nice Thanksgiving with your family, friends and loved ones. My wife Sylvia and her family really like to invite a lot of people to share in the feast they prepare. They invite aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, grandparents, neighbors, old friends, new friends, in-laws, out-laws, oops... I mean loved ones. Anyway, it doesn't matter who ends up coming it seems everyone really has a good time and it always kick starts our holiday season. Speaking of the holiday season, CNM's Christmas party is scheduled for December 3rd at 11:30 am at the Kirtland AFB Officers Club. I really hope you are planning on attending this year's celebration because it's a wonderful way to cap off another great CNM year and secondly it gets you into the Christmas spirit. The Officers Club does a great job for us and they feature a buffet style brunch that has a wide variety of foods to choose from. This year the cost is $15 for adults and $5 for children. Now to get to the Officers Club you must enter through the Wyoming gate and once there be prepared to show your Driver's license, proof of insurance, and vehicle registration. After being cleared by base personnel take the first left and continue down the road about a half mile or so to the Officers Club. Also remember that our Christmas project is to help the Barrett House with donations of school supplies and children's books. These items really help the disadvantaged kids of this organization so if you can please contribute to this worthy cause by bringing these items to the Christmas party. Moving on now, since I can't think of any other pressing business right now I thought I'd tell you about my experience the morning of the last membership meeting. As most of you know the mornings at this time of year can get fairly cold and it's also the first chance your battery well indicate to you if it's time for a new one. Well my oldest son Julian was headed out the door to his class at TVI. I know, I know, it's now called CNM but I'm not willing to share our club name with them yet. Anyway about a minute later he walks back into the house and tells me his car won't start so I go out to try it myself. Well sure enough he has a battery that's not even close to lasting the 60 months it so proudly boasts about, but that's another story. Now in order for Julian to get to school on time I let him take my brand X everyday vehicle and it gives me a good excuse to drive the 64 Monza Sedan to work. So I warm up the Monza for a good five minutes and head happily on my way to work. Well I'm about a mile into my eight mile commute when all of sudden a loud screeching noise starts wailing away at me as if the louder it got the more I'd know what to do. First of all you should know that I live on the west side and I'm on Interstate 40 heading east bound with the rest of the west side rush hour maniacs when this happens. Now let me tell you if you're not a morning person than this situation is definitely a good wake up call, but luckily for me I'm a morning person. So as I'm trying to weave my way out of traffic the unrelenting squeal is becoming enough to break any sane man. In addition to this I am also being saluted inappropriately and unmercifully. I'm sure you know what I mean. As I approach the shoulder going about 20 mph and in my heightened sense of awareness I see that my speedometer is reporting a topped out speed of 100 mph and the orange pointer is willing to report an even higher speed if only it could. Needless to say, I disconnected the speedometer cable from behind the instrument cluster and I was now back on the road and being appropriately saluted once again. I guess batteries aren't the only things that go out in cold weather. I've since heard, both literally and figuratively, that many 50's and 60's Chevrolet speedometers don't like cold mornings either. Before I close, some of you might recall I wrote about being a big UNM Lobo fan. This year University Arena (the Pit as it is known to most people) is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Over the years I've been to numerous games in the hallowed Pit and have amassed many happy memories. When I was in grade school a friend of my dad had season tickets for many years and he always bought the game programs. My dad's friend knew I loved the Lobos and one day he asked me if I wanted the programs. Of course I said yes and I've held on to those programs ever since. I have many of the programs from the inaugural season and I thought some of you might be interested in seeing these, so I'll bring them for viewing immediately after our next membership meeting. Well I guess that's enough said for now so I hope to see you at the next club meeting. In the meantime be safe and Happy Holidays to all! Ho-Ho-Ho! -- Ray Trujillo =CNM= MY DREAM CAME TRUE Wendell Walker Ever since 1966 I have drooled over the Ford GT-40 Race car, when as I remember, there were about six cars built with enough spare parts made to make a total of 36 cars,and that was it! At first the car didn't do well racing, but soon this car was winning almost every race that it entered, including first, second and third place at the 1966 le Mans race! This was the only car that I was ever interested in owning. I told my friends "This is my favorite car of all times." The faded newspaper article is pinned to the wall in my garage so everyone can see it. The original car was only 40" high, hence the name GT-40. In early 2000, Ford announced that it was building a few new Ford GT's. They were higher than 40" and longer than the original car but they would call it Ford GT. THEY DID IT! Enough history. About a month ago, my son Norman called and ask me if I was interested in seeing the Classic Car Races & Car Show, at North Island, just outside San Diego, California. I had gone last year and enjoyed it, so I said I would think about it and let him know. My Daughter Kathleen called and said "I heard you are coming to the Car Races, Tim (her boy friend) and I are talking about maybe he will enter a Honda in the show." (Note this is not the exact conversation, close enough.) My mind was made up, I tried to get someone to drive out with me for company with no success, so I called Norm back to cancel. The family didn't want me to drive alone so Norm said that he would fly to Rio Rancho and drive to San Diego, Vance would drive back with me and then fly home, "So Come On!" The trip was great and the car was fine. About 800 miles, and 13 hours later we arrived at Vance's house. The next morning we went to a car wash to clean up the Challenger before the show, and Vance said "I know you have wanted to ride in a GT-40 for years, so this is your chance. I rented one for the weekend." My mouth dropped open about 6". It was to be delivered to Norman's home that afternoon. Well if this wasn't enough, when we arrived at the car wash, there was a Ford GT just in line ahead of us waiting to be cleaned. We talked to the two men in the Ford GT, Harley & Scott (not his father) and we found they were also going to the show. After about an hour the four of us parted. Harley said he and his father owned a Car Rental Company in Scottsdale AZ, and invited us to stop by on our way home. The car arrived that afternoon and we went riding around town. This car was white with a black racing stripe, had a 6-speed transmission and around 600 horsepower. It would do over 200 MPH. We had it over 100 MPH in 3rd gear and Vance said "Watch this" and hit the throttle and pinned me to the back of the seat. In about 3 seconds, the speedo was over 130 MPH and climbing. We still had 3 gears to go. I WANT ONE! The next morning we all went to the Vintage Car Races and met Tim and Kathleen at the track. As we tried to get into line, the Traffic people saw the Challenger and motioned us over into a line for Show Cars Only. I was in, but they put the Ford GT in the regular parking lot, don't know why. Anyway we didn't get any prize, but got in for half price. The next day was spent talking with family and neighbors. We'd leave for home on Monday. Vance and I headed for Rio Rancho, NM early Monday morning, drove to Scottsdale, AZ, and stopped as requested at Vanhorssen Group. We requested entrance at the massive gate, the gate opened to a hanger on the Scottsdale Airport, a beautiful building, we asked for Harley, we met Harley's father and the tour began. They had many rooms full of race cars, such as Al Unser's first Winning CART Car, I think it was, at the 1970 Indianapolis Speedway. There must have been 50 to 75 cars on display, all in perfect shape. Harley took a new Ferrari and a 2006 Ford GT out of the hanger and we went to lunch. Vance and I went to lunch in the Ford GT, and Harley drove the Ferrari. After lunch we traded cars, and returned to the hanger. After a four hour visit we headed for home. The Challenger ran fine all the way there and back. WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND! =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 ============================================================================ | | | | | December | January | February | | | | | | : : : : : 1 2 | : 1 2 3 4 5 6 | : : : : 1 2 3 | | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | | 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | 28 29 30 31 : : : | 25 26 27 28 : : : | | 31 : : : : 2006 | : : : : : 2007 | : : : : : : : | ============================================================================ Sun 3 Dec 11:30 AM CNM Christmas Party - Kirtland AFB Officers' Club 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 Wed 7 Feb 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 21 Feb 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 23 Feb 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sat 24 Feb 8:30 AM CNM breakfast - the Owl Cafe at Eubank & Lomas NE Fri-Sun May 18-20 Tri-State Meet - Monte Vista, CO - Pikes Peak Corvair Club Sat-Sun Sep 8-9 Moriarty Fly-In - Experimental airplanes & old cars display =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=++=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= =CNM= To: "Arellanes, Lupe" (Lupe.Arellanes@Schwab.com) Subject: Re: Photo Hi Lupe, I have the photo -- look for it in the next newsletter. Thanks -- Jim On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Lupe Arellanes wrote: ) Hello Jim, ) ) Thought I'd send a picture of ) my car just in case you need ) filler. Great newsletter! ) ) Lupe Arellanes ) Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ) 6501 Americas Parkway NE ) Ste 100 Albuquerque, NM 87110 ) Phone: 505-878-1320 =CNM= = = = = = FOR SALE, TRADE OR WANTED = = = = = WANTED: 1964-1966 Three-bar spinner hubcaps, any condition, complete or parts. Geoff Johnson 505-730-6601 FOR SALE: 1964 Monza sedan - needs work Cary Hubbard 350-0483 FOR SALE: 1961 Monza 900 coupe - needs work Cary Hubbard 350-0483 FOR SALE: 1968 Corvair Monza Convertible, 110 HP, 4-speed. New front seat upholstery, New carpet, 2-year old top. Sheet metal in floor has been replaced. Needs paint, has rust. Asking $3,000 John Arnold 505-281-5542 WANTED: Late NOS Front Panel Call Jerry Goffe 345-3100 / 346-4220 FOR SALE: 1962 Wagon 700 $1.500.00 OBO Terry Price 872-0100 FOR SALE: 1967 Monza 2-door coupe, 110-HP, auto. Great interior, good condition. $2,500.00 Terry Price 872-0100 FOR SALE: 1961 Monza coupe, '66 110-HP engine, Powerglide. New interior, needs paint, minor body work. Make offer Hurley Wilvert 281-1732 hurbrenwil @ peoplepc.com FOR SALE: 1968 Monza coupe, 110-HP rebuilt engine with 4 carbs, Powerglide. New paint, good interior. Make offer Hurley Wilvert 281-1732 hurbrenwil @ peoplepc.com =CNM= SEVEN YEARS AGO Jim Pittman Seven Years Ago - December 1999 - Volume 25 - Number 12 - Issue 291 In our cover photo, Mark Domzalski, his Rampside and two late coupes added to the view at Truchas, New Mexico. The occasion? Another great CNM Aspencade in the Sangre de Christos mountains. New members were Kathy & Doug Gadomski, owners of a rare 1961 Loadside. We listed twenty-one e-mail addresses and asked for more, and we listed http://www.corvair.org as CORSA's home page. We had $6114 in our bank account. Billiken was driving off into the sunset, looking forward to years starting with 20, not 19. We all looked forward to the Tri-State/Albuquerque Museum Car Show, organized by Debbie Pleau and friends. President Hurley reported on a car show at the Canine Country Club and told about visiting friends at Cactus Corvair Club in Arizona. Ollie reported on the last Old Route 66 cleanup of the century. Interesting sightings included a rattlesnake and a very dead bobcat. Del didn't report on last month's parade up Central to the Route 66 Diner and he didn't report on the latest Recaro seats on Steve's 1966 coupe and he didn't report on the latest member of the Dummy of the Month Club. Wait, he did tell us that Larry was being considered for membership provided he could come up with some better mechanical goofs. The newsletter wrapped up with a report by Dennis Pleau on the GWFBT&SW in California, the Holy Grail of Corvairhood! And, yes, we had an index to Volume 25 of our newsletter. Fourteen Years Ago - December 1992 - Volume 18 - Number 12 - Issue 207 The cover was Christmas trees. President Del ran the meeting. We had $1086 in the bank. Walter and Dave Huntune from Chicago were guests. Is it possible we mis-spelled their names? Paul Coffman was a new member; he lived in Ohio. We were preparing for our Christmas dinner and talked about getting Club T-shirts and jackets. Michael Pleau attended, but he may not remember. Del mentioned he was working on getting a Greenbrier back on the road. A blurb from the Sierra Club listed hidden costs to owning an automobile. Mark Martinek reported on the tour to Truth or Consequences: three Corvairs and an RV. LeRoy had tire and brake problems and they never did get to see the car museum. Otherwise it was a fun weekend. Tech tips included an article on silicon brake fluid and a good way to remove the rain gutter trim without damaging it: would you believe you can use an old bottle opener! The index to Volume 18 rounded out this short newsletter. Twenty-one Years Ago - December 1985 - Volume 11 - Number 12 - Issue 123 The cover showed Santa with a clutter of just about every Corvair model made. President Clayborne ran the meeting; we had no guests. We had a new member, though: Larry Blair who had a '63 Monza coupe and a '64 Spyder convertible. Our Christmas party was to be at Kirtland AFB Officers' Club. We planned a foray to the Flea Market to raise money and get rid of junk, err, treasures. We wanted to have a meeting in Santa Fe. We wanted a photo session; maybe part of an Aspencade. Tri-State planning continued. Clayborne's "Blower Breeze" said they just don't make cars like they used to. LeRoy said we'd have visitors at the next meeting from the New Mexico MVD. They would address how to get title to a titleless vehicle and how new seat belt laws apply to the various Corvairs, some of which came with seat belts and some not. Bill Reider's column discussed cleaning your oil cooler: they are out of sight and tend to collect leaves and dust. You also need to check your air filter, PVC valve and parking brake and clutch cables. How many of us have a Corvair with factory lube in the rear wheel bearings, steering box and clutch cross shaft? A tech tip from Chevrolet told how to adjust your accelerator linkage and how to install a harmonic balancer. We had a year-end financial statement and the index to volume 11 of the Newsletter. Twenty-eight Years Ago - December 1978 - Volume 4 - Number 11 - Issue 39 The cover showed a Monza GT and an early convertible. Sylvan ran the meeting; Les Campbell took notes and reported $350 in the bank. We amended the constitution provide for separate offices for secretary and treasurer and we provided for an appointed membership chairperson. Sylvan proposed we have a name for the Newsletter other than "Corvairs of New Mexico" and suggestions were solicited. We planned a dinner at Bella Vista in December. A newspaper article said that Alvin Grille of New Orleans owned 175 Corvairs. Tech tips came from our German member, Markus Rothmeyer, on adjusting thermostats, from Francis Boydston on timing your engine without a timing light, from Joel Nash on NGK and Bosch spark plugs for Corvairs, and Norm Brand on where to get spark plugs. The very first CNM Newsletter index covered every issue published to date. Your editor provided a history of the Newsletter (Mark Morgan produced the first issue, dated January 1975) and its somewhat irregular numbering scheme. Looking through this index today I see quite a few classic articles that are still well worth reading twenty-something years later. Your editor asked for more information on the Club's history and called for a detailed article for our March 1979 anniversary issue. =CNM= WINTER STORAGE TECH TIP Steve Goodman The DRIPLINE -- Pikes Peak Corvair Club Vol. 31, No. 3 - November 2006 - Page 3 With winter approaching (which means salt/sand/mag chloride on the streets), many chose to place their Corvairs in hibernation. If you plan on only storing the car for the months of, say, November to March I will offer the following suggestions: Wash the car thoroughly including the underside and then drive it dry. While driving for the last time fill the gas tank full. Also pour a couple of cans of HEET or DRY-GAS into the tank. This is alcohol and will keep the moisture content of the gas down through the months. Carefully and completely vacuum the inside of the car, especially if you have had food in the car. Little furry things are attracted to food particles during the winter months (see more comments about little furry things below). If you have lots of energy you could wax the outside of the car too. Check the glove box and trunk for anything that might spill or decay while sitting. Also air all of the tires to 35-40 psi. This will keep the bead from leaking in most cases. Now the car is home in the garage. After shutting the car off, remove the GROUND cable from the battery. If you are concerned over the battery condition, a trickle charger can be hooked up to the battery and the cord plugged into the wall a couple of times a month for a day or two. DO NOT overcharge the battery and check the water level in the battery regardless. Now for a couple of warnings: DO NOT leave the emergency brake pulled for the entire time period. Even though we don't have a great deal of humidity, the brake shoes can stick to the drums if allowed to sit engaged for several months. Block the wheels if it is a powerglide car. ALSO if a powerglide car, place a drip pan under the transmission, Many times the fluid will leak out if sitting for a long period of time, no need to have it soiling your garage floor. Of course a drip pan or a carpet runner under the powertrain of all of the cars will usually contain the small oil drops that occur. Now back to those furry little characters: mice will wreak havoc with your car. They will nest in the upholstery and chew the wiring up. Mice can slip through the tiniest little cracks and Corvairs have large cracks, the heater system and fresh air system come to mind. Place DECON around the car on the floor of the garage and many folks use moth balls, both around the car and inside the car. The smell will go away quickly in the spring with some air freshener. If possible, buy an inexpensive car cover, just the thin fabric kind will work. It will keep the dust off the paint and will also cushion the possibility of someone brushing against the car. Also another little creature in this area, miller moths seem to leave deposits on paint while they fly around in the spring; the cover will help protect the car. Even though you have unhooked the battery you can still go out and hook it up quickly and start the engine. If you chose to do this through the winter DO NOT let the car just sit and idle. Move it onto the driveway and back or better yet drive it around the block when the streets are dry. Then just unhook the battery and cover the car again. The above suggestions are for storing your car inside. If you have to use a carport then a better car cover would be suggested BUT buy one that allows moisture to soak through the fabric. DO NOT get a waterproof cover or wrap your car with a tarp. Moisture will condense between the tarp and the paint and the paint will be ruined very quickly. Also it would be better to simply remove the battery for the winter and keep it somewhere warm, again with a trickle charger if need be. Have a safe winter and everyone will look forward to seeing your Corvair in the spring. =CNM= WEB PAGE TOUR Jim Pittman Some of our members may not know what's available on my web page. In my opinion the material there can be a useful resource. Here's a short guided tour. 1) The header is made of the CNM and CORSA logos and a few favorite photos and a graphic showing the editor's e-mail address. Why a graphic? To make it harder for web bots to grab the address to use for spam messages. My web pages do NOT contain the "mailto" function and I rarely spell out e-mail addresses. 2) I tell you up front how recently the page was updated. 3) Maybe I'll have a sentence on some news item here. 4) For "real" news and the latest calendar of events, click here. It's all text, no "MS Word" formatting for me. 5) Here you'll find the list of officers with phone numbers and e-mail addresses as well as a membership list with dues expiration dates and e-mail addresses. There are two additional reference tables here: all our past officers with their dates and a history of our Tri-State events. 6) Click here to download the current newsletter as a PDF. You will need Adobe Reader (all PCs have it) or equivalent (Macs have Safari and Preview) to view the full-color newsletter on screen, or to print it on your own printer. Last month's issue is also available. (If you need an earlier month, I may be willing to e-mail it to you.) 7) The Preview page is mainly next month's calendar. 8) This section has indexes to every newsletter from January 1983 to the present. Maybe someday I'll get our entire newsletter index starting with the first issue, January 1975, but don't look for it anytime soon. 9) This section points to the text versions of each issue of the newsletter starting with January 1996. Maybe in another life I'll have time to add some earlier issues. Again, these are all text with no word processor formatting. 10) Three of our special edition anniversary issues are here. There are some terrific articles in these special issues. 11) I include the latest newsletter and some news items from the Car Council. 12) CNM's Constitution. 13) Information on our two awards including a history of how they came to be and lists of past recipients. Also, there are PDF files with nominating forms. 14) I have several sets of photos from past CNM events. For some reason I find it difficult to post new photos - it is time-consuming to select, format and upload photos to my web page. 15) The latest items for sale, wanted or swap are here. I try to add new stuff right away but old stuff tends to hang around for too long before I purge it. 16) The section on Car Stories was intended to be a storage place for especially good stories. Unfortunately it is easy to neglect, so what's there tends to be old. 17) Yes, I have some Apple Computer stuff on my web page. I bought an Apple II Plus computer in 1980 primarily to use for editing the Corvair Club newsletter, and without computer power I wouldn't be here today. 18) A clickable link to the "official" CNM Home Page. 19) Some notes in case you want to know a bit about the photos in the header at the top of the page. 20) A reminder of our meeting date, time and place. Things that need to be done: a) I need to add a "search" window so you could search for topics in any of the various sections or in any of the back issues. Can anyone tell me how to do this? b) I should add a link to CORSA's web page. I hope you enjoy the web page! Let me know if it works for you. =CNM= END OF THE YEAR REPORT OF THE CAR COUNCIL FOR 2006 Robert Gold You know that I can't begin my council report without reporting on something other than cars. This year, when I was thinking about all the car activities through the year it occurred to me that another of my passions operates on a schedule much like the car hobby, that is professional baseball. Just like cars, baseball starts to gear up in the spring and hits its peak during the summer and slows down considerably when the weather turns cold. The year was kind to me on two fronts. The car council events were a lot of fun, thanks to the support I got from the Corvair Club, and the baseball season ended with my favorite team, the Cardinals, ruling the baseball world. You may not realize it, but CNM got a chance to share in my baseball joy. I know, you're tired of seeing me with my Cardinals attire at car events, but I want to point out that one of our events was tied closely to the Cardinals march to the World Series, and you didn't have to pay $250 a seat to participate. In June I organized an outing to see our beloved Isotopes play the visiting Memphis Redbirds. It should come as no surprise the Redbirds are the AAA farm team of the Cardinals. It was a wonderful night to be at the ball park. The weather cooperated and we saw a hard fought game that was won by the Redbirds. What many of you didn't realize was the Redbirds were featuring one of their star pitchers, Anthony Reyes. He had already pitched with the parent club and had won several games for them. So for $7.50 a seat you got to see a major leaguer pitch. But it gets better. Anthony went on to pitch a brilliant game 1 in the World Series, putting the Cards on track to win it all in game 5. I plan to have the club return to Isotopes park this year to see another 'Topes/Redbirds match. Unfortunately I can't guarantee that we'll see baseball history like last year, but we should have a fun time. Please plan to be there. Now let's go on to the car stuff from 2006. I first want to say I really enjoyed being your council rep this year. My success in this position is really dependent on the amount of support that the CNM membership is willing to give me. This year was the best year yet! As those of you who have read my monthly council reports know, I was not able to attend many of the monthly car council meetings. However, Geoff Johnson and my son Art both did a great job in filling in for me when I was out of town doing that work stuff to earn a living. I want to specifically thank them for their help. I want to add that Cary Hubbard has now stepped forward to offer his services in 2007. With all that help and the fact that I plan to retire from my Federal government job after 36+ years we should be able to well represent the club in the coming year. This should only enhance the reputation our club has developed as a group that can be counted on to support the council's activities. We've gone from a club with those "funny" cars to a real presence in the car community. With this in mind I'll make some comments about the individual activities that took place in 2006. Let's begin with the Museum Car Show. This is the event I most enjoy during the year. Our turnout was great. Thanks to our stealth members Cary, Sally and Geoff we again had a shady spot to display our cars. It was at this event that we established CNM as a solid supporter of the council's activities. I hope that you'll plan on attending and volunteer next year. One strange thing that happened this year is that the cost of registration doubled to $10 and the number of entries increased! Go figure.. The next of the "big three" council events was the August picnic. As you might remember, last year we took the lead in this event. This year the Firebird folks did a fantastic job of planning the picnic. Unfortunately turnout was down because of concerns about the weather. However, this didn't prevent several of our club members from attending and having a great time. I look forward to better weather and more participation this next year. This is one of the few events during the year that encourages the various clubs to get together and actually drive their cars a fair distance. This is our chance to show that Corvairs are as highway worthy as all those V8 guys! Lastly, the Car Council's swap meet held in Los Lunas in September rounds out the year's activities. I believe this event has gotten better every year since I've been the council rep. The reason is that the planners found a good spot to hold it and have stayed there. Problems encountered the first year were eliminated this year and the event has become more popular as a result. We had a number of CNM members volunteer to help out and that made things a lot fun. If you haven't made the trip down south for the meet I would encourage you to try it out. There's a lot to see in addition to just looking at parts and cars for sale. They had a nice display of old trucks and steam engines and the food served by the Luna Mansion folks was grrrrrreat! That wraps up my report for year. I look forward to joining you all for all the fun car council events next year. My next report will be after the January council meeting. - Robert =CNM= ENCHANTED CORVAIRS NEWSLETTER INDEX - VOLUME 32 - 2006 EVERY MONTH, AS AVAILABLE: Dues Due.........................Membership Chair New Members......................Membership Chair General Meeting Minutes............Chuck Vertrees Board Meeting Minutes..............Chuck Vertrees Car Council Report....................Robert Gold Mechanically Un-Inclined.............Ray Trujillo Birthdays, Anniversaries.......Sunshine Committee Route 66 Cleanup Report............Oliver Scheflow Calendar of Coming Events...............Everybody For Sale, Wanted or Free................Everybody Seven Years Ago.......................Jim Pittman ARTICLES OF GENERAL INTEREST: Corvair Club Demographics.....................................Jim Pittman JAN My Enchanted Life..............................................John Wiker JAN The Ike Meissner Award........................................Jim Pittman JAN Remembering 30 Years Of Tri-State History.................Sylvan Zuercher JAN Tri-State Notes..............................................LeRoy Rogers JAN Ike Meissner Award Form.....................................the Committee JAN CNM Member List......................................Membership Committee JAN Care and Feeding Booklet..................................Sylvan Zuercher FEB Bosque del Apache Tour................................Jim & Heula Pittman FEB Club Breakfast at The Kettle................................Heula Pittman FEB Remembering 30 Years Of Tri-State History.................Sylvan Zuercher FEB Tri-State Notes..............................................LeRoy Rogers FEB Club Breakfast at Weck's....................................Heula Pittman MAR Tri-State Notes..............................................LeRoy Rogers MAR Turquoise Trail Econo-Run to Madrid.........................David Huntoon MAR Francis Boydston Nomination Form............................the Committee MAR The Ballad of Antonio Antonio................................The Internet MAR CNM Outing to Isotopes Park...................................Robert Gold APR Cover Story: Flying Saucers Do Exist!.......................Richard Finch APR Madrid in the Morning.......................................David Huntoon APR Tri-State Memories III....................................Sylvan Zuercher APR Tri-state Preview............................................LeRoy Rogers APR The 2006 Ike Meissner Award....................................the Editor APR Albuquerque Museum Car Show...................................Robert Gold MAY CNM Outing to Isotopes Park...................................Robert Gold MAY Turquoise Trail Econo-Run to Madrid.........................David Huntoon MAY In Memoriam, Marian McClellan..........................Sunshine Committee MAY Tri-State Memories, 1976...................Steve Gongora (Rocky Mountain) MAY Tri-State Preparations.................................Sunshine Committee MAY Tri-state Preview............................................LeRoy Rogers MAY Albuquerque Museum Car Show...................................Robert Gold JUN Mark Domzalski's Devil Rats.................................Richard Finch JUN Colorado through Louisiana Eyes.............................Mary Jo Jeans JUL Corvair-Theme Crossword.................................Tri-State Banquet JUL Outing to Isotopes Park.......................................Robert Gold JUL Thanks, Sunshiners!.........................................Heula Pittman JUL Tri-State Awards and Statistics...............................Bill Reider JUL Car Council Picnic Preview....................................Robert Gold AUG Still Fulla Gas in Virginia....................................Del Patten AUG Map to Car Council Picnic..................................NMCCC Web Page AUG Car Council Picnic Report......................................John Wiker SEP Make-a-Wish Car Show...........................................John Wiker SEP State Fair Preview............................................Robert Gold SEP Unser Museum Letter..........................................Al Unser Sr. SEP Unser Museum and Bar-B-Que..................................Heula Pittman SEP Preview of the 2007 Tri-State..............Steve Goodman (Rocky Mountain) OCT Bill Lawless, Corvair Rebuilder...............................Jim Pittman OCT Christmas Project......................................Sunshine Committee OCT Moriarty Fly-In and Car Show..................................Jim Pittman OCT Moriarty Fly-In.....................................John & Tracey McMahan OCT State Fair Report.............................................Robert Gold OCT In Memoriam, Bill McClellan............................Sunshine Committee NOV Christmas Project......................................Sunshine Committee NOV Club Breakfast at Jimmy's...................................Heula Pittman NOV Christmas Collections for Barrett House..........Emma Rogers & Lee Reider NOV Printed Matter vs 'Net.....................Steve Goodman (Rocky Mountain) NOV End of Year Car Council Report................................Robert Gold DEC My Dream Came True: Ford GT-40.............................Wendell Walker DEC Enchanted Corvairs Newsletter Index............................The Editor DEC ARTICLES OF TECHNICAL INTEREST: Synthetic Oil: Benefits & Disadvantages.......................Randy Wicks FEB Tech Tip: Pilot Bushing Removal...........................Sylvan Zuercher FEB Corvair Clutch Replacement Part 1...........John Priddy (Cactus Corvairs) MAR DO's and DON'Ts............................Steve Goodman (Rocky Mountain) MAR Rebuilding Late Instrument Cluster............................Larry Blair MAR Corvair Clutch Replacement Part 2...........John Priddy (Cactus Corvairs) APR DO's and DONT's Revisited..................Steve Goodman (Rocky Mountain) APR Thermostat Rod Adjusting Tool.................................Robert Gold APR Corvair Clutch Replacement Part 3...........John Priddy (Cactus Corvairs) MAY Overhaulin' a 1961 Rampside.................................Richard Finch MAY Pertronix Ignition System Installation..Tom Schrum (Silicon Valley CORSA) NOV Winter Storage Tech Tip........................Steve Goodman (Pikes Peak) DEC COVER (AND OTHER) ART: Sierra Blanca, 1966 Corsa coupe, on the road to Carrizozo, NM in 1968 JAN The Lone Corvair that made the drive to Bosque del Apache in January FEB Corvairs and others at the Albuquerque Balloon Museum in February MAR Larry Blair's late Instrument Panel Restoration Project APR A map showing the way to our new meeting location at 131 Monroe NE APR Richard and Gayle Finch, their Ultravan and the Flying Saucer APR LeRoy Rogers' 1965 Corsa coupe attended our March 32nd Anniversary Party MAY Bill Hector checks out a nice early convertible at our May meeting JUN Our Motel at Montrose, Colorado for the 2006 Tri-State Event JUL Our 1965 Monza coupe near the La Luz Trailhead Road AUG John Wiker leaves the July CNM Breakfast at Milly's Restaurant SEP David Huntoon brought the "Library Van" to the Moriarty Fly-In OCT Joel Nash, Ollie Scheflow, Pat Hall & Bill Reider admire Pat's Corvair NOV Photo of my 1964 Convertible - Lupe Arellanes DEC The "Library Van" and some of the Route-66-Cleanup Crew DEC A collection of photos from events throughout the year DEC Once more we find ourselves at the end of one year and at the beginning of another year. It seems to be traditional to use the occasion of a New Year to make resolutions for the future, and we may contemplate the past year's activities. As a philosopher said, How can we chart a course for the future if we don't know where we came from? Well, this organization started nearly 33 years ago with a group of people with an avowed interest in the Corvair. The automotive world was a very different place in 1974 and Corvairs had a very different place in that world. Nevertheless, the people who make up our club continue to be interesting and interested people, we continue to enjoy sharing our experiences with this unique and remarkable vehicle, and many of us continue to be able to drive Corvairs. What will the club do in the future? Will we do new and different things? Will we stagnate and fade away? Will we keep on doing the things we have so enjoyed in the past? Look over the index above. Maybe even get a December issue from an earlier year and look at its index. What should the club be doing to keep YOU coming back? What can we do to keep YOU driving your Corvair? What can YOU do to help our club continue to be a success? =end=