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Updated 29-May-2007 =-= Copyright (c) 2007 Corvairs of New Mexico EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 6 June 2007 at 7:00 PM Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due ............................... Membership Committee May Meeting Minutes ............................. Jim Pittman May Board Meeting .......................... Charles Vertrees Birthdays and Anniversaries .............. Sunshine Committee Old Route 66 Cleanup ......................... Ollie Scheflow Mechanically Un-inclined ....................... Ray Trujillo Calendar of Coming Events ............ CNM Board of Directors Fourth of July Cookout at the Sticklers' ...... Mike Stickler Car Council Report .............................. Robert Gold Albuquerque Museum Car Show Report .............. Robert Gold Car Show Year Begins ............................. John Wiker Handing Down a Family Corvair ................... Robert Gold Got Pictures? Photos for the 2008 Calendar .. Brenda Stickler Beam Us Up CORSA! 2009 Tri-State Planning ... Brenda Stickler Saturday Nite Cruise ............................. John Wiker For Sale, Wanted or For Trade ........... Members and Friends Still Outa Gas... in Virginia .................... Del Patten Tri-State Monte Vista Report .... Jim Pittman & Steve Goodman Seven, 14, 21, 28 Years Ago .................. Club Historian COVER: Art Gold and his Hand-Control-Equipped 1965 Monza Sedan 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 jimp @ 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/~jimp CNM's home page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871 MEMBERSHIP DUES: "A lot of people were afraid of being accused of being unpatriotic. One of the symptoms of this problem -- the diminishing role for reason, fact and logic -- is that what rushes in to fill the vacuum are extreme partisanship, ideology, fundamentalism and extreme nationalism." -- Al Gore MEMBERSHIP DUES: Expired, become inactive 25-May: Jerry Chapman 2007-Apr Bill Hector 2007-Apr Expired, becomes inactive 25-June: Mike Hacker 2007-May Due This Month: Terry Price 2007-Jun Dues, Coming Due Next Month: Robert Gold 2007-Jul Dues, Coming Due Soon: Mary Lou Martinek 2007-Aug Ray Trujillo 2007-Aug Sylvan Zuercher 2007-Aug Dues, Expired, Now Inactive: Fred Edeskuty 2006-Feb Robert Moore 2006-Jun Lee Olsen 2006-Sep Dwight Simmons 2006-Sep Sally Williams 2006-Sep Joe Ashton 2006-Nov Clay Keen 2007-Feb Clint Collins 2007-Mar Geoffrey Johnson 2007-Mar 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! Photo caption: Show-and-tell for tech talk by Bill Reider on early model rear axle bearing lubrication. 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! 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 ( jimp @ 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= MAY MEETING NOTES Jim Pittman President Ray called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM. As secretary Chuck was not present, your editor took notes. Minutes from the April meeting were approved as printed. Wendell reported that we had $536.70 in our checking account and $2,571.07 in the GMAC account, making a total of $3,107.77. Ray remarked that he again contacted Galles and a check was cut for $450.00 for our support and our sponsor is still Galles Chevrolet. Wendell said he was collecting $10 each from all who signed up to go to the Museum car show. He read a list of names of those who had not paid yet. New members: Dave knew of none but Sylvan introduced former member Bob Philips and his son John Philips who were visiting us tonight. Maybe one or both are joining? Bob proceeded to tell us about how he had got a call from Sylvan telling him that a particular 1964 Spyder was for sale; Bob called the owner in Austin, Texas who described the car. Bob was not quite ready to drive to Austin to see the car, but he didn't have to because the car was in Albuquerque. So he went to see it. Yes, it was indeed the same 1964 Spyder Bob owned thirty years ago. It had been in a garage since 1989. Yes, Bob bought the car. It was just too strong a case of deja vu to let go. Jim pointed out to our younger members that we were about to go to the Tri-State where we would be presenting the "Saint Francis of Corvair" award, and here was our visitor Bob Philips, the man who invented that title. Bob told us a few more details about how this title for Francis came to be. Ruth said that the "Saint Francis of Corvair" plaque was still in her garage and she didn't intend to take it down. Bob said that Francis had been his insurance agent and he said one day Francis called him and told him of a Corvair for sale that he might be interested in. He paid $900 for the Spyder back in the early 1970s. Vice President John mentioned his adventures attending the Mutts Car Show and his article is elsewhere in the newsletter. Someone arrived in a Mustang that was crammed with bags of dog food in every available area of trunk and floor well and back seats, clearly winning the prize for the most dog food brought by car. John anticipated attending another car show this weekend and promised an addition to his article. Robert gave us his Car Council report and your scribe is hoping there will be a report elsewhere in the newsletter because he took few coherent notes about plans for the Museum Car Show (meet at 6:45 at the Sheraton Hotel's north lot and go in at 7:00) and the Isotopes baseball game on June 7 (Robert needed to collect money for the tickets tonight) and Robert also mentioned the improvements in the Car Council's web page. Heula reported on the upcoming changes in postal rates scheduled for Monday 14 May. A stamp for a first class 1 ounce letter is going up from 39 cents to 41 cents. The Sunshine Committee mails out some 90 birthday cards a year so we'll be paying a couple of dollars more per year for postage. But, the postage rate for 2 ounce "letters" (a postal service person assured me that our newsletter envelope is a "letter" and not a "flat") is actually going down from 63 cents to 58 cents, so we should be paying some $20 less per year to mail our newsletters. Editor Jim said this was a busy month for the newsletter with two major events coming up before deadline time. Fortunately May is a "long" month and the deadline comes a week after these events. Anyone who wants to send in articles or photos from these events will have an extra week to do so. Jim thanked Cary for his article about the two "little cars" and the automatic early model with factory air conditioning. Ray described coming events -- see the calendar for most of these as I took few notes. Ollie will need lots of us to help clean Old Route 66 this coming Saturday. The next day, Sunday May 6, is the day for Jerry's sale of all his Corvair parts. He passed out maps to his place in the north valley. Since the Fourth of July holiday comes on our meeting night and we won't have our regular meeting, we are all invited to a Bar-B-Que at the Sticklers' place where, as an added treat, we will have a ringside seat at a fireworks display. For those who have not outgrown their love of fireworks, that will be a hard invitation to pass up. (The rest of us can just go for the Bar-B-Que.) No one -- including Tarmo -- mentioned the traditional car show on the Plaza in Santa Fe, so I'm guessing that probably won't be a club event. For old business, Ray told us about the successful Saturday TUNA at which there were many Corvairs and many expert tuners to perform their magic on the various carburetors, distributors, accelerator linkages, spark plugs and other components that were adjusted or changed or merely checked out for proper operation. These TUNA events are turning out to be very popular and useful with many of us. Ray wondered if anyone had seen the TUNA photos on the web page and Art was heard to comment that he looked at the web page "often" and found the color version of the newsletter much nicer than the printed version. There were also comments on the Rio Rancho car show and the Sonic car show that happened recently. Dave brought in a notebook from the CNM Library with several early newsletters to show us what the early days of the club publication looked like, and he showed several "CORSA Quarterly" magazines from CORSA's early days as well. Several of us tried to remember who it was who owned the blue 1967 Yenko Stinger and Sylvan came up with the name "Don Heath" and we think the story of his Stinger would be a fascinating one if we could only uncover it. Reports a few years back had this car in a museum? If you have more information on this rare car, please let us know. We didn't adjourn until our tech sessions were over. Sylvan discussed spark plugs with examples of carboned-up plugs from Lupe's 1964 convertible, and provided some handouts on the care & feeding of spark plugs. Apparently at the Saturday TUNA Lupe & Jim were almost unable to get there because their Monza's engine was running so badly. A new set of spark plugs and a Uni-Syn carb synchronization made a tremendous difference in the way the car ran, and we anticipate that speeding tickets will be in Lupe or Jim's future. Another tech session followed with Bill showing us exactly how to lube the rear wheel bearings on an early model -- not really an easy chore, but infinitely easier than the same job on a late model. As usual, several members contributed their techniques and observations to the discussion. We finally adjourned to general conversation and then went outside to find that the rain had stopped, leaving our cars covered with raindrops glistening in the lights of the parking lot. -- Jim =CNM= MAY BOARD MEETING Chuck Vertrees The board meeting was held on May 16th, 2007 at Business Printing Services at 17:05. Present were Wendell Walker, Ray Trujillo, Dave Huntoon, Jim and Heula Pittman, and Chuck and Julia Vertrees. Treasurer Wendell reported that CNM had $750.37 in the checking account and $2,571.07 in the GMAC fund for a total worth of $3,321.44. Wendell had the plaques for the Boydston award and the attendance plaque for the the Tri-State attendance award. The Boydston award recipient has been decided and the award will be presented by Jim Pittman at the Tri-State Event banquet. There were no other special announcements by the officers present. Heula wondered if CNM had a first aid kit along when we do our "Old Route 66" cleanup. There is always a chance of getting cuts or pokes during the cleanup. We think there is no club first aid kit, so one will be assembled. Dave said that the "grabbers" that some used on the last cleanup worked great for reaching in among the weeds for trash. It was decided that Dave will pick up about ten "grabbers" for the club to use on the "Old Route 66" cleanup. If you don't know what a "grabber" is, come to the next cleanup to find out. Robert Gold has cancelled the CNM Isotopes ballgame meeting because there was not enough interest. Maybe later in the season. Upcoming events include the Placitas Days Car Show in Placitas, NM. Prizes for all entries, free food & snow cones, llama rides, and many activities for kids. Time is 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Call Cheryl at 867-0117 for more information. No entry fee. There are many local shows all the time, so look in the Car Council bulletin that I forward by e-mail every month, or check the Car Council's web page. There will be at least three Father's Day shows. July 4th is the show in Santa Fe. See Wendell for details. Entry is free if you join the Santa Fe Vintage Car Club. Usually CNM gets a small convoy together to get there by 07:00 am. If you don't bring a car to enter the show, come to eat pancakes and look at the cars and people. The Car Club "All Clubs Picnic" will be on August 15th at Villanueva State Park on the Pecos River. More details will follow. There was a good turnout for the last "Old Route 66" cleanup but there were only two who went for breakfast afterwards. Jim said that once in the past a survey was made of the CNM members to find out their interests, other hobbies, etc. The question was whether this would be of value to do in the future and what might be learned from the survey. No immediate action was taken, but it is being considered. Ray says he has had two pictures turned in so far as possible illustrations for the calendar. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 17:57. =CNM= HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes go to six CNMers: Larry Hickerson June 9 Chuck Vertrees June 15 Bianca Arellanes June 22 Rita Gongora June 24 Heula Pittman June 24 Robert Gold June 30 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY wishes go to six CNM couples: Angelica & Clint Collins June 4 Susanne & Larry Hickerson June 7 Heula & Jim Pittman June 8 Debra & Jon Anderson June 13 Nancy & Bernard Urbassik June 13 Gayle & Richard Finch June 16 =CNM= OLD ROUTE 66 CLEANUP Ollie Scheflow The club held its second cleanup of the year on Saturday, May 5th. Our spring weather took a break and it was cold and windy when we started. But the weather warmed up a bit by the time we finished. The blowing wind made it difficult to keep our trash bags open. But we were glad it was not too hot or too cold or too wet this time. I don't recall that anyone reported finding anything unusual or interesting this time -- just the usual cans, broken bottles, paper wrappers and styrofoam. Members who participated this time were: Jim Arellanes, Pat Hall, Dave Huntoon, Gordon Johnson, Jim Pittman, Ollie Scheflow and Ray Trujillo. Only a couple of people went to the Golden Corral brunch or breakfast after the cleanup. Thanks to all of you and I hope to see you (and anyone else who could help) at our next cleanup session which is scheduled for Saturday, August 4th. -- Ollie =CNM= Photo caption: Presidents of the three clubs at the 2007 Tri-State MECHANICALLY UN-INCLINED Ray Trujillo Hello Everyone! First of all, as promised in last month's article, I said I would update you on the April activities that occurred after the newsletter deadline. So here we go. Our April carburetor synchronization Tuna Saturday session was another well attended event. Once again we had a lot of people willing to learn and thankfully some great teachers in Mr. Reider, Mr. Zuercher, Mr. Huntoon, Mr. Hall and Mr. Blair. Thank you to them as they were more than willing to share their knowledge with the members who attended. These Tuna Saturdays really are quite popular so it appears we'll continue having them as long as the interest is there. Car shows were the other events that occurred after newsletter deadline and I attended the Chocolate Sunday Charity event held by Manzano del Sol retirement home. Even though my 1965 Convertible didn't win a prize I did get plenty of ice cream and desserts. I'm sorry I can't remember the cars that got picked for prizes but you have to understand that I was recovering at the time from self-induced over indulgence. In addition to the classic car show they had four entertainment stages, a silent auction, door prizes, kids' activities, a hot dog stand, a dessert table and all the fixings needed to create your very own ice cream sundae disaster. And believe me I saw plenty of disasters being made, but everyone was completely happy with the mess they dealt themselves. Our May activities began with an Old Route 66 cleanup and CNM brunch. See Ollie's report on the previous page. Thanks to those who came to the cleanup. Afterwards, only Pat Hall and I attended the brunch at the Golden Corral so we had a nice visit and we tried to stretch out brunch as long as possible before we were both due back home for what I call a "Honey do..." Saturday. The next activity I attended was the Tri-State Meet in Monte Vista, Colorado. My wife Sylvia and I caravanned with Mike and Brenda Stickler and Wendell Walker and his friend Louise. Our trip went well until we somehow lost Wendell and Louise in Espanola. But not to worry, Wendell and Louise did finally meet up with us again in Antonito, Colorado for lunch at a restaurant called Dos Hermanas. Just as we sat down with the Sticklers to eat we saw Wendy pull up outside the restaurant and as he turned his engine off a large amount of smoke began to roll out from under his Mazda RX7. It was enough smoke to cause concern from all the restaurant patrons, including two of Antonito's firemen who just happened to also be having lunch in the restaurant at the time. The firemen wasted no time calling in the fire engine truck so they could douse out what they felt might be a car fire. The fire truck arrived so quickly that it seemed like they were waiting for this situation all morning. One minute later another fire truck showed up to help. To me the little town of Antonito didn't seem to be big enough to have even one fire truck much less two, so hats off to them. So anyway, the sirens were blaring and traffic came to a screeching stop and it got quite exciting for a short time as the firemen rushed through their routines. Then out of the blue, a caravan of about ten beautiful 1930's vehicles parades by us and I'm standing there completely amazed at what I'm seeing. I don't know whether to watch the car show or the firemen. It was kind of like an entertaining dream that made no sense but it was actually happening. A few moments later water was being pumped and sprayed directly underneath Wendy's car. I was sent out to take pictures of the incident for this newsletter so I had an up-front view of the scene. Well, everything turned out all right as Wendy explained to the fireman that he had just changed his oil the night before so some oil probably dripped onto the engine. Ten minutes later, Wendy and I made our way into the restaurant for an enjoyable lunch and now the undercarriage of his RX7 was as squeaky clean as the day he bought it. If Antonito is always that exciting then it's got to be the most "happening" quarter mile on earth. About an hour after lunch the six of us arrived in Monte Vista. We found the Movie Manor Motel fairly easily and we were greeted by several Colorado club members. Friday afternoon was pretty relaxed as many of us went into town to shop, eat or walk around. Friday evening as the sun set many of us took advantage of the drive-in movie from our motel rooms. The rooms were set up with built in speakers to hear the audio portion of the movie and since I'd never watched a drive-in movie from a motel room before it was a pretty neat experience. On Saturday morning the "Show and Shine" was held at a local city park for all to enjoy. Of course there were a lot of awesome Corvairs there to admire. Saturday afternoon was set aside again for whatever people wanted to explore and since it was a beautiful spring day Sylvia and I decided to take a drive out to the Great Sand Dunes. The sand dunes are at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and they are one of those geological treasures that took thousands of years to form. The dunes are the tallest in the world and it's really a sight to see. I'm glad we spent the time to go and experience it. Our Saturday evening featured a roast beef and chicken dinner followed by door prize give-aways, a couple of raffles and Show and Shine winner plaques. There were 74 people registered for the banquet and about 23 Corvairs registered in the car show, with a few more showing up just for fun. Rocky Mountain took back the attendance plaque with 29 members present. Pikes Peak had 24 and CNM managed 16. There were 5 people attending who had no club affiliation, although at least one joined PPC before the weekend was over. Jim tells me that he and Steve Goodman have a more detailed report on the cars in the car show and it can be found on our web page. The highlight of the evening was the 2007 Boydston Award presentation. The presentation speech was eloquently done by our very own Jim Pittman. The recipient of this year's award was John Koll of the Colorado Springs club. After giving John his award Jim then presented Ruth Boydston the plaque that now lists the first ten winners of the Saint Francis of Corvair Award recipients. Congratulations to both John and Ruth! And thank you to Jim for doing an excellent job of presenting both awards on behalf of CNM. Lastly, it was announced by the Denver club that next year's Tri-State meet will be held in Pagosa Springs. During the banquet a heavy rain storm hit the area but all in all it was a real good time and so a big thank you goes to Steve and Ruth Goodman and the rest of the Pikes Peak club for putting on an excellent Tri-State meet. Many of us are already looking forward to next year's meet in Pagosa Springs! Moving on now, at last months membership meeting we had two tech sessions, one by Sylvan Zuercher on spark plugs and the other by Bill Reider on how to grease a rear axle bearing. Thank you to both Sylvan and Bill on taking the time to educate members about these items. Speaking of tech sessions, Bill Reider has ordered a video on fuel injecting from Clark's Corvair parts so we plan to show it at the next membership meeting. Also please remember there's no July meeting because of the Fourth of July holiday, instead Mike and Brenda Stickler have graciously invited CNM members to their home for a Fourth of July celebration. Please read their article in this newsletter for all the details. Well I guess that's enough said for now so I hope to see you at the next club meeting. -- Ray ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ | | | | | June | July | August | | | | | | : : : : : 1 2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | : : : 1 2 3 4 | | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | | 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | 29 30 31 : : : : | 26 27 28 29 30 31 : | | : : : : : : : | : : : : : : : | : : : : : : : | ============================================================================ Sat 2 Jun 10:00 AM Placitas Days - Car Show - Parade - Llama Rides - more Wed 6 Jun 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Thu 7 Jun 7:00 PM Baseball at Isotopes Park - Robert Gold Sat 9 Jun ....... Car Show - Los Lunas 11th Annual Cruzin South Route 66 Sun 17 Jun ....... Car Show - Calvary Temple on West Montano Wed 20 Jun 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 22 Jun 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sat 23 Jun ....... Car Show - the Neon Cruise Wed 4 Jul ....... Fourth of July - Santa Fe - will there be a car show? Wed 4 Jul ....... No regular club meeting - come to the Sticklers' Bar-B-Que! Wed 4 Jul 7:30 PM Fourth of July pot luck at the Sticklers' for fireworks Wed 18 Jul 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 20 Jul 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Wed 1 Aug 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Sat 4 Aug .... AM Old Route 66 Clean-up - Ollie Scheflow Sat 4 Aug 11:00 AM Club Brunch -- TBA Sun 5 Aug .... NMCCC All Clubs' Picnic - Villanueva State Park Wed 15 Aug 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 24 Aug 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sat-Sun Sep 8-9 Moriarty EAA Fly-in and Old Car Display Fri-Sun Sep 28-30 NMCCC Swap Meet in Los Lunas oldcarnut1932 @ earthlink.net Sat 6 Oct .... AM Old Route 66 Clean-up - Ollie Scheflow Sun 7 Oct .... Balloon Fiesta Car Display madmike @ swcp.com 505-323-6022 FOURTH OF JULY COOKOUT AT MIKE & BRENDA'S -- Mike Stickler Brenda and I would like to invite all of the CNM Members on July 4th to our house in Corrales. The celebration begins at 7:30 PM and members may bring Tapas style food (finger food) and special drinks. We will provide traditional hamburgers and hot dogs with soda pop, tea & coffee. Brenda's Tapas will be stuffed mushrooms, jalapeno poppers, and brownies. The reason for the late start is so members can enjoy the awesome views of the firework displays from the Balloon Park from the east side of our yard. Members may bring their own Legal fireworks to add to the celebration. Rita Gongora has offered a pick up service starting at 6:00 PM for those who may need a ride. Please, call Rita by July 1st to make arrangements. We are looking forward to seeing you. Please, feel free to call us with questions and suggestions. Thanks, Mike Stickler PS - Pick up your map to our home at the June meeting. If you miss the meeting, call us in June and we can mail you one. =CNM= REPORT OF THE CAR COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 25, 2007 Robert Gold Those of you who have followed my write-ups of Car Council meetings have read my description of all sorts of neat cars that were being worked on at the Old Car Garage. One thing I haven't commented on was the art work that adorned the garage's walls. On slow evenings I would look at pictures of such things as a 1920s display of tour buses and their drivers and a really cool poster of Clark Gable in some sort of Pierce Arrow. Well, I was shocked at the last Council meeting to see that the artwork was gone. Bob Agnew explained that a guy who worked for him had retired and had taken the art work with him. I feel like some good friends had left town. However, Bob assured us that there would be replacements in the future. Now on to the report of the meeting. We first heard from the treasurer who reported that because there was no income so far this year, we had gone $1,400 in the red. This should be remedied as soon as money for the Museum Car Show comes in. This is therefore a good time to talk about the upcoming show that takes place on Sunday, May 20 at the Albuquerque Museum parking lot. I took out my checkbook and paid for 9 spots for CNM. I have since received 9 tickets that will allow our members to enter without paying the $10.00 fee and to occupy a pre-determined area at the show. I do not know where that site is at this time. I guess we'll all be pleasantly surprised on the 20th. Our plan is to meet at the Sheraton Old Town at 6:45 and to caravan in at 7:00. Next on the agenda was a report by Bob Agnew about the Spring Thaw, which I missed again this year. Bob made me feel bad when he reported that it was the best event yet and that they had raised $2,500 for charity. John Duran reported that the Web Council's web site was operating very well. He planned to update the events listing about every two weeks during the car show season. I think John should be commended for his efforts. John added that if there was enough interest he planned to conduct another web training event. Joyce Clements stated that because of the upcoming Museum Car Show the next meeting of the Council would be held on May 16th so we could put together the goodie bags that are distributed at the show. Of course, as in past years, this meeting conflicts with CNM's Board Meeting, so I'll be missing that meeting this month. It was then reported that the Rodders Swap meet would be held on May 6 at a parking lot adjacent to the University Stadium. Several other upcoming events were then reported. By this time my note taking ability had started to drop off, so I would encourage all you to take a look at the listing on the Council web page at www.nmcarcouncil.org where I'm sure there are more events listed than were described at the meeting. We wound up the meeting with a discussion about whether or not the Council should donate money directly to a charity. The problem is that there are numerous worthy charities requesting help. It was pointed out that the Council constitution expressly prohibits such direct donations. However, it was decided that we could give member clubs the opportunity to sell things, like bottled water, at our events to aid in raising money for charity. Also, the Council meetings could be used as a forum to inform the member clubs of charities that need donations. The individual clubs could then decide to donate to the charitable organizations as they saw fit. I thought that was a reasonable approach to the matter. That was about it for the April meeting. Again we did not have much in the way of controversy. Though the meetings lack the drama of past years it is fun to participate in an organization that I think does a good job of promoting the car hobby. I hope to see many of you at the Museum Car Show. -- Robert =CNM= MUSEUM CAR SHOW May 20, 2007 -- Robert Gold One of the features of the car hobby that has always captivated me is the beauty of certain automobiles. I get much the same feeling looking at cars at a car show that I would roaming the halls of a Museum looking at sculptures and paintings. It is fitting that the car show I'm describing took place at a Museum since this year's Museum car show had its share of truly beautiful cars. However, what set this show apart in my mind was the group of Corvairs that were entered. When I showed up at the meeting place at 6:30 I wasn't very optimistic. As often happens, this year's Museum Car Show took place on the same weekend as the Tri-State Meet. The result was that I expected that many CNM'ers would be showing their prized cars in Colorado, not here in town. My hope was that at the very least we'd have a decent number of cars. I wound up being surprised in two ways, first by the number of cars entered and second by what cars were entered. We had nine cars pre-entered. That was the good news. What was not so good was that only six cars showed up. This was going to be the smallest group of Corvairs entered in several years. But my tale is not about quantity, but about quality. As we parked the cars at the Museum it occurred to me that this was one of the nicest groups of Corvairs that I had seen at a show. The CNM'ers who stayed at home this weekend and came to the Museum Show had some really wonderful cars. I want to thank those intrepid club members who thought enough of our club to come out so early on a Sunday. Here is that memorable lineup: ROBERT GARRECHT. His 1966 Monza was dazzling. The only paint job I've seen to rival it was Larry Hickerson's Rampside. Alas, Larry was not at the show this year. LARRY BLAIR. He drove his memorable 1964 green Monza convertible. Larry makes any show he attends better. I'm always impressed by his hand polished mag wheels. ART GOLD. My son left his ailing wife to show his 1965 Monza sedan. I appreciate his sacrifice in attending the show and the support his wife Kelly gave CNM by giving up Art for a day. Did I mention that his car looked great? GEOFF JOHNSON. He at first was going to enter two cars, but the logistics of driving two cars at the same time didn't really work out. He brought the pick of his stable of cars, the 1961 Lakewood show car known as Radio Flyer. There is no truth to the rumor that another car entered in the show, a Volvo, also named Radio Flyer met a horrible fate at Geoff's hand. He just thought bad things about it! ANNE MAE GOLD (Sara and Javi). My wonderful wife brought her former daily driver, a 1962 Greenbrier. Thanks to her last minute detail work the van never looked better. I also need to mention that those new two-bar spinners are killer! ROBERT GOLD. I first want to thank the person who made my entry of my 1964 Monza convertible possible, Cary Hubbard. Cary was unable to enter his "Atomic Car" due to last minute mechanical problems. The result was that I got a free entry ticket. I also want to thank the weather for not raining on my convertible. It was quite a treat to drive it with the top down. So there you have it. A listing of some truly sublime cars that came together to do the Corvairs of New Mexico proud. I also want to thank Art Gold and Larry Blair for volunteering to help with the ballot counting. I would have helped except that my chair was so comfortable at the show that I just had to take a nap after lunch. I usually end my column by asking you CNM'ers to try to top this year's show next year. I don't know if you can. All I ask is for the same level of support in 2008. We'll see. --Robert Gold ( beisbol30@msn.com ) =CNM= CAR SHOW YEAR BEGINS John Wiker Well, folks, that time of year has begun, so I thought I might offer a recap of the two events that I attended representing the club so far this summer. Sunday, April 22nd. I ventured forth to Santa Fe to attend the Motoring for Mutts event at the new Dog pound. About 30 cars showed up. The entry fee was a donation of dog food. There were only three trophies given out. Trophy #1 went to the truck that brought in the most dogfood. Only one truck showed up with one 10 pound bag of food. Instant winner. The next trophy was for the car with the most food - my 110 pounds was looking good for a long time, until this red Mustang convertible showed up with its top down and full of food, a total of 389 pounds of it! The last trophy was for -- well, I really thought I would have a chance. I brought along some bacon/cheese dog treats and put them into the spokes of my wheels. They brought out dogs from the pound and the idea was, the car that had the most visits with the most "territory" marking by the dogs would win. I was sure that after they ate my treats that they would naturally have to "go" -- how could I lose? They kept coming back until my treats were gone - and not one of them "blessed" my tires with a "gift." A whole club of Mini Coopers showed up and the Mini Coopers got all the "treatments" from the dogs, and one of them walked away with the trophy. Oh well..... Sunday April 29th. The Old Car Club held a free car show at the Sonic on San Mateo. I showed up at 11:00 and at that time was car #18 and the only Corvair there. By the end of the day, the number of cars that wandered in and out grew to 74. Robert Gold arrived with his "old" model convertible that he and Cary had just finished freeing up the brakes on. He parked it next to mine but never registered it in the show. Before we knew it, Cary was there with his "old" model coupe with factory air conditioning. It was a pleasant day, low pressure with no trophies. Many more cars than expected showed up to open the local season. One of my AFJROTC students who graduated six years ago and who is now in the Navy came home for the Gathering of Nations and stopped by Sonic on her way back to San Diego. I heard this voice from way down the row of cars - "Oh no; it's the Colonel!" and here she comes with a big hug for me and time to relive some of the history of our unit. What a great day! -- John =CNM= HANDING DOWN A FAMILY CORVAIR Robert Gold, Corvairs of New Mexico My oldest son Art has been in a wheel chair since he was in a car crash when he was two years old. He's now in his late 20's. He's a school teacher, a husband, and a driver of a high performance late model Subaru. As you can see he hasn't let his physical limitations limit his approach to life. Both Art and I have shared a love of cars. He's attended numerous Corvairs of New Mexico car events over the years. The one thing that he hasn't done is own his own Corvair. I've been a Corvair enthusiast since the early 1980's. My story is probably a common one for "Corvair guys." I've bought and sold numerous Corvairs over the years looking for the perfect car, or rather cars, in my case. I now own six Corvairs and a Corvair powered VW bus. About a year ago I came upon a local one-owner Corsa convertible for sale. I had to have that car. The only problem was that my wife, Anne Mae, and I had agreed to limit our number of Corvairs to what we had on hand. That meant one of my current beauties had to go. What to do? I decided to sell a rather nice 1965 Monza 4-door with a 140. It was pretty sharp with shiny white paint and chrome Buick rally wheels. The problem was that I didn't feel that anyone would pay me what I thought it was worth. It then occurred to me that this was the perfect car for Art. First of all the car was fast. Secondly, it looked great. Lastly, it was very accessible for Art and his wheel chair. I went on and bought the Corsa and much to his delight Art got the Monza. He immediately became involved with our club activities. It was a proud moment when I introduced him as a new member of the club. The Golds now had a second generation Corvair club member! The only thing left was to outfit his car with hand controls so he could drive his new beauty. For those of you who haven't had to deal with retrofitting a car with hand controls, the following story may be a wakeup call of how our country's health control system works. When Art got his Subaru he bought the hand controls from a local medical equipment provider. They also installed the controls. This was necessitated by the need to have our health insurance pay for the "durable medical equipment". We did the same thing when we bought Art his first lightweight wheel chair. The hand controls he got for the Subaru were a marvel of design and function. He had no problems using them. I guess the only problem was making sure I got out of the way when he came roaring down the street. What was different this time was that we wanted to use hand controls for an "antique" car and we were going to have to pay for them ourselves. A search of the internet for controls yielded two things: first, controls sold directly to the public were flimsy and expensive, and second, durable controls were very expensive and only available through health care providers. Even worse, they wouldn't simply sell me the unit. They had to install the unit. It was almost amusing when I called the local provider and told them I wanted the controls installed in a 1965 Corvair. "A what? Oh, that will cost more than our standard installation fee!" Art now had the Corvair of his dreams, but we were going to have to pay an indeterminate amount of money to allow him to drive the car. What to do? It was at this point I discovered what a wonderful thing it is to be a member of a local Corvair club and also to have a brother who pursued a career as a GM factory mechanic. A call to my brother, Alan, resulted in contact with a friend who dealt with controls as part of his job of providing accessible vans to the public. He dug around in his storage room and found a used set of controls that were taken off a trade-in. The unit was in terrific shape and the price was within our means. We bought the unit sight unseen. However, when it arrived, all I could do was scratch my head. How was this contraption to fit on a Corvair? I didn't mention it before, but I'm a civil engineer by education. My father was an auto mechanic. He supported a family quite nicely with the proceeds from his shop. However, saying all that, I am not very mechanical. I enjoy detailing cars and deciding what parts to use, but I don't do the heavy mechanical work. I'm sure I was a great disappointment to my father when it came to auto mechanics. Anyway, I decided to do what I have done so many times before. I contacted a fellow club member who knew everything about the mechanical stuff and asked for his help on the project. By help, I meant he was to install the controls and make them work. No small task. Geoff took the controls and the car and lived with this challenge at his home. After a week he returned with a fully operational set of hand controls. All it took was hours of work and fabrication of two critical parts. I would like to nominate Geoff for sainthood. What he did for me was allow me to share my love of Corvairs with my son. You can't imagine my pride when I see Art drive up in his very own Corvair. He's a credit to our club and the car culture in general. The process I just described to outfit my son's car with hand controls seemed to be pretty straightforward. Purchase some hand controls and get someone to install them. However, I'm concerned that most people aren't as lucky as I am to have a brother who could get the controls and to have a good friend who could make magic to install them in a Corvair. I feel that CORSA is just the right organization to provide a clearinghouse to get information to its membership about devices that can be used to bring special needs individuals into the car hobby. Just like my son is a credit to our local CORSA chapter, I'm sure there are many other people out there wanting to participate in our love of these cars. Thanks for this opportunity to describe my experience with outfitting a Corvair for a special needs driver. -- Robert Gold =CNM= GOT PICTURES ??? Brenda Stickler We surely need your help on the pictures for the 2008 CNM calendar. Our response has been real low and August is the month we wanted to start working on the poster for the "Vote" in the September meeting. Let us know how we can help you. We know you must have some great Corvair pictures in your archives. Please, share them with us. Bring those pictures (with your name penciled on the back) to the meetings or E-mail to: Ray @ bpsabq.com and make your subject: CORVAIR PICTURES. Many Thanks, -- Brenda Stickler =CNM= BEAM US UP CORSA! Brenda Stickler Our caravan group went home through Taos on our venture "Home" from the Tri-State. When we passed the Earth Ship Homes (part of a Green Building project) just North of Taos, the conversations went from our Club coming up there to tour the exhibit, to a possible 2009 Tri-State in Taos. There is a center at this site that is educational and the homes there are very unique. Well, when you put great minds together this is what you come up with! Special thanks to Ray, Steve, Wendell, Mike, Sylvia, Rita, and Louise. Our Best Wishes to All, -- Brenda Stickler =CNM= SATURDAY NITE CRUISE John Wiker My wife had an all day and evening Real Estate class, so instead of staying home, I decided to join the Route 66 Cruise last Saturday evening. We met at the Wells Fargo bank in Bosque farms at 6:00 PM. At about 6:30 we headed out for Tome' and a little hole in the wall restaurant called Dom Domino's or something like that. When we got there and registered, turned out there were 39 cars. I was the only air breather of any kind and the only "66" year car with the group as well as the only bright yellow car. The food was good and cheap. For example, I had a Cheese steak sandwich combo for $2.75. The drinks were $1.00 with 50 cent refills, which I took advantage of a few times. Right next door was a beef jerky shop with homemade candy. I left with a bag of large Malted Milk Balls and Salt water taffy to die for. They had a DJ who challenged everyone to a Karaoke contest. Of course I did not want to be the first and only contestant, so the DJ was stuck doing it himself. I thought about asking Joyce from the Car Club to do a duet, but she told me not to even try it. Every song was followed by a door prize of candy, jerky or gift certificates. Must have been about 38 of them. You can guess who ended up not getting anything. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the one trophy by the owner and his staff. I thought I had a chance as I was parked right up front, I had the only Corvair, I was the only "66" on Route 66 and the bright yellow color attracted all 3 waitresses' attention as they distributed the food. But no, some 1937 Packard walked away with the trophy. All I got was the candy, and on the way home, lost the light in my speedometer. Anyone know how and where I can find the bulb to change it out? Oh well, it was better than watching reruns and basketball on TV. -- John Wiker THERE ARE MORE shows coming. The next one is the Chocolate Day at the retirement home on San Mateo on Sunday 6 May. The deserts there are to die for. Next is the first Hooters on the East side on Saturday 12 May, then the Casino 66 Memorial Day weekend event on 26 & 27 May followed the next weekend by Placitas Days on Saturday 2 June, then the Valencia County Chamber of Commerce Summerfest on 9 June. There's a Father's day show at the Calvary Temple on West Montano on June 17th with the Neon Cruise on Saturday the 23rd. Enough for now. Take your pride and joy to a car show because you never know what will happen. -- John Wiker =CNM= = = = = = = = = = = = = FOR SALE, TO TRADE, OR WANTED = = = = = = = = = = = = = NOTE: Please tell me if any of these are obsolete and should be removed! - Jim = = = = = = = CNM ADS ARE FREE TO MEMBERS, $5.00 TO NON-MEMBERS = = = = = = = NOTE: Without your $5.00 payment, your ad won't be in the published newsletter. = = = = = = = = = = = = FOR SALE, TO TRADE, OR WANTED = = = = = = = = = = = = = ======== FOR SALE: Corvair Parts or Cars -- Pat Hall -- Los Lunas, New Mexico I have 30-plus Corvairs. Some can be restored. Some are parts only. I have lots of parts already off cars. I have four cars that I drive: 1963 Spyder conv, 1964 Monza coupe, 1965 Corsa coupe, 1960 Monza coupe. I will sell parts or cars. Corvairs are my Hobby. For more information contact Pat Hall at 505-620-5574 ...or... patandvickie @ peoplepc.com. ======== FOR SALE - Corvair parts and some tools. I will have a more complete list soon. Call my cell phone: 505-385-3333 ---- Jerry Goffe ======== 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 = = = = = = = = = = FOR SALE, TO TRADE, OR WANTED = = = = = = = = = = = Please tell me if any of these are obsolete and should be removed! - Jim = = = = = CNM ADS ARE FREE TO MEMBERS, $5.00 TO NON-MEMBERS = = = = = Without your $5.00 payment, your ad won't be in the published newsletter. = = = = = = = = = = FOR SALE, TO TRADE, OR WANTED = = = = = = = = = = = =CNM= STILL OUTA GAS... IN VIRGINIA Del Patten Still here boys and girls but now the VA chapter of CNM has 4 people (I count Kim even though she isn't here!) in it since the Domzalskis joined in the mad merry go round that is Washington DC... I don't think Mark brought a Corvair (his loss) but I have finally graduated back to driving the '65 again. I am even wearing two shoes for the first time in a year and a half! I am not sprinting around but I am improving... maybe Kim wouldn't agree but at least she isn't cleaning my greasy handprints off the cupboards for now so she should be pretty happy! And Wendy and Dave don't have to help me fix the latest misadventure with Corvair repairs... I kinda miss that though (and I don't know what they are doing with all their spare time)... and after we would get done or the monsoons started pounding (whichever came first) we would pull up a chair and have a beer or a strawberry shake (Wendy really likes those) and watch the rain clouds roll by, secure in the knowledge that no matter how successful we were that day, our beloved Corvairs would soon be throwing another twist at us... hopefully in the driveway and not halfway to Lexington KY. CVCC recently had a steering box rebuild session out at Wade Lanning's house. Some of you might recognize the name as he has been a past national board member... and he has some real nice Corvairs and some real nice garage stuff!! Like old bikes and signs and things... one was a sign from the Willow Run Plant... and the session came with food and drink and experts (go figure)... so several boxes including an FC box got shined up and back in shape. Of course, the normal discussion on what to put in the box when you were all done ensued and as usual, I don't think I heard a definitive answer... something that doesn't leak out, but straight wheel bearing grease was not recommended. Since CVCC also enjoys the craftsmanship of a very fine machinist (the guy that makes the cool harmonic balancer pullers so you don't have to drop the back of the engine), a special tool was fabbed to facilitate to removal and reinsertion of those pesky bushings... anyway, as you may know, there are a few ball bearings in the mix and several people had to count and recount to be sure all the ones they removed, went back in!! Great fun was had by all...probably mostly by those of us observing as it left more time for sampling the fine food! As for my recent endeavors, they have not been Corvair related. I got tired of the peeling flowered bathroom wallpaper and started in on the removal. Of course, much like Corvair endeavors, nothing is ever that simple. Wallpaper can look suspiciously loose on the wall before you start, then you find yourself peeling off the facing surface of the drywall... sort of like when you pull the head after you find a stripped stud and then you find a few miscellaneous bits and pieces of metallic objects on the top of one or more pistons. Perhaps if those Flowmasters weren't quite so ahhh... resonant, yeah that's the word, right Dave?... you might have heard that valve seat drop!! Anyway, I am almost done filling the stripped sections with bondo, I mean drywall putty, and sanding them down so I can start the paint process (even sort of like a base coat clear coat process... at least you have to prime it before you put the final paint on... ) good thing I don't have Kim here in this case. Of course, it would have gotten done much faster... the last time she was here she stripped the really awful wall paper in the kitchen and started priming over the red (yes, red!!)... but I digress from Corvairs. Last night on the way home I solved the loud muffler problem (I didn't really have that problem on the '65 but it adds a sort of adventure to the story) by watching my muffler in the rear view mirror get flattened by a dump truck after it fell off the crossover pipe... I haven't had the heart to look and see if the strap and muffler hanger are still there... So you folks are all invited to my house for a TUNA... whatever the heck that is, but it sounds like somebody gets something fixed and I have several things that need fixing, not counting my feet... unless it is a tuna sandwich eating contest!! Wait a minute... I remember the last time people who shall remain nameless (but Tarmo comes to mind... why would that be??) came to help me drop the powertrain on the Hulk and I ripped out the speedo cable and some assorted wiring (I never had that problem the many times I have done that without help!)... so please all stay home and watch the chamisa grow... at least till I get home to NM again!! Happy vairing! PS... just saw Mark this morning on the Metro!! -- Del =CNM= MONTE VISTA TRI-STATE REPORT Jim Pittman / statistics by Steve Goodman Our 2007 Tri-State Meet in Monte Vista, Colorado was another success although CNM was under-represented, and in fact overall attendance was down. Several of us traveled in our Brand-X vehicles, leaving our Corvairs at home. Friday found us arriving at the Movie Manor Best Western (two miles west of town) and registering and walking around to look at all the Corvairs. In the evening many of us went in town in search of congenial restaurants or other places of interest. Saturday morning found many owners up early to shine their Corvairs and parade to the park for the show. Here's a list of the cars at the show, in the order that they were lined up: Nr YEAR MODEL BODY DESCRIPTION OWNER CLUB == ==== ============ ====== ============= ================ ========== 06 1968 Monza coupe red Ruth Goodman PPCC/RMC 22 1965 Corsa coupe white (V-8) Garrie Fox PPCC 19 1962 Monza conv. white John Hesco PPCC 12 1965 Monza sedan light blue Ernie Pyle RMC/PPCC 11 1965 Corsa conv. yellow Ray Trujillo CNM 17 1962 Monza conv. red Jerry Gertison RMC 13 1962 Monza conv. turquoise John Drage RMC 08 1963 Monza conv. purple Bau Klomp RMC 18 1962 Monza conv. red Bud Duncan RMC 21 1962 Monza sedan light green Paul Campbell PPCC 16 1962 Monza coupe beige Ben Benzel PPCC 09 1963 Monza Spyder conv. red Dave Olwine RMC 10 1964 Monza sedan white Jean Olwine RMC 20 1968 Monza conv. yellow Kermit Shields joined PPCC 01 1968 500 coupe bronze-red Danny Mendoza joined PPCC 07 1966 Corsa coupe extremely RED Larry Yoder RMC 14 1964 Monza conv. maroon John Koll PPCC 15 1964 Monza sedan gold/brown Warren Erhmann PPCC 03 1964 Monza coupe light blue Michael Wiltrout PPCC 04 1966 Corsa coupe yellow/black Miles Wiltrout PPCC __ 1963 Monza coupe light blue local owner - 23 1966 Corsa coupe white Steve Gongora CNM __ 1964 Monza Spyder conv. maroon local owner - 02 1963 Greenbrier F.C. white/red Dennis Pleau PPCC/RMC 05 1965 Monza conv. red Jon Anderson PPCC __ 1966 Corsa conv. blue Tim Paulson - __ 1965 Monza sedan white Mac McFadden, Alamosa __ 1963 Monza coupe white Dave Langlois, Albuquerque Class winners were: Early coupe # 16 1962 Monza Ben Benzel PPCC Early open # 09 1963 Spyder Dave Olwine RMC Early sedan # 10 1964 Monza Jean Olwine RMC Late coupe # 01 1968 500 Danny Mendoza joined PPCC Late open # 11 1965 Corsa Ray Trujillo CNM Late sedan # 12 1965 Monza Ernie Pyle RMC/PPCC FC # 02 1963 Greenbrier Dennis Pleau PPCC/RMC Steve thought there'd be no need for a Hard Luck Award, but at the last minute Dennis Pleau secured the award by having fuel pump failure in his Greenbrier. Fortunately a spare was located (thanks, Jon) and Dennis installed it in record time. The only other problem we know of was the cloud of smoke from Wendell Walker's RX-7 that scared everyone in Antonito and led to the deployment of two fire trucks. It apparently was just some spilled oil. The long distance award went to John Hesco of the Pikes Peak club who drove to Monte Vista from Greybull, Wyoming, 700 miles each way. Year breakdown for the cars registered for the show: 1962 = 7 vehicles 1963 = 2 vehicles 1964 = 4 vehicles 1965 = 3 vehicles 1966 = 4 vehicles 1968 = 2 vehicles We had 74 folks registered for the banquet and the Rocky Mountain club took back the plaque for most members attending. Here are the numbers: RMC = 29 = Attendance Award PPCC = 24 CNM = 16 Non-club = 5 After the car show many of us went into town to check out antique shops or drove east through Alamosa to visit the Great Sand Dunes. We don't know if anyone found the alligator farm. Some of us treated our sunburn, downloaded photos from our cameras to our computers or wandered around to talk Corvair lore with our friends. There was a lot of "How do you do that?" and "Why did you do that?" and "That looks like a neat idea!" to be heard through the afternoon. At least one local Corvair owner came by to get advice on fixing up her "new" car. About 6:00 PM we all gathered at the restaurant. At the buffet we found the line long and the food good. We had lots of door prizes. Laura Wilshire won the afghan donated by Ruth Goodman. Debbie Pleau won the 50/50 prize of $108. LeRoy won the diorama Corvair display. CNM presented the Saint Francis of Corvair Award for 2007 to John Koll of the Pikes Peak Club. Ruth Boydston received the Plaque with the names of all the recipients of the award from 1998 through 2007. During the banquet there was an early summer thunderstorm with lots of rain and some hail, and the restaurant staff were deployed to set pans under several leaks! Hopefully no one was dripped on badly enough to call for another hard luck award. Another point of interest at the banquet: the newsletter editors were honored for their dedication to their craft. It was well acknowledged that communications are a very important part of any organization. Debbie & Dennis Pleau told us that they will soon be moving from Colorado to the Sacramento area in California. While they will no doubt continue to be active in CORSA and in local Corvair affairs in their new home, they will leave a big gap in the ranks of the Colorado and New Mexico clubs. Jim observed that once again Steve and Ruth Goodman did a terrific job of organizing and running a relaxed and enjoyable gathering of Corvairs and Corvair people. Steve said the facilities were good with excellent cooperation from the town. Quite a few local people came to see the car show -- there were 127 ballots cast for People's Choice. Jim was amazed at the number and quality of all the early model Corvairs from Colorado, many of them daily drivers. How many of us "Brand-X" owners resolved to go back home and do the chores needed to make our Corvairs look better and run better so we can drive them to the Tri-State next year? Laura Wilshire told us that next year the Tri-State Meet will be hosted by Rocky Mountain CORSA of Denver in Pagosa Springs, Colorado in May. This is just up the road from Chama so plan now to attend! Rocky Mountain has won the attendance record far too many times and Pikes Peak will be especially keen to win it next year! Again, a big thanks to Ruth & Steve Goodman for all their excellent efforts to make this a great Tri-State! -- Jim =CNM= SEVEN YEARS AGO Jim Pittman Seven Years Ago - June 2000 - Volume 26 - Number 6 - Issue 297 Thirty-eight was the number of illustrations in this issue - nearly all of them photos from the 2000 Tri-State held in Albuquerque. President Hurley Wilvert ran our meetings, Secretary Chuck Vertrees took notes, Treasurer Wendell Walker declared $6,613 as our total funds, Mark Martinek reported on Car Council news, Debbie Pleau reported on Tri-State preparations and Mark Domzalski had our Bar-B-Que under control. Hurley's presidential column reported that the Tri-State was a resounding success and thanked many members for all the tasks they performed. A few named were Del Patten, Photo Rally; Bill Reider & Jerry Goffe, Museum Car Show; David Patten, Bar-B-Que cooking; Mary Lou Martinek, Sylvan Zuercher, Jim Pittman and Debbie & Ron Deck, registration; Ruth Boydston & Ilva Walker, raffle prizes. Yes, this leaves out many others who worked on the event, not to mention the many superb Colorado Corvairs and their owners who traveled to Albuquerque. Finally, a map showed the way to Brenda Wilvert's home where the new CNM Ladies group planned to meet. Fourteen Years Ago - June 1993 - Volume 19 - Number 6 - Issue 213 The cover showed a Rampside featured in the latest issue of Autoweek Magazine. Our speaker was State Senator Michael Wiener who brought a few samples from his extensive collection of license plates to show us. Treasurer Will Davis said we had $1,428 after BMW expenses were factored in -- no, wait, I made up the BMW part. Debbie chaired a committee to make a bid for a CORSA national convention. We planned our participation in the Museum car show and the Alamosa Tri-State. There was to be a Kaiser-Frazier car show in June. LeRoy reported on the Museum car show; 200 cars showed up, nine of them CNM Corvairs. Del Patten discussed "restification" as it applies to Corvairs. What's that, you ask? "What the original might have been if the factory had hand-built a car for a specific owner." If you ever wanted an index of Larry Claypool's "Stock is..." columns from the CORSA Communique, 1987-1993 you can find it in this issue. Quite a variety of topics! A pirated cartoon feature had Otto Mechanic taking Reo to the "filling station." Finally, we borrowed another publication's article, "Changing Coil Springs" by J. Garrison so that if you need to do this dangerous job you can do it correctly. Twenty-one Years Ago - June 1986 - Volume 12 - Number 6 - Issue 129 The June 1986 cover was a drawing made from a 35-mm photo taken at the 1985 Museum car show. Maybe we'll see more of this some day. President Clayborne presided; Treasurer LeRoy reported $732; Bill Reider said CNM members were responsible for parking cars at the Museum car show. New Otto Parts catalogs were available. Karen Jackson gave us a report on her "My first car" research and included a quiz to match the person's name with the described adventure. At the Museum car show 245 vehicles showed up and twenty were Corvairs. Finally, a newspaper blurb told us "That Auto Mechanic May Not Think Much of You, Either" and offered us insights on automobile maintenance from a decidedly different point of view, that of your mechanic. Twenty-eight Years Ago - June 1979 - Volume 5 - Number 6 - Issue 45 Our cover illustration was a photo taken at our April Winrock Car Show, and the issue was full of photos of our Corvairs. The show was our third (and last) at the Winrock shopping center and we considered it a great success. Among the comments from the crowd: Are these new 1980 cars? Where can I buy one? Was that the one that was unsafe at any speed? My uncle had one of those, but his had the four-cylinder engine. Thanks to Francis Boydston and Clay Keen for their thorough preparations. We planned a club birthday party for May 13th at Cutler Park. We discussed whether the Club should obtain special tools for members to use. We had two poems in this issue: one lamented a bashed fender inflicted by a falling tree and the other expressed the wish that a Honda Accord would arrive in your editor's driveway. (Eleven years later a 1990 Honda Civic did just that and your editor still enjoys driving it.) For this month's tech tip, George Morin suggested that if your heater motor was blowing fuses, instead of installing a new one from a Vega, you could try taking it out and lubricating the bushings. =END=