Updated 23-Jun-2007 =-= Copyright (c) 2007 Corvairs of New Mexico EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: No Meeting This Month -- Wednesday 4 July 2007 THIS MONTH: New Member ........................... Sylvan Zuercher Dues Due ........................ Membership Committee June Meeting Minutes ................ Charles Vertrees June Board Meeting .................. Charles Vertrees Maps to the Sticklers' ................... Google Maps Mechanically Un-inclined ................ Ray Trujillo Birthdays and Anniversaries ....... Sunshine Committee New Mexico Raffle Car ...................... Bob Bauer Longest, Strangest? .................... David Huntoon Calendar of Coming Events ..... CNM Board of Directors Call for Photos for 2008 Calendar .... Brenda Stickler Beam us up CORSA! .................... Brenda Stickler Card from John Koll .................... Ruth Boydston For Sale, Wanted or For Trade .... Members and Friends Don Heath's 1967 Yenko Stinger ........... Jim Pittman Seven, 14, 21, 28 Years Ago ........... Club Historian COVER: April 18, 2004 at the Domzalskis' -- Photo by LeRoy Rogers 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 =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= NEW MEMBER Sylvan Zuercher Welcome back Bob Philips who recently bought a 1964 Monza that he owned years ago! Look for a fully restored Monza coupe at the next Albuquerque Museum Car Show! Bob was a CNM member back in the early 1990s. =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= MEMBERSHIP DUES: 23-Jun-2007 EXPIRED, BECOMES INACTIVE 25-JUN-2007: Mike Hacker ........ 2007-May EXPIRED, BECOMES INACTIVE 25-JUL-2007: Terry Price ........ 2007-Jun DUES, COMES DUE NEXT MONTH: Mary Lou Martinek .. 2007-Aug Ray Trujillo ....... 2007-Aug Sylvan Zuercher .... 2007-Aug DUES, COMES DUE SOON: Tarmo Sutt ......... 2007-Sep 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 Jerry Chapman ...... 2007-Apr Bill Hector ........ 2007-Apr If your membership is due or has expired, send your dues to: Wendell Walker, CNM Treasurer, 301 Utah Meadow, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 Past due memberships will become inactive after a one-month grace period. Note that the Club will mail in your National Dues when you renew, provided that you send us the renewal form from your CORSA Communique! =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= PHOTOS ON THE COVER AND ABOVE: Looks like the Fourth of July, but this patriotic scene actually took place in April 2004. Mark Domzalski and Larry Blair look toward the sunset. Photos by LeRoy Rogers. Second Photo by James Brossard. =-=-=-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 ( 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-=-=-= JUNE MEETING NOTES Chuck Vertrees Ray Trujillo, CNM President, called our meeting to order at the Highland Senior Center on June 6, 2007 at 19:06. (How many remember that this was the date of the landing in Europe during World War II?) There were 29 members present. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter. Treasurer, Wendell Walker, reported that CNM had $608.79 in the checking account and $2,582.91 in the GMAC account for a total worth of $3,191.70. Sylvan introduced our new member Bob Philips. Bob was a member for some time many years ago. It is good to see him back. Robert Gold reported on the May meeting of the Car Council. I am sorry but I did not take notes because I thought I had a copy of the minutes of the May meeting but I cannot find it. He did have copies of the winners at the Museum Car Show. The second place winner in the Corvair class was not a CNM member. He belonged to a club of another make, but he entered his Corvair under the Corvair class and all the members of his club voted for it. There was no report from the Sunshine Committee and Jim the newsletter editor was not present, but he sent word that the deadline for the next newsletter was Friday June 22nd. At this time I thought I could insert a little levity. It was said that I enjoy deadlines because I like the whooshing sound they make as they go by. There were quite a few future car show happening in June and many were mentioned. July events include the 4th of July show in Santa Fe. To join the Santa Fe club costs $7.00 in dues or there is a $30 entry fee if you are not a member. Wendell can give you details. If you want to enter your car you need to be in Santa Fe no later than 07:00 AM. Or, you could go just to have the pancake breakfast and see the cars and check out all the Santa Fe shops. There will not be a membership meeting on Wednesday July 4th. Instead everyone is invited to Mike and Brenda Stickler's house for a Fourth of July BBQ and potluck starting at 19:30. The reason for the time is that from their house, several fireworks displays can be seen. Maps to the Sticklers' were passed out. They live in Corrales and you can call them at 856-6993. There was a good turnout for the Tri-State meeting in Monte Vista, Colorado. CNM had 16 members in attendance. The Boydston Award was presented to John Koll of the Colorado Springs club. Also the "Saint Frances of Corvair" plaque that now has the names of the first ten winners was presented to Ruth Boydston. The 2007 Museum show was a success and CNM had great representation, although it conflicted with the Tri-State meet. Robert Garrecht received 1st place in the Corvair class for his awesome 1966 Monza. Robert and Ann Mae Gold tied for second place with their beautiful 1962 Greenbrier and Larry Blair got 4th for his spectacular 1964 Monza convertible. The June CORSA Communique printed Tarmo's article on the 1966 Corsa turbo he's building. Robert Gold has submitted an article to CORSA on the installation of handicap controls on a Corvair. Jerry Goffe thanked everyone for the response to his sale of Corvair parts. Ray has about two loads of parts that Jerry donated. Anyone who needs parts, see Ray. Jerry said that the Route 66 License plates are out. He has number 0007. Wendell said that a picture of his Challenger has been accepted for the Snap-On Tool calendar. The meeting was adjourned at 20:30 and then Bill Reider introduced a video presentation on adding a fuel injection system to a Corvair engine. It was technically interesting. The kit is expensive and you'd need to do quite a lot of work to modify your engine. -- Chuck =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= JUNE BOARD MEETING Chuck Vertrees The board meeting was held on June 20th at Business Printing Services. The meeting was called to order at 17:03. Present were Ray Trujillo, Jim and Heula Pittman and Chuck and Julia Vertrees. The first thing discussed was the amount of side conversations going on at the meetings. It makes it very difficult to hear the person who has the floor when two or three private conversations are going on at the same time. Let's please show a little more courtesy to the person that has the floor. There were no reports from the officers. Heula reported that the first aid kit for the Route 66 cleanup events is almost complete and will be available at the next cleanup. Hopefully it will not be needed. There were no membership or Car Council reports. Upcoming events start with Wednesday the Fourth of July. First there is the Santa Fe Plaza Car Show. If you go to show a car you should be there by 07:00 and you'll need to join the Santa Fe car club or pay the entry fee. For more details, talk to Wendell Walker. Of more immediate interest to many of us is the July 4th BBQ at the Corrales home of Mike and Brenda Stickler. There will not be a regular club meeting on that day -- the Highland Senior Center is closed. The event at the Sticklers' will start at 19:30 and this will give us time to eat before it gets dark, and then we can watch the fireworks displays. There should be several in view from their back yard. See the maps below -- Ed. August 4th is the next "Old Route 66" cleanup. It will start at 08:00 before it gets too hot. A brunch will follow about 10:30, but the location has not been decided at this time. Immediately following on Sunday August 5th is the New Mexico Car Council's annual All-Clubs Picnic. It will be at the Villanueva State Park on the Pecos river south of Las Vegas. I had a flier for the event but I cannot find it. We will have our regular meeting on Wednesday the 1st and I will try to have more information then. September 8th and 9th is the Moriarty EAA fly-in and old car display. A few of our members went last year and found it very interesting, so CNM has added it to our regular list of club events. Hold this date on your calendar. October is our annual election of officers. Please think about accepting a position if the nominating committee approaches you. The meeting was adjourned at 17:30. -- Chuck =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= MECHANICALLY UN-INCLINED Ray Trujillo I hope you're enjoying the start of summer and you're finding the time to take your Corvairs out for either a nice early morning drive or a refreshing evening cruise. As for me, this is the time of year when we're extremely busy at work so it's become a little more difficult for me to go for that nice soothing drive. You see our business from now until mid September will print approximately 30,000 calendar planners for many of the local area high schools. But when I do find the time to take a pleasurable drive somewhere within our beautiful city it's usually right at sundown as the end of a hot summer day concludes and the start of one of our great high desert mountain evening begins. Anyway, since I'm really pressed for time this month my article will be somewhat brief. First of all, don't forget that CNM will not have its regular monthly meeting due to the Forth of July holiday. Now instead of a membership meeting Mike and Brenda Stickler have graciously invited members over to their beautiful bluff Corrales home for a 7:30 PM BBQ. After the BBQ we'll be able to sit and watch a spectacular view of the many fireworks displays that occur throughout the city. So if you plan on attending this fun get together please read the Stickler's article in this newsletter for all the details. Also for those interested, the annual Forth of July car show on the Santa Fe plaza is scheduled for an early 7:00 AM start with a pancake breakfast to follow. In August we're scheduled to have an Old Route 66 clean-up on Saturday the 4th at 8:00 AM with a club brunch to start around 10:30 AM. At this time we haven't determined where we'll have the brunch but I should be able to update you before the August membership meeting. On Sunday August 5th the NMCCC All Clubs Picnic is being held at the Villanueva State park with the start time to be around 11:00 AM. Well, that's all the activities on our agenda for now so please plan to attend as many activities as you'd like. And remember to keep those Corvairs running. Speaking of Corvairs running, the other day I was driving my 1964 sedan back to work with a rush order of envelopes from a local paper house when all of a sudden one of these humongous V-12 trucks starts to take over my lane. You know the type, you need a ladder to get into it and the "Fear this" stickers are plastered all over it. Well I was on a mission to get my envelopes back to work as soon as possible so I could satisfy a long time customer and no one or nothing was going to slow me down. Now I guess the V-12 driver must not have seen me because when my real Corvair horn went off it really scared him back into his lane. When he saw the size of my car he couldn't help but wait for me to drive even with him so he could say "Hey buddy, that sure is a loud horn for such a peep squeak car!" We both had a good laugh and then went on our merry ways. As I drove past him I thought maybe it's time for me to get some of those "Fear this" stickers myself. Before I close, I wanted to thank Bill Reider for last month's video presentation on fuel injecting your Corvair. It was quite interesting and very informative, thanks again Bill. Remember, if you would like to have a tech session or presentation at the end of any membership meeting please let me know so we can schedule you in. Well I guess that's enough said for now so I hope to see you at the next club meeting. -- Ray =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes go to ten CNMers: Debra Anderson ..... July 6 Nancy Urbassik ..... July 6 Mark Domzalski ..... July 8 Tarmo Sutt ......... July 8 Emily Gongora ...... July 9 Larry Blair ........ July 15 Leslie Sullivan .... July 18 Gayle Finch ........ July 27 Richard Finch ...... July 29 Kay Sutt ........... July 31 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY wishes go to two CNM couples: Anne & John Wiker ..... July 6 Linda & Dick Cochran .. July 18 =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= JIM: NEWSLETTER STUFF. Dave Huntoon I saw Bob's car, our convention raffle car, in the picture section of Corvair Center and asked him how things were going. So.... he replied..... Dave =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= NEW MEXICO RAFFLE CAR Bob Bauer (robovair @ sbcglobal.net) Hello Dave and the members of Corvairs of New Mexico. Dave said he saw my cars on the Corvair web site and contacted me and asked that I write to you and tell you how the raffle car is doing. The car is doing well and still turns heads everywhere I go. I have gotten hundreds of positive comments on it and it is fun to drive. I have added a few things to it over the years, to personalize it for me but it is still just as it was when we won it in 1996. The engine that was in it in 1996 began to burn oil excessively so in 1998 I decided to rebuild it from scratch. It was completely gone through and started right up on first start. Unfortunately about 3 months later, while using the air-conditioning, I dropped a valve seat and had to open it up again. I had the heads redone, only this time with some new hardened metal seats, etc. and she was running strong again. That motor has been in it since that time until May of last year. A large group of us from Show-Me Corvairs were going to caravan to Fort Wayne Indiana for the Mad Anthony Corvair Car Show. A good friend of mine was driving the blue coupe and my wife and I were driving my newly restored 1966 Corsa Convertible. About 50 miles from the Indiana State line, Jerry pulled over and claimed it was out of gas, because it quit running. I knew it wasn't out of gas and we worked on it at the side of the road for about 4 hours trying to get it running, with no luck. I had it towed off the highway and everybody decided to quit and go home. I reclaimed my car the next day and towed it home to my shop. I eventually found that the cam gear had "walked off" the end of the cam and consequently chewed up the gear set. So I pulled the motor and it was "group red" for a while. About a month later, I bought a 1966 coupe that was very rusty but only showed 42,000 miles and the previous owner said it was accurate, he was the original owner and it had been setting since 1981. I pulled that drive train, and tinkered with the motor and had it running in about 2 hours. It is now in the raffle car, the one in the picture I sent along. It is by far, one of the best running motors I have ever run. It "click" starts, no smoke at all, delivers plenty of power, runs excellent, and sounds really cool with the dual exhaust. Our daughter lives in Wichita, Kansas and we go there fairly often. I recently took the coupe there and traveled 75 MPH the whole time and averaged 23 MPG all while getting thumbs up and waves while driving. Over the last 11 years, it has picked up a few scratches, and some very minor rust bubbles are starting to appear, in spite of the fact that we never drive it in the rain, or snow. We plan on getting her fixed some time in the near future. Other than the engine smoking, the only thing that has broken on it since 1996 is the speedometer, I replaced that about 2 years ago. Everything else is just as it was in 1996. We keep it clean and take care of it, so the interior and chrome and paint is bright and shiny. I have added dual exhaust, American racing 14 inch wheels, stone guards on the headlights, fog lamps, and an 8 track stereo. Over the years I have had about 10-15 offers to sell it, a lot of people just love this thing, including us. In the picture, you may notice that the air-conditioning is missing. The compressor gave out, the front seal is leaking and slinging oil everywhere, I so took it apart and plan on converting it to 134 with a new compressor, but probably won't get to it until this fall, but that's OK, it's still fun to drive. The 1965 Raffle car coupe lives in my shop with our 1966 Monza 140 horse powerglide convertible and our 1966 Corsa 180 horse convertible. The coupe is my driver, although only frequently, not every day. My wife and I want to tell you, we still remember fondly and vividly the great hospitality you folks showed us while we were there. We consider you all friends and always tell others about the great time we had in New Mexico. From the time when Bill Reider met us at the airport until we said our good-byes when we left, it was an adventure. We will always remember Corvairs of New Mexico. You were great hosts and it was our pleasure to have met you and made your acquaintance. I hope you enjoyed hearing about "our car." No, you can't have it back either. But, in the future, should you have another convention, be sure to raffle another car, I will be sure to buy a ticket. God Bless all of you, our best wishes to you and your club. If you are ever near House Springs, Missouri, don't hesitate to look us up. -- Bob and Rosie Bauer Corvair66 @ aol.com wrote: Bob, I was on Corvair Center website and saw your pictures of your cars. Since I am in the New Mexico club and helped in a minor way on the raffle car, I would be interested in knowing how things have gone with the raffle car. If you could, write up a little article with a few pictures and we could put it in our next newsletter. Hope everything has gone well and I am sure our club members would like to hear about you and your cars. Later.... Dave Huntoon, membership guy and board member, Corvairs of New Mexico =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= LONGEST, STRANGEST? David Huntoon Recently on Virtual Vairs, VV, a question was posed concerning the longest trip taken in a Corvair or the most miles driven in a day. That got me to thinking, dangerous, along those lines and I would like to ask our club members the same question. Personally, I drove straight through from Sacramento to Chicago with only stops for gas and food. I guess I may have napped for a few hours but that is about it. That makes it 2,000 miles in two days. My memory is a little fuzzy here, but I am sure I only spent two days and one night on the road. Forty hours seems to be about right. The reason I am a little fuzzy on some of the details is that this happened almost exactly forty years ago, June 1967. I was on leave after checking out from McClellan AFB and going home before leaving for the SEA theater for two years. The vehicle was my 1962 Monza 4 speed coupe with the IECO big tube slash cut trombone duals. I still think that was the best sounding car I ever owned or heard! I don't think I carried any tools either. Somehow I managed. Anyhow that is my claim to fame. I have done several other straight throughs from here to Chicago and once from Knoxville to Albuquerque. Naturally, these were done solo. There was that time Del and I drove from here to Lexington: 1,350 miles. We did stop to rest once in Arkansas somewhere, but that was interrupted by ferocious biting, flying critters. So we just left after twenty minutes. Had to push Del's 140 off as the battery was dead, but we were glad to be out of there just the same. Never did figure out why, and it happened several more times too. Two people come in handy when trying to bump start or just park on a hill. Once I start a trip I see no reason to stop unless I am dead tired or there's a mechanical problem. I am not really inclined to do these things so much anymore. Maturity has its drawbacks. Now I wish to ask, how about you guys? When, where, and how? Write up a little blurb and let us know. I am sure there must be some good stories out there that need to be told. 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No club meeting - the Highland Senior Center is closed 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 8:00 AM Old Route 66 Clean-up - Ollie Scheflow Sat 4 Aug 11:00 AM Club Brunch -- TBA Sun 5 Aug 11:00 AM 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 Wed 5 Sep 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Sat-Sun Sep 8-9 Moriarty EAA Fly-in and Old Car Display Wed 19 Sep 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE 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 =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= 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. Other tapas by CNM Members will be Hummus dip with Pita chips, Asparagus roll ups, and homemade cookies. 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 6:00PM please, Call her by July 1st to make arrangements. We are looking forward to seeing you. Your exit off of Loma Larga is Bensic which turns into Chimaja. (North of W. Ella) See the maps on Page 4. Thanks, Mike Stickler =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= ABOUT THAT CALENDAR BORDER ISSUE! Brenda Stickler As we work on the fabulous 2008 Calendar we now have to decide what we want as the bottom border. We have 10 inches wide and 2 inches high space available for graphics that Corvair owners will enjoy. If any members have graphics that they want to submit that can fill that space, we would love for you to bring your graphic ideas to the September meeting. Sylvia would be glad to review it for you before you submit it. (Call her at Business Printing Service to arrange time for this. 266-4011) Yes, pictures are trickling in now. Please, get those in as soon as possible... we are looking forward to the September vote for the Calendar picture. If we get more than one graphic border then, we will also have a vote for that as well. Start thinking of friends and family members that would enjoy this calendar and make sure you include their calendar requests with your order. Great sales this year will mean we will be really excited to go for a full 12 month booklet style calendar for 2009. Thanks for your support. -- 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-=-=-= JOHN KOLL THANK YOU CARD Ruth Boydston I got a card from John Koll of the Pikes Peak club today and would like to share it with our members: June 17, 2007 Dear Mrs Boydston, It was such a surpirse and an honor to receive the Francis Boydston Award at the Monte Vista Tri-State. I wish to thank you and Corvairs of New Mexico for honoring me. Sincerely, John Koll, Pikes Peak Corvair Club =-=-=-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: 1 FC rear end, 4-speed .................................... $40 1 4-speed tranny .......................................... $15 1 Motor stand including rear end .......................... $35 Complete NOS set of late model chrome wheel well moulding $75 Bath cleaner on stand ..................................... $35 1 Set of 2 drive-up ramps off lift -- heavy -- you haul it Call my cell phone ......... 505-385-3333 ......... Jerry Goffe WANTED: 1964 Monza ext trim - what have you? Nice to NOS condition. Early front shaded windshield. Inner right and left front floor pans or sections. Robert Philips ........... rp96rp@aol.com ............ 898-1255 WANTED: Where is my old 1966 Corsa turbo (gold) that Fred Edeskuty of Jemez Springs sold years ago? Robert Philips ........... rp96rp@aol.com ............ 898-1255 WANTED: Late model front bumper ....... Hurley Wilvert ....... 281-1732 FOR SALE: 1962 Corvair Station Wagon ------ Mark from Reliable Chevrolet called and let us know that someone back east put some money into this car on brake work and never came back. Mark has the title and the car is for sale. The bill came to $2500.00 but Mark is entertaining an offer. Call him at 338-5932. -- Steve =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= DON HEATH'S 1967 YENKO STINGER Jim Pittman Over the years there have been several oblique references in our newsletter to the blue 1967 Corvair coupe owned by Don Heath that was supposed to be a Yenko Stinger. After the latest remark about Don's car in the newsletter, I received an e-mail from Steve Goodman of Rocky Mountain CORSA asking for more information on this car. Realizing that we had the makings of a myth about just what kind of Corvair we have been talking about all these years, I felt motivated to do some research to get to the bottom of the mystery. I found out very little by searching through back issues of our newsletters, so I called Sylvan Zuercher, Bill Reider and Steve Gongora to see what they might remember. I got Don Heath's phone number and spent forty-five minutes or so on the phone with him getting the following story. I apologize if I have some of the details wrong. Don was a photographer in southern California in the 1960s and had bought new a 1965 blue Monza coupe with 110 HP. In his career as photographer he was able to attended many car races and at one point he worked for James Garner and American International Racing. In 1967 he was at Dana High Performance Chevrolet and saw a Corvair among the race-prepared Camaros and Corvettes and stopped to ask about it. The car was one of three 1967 Monza coupes that had been supplied via Yenko Sportscars, Inc. of Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania and they had all the options that were specified by Yenko for Stingers. The cars' papers showed Chevrolet's Ypsilanti address as the shipping point. Don eventually traded in his 1965 Corvair to buy one of the cars which was sold to him as a 1967 Corvair Monza coupe, not as a YS-numbered Yenko Stinger. Many of us know that the original Yenko Stingers were made up from an order of 100 identical 1966 Corsa coupes, white with blue racing stripes, delivered in December 1965 to Yenko Chevrolet in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania to be modified as SCCA-qualified race cars. What many of us don't remember is that Yenko made Stinger-specification Corvairs available to certain dealers around the country. The dealer would finish adding the Yenko package and you could buy a genuine Yenko Stinger with a "YS" identification number from a Chevrolet dealer other than Yenko Chevrolet in Pennsylvania. Factory Yenko Stingers had a distinctive appearance with trim panels in the rear side windows, a fiberglas rear deck lid with integral air inlets and spoiler, few or no chrome pieces and distinctive "Stinger" badges. Performance features included headers, fast steering box with fast steering arms, a close-ratio 4-speed gearbox, a positraction 3.89-ratio differential, dual brake cylinders, heavy-duty brakes and suspension, and the four-carb 140-HP engine with certain modifications to the carburetors. The cars could be ordered in several "Stages" of tune, rated at 160, 190, 220 and 240 horsepower. The 240-HP engine was bored to a larger displacement and was not legal for SCCA competition. In southern California the Yenko dealer was to be Dana High Performance Chevrolet, a branch of Dana Chevrolet affiliated with Dana Racing. Their primary interest was in equipping 1967 Camaros with the new 427-cid engine to make an unbeatable street racer. Apparently the Yenko Stinger was seen as a high-performance sideline to their street racer image. Don thinks there was some kind of misunderstanding between Yenko and Dana High Performance, so the three Corvairs were never actually made into official Yenko Stingers. For example, they never got the special rear window trim pieces or the fiberglas rear deck lids. However, the cars were delivered with all the Yenko-specified options. Don had a copy of the Yenko authorization letter to Dana High Performance with the "Stinger" specifications for the three 1967 Corvairs, signed by race driver Donna Mae Mims of the Yenko organization. After Don bought the car he made certain additional modifications for better performance and utility. For better balance, he removed the heavy rear seat and put the spare in the trunk. He found the large volume of space where the seat had been to be ideal for hauling his photographic equipment. Another modification was to install 14-inch wheels in the back to put wider rubber on the ground at the heavier end of the car. One day he happened to see a red Corvair with a deck lid spoiler of unusual design and he got the name of the supplier. The spoiler was designed by Paul Lamar of Lamar Engineering (Paul did design work for Jim Hall of Chaparral Racing in Midland, Texas) and Don bought the second of three that were made. You can see Don's photo of this spoiler on his 1967 Corvair on the inside back cover of the 1969 "revised" edition of Bill Fisher's HOW TO HOTROD CORVAIR ENGINES. Don was not credited as being the photographer or the owner of the car, nor was the car called a Stinger, but the spoiler was said to improve cooling and stability at speed. You may note from this photo that Don's Lamar Engineering spoiler is not the same as the one that would have been on a real Stinger. It had long, tapering sides and was intended to be riveted to the deck lid. Incidentally, for years Fisher's book was the "bible" of Corvair modifiers. In 1968 Richard Finch and I considered it the final word on the pros and cons of particular performance modifications when we were planning the 140-HP engine rebuild project for my 1966 Corsa coupe. That project led directly to Richard Finch's book HOW TO KEEP YOUR CORVAIR ALIVE. In 1969 Richard owned and raced a Stage III Stinger. Don came to New Mexico in November 1973 and drove the car with California plates for several months. Don was a fast driver and put lots of miles on his car over several years. In Albuquerque Don had an apartment just off Lomas Boulevard near the University and I used to see the back end of the distinctive blue Corvair in his car port when I was going on campus. He soon found CAR TUNE, Bill Reider's shop, and had Bill or Sylvan do routine maintenance on the car. After many miles the engine eventually needed rebuilding and Sylvan undertook the job. Sylvan told me that according to his old notes, in December 1980 he started rebuilding the 140 engine, and Bill Reider said that he installed new or possibly rebuilt carburetors on it at a later time. Sylvan recorded information about the car and engine including the engine number "0330QF" which is not a standard number. The car had correct left and right block numbers and correct left and right 140 head numbers. Remember that the 140-HP engine was NOT an option for Corvairs in 1967, so getting a 1967 Corvair with a 140-HP engine was due to the Yenko specification. The car had a 3.89 positraction differential. Richard Twilley of our club re-worked the worn carburetor bases to stop air leaks around the throttle shafts -- apparently new throttle shafts were not available in those days. Sylvan installed a turbo "304" cam to replace the standard "9891" 140 cam that was in the engine. Sylvan liked this cam as it provided a bit more power at high RPMs with little loss of low-end torque. Sylvan said that one of the problems with the car was that the extra-strong clutch led to buckling and cracking of the sheet metal at the attachment point for the clutch. He fixed this by adding reinforcement to the sheet metal to keep it from buckling. Bill thinks he saw an article about this car in one of the performance automotive magazines of the time but he does not remember the name of the magazine or the date. At some point Don decided to sell the car. It went to a person who owned a company in Hawthorne, New Jersey called Hawthorne Prints. Don thinks it eventually went into a museum or at least some kind of car collection. He could not remember the name of the person and he doesn't know what eventually happened to the car. I remember seeing Don and his car during the late 1970s or maybe early 1980s. He remembers being a member of CNM for a while and attended several of our club meetings and participated in various club activities in the area. He was invited to and attended at least one of our anniversary dinners. My rather incomplete early membership rosters do not show the dates that he was a member of our club. Don said he has a brother in the Washington, D. C. area who still owns and drives a 1966 Corvair. He does not think he's a CORSA member. He mentioned that his brother had troubles getting good quality 13-inch tires for his Corvair. It's easier to find good 14-inch tires. I looked through several of my back issues of CORSA Communique and CORSA Quarterly from the 1970s and early 1980s but did not find anything about Don Heath or the 1967 Stinger. I looked for "Yenko Stingers" on the Internet and found a lot of information but nothing about this particular car. Over several years there were some 185 official "Yenko Stingers" produced by Yenko. There must have been many more late-model Corvair coupes made into "Stingers" to some extent over the years! How many of these were actual "YS" numbered cars? REFERENCES: http://www.yenkostinger.com/ http://www.corvaircorsa.com/yenko01.html http://autoxer.skiblack.com/stinger.html http://www.steeltownvette.com/Hall%20of%20Fame/Mims.htm http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z12068/default.aspx =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= PHOTO CREDIT: This Yenko Stinger belonged to Lee Olsen of Burdett, Kansas. Photo by Steve Gongora =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= SEVEN YEARS AGO Jim Pittman Seven Years Ago - July 2000 - Vol. 26 - Nr. 7 - Issue 298 Our cover illustration showed Steve Gongora's 1966 Corsa coupe at the VLA Radio Telescope near Magdalena. Our treasury held $6,020.39. The Car Council planned a car show and a swap meet, and recognized Bill Reider with a lifetime achievement award. Debbie Deck reported on plans for our August campout, which could be cancelled due to dry forest conditions. Dennis & Debbie Pleau were packing for their move to Colorado Springs. We needed to get a replacement trophy plaque for Tri-State attendance winners and we pored through back issues of the newsletter for information on who won each year. Steve was working on designs for a new CNM license plate. An "All Chevy Show" was in the works and we planned to help. The CNM Ladies Group met at Brenda Wilvert's "in the mountains" and had a good time. Dennis provided an article in which he refuted a newspaper columnist's ill-informed rantings about the "unstable" Corvair that was supposedly sent to the junkyard by Ralph Nader. How many errors of fact could one short political column contain? Billiken had both Bill and Sylvan flying around in vintage P-51's. From Virtual Vairs we reprinted articles in which Bob Helt told us about tire sizes, Stan Light told how to identify rear wheel bearings and Harry Jensen listed the numbers of turbocharged Corvairs made from 1962 through 1966. There were only 1,951 turbocharged 1966 Corsas made and I owned two of 'em. Fourteen Years Ago - July 1993 - Volume 19 - Number 7 - Issue 214 The cover showed Billiken (a rare glimpse of his real appearance) as the pit boss of a CNM Indy racing team. President Del ran the meeting; treasurer Will said there was $1,433 in the kitty, after subtraction of BMW expenses. No, that last was a joke -- CNM never had BMW expenses. Our committee to plan the national convention had met twice so far and things were going swell. We planned a Corvair convoy (or was that a "cor-a-van") to the Alamosa Tri-State. Bill Reider gave a talk on the 200 different places oil can leak from your Corvair. The President's letter said thanks to all who participated in the Museum Car Show, and said he and Kim had a great time at the Tri-State. We planned a campout at Villanueva this year. Club jackets were in. Francis formally reported on the Tri-State and especially enjoyed the Ultravans and their owners. Mark Morgan provided an article on his years of cartooning and told how "Billiken" got started - it was in the Navy, of course. Technical stuff included: tips on installing a convertible top, effects of front tire pressure on steering, trouble-shooting your Powerglide, using heavy-duty bearings in alternators, the right way to install hose clamps and the value of oil changes. A table from Car and Driver compared the 1963 Spyder with the 1965 turbo Corsa; very interesting! Finally, there was an essay on the dangers of governments making your license plate data easy for anyone to obtain. Were we actually talking about "identity theft" back in 1993? It has certainly been a growth industry. Twenty-one Years Ago - July 1986 - Volume 12 - Number 7 - Issue 130 The cover was a drawing borrowed from the San Diego club, a nice late coupe with a fancy spoiler. Clayborne ran the meeting; LeRoy said we had $757 to spend. Bill said the Car Council was happy with the car show but hoped to improve it for next year. A picnic and a swap meet were upcoming events. We planned a caravan to the Montrose Tri-State. LeRoy needed more items for our flea market money-maker. A trip to Los Alamos to pick up car parts was planned. Bill Reider gave a talk on how to photograph your car. Clayborne reported that we had a terrific trip to the Montrose Tri-State; thanks to all who helped. LeRoy had a detailed report with plenty of statistics. Karen Jackson reported on the "My First Car" contest, providing more stories from our members about their good old days with Corvairs. Bill Reider, not content with just a talk, gave us a page of notes on successful car photography. Twenty-eight Years Ago - July 1979 - Volume 5 - Number 7 - Issue 46 The July 1979 cover showed Francis with his 1964 convertible at Ed Black's, waiting for our meeting to start. Sharp eyes might spot a Ford Fiesta in the used car lot; Francis told us that on a recent trip overseas he drove one of these all over Ireland. Doug Morgan reported on the NMCCC car show; there was rain. A trip to Moriarty to participate in their July Fourth parade preempted our July meeting. We planned to have the meeting at a Bella Vista dinner. A recent Shriners' parade featured a large number of red Corvair convertibles with white tops; they came down from Colorado Springs. For some reason, it was reported that last month's newsletter (8 pages printed on 4 sheets of paper) cost $24 for 100 copies. We were looking for a volunteer to take over the secretary job. George Morin displayed several idler pulleys and described an inexpensive bearing replacement. Tech stuff: George wrote up his bearing replacement tips; fiberglass resin catalyst was said to be an eye hazard. Joe Caruso listed items for a Corvair emergency kit. Finally, Jim wrote about the importance of CORSA insurance to CNM and other affiliated clubs when we put on events. This is a major reason for the rule that all club members must be CORSA members. =-=-=-CNM-=-=-= =END=