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Updated 27-Aug-2007 -=-= Copyright (c) 2007 Corvairs of New Mexico EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 5 September 2007 at 7:00 PM Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due ............................... Membership Committee August Meeting Minutes ..................... Charles Vertrees August Board Meeting ............................ Jim Pittman Birthdays and Anniversaries .............. Sunshine Committee Mechanically Un-inclined ....................... Ray Trujillo Last Old Route 66 Cleanup for 2007 .......... Oliver Scheflow Calendar of Coming Events ............ CNM Board of Directors State Fair Preview .............................. Robert Gold Ladies' Day ..................................... Robert Gold For Sale, Wanted or For Trade ........... Members and Friends Annual Car Club Picnic Report .................... John Wiker Three Summer Car Shows ........................... John Wiker Car Council Report ................................. Art Gold April Newsletter ............................ Sylvan Zuercher Tech Tip -- Stick Shift Vague? ......... Steve Goodman DENVER Report on Picnic at Villanueva State Park ....... Vickie Hall Seven, 14, 21, 28 Years Ago .................. Club Historian COVER: A Few Participants in our ongoing Old Route 66 Clean-up Project =[CNM]= PRESIDENT: Ray Trujillo 839-7436 ray @ bpsabq.com VICE-PRES: John Wiker 899-3076 wiker @ aps.edu SECRETARY: Charles Vertrees 299-0744 vertrees @ swcp.com TREASURER: Wendell Walker 892-8471 defarge505 @ aol.com MEMBERSHIP: David Huntoon 281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com NEWSLETTER: Jim Pittman 275-2195 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 - 25-Aug-2007: DUE THIS MONTH: Tarmo Sutt 2007-Sep DUES, COMING DUE NEXT MONTH: Jon Anderson 2007-Oct Lupe Arellanes 2007-Oct DUES, COMING DUE SOON: Richard Foster 2007-Nov Doug Gadomski 2007-Nov Del Patten 2007-Nov 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 Jerry Chapman 2007-Apr Mike Hacker 2007-May Terry Price 2007-Jun 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! ON THE COVER: CNM members who have participated in our Old Route 66 clean-up over the years pose for the camera at our August meeting. PHOTO: Can you believe how 40-foot containers are shipped everywhere in the world these days?! PHOTO: heading into a U.S. port, a small portion of our national trade imbalance. ================================================================================ 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]= AUGUST MEETING MINUTES Chuck Vertrees The meeting was called to order at 19:05 on 8/1/07 at Highland Senior Center. All officers were present and there were 24 members present. Note was made of the fact that it was also President Ray and Sylvia's 25th wedding anniversary. Congratulations! The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter. Treasurer Wendell Walker reported that CNM had $434.11 in the checking account and $2,607.15 in the GMAC account for a total of $3,041.25, so we continue to be solvent. Dave Huntoon reported that he had passed out a couple of our cards to owners of a couple of Corvairs, and Cary Hubbard contacted an owner of a 1964 two-door and asked Sylvan to send him a copy of our newsletter. Cary Hubbard and Art Gold both went to the car council meeting. They reported that when the "Great Race" arrived in Albuquerque on the evening of July 10th, there was a great turnout of many representatives of the Car Council. Race participants and spectators alike all enjoyed the treats of sundaes and cold water. There were 65 cars in the race and they would like to come back for the next two years. One of the contestants was reported to be on a Peterbuilt frame with a V-12 air cooled tank engine! It is reported to get 1-1/2 miles per gallon. Also discussed was the Annual Picnic, the October 7th Balloon Fiesta Car Show, and the swap meet which is one week after our appearance at the State Fair. A presentation was made to Ollie Scheflow of the First Aid kit for the Old Route 66 cleanup project. The kit was assembled by the Sunshine Committee. Dave Huntoon also acquired some "grabbers" which will greatly cut down on the amount of stooping. The Old Route 66 cleanup project started back in 1996 when Ollie heard about the Low Riders having a "give away" and he thought that CNM needed a community project. He contacted the Highway Department about a cleanup project on the highways. There were two openings on Old Route 66 (parts of which had been re-designated New Mexico 333 near Albuquerque) and Ollie got one of them for our club. One of the Corvette Clubs has the other one. Our first training meeting with the highway department was Ollie, Bill Reider and Chuck Vertrees. We eventually got our own orange vests with patches and Steve Gongora put the patches on the vests. We are now doing the cleanup of our mile four times a year. With a good turnout it doesn't take very long. Many members have participated at one time or another over the years and those who were present at the meeting posed for photos. Bill Reider made a pitch for the Milestone Car Club which is trying to get going again. There used to be a chapter in Albuquerque. There are now only about five chapters in the country and they are looking for representatives for this area. If you would like to know more about the club, see Bill. Ray Trujillo passed around some of the pictures that he has received for the 2008 calendar project. If you have some you would like to have included, send them in to Ray. We will vote on them during the September meeting. Upcoming events starting with September include the Ultravan National Rally in Ruidoso September 4th-8th. If you want more information, contact Howard & Marsha Boso at 480-288-2636. There's also more information on the web page. Also in September is the EAA Fly-in at Moriarty. This includes an informal old car display. CNM has added this as one of our scheduled club activities and a good turnout would be nice. This will be on September 8th-9th. It has not been decided when the club will go. Starting time is about 9 or 10 AM. Breakfast is available on site. September is also the CNM show at the State Fair. Robert Gold will have more details later. October 3rd is the election of club officers for the coming year. A list of candidates will be printed in the next newsletter. If asked to run, please consider it. Also in October is the Balloon Fiesta car display on the 7th. There will be more information in the future. It is a great chance to see the balloons without having to get up at O-dark-30 and park far away. Thanks to Mike and Brenda Stickler for the Fourth of July Bar-B-Q. There was a nice crowd with good food, drinks and great company. Ruth Boydston wants old Tri-State T-shirts (or other Corvair T-shirts) with good logos or insignia to make quilts to raffle at our next Tri-State. Tarmo Sutt got an e-mail from Don Kellogg who used to live in Detroit but has now moved to Ridgeway, Colorado. Tarmo's article is what attracted him to CNM. We are sending him a newsletter and inviting him to join CNM. John Wiker has been very active about going to the many car shows around Albuquerque. He went to one on the 25th and the 26th. Then he went to the Wild to Mild show for the Boy Scouts. There were 50 cars and he was #27 and there were 50 door prizes. All the numbers were pulled except, guess what, #27. The promoter later came to John and took care of the mistake. Then John went to a Fathers' Day Show. Again there were 50 cars and his was the only Corvair. He got a great spot right up front in the middle. One of the car supply companies set up a canopy right in front of him where the would give out advertisements, etc. While everyone was off eating, the wind came up and the canopy and poles ended up all over John's car. It put four good gouges and dents in the paint. The owner of the canopy basically said tough luck. The organizer of the event, however, said that he had connections and would take care of it. John reported that it was all taken care of with great results. I am sure I did not get everything down completely, so talk to John. After adjournment, Dan Palmer gave a presentation about replacing your dash lights with LEDs. After years of dealing with dim bulbs and unreliable grounding, the idea of being able to use LEDs is intriguing. -- Chuck =[CNM]= AUGUST BOARD MEETING Jim Pittman Ray's bright yellow Corvair Corsa convertible was front & center at Business Printing Services, the top up to partly protect the upholstery from Albuquerque's merciless Global Warming solar rays, and we knew we had definitely come to the right place for our August Board Meeting. The meeting started at 5:07 PM. Ray Trujillo, Robert Gold, John Wiker, Wendell Walker, Heula & Jim Pittman were present. Ray said he had spoken to Rita Gongora about our Christmas party and it is scheduled for Sunday, December 2 at the Kirtland AFB Officers' Club. More information will come. Heula will talk to Lee Reider and Emma Rogers about this year's donation project. Ray has received more photos for our 2008 calendar project. Many are "driveway" photos rather than "scenery" photos. John suggested a montage of several cars against a "scenery" background. More on this project at a future meeting. There was no report from the Vice President as John said he was worn out from all his chores as classes were starting up. There was no Secretary report as Chuck was in California. Wendell reported that the treasury held $443.13 in the checking account and $2,607.15 in the GMAC account for a total of $3,050.28. The Sunshine Committee had no news except the comment that the white envelopes we are using to mail out the newsletter are very nice and we really like them. Membership report - Ray talked to Sylvan last night and got no news of new members, but Sylvan was putting together a slate of candidates for the October election. Ray and John would both prefer to skip a year or two before running for office again. Wendell was willing to go another year as treasurer. Sylvan will find out from Chuck about the secretary job. We talked about the club breakfasts. Some of us prefer the "early" breakfasts to the "late" brunch after the Old Route 66 clean-up. We will re-address this question later. Car Council - Robert said we were well represented by Cary & Art - Cary was nominated to be vice-president of the car council but we don't know if the current vice-president will run. The All-Clubs picnic was excellent. John, Cary, Geoff, Pat & Vickie attended. The Rickshaws club did a great job running this picnic. The only real problem, as seems often to be the case these days, was that it was a long drive. At Clines Corners the cars attracted quite a crowd, resulting in a delay getting out of there. Forty-eight classic cars, seventy-eight cars total - this will be a tough event to beat next year. Robert said the swap meet in Los Lunas was set up and would be at the same place as last year. He will ask for volunteers at the next meeting. There's no conflict with the State Fair car show this year which will be on Sunday September 23. All is set to obtain ribbons and make other arrangements. Robert commended the Car Council for really doing a great job and it is much improved over the way it was run just a few years ago. Question: is there any compensation for the use of the Old Car Garage for Car Council meetings? There certainly should be. Robert also wanted to praise the Car Council for doing such a great job welcoming the cars of The Great Race, going far beyond what the city was prepared to do. All the Great Race participants really appreciated it. Newsletter report: this is a long month so the deadline is Friday August 24. Jim commented that several clubs in CORSA are moving toward e-mail to get newsletters to members. We want to continue sending the paper newsletter to members and to selected clubs by Post as long as we can afford to do so. It is just better in many ways to get that newsletter in the mail every month. Some older folks can't read it very well on a computer screen. Ray said at this Saturday's TUNA (August 18th) at Cary's place at 11:00 AM we would be working on differentials again. Robert has new 4.11 ratio gears for a differential that is destined for his Corvair-powered VW van. Those who wish to do so will arrive at the nearby McDonalds early for breakfast. We talked about other coming events - see the calendar. Sylvan will be twisting arms for candidates. Ray will not be at the October election meeting but will be on a honeymoon cruise instead. We look forward to hearing more about this! Wendell wanted to know if the old treasury records can be discarded? Ray suggested, just keep the yearly records and throw the rest away. There was discussion about what a great opportunity the Balloon Fiesta car show would be to bring your Corvair and get a ringside seat to watch the balloons. Easy to get there if you drive down Edith and look for several hundred classic cars parked near Alameda. This is at 7:00 AM, not 4:00 AM, on October 7th. Ray thanked Dan Palmer for his technical talk on LED lights for instrument panels. Some said Corvair instrument panels really needed help for readability. We adjourned at 18:18 and went out to face the somewhat abated heat of the day (Ray's black vinyl convertible top was only partly melted) to make our way home. -- Jim PHOTO: John Wiker =[CNM]= SUNSHINE COMMITTEE HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes go to twelve CNMers: Susanne Hickerson September 1 Jamie Anderson September 3 Gordon Johnson September 5 Janet Johnson September 7 Lori Nash September 8 Kevin Sullivan September 9 Connie McBreen September 15 Kelly Gold September 16 Dave Huntoon September 17 Carl Johnson September 17 Julian Trujillo September 22 Bill Hector September 27 We wish to extend HAPPY ANNIVERSARY wishes to four CNM couples: Brenda & Hurley Wilvert September 3 Emma & LeRoy Rogers September 4 Kathy & Larry Blair September 8 Kay & Tarmo Sutt September 24 =[CNM]= MECHANICALLY UN-INCLINED Ray Trujillo Hello Everyone! Another school year has just begun and I can't believe that my youngest son Isaac is starting his freshman year at Albuquerque High School. Usually kids aren't thrilled about going back to school but this year I know Isaac was ready to get back to school. You see, he worked at our print shop this summer and he helped us put thousands of school planners together. At first he seemed to enjoy it but after a few days of work he would ask me "When does school start up again?" He did work hard and I know he liked the money he earned but all in all he realized being a kid ain't, whoops I mean isn't, so bad after all. If I remember correctly it was one of my English teachers who once told me to never use words like ain't, yep and nope in any situation because it just wasn't good grammar. I guess a few mor read'n, rite'n and ritmatic classes wouldn't have hirt me nun. In fact, maybe you can tell me some of your "not good grammar" words at the next meeting. Anyhow, now that school has started again I hope my work schedule will lessen somewhat in the next few weeks and allow me to get back to a normal five day work week. Just in time for CNM's fall activities. First of all, at our September membership meeting we'll display the photos you've submitted for our club calendar. Right now we're not sure if we'll have a club vote for their favorite picture or if we'll do a collage of all pictures entered. In September the Ruidoso National Ultravan Rally will start on the 4th and continue on until the 8th and if you're interested please contact Howard Boso at (480)288-2636. On September the 8th and 9th we've scheduled the EAA Fly-in being held in Moriarty. In addition to the fly-in they also have an old car display so you can participate by showing off your Corvair. This is the first year we've put this on the schedule and it sounds like a pretty neat event so if you can attend and represent CNM that would be great. Now in last month's article I mentioned that there might be a schedule conflict with the State Fair Car show and the NMCCC Swap meet possibly happening on the same weekend. Well, Robert Gold had good news for us at the August board meeting and he informed us that the State Fair Car show for our club will occur on September 23rd, therefore we will not have to pick between two activities on the same day. If you're planning on going to the State Fair car show please read Robert Gold's article for all the details. Now that leaves us the last weekend of September 28th-30th for the NMCCC Swap meet in Los Lunas. It's being held at Morris Field just off Highway 314 and Morris Road and will run from 7:30am to 5:30pm on Saturday and from 8:30am to 3:00pm on Sunday. If you'd like to be a vendor at this meet, set-up begins on Friday at 1:00pm. Now that's a pretty full September. For October, during our membership meeting we have the election of officers for 2007-2008. If you would like to run for any of the offices please contact Sylvan and let him know you're interested so he can add your name to the list of candidates. If you'd like to nominate someone for office please contact that person first to make sure they approve of the idea before you call Sylvan with the nomination. On Saturday October 6th we'll hold our last Route 66 clean-up for 2007 and we'll start at 9:00am. We've had fairly good turnouts this year so let's do it once more. The following day, Sunday October 7th, the Balloon Fiesta Car show is on our schedule and if you'd like to join in on the fun the meeting spot will be under the Alameda overpass on Edith and you'll need to be there no later than 7:00am. This is a great way to see the Balloon Fiesta and at the same time avoid the major traffic jams. So there you have it, a full schedule of fun activities to choose from. Now you just need to pick the activities and reserve the time on your calendar so you can enjoy them. Last month's activities were all well attended. According to Ollie Scheflow the Route 66 clean-up had a good turnout and was done in about an hour and a half. Thank you to those of you who made it and took the time to help out. As for the NMCCC All Club Picnic at Villanueva State park, Vice-President John Wiker reported there was a great turnout this year. For more information on this and other car shows please read John's article in this newsletter. I also contacted Cary "Boy Wonder" Hubbard about our August Tuna Saturday and he reported a good turnout there as well. Cary reported that they worked on a differential that belonged to Robert Gold and all went well. Also, last month at our membership meeting Dan Palmer gave an outstanding presentation on LED lights and showed us how he installed them in his Ultravan. Thank you Dan for a really terrific and informative session, we appreciated it very much. Please remember if you would like to do a tech session or presentation all you have to do is just give me a call so we can schedule it in. Well I guess that's enough said for now so I hope to see you at the next club meeting. -- Ray =[CNM]= CLUB HOLDS THIRD OLD ROUTE 66 CLEANUP FOR 2007 Oliver Scheflow We had a near record turnout with two new volunteers this month, Brenda Stickler and Dan Palmer. The weather was very pleasant and although it had rained earlier in the week, the paper trash was not too soggy for us to pick up and there was little or no mud to wade through. I read in the newspaper that the Highway Department had conducted a volunteer pick up on Old Route 66, but we seemed to find a normal amount of trash. One of us found what appeared to be a computer printer/scanner that must have fallen from the back of a pickup -- it was scattered along the pavement in thousands of pieces. Other than that the items we found were pretty much the usual sorts of trash. I'm pleased to report that we didn't need to use our new First Aid kit. After our cleanup was completed, we drove to the Golden Corral on Central at Eubank for their delicious breakfast buffet and coffee. Heula joined us there. Those in attendance this month were: Pat Hall, Joel Nash, Geoff Johnson, Dan Palmer, Jim Pittman, Ollie Scheflow, Brenda and Mike Stickler and John Wiker. Thanks to all of you who helped and I hope to see you next time on October 6th at 9:00 AM. -- Ollie =[CNM]= ============================================================================ C O R V A I R S o f N E W M E X I C O C O M I N G E V E N T S ============================================================================ | | | | | September | October | November | | | | | | : : : : : : 1 | : 1 2 3 4 5 6 | : : : : 1 2 3 | | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | 28 29 30 31 : : : | 25 26 27 28 29 30 : | | 30 : : : : : : | : : : : : : : | : : : : : : : | ============================================================================ Wed 5 Sep 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 5 Sep 7:00 PM We need a slate of candidates for October's election! Tue-Sat Sep 4-8 Ruidoso National Ultravan Rally - Howard & Marsha Boso 480-288-2636 (Apache Junction, AZ) 480-518-4103 (cell) Sat-Sun Sep 8-9 Moriarty EAA Fly-in and Old Car Display - Richard Finch 505-585-8035 (Tularosa, NM) Wed 19 Sep 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 21 Sep 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sun 23 Sep ....... State Fair Car Show - Robert Gold Fri-Sun Sep 28-30 NMCCC Swap Meet in Los Lunas oldcarnut1932 @ earthlink.net Wed 3 Oct 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 3 Oct Election of officers at tonight's meeting Sat 6 Oct .... AM Old Route 66 Clean-up - Ollie Scheflow Fri-Sun Oct 5-6-7 35th N. M. Antique Auto Tour - Hobbs, NM - 505-393-3228 Sun 7 Oct 7:00 AM Balloon Fiesta Car Display madmike @ swcp.com 505-323-6022 Wed 17 Oct 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 26 Oct 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Wed 7 Nov 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 21 Nov 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 23 Nov 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sun 2 Dec ....... Christmas Party - Kirtland AFB Officers' Club - more later! ============================================================================ =[CNM]= STATE FAIR CAR SHOW Robert Gold Corvairs of New Mexico will be holding our tenth annual State Fair Car Show on Sunday, September 23, 2007. This is the last day of the Fair. We'll meet at the Furr's Cafeteria parking lot on the southwest corner of Central and San Pedro at around 7:00 AM and will leave around 7:15 to enter the Fairgrounds through gate 3. This is the furtherest gate to the south on San Pedro. We will be parking on Heritage Ave just south of the Manuel Lujan Building. Think of the show as a really convenient way to see this year's Fair. You'll have parking right smack middle of the fairgrounds and if we're lucky, you won't have to pay to get in! Show times are from 8:00 AM to approximately 3:30 PM. Ribbons will be awarded for three "best of" classes and seventeen novelty classes. This should assure that you'll be getting at least one ribbon to display to the world. As in the past I'll be asking those CNM'ers in attendance to do the judging. That way we'll all share in the joy of awarding the ribbons. You'll get to display your awards as soon as the judging is completed, which should be before lunch. I want to thank Bob McBreen for arranging for this year's ribbons. There was a change in the person who organizes the Fair's exhibits and Bob made the necessary contacts to assure that we'll get the ribbons. If you have any questions call Robert or Anne Mae Gold in the evenings at 268-6878 or send email to: beisbol30@msn.com. We've had good support for this show in the past, so let's keep up the good work this year!! See you there. -- Robert Gold =[CNM]= LADIES' DAY Robert Gold It's one of those dirty little secrets of the auto industry that it is a drag being a woman. By that I mean if you are a female and are trying to buy automotive service or parts, odds are they are going to try to take advantage of you. I should know, I grew up in a car-based household. My father owned an automotive shop and one of my brothers made a career out of being a mechanic. In defense of my father I must say that he was one of the few who treated women fair and square. So the words for today should be, "Women beware when you deal with your car." However, this article is not intended to run down the auto industry. To misquote Shakespeare, I am here to praise a parts supplier, not trash them. That supplier is Autozone. I'm not going to bore you with a lot of details of how my wife Anne Mae wound up at Autozone with an air conditioner compressor needing to be exchanged. I'll simply say that we had a certified mechanic install this rebuilt unit in my 1993 Caprice, it seized up and we needed to return it under warranty. I was out of town so the responsibility fell to Anne. She dutifully went to the Autozone near our house, fully expecting to return the unit and be on her way. That was not to be, for the manager of this store was every woman's nightmare. I don't know how he got that way, but since he was the one who needed to approve the exchange, he took the opportunity to interrogate my wife and to try to shift blame on to her and our mechanic. It wasn't until a good half hour later that Anne was allowed to leave and then she had to go to another store to get the part. I'm still angry when I think about what she went through. But don't despair. This is a positive tale of the automotive business. My wife was able to exchange the part at another Autozone where they were very pleasant and helpful, so when I got home I had the part and I heard the tale. However, I was not happy at her treatment. Actually, I was livid. I returned to the original store and had words with the manager. He was everything a woman should avoid. He was arrogant in a quiet sort of way. It was sort of like being in the presence of an all knowing seer. I then decided to try to do something about this and I sent an email detailing our experiences to Autozone.com -- not really expecting any response. How wrong I was. In a couple of days I received an email from Autozone's regional supervisor out of El Paso. He asked me to call him. I did call and had a very pleasant conversation. It could best be summed up by the Autozone rep telling me that how Anne Mae was treated was not Autozone policy and that this would be taken care of. What's more he offered to pay for the labor on my air conditioner job, something I was not expecting. So on the day that I write this article I'm scheduled to pick up a significant amount of money at my local Autozone. I was also informed by the local area supervisor that this manager would be dealt with in an appropriate manner. He won't be fired, but he'll hopefully learn to respect all his customers. Was I distressed that my wife was treated poorly? Yes. Am I happy that I'm getting some money and that my complaints were justly resolved? Of course I am. But the reason I've related this story to you is that I want you to know that at least when you shop at Autozone you can expect to be treated well by their staff and that if you do have a concern it will be dealt with fairly. I just thought you should know. =[CNM]= = = = = = = = = = = = FOR SALE, FOR 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 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 Carter YH carburetor -- for 1964 Spyder. Larry Blair 505-821-1386 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 =[CNM]= ANNUAL CAR CLUB PICNIC John Wiker What a difference a year makes. Last year only Cary and I attended and mine was the only Corvair. Only 25 people showed up and there were only 10 classics at the picnic. This year as we gathered at Smith's, we already had 4 Corvairs and 20 total cars for the caravan. Club reps were Pat Hall and his wife, Cary and his sister, Jeff and yours truly. I had the only new model, Cary brought his early factory-air coupe, Jeff his red Lakewood and Pat his early Spyder convertible. At 10:00 we left for the park. We went down old Route 66 to Moriarty then took the I-40 interstate to Clines Corner for a potty break. The cars drew a lot of attention from the normal customers and employees. Then off to Villanueva State Park. When we got there, we were surprised at the number of people and cars. Last count that Joyce and I got was about 165 people and 48 classics with plenty of brand X's. The Rickshaws Motor Club did a great job. There was plenty of food, salads, deserts, hot dogs and hamburgers for everyone to eat their fill. They had about 50 raffle gifts including the three I donated. Needless to say, I kept my record clean by not winning anything. I don't think anyone from our club got anything either except for Pat Hall. They had a raffle drawing for a 60-40 split of money. Of that, 40% went to the Ronald McDonald House, their charity, and 60% went to the drawings. They had three sets of $60 winners with Pat Hall getting the last one. To top off the day, there were ice cream sundaes for desert with all kinds of toppings available. Dry ice kept everything quite cold. About 3:30 it was time for me to leave. The car made it both ways with no problems as did everyone with a Corvair. One roadster broke down on the way and had to be trucked in to the site. The owner went back to Moriarty and got an alternator belt and was able to drive home alone. It was the best picnic since ours. I reminded Cary that it was not time for us to volunteer again yet until we get over the next Tri-State and then it may be time to do it again. Again, great job by the Rickshaws. -- John Wiker sends =[CNM]= From: finchbooks @ tularosa.net Subject: USSSM Octoberfest Benefit/ EAA Awards Dinner, 8 Sep Here is a program for the Moriarity Car show and fly in in September. Gayle and I plan to leave here around 3:00 PM on Friday and arrive there about 3 hours later and stay all night in the Ultra Van. We will see all CNM'ers there. Sincerely, Richard and Gayle From: Konrad L. Werner Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 1:21 PM Subject: USSSM Octoberfest Benefit/EAA Awards Dinner, 8 Sep Dear EAA members, Pilots and Aviation Enthusiasts, The 2007 EAA Land of Enchantment Fly-In is scheduled for 8-9 September at the Moriarty Municipal Airport. This year we are combining our EAA Awards Banquet with the US Soaring Museum Foundation's Octoberfest Benefit on Saturday evening, 8 September. Tickets will be $45 per person with all proceeds going to the Museum Foundation. The dinner will be a buffet BBQ and will include pre-dinner munchies and one beer. Additional drinks will be available for purchase. The speaker will be local pilot and author Ted Spitzmiller "After Spudnick". This is a great chance is support George Applebay, the USSSM and our EAA Aircraft Awards winners. The official invitation with RSVP information follows. I have also attached a copy of the combined event mail out, which includes a complete schedule for each day of the fly-in and Octoberfest. Please join us! Don Gillmore, EAA 739427 President, EAA Chapter 179 The Experimental Aircraft Association and the Southwest Soaring Museum Foundation cordially invite you to join us for.. OCTOBER FEST BENEFIT and RECOGNITION DINNER Saturday, September 8, 2007, 7:00P.M. Southwest Soaring Museum, 918 Old Highway 66, Moriarty, NM RSVP $45.00 Per person (505)662-7510 or ba1337853v @ losalamos.com =[CNM]= From: Jim Pittman [ jimp @ unm.edu ] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 12:08 PM To: dakellogg@charter.net ; Tarmo Sutt Subject: Corvairs of New Mexico Newsletter Hello Don, Tarmo sent your address and said you'd like to see our newsletter. You can download a PDF of our August as well as our July newsletters at my web page: http://www.unm.edu/~jimp There are also many years of back issues in text format. I can mail a paper copy (black & white, not color) of the August newsletter to you if you want. - Jim Pittman - Editor - ENCHANTED CORVAIRS NEWSLETTER Subject: RE: Corvairs of New Mexico Newsletter From: dakellogg @ ouraynet.com Date: 2007-Aug-07 10:38:59 MDT To: jimp @ unm.edu Cc: tarmo @ juno.com Thanks Jim - I appreciate receiving your newsletters. We're still busy settling in after the big move west from Michigan, but I'm going to try to make one of your meetings soon. My '66 Corsa got here OK but it needs more work to get it running, and I don't know how soon I'll be able to devote the time while trying to get a house built. My new contact info is: Don Kellogg 210 Sweetwater Drive Ridgway, CO 81432 970-626-3376 (H) 810-623-6486 (Cell) dakellogg @ ouraynet.com '66 Corvair Corsa turbo 4-spd / '88 Fiero GT 3800SC 5-spd / '21 Model T Touring =[CNM]= From: oldcarnut1932 @ earthlink.net Subject: Jim Phillips Date: 2007=August=15 18:37:44 MDT To: jdoran @ swcp.com Reply-To: oldcarnut1932 @ earthlink.net Many of you knew Jim Phillips of Professional Paint Supply. He manned the gate for us at the swap meet and worked registration for the car show many times. Jim passed away Monday. He had Parkinson's disease. His memorial service will be Friday, August 17, 10:30am at the Christ Lutheran Church, Pennsylvania and Candelaria NE. Jim was in the Lincoln Club and the Early Ford V-8 Club for many years. James Clements oldcarnut1932 @ earthlink.net =[CNM]= SUMMER CAR SHOWS John Wiker Jim, here is some "Cannon Fodder" for the next newspaper. Been out of town in Ohio for two weeks and missed getting it to you for August. FATHER'S DAY CAR SHOW at the church went off pretty well until the end. About 40 cars showed up from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM. (Mine was the only air breather there.) Because I had pre-registered and played my $20.00 ahead of time, I got a trophy. Everyone else got a small plaque. Lots of visitors along Montano that day. Then the bad news hit - literally hit my car. NAPA had a large awning to display all their goodies that I got a lot of free stuff from. A small wind storm came up and threw the canopy against my car. It did some paint damage and nicked the hood line up front. I could have cried but sometimes you'd rather be lucky. In this case I was. The church had taken out insurance for the event. One of the church founders who sponsored the show owned a paint and body shop. So while I was in Ohio, the car was in the shop and was done in time for me to make the next car show at Kirtland AFB, for their Family Day on 20 July. KIRTLAND AFB FAMILY DAY EXTRAVAGANZA The car show was on 20 July on the Main Parade Grounds. Again, I was the only Corvair and only one of two air breathers - A VW hot rod showed up too. We were displayed in a circle around the new V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. There were about 30 cars and trucks, plenty of food to sample and entertainment by the Drifters. Some of you may be old enough to remember them. They sang all their oldies and of course all us car display people joined them on the stage for the classic "Under the Boardwalk." Good times were had by all - no trophies, just a tribute to the families whose husbands and wives are serving overseas. I will bring the best pictures of some I took to the meeting Wednesday, in case you want to use it in the paper. Sorry, I didn't have a camera handy to take a picture of the Corvair getting wrapped up in the canopy that day. AND ONE MORE CAR SHOW . . . I represented the club at the first annual Boy Scout car show on Saturday, 28 July at the "Mild to Wild" car business on 3rd street. Fifty cars were registered with 50 door prizes and one trophy. My car was #27, and at the end of the day, that number was never called for a door prize. My luck continues at these shows with not much to show for the effort. There were four plaques given out: Best paint job - not mine, Best street rod - hardly my Corvair, Best interior - close but no cigar and finally - The All American car award. Now all of us have to admit, if there was ever an all-American car, it had to be the Corvair. No other car was ever made like it - but no, the award went to the Nash Metropolitan parked next to me. Funny, how it's really an import from the Austin-Healey branch of England. The trophy went to the People's Choice at $1.00 a vote - in other words, you could buy the trophy and a guy with a 1965 Chevy Lowrider did just that at $68.00. No accidents to report this time - I do have pictures for you at tonight's meeting if you are there. -- John Wiker =[CNM]= REPORT OF THE CAR COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 25, 2007 Another eventful report from the New Mexico Car Council composed by Art Gold. This month's Car Council meeting was well received by the club's representatives of Cary Hubbard and yours truly Art Gold. After the initial gavel fell, the meeting got underway with the Council's usual financial report. Good news to report that there is $5000 plus in the account, since this money will be vital for the upcoming annual swap meet, which is in desperate need of volunteers. The main topic of discussion this evening dealt with the Great Race and its whirlwind stop in our fine city. As you may know, the Great Race was first held in 1983 and it is an annual event held over a 14-day period. The race received its moniker by the organizers Texans Tom McRae and Interstate Batteries chairman Norm Miller who thought a race named after the famous 1965 movie would be a tremendous idea. Though many know the race by the name of the "Great American Race," this designation changed in the mid-1990s and the race's official name is "The Great Race." The course usually runs from east-to-west or west-to-east on a 4000 mile journey across the continental United States. The course typically avoids large cities, instead winding along secondary highways and back roads through small towns in America's heartland. While the towns that the course will run through are publicized in advance, the actual route itself is kept secret from the drivers and navigators. Each year, race organizers give the "Great American City" award to the town along the route with the most receptive audience. The race tends to be a festive and patriotic affair, with the streets lined with flags and marching bands playing. Though courses have gone through Canada and Mexico, a round-the-world race planned in the early 1990s never came to fruition. The Great Race organizers are again planning a 35,000 km worldwide race for 2008, this time involving alternative fuel vehicles and classic cars, 25 years old and older. The Great Race 2008: New York to Paris will begin on May 30, 2008 and will finish in Paris, France on August 2. Plans include flying the cars from the west coast of North America to Beijing, PRC, for the trek across Eurasia with stops in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Zurich and finally, Paris. To date 22 teams have entered, representing six different nations. The reception by the Albuquerque citizens was one of the best in the entire country, as stated by the organizers of the race, even though there was no support from the city itself. There were loads of food, ice cream, fruit toppings and water. The Great Race stated that it would definitely consider returning to the Duke City in two years. The Great Race's stop produced 65 cars and trucks, proving to be quite the wide variety. The cars mainly ranged from the 1930's though 1950's. One of the more unusual vehicles was a V12 Peterbilt, chopped truck. This monster utilized a WWII tank engine and received a whopping 1 mile per gallon. The fellow who was running this marvel of fuel economy stated that it cost a minuscule $9,000 to run the truck across the country. When asked if he would drive it back, he stated that towing it would be a better option to his wallet. Next the council discussed the plans for the All Clubs Picnic. All was on schedule and there were plenty of donations from 3 companies (about $100 each). The picnic was stated to be weak on door prizes, and a great need for potato salad on the food front. The start for the great trek to the scenic Villanueva State Park was set to begin on August 5th, 2007 at 10:00 AM sharp, with cars meeting at the Smith's on Tramway and Central at 9:00 AM. The event was sponsored by the Rickshaw Club this year. The discussion then evolved to the topic of the volunteer luncheon held at the Village Pizza in Corrales. Yum, Yum, are two words that come to this reporter's mind when thoughts of this event are revisited. There was quite the turnout from a myriad of clubs and the cars were beautiful. This meeting also served for the annual nominations for officers. The report is that the officers will remain the same with the exception of a new nomination for vice president going to Cary Hubbard. He stated that he would accept the position if the current V.P. stepped down. Upcoming events of note: Balloon Car Show: October 7th, 2007. Art Gold, humbly reporting =[CNM]= Subject: April Newsletter From: flat6 @ hubwest.com Date: 2007-Aug-23 21:52:55 MDT To: jimp @ unm.edu Compliments to our esteemed CNM newsletter editor, Jim Pittman for all his years of humor in editing the April Foool issue. There have been many memorable, subtle, tounge-in-cheek cartoons and stories over the years. April 2007's newsletter was possibly the best of them all. Jim's unspoken reference to March Winds, ala the Four Winds, various types of winds from Gale Force 1/4th ("Zepher") to Gale Force 5 ("Hurricane & Typhooon") was very imaginative to say the least. The story must have been written in Albuquerque instead of Santa Fe, due to the absense of any reference to "Hot Air." Our relativly new member Ray "Mechanicaly Un-inclined" Trujillo has not had the fortune to be ingrained in Jim's past antics and plots in the years before he became a CNM member, BUT! (the other shoe drops)... Ray's April Mechanicaly Un-inclined, in my estimation, tops all of Jim's accomplishments for lo all these past years. For those readers with short memories, Ray had good news and bad news, with the BAD NEWS listed first as a membership dues increase. Now, a nominal dues increase was perhaps not unexpected, but contiuing to the next sentence, it was stated the approved increase was to be $30.00 a year. WOW! I instantly had a Fred Sanford moment when Fred, hearing bad news, grabs his chest and cries out "I'm coming Elizabeth, this is the BIG ONE." After recovering from the initial shock (similar to putting your wet finger in a light socket) I was able to continue reading the rest of the paragraph for the revelation, APRIL FOOLS. Got ya didn't I? There seems to be no permanent injury, although my pacemaker will certainly have to be recalibrated sometime in the near future. Now that Ray has set the bar higher, the challenge will be for someone in CNM, to "Can you top this?".... -- A-Nony Mousse =[CNM]= TECH TIP -- STICK SHIFT VAGUE? Steve Goodman REPRINTED FROM: THE DENVAIR NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2007 -- ROCKY MOUNTAIN CORSA When the 4-speed Corvairs left the factory the act of shifting left a bit to be desired. Early models were good for physical fitness however, your right arm had to grow a couple of inches because third was under the radio and fourth was between the seats. Later cars were not a lot better and after the new wore off, reverse became elusive in all of them. The typical cause was the shift coupler and pin at the transmission end of the shift tube. When the hole in the coupler got worn and the pin wore and had a slot in it, all of the motion at the shift knob was used up in this play. Replacing the shift coupler and pin was the easiest of shop labors and with the exception of replacement of the pitman arm bushing probably showed the greatest improvement instantly. There was another wear factor in the shift linkage, bushings. Early models had a bushing at the front of the tube and the nylon ring would wear and break. This left the metal shift tube to rub against the metal hanger and not only was the shifter very loose, it was noisy and would wear out the hanger. Replacing the bushing before the hanger was damaged meant only dropping the tunnel cover to gain access. It also afforded the opportunity to lube the cable pulleys and check the wiring harness to ensure it was tied in place correctly. The early FC was so bad it would take an entire article to tell about fixing them. In mid-63 the FC shifter was converted to a floor shift with ball/socket like the cars. Shifting was pretty smooth, but the coupler and pin will still wear and hope you don't have to service the fuel tank since the shift rod runs through the middle of it. The late models used a bushing on both ends of the stationary tube. The nylon bushings were not held in place well and wore quickly. Plus, there was a cardboard liner that would swell when wet and cause the entire shifter to bind. Replacing those bushings with bronze make the late shifter feel very tight. Proper alignment of the shift tube is essential to make the shift linkage move easily. Once again, removing the tunnel was a good maintenance operation in itself as the late models were very prone to having the wiring harness get fouled by the clutch cable and wear through the insulation. Generally a shorted wire was the result. Fixing or rebuilding the shift linkage on any of the cars is a short labor job with great rewards. =[CNM]= NMCCC ALL-CLUBS PICNIC Vickie Hall August 5th was the NMCCC All-Clubs Picnic at Villanueva State Park. Several vintage, classic and modern autos met at the Smith's parking lot at Central and Tramway and as we waited for the departure time we all checked out the nice cars. Our editor Jim came to the starting place in his blue sports car to take some pictures but then did not go to the picnic. He missed a good one! Later he called to ask me to do an article to report on the picnic. Here it is! I included a couple of photos we took along the way. We caravanned east on Old Route 66, then turned north on state highway 3 which was a very enjoyable drive. Pat and I drove our 1963 Monza convertible, top down all the way. At Villanueva we found the park, right on the Pecos river, a very pleasant location. Rickshaws of Albuquerque organized the picnic and they did an outstanding job. There was plenty of good food. Raffles included door prizes which a lot of people won, including Pat, and cash prizes, which Pat also won. There was a great turnout and I thanked Rickshaws on behalf of CNM. -- Vickie =[CNM]= SEVEN YEARS AGO Jim Pittman Seven Years Ago - September 2000 - Volume 26 - Number 9 - Issue 300 On the cover, we camp out at Ruth's cabin in the Pecos. The editor thought a political cartoon with our friend Ralph making a joke at the expense of the two political candidates and our favorite car would be a fun thing to include. At our August meeting Wendell reported that we had $6069 in our virtual piggy bank. We said goodbye to the Pleaus who were headed for new lives with the Pikes peak club in Colorado Springs. We planned a new edition of our CNM front license plate. Mark Domzalski was re-elected president of CORSA, so we kept our direct line to the top. We learned details about the upcoming 75th anniversary celebration of Old Route 66 as a national highway from Chicago to Los Angeles. A parade to include old cars was to be one feature. President Hurley told us we had a slate of candidates for the October election. Upcoming events included several car shows of one kind or another. The Car Council's list of activities took up half a page. Debbie Deck reported on the Pecos Campout at Ruth's cabin. Anne Mae Gold told us about Corvair Ladies activities. Steve Gongora reported on the Galles Car Show at which three CNM participants each won a nice new $100 bill. A letter from Wendell told about irritating car troubles on the way to San Diego and then a really scary episode with Ilva and a stroke and a heart attack. Fourteen Years Ago - September 1993 - Volume 19 - Number 9 - Issue 216 Why would we have a Ford T-Model on the cover? Many of our members admire old cars of whatever brand. Our president was Del. Will reported $1439 in the bank. Guests were Scott Kimball, Ted Yachik and the Huntoons from Chicago. We discussed the State Fair car show, plans for a Club campout, a Dukes baseball game, a Funkhana, and finally the annual pilgramage to the Great Western Fan Belt Toss in California. We also planned a trip to Color Works in Los Lunas to see how classic cars were restored and painted. LeRoy told about a new organization aimed at keeping old cars from being legislated off the road. Del reported that we got the bid from CORSA for the 1996 convention! Thanks to the Internet, we had several tech tips this month. Frank Lux's Corvair developed a hard-to-find rattle when the nut came off a front shock absorber and lodged inside the coil spring. Raymond Pease replaced the inner speedo cable on a 1968 Corvair and found it was 3/4 inch too short. Stuart Pearl reported on the brand-new GM Saturn. Steve Cole discussed modes of crank failure (torsional or bending) and their causes and maybe prevention. Mike Kellstrand had a rough running engine and cyberspace citizens suggested causes and fixes: bryan@mitre.org suggested backing off the timing and checking for jammed advance weights; kdrolt@Athena.mit.edu suggested a clogged fuel screen in the gas tank or clogged filters in the carbs; smc9782@zeus.tamu.edu suggested it might be a vacuum leak in the crossover tube connectors. Steve Robinette asked what was the function of a thick red wire in the engine compartment. Some believed it served as a fuse to protect the entire car's wiring in case of shorts. Is this in the Corvair shop manuals anywhere? Twenty-one Years Ago - September 1986 - Volume 12 - Number 9 - Issue 132 The cover showed a newspaper photo of Gali Bouhadiba at the CORSA National Convention in Grand Rapids. Gali was from France. The article said he had been a CORSA member for the last five years and was thrilled to be in the Corvair's home town, so to speak. At the August meeting we had $827 in the bank. A visitor was long-distance CNM member Jack Bryan of Dallas. Jerry Goffe showed us a video he made during the Montrose Tri-State. Bill Reider reported on his trip to the Grand Rapids CORSA convention. Bill said traffic everywhere was moving at 60 to 70 in spite of the 55-mph national speed limit. Joining in the fun, he was stopped in Kansas for doing 46 in a 30-mph zone. There's just no justice. Karen Jackson provided three more stories in her series of reports on "My First Car" so we found out how Elliott Knapp, Kristin Romer and Dean Sanborn were introduced to a 1926 Buick, a 1965 Monza and a 1918 Model T Ford respectively. Francis told us how to remove the emergency brake cable from the wheel backing plate: first, tighten a small hose clamp around the three locking protrusions, then tap with a hammer and screwdriver. Francis was a great one for clever improvised tools to use with 1964 Corvairs. Twenty-eight Years Ago - September 1979 - Volume 5 - Number 9 - Issue 48 The September 1979 cover showed a Chevrolet advertisement: several bikers (the "green" kind) were admiring a shiny new 1965 Monza sedan. We were planning our State Fair car show, an Aspencade and October elections. We discussed CORSA's 100 percent membership rule. This issue had no tech tips. Your editor asked whether it was a good idea for the government to require air bags in new cars in light of certain safety considerations. Today no one thinks of any inherent dangers from air bags. I wonder why I suppose most of us just take them entirely for granted. Do you know of anyone whose life was saved by an air bag? =[CNM]= =END=