The October 2008 Newsletter - Text Version Updated 23-Sep-2008 ==== Copyright (c) 2008 Corvairs of New Mexico EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 1 October 2008 at 7:00 PM Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due ........................... Membership Committee 2 September Meeting Minutes ................ Chuck Vertrees 3 September Board Meeting Minutes .......... Chuck Vertrees 3 Birthdays and Anniversaries .......... Sunshine Committee 4 Photo of Yak-52, Made in Romania at EAA Fly-In ... Editor 5 Aluminum! Iron! Steel! Copper! Recycle! ........ Pat Hall 5 Stick to Corvairs! ........................ Mike Stickler 6 Tri-State Taos - Progress Report ........ Brenda Stickler 6 Calendar of Coming Events ............ Board of Directors 7 Car Council Report 8-27-08 ..................... Art Gold 8 Bingo Night Preview ........................ Ray Trujillo 8 For Sale, Trade or Wanted ...................... Everyone 9 Christmas Toy Collection ....... Lee Reider & Emma Rogers 9 Dodge Truck on Old Route 66 .................. Del Patten 10 Econo-Run in October - Preview ........... Chuck Vertrees 10 Corvair Fast Steering: Arms and Boxes ....... Jim Pittman 11 Steering Gear Tutorial ..................... Seth Emerson 11 A Wet & Wild TUNA ........................... Robert Gold 13 Seven, 14, 21, 28 Years Ago .............. Club Historian 14 COVER: Ray Trujillo had his Early Sedan at the August Board Meeting =[CNM]= PRESIDENT: Mike Stickler 856-6993 sticorsa @ hotmail.com VICE-PRES: Pat Hall 865-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com SECRETARY: Charles Vertrees 299-0744 vertrees @ swcp.com TREASURER: Wendell Walker 892-8471 defarge505 @ aol.com PROPERTIES: Ruth Boydston 821-1506 sg730 @ comcast.net CAR COUNCIL: Cary Hubbard 350-0483 bus63kombi @ gmail.com CAR COUNCIL: Art Gold 620-7434 rollerart @ gmail.com MEMBERSHIP: David Huntoon 281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com NEWSLETTER: Jim Pittman 275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu DUES: CNM: 12 months $25.00 or 26 months $ 50.00 CORSA: 12 months $38.00 or 26 months $ 76.00 CNM & CORSA: 12 months $63.00 or 26 months $126.00 CORSA's home page: http://www.corvair.org Steve Gongora's page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871 CNM's newsletters: http://www.unm.edu/~jimp What's new on the CNM newsletters web page? == Don Heath's 1967 "Stinger" is once again in the news. == Photos from our evening party with Catherine & Dan Palmer. == Photos from the August 31st TUNA in Los Lunas. =[CNM]= MEMBER LIST & DUES DATE = 21-Sep-2008 Past due, inactive as of 25-Sep-2008: 2008/08 Barbara & Gordon Johnson 2001_06 Due last month, inactive as of 25-Oct-2008: 2008/09 Kay & Tarmo Sutt 1976_07 Due this month, inactive as of 25-Nov-2008: 2008/10 Debra & Jon Anderson 1992_10 2008/10 Guadalupe Arellanes 2006_10 2008/10 Mary & Art Hurley 2007_10 Due next month, inactive as of 25-Dec-2008: 2008/11 Linda & Dick Cochran 2006_09 2008/11 Leslie & Kevin Sullivan 2002_07 2008/11 Nancy & Bernard Urbassik 2004_08 Coming due later: 2008/12 Elizabeth & Mark Domzalski 1994_01 2008/12 Gayle & Richard Finch 2000_06 2008/12 Vickie & Pat Hall 2005_10 2008/12 David Huntoon 1994_11 2008/12 Walter Huntoon 1992_11 2008/12 Steve Johnson 2001_08 2008/12 Roger Pape 2002_12 2009/01 H. C. "Lube" Lubert 1987_10 2009/01 Carolyn & Dan Palmer 2006_01 2009/01 Emma & LeRoy Rogers 1975_07 2009/02 Carl Johnson 1974_04 2009/02 Lee & Bill Reider 1974_09 2009/02 Brenda & Mike Stickler 1976_07 2009/03 Robert McBreen 1989_11 2009/03 Sally Williams 2003_09 2009/04 Deborah & John Dinsdale 2000_02 2009/05 Melba & Tommie J. Anderson 2008_05 2009/05 Fred Riggs 2008_05 2009/06 Curtis L. Shimp 2008_06 2009/07 Anne Mae & Robert Gold 1982_08 2009/07 Geoffrey Johnson 2002_03 2009/08 Marci & Gary Calabrese 2008_08 2009/08 Russ McDuffie 2008_08 2009/08 Bob Philips 2007_07 2009/10 Mary Lou & Mark Martinek 1990_08 2009/12 Kathy & Larry Blair 1985_11 2009/12 Diane & Robert Galli 2007_10 2010/01 Marilyn & Richard Foster 1999_07 2010/01 Kim & Del Patten 1980_07 2010/02 Susanne & Larry Hickerson 2002_08 2010/02 Frank Stadler 1990_02 2010/02 Julia & Chuck Vertrees 1983_05 2010/02 Wendell Walker 1989_01 2010/04 Heula & Jim Pittman 1974_04 2010/05 Jack Bryan 1982_02 2010/05 Tracey & John McMahan 1983_12 2010/06 Joel Nash 1974_12 2010/08 Ruth Boydston 1974_04 2010/08 Mary Alice & Oliver Scheflow 1992_05 2010/09 Brenda & Hurley Wilvert 1992_10 2010/10 Sylvia & Ray Trujillo 2003_08 2010/10 Opal & Sylvan Zuercher 1974_12 2011/01 Wibke & Robert Garrecht 2005_09 2011/02 Kelly & Art Gold 2006_12 2011/03 Rita & Steve Gongora 1974_12 2011/03 Anne & John Wiker 2001_01 2011/04 Cary Hubbard 2006_02 INACTIVE AS OF 25-AUG-2008: 2007/02 Clay Keen 2006\02 2007/03 Clint Collins 2006\03 2007/04 Sandra & Jerry Chapman 2006\04 2007/05 Mike Hacker 2002\03 2007/06 Terry Price 1992\01 2007/11 Kathy & Doug Gadomski 1999\11 2007/12 Mark L Morgan 1974\04 2008/04 Florence & Bill Hector 2006\04 2008/07 Jerry Goffe 1977\05 =[CNM]= 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. The Club will mail in your National Dues when you renew, provided that you send us the renewal form from your CORSA Communique! =[CNM]= On the cover: Ray Trujillo and his early model at a board meeting Above: Ray and an even earlier model. It has an air-cooled engine in front! =[CNM]= SEPTEMBER MEETING NOTES Chuck Vertrees The meeting was called to order on 9/3/08 at 7:05 PM at Highland Senior Center. There were 21 members present. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter. President Mike Stickler reminded the membership that there was a "Make A Wish" car show on the 7th. Vice President Pat Hall showed a clock that a friend will make for $20.00 with a picture of your car on it. He also said that he would bring his truck to the next meeting for scrap metal collection. This will be the last collection until spring. Pat sells the scrap and makes a good piece of cash for the CNM treasury. Treasurer Wendell Walker was not present but he sent in the treasurer's report. CNM had $396.56 in the checking account and $2,746.54 in the GMAC account for a total of $3,143.10. The reason that he was not at the meeting was that he was on the way to Wisconsin with a friend in a 1940 LaSalle! For the younger members who have not heard of the LaSalle, it was made by the Cadillac Division of General Motors. They had decided there was a price gap between the Cadillac and Buick and the LaSalle would fill this gap. It was made for 14 years starting in 1927. During the depression in 1937, the LaSalle accounted for 3/4ths of the Cadillac Division production. Sylvan Zuercher reported that we have two new members, Gary Calabrese and Russ McDuffie. Gary was present at the meeting and Russ attended our recent Los Lunas TUNA, bringing his black (white interior) Corsa convertible. Art Gold reported on the Car Council meeting. There is a new club which has joined the Car Council, The Classic Campers. The August All Clubs Picnic went well and the Council plans to have it at the same place next year. It was reported that there were only two CNM members who took their Corvair to the picnic. The September swap meet was discussed. There will be a "Hobo Dinner" (whatever that is) on Friday evening. CNM has volunteered to man the gates and parking on Saturday morning. Contact Art to schedule your time slot. The state legislators are really getting serious about wanting vehicles to have two license plates. Talk to your representative and let him or her know how we feel about this. Also there is more city legislation being proposed on "inoperative" vehicles. Those who own several vehicles may want to keep up with this. The Albuquerque Museum car show next spring will be the 25th Anniversary of the Car Council Museum Show and also the 100th Anniversary of the Ford Model-T, which will be the featured make at the show. Jim Pittman reminded our members about the Fly-In at Moriarty Airport on the 12th and 13th. There is a good chance to see some nice older cars and some really good different airplanes. If you drive an "old car" you can probably park it on the ramp with the other classics. Members were reminded about the Breakfast on September 6th at Jimmy's Restaurant at 9:30 and about the State Fair Car Show on the 21st. Future events include the last Old Route 66 cleanup of the year on October 4th, starting at 09:00. The following weekend is the Economy Run on the 11th. This will start at 10:00 at Central and Tramway. I have made reservations for lunch at Kokopelli's Restaurant for 12:30. Julia and I ate there yesterday and it was nice. November starts with a Bingo night at House of Covers on Saturday the 8th, stating at 18:00 AKA 6:00 PM. Ray Trujillo will have more information later. The Christmas dinner will be on Saturday the 6th of December and Rita Gongora has this well in hand. We believe we will have a slate of candidates to run for office for the coming year. Be sure to come to the October meeting so you can vote for those who will be running the club next year. If you want to run for office, please do so! The 50/50 drawing was held and Gary Calabrese won. The meeting was adjourned at 19:42 AKA 7:42 PM. Our scheduled tech talk was by Jim Pittman who talked about "fast steering" on Corvairs. He showed us standard steering arms by GM and shorter steering arms from Clark's. Then he showed an original steering box and a new fast ratio box manufactured by Flaming River and sold through Seth Emerson's Silicone Wire Systems company. Members are reminded that many of us go to the "66 Diner" Restaurant after the meeting each month. They set aside the back room for us and the attendance has been increasing. All are welcome to join us to get desert and to tell lies, or rather, Corvair stories. =CNM= SEPTEMBER BOARD NOTES Chuck Vertrees President Mike called the meeting to order at 17:05 at Ray Trujillo's shop on September 17th. Present were Robert Gold, Pat & Vickie Hall, Mike & Brenda Stickler, Jim & Heula Pittman, Dave Huntoon, Wendell Walker, Ray Trujillo and Chuck & Julia Vertrees. A card was passed around to sign and send to the Sticklers' son Andrew who is in Iraq with the U. S. Navy. Heula said that we would be sending him a copy of the newsletter each month. We assume he can view the web pages and get e-mail at his duty station. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter. Wendell Walker said that CNM had $358.90 in the checking account and $2,757.92 in the GMAC account for a total of $3,116.82. Robert Gold said that he would run for the position of Treasurer at the next election. Wendell has done a great job for many years, but he said it's getting to be too difficult for him to drive at night. He said he'd make sure to get all the treasury files and other documents to Robert. Pat Hall said that he thought we should have name tags for the officers. Some of us were for the idea and some were against the idea. It was finally decided that the cost of obtaining such name tags would be looked into. Dave told us that the Chicago chapter of CORSA had just celebrated their 40th anniversary. They published in their newsletter, The AIRHORN, several items from members who had been in the chapter since its founding. Dave said that our new member in Silver City, Curtis Shimp, had been a founding member of the Chicago Chapter and had an article in the AIRHORN on the early days of that club. We might get him to write something for our newsletter. Someone mentioned that Curtis would be coming up to Albuquerque for meetings or events and arrangements were being made for a place for him to stay overnight. Again, we discussed the problem of tracking who in our chapter is keeping up their CORSA membership. The on-line records show CORSA membership but they are not always correct. This is still an ongoing problem. The member's CORSA number, along with their expiration date, is on the cover of each issue of CORSA Communique that they receive. Should everyone be asked to bring in their copy? Some of us manage to keep our CNM and CORSA expiration dates synchronized, but it's easy for them to get separated if you renew for 26 months with one but only 12 months with the other. Maybe we should offer a pro-rated payment amount for CNM dues to help members get back in synchrony with CORSA? There was not a full Car Council report at the meeting (it is in this newsletter) but Robert Gold reminded us that CNM is committed to supply personnel at the September 27th Swap Meet to help park cars. Arrival time for this chore is 07:00. Yes, that's seven in the morning, Bill. Heula said that she had called Emma Rogers and Lee Reider about working on our charity for the Christmas Dinner. Last year it was Barret House. Such a project seems better than a gift exchange among members. A report from Emma and Lee is nearby in the newsletter. Brenda Stickler said that things are going well on the Tri-State. She is setting deadlines for the various committees. She will ask the car show committee to take a trip to Taos to see where they would like to have the show, and to let her know where. This will give her a chance to work with the city administration to arrange having the area clear and ready for the Tri-State. Comments we have been hearing lead us to anticipate that this Tri-State at Taos will be a classic, well-attended event. We discussed the State Fair Car Show on the 21st. Meet at the Southwest corner of Central and San Pedro no later that 07:00. There will be no charge for admittance. You can bring as many people as you want if they fit into your car. Other future events include the October 4th cleanup of our potion of Old Route 66. This will be the last one for this year. Possibly it will be followed by lunch. October 5th will be the Balloon Fiesta Show. This is not to be missed. All you have to do to get a free, ringside spot at the Balloon Fiesta is show up in your classic car on Edith at the Alameda overpass by 07:30. Line up on the East side of Edith, starting at the Alameda Bridge. After the first wave of balloons is launched, the cars go in and line up along the side of the launch area. You will be right there as part of the action. No walking or looking for a place to park. Again, you may bring are many people as conveniently fit into your car. The following weekend, Saturday October 11th, will be the Economy Run. See a short article elsewhere in the newsletter for details. We may not have an Aspencade this year, but this will be a nice drive through the mountains. I hope for a good turnout for this event. Also for October, this will be the last scrap collection for this year. Pat will have his truck there to collect aluminum, steel, iron, brass or copper. Please come one-half hour early is you have any scrap for Pat. This is making good income for the treasury. November 8th will be a Bingo Night which Ray Trujillo has set up. It will be at "House of Covers" at 6:00 PM, thanks to Steve & Rita Gongora. There will be sodas, hot dogs and pizza for sale. Also, we are trying to arrange for Wendell to bring his popcorn machine. BRING CHANGE so we will not have change-making problems there. No, we won't take credit cards. There will also be a silent auction for some nice items, so if you have treasures to get rid of, bring them. Bingo prizes will be allocated 50/50 to the club and to each winner. November 15th will be a club breakfast but the location has not been decided as yet. December 6th will be our Christmas dinner. Rita Gongora has this in hand. Jim brought up, once again, the question of the CNM awards: the Ike Meissner Award and the Frances Boydston Award. Are they fulfilling their original purpose or has that purpose changed? Sylvan Zuercher is setting up a committee to discuss this, but Jim said he was only addressing the Meissner Award. We decided that the board would get a report from Sylvan and discuss the awards at the next Board meeting. If you have feeling about either of our Awards, give Sylvan or a Board member a call. Robert Gold said that he thought the last TUNA was great! He had no idea that there was a way to clean the crud out of the rocker panels on late models. He was so inspired that he sent Jim an article about it. The meeting was adjourned at 18:20. All members are welcome to attend the board meetings if they want to contribute or find out what the officers are doing or just want to keep the officers in line. =[CNM]= HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Sunshine Committee HAPPY BIRTHDAY Greetings go to four CNMers this month: Dan Palmer October 3 Gina Calabrese October 4 Bill Reider October 17 Erica Anderson October 25 Jon Anderson October 27 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Wishes go to: Marci & Gary Calabrese October 27 =[CNM]= ALUMINUM! IRON! STEEL! COPPER! SAVE! SAVE! SAVE! At our next meeting, Wednesday October 1st, Pat and Vickie Hall will again collect scrap metal items for another recycling project. This is a continuation in our effort to build up our treasury. Come early! Collection time is 6:30 PM so we can get the truck loaded before the meeting! For our first collection, Pat and Vickie drove their big truck to our meeting at the senior center in July. A few of us brought in quite a few items and Pat loaded them up onto his truck and hauled them back home after the meeting. After some research and telephone calls, Pat then drove to a local recycling center and sold everything for an optimum price. This added a whopping deposit of $349.10 to our CNM Club treasury! You may be asking yourself, "What could I possibly have that would make any significant contribution to this project?" Well, you might be surprised! Iron parts, steel parts, old copper wire, tin cans and aluminum cans, even aluminum foil and pie plates are all recyclable. Lots of old, broken or worn out car parts that might be sitting around in our garages are recyclable. Basically, any car parts made of metal (not plastic) can be grist for our salvage mill! So - everyone - take a good "look see" around your house and garage and try to find some items to add to our collection this time. Every little bit adds up! Do you drive in the country "just for fun" and stop at public places? Are you, as we are, disgusted to see litter at all our roadside scenic areas? Keep a few plastic bags in your car and you'll be ready to grab all the discarded aluminum cans and sometimes other items too for money-making recycling. (While you are at it, take an extra minute to toss some of those plastic and glass bottles in the trash.) Wouldn't it be something if people noticed and start saying about Corvair owners, "Those Corvair folks are always cleaning up trash on the road"?! And, Pat and Vickie, a big "Thank You" goes to you guys. This project has taken a considerable amount of work on your part and we really do appreciate it!! =[CNM]= STICK TO VAIRS! Mike Stickler Over the last few years I have read several books describing the precarious condition of the financial system in the United States (and World). The dire scenarios predicted by the authors seemed a bit exaggerated and easy to dismiss. The events unfolding in recent weeks, however, seem to confirm that those predictions may be fairly accurate after all. But, don't worry; we are Corvair owners saving money every time we drive our "Economy Cars." We also save money by doing a lot of the work on our cars with our own hands. Often, we help each other with advice, spare parts and assistance on projects. If "hard times" are coming, our skills of self reliance and camaraderie will be very important. Our Corvairs have long been paid off and will provide reliable transportation to the nearest Soup Kitchen and Unemployment Office. (Just Kidding!!!) I'm sure everything will work out OK. Besides, collector car prices are holding up well at the auctions. Prosperous Corvairing !! -- Mike =[CNM]= TRI STATE TAOS Brenda Stickler By the time you get this newsletter we will be exactly eight months away from the start of our wonderful Tri-State in Taos. As the chair I will start mapping out deadlines for each committee, so we will be well prepared to lead this Tri-State. The two committees I will need to give the shortest deadlines to are: The T-Shirt Committee and the Car Show Committee. The logo on the T-shirts may be needed for announcements, gift bag trinkets and awards. If we can look at what has been proposed by the time of the October board meeting, this will give us a great start. The Car Show committee will soon need to trek to Taos and let us know where they think the Car Show needs to be set up. We will then work with the Office of the Mayor of Taos to get the necessary permits and other assistance. Mike and I are having seven guests staying with us for a "Stickler Family Reunion" from October 1st through 9th... but I hope to get this outline done before the October board meeting. A special thanks to all who have volunteered to help out for this Tri State. You are all the BEST!!! -- Brenda =[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 ============================================================================ | | | | | October | November | December | | | | | | : : : 1 2 3 4 | : : : : : : 1 | : 1 2 3 4 5 6 | | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | | 26 27 28 29 30 31 : | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | 28 29 30 31 : : : | | : : : : : : : | 30 : : : : : : | : : : : : : : | ============================================================================ Wed 1 Oct 6:30 PM Bring your ALUMINUM, IRON, STEEL scrap to be recycled! Wed 1 Oct 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 1 Oct 8:30 PM (time approx.) after our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner at 1405 Central NE (between University Blvd and I-25) Sat 4 Oct 9:30 AM CNM Breakfast - to be arranged - suggestions? Sat 4 Oct 9:00 AM Our last "Old Route 66" cleanup for the year. Lunch? Sun 5 Oct 7:30 AM Balloon Fiesta Car Show -- meet at the Alameda overpass on Edith, then head north from Osuna Blvd. Sat 11 Oct 10:00 AM Econo-run / lunch at Kokopelli's - Chuck Vertrees Wed 15 Oct 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 24 Oct 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Fri-Sun 31 Oct 31 - 2 Nov Great Western Fan Belt Toss and Swap Meet at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Hosted by Vintage CORSA. For more information and an application form, go to: http://www.vintagecorsa.com/Events/2008/GWFBT%2008.pdf Wed 5 Nov 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 5 Nov 8:30 PM (time approx.) after our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner at 1405 Central NE (between University Blvd and I-25) Sat 8 Nov 6:00 PM Bingo Night at House of Covers - Ray Trujillo Fri 14 Nov 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman - EARLY THIS MONTH! Sat 15 Nov 9:30 AM CNM Breakfast - to be arranged - suggestions? Wed 19 Nov 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Wed 3 Dec 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 3 Dec 8:30 PM (time approx.) after our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner at 1405 Central NE (between University Blvd and I-25) Sat 6 Dec 9:30 AM CNM Breakfast - to be arranged - suggestions? Sat 6 Dec 5:30 PM Christmas Party: Perennials Restaurant: San Mateo & Osuna Wed 17 Dec 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 26 Dec 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman 2009 Wed 7 Jan 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 7 Jan 8:30 PM (time approx.) after our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner at 1405 Central NE (between University Blvd and I-25) Sat 10 Jan 9:30 AM CNM Breakfast - to be arranged - suggestions? Wed 21 Jan 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 23 Jan 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Wed 4 Feb 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 4 Feb 8:30 PM (time approx.) after our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner at 1405 Central NE (between University Blvd and I-25) Sat 7 Feb 9:30 AM CNM Breakfast - to be arranged - suggestions? Wed 18 Feb 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 20 Feb 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Fri-Sat-Sun -- 29-30-31 May 2009 -- Tri-State Meet -- Taos, New Mexico ============================================================================= See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities: ======================== http://www.nmcarcouncil.org ======================== =[CNM]= CAR COUNCIL REPORT 8-27-08 Art Gold Well it's that time of month again, time for the New Mexico Car Council report. Attending the meeting, in all of his lonesome, was Art Gold. After the gavel fell, many topics were discussed, including: the treasurer's report, a new club joining the council, the Albuquerque Rescue Mission, the all-clubs picnic, the swap meet, and the all-important legislature news. The treasurer informed the council that there was $3,224.32 in the bank. Of course this is minus the 10% to the president. Many of these funds will be used, and recouped, in the up-coming swap meet. There was a report of a new club in our midst. The club was formerly called the "Trailer Trash," but they have reorganized and thankfully now call themselves the "Classic Campers of New Mexico." If you have a camper that is your pride and joy or one that is just there, you should look into joining this group. There was also a guest at the meeting. The guest was the Albuquerque Rescue Mission. Jenetta of the mission, informed us that she is trying to raise money for this worthy cause. In her possession, there is a 1962 Thunderbird -- which ran when parked. She is looking to restore this vehicle and raffle off the auto. Her concern was how and when to do this. If you have any ideas let Joyce know at the car council website. A great time was had by all who attended the All Clubs Picnic. Too bad only two of our members were in attendance. There was loads of food for all, and it was such a smash that the venue will not change for next year! The council does want a sponsor for next year's food/fun event (the picnic). Are the Corvairs in the running to sponsor, who knows? On the new business front, the talk concerned the upcoming Swap Meet. Of course you should know by now that the meet will be held in Los Lunas at Morris Field. The event will kick off on Friday night with a Hobo Dinner, for those who are pre-registered for the meet. Corvairs of New Mexico members will be directing parking and our day for volunteering to do that is on Saturday morning, nice and early (about 7 am) a good chance to get a jump on all the good parts. As darkness began to fall upon the Land of Enchantment, a gloomy topic was being discussed, the wondrous news of our New Mexico Legislature. There is now talk of the two license plates coming into being once again. The reason for the push this time is to allow the red light cameras to peg tickets on unsuspecting motors for more revenue for the city. However, there is now a coalition being formed in order to fight this hindrance on our hobby. This coalition is to have corporate backing, as well as Representative Joe Carraro. For more information on this and how to join the fight, look at the car council website. Yes, it is still far away, but it will sneak up on you. What will sneak up, well it's the 2009 Albuquerque Museum Car Show. This year's event will celebrate the Albuquerque Museum Car Show's 25th anniversary, as well as the 100th anniversary of the Ford Model-T. The museum will also be having a Fred Harvey exhibit in conjunction to the show. A really special year! More news will be forth coming. Well, that's all for now. See ya next time. Same bat time, same bat channel. =[CNM]= BINGO NIGHT Ray Trujillo If you've looked ahead at some of our upcoming events you might've noticed that on November 8th CNM has scheduled a Bingo night. Over the past several years CNM has held an Auction /potluck evening. Steve and Rita Gongora have always graciously hosted the auctions at their House of Covers business. This year Steve and Rita will still host us but instead of an auction/potluck we're going to change things up a little bit. As most of you remember the auction is one of our main fundraisers but this year we thought we'd play some bingo along with selling pizza slices, hot dogs, cookies, popcorn, and sodas. In addition to playing bingo we'd like to hold a silent auction on any nice items that members would like to donate. So basically it's still a great opportunity to be an excellent fundraiser for CNM, only with a different theme. When you come to this fun-filled event you'll be able to buy bingo game cards for $2 apiece. The winner of each game will get half of the amount collected for the game while the other half of the proceeds goes to the CNM treasury. You'll also be able to buy a slice of pizza for $2, a hot dog for $1, sodas will be 50 cents each and other snacks will be sold at modest prices. Now if you have an item you'd like to donate to CNM for the silent auction please notify a Board member or me so we can plan accordingly. So come on folks, mark your calendar now and plan on coming to Bingo night at the House of Covers on November 8th at 6pm. For those of you who don't know, the House of Covers is located at 115 Richmond NE. We look forward to seeing you there and who knows you might be lucky enough to yell out BINGO! Now you know from past experience that I can't just write an article without telling a story about the subject at hand. Speaking of yelling out Bingo, when I was a kid my mom and my aunts always gave baby shower parties and they would always play bingo. I always wanted to play but they would give my cousins and me some kind of lame reason as to why we were not allowed to play. Now my cousins would just accept the nonsense as fact and go outside to do other things. Well not me, I wanted to participate so bad that I asked if I could help call the numbers and once again I was given an even more ridiculous reason as to why I couldn't play. Something to the effect that "Today it's for the grown ups only" or the all time adult classic statement "Because I said so". Anyway, I figured I would stick around and watch them play and wait for the perfect time in a bingo game when just about everyone needed just one more number to be a winner. Then at that most suspenseful moment I would scream out bingo and the thrill of robbing the glory of an unsuspecting victim would be mine. Ahh, sweet revenge! As you can imagine I only got away with that stunt only once. Terrible, wasn't I. I guess I should close now by promising you that I won't steal your thunder by yelling out bingo if you come to CNM's bingo night. Sylvia will make sure I'll be on my best behavior so please plan on coming to enjoy a great evening. Your friend, Ray =[CNM]= = = = = = = = = = = = FOR SALE, TO TRADE, OR WANTED = = = = = = = = = = = = = Without your $5.00 payment, your ad won't be in the newsletter. Tell me if any of these are obsolete! = = = = = = = CNM ADS ARE FREE TO MEMBERS, $5.00 TO NON-MEMBERS = = = = = = FOR SALE: 1961 Corvair 700 Lakewood - no engine/tranny. Nice clean car. Factory red & white paint. Rust in front floor board from rubber mats. Have title. $1,500 or best offer. Cary at 505-350-0483 FOR SALE: 1964 Corvair Monza 900 coupe with factory A/C that works. Great daily driver. Ermine white, fawn beige interior. 110 / PG. Body isn't perfect. $2,000 or best offer. Call Cary at 505-350-0483 FOR SALE: 1964 Corvair Monza convertible. 110-HP with 4-speed. Red, white top, red interior. Really nice body but needs wash/wax. Back window has been removed because it was brittle and cloudy. Top is old but good. Tires are old. Minor tears in seats, otherwise upholstery is good. The car spent its early life in California. Has been stored indoors for about 20 years and was driven occasionally. Pretty much a 100% complete car - except it has headers and rather loud mufflers. Asking $4,500.00 Contact: Dan at 505-384-1002 in McIntosh, New Mexico FOR SALE: 1962 Corvair Loadside pickup .......... $6,500.00 -or- Make Offer! I have first title on this vehicle -- about 60,000 miles I rebuilt the engine about 2,000 miles ago -- excellent condition! Call my cell phone .............. 505-385-3333 ....... Jerry Goffe FOR SALE: Rebuilt bolted flywheels $200 with exchange Rebuilt differentials starting at $250 with exchange Rebuilt late rear axles - 1965 $100 with exchange Rebuilt late rear axles - 1966-1969 $100 with exchange Rebuilt carburetors, various years & prices $ 50 and up, depending on type! With exchange Lots of other parts available for cars and vans. Pat Hall - Los Lunas, NM 505-620-5574 (cell)- or - patandvickiehall @ q.com =[CNM]= CHRISTMAS TOY COLLECTION Heula Pittman Lee Reider and Emma Rogers have once again agreed to co-chair and organize contributions for a "worthy cause" from our CNM membership. This year they learned of a need at UNM's Children's Hospital and the Carrie Tingley Hospital. These two hospitals share a large play room at the UNM Hospital and children from both visit and use the toys there. The ages of these children vary from birth to 21 years. They need plastic, washable toys, such as rattles , plastic or wooden puzzles, children's games and other learning toys. Everything must be made of washable surfaces. They would even like any kind of games teenagers would enjoy - electronic games are a real hit, of course. They cannot accept any kind of stuffed toys or anything made of cloth. A more detailed list will be given to us soon and we will make it available to everyone. Please start watching for sales of these items and collecting whatever you can. Then bring them with you to our annual Christmas party on December 6th at the Perennials Restaurant. Emma and Lee will then transport them to the UNM Hospital before Christmas. And again, we thank everyone who will help us with this worthy cause. =[CNM]= From: vairbear @ msn.com Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:56:36 -0400 Subject: Rt 66 (( lindburg_125_dodge-l.jpg )) On 2008-Aug-14, at 12:57, Del Patten wrote: I swear those look like weeds we have walked over!! -- Del From: jimp @ unm.edu Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:45:42 -0600 Subject: Re: Rt 66 (( lindburg_125_dodge-l.jpg )) Not as much trash as we usually have on our mile, though. And the weeds look more like a just-harvested corn field than genuine thistle-laden New Mexico weeds. And by the way, we sure miss your cheerful presence when we go out to pick up that trash on Old 66. You are more than welcome to come back and help us the next time we go out, on October 4th! -- Jim From: vairbear @ msn.com Date: 2008-Aug-14 13:54:12 MDT Subject: RE: Rt 66 Maybe so, but it would still be cute to run the photo for that pickup event in October.... I have been TDY to SC two of the last three weeks and will be out there again next week.... I am too old for all this travel... at least nothing overseas yet but it's coming if I don't get out of here!! I like working with the UK but the French are a pain... and the things the UK people say about them!! My, my!! =[CNM]= ECONOMY RUN Chuck Vertrees I have the Economy run all set for Saturday, October the 11th. It will start at 10:00 at the gas station on the South East corner of Central and Tramway. There is a multiple pump station in front of the big chain grocery there. I will be there to give you a set of directions for the route. No trick directions or questions, just a pretty Fall drive of a little over 70 miles. We will end at Kokapeli's for lunch at 12:30. I have reservations made. There will be an award for the best standard transmission, best automatic transmission, best forward control, and best Ultra Van. If you want to drive a Brand X, that is all right. We will calculate your mileage but there will not be an award. I will want your starting odometer reading, your finising odometer reading, and the number of gallons you used. We will use my mileage to calculate the final results, since there is no way to calibrate all the odometers. When filling, let the automatic shutoff work. No topping off! I hope to see many of you there. =[CNM]= CORVAIR FAST STEERING: STEERING ARMS / GEARBOX Jim Pittman At our September meeting I did a show-and-tell to compare standard and "fast" steering arms, and to compare a standard Corvair steering gear box to the new one from Flaming River. I stole most of my information from Seth Emerson via a Virtual Vairs article from 2004. Here's part of that article. From: Sethracer@aol.com Sat, 20 Mar 2004 Silicone Wire Systems (SWS) is announcing the availability of a Fast-ratio Quick Steering Gearbox for all years of Corvair. Manufactured by Flaming River Industries, this new gearbox is a faster-ratio direct replacement for the slow steering gearbox in early model Corvairs (60-63). With a selection of adapters, it can be made to fit ANY year of Corvair car. The original standard Corvair steering ratio was described by one reviewer as "like winding an alarm clock." There have been "quick" arms available for many years, but shortening the arms to reach an acceptable ratio (by themselves), causes some goofy steering angles, and hurts your overall turning radius. The factory did it right, shortening the arms a little, and changing the ratio inside the steering box. If you have a Corvair with the original slow steering, you will be amazed by the quicker response of the faster-ratio box. The factory quick boxes have become hard to find, ($$), at least in good condition. Flaming River Industries, at our behest, completely re-designed the steering box for the Corvair, adding needle bearing where sleeve bearing once lived and generally made a slightly beefier design, but one that interchanges with the original. No Corvair parts are used in the production of the new box, it is all new parts, nothing rebuilt. STEERING GEAR TUTORIAL Seth Emerson Over the years of Corvair manufacture, Chevy produced six visually different steering box designs. Two of them were available with regular or quick "innards" but were visually identical. The six are: Type_1 1960-1963 = Short shaft, aluminum housing = slow ratio Type_2 1964 = Long shaft, all the way to the steering wheel Type_3 Early 65 = Long shaft, all the way to the steering wheel (different than 64) Type_4 Early 65 = Telescoping column - solid steel double-splined coupler. Type_5 Late 65-66 = Large stamped coupler = Available slow or quick ratio Type_6 1967-1969 = Short shaft, collapsible = Available slow or quick ratio All coupler equipped Corvair boxes (Type_1, Type_4, Type_5 and Type_6) use the same column spline .625" x 36-spline tip. Only the Type_1 1960-1963 uses a full 36-spline tip. The others have a flat edge ground onto the splined tip to "orient" the coupler onto the shaft when it is installed. The Type_6 box is virtually the same as the Type_1, but with the added "flat". The Type_4 and Type_5 are almost identical to each other, they also have the ground flat on the spline. But the column shafts are much longer than the Type_1 and Type_6. On the Type_4 box, the column shaft extends about 14.25" out of the box. On the Type_5 box, the column shaft extends about 15.25" out of the box. The Flaming River replacement boxes are Type_1 direct replacements. To replace a Type_6 box, the flat must be ground to properly orient the coupler. (The coupler expects a flat, and won't slide onto the shaft without it.) To replace the Type_4 or Type_5 box, an extender shaft must be added to reach the stock coupling; the splines on the extender must also have the flat ground onto it to mate with the coupler. I am working with Flaming River to produce extension shafts. They already make all the component parts for it. Type_4 and Type_5 are interchangeable, as long as the steering column is also changed over. Either complete system can also replace a Type_3 installation. If you have a Type_2 or Type_3 steering gear and you decide to race your car, (at any place that you could actually hit something) you should seriously think about replacing it with a type that has some type of bolt-together coupler. The "front of the wheels" location of the Corvair steering gear and the proximity of the steering wheel to your chest is not a good combination when a solid shaft is added. Although a 1960-1963 column might be swapped into the 1964 (Type_2), the solid coupling used in the early models simulates a solid shaft, with all the same drawbacks. STEERING ARMS Seth Emerson Chevy only produced two designs of steering arms for Corvairs, regular length and shorter length. All were machined from forgings The faster arms were only available as part of the fast ratio steering option for late-1965 through 1969 models. There were several aftermarket shorter arms available, and some are still available. All are machined from steel castings. In his book "How to keep your Corvair Alive" Richard Finch described how to shorten the factory forged arms to achieve a faster ratio steering. In order to fully realize the Fast Ratio steering option exactly as Chevy designed it, you will have to find or build shorter arms. For an autocross or racing car, the quick box can be combined with even the aftermarket cast arms, but it is very "twitchy" on the street, and I do not recommend it. At least replacing the slow factory box with the quicker Flaming River box gives you somewhat quicker steering and keeps your stock, factory steering alignment and turning radius. TOP: 1965 GM stock steering arms - standard ratio. BOTTOM: Clark's aftermarket short steering arms. The "Flaming River" fast ratio Steering boxes are available from Silicone Wire Systems and other select Corvair Performance dealers. You might be able to order one from Jeg's or Summit too. But wouldn't you rather support your Corvair vendors. Silicone Wire Systems is introducing these boxes at a special price $299 plus shipping. Just to prove I do not discriminate against non-racers, brand new "standard" ratio boxes, identical except for the ratio are on sale for the same price. These are an all-new heavy-duty replacement at about the same price as a rebuild! Seth Emerson E-mail for more information at: Sethracer@aol.com At left: a 1965 stock steering box with shaft. Below: the new Flaming River steering box. =[CNM]= A WET AND WILD TUNA Robert Gold On Saturday, August 30th I had the distinct pleasure of attending a TUNA at Pat Hall's place down in Los Lunas. I'm not one of those guys who pretends to know everything about Corvairs even though I've been driving them regularly since 1982. Even though I've learned a lot about our favorite car over the years, these days I'm usually not surprised by something totally new to me. The TUNA at Pat's introduced me to something I knew nothing about and that's why I'm so excited to let all the club members know about it. The publicity about the TUNA stated that we were going to learn how to clean out the rocker panels on a late model Corvair. Rocker panels are nothing new to me. I've kicked my share of them over the years when I was trying to determine if the car I was looking at was truly a rust-free car. As most of you who have spent any time on eBay will know, a majority of the ads say that the car you're looking at is a rust-free southwest car, even though the guy who is selling it lives in the upper peninsula of Michigan. It seems to me that based on the number of ads I see, there have to be a million Corvairs being trailered to the rust belt on any given day from this part of the country. Well, let's get back to my tale of the TUNA. I didn't have any great expectations when I traveled south with my sons, Art and Javi. We were looking forward to a chance to hang with a bunch of CNMers and also to soak up the atmosphere in Pat Hall's Corvair heaven. What I mean by heaven is that Pat's place is where most of the Corvairs in New Mexico and bordering states have gone to spend their golden years. If Pat doesn't have it, it probably wasn't manufactured. In addition to the cars, he also has every part from every Corvair model and year ever made. If you haven't had a chance to see Pat's place you are missing a fun experience. When we drove up in Art's 1965 Corsa convertible we were met by Pat and his lovely wife, Vickie, as well as a number of other CNMers. There was a total of 14 club members in attendance. To make us feel even more at home the Halls had a hospitality table set out with coffee and cookies. One neat feature of the event was the reserved parking for certain CNM celebrities like Sylvan Zuercher. I can safely say that the Halls made us all feel like celebrities. We first took some time to tour the Hall estate and marvel at his fleet of 52 cars. After that we talked for quite a while with the other CNM'ers about all things Corvair. Then it was time for the main attraction, Bill Reider's talk about those "rock and roll" panels on the late model Corvairs. He showed the group the secret rubber grommets in the wheel wells that plug several access holes to the rocker panels. These were the grommets and holes that I never in the last 26 years noticed on a Corvair. It is in this area that a build-up of dirt and debris could lead to that hated element, rust. I marveled as Bill showed us how to find the grommets and then remove them. Then came the "wet and wild" part of the event. Using Pat Hall's power washer, Bill inserted the end in one side of the panel and washed all sorts of stuff out the other end. The only thing that didn't come out were Jimmie Hoffa's remains. I'm sure they may be still lurking in there somewhere. Anyway, Bill's demonstration gave us a technique to help preserve our late model Corvairs. It just goes to show you that no matter how long you've played with Corvairs, there is always something new to learn. With this in mind I hope to see you all at the next TUNA. Who knows what we'll learn at that one!!! -- Robert =[CNM]= SEVEN YEARS AGO Jim Pittman Seven Years Ago - October 2001 - Volume 27 - Number 10 - Issue 313 The cover showed the American flag at half-staff and the New York skyline before the twin towers were destroyed. I used two pages of the newsletter trying to make sense of the events of 9/11. Re-reading them now, it sounds like I was on a desert island, separated somehow from both the pre-9/11 world and the post-9/11 world, unable to let go of one, unsure how to survive in the other. On September 5th, in the previous time-space continuum, president Hurley ran our meeting, Chuck took notes, Wendell said we had $5,070.86 and Robert pepped us up for the State fair car show. Sylvan introduced new members John Stichman and Steve Johnson. Memories of the campout in the Pecos centered on rain and mud. We hoped to get a group together to have dinner with Dennis & Debbie when they were in town. We had a slate of candidates for the October election. Jim gave a lecture on "Computers and the Internet." We planned a tour to the Shidoni bronze works near Santa Fe. Someone mentioned that we should do better to explain our traditional events to new members. We had an article by first CORSA president Rick Norris on the first CORSA convention, back in 1971. Tech tips and "dummy of the month" items: Modifying FC throttle cables. Repairing a thermistor. Head rests on Corvair seatbacks. We had two pages of photos from the State Fair. Fourteen Years Ago - October 1994 - Volume 20 - Number 10 - Issue 229 Cover: the introduction of the 1960 Corvair 35 years earlier. Customers stared pensively into the trunk (no engine!) and the engine (no trunk!) of the revolutionary new car. There was also a drawing of a Fitch Phoenix. New members were David Asher of Tucson and Steve West of Las Vegas, NV. President Del ran the meeting; V-P Dennis was in Oregon. Will said the bank was holding $1048 for us, with $168 earmarked for Convention expenses. Bill Reider reported on the all-club picnic and the upcoming swap meet. Our next meeting was to feature a pot-luck and an auction of "junque" or maybe "treasures" at House of Covers. This year's Aspencade: a trip to Rancho de las Golondrinas between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Our State Fair car show replaced a Funkhana as our September event. President Del said farewell after two years in office but vowed to continue competing with Sylvan for his proper place in car shows despite the superiority of the famed "Blue Crud" as a show car. An article from another publication lamented the death of an active club member, SOMEONE ELSE, the person who actually did all the work in the club. A "Dummy of the Month" article told about an FC transmission assembled with the backup light switch permanently turned on. All seemed well until the owner installed a backup safety beeper and it wouldn't quit beeping! Mark Martinek reported on the State Fair car show. Twelve Corvairs showed up, the most cars for any club present. The CNM Exhibitor's Choice trophy vote was a tie between Mary Lou's 1963 convertible and Jon Anderson's 1965 500 coupe. Debbie Pleau reported on plans for the CORSA Convention including rules and regulations and a calendar of tasks and deadlines. We had our VAIRS IN THE AIR patch/logo design ready. Twenty-one Years Ago - October 1987 - Vol. 13 - Nr. 10 - Issue 145 Our cover loudly proclaimed ELECTION! We had $701 to spend. Bert Romer reported on the upcoming swap meet where five spaces were reserved for CNM members. We planned a trip to Carlsbad to see the stalactites, stalagmites and bats. The library van was ready for sanding and all were invited to help. LeRoy conducted another fun-filled auction. Outgoing president Clayborne reviewed the accomplishments of his administration. Mark Morgan reported on freeway road rage in California. The club planned an Aspencade to the Boydston's cabin in the Pecos. Sylvan previewed the November "Architecture Tour" and LeRoy reported on the Christmas dinner. A tech tip noted the value of a 4-ounce tube of special Positraction lube to quiet down a noisy rear end. Twenty-eight Years Ago - October 1980 - Vol. 6 - Number 10 - Issue 61 Our cover sketch was a 1965 Corsa convertible, the star of Jim's "Autumn Rally" story which concluded in this issue. Jim used to fantasize that he'd get this story published in Road & Track magazine alongside a Peter Eagan article, but it has never happened. There were several tech tips in this issue. Could you really mix leaded regular with unleaded regular to get a higher octane fuel for Corvairs? Could you really change an early model from generator to alternator without a major re-wiring chore? Could you determine what metric size tire to buy from our handy tire size chart? Could you fix a broken clutch cable with our instructions? Could you believe that 1969 windshields are different from other late-model Corvair windshields? What? =[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[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 by the Authors and by Corvairs of New Mexico. 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 are not necessarily endorsed by Corvairs of New Mexico or by CORSA. Submissions for publication should reach the Editor by the 15th of the month. Send material as ASCII TEXT via e-mail ( jimp @ unm.edu ) or in ASCII TEXT format on computer disk, or submit a readable manuscript. I don't like MS Word documents or RTF files, but no problem, I can read them, so send whatever you have! Photographs as digital JPGs are welcome. Please, don't photoshop your digital JPGs -- send the originals. This ecologically green newsletter is produced in a Microsoft- free environment. I still print mailing labels with a 1989 Apple IIgs, Bernie To The Rescue, Addressed For Success and an HP LaserJet IIp. The newsletter is composed using a 2003 Macintosh G4 PowerBook and a 2004 Macintosh G5. Software includes OSX, AppleWorks, GraphicConverter, Photoshop CS, BBEdit & InDesign CS. If you care, ask for more details. Transportation: 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]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]==[CNM]= =END=