The September 2011 newsletter - Text Version
Updated 21-May-2013 ==== Copyright (c) 2013 Corvairs of New Mexico
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SEPTEMBER 2011 / VOLUME 37 / NUMBER 9 / ISSUE #432
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Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, First Place, 2005
Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, Third Place, 2010
EDITOR: Jim Pittman
NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 at 7:00 PM
North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center
7520 Carmel NE Wyoming & Carmel NE
THIS MONTH:
Dues Due.......................................Membership Committee
"AIRTIME".............................................David Huntoon
August Meeting Minutes.....................................Art Gold
August Board Meeting Minutes.........................Chuck Vertrees
Corvairs With Altitude - Convention Report..............Vickie Hall
CORSA International Convention 2011........................Pat Hall
Cure for Recession Blues: State Fair Car Show...........Robert Gold
Car Council Picnic at Nambe Falls........................John Wiker
Car Council Meeting Notes 24-Aug-2011....................John Wiker
Rocky Mountain High With a Little Help from our Friends....Kay Sutt
Denver, 80 MPH Traffic and Headwinds with Hills.......David Huntoon
Old Route 66 Cleanup for August......................Ollie Scheflow
Uni-Syn to Balance Carbs Fred Croydon, Ed...North Cascades Corvairs
Club Breakfast at Jimmy's Cafe, August 27th.............Jim & Heula
Birthdays and Anniversaries......................Sunshine Committee
Page of Convention photos......Vickie Hall, Kay Sutt, David Huntoon
Calendar of Coming Events........................Board of Directors
Seven, 14, 21, 28, Years Ago.........................Club Historian
COVER: Polishing Corvairs at CNM's Red River Rendezvous, June 1989
COVER: Tarmo shows us his 1966 Corsa 2011 CORSA Convention Trophies!
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MEETING: First Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM
North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE
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President: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com
Vice-Pres: Ray Trujillo 505-839-7436 ray @ bpsabq.com
Secretary: Art Gold 505-620-7434 rollerart @ gmail.com
Treasurer: Robert Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 @ msn.com
Car Council: John Wiker 505-899-3076 wikerj63 @ yahoo.com
Merchandise: Vickie Hall 505-865-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com
Membership: Larry Yoffee 505-321-5909 corsa180 @ gmail.com
Sunshine: Heula Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu
Newsletter: Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu
Past Pres: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com
Past Pres: Mike Stickler 505-856-6993 sticorsa @ hotmail.com
Correspondent: Charles Vertrees 505-299-0744 vertrees @ swcp.com
DUES: CNM: 12 months $25.00 -or- 26 months $ 50.00
CORSA: 12 months $45.00 -or- 26 months $ 90.00
CNM & CORSA: 12 months $70.00 -or- 26 months $140.00
CORSA's home page: http://www.corvair.org
Steve Gongora's page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871
Larry Yoffee's home page: http://www.corsaturbo180usa.weebly.com
CNM's newsletters: http://www.unm.edu/~jimp
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DUES DUE DATES FOR SEPTEMBER 2011
== DUE JUL = INACTIVE 25-AUG-2011:
2011.07 Anne & Geoffrey Johnson
== DUE AUG = INACTIVE 25-SEP-2011:
2011.08 Ruth Boydston
2011.08 Alan Gold
2011.08 Janet & Steve Johnson
2011.08 Nancy & Russ McDuffie
2011.08 Bob Philips
2011.08 Mary Alice & Oliver Scheflow
== DUE SEP = INACTIVE 25-OCT-2011:
2011.09 Anne Mae & Robert Gold
== DUE OCT = INACTIVE 25-NOV-2011:
2011.10 Debra & Jon Anderson
2011.10 Mary Lou & Mark Martinek
2011.10 Sylvia & Ray Trujillo
2011.10 Opal Zuercher
== EXPIRED = INACTIVE AS OF 25-JUN-2010:
2011.01 Darlene & William Darcy
2011.01 Wibke Garrecht
2011.04 Cary Hubbard
2011.05 Elizabeth & Mark Domzalski
2011.06 Mark Jones
2011.06 Klaudia & Steve Sanchez
Send your Dues to:
Robert Gold
CNM Treasurer,
1301 Valencia NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Past due memberships will become inactive after a one-month grace period.
The Club will mail in your National Dues when you renew, if you send us
the renewal form from your CORSA Communique!
CORSA# YEAR.MONTH NAME
25400 0000.00 Ruth Boydston
13007 1991.01 Frank Stadler
07456 2008.08 Jerry Goffe
24014 2009.03 Anne & Geoffrey Johnson
23387 2009.04 Janet & Steve Johnson
13137 2011.05 Kim Patten
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PHOTO CAPTION: Robert's early convertible, now equipped with
Datsun 280Z 14-inch wheels!
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"AIRTIME"
David Huntoon
First, I want to let you think about this item for our October meeting. October
is when we elect our club officers. Many of us have been in place for years and
the term "burnout" comes to mind. To my way of thinking a year or two is good
enough. I like to see a turnover so that all can experience a formal role in our
club. So, think about it. It is not that difficult, it takes some extra time.
Common sense is how most of the decisions are made. Those that work on Corvairs
have an abundance of common sense so that should not hold you back. So go ahead
and submit your name for one of the positions. The pay is bad but the job is
good.
In other news we are having a picnic! We have been talking for some time a way
to finish off the year's activities. It will be a casual affair. Just bring what
you would normally bring to a picnic. Chairs, table, blanket and some side dish.
The club will do the main items, dogs, burgers, buns, plates, etc. We will work
on coordinating the side dishes so not everyone brings the same thing. We are
shooting for Saturday, Oct. 15 at a local park. I think we will discuss the
location at the next meeting so there can be a general agreement. We think we
have a good place in mind.
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August Regular Meeting 08-03-2011
Art Gold
Meeting came to order at 7:07pm, at the new location North Domingo Baca
Multigenerational Center, with 24 in attendance.
Officer Reports
President - Dave Huntoon - asked for the minutes to be approved.
Vice President - Ray Trujillo - stated that the club can use the meeting
location through December. We will try to secure the room for future months. He
also stated that election of officers is upcoming. He said he would not run
again for Vice-president and David was not sure he'd run for President. Robert
Gold stated that he will not run for Treasurer, but he suggested that Art Gold
would run for Treasurer. Art said he would nominate Chuck Vertrees for
Secretary.
Treasurer - Robert Gold - we have $4,770.86 in our account. He said attending
the Denver convention was a marvelous experience and made him appreciate what a
high quality club we have. He also discussed the 15th annual State Fair Car
Show, Sunday September 25th. The ribbons will be scarce this year, but everyone
who enters will receive a ribbon.
Committee Reports
Membership - Larry Yoffee - was not in attendance, on vacation.
NM Car Council - John Wiker - stated that there were two guest speakers. There
will be a car show at the Sandia Raceway in October, in which the proceeds go to
the New Mexico Cancer Society. There will also be a car show at Volcano Vista.
Flyers were circulated. There were 33 volunteers (from the Museum Car Show) in
attendance at the Village Pizza. CNM will be providing napkins for the All Clubs
Picnic at Nambe on August 14th. The swap meet is September 23-24-25, and
volunteers to help with parking are needed from the club. John also stated that
it would be a good idea to get back in the habit of having monthly club
breakfasts, with the next one being at Golden Coral. There were objections to
having a breakfast in conjunction with the Old Route 66 clean-up, so John
suggested having the breakfast the last Saturday of each month. The club decided
the next club breakfast will be on Saturday August 27th at Jimmy's at 9:30am.
We'll do something else in September because the Swap Meet is on the last
Saturday.
Editor - Jim Pittman - stated that the newsletter deadline is Friday the 26th.
Sunshine - Heula Pittman - stated she had nothing new to report.
Merchandise - Vickie Hall - stated she had nothing new to report.
Old Route 66 Clean-up - Ollie Scheflow - it is this Saturday August 6th starting
at 8:00 AM.
Discussions continued about the National Convention and Tarmo Sutt's 97.49 point
car, congratulations to Tarmo! Tarmo gave a talk on his experience taking his
1966 turbo Corsa to the convention and putting it in the Concours. He told how
people remembered or were told about Kay's article in the Communique, and they
kept coming back to talk to him about the project. Many CORSA members shared
stories about how they conducted restoration projects on their Corvairs. Tarmo
learned a lot by watching the judges and the way they approached his car. Robert
told about waiting to hear where Tarmo's car placed in the concours, and the
unbearable tension as name after name was announced--finally Tarmo's name was
announced and the New Mexico contingent went wild with joy!
Pat Hall stated that he would like to see the club have their own picnic. The
members were in favor of the idea. Plans will be worked on later. Possibly we'll
try this during a cooler part of the year!
The 50/50 winner was Joel Nash ($9.50)
The after meeting, meeting location is now IHOP.
Jim Pittman gave a very short tech talk based on his article on black cars
versus white cars sitting in the New Mexico noontime sun.
Meeting adjourned at 8:12 pm
Submitted by
Art "Fools" Gold
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August Board Meeting Notes
Chuck Vertrees
The meeting was called to order at 17:03 on 8/17/11. There were 13 members
present. Secretary Art Gold was not present because of a car problem un-named.
President Dave Huntoon brought up the fact that we will need to start getting
nominations for club officers. Art Gold has been nominated to take over the job
of Treasurer. Chuck Vertrees has volunteered to go back to the job of Secretary
unless someone else would like it. You will not hurt my feelings if you want the
job. We need to start getting nominations for the other jobs in the club. David
said one term at a time is enough for him, so we need a new President. Ray said
last month that we'd need to elect a new Vice-president as well.
Vice President Ray Trujillo reported that he had talked with Berlinda Padilla
and we can continue meeting at the new Senior Center through December.
Negotiations for having our club scheduled for first Wednesdays at the Center
for next year will have to take place later.
Treasurer Robert Gold reported that CNM has $4,770.86 in the checking account.
Some of the older members remember when we would be happy to have $100.00 in the
bank.
Car Council Representative John Wiker reported that there was no Car Council
meeting. However, he did report on the Car Council picnic at Nambe Falls. There
were not nearly as many cars as last year, only about 30. There were 2 Corvairs
there and although there were not as many door prizes as last year, both John
and the Halls got one. There was only about $240.00 for the Ronald McDonald
house from the 50/50 drawing. John also said that with the lesser turnout, that
there were no long lines for food. In fact he was able to get 3 ice cream
Sundaes. Also our club is scheduled to work on Saturday morning at the swap
meet.
Sunshine Committee: Heula Pittman brought up the subject of a club picnic. This
had been discussed before. We would have to work around the State Fair Car Show
and the Balloon Fiesta. It was decided that we would try for Saturday, October
15th. We have tentatively decided on Cutler Park in the Inez Addition. There is
plenty of shade and street parking all around. It was decided that the club
would supply hot dogs, hamburgers, buns and the soft drinks. City parks do not
allow alcohol or glass bottles. The Sunshine Committee will take care of
desserts. The rest would be potluck provided by members. Heula will discuss this
at the next meeting. She will provide a sign-up sheet at the meeting. There will
be door prizes, some of which were left over from the Tri-State in Red River.
Other possible activities may be the November Bingo & Potluck party at House of
Covers, and our Christmas dinner. There are no firm dates for these as yet.
Vickie Hall showed off her Corvair socks that she got at International, I
understand they are available from Clark's.
Lube Lubert said that he had been contacted about a Corvair for sale in Santa
Fe. The husband died some time ago and the widow would like to get rid of it. It
is a 1966 Monza coupe with about 93,000 miles, 4 speed and 110 engine. It has
been sitting for quite a while and Lube does not know if the engine will turn
over. He will find out. It is red (and needs paint) with a white interior. The
owner is thinking 800 to 900 dollars.
Robert Gold reported on finding some 14-inch wheels that will fit early 4 lug
Corvairs. We went out to inspect them after the meeting and they are impressive!
The large Goodyear tires "almost" don't touch the inside of the wheel wells, and
Robert plans to order some low-profile tires closer to original Corvair
specifications. These wheels were from a 280Z Datsun. We hope to hear more about
this.
The meeting was adjourned at 17:50. -- Chuck Vertrees
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"Corvairs with Altitude"
Vickie Hall
What a great logo for the 2011 convention hosted by Rocky Mountain CORSA in the
mile high city of Denver, Colorado.
The host hotel, DoubleTree, was very nice inside and out with plenty of parking
for all of the great looking Corvairs.
CNM members totaled 12 at the convention. (*)
This was our first convention and watching the judges inspect just about every
aspect of the concours vehicles was amazing.
The Friday night banquet was wonderful. Good food, great speakers and when the
awards were being announced everyone at our table, CNM'ers, were on the edge of
their seats. Finally, long into the awards presentation, we heard what we had
been waiting for. Tarmo Sutt's name was called and we went crazy hooting and
hollering. What a thrilling night it was to be there when our friend received
such a prestigious award.
We had a great time and are looking forward to attending another convention.
(*) Attending from New Mexico:
Art Gold
Robert Gold
David Huntoon
Kay & Tarmo Sutt
Vickie & Pat Hall
Emma & LeRoy Rogers
Angela Fraleigh & Wesley Heiss
Curtis Shimp
David Langlois (not a member)
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CORSA International Convention 2011
Pat Hall
This was my first CORSA Convention and I wanted to be there Tuesday morning so
we left at 11:15 PM Monday and arrived at the host hotel about 8:45 AM Tuesday.
We spent the day looking at what the vendors had, at lots of beautiful Corvairs
and spent time in the hospitality rooms. About 3:00 PM our room was ready and it
was time for a nap.
Tuesday night was the welcoming party held in the atrium which was very crowded
and if you didn't like pizza or hot wings you were out of luck for something to
eat.
Wednesday was spent checking out all of the concours cars, They were the best of
the best. We then went back to the vendors room where I spent my share of time
and money in the Clark's section. We were hoping to meet Joan and Cal Clark but
they didn't come this year.
Thursday we spent all day on a bus tour of the Air Force Academy, Garden of the
Gods and then to the Cog Train Station for an hour and a half ride up to the top
of Pikes Peak. The view from up there was great.
Friday was pretty much a free day with thoughts of the Awards Banquet that
night. Tarmo Sutt from CNM was awarded Senior Division of concours for his 1966
Corsa convertible turbo 180hp. Boy, when Tarmo got up from our table and just
"floated" up to the front to accept his award, I thought he looked seven feet
tall! Congratulations, Tarmo, for a job well done!
Saturday morning and it's time to head home. Tarmo and Kay with their trailered
Corvair led the way and we followed with the Award Winning Corvair in our sight.
We had a wonderful time..
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Cure for the Recession Blues - State Fair Car Show 2011
Robert Gold
I know that many of you share my concern about how the economy has been going in
the past few years. The lack of personal funding has caused us to do many things
to save money. In the Gold family this has included putting the brakes on
purchasing that Corvair I really need to get... I don't think ten Corvairs is
enough! This "cash flow" problem has also resulted in our looking for ways to
make our money work harder for us. I know this may sound a bit like an ad for an
investment company, but I do have a suggestion to make.
I am offering to you a way to have a full day's entertainment for the complete
family for little or no cost. All you have to do is get up a little early in the
morning and travel to this year's New Mexico State Fair and enter your classic
Corvair in the 2011 Corvairs of New Mexico State Fair Car Show.
In recent years, we have had a record number of entries. I feel that those
numbers reflect the good times the entrants have had at the fair and also a
chance to bask in the glow of the smiles we get from people from all over the
state of New Mexico when they see our cars. In fact, not long ago, one person
viewing our show became so enthusiastic that he joined our club and became our
President! Just ask Pat Hall about that.
This year we will be holding our 15th annual car show on Sunday, September 25,
2011 at the State Fairgrounds. The cost of admission is... nothing! The cost of
parking at the fair is.... nothing! The cost of refreshments (if you bring in
your own stuff) is... nothing! How about that for a deal?
We'll meet at the former Furr's Cafeteria parking lot on the southwest corner of
Central and San Pedro at around 7:00 AM on Sunday morning, September 25, for the
group photo. (Furr's Cafeteria is gone, but our parking lot is still there.) We
will leave around 7:15 to enter the Fairgrounds through Gate 3. This is the
fartherest gate to the south on San Pedro. We will be parking on Heritage Avenue
just south of the Manuel Lujan Building.
So mark Sunday, September 25, 2011 on your calendars and plan to attend our
show. You'll be glad you did. -- Robert Gold
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Car Council Picnic
John Wiker
Well another August has come and the annual picnic is now history. Attendance
and donations were down this year. About 2/3 of the usual amount of cars and
people showed up. The weather was great with temperatures in the 80s all day.
Pat Hall and I made the trip to the top of the trail and down without breaking
into a sweat. Donation to the Ronald McDonald house was about $120 with 3 prizes
of $40 for three lucky fifty/fifty winners.
Attendees from our club included Pat and Vickie Hall, Geoff and Anne Johnson and
their twins and yours truly. As you can see by the pictures, I picked out a
shady spot when I got there at 10:00 AM and like a magnet the Mercedes all just
seemed to gather around. When Pat got there in his Corvair, we wedged him in
under a shade tree and therefore the separation in the photos. Pat took some on
the trail that he may send you.
My luck changed this year. As you recall last year everyone got a door prize but
me because my ticket stub got lost under the box fold. This year there were not
that many door prizes and they used a large plastic jug and I was the only one
to win from our club. I chose a great looking hand made blanket that will come
in handy on cool evenings. There was plenty of food and the only thing they ran
short on was the side dishes. We even got a chance for 3 helpings of Ice Cream
sundaes this year instead of just two.
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Subject: Car Council Notes 24 Aug 2011
John Wiker
The Car Council treasurer reported $9368.41 in the checking acount.
Old Business:
Nambe Picnic. There were 87 cars, not all classics, and 225 people attended.
$313 was donated to the Ronald McDonald House.
Make-A-Wish Car Show: Sunday 21 August. There were 90 cars in 20 categories,
awards to first 3 places, depending on size of the category. $6,200 was donated
to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
My Corvair was the only air breather there. No VW's or anything else. I was
lumped in the Category of Classics from 1960-1970. I came in 4th place, one vote
out of 3rd and a trophy. First place was a 1970 Buick, second was a Plymouth and
third was a Chevy Impala.
New Business:
Swap Meet: 24 September. South Field is already full. Requests came in this week
from Colorado, Texas and Idaho. Should be the largest ever. Pat Hall is signed
up to help line the field Thursday. The three male members of the Gold clan and
yours truly are signed up to park vendors from 0700 to 0930. Don't forget the
Hobo Party Friday night for the volunteer helpers.
State Fair Car Shows: we were asked to make sure we maximize the numbers of cars
each weekend to keep the tradition alive. Once again Corvairs will be scheduled
opposite the Classic Chevy Club. Let's go for a record this year!!
Balloon Fiesta news: First Sunday in October. New meeting place: RoadRunner
parking lot near the Journal Center. Be there at 0630. We will be on the field
around 0730. Edith is now a NO PARKING zone!
For those of you who like YouTube, look up New Mexico Rides session number 3.
It's the first of many possible Road Trips in classic cars.
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We Get (Rocky Mountain) High With a Little Help from our Friends
Kay Sutt
The convertible was finally finished! After spending 12 years restoring the
bright red and white '66 turbo convertible, Tarmo spent the two weeks before the
Denver International Corvair Convention doing final tweaking, polishing,
checking and calibrating with the help of our friend Ken Sturm. We both read,
and reread, the concours rules and worked together to assure the car met all the
performance rules - the cigarette lighter heats and pops out (check), the
windshield washer jets are properly aimed (check), the emergency brake only
travels the requisite five clicks (check), the window cranks do not catch or
squeak (check). We made arrangements to borrow our friend Pete Hippauf's bright
red '87 Chevy "dualie" pickup to pull Pat Hall's borrowed open car trailer to
Denver (the Mile High City) for our first shot at a national concours. Wow! We
were ready to go!
Monday morning Dave Huntoon stopped by and helped put the final cranks on the
tie-downs attaching the car to the trailer for the 400-mile drive to Denver, and
we were off. Dave was driving the "library van" and we found we did not travel
at the same speed, but we were there for each other if there were any problems.
Pete's pickup only gets about 8-10 miles per gallon, so we knew we were going to
become friendly with the gas stations along the way. Our first stop was just
west of Las Vegas, NM, at which point a guy came up and said, "great truck,
man." Well, at least we were getting attention, even if not exactly the kind we
sought. Traffic was light, it was a beautiful day, and we were happy to be
making good time. The result of the fire north of Raton was obvious, with burned
forest on both sides of the highway; it was obvious why I-25 had been shut down
for several days. But it was open now, and onward north we drove.
Arriving in Denver about 3:30 we passed the new Ikea store due to open in two
days, and there were already people camped out to be the first in the door - in
95 degree temperatures! Amazing! The convention hotel was only a couple more
stops north. Lucky for us it was on the south side of Denver and just a couple
blocks west of I-25, so we didn't have to deal with the stress of driving a long
truck and an even longer trailer through all the city traffic.
The hotel was a great choice, and there were Corvairs everywhere! The racing
cars were installed in the west parking lot, the "Whales" in the upper north
lot, with brightly painted Corsas, Monzas, Lakewoods, Rampsides and vans
scattered throughout the grounds. Our Rocky Mountain Corvair friends had made
arrangements for those trailering cars to store the trailers in the parking
garage of the adjoining religious facility (which turned out to be a converted
mall facility), and they helped us maneuver the trailer/ pickup into a slot so
we could unload safely and easily. So we had arrived! After checking in, taking
things to our spacious, clean and pleasant room just down the hall from the
hospitality suite, it was time to walk around, meet people and look at cars.
We met a couple who came down from Canada and had overheated at the top of Rocky
Mountain National Park, but had been helped by another Corvair couple who
stopped with good advice and a lot of water to cool the fuel pump, so they
avoided the towing fees back to Denver. We met the only CORSA member from
Mexico, who had nearly refinished rebuilding his van and was travelling the
western U.S. for his vacation. We met Pat and Vickie Hall who were glad their
trailer had performed flawlessly on the trip.
Of course, the men were happily staring into engine compartments, polishing
chrome and offering free advice to each other in the parking lot. The women were
meeting in the hospitality suite and planning their activities for the week.
CORSA really is a sprawling family held together by the glue of Corvair!
We awoke the next morning very early and began final cleaning and testing for
the concours classification. The hotel pool man helped me get a bucket of water
to wash the car, and wouldn't let me carry it; he carried this bucket all the
way across the hotel and deposited it at the rear bumper, with a smile all the
while. Other concours participants began appearing to clean and prepare, so the
joking and conversation flowed, while the entrants quietly "checked out" the
nearby competition during stories about their cars and their trips to Denver.
Several people mentioned the article about Tarmo's car that I wrote, Jim Pittman
submitted, and the CORSA Communique published just before the convention. Jim, I
don't know if you're a "timing" genius or if it was just good luck, but either
way, thanks!
At the appointed hour we all queued up on top of the parking garage for
classification. Larry Claypool and Michael (sorry, Michael, I missed your last
name) slowly made their way down the line determining in what category each car
would be judged. Larry even mentioned a screw showing in the engine air intake
area, but Tarmo countered it was because of a Technical Service Bulletin
(Campaign Notice), and that gave Larry pause for a few moments. I don't think he
expected a little guy who rebuilt his car in his garage in New Mexico to have
studied so much about the car. Ultimately, we were placed in Street Stock
because of the brake dual master cylinder, not stock in '66's, but safer all the
same. That's exactly where we'd hoped to be!
We visited with the other participants near us during the classification, and
made a couple of new friends, Kevin and Donna Anderson from eastern South Dakota
(my old home state) who brought two cars to show in the concours (!), and
Stephan Martin, a retired Safeway manager from Washington, who brought a cream
colored '66 140 convertible, hoping to better his Senior Division scores during
this convention. We happened to be parked next to the Andersons the next day
during the judging, too, and got to know them better.
The rest of the day was spent visiting with Art and Robert Gold, Pat and Vickie
Hall, Dave Huntoon, LeRoy and Emma Rodgers, and others we'd met during the day.
We went to bed that night tired but happy and hopeful.
Finally, the day of the judging arrived on Wednesday. One final clean up was
needed before we drove back up to the top of the parking structure for the
National Concours. I was charged with cleaning the interior, so I took my trusty
roll of duct tape (carpet cleaner) and variety of microfiber dusting cloths (I'm
good free unskilled labor) and began. While dusting the horn ring it shorted out
and the horn began blaring!!! I haven't seen Tarmo move so fast in a while as he
rushed to disconnect the battery and stop the noise. He worked on the horn, but
when the battery was reconnected it started again!!! A man from the parking lot
vendors above us literally ran (jumped?) through the juniper bushes yelling, "I
can fix that!" And he did! We thanked him and he disappeared back through the
same bushes.
Are you getting an idea why I titled this article as I did?
The same welcoming Rocky Mountain CORSA folks who had helped us park when we
arrived at the hotel were arranging the cars for the concours. Senior cars were
in one place and Primary in another, arranged by type of car (early closed,
early open, etc.). The day promised to be a scorcher, and another gentleman who
wasn't part of the concours offered his pop-up shade cover to keep the sun off,
and it was happily accepted. Several folks in our immediate vicinity used it
that day, since they were there from 9 A.M. until 3 P.M.
The operational portion of the concours took place first, with two judges going
over each car carefully. When it came to the part where you have to make the
horn operate by touching three different parts of the horn ring, both Tarmo and
I were holding our breath. But the car did great, just the brief bleats it was
supposed to make. WHEW!!! The other judging teams came through one at a time
after that, peering, studying and writing. I was glad to see that the guys
judging the undercarriages were given large, new pieces of carpet. With 43 cars
in the concours, without those carpet squares they would have worn out the
clothes they were wearing from the concrete. I hope they were given a couple
tubes of Ben Gay for later use, too.
After the judging was finished, about 1 P.M., everyone seemed to relax more and
the guys had some time to look at the other cars in the show. Smiles took over
from serious looks. I remember two Rampsides, painted the same color, parked
next to each other, pointed in opposite directions. From the right angle they
looked like a "push-me, pull-you" from the old Disney movie. Bright colors and
sparkling chrome flashed in the sun. What a pleasure it was to see so many
really beautiful cars in one place at one time. I certainly had fun with my
camera. I think everyone else did too. Non-car people don't understand the
amount of time, work, care and money spent on these little cars, but everyone I
saw walking around that day couldn't help but be impressed.
My sister and her two grandsons arrived late that evening to enjoy the rest of
the Convention with us. The boys are 11 and 14, and they had a great time
imagining themselves behind the wheels of so many great old cars. They didn't
really understand everything (the younger boy asked what the window crank was
used for - he'd never seen one before), but said they'd like to own an old car
like one of these someday and attend an event such as this. Yes!!! We need young
blood in CORSA!
We weren't entered in any other events for the Convention, so the next two days
were easy for us, visiting with our new friends, cheering on those going to
their own events, eating too much and spending some time enjoying the sights in
Denver.
My sister and I are both quilters and took in a wonderful quilt show in the
Capital Building in downtown Denver. There are parallels between the two events:
people investing their imagination, skills and precious free time to make
something extraordinary to share with others. This is truly one of the best
traits of people, I believe, and why there is always hope for our species in
uncertain times like today.
Friday evening was the culmination of the Convention. The awards banquet was
held in the same room the vendors' display had been held earlier that week. Gone
were the boxes containing mysterious parts, and in their place sat about 35
tables set for 10 people each to enjoy one final dinner together. The place was
loud, as people laughed, wandered around to greet new friends and find old
friends from their clubs and guide them to the club tables. Dinner was served,
and afterwards the awards began.
We waited patiently while all the awards were given out, still hoping and trying
to control our expectations. This was the first time this car had been formally
judged, after all, and we had no idea how it would be received by the judges.
Finally, when the concours results began to be announced, we were holding our
breath again. Ninety-four-point cars were announced, then ninety-five-point
cars, then ninety-six-point cars. Yikes! The scores couldn't go much higher.
Maybe we didn't score well at all! Finally, with 97.49 points, Tarmo's name was
called!!!! WOW! Can you believe that? Our whole New Mexico table erupted,
chanting "Tar-mo, Tar-mo, Tar-mo, Tar-mo..." as he made his way up front to pick
up his plaque, his "Senior Division" standard and his judging sheets. I was so
proud of him, I really had no words. But my thoughts went back to all our
friends who gave so generously of their knowledge, time and expertise to help us
arrive at this high point!
Going over the scoring sheets back at our table we had a couple of questions.
Two of the scoring lines had 10% issued for points. We thought both were in
error, but the points added up, so we realized we were going to have to question
our already astronomical score. What had we missed? Somehow it seemed ungrateful
to question such a high score, but after twelve years, we wanted to know if we
were totally off-track for those two items. That process involved two weeks, and
communication with both chief concours Judge, Jim Allen, and finally received a
telephone call from Western Division Director, Bruce Levitch. In the final
analysis, resolution brought our score even higher, to 98.21!!! Thanks to the
good CORSA volunteers and officers for their straightforward and honest handling
of the issues, and for their willingness to listen to our plight and our
suggestions for refinement of the process in future.
Will we ever enter a concours again? I don't know. The amount of time, work,
expense and emotional investment is huge. But I do know one thing. We certainly
had a tremendous "Rocky Mountain High" thanks to all our Corvairs of New
Mexico/Rocky Mountain CORSA and CORSA friends.
To Rocky Mountain CORSA - you guys did an awesome job! This was a great
convention. I hope you are all recovered from the huge amount of work and effort
you expended. But for us, and I'm sure for all the attendees, we give you a huge
THANKS! It was a job flawlessly done!
Finally, to all our friends, old and new, our sincere thanks for your assistance
and support as we've completed this long journey. Not everyone will agree with
me, but the cars are not what make Corvairs of New Mexico and CORSA great. What
make them so worthwhile is the wonderful people whose helpful and positive
attitudes have made this experience a true HIGH for Tarmo and me.
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Denver, 80 MPH Traffic and Headwinds with Hills
David Huntoon
So, I decided basically at the last minute to go to Denver. My usual modus
operandi, the last minute thing I mean. I met Tarmo and Kay at their house
early Monday morning and helped strap down his Corvair on an open trailer. The
idea was to convoy to Denver for mutual support. That lasted about six miles as
I watched Tarmo disappear over the horizon. His big block dually Chevy and my 80
hp van were not well matched.
I did see Tarmo and Kay twice along the way. They had stopped for gas or
refreshments, but they soon caught up with me and waved as they went by. Dumb
luck, a factor I always count on, got me to Denver with no problems about 4:30
pm. Tarmo got there earlier of course, 30 minutes or so I guess. Slow but sure
is my mode in all these things.
Since I had made no reservations at the host hotel, I spent an hour or so that
afternoon looking for lodging. Found a place two miles away.
Tuesday was just for hanging out. Checking out the vendors, taking images and
visiting with Daniel from Guadalajara, Mexico who drove up in his van, the
"Bluebrier" he calls it. He was making a big trip and post-convention would be
on his way to Vancouver to visit a daughter. Of course after Vancouver he had to
make his way back through California and Arizona. He figured 7000 miles and from
his postings on Virtual Vairs he made it. Brave man.
I did manage to have a problem with the van Wednesday morning on a secondary
street during rush hour. I admit I have an electric fuel pump so you can see
where this is going. The van did not start that morning and I noticed that
something was different due to a lack of noise from the fuel pump. Found a blown
fuse, replaced it and everything seemed normal. In hindsight, I should have done
a little more investigation because all those little electrons don't stop
flowing without a reason. Anyhow, I got out on the street on the way to the
hotel and only got maybe half a mile before I was left stranded in the left
lane. Another blown fuse. This was getting serious. I doubted it was a bunch of
bad Chinese fuses. I was checking things out when a fine fellow, he almost
rear-ended the van, stopped and help me push the van across an intersection into
a light rail parking lot. Plenty of room and since most commuters had already
left, quiet too. I did not have to answer any questions about Nadar or why I was
in the morning rush hour in a 50 year old vehicle.
After about 15 minutes I found a short to ground where the fuel pump 12v goes
from the fuse block up along the frame past the gas tank to the fuel pump
itself. This wire had become lodged between the frame rail and the edge of the
fuel tank flange. The flange has a sharp edge and had punctured the insulation
of the wire. Simple as that! I cut out the bad section and fastened the ends
together with a wire nut and repositioned the wire away from the flange. Man, I
love wire nuts. Makes life so much easier. Anyhow, 30 minutes later I was on my
way and did not even get my hands dirty.
Tuesday I hooked up with my brother, Gary, and his wife from Illinois. He did
not drive one of his Corvairs but did drive some waterpumper with the initials
M-B and a 3 pointed star on the hood. Something to do with air conditioning, 80
mph cruising speed and 30 mpg. Go figure.
Wednesday was the concours judging and I am sure Tarmo will have more to say
about that. Since I wasn't entered in any events and had seen what I wanted, I
left late in the morning and pointed the windshield south.The return was OK but
with some strong headwinds nearly all the way. On the flat into about a 30 mph
headwind I could manage maybe 50 mph. As soon as the wind let up some I could
zoom up to 65 mph. Then of course there were some long hills, think Raton, where
it was even slower. Low gear and 35 mph, but it never overheated or faltered.
Gas mileage was not very good though as my foot was to the floor most all the
way.
The convention: the host hotel was very nice, the underground parking for the
show cars was a nice touch, the weather was pleasant, the cars were nice, the
area was attractive.
The Colorado boys did a nice job. All in all I was glad I went. You should have
gone too!
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Old Route 66 Cleanup
Ollie Scheflow
The third cleanup of the year of our mile of Old Route 66 was held on Saturday,
August 6, 2011.
We had a great cleanup!
* Beautiful weather
* No wind
* A full crew
* Very light trash load
There were eight participating members this time. They were: Javier Gold, Robert
Gold, Pat Hall, Dave Huntoon, Jim Pittman, Ollie Scheflow, Brenda Stickler and
John Wiker.
Thanks to those participating, and I hope to see you all on October 1, 2011, at
9:00 AM.
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Uni-Syn to Balance Carbs
Fred Croydon, Editor
I have read lots of technicals articles on balancing Corvair carburetors with
the Uni-Syn device to measure the air flow. It is very easy to do, and the
desired results appear to be excellent. At least when the car is at idle, the
RPM that the operation is described for.
My 140 continued to surge at speeds between 1500 and 2000 RPM, and discussing it
with other members, Andy Clark said he heard from someone that we should
rebalance at 2000 RPM to account for the play in the bent wire throttle linkage.
Adjusting the wire to the hole is the normal procedure, but does not take into
account the excessive play.
I checked the Uni-Syn on the carbs at idle, then set the throttle to 2000 RPM
using a turnbuckle to pull on the cable. Rechecking the Uni-Syn I found the
balance was not equal. It took one full turn of the bent wire throttle link to
bring the balance in. Rechecking at idle had the balance okay, and the throttle
link still slipped into the hole properly. Performance improved!
Reprinted from: VAIRIOUS TIMES, North Cascades Corvairs, September 2011, page 9
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Club Breakfast at Jimmy's Cafe
Jim & Heula
It was maybe the biggest breakfast turnout we can remember! Guests were Hal &
Linda Rupert from San Jose, California. They were in Albuquerque visiting
friends. Hal is the editor of the Silicon Valley Corsa Club "Rear View"
newsletter. Others present included: David Huntoon, Vickie & Pat Hall, Brenda &
Mike Stickler, Anne & John Wiker and two granddaughters, Chuck Vertrees, Bill
Reider and the Pittmans. Jimmy's was crowded but we all managed to squeeze in
around three tables. Out in the parking lot two Corvairs drew attention from the
passers-by: yellow Wiker late model, silver Hall early model. Someone was
overheard to say while walking in, "Must be the Corvair club crowd again."
Those who did not come to the breakfast missed a fine get-together. Well, you
can be sure to attend next time. And drive a Corvair. We will!
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Happy Birthday Wishes to Fifteen CNMers:
Angela Fraleigh September 1
Susanne Hickerson September 1
Jamie Anderson September 3
Gordon Johnson September 5
Janet Johnson September 7
Lori Nash September 8
Kevin Sullivan September 9
Curtis Shimp September 13
Connie McBreen September 15
Kelly Gold September 16
Dave Huntoon September 17
Carl Johnson September 17
Frank Stadler September 18
Julian Trujillo September 22
Josh McDuffie September 27
Happy Anniversary Wishes to Five CNM couples:
Brenda & Hurley Wilvert September 3
Emma & LeRoy Rogers September 4
Kathy & Larry Blair September 8
Connie & Hub Elmore September 17
Kay & Tarmo Sutt September 24
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Page of Convention photos courtesy of:
Vickie Hall, Kay Sutt, David Huntoon
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Wed 7 Sep 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER,
at the corner of Wyoming & Carmel. That is just north of
Wyoming and Paseo del Norte.
Wed 7 Sep After our meeting, we will go to the IHOP at 8100 Wyoming NE
Sat 10 Sep Second Saturdays: Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starts in Bosque Farms at the
Wells Fargo Bank. 1:00 PM in Winter, 6:00 PM during Daylight Time.
Wed 21 Sep 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE
Fri 23 Sep 9:00 PM October Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman
Sun 25 Sep 7:00 AM State Fair Car Show
Fri-Sat-Sun 23-24-25 September -- NMCCC Swap Meet, Los Lunas, NM.
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Sat 1 Oct 6:45 AM Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta starts
Sat 1 Oct 9:00 AM Old Route 66 Clean-up (last one this year) Ollie Scheflow
Sun 2 Oct 9:00 AM Fiesta of Wheels Car Show -- Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
October 2nd ... CORVAIR HERITAGE DAY (Corvair's official birthday)
Reference: Vintage Corsa web page: http://www.vintagecorsa.com/
then click on the event link in upper right hand corner.
Wed 5 Oct 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER,
at the corner of Wyoming & Carmel. That is just north of
Wyoming and Paseo del Norte.
Wed 5 Oct Election of Officers at October Meeting. Inform yourself! Vote!
Wed 5 Oct After our meeting, we will go to the IHOP at 8100 Wyoming NE
Sat 8 Oct Second Saturdays: Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starts in Bosque Farms at the
Wells Fargo Bank. 1:00 PM in Winter, 6:00 PM during Daylight Time.
Sun 9 Oct 7:00 AM Farewell Mass Ascension -- Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Mon 10 Oct "34th GREAT WESTERN FAN BELT TOSS & SWAP MEET" Deadline to register
Go to: www.corsawest.com/images/FanBeltTossReg.pdf for registration form.
Sat 15 Oct NOON Club Picnic -- location to be decided -- any ideas?
Wed 19 Oct 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE
Fri 21 Oct 9:00 PM November Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman
Fri-Sat-Sun 21-22-23 Oct "34th GREAT WESTERN FAN BELT TOSS & SWAP MEET"
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Wed 2 Nov 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER,
at the corner of Wyoming & Carmel. That is just north of
Wyoming and Paseo del Norte.
Wed 2 Nov After our meeting, we will go to the IHOP at 8100 Wyoming NE
Sat 5 Nov Bingo & Pot Luck at HOUSE OF COVERS
Sat 12 Nov Second Saturdays: Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starts in Bosque Farms at the
Wells Fargo Bank. 1:00 PM in Winter, 6:00 PM during Daylight Time.
Wed 16 Nov 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE
Fri 25 Nov 9:00 PM December Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman
More activities: New Mexico Council of Car Clubs: http://www.nmcarcouncil.org
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Tarmo Sutt suggested a tour to Glorietta (east of Santa Fe) to see a collection
of old guns, some as recent as the Great War of 1914-18. Is there any interest?
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YEARS AGO IN SEPTEMBER -- Jim Pittman
7 YEARS AGO -- 2004 VOL 30 Nr. 9 # 348
Members brought their Corvairs to a show at Galles Chevrolet, our sponsor. At
our August meeting Bernie Urbassik was a guest. Wendell reported $2,403. New
members were Tom & Cathy Bunter and Dan Clifford. Del & Dave said at the
convention they learned thar a modern Crown kit was now available to install a
V-8 in a Corvair. Cost: $8000 without the V-8. Flaming River was manufacturing
new steering boxes. Art Gold reported on the Car Council meeting. Anne Mae
reported on activities of the CNM Ladies group who had a great time at Ruth's
cabin in the Pecos. Heula reported on a terrific progressive dinner hosted by
the Sullivan, Johnson and Gold families. An e-mail received from the Swiss
Corvair Club was reprinted, courtesy of Charley Biddle of Chicago. The club had
46 members and 12 to 16 Corvairs routinely turned up at club events. Their web
page is: http://corvair.ch/
We reprinted tech tips from Steve Goodman of Rocky Mountain CORSA. One featured
an engine running on five cylinders. the problem was, the top of the piston had
broken off and was just sitting in the cylinder while the piston skirt moved
uselessly up and down. The other engine was also running on five cylinders and
the problem was, the connecting rod was broken off right at the crank. Steve
also told us to polish clean window glass with a newspaper, and to clean a
carpet with a wad of duct tape.
14 YEARS AGO -- 1997 VOL 23 Nr. 9 # 264
Cover: a photo of the Very Large Array radio telescope near Magdalena. We had a
great tour to the VLA in July. President Mark Domzalski told us he was now
working at Los Alamos. Francis Boydston was reported to be very ill and in
hospice care. Greg and Judy Armstrong attended the meeting and Tom Berg from
Wagner Brakes gave a tech talk. Wendell reported $7,913.25 in the bank. We
looked forward to an August NMCCC picnic, a September swap meet and a September
"Un-Fair" car show. We discussed county zoning laws and what the Car Council
could do to keep your old car from being towed away. We expected to have a slate
of candidates for office at our next meeting. Jim reported that cleaning up Old
Route 66 was a chance to clear out your rat-race-rotted brain by doing some
mindless work out near Mother Nature. The flowers are pretty, the sage smells
great and you can be alone with your thoughts for awhile. Just ignore the roar
of trucks on the freeway and keep out of the way of pickups heading into town. A
guy on a bicycle actually called out "thanks!" to us as he sped by.
At our Board meeting Mark reported that we needed to print more convention
reports to send out to clubs requesting them. Kay and Tarmo were starting to
plan for our next Tri-State. There was discussion about getting access to
CORSA's membership database for recruiting purposes. Mark's tech tip told about
finally finding and fixing a water leak around the windshield of his Rampside.
21 YEARS AGO -- 1990 VOL 16 Nr. 9 # 180
If you could read Spanish in 1990 you could have appreciated the ad for a 1965
sedan that graced our cover. The treasury was rich at $705 and a visitor was
Woody Souza, visiting Clayborne and Karen from California. Francis Boydston gave
a show-and-tell about a worn and chipped bronze distributor drive gear that was
shearing roll pins in the distributor of an Ultra Van. Dale Housley thanked the
membership for electing him to the post of president and for helping support the
Club during his tenure. He wasn't running again, and we reprinted the section of
the CNM Constitution on elections to try to encourage people to volunteer. Tarmo
Sutt previewed the Aspencade to Hyde Park and the Santa Fe National Forest.
LeRoy Rogers previewed our trip to Trinity Site in October. We even had a short
note on next year's Tri-State Meet at Gunnison, Colorado. Sylvan Zuercher
reported on the Econo-run and picnic to Grants and the Mine Museum tour
sponsored by Dick Cochran.
Finally, we reprinted a good article by Orville Eliason from the San Diego
newsletter. Orville told us all we needed to know about why many cylinder heads
aren't cooling properly and a few things to do about it.
28 YEARS AGO -- 1983 VOL 09 Nr. 9 # 096
Cover: a locomotive from the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Jim reported on a
great CNM overnight trip. Only four people (two Corvairs) went. LeRoy reported
on the 1983 CORSA convention in Seattle. CNM petitioned the CORSA board for the
1987 convention but we didn't get it -- Utah did. Warren McKinley from Wagner
Brakes made a fine talk on brake systems and maintenance. A tech tip warned
about problems associated with excessive fuel pump pressure.
35 YEARS AGO -- 1976 VOL 02 Nr. 9 # 019
Editor Glen Thompson told about his hectic summer drive to Dayton in his newly
rebuilt 1962 FC pickup. Bob Helt from the Phoenix FANBELT FLYER told about the
charges Ralph (who?) made against the Corvair and how the Corvair's handling was
exonerated by government tests. An article by Ike Meissner gave tips about the
sense and nonsense of keeping your Corvair running properly. This article is the
one with the quote "Blessed are those with the Corvair hobby--for they shall be
allowed to get dirty" that was retold many times.
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FREE: Early convertible carpet, used. Faded to a bile green color by
==== NM sun, and stained by leaky master cylinder. Can be cleaned
up and used. Larry Blair 505-249-1035
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FREE: Early convertible top boot, beige color, used and dirty but
==== serviceable. Larry Blair 505-249-1035
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FOR SALE: Two Clark's finned aluminum valve covers, used.
======== Make an offer. Larry Blair 505-249-1035
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FOR SALE: 1964 Monza convertible, 4-speed. New top. Drive train has been
======== gone over and is in good condition. $3,500.00
Contact Ruth Boydston 505-821-1506 or e-mail sg730@comcast.net
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FOR SALE: 1960 Monza coupe, automatic $2,500.00
======== 1964 Monza conv't, automatic $3,000.00
1964 Monza Spyder w/new interior & paint $9,000.00
1964 Monza coupe. Very nice inside & out $8,000.00
1964 Monza coupe, automatic. Very nice inside & out $6,000.00
1966 Monza coupe w/Corsa dash & 140 engine $4,000.00
1968 Monza conv't w/electric top $9,000.00
I have other cars in need of repair. Lots of parts for most Corvairs.
Call for more information.
Contact: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 in Los Lunas, New Mexico
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FOR SALE: Corvairs of New Mexico -- Newsletter CD
======== History and articles from our award-winning newsletter! Over 15
years of newsletters in TEXT or PDF format, plus Corvair photos
and exchange newsletters. Price: $15.00 at a meeting or $20.00
by mail. Make your check payable to: "CORVAIRS OF NEW MEXICO"
and send your order to:
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c/o Jim Pittman
ADDRESS
Allow 2 weeks for delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.
Special orders? 505-275-2195 / jimp @ unm.edu
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WANTED: 1964 Chevy Biscayne 6-passenger Station Wagon - Lube Lubert
====== 505-400-3680 (cell)
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FOR SALE: 1962 Corvair 500 -- $800.00
======== Contact Russ McDuffie - 505-400-5526
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FOR SALE: 1965 Monza convertible 95 HP and 4-speed. Tan with white top.
======== Has electronic ignition, new tires. Good runner. $6000.00
Contact: Dick Foster 505-672-9404 in White Rock, New Mexico
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