The September 2012 newsletter - Text Version Updated 21-May-2013 ==== Copyright (c) 2013 Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEPTEMBER 2012 / VOLUME 38 / NUMBER 9 / ISSUE #444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, First Place, 2005 Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, Third Place, 2010 Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, First Place, 2012 EDITOR: Jim Pittman= NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 at 7:00 PM North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due .......... Membership Committee "Air" Force President's Letter ......................... John Wiker August Meeting Minutes ................................ Jim & Heula August Board Meeting Minutes ............................. Art Gold A Simple MVD Solution ................................. Robert Gold Treasury Report ....................................... Robert Gold Preview: Tri-State 2014, Chama, New Mexico ........... Larry Yoffee State Fair Car Show: We Are the Elite! ................ Robert Gold Newsletter: Another First Place Win ... Heula Pittman & Vickie Hall August Car Council Meeting: Short & Sweet ............. Robert Gold Dinner with Bryan & Trevor Blackwell ................ Heula Pittman Car Council Picnic - Oak Flats ........................ Jim & Heula Calendar of Coming Events ...................... Board of Directors Birthdays & Anniversaries ...................... Sunshine Committee Seven, 14, 21, 28, Years Ago ....................... Club Historian COVER: Classic Cars Gather in Albuquerque for Trip to Oak Flats Picnic Old photos: At a 1985 Meeting at Ed Black Chevrolet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEETINGS: First Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 PM North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ President: John Wiker 505-899-3076 wikerj63 @ yahoo.com Vice-Pres: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Secretary: Art Gold 505-620-7434 rollerart @ gmail.com Treasurer: Robert Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 @ msn.com Board: Car Council: Mike Stickler 505-856-6993 sticorsa @ hotmail.com Board: Merchandise: Vickie Hall 505-865-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Board: Membership: Larry Yoffee 505-321-5909 corsa180 @ gmail.com Board: Sunshine: Heula Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu Board: Newsletter: Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu Board: Past Pres: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Board: Past Pres: Ray Trujillo 505-839-7436 ray @ bpsabq.com Board: Past Pres: Mike Stickler 505-856-6993 sticorsa @ hotmail.com Board: Past Pres: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.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 CNM's newsletters: http://www.unm.edu/~jimp Larry Yoffee home page: http://www.corsaturbo180usa.weebly.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DUES DUE DATES SEPTEMBER 2012 == DUE AUG ======== INACTIVE 25-SEP-2012: 2012.08 Alan Gold 2012.08 Janet & Steve Johnson 2012.08 Nancy & Russ McDuffie 2012.08 Joel Nash 2012.08 Robert Philips == DUE SEP == INACTIVE 25-JUN-2012: (none) == DUE OCTOBER === INACTIVE 25-NOV-2012: 2012.10 Debra & Jon Anderson 2012.10 Mary Lou & Mark Martinek 2012.10 Sylvia & Ray Trujillo == DUE NOVEMBER = INACTIVE 25-DEC-2012: 2012.11 Linda & Dick Cochran 2012.11 Connie & Hubbard Elmore 2012.11 Kay & Tarmo Sutt 2012.11 Brenda & Hurley Wilvert == EXPIRED = INACTIVE AS OF 25-AUG-2012: 2011.12 Diane & A. John Pattison 2012.05 Jerry Goffe 2012.07 Anne & Geoffrey Johnson Send your Dues to: CNM Treasurer c/o Robert Gold 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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Air" Force President's Notes John Wiker Where has the summer gone? Blink your eyes and the kids are back in school, colleges are open and I'm back to substitute teaching and only have one Monday left of duty at the golf course. Take a breath and before you know it, we will be talking about the Christmas party and New Years. Thanks to those who made it to the Car Council picnic. Things were quite different and more pleasant this year. We did not have to travel far, there was plenty of shade if you brought your own chairs and there was plenty of food. I believe there's a nice report with lots of photos elsewhere in the newsletter. At my last walk around the parking lot, I counted 85 vehicles of which 74 were "classics" to include four Corvairs. A total of nine adults and two child members represented CNM well. The Halls and I continued our lucky streak by winning door prizes. The Halls won a gift certificate from Walmart and another from Big-O tires. I chose a pillow in the shape of Rust-eze Lightyear, star of the original Cars movie from the table of minor prizes. My grandson will appreciate this, I hope. We have a very busy schedule the rest of the year. Plenty of opportunity for lots of us to get involved and enjoy the many benefits of being an "active" club member - not just a member. See you around -- John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meeting Minutes -- 08-01-2012 Jim & Heula Meeting was called to order at 7:03 PM. Those present were John Wiker, Pat Hall, Bill Reider, Larry Blair, Vickie Hall, Heula Pittman, Anne Mae Gold, Ruth Boydston, Brenda Stickler, Wendell Walker, Ollie Scheflow, Lube Lubert, Roger Pape, Hurley Wilvert, Mike Stickler, David Huntoon, Robert Gold and Jim Pittman. Our usual meeting room had flood damage and was being dried out. President John Wiker set up tables for a very cozy meeting place in a remote hallway. Last month's meeting minutes were accepted as published. Larry Yoffee was in Chama and would meet with the mayor and chamber of commerce. An article from last Sunday's Albuquerque Journal told about the water diversion tunnel system bringing some of our drinking water from the San Juan river. Larry Blair said it might be dried up by the end of the summer. Larry had previously suggested visiting this project during our 2014 Chama Tri-State. John Wiker asked for a count of who'd be going to the Car Council picnic - about nine. John had obtained paper plates, napkins, utensils and so on as our club's contribution to the picnic. Sunday August 12th at Oak Flats south of Tijeras. Pat Hall said we needed candidates to run for office in the October election. Anne Mae Gold was taking meeting minutes in Art's absence. Treasurer Robert Gold reported approximately $4,800 with some income and expenses pending. Heula Pittman has "new member" packets, and John Wiker has name tags, for new members Kathy & Doug Gadomski and for new members Judy Jaramillo and family. Jim Pittman said it's a long month, newsletter deadline Friday August 24th. Looking forward to the next Communique to learn about the CORSA Convention. No word on the fee for non-CORSA members. Jim reported on the e-mail sent from CORSA to our officers, asking if we could sponsor the 2014 Convention. We discussed this at the July Board meeting. In the opinion of those present at the Board meeting, we would not be able to do it. Some discussion followed about how much work it took to put on the 1996 Convention and how we no longer had the people to complete such a major project. Heula Pittman reported on meetings of the Sunshine Committee to prepare for the 2014 Tri-State and other events. Vickie Hall said she had no merchandise money to turn in, but asked what anyone thought about a possible spyder bite. Mike Stickler said the Car Council meeting was mainly concerned with the upcoming picnic and the swap meet in September. There was a presentation from a person from the Mayor's office on a proposed Old Route 66 project. Apparently they have enthusiasm but no money. There was much discussion about changing the Council's Bylaws with regard to status with the IRS - it is turning into a long, drawn-out affair with much confusing paperwork. We discussed why they'd want to do such a thing. Apparently it was because a wealthy donor wanted to give $2,000 to the best car in the car show every year, but only if the donation was tax-free! Some of us thought this was crazy, but there seemed no consensus that CNM could or should try to do anything about it. The August 12th picnic is all set. Cost is $5.00 per car. There will be hamburgers and hot dogs. Feel free to bring other food items, especially desserts. Also it may be a good idea to bring folding chairs and tables as the Oak Flats area may not have convenient tables. Steve & Rita Gongora will be going on their fact-finding trip to Los Alamos this weekend. Balloon Fiesta Car Show news. Larry Yoffee was in Chama. He sent an e-mail asking people to register early so planning could procede more efficiently. The next Old Route 66 clean-up will be Saturday October 13th at 9:00 AM. We are going to skip the August clean-up previously scheduled. The Bingo / Auction / Potluck party in November is on track. Steve Gongora asked us to tell everyone that doors would be open to start setting up at 5:30 PM. John Wiker thought we'd start the Bingo games at about 6:30. Larry Blair, Hurley Wilvert and John Wiker reported on recent trips where they had seen areas hit by the early summer forest fires. Larry said the Valle Grande was devastated with the tops of the mountains in the caldera badly burned. There will be flooding in the burned areas and it will take decades for the forests to return to anything like their former condition. Why can't we do more to prevent these fires instead of paying so much money to fight the fires and then rebuild houses? The "dome" overlooking Bandelier National Monument now looks like a desert. David Huntoon won tonight's 50/50 and he kept a buck for "gas money" (well, his motorcycle may go a few miles on a dollar) but your scribe did not get the amount that went into the Treasury. Our August meeting having successfully completed, we adjourned. Several members wended our way to the IHOP where delicious food and scintillating conversation was enjoyed by all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Board Meeting Minutes - 08-15-2012 Art Gold Meeting came to order at 5:00 pm at Highland Senior Center. Jim asked for five minutes at the top of the hour. He then asked Heula & Vickie to open an envelope from CORSA president Jamie Reinhart. Inside was a nicely printed certificate from the 2012 CORSA International Convention, Sturbridge, MA, naming Corvairs of New Mexico the winner of the 2011 Tony Fiore Memorial CORSA Chapter Newsletter Award -- First Place. Heula and Vickie made sure that copies of our newsletter were sent to CORSA to be judged for this year's award. Officer Reports President (John Wiker) talked about the All Clubs Picnic, a big success. Nine CNM members attended. Three Corvairs were there: Geoff Johnson, Pat Hall, John Wiker. About 70 "classic" cars and about 15 more modern cars. John contacted Rita Gongora, the time for the Bingo Night is at 5:30 PM. No report on Los Alamos trip. Vice President (Pat Hall) talked about a recent Route 66 Cruise in Los Lunas. He and Vickie had a great time. Pat thinks more CNM members should go to these monthly events. Treasurer (Robert Gold) stated that the account has $4,691.62. He also discussed the new stanchions for the State Fair Show. They have greatness to them, in that they are lighter and the tops are made of plastic pipe, so they won't fall over so easily, and if they do, they will do less damage to cars. Secretary (Art Gold) stated he had nothing to say. Membership (Larry Yoffee) remarked that Silver City member Curtis Shimp was believed to have been the only CNM member who attended the National Convention. Member Reports Jim Pittman (Editor) stated that the newsletter deadline is Friday 8-24. Vickie Hall (Merchandise) had no sales to report. Heula Pittman (Sunshine) showed one of the bags that the visitors will receive for the Balloon Fiesta. She asked whether she should include one of the Care and Feeding books in each bag. Jim said there's a chance no more will ever be printed, so when we run out we may never have any more. David stated that the book should be given. John stated that there should be a few brochures for local tourist attractions placed in the bags. The Sunshine committee met twice last month. They discussed plans for a Corvair Quilt project. Two care packages were mailed to new members Judy Jaramillo and Doug Gadomski and the postage was reimbursed by Robert Gold. Robert Gold (Car Council) - stated that the meeting was very exciting. The council had an election. Results: Gary Zimmerman (President), Lori Rector (VP). They made money during the last year. July 15th was the Village Inn Pizza day for the volunteers of the Museum Show. All Clubs picnic Oak Flats Picnic Area, $5 per car, Sunday 8-12. On 7-14, Mild to Wild car show, see Council website for more information. Up-coming Business Jim stated that we were trying to organize a dinner meeting on Thursday 8-16 to get together with Bryan Blackwell who will be driving from Washington, DC to Phoenix. So far he has not heard directly from Bryan. Location: either Sadie's East or the Owl Cafe, 6:30 pm. Both are on Hotel Circle near I-40 & Eubank. Pat said we should just plan to meet, whether or not we hear from Bryan. Larry Yoffee talked about the Balloon Fiesta Corvair Tour and Show. So far there are only three people from out-of-state. He sent an email about the event, and heard from the Pierces. The people from Wisconsin cancelled. The people from Missouri are still unclear - he had sent emails to them. Sent out 39 - 40 emails, and only got three responses. Larry was disappointed in the lack of enthusiasm. He wanted to know, since there seems to be such low interest, whether we should just cancel it. Talked about the walking tours in Santa Fe, and said that it is a possibility that we just do the tour. It would be really cool to see a parade of Corvairs. John said he goes to the Balloon Fiesta Car Show every year. He also stated that Larry should contact the Pierces. Robert said that club members will support the event. Dave said that it is easy to drop events since no reservations have been made, and Tarmo is living in Santa Fe. Jim talked about Santa Fe being a world class town, which folks who come to the Balloon Fiesta will surely know about. Route 66 clean-up October 13, 9:00 am. Unclear about Los Alamos trip. [Later we got an e-mail from Steve Gongora saying that the car collection we are going to see is fabulous and it will be a great trip. Tarmo Sutt may report more in next month's newsletter.] Bingo/Auction/Potluck, 5:30 pm, 11-3-2012 Swap Meet September 22 at Los Lunas. Need Volunteers (we have three volunteers already), Robert will let the Council know next Wednesday. CORRECTION = DATES ARE SEPTEMBER 28-29-30. Christmas Dinner still at Ropers 5:30-6:00? Larry Yoffee talked about his trip to Chama. The main hotel will be the Branding Iron at $65 plus tax per night (39 rooms) with booking the rooms 30 days prior to check-in, and a back-up hotel since the hotel only has 15. Also recommending Chama Trails Inn as the back up hotel. Tentative dates May 30-31, 2014. Catering is $20 per person and includes the hall rental fee, with Smoked and BBQ brisket and chicken. Banquet venue is the Chama Community Center. There will be merchant support for the gift bags. Car Show location is at the Branding Iron Motel. The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway train is the obvious primary option for an activity, but it is expensive: $80-100 per person. Or we may organize a driving tour. Touring the San Juan water diversion facilities is still an option. Shopping is an option. Russ McDuffie will be MC for the banquet. Volunteers are needed for different positions. Dave is against the parade. Meeting Adjourned at 6:06 pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Simple MVD Solution -- Is That Possible? Robert Gold I always have contended that one needs to not let "Sleeping Dogs Lie." That is, if there is a problem, correct it as soon as possible. If not, the problem will just become worse. With this in mind, here is a story. Some years ago I was able to purchase a truly special 1965 Gold (no, I didn't select the color) Corsa convertible from Jerry Goffe. He was the original owner and cars like his rust-free beauty don't come along very often. So I got my money out and bought it. That car has been a dream to drive and own. However, as things go, I recently decided to sell the Corsa to slightly simplify my life. Selling such a desirable car should not be too much of a problem. The car is in great shape, both inside and out, and I have the title free and clear. That title... that's the sleeping dog in this story. It seems that when I bought the car from Jerry I do what I usually do. I see the car, I buy it, and I register the title, so it becomes mine. What I forgot to do was really look the title over and make sure everything was correct before and after I registered it. I failed to notice that somewhere along this path the "VIN" or Vehicle Identification Number grew by one digit. That meant my VIN tag did not agree with the title. I noticed this fact a couple years ago, but as long as I owned the car this wasn't a problem -- to me. It was only when I decided to sell the car that the VIN problem dog woke up. It told me that I could not sell the Corsa. What to do? Did this "typo" mean that I had to re-register the car at a cost of several hundred dollars? What a pain. I was getting ready to go to battle with MVD when Geoff Johnson stepped in. He told me that the solution was really easy. Go to the MVD on San Mateo near Montgomery and get the car inspected. Send in the paperwork to the MVD in Santa Fe. Get the corrected title by return mail. And that is how it turned out! I actually had an easy experience at MVD. Thank you Geoff. Now... does anyone want to buy my 1965 Corsa convertible with a good title? Just give me a call. -- Robert Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TREASURY REPORT: 07-12-2012 to 08-14-2012 .................... ROBERT GOLD STARTING BALANCE = $4,661.98 DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION ========== ==== ========= ========== ==================================== 07/19/2012 +$292.00 Deposit Dues A.Gold, D.Gadomski, Raffle, Parts 07/31/2012 2131 -$ 62.06 Bus. Print Envelopes 08/02/2012 2134 -$108.28 Abq. Grafix Newsletter, July, Aug. 08/06/2012 2135 -$ 92.02 John Wiker Car Council Picnic ENDING BALANCE = $4,691.62 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tri-State 2014 -- Chama, New Mexico Larry Yoffee After a successful fact-finding trip to Chama on August 1st, I'm pleased to let you know that all of the basic arrangements have been made for hosting our Tri-State on May 30/31st, 2014! The Branding Iron Motel has agreed to block off their 39 rooms at $65 a night plus tax. The Branding Iron Motel will also be the site of our car show. The Chama Trails Inn is recommended as the back-up motel if you are a late reserver. Rates there are whatever they normally charge, so make your reservation early in 2014. Or you can choose the motel or B & B of your choice. The Chama Community Center will be the site of our banquet and all of our catering requirements have been arranged. The Chamber of Commerce will liason with merchants to support our convention. The Chama area has much to offer when it comes to sightseeing. The Cumbres and Toltec Historic Railway is the centerpiece of any visit to Chama. But there are other interesting things to do as well and we will make suggestions at a later date, or you can just go on line and check it out. Of course, we will need volunteers to staff the various other activities associated with the Tri-State. Once the specific committees are formed, we'll let you know and we'll see who would like to respond to those needs. So, even though we are two years away from this event, here's to a great and memorable Tri-State 2014! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STATE FAIR CAR SHOW -- We are the Elite! Robert Gold For any of you who worry about how the public sees our cars... don't worry. All you need to know is that the NM State Fair appreciates Corvairs and the CNM membership. The proof is that even though the Fair itself is shrinking in length, their management still wants to see our cars at the Fair. That's what my Fair contact Craig said to me a few weeks back. He said he loves to see our cars and wants to make sure that we remain part of the Fair. So I think the best way we can show our appreciation is to have a good turnout this year. Plan this month [ September ] to attend our 16th annual State Fair Car Show on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at the State Fair Grounds. 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! 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 23, for the group photo. (Furr's Cafeteria itself may be long gone, but our parking lot is still there.) We will leave around 7:15 to enter the Fairgrounds through Gate 3. This is the farthest 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 23, 2012 on your calendars and plan to attend our show. Your car is important to us, so let's see you there. -- Robert Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FIRST PLACE WINNER Heula Pittman, Sunshine Committee Chair Vickie Hall, Merchandise Chair Yes, it happened again! Our "Enchanted Corvairs Newsletter" won this prestigious award once more. Of course, we all believed all along that we have the absolute best newsletter in all of CORSA. And that is all because we believe that we have the best newsletter editor in all of CORSA! Several months ago Vickie and Heula got together and pored over all twelve 2011 Enchanted Corvairs newsletters. We picked out four issues that we thought might be best to submit to CORSA for the newsletter competition. This was no easy task since we felt they were all winners! (Yes, one could say that Heula is a wee bit prejudiced.) We then mailed the four we selected to the chairman of the awards committee at CORSA. This week in the mail we received a very handsome award certificate for First Place in the newsletter competition. Many of you remember that in 2005 our newsletter won First Place in this contest and then in 2010 we won Third Place. Now our 2012 First Place award makes us a three-time winner! Our newsletter has been a vital part of the club since December 1974 and Jim has been our editor since February 1978. Jim has yet to miss an issue.He has edited a total of 416 regular issues and two special "anniversary" issues. We have also mailed out two photo reports on Tri-State meets! Only a wife could know and appreciate how many long hours, throughout the month, and how much blood, sweat and occasional dark mutterings go into these issues. Jim often says that he couldn't produce the newsletter without the contributions of all of us members. But Jim has a special talent for putting together each month's material in an attractive and readable format. Both the routine, every-month reports and the many special-interest articles that we get are much appreciated. Our heartfelt thanks to you, Jim. Whether or not our newsletter ever wins another award, we will all know that you are the BEST newsletter editor in CORSA's history! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ August Car Council Report -- Short and Sweet Robert Gold Here's a question for you. "Does a meeting happen if there isn't anyone there to see it?" This sorta sums up the latest New Mexico Council of Car Clubs (NMCCC) meeting held last night. When I drove up to the Old Car Garage just 15 minutes before game time I was surprised to see that I had the whole street to myself to park my Loadside. I actually thought that I had arrived on the wrong night. But alas, it was the right night and by the time the meeting began, the organization that has over seventy car clubs as members only had about fifteen people in attendance. Even an officer, the Secretary, failed to attend. Does attending a Journey concert qualify as an excuse not to be there? You decide. The delegation from Corvairs of New Mexico had shrunk to one person, me. But don't dispair, it only takes one person to take notes and report to you what happened. I'll keep this report brief, since nothing much happened anyway. The meeting began with the obligatory Treasurer's report. Guess what? NMCCC has lots of money. True, NMCCC lost about $75.00 on the recent annual All Clubs picnic. That still leaves the Council with lots of money. Speaking of the picnic, it was a success. There were about 200 people at the picnic grounds along with almost 100 cars. I get the impression that we will be returning to that site next year. Another thing of interest, the Council has begun the lengthy process of purchasing a barbecue grill so that we'll have one for our future activities. Alas, because of IRS rules, approval for the grill will now take a meeting of the Budget Committee. I expect I will be writing about this process for many months to come. On to the most important matter discussed at the meeting, the Los Lunas Swap Meet. It will take place at the same site as last year on September 21-23. CORRECTION = DATES ARE SEPTEMBER 28-29-30. The big controversy about this event has to do with the porta potties. We had enough of them, but they weren't serviced enough. You'll be amused to hear that the Council has come to an impasse with the City of Los Lunas over how to insure that the johns are kept clean. So, if you attend this year, I suggest you stop by Lotaburger, 1395 Bosque Farms Boulevard, Bosque Farms, NM, and take a break before you enter the swap meet grounds. Well, maybe it isn't as bad as all that. I told the organizer of the Swap Meet, Joyce Clements, that Corvairs of New Mexico will again step up and provide at least four volunteers to help out. One, Pat Hall, will help out on the Thursday setup, and the others will be there by 6:00 am on Saturday to direct traffic. Remember, anyone who helps out gets a voucher for a free lunch. Not a bad deal. Let me know at the September CNM meeting if you want to participate. I'd give you a report on the migration of the Council to a non-profit, but there isn't much to say about that. The IRS isn't very receptive to our application. Someone said that was because it would cost the government money. That could be true. Our application is on hold. That gives us six months to correct all the deficiencies. Does anyone want to bet me that it will take longer than six months? I think that is a sure thing. Aside from all that, there isn't much more to say. I did love looking at the cars being restored by the Old Car Garage. Also, I loved my premium parking spot. So, that's it for this month. Maybe next month we'll have enough attendees to field two baseball teams. Tune in to see... -- Robert Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HEADING WEST - NO CORVAIR - Our Dinner With Bryan and Trevor Blackwell Heula Pittman Dennis Pleau, former CNM member, forwarded e-mail to us from Virtual Vairs that Bryan Blackwell and his son Trevor would be making a trip from Washington, D.C. to Phoenix, Arizona. Dennis suggested that Bryan contact us to see if CNM members would like to meet them for dinner the evening they arrived in Albuquerque. Jim and I made the arrangements and reservations at Sadie's East on Hotel Circle at I-40 and Eubank. We made all the necessary contacts with Bryan and with our members. We met at 6:30 pm and had a great evening eating terrific New Mexican food and visiting with each other. Around 7:15 the restaurant manager informed us that there was a heavy-duty rain storm in progress, but by the time we left the restaurant all was clear, except for wind and distant lightning. Bryan and Trevor were making the trip in a Miata. Trevor is a student at Arizona State in Phoenix. The two of them were full of interesting stories about their trip and plans for the rest of the trip. We had a pretty good turn-out, considering such short notice: thirteen, in all. It was nice to see Sally Williams and her daughter again. Geoff Johnson, Dave Huntoon, Joel Nash, Vickie and Pat Hall, John Wiker, Steve Gongora, Jim and Heula Pittman, and our guests Bryan and Trevor were in attendance. Five Corvairs were driven to the event. Bryan owns the server that holds the CORSA web site, the web sites of several CORSA chapters, and CORSA e-mail accounts. He described it as just a Linux box and a UPS and a few disk drives - no big deal. No doubt those who use CORSA's web page and CORSA's e-mail facilities would agree that it's really a big deal. We appreciate the Blackwells taking time from their travels to meet with us. I believe we all had a good evening together. I know I did. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CAR COUNCIL PICNIC - AUGUST 12, 2102 Jim & Heula Intimidated by the summer weather climate, we chose our Classic 1990 Honda Civic (they don't make 'em like that anymore) simply because of its air conditioning capability. Also, it will hold more stuff than the Miata. At the Smith's parking lot, Central & Tramway, we found a half-shaded parking slot. We were early so we settled in to wait for the rest of the club to arrive. A brown MG-B GT was the first "classic" car we saw, but many more came in and found a place to park. Soon John & Anne Wiker drove up in the bright yellow late Monza that has seldom missed a car show during the last ten years. Next we saw the silver early Monza coupe of Pat & Vickie Hall come gliding into the parking lot. After visiting friends and getting several few photos we headed out east on Old Route 66 (aka NM 333) to Tijeras where we turned south on Old South 14. At the top of the beautiful curvy road we turned left onto the Oak Flats road and found the man who took our $5 bill and gave us a ticket. We found a shady parking place, took our food to the people in charge, and set up tables and chairs in the shade. There was an occasional breeze and it was not really too hot. We found Lube Lubert and his brother, and soon Geoff and Ann Johnson and their kids arrived. Geoff drove his "new" 1960 Monza coupe. Soon David Huntoon arrived by motorcycle. John walked around the parking area and tried to count the cars. He came up with sixty-four, of which three were Corvairs. Later he revised his count to closer to seventy. Two lines for food were announced, and they moved pretty slowly despite the hot sun. The food was fine. It proved impossible to leave without finding at least one tasty treat, and most people found several. There was plenty of food! And, ice cream came later. After door prizes and a 50/50 drawing (both Pat and Vickie won prizes) it appeared to be the consensus that this was an outstanding picnic and we all found Oak Flats a great place to hold a picnic. Thanks to all who came and especially to those with Corvairs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ C O R V A I R S o f N E W M E X I C O C O M I N G E V E N T S ============================================================================ | September 2012 | October 2012 | November 2012 | | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | | 1 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 | | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | 28 29 30 31 | 25 26 27 28 29 30 | | 30 | | | ============================================================================ Wed 5 Sep 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER, at the corner of Wyoming & Carmel, just north of Wyoming & Paseo del Norte NE Wed 5 Sep After our meeting, we may go to the IHOP at 8100 Wyoming NE Sat 8 Sep 8:00 AM EAA chapter 179 Land of Enchantment Fly In, Moriarty Airport Contact: Curtis [Curt] Smith ( mach2 @ centurylink.net ) Sat 8 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 19 Sep 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 21 Sep 9:00 PM October Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sun 23 Sep 7:00 AM New Mexico State Fair Car Show Fri-Sat-Sun 28-29-30 September -- NMCCC Swap Meet in Los Lunas ============================================================================ Tue 2 Oct ..... CORVAIR HERITAGE DAY (Corvair's official birthday) Wed 3 Oct 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER, at the corner of Wyoming & Carmel, just north of Wyoming & Paseo del Norte NE Wed 3 Oct Election of Officers Fri 5 Oct ....... Balloon Fiesta - Greet out-of-town visitors Sat 6 Oct ....... Balloon Fiesta - Corvair Tour and Corvair Dinner Sun 7 Oct EARLY! Balloon Fiesta NMCCC Car Display Sat 13 Oct 9:00 AM Old Route 66 Clean-up -- Meet at the I-25 "triangle" Sat 13 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. Wed 17 Oct 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 26 Oct 9:00 PM November Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sat 27 Oct 10:30 AM Leave Albuquerque to arrive in Los Alamos by 12:00 noon Aspencade to Los Alamos to visit Mike Ragsdale's car collection. Details to be announced. Fri-Sat-Sun 26-27-28 October Great Western Fan Belt Toss & Swap Meet Palm Springs, California http://www.corvair.org/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/ info&Itemid=173&id=46&reset=1/ ============================================================================ Sat 3 Nov 5:30 PM Potluck - Auction - Bingo at HOUSE OF COVERS Sun 4 Nov 2:00 AM DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS: get back the hour stolen in the spring Tue 6 Nov ELECTION DAY -- Vote to Save or Destroy the Country -- Your Choice. REMEMBER - the United States has the best politicians money can buy and YOU can help decide which congregation of truth-benders to send to office next. Wed 7 Nov 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER, at the corner of Wyoming & Carmel, just north of Wyoming & Paseo del Norte NE Sat 10 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 21 Nov 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 23 Nov 9:00 PM December Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman ============================================================================ Sat 1 Dec ....... Christmas Dinner at ROPER's RESTAURANT on Central SE. ============================================================================ See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities: ========================= http://nmcarcouncil.net/ ========================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: "HOC Account" stevegongora @ houseofcovers.com Date: 2012=Aug=15 17:17:03 MDT To: "Jim Pittman" jimp @ unm.edu Subject: Los Alamos Trip The trip to Mike Ragsdale's house was unbelievable. His attention to detail was remarkable and his layout was fantastic. Tarmo will be writing about our excursion to Los Alamos. You will get a better perspective of his property from GOOGLE Maps. Mike is a retired architect and served over 30 years in the military through active and reserve. His collection include 5 Corvettes, 1949 Chevrolet Pickup 1970 Impala and mid 70's Eldorado. Fred Edeskuty said he will be sure to be there. He used to work with Mike and knows his garage as well. Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fifteen CNMers Celebrate Birthdays in September: 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 Christian Deyermond...September 19 Julian Trujillo.......September 22 Josh McDuffie.........September 27 Five Special CNM Couples Celebrate Wedding Anniversaries: 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YEARS AGO IN SEPTEMBER 07 2005 - VOL 31 Nr. 9 - # 360 Cover photo: Robert, Anne Mae, Javi & Sara disembarked from their late sedan at the July meeting. President David ran our meeting at Galles Chevrolet. Wendell reported $2,822.77 in the bank. Former member Clayborne Souza visited from California. The Car Council picnic was set for El Morro and our club breakfast was set for Milly's. Someone complained that we no longer had tech talks at meetings and tech talk volunteers were called for. Planning was under way for next year's Tri-State in Montrose, Colorado. Mark and Mary Lou Martinek reported on the CORSA Convention in Portland, Oregon. Ollie Scheflow reported on the picnic and tour to "Inscription Rock" AKA El Morro and Wendell Walker previewed a tour by the VMCCA to the Gilman Tunnels north of Jemez, New Mexico. 14 1998 - VOL 24 Nr. 9 - # 276 On the cover, Mark Domzalski's Rampside, carrying a long, crated flagpole, headed for the Pecos cabin of Ruth Boydston. Dennis ran our meeting at Casa Chevrolet. Mark was now president of CORSA. Wendy reported $6,830 in our account. The Albuquerque Urban Council was trying to get a Transportation Museum started, to be located near the railroad station. We discussed getting a new club banner. Did we want a special 25th Anniversary celebration next March? Dennis and other members reported on the St. Louis convention. Heula reported on the flagpole-raising at Ruth's cabin in the Pecos, Dave reported on starting out for St. Louis in his VW bug, and Herb Berkman told about some of the problems and difficulties that cropped up at past conventions. 21 1991 - VOL 17 Nr. 9 - # 192 On the cover: Wayne Christgau's high-mileage 1967 Monza parked at the Billy the Kid Museum at Fort Sumner where Wayne was visiting. Our Aspencade destination was Rancho de Chimayo. Ilva Walker donated a hand-woven tapestry to the Club to be raffled at the Christmas party. President Steve Gongora thanked Dick Cochran for putting on a terrific economy run with a trip to Indian ruins and lunch at the CO-OP in Estancia. Wendell Walker's automatic Corvair got 31.1 MPG and Will Davis got 36.2 MPG with a manual. LeRoy previewed the State Fair show. We reprinted a newspaper photo of Ralph (you-know-who) sitting in an early Corvair at the CORSA convention, a nervous smile on his face. Steve reported on our tour to Flagstaff. Wayne Christgau contributed an interesting article on adventures with his Corvair in the USA and in Greece with the USAF. Finally, Orville Eliason told us about vacuum leaks and how to cure them. 28 1984 - VOL 10 Nr. 9 - # 108 Artist, writer and past president Mark Morgan provided a sketch of a fanciful London double-decker bus for our cover. Sure enough, inside there was another great article by Mark about driving in Europe, one of a series. Bill Reider's regular column reported on the use of unleaded gasoline in Corvairs. 35 1977 - VOL 03 Nr. 7 - # 028 This "September/October" issue proved to be the last for the year 1977. State Fair awards went to Francis Boydston, Clay Keen, Benny Abeyta, Steve Gongora, Hector Gongora, Glen Thompson, Doug Morgan and Joe Vertrees. We had a car show at Winrock with at least eight Corvairs, including James Giblin's 1961 Lakewood and Brian Ballou's 1966 V-8 Corvair. A club dinner at Bella Vista was well attended. Ike Meissner planned a "rally race" event in Pojoaque, with lunch at The Line Camp. Glen Thompson officially resigned as newsletter editor. Baxanne Sutt was reported to be taking over the job. Did she? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ == END ==