The January 2014 newsletter - Text Version Updated 05-Jan-2014 ==== Copyright (c) 2014 Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JANUARY 2014 / VOLUME 40 / NUMBER 1 / ISSUE #460 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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, January 8th, 2013 at 7:00 PM NOTE: Special Meeting DATE! Center is closed for New Year's DAY! North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due............................Membership Committee Where's Dave ........................................David Huntoon Loss of Steve Goodman's 1966 Corvair..............John Dawson, RMC December Meeting Minutes..................................Art Gold December Board Meeting Minutes............................Art Gold Vairs In The Air Convention "Vair Fare" Cookbooks....Heula Pittman Anyone Want to Build This?...........................David Huntoon More of a Good Thing: Christmas Party..................Robert Gold CNM Bingo Party.......................................Rita Gongora Route 66 2014 Calendar features Rampside.............Steve Gongora Birthdays & Anniversaries.......................Sunshine Committee Treasury Report........................................Robert Gold Who Has What..............................................Everyone Some Thoughts on Engine Rebuilding...........Bob Helt, VEGAS VAIRS Calendar of Coming Events.......................Board of Directors December Issue, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago.........Club Historian Membership List as of 25 December 2013..................the Editor COVER: Larry Blair's NO-AGUA early convertible on a 2010 Garage Tour. The Highway Department has replaced both of our Old Route 66 Signs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEETINGS: First Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 PM North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ President: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com Vice-Pres: Tarmo Sutt 505-690-2046 tarmo @ juno.com Secretary: Art Gold 505-620-7434 rollerart @ gmail.com Treasurer: Robert Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 @ msn.com Car Council: Mike Stickler 505-856-6993 sticorsa @ gmail.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 heula @ q.com Newsletter: Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu Past President: Ray Trujillo 505-839-7436 ray @ bpsabq.com Past President: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Past President: John Wiker 505-899-3076 wikerj63 @ yahoo.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.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 CNM only: 12 months $28.00 -or- 26 months $ 56.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 JANUARY 2014 DUE DECEMBER = INACTIVE 25-JAN-2014 2013.12 David Huntoon 2013.12 Barbara & Gordon Johnson 2013.12 Kelli & Mark Morgan DUE JANUARY = INACTIVE 25-FEB-2014 2014.01 Darlene & William Darcy DUE FEBRUARY ==== INACTIVE 25-MAR-2014 2014.02 Frank Stadler 2014.02 Brenda & Mike Stickler EXPIRED = INACTIVE AS OF 25-NOV-2013: 2013.04 Richard Finch 2013.06 Joan & Murray Bruskin 2013.06 David & Judy Jaramillo 2013.08 Nancy & Russ McDuffie 2013.10 Mary Alice & Oliver Scheflow 2013.11 Cheryl & Edward Halpin 2013.11 Kay & Tarmo Sutt 2013.11 Brenda & Hurley Wilvert 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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Highway Department replace our missing sign at the western end of our Old Route 66 mile, and they replaced the old sign at the eastern end! The signs now feature mixed-case letters, not all UPPER CASE as before. Good Job! Thanks to Lube for getting this done. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where's Dave? David Huntoon So, we made it through another year and are looking forward to a great 2014. Our club will see another active year with the high point being the Chama TriState. Things on that front are doing nicely. The logo design has been chosen and we will see it at our next club meeting. Thanks to Larry Yoffee for all his hard work. Remember our next meeting is January 8 and not the usual first Wednesday as that would be January 1 and the community center is closed for New Year's Day. Same time, same place, same room, just one week later. Yesterday, I and several others helped a neighbor load a big truck as he is moving to Phoenix. I knew half the people helping, the others were familiar. It reminded me of how our club works. People helping each other when the need arises. Helping or showing another how to do a brake job, lube rear wheel bearings, balancing carbs or the myriad things that may need attention. It also happens on the national level with people giving advice and sourcing needed parts. My example is Corvair Center and its forum. There is almost always some useful info that you may not use right away but could come in handy later. You can also use "keywords" to search for a topic to check if it has been discussed before. Likely it has but you never know. Post your own solutions also as there may be more than one solution to any given problem. That's corvaircenter.com . Also on this date, Dec. 20th, my Dad died in 2010. He is responsible for the Corvair bug for both me and my brother. His first Corvair was a 1961 4 door bought used in the spring of 1961. That tan color with a power glide for a family car. Don't recall for sure, but I must have taken my drivers test in that car later in 1961. Next was a brand new 1964 4 door with power glide. Maroon with a black interior. My first one was a tan 1962 coupe with a 4 speed in 1966. Of and on Corvairs for me and my brother since then. So, I blame it on my Dad. But if I could be half the man he was I would be happy. I know I am not. Miss him and my Mom. Remember it's Jan 8th for the meeting ....... -- David ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reprinted from the Denvair News, Rocky Mountain CORSA, Denver, December 2013 The wrecked Corvair on Page 2 belongs to Steve Goodman. Rocky Mountain President John Dawson reports: "Our resident RMC Historian and all-around guru of anything Corvair, Steve Goodman, was able to walk away from a rather bad automobile accident on 6th Ave when the driver of a 2011 Ford Fusion did not apply the brakes and plowed into Steve's grey/white striped 1966 Corsa daily driver. The car is a total loss and I'm quite surprised that he was at work last Saturday, considering the damage done to the car. It's certainly amazing how well the Corvair held up in the accident... says something about "old technology." Steve tells me the engine was pushed forward 6 inches and windshield pillars were cracked. His seatback was bent where it encountered the edge of the folded down rear seatback. Little will be salvagable except perhaps heads, carbs, front suspension, steering, and the wheels and tires. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Regular Meeting Minutes 12-4-13 Art Gold Meeting came to order at 7:06pm at North Domingo Baca Multicultural Center with 20 in attendance. Officer Reports President (Dave Huntoon) approved the previous minutes. Steve Goodman had an accident in his Corvair (1965 coupe). He is okay. Vice President (Tarmo Sutt) was absent. Treasurer (Robert Gold) stated that the account has $4,662.83. Bingo was a success with $322.25 made. Secretary (Art Gold) talked about his aqua 1964 coupe. Membership (Larry Yoffee) talked about an article from Hagerty discussing the Corvair. Member Reports Jim Pittman (Editor) stated that the deadline is Friday, 12-20-13. Tarmo is on a cruise in the Middle East. Heula Pittman (Sunshine) stated everything is okay. She talked about door prizes for the Christmas party. One prize for the guys and one for the girls. Vickie Hall (Merchandise) stated that she has merchandise for sale. Items for sale: Care and Feeding book for $5.00. Robert Gold (Car Council) talked about the Danny Lavato benefit. There were 80 cars represented. Old Business Potluck/Bingo/Auction: There was a grand discussion of the event. Great attendance by the club members. Larry Yoffee discussed the 2014 Tri State in Chama and said that the logo/image has been decided upon. He is going to email the logo to Robert Gold for the certificates for the car show. The logo/image will be made into a dash plaque. Larry discussed the Tierra Wools mills tour. There needs to be a minimum of 12 people for the tour to occur. The latest news on the T-shirts is that they are in process with Tarmo being in charge of this process. John Wiker has repeatedly asked CORSA about insurance for the Tri-State. Finally they replied that they have our request, that they are changing insurance companies as of January 1st, and that our request is number 2 on their list. New Business Steve and Rita Gongora have organized our Christmas Party It starts at 5pm at Ropers Restaurant (Wyoming & Central SE). Bring your donations for Joy Junction. It is $14.50 per person for the dinner. Upcoming Event 12-7 1:00 PM Calendar signing: There will be a calendar signing at Yearwood Performance Center, 341 Eubank NE (just south of I-40) for Steve's Rampside picture in the calendar. NEWS ABOUT THE JANUARY MEETING: As the center will be closed on New Year's Day, the meeting will be held a week later, Wednesday January 8th, at 7:00 PM. The 50/50 winner was Pat Hall ($20) $10 for the winner. Meeting Adjourned at 8:05pm -- Mr. Gold Reporting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Board Meeting Minutes 12-18-13 Art Gold Meeting came to order at 5:02pm at Highland Senior Center. Present: David, Tarmo, Pat, Robert, Art, Lube, Vickie, Heula, Jim. Officer Reports President David Huntoon discussed the logo for the 2014 Tri-State. Larry Yoffee emailed David that he has received a prototype plaque and it looked good. The board voted in favor of the suggested logo. Dave or Larry will email copies to those interested. Larry planned to have 75 plaques made. We plan to have 85 registration bags and each should have a plaque. Perhaps we should make extra plaques? Perhaps 100? Vice President Tarmo Sutt talked about placing the ad in The Communique about the Tri-State. Treasurer Robert Gold stated that the account has $4,887.19. He praised Roper's Restaurant for the Christmas dinner. He said our check to the state Corporations Commission finally cleared. Robert told us that Anne Mae Gold will schedule the anniversary dinner for March 15th, at the Golden Coral at Eubank and Central NE. She will verify our reservations during the Winter Break. Secretary Art Gold discussed his car. Member Reports Jim Pittman (Editor) The newsletter deadline is this Friday, 12-20. He reminded us that the next meeting was a week late, January 8th and asked whether there was a change in the board meeting? David said it is on the normal third Wednesday, January 15th. Vickie Hall (Merchandise) turned in money $13 to Robert Gold the treasurer. Vickie also discussed an article from Hagerty's which listed the five best classic cars for driving in the snow. Number One: the Oldsmobile Toronado? Number Four: the 1959-1969 Corvair. Others on the list were four-wheel-drive. Heula Pittman (Sunshine) stated that she has three plaques left over from the 1996 Tri-State. What did we want to do with them? She also said that a stash of "Vairs in the Air" / "Vair Fare" cookbooks was discovered at the Domzalski home recently. These are the cookbooks put together by CNM for our 1996 CORSA International Convention held in Albuquerque. We sold them originally for $10 but we offer these remaining books for $5 each. What a bargin! See either Vickie or Heula if you would like one at this special price; they make excellent gifts. There are 42 available. Robert Gold (Car Council) said there's no meeting until February. New Business For the Tri-State, the dash plaques are in process. Hotel and banquet are done. We are not sure about progress on T-shirts. There are still volunteer positions to be filled, perhaps more information will be in the newsletter or on Larry's web page. Meeting Adjourned at 5:47pm -- Mr. Gold Reporting Above, Tarmo is photographing an art object assembled by Vickie Hall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anyone want to build this? David Huntoon My thoughts are a period correct mild 283 or 327 crown conversion. Straight cut cam gear drive for a nice whine and a cam with a lumpy v8 idle. 6 inch chopped windshield, tonneau cover a la 1962 Tbird and some 17 or 18 inch wheels. Doesn't hurt to dream....... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MORE OF A GOOD THING CNM Christmas Party Robert Gold They say change is good. I beg to differ. It wasn't that long ago that the Corvairs of New Mexico Christmas party was held on Kirtland Base at the officers' club. But as you might remember it got harder and harder to get through all the security so that we could enjoy that grand buffet with a champagne chaser. The result was that we decided to look for other options for our celebration. The question was where to go? To our delight Steve and Rita Gongora stepped up and found us a restaurant that turned out to have three advantages to our club. They were friendly, they had good food, and the meal didn't require a second mortgage for our members... That place is Roper's Restaurant. And that's where we convened again this year. I'd like to report that, as in previous years, we weren't disappointed. I arrived with my family and in no time we were "chowing down" on Roper's tasty buffet and enjoying the company of a total of 31 CNM'ers. I should add that Roper's staff did its usual fine job and when it was time to pay there was no drama. I particularly love that, since as your loyal club treasurer I have had some issues with other events in the past. It is at this point that I need to mention that three of our members had a better time than the rest of us. They were the winners of the raffle. It's always nice to win something, but two of the prizes were especially appealing... a free year of CNM membership. For us retirees any savings are greatly appreciated, so congratulations to Bill Reider and John Wiker who don't have to worry about paying dues for another year. In addition we enjoyed celebrating Ruth Boydston's birthday. Is it true she is now old enough to vote? I should also mention that this event was not completely about us eating great food and enjoying nice company. It is also about the season of the year when we think about those less fortunate than all of us. This year our members donated a number of items to Joy Junction to continue their good works. CNM is blessed with tremendously generous members. Thank you so much! I can sum up the dinner by saying that it was a wonderful experience and I can't wait until next year. Let's hope it's at the same place. Because change is not necessarily good! -- Robert Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CNM Bingo Night Rita Gongora The evening started with great weather. The Bingo Night brought out about 45 people to come out and share fun, games, and food with friends and Corvairians. It gave Steve and me a chance (and motivation) to clean up our shop and share it with the club. John Wiker came through like a knight in shining armor. He took care of handling all the Bingo paraphernalia by going to Disco Display House and getting everything to make it happen. He also wanted to make sure everyone had a place to sit and enjoy the festivities. He made everyone comfortable and we appreciate it. We were about to pull out the milk crates to sit on. There was time taken to acknowledge those who have served and are active in our Military Forces in observance of Veterans Day. Larry Blair shared all the activities that were taking place on Veterans Day including honoring the recent servicemen that lost their lives in the recent conflicts. New members Matt and Heather Choiniere attended bringing a delicious dish and also won a Bingo hand. Ruth Boydston brought her "traditional for auction" delicious white cake, which I had the winning bid (lucky me!!!). Mark and Elizabeth Domzalski are back from Washington, D.C. bringing a shepherd's pie and Mark's Corvair model brought some good bidding and revenue to the club. The White Elephant Silent auction is always interesting to see what items will bring on a bidding war. From a Chevrolet key chain won by Art Gold to a "Mahiki" Bowl that Carolyn Palmer had the final bid. Steve and I were honored to have Emily, Victor, and Baby Steele there. Victor is a retired veteran from the Army and served a tour in Iraq and Afghanistan. We were able to "show off" our first granddaughter, Steele. They were also winners in the Bingo game, as Victor won in the final blackout game of the night. We want to give thanks to everyone who brought their dishes, items, and company to our special annual CNM event. The club prospers in funds and the opportunity for club members to come together for a fun event. I believe a good time was had by all. A huge honorable mention goes to my husband, Steve for his ability to energize and organize with such ease. We are looking forward to next year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Route 66 2014 Calendar Steve Gongora I was fortunate to have a few photo opportunities with my 1962 Rampside since it has been painted four years ago by Maaco. It was selected for the January/February 2012 cover of the Corsa Communique. It was used for an engagement photo shoot for a couple. The photographer was Tony Gambino. He has the website showing the couple and the truck. The major company Snap-On selected it for the current month of December 2013 for their calendar. I was honored to have been selected for the Route 66 2014 Calendar. Bill Fouch has visited the shop numerous times over the past few years and suggested that the truck be used in the coming year for his calendar and I agreed. He rented the space at the deserted rail yards for the shoot. It was the same day as the Albuquerque Car Council Museum Show. I did show up and show my truck later after the shoot. Many cars were there for the photo shoot as well as many models. Since the calendar has been printed and distributed, Bill had a publicity occasion, along with Yearwood Performance Center at 341 Eubank NE to have a calendar signing with the models. This took place on Saturday, December 7, 2013 from 1 PM to 3 PM. Thanks to Robert Gold for promoting the event with the NM Car Council and for the CNM members who participated in supporting the event. Despite near freezing temperatures, we had the support of many car enthusiasts and CNM members. Robert and Alan Gold, LeRoy Rogers, and I enjoyed the warm temperatures in Yearwood's showroom and a few photo shots outside with the cars. The models shed their coats and had many photo poses with the Rampside. Every time a session was taking place, passers-by would honk their horns. My truck was close to the sidewalk and drew a lot of attention. It is always great fun and enjoyment to show the truck and see the response to this unique vehicle. Many have said they have had one just like it, it was a Ford. I just nod my head and agree. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Five CNM'ers Celebrate Birthdays: * Javier Gold...............January 9 * Carolyn Palmer............January 10 * Steve Gongora.............January 11 * LeRoy Rogers..............January 20 * Jakob Greer...............January 28 Two Special Couples Celebrate Wedding Anniversaries: * Nancy & Russ McDuffie.....January 16 * Vickie & Pat Hall.........January 18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TREASURY REPORT ............. 11-22-2013 to 12-18-2013 ............. ROBERT GOLD DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION ========== ==== ========== =========== ==================================== 2013.12.06 2181 -$ 69.14 J.Pittman NOV 2013 Newsletter, some Sunshine Items 2013.12.09 +$ 643.50 Dues etc Al.Gold, R.Pape, L.Yoffee, 50/50, Auction 2013.12.09 2182 -$ 435.00 Roper's Christmas Banquet 2013.12.13 2178 -$ 10.00 N.M. CORPORATIONS COMMISSION - Annual Nonprofit Fee 2013.12.16 +$ 95.00 Dues D.Palmer, Al Gold ========== ==== ========== =========== ==================================== ENDING BALANCE =$ 4,887.19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================================================ * * M E M B E R I N F O R M A T I O N * W H O H A S W H A T * * ================================================================================ RUTH BOYDSTON 505-350-6003 has a 1963 Corvair Coupe, automatic, 98,252 miles, all original. It has white exterior and blue interior. This car has been seen at recent meetings and local events and was featured on the cover of the December 2012 ENCHANTED CORVAIRS newsletter. ================================================================================ PAT HALL 505-620-5574 in Los Lunas, NM has Corvairs in need of repair. Lots of parts for most Corvairs. ================================================================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REPRINTED FROM: VEGAS VAIRS -- December 2013 SOME THOUGHTS ON ENGINE REBUILDING BY BOB HELT -- AUGUST 2013 When it comes time to rebuild your Corvair engine you might want to consider whether to use one of the standard cylinder oversizes (such as 20, 30, 40, or 60 thousandths oversize); or whether, maybe, to expand the cubic inch displacement beyond these standard increases, all within two economical steps. Of course going beyond the standard displacement increases will result in an increasing cost due to the specialty nature of these oversizes. But at least the possibilities are available and worth checking out to determine whether any of them are right for you. The FlyCorvair group under the direction of William Wynne has established two definite but economical engine displacement enlargements beyond those accomplished by the standard cylinder oversizes. While the stock displacement of late model engines was 2680 cc, boring the cylinders 60 thousandths oversize would enlarge the engine to 2775 cc. This is a significant increase, but even more displacement is possible. The first larger step developed by FlyCorvair is to bump up the displacement to 2850 cc. The 2850 cc displacement is accomplished by using Clark's new full-fin and thick-wall cylinders that are overbored 0.105" (to 90 mm) from the stock 3.437". (Clark's part number for these cylinders is C-11628ww). These are an off-the-shelf item although slightly expensive due to the additional boring operation required. These cylinders have been proven to be satisfactory and reliable by the FlyCorvair group, and since they work for aircraft, then they will also do so for any automotive application too. Special pistons and rings will then complete the job. These 90 mm pistons (and rings) that use the stock Corvair connecting rods can be obtained from Ray Sedman at www.american-pi.com. (Email rsedman@american-pi.com.) These pistons can also be obtained with "flat tops" or dished if you want to reduce the CR back to stock, or even a lower CR. Dished pistons will also improve the combustion chamber and help control detonation. No machine work is required on either the crankcase or on the cylinder heads to make these Clark's cylinders with American-Pi pistons fit properly. Also stock connecting rods can be used too, without any modifications other than, possibly, Arp bolts and resizing/balancing. That is the nice part of using this setup. Use Clark's standard copper base and head gaskets with these cylinders. The next larger displacement step is to 3.0 liters or 3000 cc, using Volkswagen 92 mm cylinders, but with Corvair-style pistons and rings. This upgrade will require machine work on both the heads and crankcase to make room for the larger cylinders. Kits to accomplish this upgrade are available from Mark Petnunias (Petz) at Falcon Machine (Falconmachine.net, 2043 S. Fish hatchery Rd., Fitchburg, WI, 53575, 608-835-3317). He will supply 3.0L kits and do all the associated machine work involved. The 3.0L kit includes, new 92 mm cylinders, new forged pistons, new pins, new plasma moly ring sets, labor to gap the rings to the cylinders, labor to install your rods on the pistons (pressed pins), and labor to inspect and bore out your crankcases to accept the larger cylinders. The price is $1800. The cylinder heads also have to be bored out larger. If he is already rebuilding your heads at the same time, it's only a $70.00 extra charge, if it is a separate operation it's $200.00 to take them apart, bore them out and re-assemble them. Right now you may be wondering why 3000 cc was chosen when it is possible to "go all the way" to 3100 cc, the current maximum size available at reasonable cost. There are several reasons as described below by William Wynne. "The single biggest factor aiding the standardization of the 3,000 over the 3,100 is the fact that the design and geometry of the 3,000 is all Corvair, compared to the 3,100 which has the piston pin and compression height of a VW engine. These compromises make the 3,100 require modified rods and custom length pushrods. The 3,000cc engine, by our design, uses stock Corvair rods and standard length pushrods. "In addition, the primary reason why we went to 92mm as the 3,000cc bore over the 3,100's 94mm bore is to improve the head gasket area and decrease the oversize required when machining the crankcase. A 3,000cc engine's crankcase has the 2mm difference in the crankcase bore. This may not sound like a lot, but it is a great improvement if you need to put a helicoil or timesert in the crankcase for a head stud. On the top, the 3,000cc's head gasket surface does not break out into the head stud holes as the 3,100 does." So there you have it. Two ways of achieving increased displacement over the standard overbore of 60 thousandths for you to consider. Both at increasing but reasonable costs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ | January 2014 | February 2014 | March 2014 | | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | | 1 2 3 4 | 1 | 1 | | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | | 26 27 28 29 30 31 | 23 24 25 26 27 28 | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | | | | 30 31 | ============================================================================ N O T I C E ! N O T I C E ! N O T I C E ! THE CENTER IS CLOSED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1ST. WE WILL MEET ONE WEEK LATER. Wed 8 Jan 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER After the meeting, we may go to "JASON'S DELI" at 5920 Holly Ave. NE. Sat 11 Jan 1:00 PM Los Lunas - Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms Bill Schofield 505-565-2105, David Silva 505-550-8415, or vintagegasser@aim.com Wed 15 Jan 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 24 Jan 9:00 PM Deadline for items for February newsletter ============================================================================ Wed 5 Feb 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER, at Wyoming & Carmel, north of Wyoming & Paseo del Norte NE. After the meeting, we may go to "JASON'S DELI" at 5920 Holly Ave. NE. Sat 8 Feb 1:00 PM Los Lunas - Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms Bill Schofield 505-565-2105, David Silva 505-550-8415, or vintagegasser@aim.com Wed 19 Feb 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 21 Feb 9:00 PM Deadline for items for March newsletter Wed 26 Feb 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE ============================================================================ Wed 5 Mar 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER, at Wyoming & Carmel, north of Wyoming & Paseo del Norte NE. After the meeting, we may go to "JASON'S DELI" at 5920 Holly Ave. NE. Sat 8 Mar 1:00 PM Los Lunas - Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms Bill Schofield 505-565-2105, David Silva 505-550-8415, or vintagegasser@aim.com Sat 15 Mar ... We will be celebrating our 40th Anniversary! Our chairperson is Anne Mae Gold. Location will be the Golden Corral at Central & Eubank NE. Wed 19 Mar 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE Fri 21 Mar 9:00 PM Deadline for items for April newsletter Wed 26 Mar 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE ============================================================================ Sun 18 May 2014 - Albuquerque Museum / Car Council Old Town Car Show Fri 30 May -- Sat 31 May -- Sun 01 June -- TRI-STATE Chama, New Mexico. Primary hotel: Branding Iron Motel 575-756-2162 Make reservations via e-mail: info @ brandingironmotel.com Suggested back-up hotel: Chama Trails Inn Location of Corvair Car Show: Branding Iron Motel Location of Banquet: Chama Community Center Featured Activities for the Tri-State: Tour to the TIERRA WOOLS "sheep to shawl" facility in Los Ojos Narrow-gauge Scenic Railway to Osier or to Antonito, Colorado Driving tour to Colorado paralleling the Cumbres & Toltec tracks Scenic Railway: http://www.cumbrestoltec.com/ Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway Chama, New Mexico: http://http://www.chamavalley.com/ Chama Valley Chamber of Commerce ============================================================================ See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities: ========================= http://nmcarcouncil.net/ ========================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YEARS AGO IN JANUARY 7 Years Ago -- January 2007 -- Volume 33 Nr 1 # 376 A Galles balloon and an early convertible were on the cover. At the Owl Cafe, Del Patten was a moose. Wendell said we had $3,128 in the bank. Art Gold was a new member who owned a 1965 Monza sedan. Jim worked on a newsletter CD. Sylvan demonstrated the internal parts of a turn signal switch and showed the things that tended to go wrong and how to fix them. Ray wanted to see how many people read his article and put in a secret signal, to be tested at the January meeting. Certificates were given to those who participated in our April economy run. Richard Finch told us about his daily driver, a 1965 Corvair sedan with over 425,000 miles. That car took him on many trips, often towing race cars. Robert Gold told about the club's first "TUNA" held at Wendell's garage. It featured a thorough examination of the 1964 Monza convertible owned by Lupe Arellanes. Members were invited to propose car work on their Corvairs at future TUNAs. At our next garage tour we'd see cars collected by Jay Hertz and by Cary Hubbard. An article by Steve Goodman (Denver) told about how easy it is to keep adding chores to a project to "finish" an old Corvair. Jim told about another trip to Baton Rouge and the terrific ride he had in a BMW Z-4, far more sports car than Jim needed. In addition to a member list (46 NM and 6 out-of-state families) there was the nomination form for the Ike Meissner Award. 14 Years Ago -- January 2000 -- Volume 26 Nr 1 # 292 Our cover had four Corvairs lined up in front of our new sponsor, Galles Chevrolet, where our first meeting of the New Year would be held. Steve Gongora provided a map. At our last meeting at Casa Chevrolet, president Wilvert ran the meeting while secretary Vertrees took notes and treasurer Walker reported $6,084.17 in the kitty. Debbie Pleau reported on planning for the Tri-State. Dennis Pleau reported that CNM almost had a web site, to be called: www.corvair.org/chapters/871. Wendell reported on the Wheels Museum which could possibly be affiliated with the Smithsonian and which needed "only" twenty million dollars or so to take its next step. Proposed activities for the new year were listed. Since Casa Chevrolet would no longer be doing our newsletter mailing, we asked for some help for Sylvan in getting the newsletter printed, folded, stamped and mailed. We published twenty-three e-mail addresses. Billiken's characters commented on what looked like the first day of a new century. In a Letter to the Editor (I get so few of these I treasure each one) comments were raised about the qualifications of various members (Larry, Del, Sylvan) to be full-fledged members of the Dummy of the Month Club. Anne Mae Gold (definitely not a dummy of the month) called for all CNM ladies to meet to organize projects they wanted to do this year. Possibly these projects would not include brake jobs or carburetor overhauls, but one never knows. Four pages of photos and the December 1999 Member list (we had 47 members in New Mexico and 11 out of state) wrapped up our January 2000 newsletter. 21 Years Ago -- January 1993 -- Volume 19 Nr 1 # 208 On the cover: a sad, neglected coupe. Del Patten ran the meeting. Will Davis reported $1468 in our account. New members were Lawrence & Geraldine Jiron and Greg Gundgik. LeRoy reported that he found the museum at Truth or Consequences. Francis reported on the GWFBT&SM; not as nice in Ontario as it was in Palm Springs. Bill reported plans for a golf shirt purchase. Sylvan told about helping an Illinois couple whose 1963 Rampside developed a severe oil leak near Grants. Jerry planned to show photos from a trip to Canada. Del thanked Mark & Mary Lou for organizing the T or C trip. Mark discovered Yankees in Pennsylvania. Really? Jim reported on the Christmas party at the Pueblo Indian Cultural Center. Storyteller Teresa Pijoan told about "John Laughing Eyes" who owned Corvairs. Her story about the bear and the corn kernels was included for those who could not be there. Brian Dierks told how a carb flooded when the float dropped, the needle tipped sideways, then wouldn't close. On our member list for 1993: fifty-seven CNM addresses in state, and eight out. 28 Years Ago -- January 1986 -- Volume 12 Nr 1 # 124 A Mark Morgan Rampside graced the cover. Clayborne was president. Guests were Eileen Stone and Kay Bishop of the NMMVD; they told us about new seat belt laws and about how to get a title. We had $628 in the bank. We planned a flea market sale and a garage tour: Phil Maloof and Doug Maleki. Karl Benz was credited with building the first true automobile, one hundred years ago. Bill's column said the oldest Corvairs were now 26 years old, eligible for the Veterans Motors Car Club. Bill told all you'd need to know about rebuilding your steering box. A review of the new seat belt law came from Ridepool. Billiken had his-and-hers matching oil pans for Christmas. The annual member list showed 61 CNM addresses, 3 out-of-state. One was far out: Wayne Christgau was in England with the USAF. 35 Years Ago -- January 1979 -- Volume 5 Nr 1 # 40 We still did not have a name for the Newsletter. The cover drawing was another Mark Morgan fantasy. We reviewed Mark's career as Club founder and Newsletter starter. Last month our meeting was called off due to bad weather and Jim pondered what that could mean. He decided we were keeping our precious Corvairs off the streets and out of range of the mass of Albuquerque drivers who didn't know how to handle snow. Are drivers any better today? Probably not. Tech tips: Ike Meissner told how to avoid blowing cylinder head gaskets (use annealed copper gaskets) while Ted Scheftner said to get your cylinder head nuts (part number 1488994) at your Cadillac dealer. Dick Hartje reported an easy way to break wheel lug nuts free. Sylvan suggested New Year's Resolutions and the editor listed 24 suggested names for the Newsletter. For some reason we did not publish a member list in this January issue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CNM MEMBER LIST AS OF 25-DEC-2013 FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME E_MAIL_ADDRESS CITY_STATE HOME_PHONE WORK_PHONE =================== ========================== ===================================== ============ ============ ============ Connie & Floyde ADAMS floydeadams @ gmail.com Mimbres NM 575-536-3131 000-000-0000 Debra & Jon ANDERSON jbanderson65 @ hotmail.com ColoradoSprings CO 719-572-6747 000-000-0000 Melba J & Tommie J ANDERSON motormeter30 @ aol.com Rio Rancho NM 505-892-4055 000-000-0000 Kathy & Larry BLAIR blairylar @ hotmail.com Albuquerque NM 505-821-1386 505-249-1035 Ruth BOYDSTON sg730 @ comcast.net Albuquerque NM 505-401-7970=cell 000-000-0000 Heather & Matt CHOINIERE shamrocklaroque @ yahoo.com Albuquerque NM 000-000-0000 000-000-0000 Linda & Dick COCHRAN email @ unknown Grants NM 505-287-8403 000-000-0000 Darlene A & William DARCY Bfuryous1 @ q.com Belen NM 505-864-6423 000-000-0000 Deborah & John DINSDALE john_dinsdale @ adp.com Aurora CO 303-341-2327 000-000-0000 Elizabeth & Mark DOMZALSKI mdomzalski @ aol.com Placitas NM 505-867-0030 505-665-1529=cell Marilyn & Richard FOSTER fosterrm2 @ aol.com Los Alamos NM 505-672-9404 000-000-0000 Kathryn & Douglas GADOMSKI gadomski @ unm.edu Albuquerque NM 505-265-8345 000-000-0000 Alan GOLD alanmgold @ sbcglobal.net Albuquerque NM 505-268-6878 000-000-0000 Anne Mae & Robert GOLD beisbol30 @ msn.com Albuquerque NM 505-268-6878 505-830-7930 Kelly & Art GOLD rollerart @ gmail.com Albuquerque NM 505-620-7434 000-000-0000 Rita & Steve GONGORA stevegongora @ houseofcovers.com Albuquerque NM 505-292-5570 505-256-0551 505-220-7401=cell Stacy & Allen GREER E.Allen.Greer @ gmail.com Rio Rancho NM 505-358-5737 000-000-0000 Vickie & Pat HALL patandvickiehall @ q.com Los Lunas NM 505-865-5574 505-620-5574=Pat 505-917-3745=Vickie Cheryl & Edward HALPIN halpinem @ comcast.net Castle Rock CO 303-619-0080 000-000-0000 Angela & Wesley HEISS wes.heiss @ gmail.com Allentown PA 713-446-7910 000-000-0000 Susanne & Larry HICKERSON 77larr @ gmail.com Albuquerque NM 505-296-1636 505-228-5284 David HUNTOON corvair66 @ aol.com Cedar Crest NM 505-281-9616 000-000-0000 Carl B JOHNSON email @ unknown Albuquerque NM 505-344-3178 000-000-0000 Janet & Steve JOHNSON email @ unknown Belen NM 505-864-6278 000-000-0000 Barbara & Gordon JOHNSON gjohnson @ unm.edu Corrales NM 505-898-7688 000-000-0000 H. C. "Lube" LUBERT email @ unknown Albuquerque NM 505-256-9331 505-400-3680=cell Mary Lou & Mark MARTINEK mjmartinek @ juno.com Vancouver WA 360-896-3807 000-000-0000 Kelli & Mark MORGAN rangermk @ sbcglobal.net Manchester MO 636-227-2662 000-000-0000 Becky & Chloe MULLINS runningathelete @ yahoo.com Rio Rancho NM 505-948-8088 000-000-0000 Connie & Robert McBREEN email @ unknown Albuquerque NM 505-265-2808 505-229-5880_pager Tracey & John McMAHAN jmcmahan49 @ gmail.com Hendersonville NC 828-606-1101 000-000-0000 Carolyn & Dan PALMER danpal @ q.com Tijeras NM 505-281-7275 000-000-0000 Roger PAPE email @ unknown Bosque Farms NM 505-869-7200 505-238-0276 Heula & Jim PITTMAN jimp @ unm.edu Albuquerque NM 505-275-2195 000-000-0000 Lee & Bill REIDER br236425 @ gmail.com Albuquerque NM 505-299-4597 000-000-0000 Fred RIGGS II email @ unknown Las Vegas NM 575-425-3126 000-000-0000 Emma & LeRoy ROGERS 004873 @ q.com Albuquerque NM 505-294-0623 505-238-7302=cell Brian E ROWE browe48 @ msn.com Albuquerque NM 505-856-2577 000-000-0000 Curtis L SHIMP clshimp @ q.com Silver City NM 575-534-9576 000-000-0000 Frank STADLER email @ unknown Albuquerque NM 505-255-7326 000-000-0000 Brenda & Mike STICKLER sticorsa @ gmail.com Corrales NM 505-856-6993 000-000-0000 Leslie & Kevin SULLIVAN tildekevins @ yahoo.com Corrales NM 505-417-2481 000-000-0000 Kay & Tarmo SUTT tarmo @ juno.com Santa Fe NM 505-471-1153 505-690-2046=cell 505-827-6190 Sylvia & Ray TRUJILLO ray @ bpsabq.com Albuquerque NM 505-839-7436 505-814-8373=cell 505-266-4011 Wendell WALKER defarge505 @ gmail.com Rio Rancho NM 505-892-8471 505-280-2190=cell Anne & John WIKER wikerj63 @ yahoo.com Albuquerque NM 505-899-3076 505-239-3311=cell Brenda & Hurley WILVERT wilverth @ q.com Sandia Park NM 505-281-1732 000-000-0000 Elisa & Larry YOFFEE corsa180 @ gmail.com Albuquerque NM 505-321-5909 000-000-0000 RECENTLY INACTIVE: Richard FINCH finchbook @ comcast.net Portland OR 971-207-2308 541-662-0987 EXPIRED APR-2013 Joan & Murray BRUSKIN mbpayroll @ comcast.net Gurnee IL 847-687-4600 000-000-0000 EXPIRED JUN-2013 David & Judy JARAMILLO jaramillojudy0 @ gmail.com Albuquerque NM 505-507-0072 800-545-6566 EXPIRED JUN-2013 Nancy & Russ McDUFFIE russ.mcd @ msn.com Albuquerque NM 505-400-5526=cell 000-000-0000 EXPIRED AUG-2013 Mary Alice & Oliver SCHEFLOW email @ unknown Corrales NM 505-897-2611 000-000-0000 EXPIRED OCT-2013 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================================= Enchanted Corvairs Newsletter is published monthly by Corvairs of New Mexico, chartered Chapter #871 of CORSA, the Corvair Society of America. 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Transportation: 1965 Corvair Monza, 1990 Honda Civic, 1996 Mazda Miata, 2013 Honda Civic. When I'm 64, I'll get by with a little help from my friends. ========================================================================= =END=