The June 2014 newsletter - Text Version
Updated 23-May-2014 ==== Copyright (c) 2014 Corvairs of New Mexico
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JUNE 2014 / VOLUME 40 / NUMBER 6 / ISSUE #465
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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, May 7th, 2014 at 7:00 PM
North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE
THIS MONTH:
Dues Due.....................................Membership Committee
Where's Dave .......................................David Huntoon
May Meeting Minutes......................................Art Gold
May Board Meeting Minutes..........................Staff Reporter
Sad News: May Car Council Report......................Robert Gold
Birthdays & Anniversaries......................Sunshine Committee
Who Has What.............................................Everyone
Car Council / Albuquerque Museum Car Show Report......Robert Gold
Oh My, A Trophy At Last!...............................John Wiker
Treasury Report.......................................Robert Gold
A Story of Ed Cole...............Casey Schesky - Detroit Corvairs
Calendar of Coming Events......................Board of Directors
June Issue, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago............Club Historian
COVER: The 1965 Monza does a rain dance in our very dry New Mexico
The quilt especially made to raffle at the Chama Tri-State Meet
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MEETINGS: First Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 PM
North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE
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President: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com
Vice-Pres: Tarmo Sutt 505-690-2046 tarmo @ juno.com
Secretary: Anne Mae Gold 505-620-7434 beisbol30 @ msn.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
CNM's newsletters: http://www.unm.edu/~jimp
Steve Gongora's page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871
Larry Yoffee home page: http://www.corsaturbo180usa.com/
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On 25-May-2014 the club had 48 active family memberships.
DUES DUE DATES JUNE 2014
EXPIRED ============================ INACTIVE DATE
2013.04 Richard Finch 25-MAY-2013
2013.06 David & Judy Jaramillo 25-JUL-2013
2013.10 Mary Alice & Oliver Scheflow 25-NOV-2013
2014.03 Everett (Allen) Greer 25-APR-2014
2014.04 Angela & Wesley Heiss 25-MAY-2014
DUE LAST MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE
2014.05 Marilyn & Richard Foster 25-JUN-2014
2014.05 Chloe Mullins 25-JUN-2014
DUE THIS MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE
2014.06 Melba & Tommie Anderson 25-JUL-2014
2014.06 Susanne & Larry Hickerson 25-JUL-2014
DUE NEXT MONTH ===================== INACTIVE DATE
2014.07 Robert McBreen 25-AUG-2014
2014.07 Tracey & John McMahan 25-AUG-2014
DUE AUGUST 2014 ==================== INACTIVE DATE
2014.08 Alan Gold 25-SEP-2014
2014.08 Nancy & Russ McDuffie 25-SEP-2014
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!
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Where's Dave?
David Huntoon
Soon our efforts to support this years' Tri-State will be finished. Thanks to
all for their ideas and work to make it all happen. I am thinking this will be
one of the most successful ever. Hope everyone has a great time.
I have been under the weather with a stubborn cold for the last week but I did
summon enough energy to check out the Museum car show. A nice turnout of twelve
CNM cars and a couple stragglers. Saw a few new entrants this year, an excellent
1929 Auburn and an original Sunbeam Alpine circa 1953-55. This was the car Grace
Kelly drove in the hills of Monaco in "To Catch A Thief." A handsome car to my
eyes. I managed to check out all the cars at the show but didn't stay long as my
energy level was declining rapidly. Thanks to all who showed up. Betty White?
Didn't see her.
For those who may not have heard, Russ McDuffie had an accident in his LM
convertible when he was forced into the retaining wall on Paseo. The front and
rear driver side corners took the brunt. Russ and his wife were unscathed
thankfully. Talked to Russ at the Museum show and he has big plans to get back
on the road again. I will let him expand on that point. Should be fun.
June will have our 2nd Old Route 66 cleanup of the year. Will have a sign-up
sheet at the next meeting and would like to see eight or more volunteers. That
will be June 7th. June 14th will be a club breakfast in the East Mountains. Hope
to see you at one or more of these events.
Enjoy, David
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Meeting Minutes 5-7-14
Art Gold
Meeting came to order at 7:00pm at North Domingo Baca Multicultural Center with
15 in attendance.
Officer Reports
President (Dave Huntoon) approved the previous minutes. He discussed Roger Pape,
his passing and his service. About 60 attended. Talked about a Rampside that was
for sale in Lubbock, Texas, flyers available, and a convertible in Tucson.
Vice President (Tarmo Sutt) was absent.
Treasurer (Robert Gold) was absent. Art stated that the account has $4,295.63.
Secretary (Anne Mae Gold) was absent tonight but our acting secretary (Art Gold)
talked about his aqua 1964 coupe again. It is a great snow car and a great show
car.
Membership (Larry Yoffee) no new members at this time.
Member Reports
Jim Pittman (Editor) said that due to Memorial Day and the Tri-State, the
newsletter deadline must be early this month. He needs all material for the
newsletter by 9:00 PM Wednesday May 21st, the day of the board meeting. He will
have
the Car Show report by then.
Heula Pittman (Sunshine) sent a card to Roger Pape's family. We learned from
Steve Gongora that Jerry Goffe's surgery was successful. Heula has the
registration bags for the Tri-State done and has most of the items to fill them.
The First Aid kit has been found, will be taken to the Tri-State, and will be
available for future events.
Vickie Hall (Merchandise) has not collected money this month. Free calendars are
still available. Items available include Tri-State patches at $3 each and some
$2 patches.
Robert Gold (Car Council) reported via Art that the Museum Car Show is on
schedule for May 18th. All Corvairs should meet no later than 6:45 AM at the big
hotel at Bellamah and Rio Grande Blvd NW (it's a block north of Mountain Road
NW) so we can line up and all go in together at 7:00 AM. Don't be late if you
want to park with all the Corvairs!
From the Corvair Center Forum we learned that Russ McDuffie was involved in an
accident. On Paseo del Norte a large truck changed lanes and "pushed me into the
Jersey Wall at 65mph and with brakes locked and tires squealing, I slid down
about 70 feet of concrete." Everyone is okay, the car is drivable but has major
cosmetic damage. It may be repaired in time for Tri-State, but not in time for
the Museum show.
Old Business
TRI-STATE: Larry Yoffee said Registration will run from 8am-8pm on Friday.
Hospitality room will be open on Saturday.
A volunteer with Corvair is needed to lead a cruise to Cumbres Pass about 1:00
to 4:00 pm, from the hotel. Larry Blair said he would do that.
A volunteer with Corvair is needed to lead the "cruise" from the hotel to the
banquet hall. Steve Gongora has volunteered to do that.
No more door prizes are needed.
Larry will be running around on Thursday getting things together. Getting the
hospitality room set up and the registration set up.
Larry knows of 122 people planning to come so far.
Hurley Wilvert said donations are needed for the hospitality room: drinks in
cans: 3 cases Coke, 3 cases Diet Coke, 2 cases Sprite, 4 cases of bottled water.
Food items: 4 large bags of popcorn, as many baked goods as you can get. Please
contact Hurley if you want to be a caller for these donations. He needs 3-4
callers. Contact Hurley: 505-281-1732 or email: wilverth@q.com.
New Business
Old Route 66 Cleanup -- Saturday June 7th.
June Club Breakfast -- Saturday June 14th.
Will discuss later. Possibly in the East Mountains.
Meeting Adjourned at 7:47pm
Mr. Gold Reporting
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Board Meeting - 21-May-2014
Staff Reporter
These members were present:
David Huntoon
Tarmo Sutt
Anne Mae Gold
Robert Gold
Lube Lubert
Pat Hall
Larry Yoffee
John Wiker
Vickie Hall
Heula Pittman
Jim Pittman
Before the meeting, Tarmo and Pat diagnosed a problem with John's 1966 Monza 110
which was running rough. They focused in on probable carburetor problems on the
left bank and Pat was confident it could be repaired before the trip to Chama.
David asked for approval of last month's meeting minutes.
David brought in a copy of the New Mexico Magazine which had an article on
"Chama Weekend" for ideas on what to do in Chama.
Robert said the treasury balance stood at $4,250.63.
Jim said the newsletter deadline was today, May 21st, as soon as possible after
the board meeting.
Robert reported on the Car Council and we had a discussion on the importance of
having a Car Council web site - alas, not likely to happen anytime soon.
David brought in the 150 new CNM pins - very pretty. Would we sell extra pins
and dash plaques at Tri-State? Yes.
Tarmo brought in the "almost finished" Sunshine Committee quilt that Kay has
been working on and we all admired it. It will be displayed at Chama before it
is auctioned.
Larry led a long discussion about preparations for the Chama Tri-State. We think
everything is pretty much in place.
David mentioned the upcoming Old Route 66 cleanup at 8:00 AM on Saturday June
7th.
David mentioned the upcoming Club Breakfast to be held near his place in Cedar
Crest. It will be Saturday June 14th at 9:00 and the location will be divulged
to all at the June 4th regular meeting.
We adjourned.
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Sad news --- May Car Council Report
Robert Gold
This month's meeting was divided up into two parts. This first was simply a
"stuffing" party, where we all got in line around a table and collated the items
that were to go into the bags to be given out at the upcoming Museum Car Show.
The show will happen on Sunday, May 18th. The job wasn't hard, it was just
frustrating to get those darn bags open. James Clements seemed to have found the
secret, so while I was pulling and tugging he was opening bag after bag. He
finally took pity on me and handed me the open bags to use. Thank you James!
After the table go around, we settled (or rather stood) for the business
meeting. That is when I got one of the shocks of my life. Our council president
announced that Louie Paul, the guy who tied me in the Board of Directors vote
and who went on to become our treasurer, is seriously ill with cancer. At our
last meeting he thought that he had pneumonia, but alas it was much more
serious. It was announced that Louie had resigned as treasurer, a truly sad day
for all us car guys. Ron Raymar, who had served for a number of years as
treasurer, volunteered to take on the position again.
There isn't much to say about the balance of the meeting. According to Louie's
final report we have plenty of money in the treasury. Speaking of money, it was
reported that we had gotten a response from the Zia Pueblo concerning the use of
the Zia symbol on the council's logo. The tribe said we could use the symbol
after we made a donation of at least $500 to their scholarship fund. On that
news we tabled discussion about the copyright issue until a future time.
Joyce Clements reported on the May 18th Museum Car Show. There was a problem
with obtaining the necessary insurance for the event, but Hagerty Insurance
stepped forward with a policy that excluded coverage of the newly acquired
trailer. I guess we'll be carrying the necessary equipment for the event by
other means. At least the show will go on. Art Gold is the only CNM member
currently on the list of volunteers. All seems ready for the show and I'd
encourage our members to attend. The weather forecast for next Sunday is partly
cloudy with a high of 87. That should make for a perfect day.
With that, the president asked for a motion to adjourn. Moving at light speed I
made such a motion and with a second the meeting was adjourned at 8:30. --
Robert Gold
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Six CNM'ers Celebrate Birthdays in June:
Bill Darcy
Robert Gold
Rita Gongora
Larry Hickerson
Jonathan Reider
Sylvia Trujillo
Five Couples Celebrate Anniversaries in June:
Debra & Jon Anderson
Susanne & Larry Hickerson
Carolyn & Dan Palmer
Heula & Jim Pittman
Sarah & Terry Price
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Robert Gold 505-268-6878 has a 1961 air conditioned "hot red" Lakewood. This is
the famous "Radio Flyer" show car and it has "no issues" i.e. it is perfect.
Robert will be glad to tell you all about it.
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PAT HALL 505-620-5574 in Los Lunas, NM has Corvairs in need of repair. Lots of
parts for most Corvairs.
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ANOTHER PERFECT DAY --- YAWN
Car Council Museum Show
Robert Gold
There aren't many "for sure" things in life. However, there are some things
like: the Chicago Cubs not being in the world series, potholes in Albuquerque,
the regents raising tuition at UNM (I notice that because we have a son there),
and having nice weather at the Museum Car Show.
The weather only could be described today as exceptional. We had high
clouds and gentle winds to counteract the effects of high 80's temperature.
Lucky for us that the rather cold weather a few days ago was but a bad
memory. I don't know how the Council manages it, but we almost never have bad
weather conditions for this car show. This year was especially nice since
in addition to high quality Corvairs, we also had a record total of 13 cars
on display. Obviously, at the top of today's heap (no offense to Tarmo) was
Tarmo Sutt's 99-plus point, 1966 Corsa convertible. We need to specifically
recognize Tarmo for bringing that jewel down to us from Santa Fe. I had a
good time just sitting near his Corsa. I hoped the glow will transfer to my
fleet. No luck. I can't overlook the supporting cast to Tarmo's award winner.
Of course they were special in their own right. Here is the list:
1. Tarmo Sutt ................. 1966 Corsa Convertible
2. John Wiker ................. 1966 Monza
3. Mike and Brenda Stickler ... CNM Library Van
4. Sara Gold .................. 1974 VW Bus & 1964 Monza
5. Javi Gold .................. 1966 Corsa coupe
6. Anne Mae Gold .............. 1961 Lakewood
7. Robert Gold ................ 1965 Corsa Convertible
8. The Golds .................. 1962 Greenbrier & 1964 Monza Convertible
9. Russ McDuffie .............. 1963 Monza Convertible
10. Larry Yoffee ............... 1965 Corsa coupe
11. Art Gold ................... 1964 Monza
We met at the usual place -- the big parking lot of the Albuquerque Hotel and
caravanned in. After parking our cars we split up in search of breakfast and
bargains in Old Town. One thing many people don't realize is that with a museum
on the grounds and not far away the charms of Old Town, there are lots of
"not-car" things to do. However, I don't understand how car stuff wouldn't be
somewhat more important... hmmmmm...
That's pretty much my story from "car central" May 18th. I suppose you want me
now to say something about the non-Corvair cars at the event. Okay, there were
lots of cars that weren't Corvairs. If you were there today you would have seen
them. But, I'm not going to take up this newsletter's valuable space for a
description. You need to come next year so you can see them for yourself first
hand.
Oh well, I will tell you about one neat car. It seems none other than Batman
brought his car to the show. I didn't see the super hero himself, but I'm sure
he was lurking about nearby, somewhere. Who knows what will show up next year?
Come and see -- and I'll see you then.
-- Robert Gold
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Oh My, A Trophy At Last
John Wiker
On Saturday afternoon the 26th of April, I attended a car show sponsored by the
Trinity United Methodist Church on Silver SE in Nob Hill. The show had three
purposes: collecting Prom dresses for the APS clothing bank for girls who could
not afford to buy them; a Pin-Up contest for "ladies" of the young women's
group; and finally a car show.
The dress gathering was the most successful event in my eyes. My wife had
gathered nine of our daughters' dresses from the past -- a total of 40 dresses
were collected. As you can see from the pictures, only about eight ladies showed
up to get their pictures taken next to the cars.
Speaking of the cars, only four showed up: a 1967 Chevelle, a 1966 Chevy II, a
1968 Camaro and a 1966 Corvair. The girls were attracted to my Corvair due to
its bright color and the fact that I let them sit in it and touch it for poses.
The Chevelle owner was not willing at first to get involved because of his new
paint job and the typical "Look-But-Don't-Touch" signs posted. When he realized
he was not getting any offers for pictures, he finally removed the signs and
came around.
The owners of the Chevy II and Camaro wanted nothing to do with the effort and
even moved their cars to another area of the parking lot.
After two hours of blowing dust and bad wind, the organizers called a halt to
the event and handed out three trophies. Probably since the girls spent more
time in and around my car, I got the largest one, the Chevelle the next smaller
one and finally the Camaro took third. There was no place designation on the
trophies, so I assumed I was first, but you know what they say about the word
"assume."
I also took a walk down Central to get some ice cream at Cold Stone and on the
way back, the Channel 13 news truck stopped and asked me for an interview about
the windy conditions that day. Kind of in a shock, I said that I was glad I
finished my golf game in the morning and in my 18 years in town, I had seen it
windier and dustier, but not often, and I hope that this was the end of the
typical Spring winds for the year.
I did not get home in time for the 6:00 pm news but I will watch the 10:00 pm
news to see if I had my "10 seconds of fame" today.
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TREASURY REPORT ........... 04-17-2014 to 05-18-2014 ........... ROBERT GOLD
DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION
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2014.04.24 2168 -$ 53.50 Business Printing Envelopes = $ 53.50
2014.05.05 +$ 193.00 Deposit J.Wiker 26 m. CORSA = $ 90
2014.05.05 J.Wiker 12 m. CNM = $ 25
2014.05.05 J.Yelich 12 m. CNM & CORSA = $ 70
2014.05.05 50/50 = $ 8
2014.05.08 2167 -$ 45.00 CORSA dues C.Johnson 12 m. CORSA = $ 45
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ENDING BALANCE = $ 4,250.63
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A Story of Ed Cole
father of the Corvair and ultimately of the Mustang
Casey Schesky, author
Ed Cole, General Manager of the Chevrolet Division and GM Vice-President is the
father of the Chevy Corvair. The Corvair is one of the most controversial and
name recognized cars in the history of the US Automobile industry. It is said
that the General Motors selling the Corvair ultimately led to the "Consumer
Revolution" brought about by activist Ralph Nader and his attacks on the Chevy
Corvair. These ultimately led to the creation of National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration by the Highway Safety Act of 1970 and much later, the Consumer
Protection Agency.
A Time of Innovation
The Corvair was developed at a time of engineering innovation and
experimentation that mirrored the time of the Space Age, Manned Space flight and
the "Space Race" with the Soviet Union to the Moon. The Corvair was introduced
in August of 1959 and the last model was manufactured in August of 1969. The
Dawn of the Space age began with the first Man in Space, Russian Yuri Gagarin
and the subsequent American Mercury Space program beginning in 1959 and with the
"Space Race" ending with the successful landing of American Neil Armstrong on
the Moon July 16, 1969.
An Innovative Man
Ed Cole brought a number of innovations to General Motors including improvements
to the standard V8 engine with performance enhancements and weight reductions
and most significantly his pet project of the Corvair.
Ed was concerned that General Motors had become stale and lacked innovation.
With GM's continuing emphasis on styling with bigger fins and more chrome, Ed
was worried that GM was losing its engineering leadership particularly when
compared to European car manufactures such as Volkswagen and Porsche.
A devoted sports-car fan, Cole also volunteered to develop the sporty Corvette
when no other G.M. division wanted it.
As an innovator, Ed Cole believed that a car with a rear mounted, air cooled
engine, with a light weight unit body chassis and low slung to the ground was a
car that would be well accepted in the marketplace. It would help GM enter a new
market of lower priced "compact" cars, help compete with the VW Beetle that was
selling well and move GM off of focusing on styling to focusing on engineering
and mechanical improvements in GM's cars.
An Innovative Car - The Corvair
The following are quotes from the front page TIME magazine article about Ed Cole
and the Corvair:
"Not since Henry Ford put the nation on wheels with his Model T has such a great
and sweeping change hit the auto industry. Out from Detroit and into Chevrolet
showrooms rolled the radically designed Corvair, first of the Big Three's new
generation of compact cars. Smaller and simpler than Detroit's chrome-spun
standards, the Corvair is like no other model ever mass-produced in the U.S.;
its engine is made of aluminum and cooled by air, and it is mounted in the rear.
To Chevrolet's folksy, brilliant General Manager Edward N. Cole, 50, who is as
square and compact as a Corvair, the new car marks the fulfillment of a 15-year
dream; for that long, off and on, he has been trying to produce a rear-engine
car. Says Ed Cole jubilantly: "If I felt any better about our Chevy Corvair, I
think I'd blow up."
"Many of the nation's drivers are just as excited. So far, Chevy has totted up
33,000 Corvair orders. The Corvair, the Falcon and Valiant are more than a shift
to small cars; they also signal a shift in Detroit's auto- building
philosophies, notably an end to emphasizing styling over mechanical changes.
From now on, the big emphasis will be on mechanical improvements and
innovations. The 80hp Corvair has them aplenty. It gets 25 to 30 mpg, can speed
up to 88 mph, and climb an ice-covered grade of 30 degrees that would stop a
standard car. Its flat "pancake" aluminum engine, which has six horizontally
opposed cylinders weighs only 332 lbs. vs. 600 lbs. for Chevy's 170hp to 230hp
cast-iron V8. Being air-cooled, it eliminates the water pump and radiator, does
away with overheating and freezing, needs no antifreeze. Because the engine is
aft, and combines there with the transmission and drive gears, there is no
transmission hump in the floor. Because the front is light, Chevy says the car
is easy to steer without power steering, gets better traction and braking.
"One reason that Europeans have achieved a reputation for excellent
craftsmanship," says Cole, is that "their cars are relatively simple, but
American cars have been getting more and more complicated." Cole has built a
car, whose six-cylinder engine has fewer parts than standard engines, is easily
accessible, can be completely removed from the car in less than 30 minutes.
"Everything about it spells simplicity," says Cole. "The engine is handy enough
for any do-it- yourself mechanic." TO BE CONTINUED
Be sure to visit ... detroitcorvairs.com
DID YOU KNOW?
Along with a web page the DACC now has a
FACEBOOK page ... Here is the address
https://www.facebook.com/#!/
DETROITCORVAIRS
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| May 2014 |
| Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Fri 30 May -- Sat 31 May -- Sun 01 June -- TRI-STATE
| 1 2 3 | The 30th Tri-State will be held in Chama, New Mexico.
| 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | Primary hotel: Branding Iron Motel 575-756-2162
| 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | E-mail reservations: info @ brandingironmotel.com
| 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | Suggested back-up hotel: Chama Trails Inn
| 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | Location of Corvair Car Show: Branding Iron Motel
======================== Location of Banquet: Chama Community Center
Suggested Activities for the Tri-State:
* Tour to the TIERRA WOOLS "sheep to shawl" facility
located in Los Ojos, N.M., 12 miles south of Chama.
* Cumbres & Toltec Narrow-gauge Scenic Railway goes to
Osier or to Antonito, Colorado
* Driving tour to Cumbres Pass on NM 17 and CO 17
(about 12 miles) paralleling the railroad tracks
Scenic Railway:
http://www.cumbrestoltec.com/ Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway
Chama, New Mexico:
http://http://www.chamavalley.com/ Chama Valley Chamber of Commerce
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Wed 4 Jun 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 7 Jun 8:00 AM - Old Route 66 Cleanup
Sat 14 Jun 9:00 AM - Club Breakfast, CEDAR CREST, stay tuned for location.
Sat 14 Jun 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 18 Jun 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE
Fri 20 Jun 9:00 PM Deadline for items for July newsletter
Wed 25 Jun 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE
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Wed 2 Jul 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER
Sat 12 Jul ======== NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL - Car Appreciation Day
Sat 12 Jul 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 16 Jul 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE
Wed 23 Jul 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE
Fri 25 Jul 9:00 PM Deadline for items for August newsletter
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Wed 6 Aug 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER
Sat 9 Aug 1:00 PM Los Lunas - Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms
Sun 10 Aug ======== NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL - All Clubs Picnic
Wed 21 Aug 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE
Fri 22 Aug 9:00 PM Deadline for items for September newsletter
Wed 27 Aug 6:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE
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Fri 26 Sep ======== NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL - Swap Meet
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See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities:
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SEVEN YEARS AGO IN JUNE
2007 - Vol. 33
Nr. 6 - # 381
On the cover of this 18-page issue Art Gold posed with a 1965 Monza sedan and
Robert Gold told us how hand controls were added to it. Sylvan provided a tech
session at our May meeting, showing a set of carboned-up spark plugs. Ray
Trujillo told about the drive to Monta Vista during which Wendell Walker's RX-7
caught fire! Actually some oil spilled and it smoked a lot. The Antonito Fire
Department promptly doused the fire, er, smoke. Robert raved about the greatness
of the 2007 Museum car Show. John Wiker told us about a car show in Santa Fe and
a tour on the "Route 66 Cruise" starting in Bosque Farms. We had an article from
old member Del Patten describing living with Corvairs in Virginia. With a lot of
input from Steve Goodman and a lot of photos we had a report on the Monte Vista,
Colorado Tri-State.
2000 - Vol. 26
Nr. 6 - # 297
Thirty-eight was the number of illustrations in this issue - nearly all of them
photos from the 2000 Tri-State held in Albuquerque. President Hurley Wilvert ran
our meetings, Secretary Chuck Vertrees took notes, Treasurer Wendell Walker
declared $6,613 as our total funds, Mark Martinek reported on Car Council news,
Debbie Pleau reported on Tri-State preparations and Mark Domzalski had our
Bar-B-Que under control. Hurley's presidential column reported that the
Tri-State was a resounding success and thanked many members for all the tasks
they performed. A few named were Del Patten, Photo Rally; Bill Reider & Jerry
Goffe, Museum Car Show; David Patten, Bar-B-Que cooking; Mary Lou Martinek,
Sylvan Zuercher, Jim Pittman and Debbie & Ron Deck, registration; Ruth Boydston
& Ilva Walker, raffle prizes. Yes, this leaves out many others who worked on the
event, not to mention the many superb Colorado Corvairs and their owners who
traveled to Albuquerque. Finally, a map showed the way to Brenda Wilvert's home
where the new CNM Ladies group planned to meet.
1993 - Vol. 19
Nr. 6 - # 213
The cover showed a Rampside featured in the latest issue of Autoweek Magazine.
Our speaker was State Senator Michael Wiener who brought a few samples from his
extensive collection of license plates to show us. Treasurer Will Davis said we
had $1,428 after BMW expenses were factored in -- no, wait, I made up the BMW
part. Debbie chaired a committee to make a bid for a CORSA national convention.
We planned our participation in the Museum car show and the Alamosa Tri-State.
There was to be a Kaiser-Frazier car show in June. LeRoy reported on the Museum
car show; 200 cars showed up, nine of them CNM Corvairs. Del Patten discussed
"restification" as it applies to Corvairs. What's that, you ask? "What the
original might have been if the factory had hand-built a car for a specific
owner." If you ever wanted an index of Larry Claypool's "Stock is..." columns
from the CORSA Communique, 1987-1993 you can find it in this issue. Quite a
variety of topics! A pirated cartoon feature had Otto Mechanic taking Reo to the
"filling station." Finally, we borrowed another publication's article, "Changing
Coil Springs" by J. Garrison so that if you need to do this dangerous job you
can do it correctly.
1986 - Vol. 12
Nr. 6 - # 129
The June 1986 cover was a drawing made from a 35-mm photo taken at the 1985
Museum car show. Maybe we'll see more of this some day. President Clayborne
presided; Treasurer LeRoy reported $732; Bill Reider said CNM members were
responsible for parking cars at the Museum car show. New Otto Parts catalogs
were available. Karen Jackson gave us a report on her "My first car" research
and included a quiz to match the person's name with the described adventure. At
the Museum car show 245 vehicles showed up and twenty were Corvairs. Finally, a
newspaper blurb told us "That Auto Mechanic May Not Think Much of You, Either"
and offered us insights on automobile maintenance from a decidedly different
point of view, that of your mechanic.
1979 - Vol. 5
Nr. 6 - # 45
Our cover illustration was a photo taken at our April Winrock Car Show, and the
issue was full of photos of our Corvairs. The show was our third (and last) at
the Winrock shopping center and we considered it a great success. Among the
comments from the crowd: Are these new 1980 cars? Where can I buy one? Was that
the one that was unsafe at any speed? My uncle had one of those, and didn't it
have a four-cylinder engine? Thanks to Francis Boydston and Clay Keen for their
thorough preparations. We planned a club birthday party for May 13th at Cutler
Park. We discussed whether the Club should obtain special tools for members to
use. We had two poems in this issue: one lamented a bashed fender inflicted by a
falling tree and the other expressed the wish that a Honda Accord would arrive
in your editor's driveway. (Eleven years later a Honda Civic did just that.)
Tech tip: George Morin suggested if your heater motor was blowing fuses, instead
of installing a new one from a Vega, you could try taking it out and lubricating
the bushings.
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(THE BOARD MEETING MINUTES ARRIVED TOO LATE TO BE IN THE PRINTED NEWSLETTER)
CNM BOARD MEETING -- MAY 21, 2014
ANNE MAE GOLD
Present: Dave, Tarmo, Jim, Heula, Vickie, Pat, Wiker, Larry Yoffee, Lube,
Robert, Anne Mae
Minutes Approval: Minutes were approved.
OFFICER REPORTS
>President:
>Treasurer: $4,250.63. Robert forgot the report at home.
>Vice-President:
>Secretary: Apologized for missing the last meeting.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Membership: Pins were received. They will be available for sale in Chama.
Editor: Newsletter is almost ready to go. Deadline is today. Issue will be
full of car show photos. Special Issue newsletter will be dedicated only to the
Tri-State. It will be sent to everyone. This is the tentative plan for the
July issue. It will also be available on the website.
Sunshine: Everybody take and wear your nametags to Chama. Tomorrow is Pat Hall's
birthday.
Merchandise: Vickie asked if any Corvairs won any awards at the Museum Car Show.
Tarmo won a third place in Class F.
Car Council: There was an early CC meeting. Louie Paul, the treasurer, has
late stage cancer and has resigned. Ron Raymar has stepped into that position.
The CC is trying to copyright their logo, but the pueblo has a claim to the Zia
symbol, so that is on hold. The CC has also been approached to have a category
for low-riders. Next meeting will be June 25. Jim asked when the CC's website
will be up and running.
OLD BUSINESS
>CNM Pins: When and where will they be sold? Elisa Yoffee will have a cash box
for the sale of t-shirts and posters. Extra dash plaques and pins will be for
sale. The cost of the pin is $3, and will be sold at that price. Dash plaques
will be sold for $2.00. The two items should be bundled for $5.00
NEW BUSINESS
>Tri-State: We will need 5 different colored tickets (meals, door prize, 50/50
and raffles). People will need to turn in their meal tickets. Double tickets
will be needed for meals and door prizes. Banquet hall will cost about $225.00,
they'll need a check for that. Anne Mae will call Heather at Tierra Wools to
make sure all is set. Larry Blair will lead a tour to Cooper's Pass. Members
need to arrive at banquet by 4:45pm (St. Patrick's Church). At the banquet,
Russ will be doing the program. Door prizes will be given out during the meal.
The group from Kansas has asked for some time to pitch the mini-convention at
Branson. Back-up plan for t-shirts (that have not been pre-ordered) will be to
offer the different clubs to sign up for the amount of t-shirts they'd like and
then do another run sometime after the Tri-State.
>Things to be finished? Hospitality room will need more soda (Cokes and Diet
Cokes, 4 cases of each); 2 or three veggie trays. Please contact the Wilverts
or Yoffees with your donation. Please contact Russ with any dedications that
you'd like to have included in the program.
>Rita will do the door prizes.
>The first aid kit will be available for emergencies in the Hospitality Room.
>June breakfast 6/14 at 9am in the east mountains. Greenside Cafe.
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