The April 2016 newsletter - Text Version
Updated 24-Sep-2016 = Copyright (c) 2016 Corvairs of New Mexico
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APRIL 2016 / VOLUME 42 / NUMBER 4 / ISSUE #487
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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, April 6th, 2016 at 7:00 PM
North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE
THIS MONTH:
Mechanically Un-inclined ........................... Ray Trujillo
Dues Due ................................... Membership Committee
March Meeting Minutes ............................. Anne Mae Gold
March Board Meeting Minutes ....................... Anne Mae Gold
Photos from Larry Blair's Cam Talk .................. Jim Pittman
Picnic Down South ................................... Vickie Hall
A Lesson Learned (Seat Moved Back) .................. Robert Gold
Dead Man's Curve (Unsafe Turn Lane) ................. Robert Gold
One of the Gang: March NMCCC Report ................. Robert Gold
Vickie Hall - 2016 Meissner Award.................. Heula Pittman
Sentences .......................................... the Internet
Birthdays & Anniversaries................... Membership Committee
Treasury Report ..................................... Robert Gold
April Photos and Anecdotes ......................... the Internet
I'm Going to Say Goodbye Now ........................ Jim Pittman
Learning About Speedometer Cables ........... Chris Kimberly PPCC
Calendar of Coming Events .................... Board of Directors
April Issues, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago......... Club Historian
COVER: ... Must be Another Mark Morgan Corvair-Based Fantasy Racer!
At Right: Is this the Fire Chief's Headquarters Command Car in 1960?
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OFFICERS and VOLUNTEERS
President: Ray Trujillo 505-814-8373 ray bpsabq.com
Vice President: John Wiker 505-899-3076 wikerj63 yahoo.com
Secretary: Anne Mae Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 msn.com
Treasurer: Robert Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 msn.com
Car Council: Robert Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 msn.com
Merchandise: Vickie Hall 505-865-5574 patandvickiehall q.com
Membership: Larry Yoffee 505-321-5909 corsa180 gmail.com
Newsletter: Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp unm.edu
Old Route 66: Lube Lubert 505-256-9331 williamlubert gmail.com
Past President: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall q.com
Past President: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 aol.com
Past Vice-Pres: Tarmo Sutt 505-690-2046 tarmo juno.com
MEETINGS: First Wednesday of each Month at 7:00 PM
North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, Wyoming & Carmel NE
INTERNET: 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's home page: http://www.corsaturbo180usa.com/
New Mexico Council of Car Clubs: http://www.nmcarcouncil.com/
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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
DUES DUE DATES MARCH 2016
INACTIVE ============================== INACTIVE DATE
2015.01 Darlene & William Darcy 25-Feb-2015
2015.02 Frank Stadler 25-Mar-2105
2015.08 Linda & Anthony Berbig 25-SEP-2015
2015.09 Lisa & Dan Thompson 25-OCT-2015
2015.12 Mark L Morgan 25-JAN-2016
DUE LAST MONTH ======================== INACTIVE DATE
2016.03 Carl Johnson 25-APR-2016
2016.03 Emma & LeRoy Rogers 25-APR-2016
DUE THIS MONTH ======================== INACTIVE DATE
2016.04 Deborah & John Dinsdale 25-MAY-2016
2016.04 Art Gold 25-MAY-2016
DUE NEXT MONTH ======================== INACTIVE DATE
2016.05 (NONE) 25-JUN-2016
DUE JUNE 2016 ========================= INACTIVE DATE
2016.05 (NONE) 25-JUN-2016
Send your Dues to: Robert Gold, CNM Treasurer
1301 Valencia NE,
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Past due memberships become inactive after a one-month grace period.
The Club will mail in your National Dues if you send us the renewal
form from your Communique.
On 23-Feb-2016 we had 44 active family memberships.
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MECHANICALLY UN-INCLINED
Ray Trujillo
Hello everyone!
On Saturday March 12th CNM celebrated its 42nd Anniversary at the Highland
Senior Center. We had a nice turnout and we enjoyed an Irish corned beef and
cabbage meal along with many great potluck side dishes. We presented the Ike
Meissner award to the very deserving Vickie Hall. Vickie has served eight years
as our Merchandise Chairperson and she has been a member who constantly helps
with the behind the scenes support needed at many of our events. Congratulations
on a job well done Vickie! Also we had a storyteller as entertainment for our
gathering, Julie Primm from Denver. She did a neat little skit where she dressed
up as Ralph Nader. Ralph had us joining in on her skit as she went into what
changes were needed to make the Corvair an even better vehicle. Anyway, we all
had a few laughs with Ralph. The one thing that Ralph had us all do was write
down what our first thoughts were of when thinking of the Corvair. These
thoughts were to be pulled and read to the CNM members when the skit needed a
little more entertainment. The funniest thought read from the peanut gallery
went something like this, "Corvairs smell gassy just like my hubby." Thank you
to Steve and Rita for recommending Ralph (and Julie) for our party.
Okay, let's move on to our upcoming club activities. On Saturday April 9th at
8:30am we'll hold CNM's first Old Route 66 cleanup of 2016. Please sign up at
the next membership meetings if you can help with our club's civic duty. On
Saturday April 16th we'll have a Corvair Car show at the Smith's parking lot
(8100 Wyoming NE, near our Domingo Baca meeting place) starting at 10:30 am
until 1:00 pm. This a great way to expose our cars to the public, so bring your
classic Corvair and show it off and enjoy a few hours visiting with some of your
fellow CNM members. On April 23rd the annual "Spring Thaw", will be held at the
Old Car Garage located at 3232 Girard NE. I believe it runs from 8am-5pm and
this is a donation event with much of the proceeds going to a local charity.
Services provided are oil & filter changes along with general car inspections.
On the last Saturday of the month, April 30th, Pat and Vickie Hall have invited
us to a Barbeque and potluck at their "southern home" in San Antonio. They are
located 3/4 of a mile north of the Owl Cafe on Highway 1 and this sounds like a
great road trip for your Corvair or even your Brand X vehicle. So the month of
April has a full schedule so take advantage of a few or all the activities
mentioned.
Let's now move on to May and June events. On Sunday May 15th, The NMCCC holds
its annual Albuquerque Museum Car show. It's always a great show and the price
is a reasonable $10. We'll meet at the Sheraton Old Town parking lot at 7:00am
and then we'll all drive in as a group. Then on June the 3rd through the 5th,
the Tri-State event will be held in Montrose, Colorado. This year's host club is
the Pikes Peak Corvair Club and for all information regarding the hotel,
T-shirts and other details about the event go to
www.corvair.org/chapters/chapters809/ and be sure to make your reservations
early as rooms are limited and they go fast.
Well I guess that's enough said for now, so I hope to see you at the next club
meeting. -- Ray
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MARCH MEETING MINUTES - 2016.03.02
Anne Mae Gold
Called to Order: 7:11 pm
Approval of previous minutes: minutes were approved
President: Ray brought the cheese and chocolates that Dave Feasel sent to us
from Montrose. Ray passed around the list for the Anniversary dinner. Ray has
the two Wilvert shirts -- Hurley got them later in the meeting. Steve Gongora
informed us that Milton Sanchez passed away. Many people from the club remember
him from the early 1970s when he sponsored our club with Ed Black's Chevrolet.
Bill Reider attended a service for him this evening.
VP: Nothing to report.
Treasurer: $4,972.54
Committee Chair Reports:
Membership: Larry is unavailable for the time being
Editor: Newsletter deadline is Friday, March 25. A visitor was Eddie Calhoun
who is currently trying to find a home for a Greenbrier that isn't running. Jim
gave us an update on Brian Blackwell's computer update of CORSA's computer
system. Apparently the upgrade killed the ability of Steve Gongora to update his
web page that lives on CORSA's server. Others have had difficulties logging on
to their CORSA account.
Car Council: Robert did not attend the last CC meeting.
Merchandise: Vickie brought samples of items that she has for sale.
Tri-State: Terry met with Jim and John to exchange ideas on how to set up
registration.
Upcoming Events:
March 12 = Anniversary dinner at Highland Senior Center from 2:00 to 3:30pm.
Irish Corned Beef dinner will be provided. Members will bring pot-luck items.
April 9 = Old Route 66 cleanup starting at at 8:30 am.
April 16 = Corvair Car Show from 10:30 to 1:00 at the Smith's near Domingo Baca
Center, 8100 Wyoming NE - near Paseo Del Norte. Plan to bring your Corvair!
April 23 = Annual Spring Thaw at the Old Car Garage; 3232 Girard NE. For your
Corvair, take your own oil and filters.
April 30 = Vickie & Pat Hall Barbecue and Potluck, 11:00 am in San Antonio.
Past Events:
The Unser Museum tour had a great turnout. Big thank you to John Wiker for
setting that up. After the tour a few members went to Golden Corral for lunch. A
great time was had by all! Dave mentioned that the Unser Museum is always
looking for volunteers to lead tours. Volunteers are expected to work one 4-hour
shift a week.
Miscellaneous:
Tarmo received his shirt... he now owes the club for it! Hurley picked up and
paid for his shirts.
Another visitor was former CORSA member, Sam Shaw. His first car was a 1962
Corvair.
Pat Hall reminded us that he and Vickie would like for the club to have a
pot-luck lunch down at the San Antonio spread on April 30 around 11:00 am. Turn
off I-25 on Exit 139, continue east to the caution light at the Owl Cafe. Turn
north, go 3/4 of a mile on New Mexico Highway 1. It will take about hour and a
half to get there from Albuquerque.
Tarmo told us that he attended five auctions run by the big houses while he and
his friends were in Arizona. He attended auctions held by R & M, Bonhom's,
Barrett Jackson, and Russo & Steele. He saw 3 Corvairs and uncounted high-dollar
exotic cars. He mentioned a Mazda Cosmo and two Toyota 2000 GTs.
The 50/50 was won by Pat Hall, pot was $9.00, $4.50 to him, $4.50 to CNM.
Adjourned = 8:13 pm
Tech Talk -- photos on Page 5:
Larry Blair brought in two camshafts. One came from the 140 engine he is
rebuilding, the other was new from Clarks. Larry intended to show-and-tell the
difference between the timing mark "O" on the two cams, but soon we were asking,
why are there two holes in the original GM cam gear? Maybe more important, why
are there no holes in the Clarks gear? Some of us were intrigued by the subtle
wear patterns on the old cam which looked pristine to the casual glance. Thanks,
Larry! Oh, what about those timing marks. The original had the "O" at the valley
between two teeth, the new had the mark closer to the top of a tooth. We
discussed what difference it could possibly make.
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MARCH BOARD MEETING MINUTES -- 2016.03.16
Anne Mae Gold
Present: Jim, Terry, Lube, Robert, Anne Mae, Ray
Call to order at 5:20 pm
Reports:
President: Ray got an e-mail from the Colorado Springs president regarding how
they are going to do the attendance award. They are going to base it on the
percentage of total club membership that is in attendance at the Tri-State.
VP: Not present
Treasurer: current balance is $4,941.54
Membership: Not present
Tri-State: Terry asked, how are trophies funded? Club pays for it. Bring ideas
to the board, we approve it and Robert cuts a check. Terry is thinking about
having our logo printed on the registration bags this year. Kay has agreed to
make a quilt to raffle off. Terry plans to take pictures of cars at the
Tri-State and make a calendar with them. Calendars will cost about $6 per
calendar to produce. Do we want a sit-down or buffet dinner? The board is
leaning toward a sit-down dinner. The hotel is going to re-tile the patio and if
the weather is nice, we may be able to eat outside. Jim talked about how the
Boydston Award has traditionally been done. Terry would like to have a speaker
at the Tri-State, if anyone has any ideas... please contact him.
Editor: Newsletter deadline is Friday March the 25th.
Car Council: The next meeting is next week. Robert will put his notes and
information together and send it all to Jim.
Upcoming Events:
April 9 at 8:30 am Old Route 66 cleanup.
April 16 at 10:30 am Car Show at Smith's near Wyoming & Paseo del Norte
April 23 at 8:00 am Spring Thaw at World Wide Automotive
April 30 at 11:00 am the Hall BBQ near The San Antonio Owl Cafe
May 15 at 7:00 am Albuquerque Museum Car Show
June 3-5 Tri-State in Montrose.
Past events:
Anniversary Dinner. Vickie Hall received the Ike Meissner Award. "Ralph Nader"
was a success.
Adjourned: 6:02 pm
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PICNIC DOWN SOUTH
Pat & Vickie Hall
We would like to invite all CNM members to a barbecue / potluck lunch at our
house in San Antonio, NM on Saturday the 30th of April at 11:00 am.
Pat will cook hamburgers and hotdogs and if you will bring a side dish of your
choice, we should have plenty of food.
The address is 1878 Highway 1. Take I-25 South to exit 139. You will then be
heading East. Go to the flashing light and turn left heading north.
You are now on Highway 1 and the Owl Cafe is on the corner. Drive about 3/4 of a
mile north and our place is on the right, east side of the road.
Hope to see everyone there.
Pat & Vickie Hall
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A LESSON LEARNED....
Robert Gold
Several years ago a friend of mine related to me the sad story of the demise of
his daughter's car. It seemed that she took her SUV into a Jiffy Lube and after
it was finished went on a highway trip. Alas, she did not get very far. A few
miles down the road the evil "Check Engine" light came on as the engine decided
to stop running. The problem, it turned out, was that the oil plug had
disappeared and so had all the oil in the engine. The engine was now DOA. My
takeaway from the story is that you shouldn't let "sleeping dogs lie" -- simply
said, take the time to double check that work had been done well.
Now let's jump to a few days ago. It had been about two weeks since my friends
at Morningstar Collision had repositioned the front-driver seat mounts in my
Lakewood. You see, big guys like me, have a bit of a problem with entering and
exiting this version of the Corvair. However, there is an easy solution. You can
spend some money and have a shop like Welding Service Inc move the mounts to an
alternate position farther away from the steering wheel.
You see, I had Welding Service Inc move the mounts on a previous Lakewood and
they did an amazing job! They even wound up using bigger bolts to hold down the
seats. It was expensive, but well worth it.
So I decided to save a little money and have Morningstar Collision do the work.
I knew they could do good work. They've painted upwards of 10 cars for me. They
do a great paint job for the money. I've even bought two cars from them. Terry
and Mike are my friends. So I asked them to do the seat move for me, and just as
they have done for me in the past, they quoted me a great price. Within days the
work was done, and I now could get in and out of my car.
I can't tell you why I decided to look at their work. I think it was the fact
that it was sunny and warm, and I as a male I should be out working on a car. I
decided to look over what they had done to the seats. Soon I was on my back
gazing upon, as Peter, Paul, and Mary would say, "Painted wings, and giant
rings." Hugh, could that be true? Had they actually used smaller bolts and in
one case, a very long metal screw? Unbelievable.
In the depths of depression, I motored back to the Morningstar folks to let them
know of my concerns. I was ready for the push back I usually get when I take
things back. I wondered what story they would give me about why they had not
done an adequate job... I was wrong. Terry took full responsibility and
confessed they had not looked at the work before it went out the door. The
result was that in a little more than a week the work was redone correctly. I'm
happy again... but I learned the lesson that, even if my friends do work for me,
I will not let sleeping dogs lie.... and neither should you! -- Robert Gold
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DEAD MAN'S CURVE
Robert Gold
Most of you know what the title of this article refers to. The duo, Jan and
Dean, sang a sad lament about the demise of a hotrodder in a stretch of road
called "Dead Man's Curve." It's a sad aside that Jan Berry himself suffered such
a crash after the song was recorded.
My concern now is about an intersection, not a curve. But first I want to tell
the tale about one of the worst bit of highway engineering I saw when, in the
1960s, I drove Route 66 from St. Louis to Rolla, Missouri to go to school at the
Missouri School of Mines. Along a stretch of the highway was, and I'm not lying,
a jog in the road. You would find yourself driving on a long straightaway then
onto a jog in the road, followed by another long straightaway. My engineering
pals and I surmised that two separate crews had placed the concrete, and that
the middle of one stretch met the edge of the other. To correct it they simply
placed a jog that thousands of cars had to negotiate every day. I always thought
that the engineer who oversaw the project should simply "fall on his sword."
Designers have an obligation to do things right.
This isn't more true than about a redesign of a stretch of road near my house. A
stretch I drive through more than twice a day. So here is what I wrote to both
the Albuquerque Journal and the City of Albuquerque:
"Since I have a background in Civil Engineering I've been very interested in the
current conditions at the intersection of San Pedro NE and Haines NE. Southbound
San Pedro was converted from two lanes to only one lane heading south and the
second lane has been converted into a right turn only onto Haines.
"The problem arises over the fact that as San Pedro goes over I-40 there is a
slight rise obscuring the intersection. Even though signage has been added to
inform motorists that only one lane is a through lane, numerous drivers attempt
to merge into that lane at the last second before the intersection. I've seen
this almost every time I go through the intersection. The last time a large
sedan moved over right in front of me without signaling.
"I've watched this problem for several months hoping that motorists would learn
the need to merge before the intersection, but this doesn't seem to be the case.
I understand that the intersection is challenging for engineers and several
attempts have been made to correct the problem. However, this has not succeeded
and they need to revisit their strategy and correct this problem before someone,
like me, gets hurt."
If you're looking for a thrill just drive south on San Pedro from Menaul to
Haines. I'm sure the intersection will be still be there. I know, because I
drive it more than once a day. -- Robert Gold
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ONE OF THE GANG - MARCH 2016 CAR COUNCIL REPORT
Robert Gold
The main aim of this month's Car Council meeting was to stuff envelopes for the
upcoming May 15 Museum Car Show. Another goal was to eat pizza! Oh yes, we did
have a short business meeting.
For those of you who haven't had a chance to attend one of these special Car
Council meetings, you should take the time and stop by. This is one of the times
that we get a chance to socialize with folks from the other clubs. It's loads of
fun to be working away and at the same time tell all sorts of car-related
stories. This year I got to hear about one rep's experiences drag racing on a
stretch of Eubank long before it became the developed road it is now. I heard
about the cars that ran there and how the name of the game was to avoid being
run in by the police. One story that was told described how this person (I wish
I could remember his name) found himself in the back of a police car, only to
have the policeman let him go as the policeman told him to stay safe. Quite a
difference from the stories we now hear in the news about the police. I like to
think that type of officer is still in the majority.
The envelope stuffing was completed in record time, and as we ate pizza and
salad, we carried on an abbreviated business meeting. There is not much new to
relate to you. Our Treasurer said we've got lots of money. Joyce Clements told
us about plans for the aforementioned May car show. Plans continue for the the
July Car Collector's Appreciation Day. One item of note concerns the August Car
Council Picnic. Jamie Saavedra of the GTO club made a pitch for a club to take
over organizing the event. Her club had done the job the last two years and she
felt that it was time for someone else to step in. This shouldn't be a very hard
task, since we tentatively plan to use the picnic grounds on north Highway 14
that we used last year. CNM organized the event a number of years ago and I
think this might be the time to do it again. Think about this and we can talk
about it at the next meeting. I truly think that the Car Council is an important
part of the car culture here in New Mexico and it would be nice if we showed
support for the Council by taking the lead on the picnic. Besides that, the
picnic is lots of fun.
Oh yes, another thing that was mentioned during our story telling had to do with
CNM's Old Route 66 cleanup. One person, who lives in the area of the cleanup,
mentioned a problem associated with leaving the bags of trash for the New Mexico
DOT to pick them up. It seems that the pickup is not very timely, allowing the
bags to be blown around. Much worse is that some locals seem to have a great
time using the bags for car target practice, undoing our good works. My solution
to this would be for someone (maybe me in my Loadside?) to pick up the bags and
deliver them to the collection center. It's quite depressing to think all our
good works going for naught.
Lastly, as we stuffed envelopes, I couldn't help but notice that two people
sitting next to me were left handers like myself. We had a good time telling
stories of the trials of being left handed in a right handed society. You may
not know that less than 10 percent of the population is left handed. Anyway, one
rep had mentioned that her grandmother, who was also left handed, told her that
in reality everyone is born left handed, but they become right handed after they
told their first lie! Now you know why we left handers are such a small bunch!
With that, the meeting adjourned and we went home with full stomachs and
envelopes. -- Robert Gold
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VICKIE HALL RECEIVES THE 2016 IKE MEISSNER AWARD
Heula Pittman
The club's Ike Meissner Award is intended to recognize active members who are
especially instrumental in keeping our club going. Vickie Hall has been one of
our most active ladies in CNM, she is unusually knowlegeable about the Corvair,
especially early models, and therefore she is most deserving of this award.
Her contributions to making and keeping our club one of the best in CORSA are
many: She was a member of the Sunshine Committee, adding her expertise in arts &
crafts, she keeps up-to-date records of our merchandise, giving reports each
month, and she was a leader in getting detailed treasury reports published in
our newsletter.
Vickie and Pat Hall attend regular meetings, board meetings and activities,
including Tri-State events and CORSA National conventions .
She has provided tireless support to hubby Pat during his six tours of duty as
president, as well as helping conduct several tech sessions at their home in Los
Lunas. Without Vickie, they probably would not own as many Corvairs as they do!
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SENTENCES
from the Internet
Glib jocks quiz nymph to vex dwarf.
Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim.
DJs flock by when MTV ax quiz prog.
How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.
Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx.
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.
The five boxing wizards jump quickly.
Quick fox jumps nightly above wizard.
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
Schwarzkopf vexed Iraq big-time in July.
Cozy sphinx waves quart jug of bad milk.
Fix problem quickly with galvanized jets.
Go, lazy fat vixen; be shrewd, jump quick.
When zombies arrive, quickly fax judge Pat.
The jay, pig, fox, zebra and my wolves quack!
Who packed five dozen old quart jugs in my box?
J. Fox made five quick plays to win the big prize.
Watch "Jeopardy!", Alex Trebek's fun TV quiz game.
My girl wove six dozen plaid jackets before she quit.
Grumpy wizards make a toxic brew for the jovial queen.
Battle of Thermopylae: Quick javelin grazed wry Xerxes.
Crazy Frederick bought many very exquisite opal jewels.
"Who am taking the ebonics quiz?", the prof jovially axed.
The job of waxing linoleum frequently peeves chintzy kids.
The wizard quickly jinxed the gnomes before they vaporized.
Jim quickly realized that the beautiful gowns are expensive.
A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats.
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil queen and jack.
Jackie will budget for the most expensive zoology equipment.
Zelda might fix the job growth plans very quickly on Monday.
All questions asked by five watched experts amaze the judge.
The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.
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APRIL BIRTHDAYS
Elizabeth Domzalski
Mark Martinek
Robert McBreen
Emma Rogers
Ollie Scheflow
Ray Trujillo
APRIL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Connie & Floyde Adams
Connie & Robert McBreen
Lillian and Tim Shortle
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TREASURY REPORT ............. 02-19-2015 to 03-16-2016 ............. ROBERT GOLD
DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION BALANCE = $4,989.94
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2016.03.20 -$ 17.40 Correct Unknown Error -$ 17.40
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DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION BALANCE = $4,972.54
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2016.03.07 2231 -$ 45.00 CORSA V.Sanchez 12 m CORSA -$ 45.00
2016.03.07 2235 -$ 10.00 R.Gold Unser Museum -$ 10.00
2016.03.09 2238 -$ 65.00 BUSINESS PRINTING Envelopes for Newsletter -$ 65.00
2016.03.15 $ 89.00 Dues T.Sutt (?) 12 m CNM $ 25.00
2016.03.15 $ Deposit 50/50 raffle for March $ 4.50
2016.03.15 $ Deposit CNM Polo Shirts $ 59.50
2016.03.17 2237 -$ 28.19 H.Pittman MAR 2016 Newsletter_Printing -$ 28.19
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2016.03.26 ********************** ENDING BALANCE ********************* $4,913.35
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LEFT:
Do you remember the Fire Chief's quick-response car to go to the scene of a
fire, back in 1960?
RIGHT:
Remember when gasoline was made out of million-year-old dinosaurs, not out of
last year's Iowa corn crop, and all was well because no one wanted to eat
million-year-old dinosaurs?
BELOW:
Remember when Ed Black Chevrolet was the place to go in Albuquerque for
outstanding Corvair Sales and Service? No one has reported hearing a rumor that
this is to be Lube's new Corvair.
Photo by Tarmo.
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I am proposing a feature for our newsletter called "CorVairiations from the
Norm" and I am encouraging our members to contribute. Tell us your adventures
while owning and driving a Corvair. They don't have to be horror stories, just
fit with the title of the by-line. Please contribute so we'll have a story
every month. --- Larry Yoffee
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I'M GOING TO SAY GOODBYE NOW
Jim Pittman
To all my friends and any remaining relatives, I'm going to say goodbye now and
get it done. It seems likely that when it is really time to say goodbye, things
will be falling apart much too rapidly for me to find everyone I will want to
say goodbye to and say it then. So I'll say it now: Goodbye, and good luck with
coping with future disasters that are approaching all too rapidly.
What am I talking about? For those who are not paying attention, or for those
who have no understanding of physical science, or for those with no imagination
whatsoever, I'm talking about global warming.
Of course there's more bad news than global warming. There's the fact of our
insane and dysfunctional political system. The fact that we have been taken over
by short-term profit-driven global business interests. The fact that approaching
disasters are beyond the ability of human societies to halt or even slow down.
The fact that 99 percent of conflict in the world is irrational religious
fanaticism. The fact that we ordinary citizens are becoming more and more unable
to influence, let alone prevent, our society's headlong rush to destruction. The
fact that, even if we all could agree on a problem, we could not agree on what
to do about it in time to matter. The fact that even if we could agree, we have
no guarantee that whatever actions we agree on would actually work.
But, unless we get wiped out by a random so-far-undiscovered asteroid (a
scenario not without precedent) we are on track to be cooked in our own
planetary juices by global warming.
Remember the original 1993 movie Jurassic Park? The mathematician played by the
actor Jeff Goldblum tried to impress the lady scientist by explaining the
concept of chaos theory and a tipping point. He was talking about controlling
lab-created dinosaurs, but the concepts apply equally well to global climate
change. Increased methane in the atmosphere means more greenhouse effect, planet
warms. Planet warms, arctic tundra melts, releasing more methane. More methane
means more greenhouse effect. Warmer planet melts more tundra, releasing more
methane. Continue until there's no more tundra or no more methane.
The question is, where is the tipping point at which, even if humans can agree
to stop all greenhouse gas release, it's too late to stop the new cycle? That
question, according to chaos theory, cannot be answered -- we have to wait and
see. By the time we do see, we will all be boiled in our global greenhouse.
Since we can't predict the tipping point, we may as well keep on burning coal,
letting lead dissolve into our water, making junk products out of plastic,
growing corn to make ethanol to add to our gasoline, and fracking oil wells to
make more oil, earthquakes and undrinkable ground water.
But wait a minute. The planet has had recurring bouts of ice ages. What if some
combination of events, natural or man-made, leads to the next ice age? It would
only take a small decrease in the output of the sun, or a historically large
super-volcano, to trigger global cooling. Could we predict that -- or prevent it
-- before it happens? Probably not.
So I'm saying goodbye now and getting it over with.
What does this to do with Corvairs? What if the EPA mandates 50% ethanol in fuel
and Corvairs will no longer run? What if the government will allow only Google
self-driving cars on the highway? What if a new law says all cars have to report
their GPS position to Homeland Security every 15 seconds?
I've had a good career with Corvairs but no matter what, it is not 1966 any
more. The time when a 1966 Corvair was "the best car I ever bought" is no more.
So goodbye, Corvairs and Corvair enthusiasts. It was fun while it lasted.
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HEATER HOSE CUTS REAR AXLE
VAIRCOR HEART OF AMERICA CORVAIR OWNERS ASSOCIATION
Doug Horstman explains why it is important to support the heater hose above the
axle on late models. He holds an axle that had been cut in two by the wire coil
embedded in the heater hose.
THOSE PESKY CRITTERS -- CORVANANTICS
Norland Grant
Last year I bought a 1961 Rampside from my Dad. It has a 140 engine in it and
ran well, except for an engine-overheating problem.
My Dad, being the aggressive and creative engineer that he was, installed an
elaborate cooling system that involved pumping the engine oil from the engine
through piping that he attached under the frame. This system was supposed to
cool the oil and send it back to the engine. Unfortunately it did not cool as
well as planned, the overheating continued.
Not long after I became the new owner of the Rampside the clutch went bad. I
removed the engine to replace the clutch and do the tedious job of cleaning up
the engine. I discovered the cause of the overheating problem. Hundreds of
walnuts had been stored by some pesky critters on top of the oil cooler and
between the cylinders. The picture tells the story.
My good friend and Rampside owner Al Hilderbrand commented, "That sure is a
funny place to store your nuts."
STUBBY FINDS A NEW HOME
Pete C [ DETROIT AIR COOLER ]
Stubby is on the hauler and headed to the west coast. He started out as an
Oakland-built 4 door only to be altered by the late Bob Kirkman in 1987 and now
will be granted a new life away from the snow and cold. from PETE C
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LEARNING ABOUT SPEEDOMETER CABLES
Christine Kimberly THE DRIPLINE - PIKES PEAK CORVAIR CLUB
Last October, Ed Halpin had asked if he could ride shotgun with me to Palm
Springs, since both of his cars were 'lounging' in the Forney Museum. We left
very early, getting to Colorado Springs and met up with the Feasels. I drove the
first leg of the day and after lunch, Ed took his turn at the wheel.
I was enjoying the views when Ed suddenly commented, "Look! We're going zero
miles an hour!!" "What?!!," was my reply. We were still zipping down Route 40
following the Feasels, with no funny noises, or sounds from the engine. As I
looked at the red needle that showed we were not moving, Ed added, "It looks
like the speedometer cable broke and so we won't be able track our mileage
either, because the cable also operates the odometer." He assured me it wouldn't
affect the car continuing the trip, so on down the road we went, depending on
the Feasels to keep us visible in the rear view mirror.
On a warmish day (in the low 50's) in late January, Ed came over to my garage to
help me replace the speedometer cable. Crawling under the car, I learned about
the cable housing and cable, and the path it followed from the dash to the back
of the car. We pulled the cable out of the housing after finding both ends were
good, and discovered it had rusted and broken two-thirds of the way down the
cable.
Back under the car again, I could see the area where the housing cover was
cracked and rusted underneath, near the wheel well. I learned that in the early
model cars ('60-'64), these housings were run outside the tunnel pan along the
drivers' side of the undercarriage, We decided to finish the install of the
replacement housing/cable on a warmer afternoon.
Several weeks later, in February, it was in the 60's, so Ed came over to help me
install the new housing.
After lots of 'stuff and undercarriage dirt' fell on me, the old housing was
removed and replacedi A few minor adjustments and checking it against a
speedometer app, everything is operating perfectly again,
Another lesson on fixing my Corvair completed!!
The Drip Line, Volume 39, Number 3, March 2016
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WED 06 APR 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 09 APR 8:30 AM Old Route 66 Cleanup - meet at bridge over I-40
SAT 16 APR 10:30 AM Corvair Car Show at SMITH'S at 8100 Wyoming NE (near Center)
WED 20 APR 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE
FRI 22 APR 9:00 PM Deadline for material for the May Newsletter
SAT 23 APR ....... WorldWide Automotive Annual Spring Thaw - Old Car Garage,
3232 Girard NE, Albuquerque / Oil & Filter Change, Inspections
WED 27 APR 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE
SAT 30 APR 11:00 AM Barbecue and potluck at Vickie & Pat Hall's "southern home"
located 3/4 mile north of the Owl Cafe, Highway 1, San Antonio, NM.
Take Exit 139, turn left (north) at the Owl Cafe, look for Corvairs.
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WED 04 MAY 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER
SAT 14 MAY through SUN 02 OCT ----- Route 66 Exhibit at The Albuquerque Museum
SUN 15 MAY 7:00 AM Albuquerque Museum / NMCCC 32nd Annual Car Show
WED 18 MAY 5:00 PM Board Meeting: HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER at 131 Monroe NE
FRI 20 MAY 9:00 PM Deadline for material for the June Newsletter
WED 25 MAY 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE
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WED 01 JUN 7:00 PM Meeting: NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER
FRI 03 JUN Tri-State == Montrose, Colorado - Sponsor Pikes Peak Corvair Club
SAT 04 JUN Tri-State == the Holiday Inn Express has been confirmed
SUN 05 JUN Tri-State == Stay tuned for phone numbers, T-shirts, other details
* HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS = 1391 S. Townsend Ave. Montrose, CO 81401 970-240-1800
* Pikes Peak Corvair Club Room rate: $99 + tax includes hot breakfast buffet.
* Contact = Chris Kimberly = 775-830-4739 = chriskimberly@hotmail.com
* More information ==== http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter809/
WED 15 JUN ........ No Board Meeting This Month! Necessary business by email.
WED 22 JUN 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE
FRI 24 JUN 9:00 PM Deadline for material for the July Newsletter
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MON 04 JUL Early! Fourth of July on the Plaza in Santa Fe
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SUN 14 AUG ....... NMCCC Picnic - Oak Flat Picnic Area, South 14, Tijeras
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SUN 18 SEP State Fair Car Show --- CHECK ON DATE AND TIME!
FRI-SAT 23-25 SEP NMCCC Swap Meet, Los Lunas
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2017-JUN-02-03-04 Tri-State == Sponsored by Corvairs of New Mexico. Taos, NM
Stay tuned for phone numbers, T-shirts, other details
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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 [ APRIL 2016 Vol 42 Nr 4 Issue 487 ] Jim Pittman
2009 Vol 35 Nr 4 #403
On the cover Tarmo showed his Honda motorcycle. We had $3,465 in the bank.
Sylvan was recovering from heart surgery. At the Anniversary Party Heula
presented the Meissner Award to Ray Trujillo. We did more planning for the Taos
Tri-State. Pat Hall reported on our tour of The Color Works in Los Lunas. We saw
paint jobs, but we also looked at a couple of junked Corvairs in the back lot.
Tech tips by Bill Reider discussed equipping your Corvair with 14-inch wheels.
He told about an overheating Corvair that had a bad case of casting flash. Jim
related his impressions of a 1996 cleanup of Old Route 66.
2002 Vol 28 Nr 4 #319
We celebrated CNMers who have been battling trash on Old Route 66 for years. New
members: Jay Ecclestone, Mike Hacker, Geoffrey Johnson. The treasury balance was
$5,584 and the GMAC account paid 3.4%. Wendell sold new jacket patches and
license plates and we donated to the Wheels Museum. We installed a flagpole at
the Boydston cabin.
Mark told us about a July "Old Route 66" car show. The Car Council negotiated
with Los Lunas to hold the annual swap meet there. Cactus Corvair Club asked for
help with the Flagstaff CORSA Convention. Jerry asked members to take their
Corvairs to the April tune-up at Old Cars Garage. Bill edited the newest edition
of his Care and Feeding book. John Wiker invited us to a tune-up session at Del
Norte High School. Anne Mae told us the summer schedule for the CNM Ladies
group. David reviewed the March Old Route 66 cleanup: 23 bags of detritus.
Mark Martinek told about a trip to a Corvair gathering in St. George, Utah in
Mary Lou's 1964 convertible. Many things went wrong, even before they left on
the trip! Richard Finch told about rescuing an Ultra Van. He provided tidbits
about the design and maintenance of Ultra Vans as compared to "ordinary"
Corvairs. Del Patten wrote about our progressive dinner, Laura Wilshire
previewed the 2002 Grand Junction Tri-State, and tech tips told how to use an
Etch-a-Sketch.
1995 Vol 21 Nr 4 #235
A transcontinental railroad scene was an April Fool joke. V.P. Bob Beasley ran
our meeting. Guests were Chuck Gauna who had a 1964 sedan and Ralph Larkin who
wanted to sell a set of wire wheel covers. Will Davis reported $1408 in the
bank.
Bill Reider reported on the NMCCC meeting. The Giant Oil Company sponsored a
Route 66 Festival. The August picnic was planned for the Elks Campground. VMCCA
planned a picnic at Cochiti. An audit of CNM finances was pending. More harmonic
balancer cores were needed to make a club order. We discussed how harmonic
balancers prevent fractured crankshafts. Convention planning was going into high
gear after the Dallas convention was over. Steve had new business cards. Ollie
said the Club should be involved in some public service activity, for example,
the Low Riders contributed to Toys for Tots. Tech: The pros and cons of vapor
injection. Repairing window winders. An order for new Clark's catalogs.
Larry said we should ask him about his Radial Keratotomy. He visited the
president of Cactus Corvairs in Phoenix. The Arizona folks were interested in
attending our Tri-State events.
Sylvan previewed our trip to Travertine Marble Works in Belen and the Red River
Rendezvous II in May. Many tech tips: vapor injection, replacing a brake cable,
driving instead of storing, replacing fuel pumps, tightening loose horn buttons,
fixing erratic auto upshifts, and, finally, a toy Corvair on the back just like
those toy tanks they used to print on the inside of KIX cereal boxes.
1988 Vol 14 Nr 4 #151
Our cover showed the battleship NEW MEXICO. The ship survived kamikaze attacks
and its bell is now at the Univeristy of New Mexico. A guest was "Mark Twain" at
our March meeting. Our CORSA membership was only 50 percent. We planned to go to
Canon City for the Tri-State. Francis was putting together a group purchase of
electric fuel pumps. Tech tips told how to deal with the unpleasant smell of
leaking gasoline.
1981 Vol 7 Nr 4 # 67
On the cover our friendly dragon was in trouble for pouring honey on a police
car as an April Fool trick. We had 26 members and guests at our meeting. Robin
DeVore brought in a front suspension for a talk on alignment by Jim Haskew of
Beeline Safety.
Forty-two years ago...
On 10 April 1974 eight Corvair owners met at Pete Colburn's home to start our
new club. We named it Corvairs of New Mexico. Francis Boydston, Pete Colburn,
Rick Grable, Dale Housley, Carl Johnson, Mark Morgan, Jim Pittman, Duncan Puett.
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Enchanted Corvairs Newsletter is published monthly by Corvairs of New Mexico,
chartered Chapter #871 of CORSA, the Corvair Society of America. Copyright by
the Authors and by Corvairs of New Mexico. Articles may be reprinted in any
CORSA publication as a service to CORSA members, provided credit to the Author
and this Newsletter is clearly stated. All opinions are those of the Author or
Editor and are not necessarily endorsed by Corvairs of New Mexico or CORSA.
Material for publication should reach the Editor by the 15th of the month. Send
material via e-mail ( jimp @ unm.edu ) or submit a readable manuscript. I prefer
ASCII TEXT, but MS Word or RTF are fine. Photographs are welcome. I still print
mailing labels with a 1989 Apple IIgs on a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IIIp. The
newsletter is composed using Apple computers. Software includes OSX, AppleWorks,
Photoshop CS, GraphicConverter, BBEdit and InDesign CS. If you care, ask for
more details. Transportation: 1965 Corvair Monza, 1990 Honda Civic, 1996 Mazda
Miata and 2016 Honda Civic. When I'm 64, I'll get by with a little help from my
friends.
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