The June 2019 newsletter - Text Version
Updated 28-May-2019 ==== Copyright (c) 2019 Corvairs of New Mexico
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June 2019 / VOLUME 45 / NUMBER 6 / ISSUE 525
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First Place, Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, 2005 & 2012
Third Place, Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, 2010
EDITOR Jim Pittman
MEETING Regular Meeting: Saturday June 1st, 2019, 10:00 AM
Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Albuquerque NM 87108
THIS MONTH
President's Letter ............................ Dave Allin
"See More" the Cutaway Corvair ................ Pikes Peak
Dues Due Dates ...................... Membership Committee
May Regular Meeting ............................. Kay Sutt
May Board Meeting ............................... Kay Sutt
A Report on the TUNA .......................... John Wiker
A Report on Failed Brakes ..................... John Wiker
Birthdays & Anniversaries ....................... Sunshine
One of Many Tri-State Stories ................. John Wiker
Sara Gold and her Early Coupe .... Albuquerque Museum Show
Alamosa Tri-State Statistics ................... Ed Halpin
Treasury Report ............................ Steve Gongora
Alamosa Tri-State Photos ........ Tarmo Sutt & John Wiker
Calendar of Coming Events ............. Board of Directors
June: 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 Years Ago ..... Club Historian
COVER Sheriff's Award: the Car He Would Most Likely Stop
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OFFICERS and VOLUNTEERS
President Dave Allin 505-410-9668 dnjallin comcast.net
Vice President David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 aol.com
Co-secretary Linda Soukup 763-226-0707 studeboytony gmail.com
Co-secretary Kay Sutt 505-471-1153 tarmo juno.com
Treasurer Steve Gongora 505-220-7401 stevegongora msn.com
Car Council Dave Allin 505-410-9668 dnjallin comcast.net
Membership David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 aol.com
Merchandise Vickie Hall 505-865-5574 patandvickiehall q.com
Sunshine Heula Pittman 505-275-2195 heula q.com
Newsletter Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp unm.edu
Old Route 66 David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 aol.com
Past President John Wiker 505-239-3311 wikerj63 yahoo.com
Past President Ray Trujillo 505-814-8373 rtrujilloabq505 gmail.com
Past President Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall q.com
Past Vice-Pres Tarmo Sutt 505-690-2046 tarmo juno.com
MEETINGS: First Saturday of each Month at 10:00 AM
Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108
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INTERNET CORSA's home page www.corvair.org/
CNM's newsletters www.unm.edu/~jimp/
Steve Gongora's page www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871/
Larry Yoffee's home page www.corsaturbo180usa.com/
New Mexico Council of Car Clubs www.nmcarcouncil.com/
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SCHEDULE CNM: 12 months = $25.00 or 26 months = $ 50.00
OF CORSA: 12 months = $45.00 or 26 months = $ 90.00
DUES CNM & CORSA: 12 months = $70.00 or 26 months = $140.00
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DUES DUE DATES JUNE 2019
DUE LAST MONTH ====================== INACTIVE DATE
2019.05 NONE 25-JUN-2019
DUE THIS MONTH ====================== INACTIVE DATE
2019.06 Brenda Stickler 25-JUL-2019
DUE NEXT MONTH ====================== INACTIVE DATE
2019.07 Sarah & Terry Price 25-AUG-2019
DUE AUGUST 2019 ===================== INACTIVE DATE
2019.08 Kathy & Larry Blair 25-SEP-2019
2019.08 Anne & Geoffrey Johnson 25-SEP-2019
INACTIVE ============================ INACTIVE DATE
2019.01 Connie & Floyde Adams 25-FEB-2019
2019.01 Carolyn & Dan Palmer 25-FEB-2019
2019.02 Mike Butler 25-MAR-2019
2019.03 Natalie Robison 25-APR-2019
2019.03 Brenda Wilvert 25-APR-2019
Send your Dues to:
CNM Treasurer -- Steve Gongora, House of Covers
115 Richmond NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
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.
As of 26-May-2018 we have 40 active family memberships.
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PRESIDENT'S LETTER
Dave Allin
It has been a fun and exciting month. The Tri-State in Alamosa went extremely
well, with the New Mexico club fielding the most cars and people. The drive up
there was somewhat of an adventure, as David Huntoon threw a fan belt, and my
car had a pesky temperature light that kept coming on. Nonetheless, we all made
it without major problems, and enjoyed the event despite the cold windy weather.
This was my first Tri-State, and I learned a lot about how to stage such an
event, which will come in handy next year.
We also did our first highway cleanup of the year. There were only four of us,
but we managed to collect a lot of trash and some interesting objects abandoned
along the road side.
With summer almost upon us, there will be many car shows going on around the
state, and I intend to be at as many of them as I can. I encourage everyone in
the club to join these shows and spread the gospel of Corvair. It's surprising
how many people don't know about our favorite car. At a stoplight the other day,
a guy asked me if I had a V8. When I told him it was a flat six in the rear, he
said, "Mid-engine! Cool!"
Now we need to begin planning and preparing for our Tri-State next year. At
Alamosa we gave the other clubs a choice of locations, and they voted for
Albuquerque, so now it's full speed ahead. I would like everyone in the club to
get on board and help out, so we can make this the best Tri-State ever.
David Allin
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GENERAL MEETING MINUTES OF 05/04/2019
by Kay Sutt
The meeting was called to order by President Dave Allin at 10:15 AM at the
Highland Senior Center, located at 131 Monroe Street, NE, with thirteen members
in attendance.
VP's Report: Dave Huntoon had no report.
Treasurer's Report: Steve Gongora reported after the most recent bank statement
was reconciled the account contains $6,760.42.
Newsletter Report: Jim Pittman was not able to attend the meeting, but he sent
word via Steve Gongora that the deadline for the next newsletter is 9 PM on
Friday, 05/24/2019.
Merchandise Committee Report: Vickie was not present and there was no report
Secretaries' Reports: The minutes of the last meeting as published in the
newsletter were approved by the members present.
Old Business:
The "Care and Feeding..." manual is proofread with the exception of updating it
for the new Boydston and Meissner Awards criteria and the parts number checking
by Tarmo and Dave Huntoon. After that the manual is ready for printing!
The Spring Highway Clean-up, originally scheduled for Saturday, April 13 was
cancelled due to weather. Dave Huntoon has rescheduled the clean-up for
Saturday, May 11 at 9:00 A.M. Members are to meet at the bridge and he
anticipates it will take 1-2 hours to complete.
Dave Allin updated the club regarding the Collector Car Appreciation Day
originally proposed by NM Car Council for July. The Council voted not to hold
the event this year because of the short time to organize the event. Instead,
they will hold a cruise to the Railyard Brew Pub in Belen on Saturday July 13
with a food truck and drinks available for purchase and a live band. Dave wasn't
sure if there would be a convoy or if cars would meet in Belen. More details
will be published when available.
The TUNA at Vickie and Pat Hall's in Los Lunas on April 20 was a success with
several cars and nearly a dozen people in attendance. Several minor repairs were
diagnosed, and those that could be completed immediately, without ordering
parts, were handled by the competent hands present at the event.
Dave Allin reported he was the only Corvair present at the recent Park in the
Park event. He said over 400 cars were displayed, with art, music and lots of
fun. He reported it was well worth the $30 entry fee, even though he hadn't
registered in time to get the event T-shirt.
Steve and Rita Gongora brought the completed CNM T-shirts and Jackets to be
distributed to members. We were all impressed with the quality of the
merchandise, especially the jackets. They are not windbreakers, but lined
jackets, so they will serve a greater portion of the year. The club logo is
embroidered on the back and the members' names on the front. Steve indicated
more of both the jackets and T-shirts could be printed if others want them.
The All Wheels Museum auction and swap meet was being held May 4, as CNM's
meeting was taking place, at Balloon Park, with proceeds to benefit the museum.
New Business:
Alamosa 2019 Tri-State: The convoy to travel to this year's event will leave
Friday May 17 at 10 AM from the gas station directly south of Sandia Casino, and
travel north to the gas station in Pojoaque to pick up the Santa Fe contingent,
then continue on to Alamosa.
The 2020 Tri-State:
Research/planning for the meet in Albuquerque was discussed. The date is
tentatively set for May 15-17, 2020 to coincide with the Albuquerque Museum Car
Show on Sunday, the 17th. The last Tri-State in Albuquerque was similarly
scheduled. Attendees, especially those from out-of-town, will be able to
view/participate in the largest annual car show in Albuquerque. Dave Allin
indicated he had had two e-mails regarding this venue from Colorado club
members, which he has addressed.
Dave Huntoon has researched several hotels as possible hosting locations for the
event. The National Hot Rod group recently held their meet at the Sheraton on
Menaul and Louisiana, but there was concern expressed about the lack of parking
for cars/trailers. Crowne Plaza, at the northeast intersection of I-25 and I-40
and the Embassy Suites were also mentioned as possibilities. Most promising
among the hotels canvassed so far are the Hotel Albuquerque and the Best Western
Plus Rio Grande Inn. The Hotel Albuquerque has lots of parking and banquet
facilities. The Best Western Plus is directly across the street, so even though
it doesn't have banquet facilities the banquet could be conveniently scheduled
in the Hotel Albuquerque. Both hotels are at the edge of Old Town, just off Old
Route 66, which is our theme for the meet. Both are within easy walking distance
of numerous restaurants, shopping and entertainment in Old Town.
The committee, consisting of Dave Huntoon, Terry Price, Steve Gongora and Kay
Sutt will meet on June 7 to visit several possible sites for the event. Rita
Gongora suggested El Pinto Restaurant as a possible location for the banquet.
Their facility is large, with both indoor and outdoor dining facilities capable
of handling a large group, and their buffet offerings are good quality and
reasonably priced. It was suggested that Tiguex Park, just east of the museum,
might be a good site for the Saturday car show to segue into the Sunday Museum
Car Show. Robert Gold has offered to help with the car display, and John and
Anne Wiker offered to ramrod the registration. Thank you! More details will be
forthcoming as decisions are made.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:20.
Announcement:
Bill Reider's 1965 Corsa Coupe, silver with black trim, is listed for sale in
the current CORSA Communique, so help Bill and Lee out by sending any possible
buyers you know their way. Note to anyone outside Albuquerque that the area code
in the ad is incorrect. It is 505-299-4597 rather
than area code 585 as printed.
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CNM BOARD MEETING MINUTES, MAY 15, 2019
by Kay Sutt, 2019 Co-Secretary
Meeting was called to order by President Dave Allin at 5:30 PM. Present were
David Huntoon, Vice President; Steve Gongora, Treasurer; Kay Sutt, Secretary;
and Lube Lubert, member.
Treasurer Steve Gongora reported the balance in the treasury is $6,562.07, with
all bills (including the T-shirt bill) paid. There remain a few jackets/shirts
to be distributed and collected from the members.
David Huntoon reported four people helped complete the highway cleanup, and he
anticipates the next one will take place in late summer, but no date is yet set.
President Dave Allin reminded everyone to meet at the gas station across Tramway
from Sandia Casino for the caravan to the 2019 Tri-State meet in Alamosa. The
caravan will leave promptly at 10:00 AM.
President Dave Allin reported that he has looked at some of the hotels mentioned
as a possible site for our 2020 Albuquerque Tri-State Meet. He said he thought
the Hotel Albuquerque and the Hilton Pyramid were the most likely among those he
looked at. The forming committee will meet on Friday, June 7 to tour the various
hotels and see what kind of facilities and prices we can negotiate. Steve
Gongora still believes El Pinto is an ideal place for the banquet. It offers
plenty of seating, an easy, varied and tasty buffet, and if we should choose to
do the banquet earlier in the afternoon, El Pinto's patio space is large and
beautiful during Spring and Summer.
The next club general meeting is Saturday, June 1 at 10:00 AM at our regular
meeting place, Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE.
The club event for June is the "Cars and Coffee" breakfast at Hello Deli on
Saturday, June 8. This will be a good opportunity for members to meet, kick
tires, tell lies and show off our Corvairs.
Hello Deli is a restaurant located at 7600 Jefferson NE, in the strip center.
The CNM breakfast will begin at 9:00 AM, but members are encouraged to come
earlier. Cars begin congregating in the parking lot around 7:30, and President
Dave said he has been there several times when he was able to see not just
collector cars, but exotic cars as well.
The board meeting was adjourned at 6:10 PM.
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NEWSLETTER STORY
John Wiker 28 Apr 2019
Last Saturday, I joined a group of other members at Vickie & Pat Halls' home for
our "TUNA" Tech Session or as Tarmo called it "making a good Corvair into a
better one." Larry Blair had his early model torn apart when I arrived. It was a
headlight change and a cooling fan bearing lubrication. Then Dave the
president's car got a "lift and inspection." Checking the steering ratio and box
matching and cleaning out the weep holes were completed in no time at all. We
all gave it an inspection and found nothing more that needed done. Then it was
my car's turn.
My car had not been to Pat's for a few years, a minor miracle. It needed a front
end lubrication, tire inflation check, weep holes cleaned out. We also
discovered that someone had put in two "spring stiffeners" inside each of the
rear coils. Everyone saw no reason for them so David Huntoon took them out. He
said I should expect a smoother less noisy ride since half had come loose and
were just inside the coils doing no good. Then came the excitement of the day.
Tarmo was kind enough to give my car a test run after Dave had said that on the
last visit to his place he felt a little clutch plate area vibration he could
not put his finger on. Tarmo said he heard it too and now that it was on the
lift he and David discovered that the transmission mounts were dry rotted and
brittle. And while they were in the area to do that, we may as well change out
the tie rod bearings and transmission rod seal as well. All this could be done
after the Tri-State and the car in their mind was perfectly safe to drive until
then. David said he would order the parts since I misplaced all my Clark's
catalogues during our move and he also had the capability to do the work at his
place. This shows once again how membership in a club like ours is so valuable.
We dropped the car off the lift and after a hotdog and beans and soda thanks to
Vickie's hospitality and Terry Price manning the grill, I was on my way home.
The first red light near the Indian reservation caused some concern. The brakes
did not brake. I quickly downshifted and discovered once again that the parking
brake has a second function. The same thing happened to me in 1962, when my
1953 Mercury lost its power brakes on the way home from work after school. I
made it home safely timing all the lights down Central with downshifting most of
the way to Edgewood. (Jim says that when he was learning to drive it was
actually called the "emergency brake" and no one used it for parking.)
On Monday, I called David and we arranged a meeting at my place on Thursday to
solve the problem. Seems that a nipple on the master cylinder of my left front
wheel brake had come loose and every time I would brake, I would lose some
fluid. It had a rhythm to it. The brakes would work for about two applications,
and then go to the floor. We may have knocked it loose as we had a tough time
getting the lube gun disconnected on that same wheel. Between David and me, we
wiggled, swore, wiggled some more and then David used a circular motion to
finally pop it off. The test drive down Church Street and back was successful as
was the round trip this Saturday to the car show at Goodwill next to Sonic.
This goes to show that you are never too old to learn that even a non mechanic
like me can work on his own car. But for me you've got to use the KISS system.
You know, "keep it simple, stupid."
Thanks again to Pat, David and Tarmo as well as all the others who at one time
or another were nestled under my car. All those opinions were gratefully
accepted.
See you in Alamosa!!
Sent from my iPad
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Happy Birthday Wishes to June CNM'ers:
Bill Darcy
Phil Finch
Robert Gold
Rita Gongora
Jonathan Reider
Sylvia Trujillo
Happy June Anniversaries to:
David & Janice Allin
Sarah & Terry Price
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ONE OF MANY TRI-STATE STORIES
John Wiker
Twenty representatives of the CNM car club attended the Tri-State at Alamosa
this year. Everyone seemed to have a good time. Getting there for some of us was
a challenge. The Blairs, the Wikers, the Halls, and David Huntoon met up at the
gas station across from the Sandia Casino on Friday morning at 10:00. We left on
the way to Santa Fe to join with others for the trip.
Before reaching Santa Fe we had our first breakdown. David had a fanbelt pop
off. He pulled over and everyone else joined him. It looked like a highway work
crew with four giving advice and looking on as one worked. Dave was really
struggling to get the belt back on. It took us about 45 minutes and by that time
the Santa Fe group gave up on us and went on without us.
As we passed the rest stop just south of town, we saw Dave Allin's 1969 Corvair
at the stop. He was letting it cool off. That was a sign of bad things to come.
We stopped in Espanola for a picnic at Sonic. There we found that their service
was the slowest I've ever seen. And of course there were no bathrooms available
for the three ladies with us. After about an hour, we were on our way again.
Climbing the second hill north of Espanola, Dave pulled over again for another
cool-down session. Five more sessions later we finally called Tony and Linda who
had trailered their car. They had already arrived and would be willing to run a
rescue mission. The Wikers and the Halls continued on toward Alamosa and the
Blairs stayed with Dave. I understand that he pulled an old Corvair trick and
turned on the heater and made it in with no further problem. The final fix will
be covered later in the story.
Everyone got registered. The next morning, we lined up in model style order for
the trip to the park for the Show-and-Shine that went from 09:00 till 1:00 PM.
There were 35 cars in the show: 8 early open, 5 early closed, 4 late open, 15
late closed, 2 wagons, 1 forward control. We circled the cars in the park and in
the middle was the fan belt toss and push rod drop contests.
CNM had three teams entered in the fan belt contest. Dave and his friend Judd
played first and graciously lost. Next came Pat Hall and me. We had practiced
earlier and I for one was quite surprised at the difficulty we had with the
heavy wind and cold temperatures. The high for the day was 50 degrees. We lost
to the eventual champions, but we did score 9 points which was more than we had
in practice. Our final team of Steve and Rita won their first round but lost to
the second place team in the semi-finals.
While we were getting embarrassed at the fan belt toss, Tarmo took a hammer and
screw driver and attacked Dave's car. It turned out that one of the cooling
damper doors was hanging up occasionally, which may have lead to the temperature
gauge coming on. That must have been the problem, because Dave took the car out
to the Great Sand Dunes National Park and back with no problems. I did not hear
of any problems on the way home either.
Meanwhile as losers, Pat and I got to enter the push rod drop where I scored 7
points and Pat scored 3. The winner had 9, so CNM had no luck at the games.
The local sheriff and deputy showed up at the car show and were given the
opportunity to make two on-the-spot awards. One award was for his favorite car
at the show (it turned out to be an early four-door) and the other award went to
the car that his deputy would most likely stop on the street for a safety check
-- you know, a car that might drop parts all over town. Needless to say, we CNM
folks knew right away this award would have to go to Lube's Great White Hope,
and indeed it did. The deputy circled the field and "lit up" Lube's car and
called for him to get out of the car, sir, and get cuffed. Everyone present
(hopefully including Lube) thought this was great fun.
After the show we had time to go to the Gator Farm or to see the Sand Dunes. I
was not feeling well and decided to take a nap before the banquet.
The Elks Lodge did an excellent job with the meals. We had a choice of chicken
or beef. My beef was so large I took it most of it home for at least two more
meals. The CNM group of seven cars did not win any awards from the show except
for Lube' unique award. We did have two winners though. Curtis Shimp took the
mileage award with 352 miles from Silver City, squeaking past the usual winner
of the distance award, the couple from Wyoming. Curt beat them by by 2 miles --
Google does not lie. Larry Blair won $225 from the 50/50.
Everyone enjoyed the evening and a group of us decided to leave the next morning
in a convoy at 10:00. The Blairs, Wikers, Halls and Tarmo's group of three
headed out. We stopped in Espanola at Burger King (nope, not Sonic this time)
for lunch and then headed for Santa Fe with the usual gas stop at Pojoaque.
After going around Santa Fe on the bypass, the Halls and Blairs headed down
Interstate 25 while the Wikers headed over the hills via Cerrillos and Madrid as
a shortcut to Edgewood via Route 14. As far as I know, everyone made it home
with no problems.
It is now time to get to work on next year's Tri-State. Our delegation to this
year's Tri-State all agree we will hold it in Albuquerque versus Las Vegas. That
is another story that Dave Allin can tell if he wants to.
As for me, after a very busy and eventful weekend, it is time to rest up.
Photo by Steve Gongora
Sara Gold at the Albuquerque Museum Car Show, May 19th with an art piece of her
car. This was a graduation present. She got her BBA! Now for the MBA!
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REPORT ON 2019 TRI-STATE -- SPONSORED BY PIKES PEAK CORVAIR CLUB
ALAMOSA, COLORADO --- MAY 17-18-19 --- Statistics by Ed Halpin, PPCC.
EVENT ATTENDANCE / CLUB PARTICIPATION
Individuals attended this event: 99. The Clubs represented were:
Pikes Peak Corvair Club
Corvairs of New Mexico
Rocky Mountain CORSA Corvair Club
Green Country Corvair Group (Tulsa)
CAR SHOW ATTENDANCE
Registered for the Show and Shine event: 40 Corvairs
NUMBER OF CARS IN THE CAR SHOW
BY YEAR
1960 1
1961 2
1962 2
1963 4
1964 9
1965 9
1966 6
1967 3
1968 2
1969 2
BY BODY TYPE
Early Open 8
Early Closed 7
Late Open 4
Late Closed 17
Forward Control 1
Wagon 2
Specialty 1
BANQUET ATTENDANCE AND AWARDS PRESENTED
Ninety-nine individuals were projected to attend the banquet. Two individuals
were unable to make the dinner, but their meals were sold to two same day
registrants, so the numbers evened out.
Awards Presented Earlier in the day on the field at the Show & Shine:
Push Rod Drop Competition: Champion - Mike Halpin (PPCC)
Fan Belt Toss Competition: 2nd Place - Erica and Jamie Anderson
Fan Belt Toss Competition: 1nd Place - Kyle Piper, Colton Hanratty
Alamosa County Sheriff's Awards:
"Corvair Most Likely to be Stopped by Law Enforcement for Material Defect"
Lube Lubert in his '63 4 Door Sedan
"Sheriff's Choice"
Phil Degroot in his '62 4 Door Sedan
Show & Shine Awards Presented at the Banquet:
Best Early Open Chris Kimberly (PPCC) '64 Baby Blue Monza Convertible
Best Early Closed Phil DeGroot (PPCC) '62 Gold Monza 4 Door Sedan
Best Late Open Mike Piper (PPCC) '65 Red CORSA Convertible
Best Late Closed Jim Williams (RMC) '65 Dark Red CORSA Coupe
Best Wagon William Pearce (PPCC) '61 Seafoam Green Lakewood Wagon
Best Forward Control Michael Timmons (PPCC) '61 White Corvair 95 Panel Van
Best Specialty Pikes Peak Corvair Club '66 Blue Cutaway Car "SeeMore"
Best in Show Jim Williams (RMC) '65 Dark Red CORSA Coupe
People's Choice Kathy Green '61 Green Lakewood Wagon
Other Awards Presented at the Banquet:
Long Distance Award: Curtis Shimp out of Silver City, NM racked up 436 miles in
his journey to the Tri-State this year.
Hard Luck Award: Michael Timmons in '61 Corvair 95 Panel Van for excessive over-
heating and electrical issues, overcome along the journey to Alamosa
PPCC Tech Team Shirt Awards:
Chris Kimberly, Rick Beet, and Ken Schifftner
PPCC Tech Team Hat Awards:
Randy Karl, David Feasel, Ed Halpin
RMC President's Achievement Award:
John Dinsdale received an achievement award from the RMC for his 25-plus
years of service as their Treasurer
Awards Not Presented:
Attendance Award
(retired from this and future Tri-States by the Club Presidents)
Boydston Award
(retired from this and future Tri-States by the Club Presidents)
T-SHIRT SALES
A total of 68 event t-shirts were sold, and the addition of a pink shirt for
the ladies was well received.
23 - Lady's Pink V-Neck t-shirts sold
45 - Men's Black Crew Neck t-shirts sold
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TREASURY REPORT FOR 04-26-2018 to 05-25-2019
DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION BALANCE = $6,804.95 $6,804.95
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2019.05.04 2345 -$ 44.43 J.Pittman Newsletter Printing MAY 2019 -$ 23.13 $6,781.82
2019.05.04 -$ J.Pittman Newsletter Postage 30 x $0.71 -$ 21.30 $6,760.52
2019.05.06 +$ 50.00 Dues S.Johnson 26 m CNM $ 50.00 $6,810.52
2019.05.06 +$ 393.00 Deposit CNM Jacket & Shirt Order +$ 393.00 $7,203.52
2019.05.06 2346 -$ 14.00 H.Pittman Sunshine Committee -$ 14.00 $7,189.52
2019.05.13 2347 -$ 627.45 Aramark Shirts / Jackets -$ 627.45 $6,562.07
2019.05.20 +$ 130.00 Deposit Shirts / Jackets $ 130.00 $6,692.07
2019.05.20 +$ 70.00 Deposit M.Morgan 12 m CNM & CORSA $ 70.00 $6,762.07
2019.05.25 2348 -$ 45.00 CORSA M.Morgan 12 m CORSA -$ 45.00 $6,717.07
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2019.06.01 JUN NEWSLETTER ========================================== $6,717.07 $6,717.07
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SAT 01 JUN 10:00 AM Meeting: Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE
SAT 08 JUN 9:00 AM Club Breakfast at "Hello Deli" 7600 Jefferson NE
WED 19 JUN 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE
WED 26 JUN 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE
FRI 28 JUN 9:00 PM Deadline for items for July 2019 newsletter
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SAT 06 JUL 10:00 AM Meeting: Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE
FRI-SAT 12-13 JULY -- Collector Car Appreciation Day
SAT 13 JUL Cruise to the Railyard Brew Pub in Belen
WED 17 JUL 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE
WED 24 JUL 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE
FRI 26 JUL 9:00 PM Deadline for items for August 2019 newsletter
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SAT 03 AUG 10:00 AM Meeting: Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE
SUN 04 AUG ...... ALL-CLUBS PICNIC - Oak Flat south of Tijeras on NM 337
WED 21 AUG 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE
WED 28 AUG 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE
FRI 30 AUG 9:00 PM Deadline for items for September 2019 newsletter
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SAT 07 SEP 10:00 AM Meeting: Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE
SUN 15 SEP 7:00 AM New Mexico State Fair Car Show ?
WED 18 SEP 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE
WED 25 SEP 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE
FRI-SAT-SUN 27-28-29 SEP == NMCCC 41st ANNUAL SWAP MEET == Isleta Resort Casino
FRI 27 SEP 9:00 PM Deadline for items for October 2019 newsletter
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See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities
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SUGGESTION: A visit to the Telephone Museum on Fourth Street
SUGGESTION: A visit to the new WEATHER LAB at the Balloon Museum
SUGGESTION: A visit to the Soaring Museum in Moriarty
SUGGESTION: Activities with other clubs such as VMCCA.
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SEVEN YEARS AGO [ JUNE 2019 VOL 45 Nr 6 ISSUE 525 ]
Jim Pittman
2012 V.38 Nr 6 # 441
The cover: Scenes at the Salida, Colorado Tri-State. New members were Judy
Jaramillo and Joan & Murray Bruskin. President Wiker thanked the twenty-five
people (and 5 Corvairs) who traveled to the Salida Tri-State. Several pages of
this issue were devoted to reports on the Tri-State by Jim and Heula. There were
many photos. Robert Gold reported on an excellent Albuquerque Museum car show
featuring golden Corvairs plus the club's Library Van. We planned a garage tour
to visit LeRoy Rogers, Art Leupold and Larry Blair and their cars. Art had a
great collections of old Fords.
2005 V.31 Nr 6 # 357
The cover: Ruth Boydston's white early coupe. Bill Reider's photo showed
moonlight at the Ouray Tri-State. We met at Galles Chevrolet. Mark Domzalski
visited. Wendell reported $3,074.69 in the bank. We discussed going to a
baseball game as a group. We discussed the question of mailing a paper
newsletter versus having it only online. CORSA had a new web site. Robert
reported on the Car Council meeting. John Dinsdale told about driving through a
New Mexico wind/dust storm. Robert reported on a simply fabulous Car
Council/Museum car show with many great cars, some of them Corvairs! Bill Reider
and Del Patten reported on the Ouray Tri-State.
1998 V.24 Nr 6 # 273
The cover: Bill Reider's logo of our "Lakewood City" Tri-State. President Dennis
ran our meeting. Recovering from surgeries were Sylvan, Rita's mother Marie and
Ollie Scheflow. New members were Ben & Joy Abeyta. Wendell reported $8,205.35.
John McMahan had information on flag poles. We planned to install one at the
Boydstons' cabin. The State Fair wanted us back. Paul Campbell reported on the
Museum Car Show and his blue late model. Dennis provided tech articles from Rad
Davis: Synthetic oil; effects on aircraft engines (aluminum air-cooled heads) of
extreme cold temperatures; Adjustable ratio blower pulley; The Corvair cooling
fan's performance.
1991 V.17 Nr 6 # 189
On the cover: a VLA radio telescopes in its maintenance hangar. Jerry reported
on our tour to the VLA, one of the club's memorable tours! Our bank account
stood at $784. A new member was Terry Price. Sylvan was recovering from a heart
attack but came the meeting anyway. For $244 we printed the first batch of Bill
Reider's Carde & Feeding booklet and they looked great. We planned a June dinner
meeting at Charlie's Chiles. We planned to help with an All-Chevy Show,
something of a goodbye event for Ed Black Chevrolet. LeRoy asked members to
bring items for an auction. Francis called for designs for next year's Tri-State
jacket patch. LeRoy reported on this year's Tri-State in Gunnison. We had 21
people, but the Denver club beat us out with 41 in attendance.
Steve Gongora's tech tip told of the greatly reduced solar influx he was
getting inside his 1966 Corsa since having 3M tinting film installed on the rear
glass. He recommended Bob at the Tint Factory if we wanted our Corvairs
similarly protected.
1984 V.10 Nr 6 # 105
Our cover showed the "Lean Machine" which looked like a streamlined cross
between a tricycle and a motorcycle. Our funds stood at $249 and $249 was real
money back in those days. Sylvan sold Ten-Year-Anniversary patches to anyone who
was a CNM member in 1984. We planned a June tour to Alamogordo with a picnic at
White Sands and a tour of the Space Hall of Fame. George Morin's tech tip was,
replace your 1961-1963 car's motor mount with a 1964 motor mount, so you can
change your fan belt when it flips off while you are out on the road.
1977 There was no newsletter for June.
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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
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