The September 2020 newsletter - Text Version
Updated 31-Aug-2020 ==== Copyright (c) 2020 Corvairs of New Mexico
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September 2020 / VOLUME 46 / NUMBER 9 / ISSUE 540
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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
NEXT MEETING Regular Meeting: September 5th at 10:00 AM
Mariposa Basin Park - Taylor Ranch Rd. at Kachina St.
THIS MONTH
President's Message ................................ David Huntoon
Dues Due Dates .............................. Membership Committee
August Regular Meeting .................................. Kay Sutt
August Board Meeting .................................... Kay Sutt
How to Join a Zoom Meeting .............................. Kay Sutt
Birthdays & Anniversaries ................... Membership Committee
COVID Psychology .............................. Medical Consultant
Nomination Form for October Election ....................... Board
Treasury Report .................................... Steve Gongora
Tech: Magnesium Cooling Fan Deterioration .......... Group Corvair
Presidential Ramblings ................... Travis Bolton - VairCor
Twenty Years Ago: Unintended Acceleration .................... Jim
Twenty Years Ago: You Can't Always Get What You Want ......... Jim
Calendar of Coming Events ..................... Board of Directors
September Issues, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 Years Ago . Club Historian
COVER: Members Gather for Old Route 66 Cleanup, July 2000
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OFFICERS and VOLUNTEERS
President David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com
Secretary Kay Sutt 505-471-1153 tarmo @ juno.com
Treasurer Steve Gongora 505-220-7401 stevegongora @ msn.com
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 Dave Allin 505-410-9668 dnjallin @ gmail.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
Mariposa Basin Park - Taylor Ranch Rd. at Kachina St.
INTERNET: CORSA's home page www.corvair.org/
CNM's newsletters www.unm.edu/~jimp/
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 SEPTEMBER 2020
DUE LAST MONTH ================= INACTIVE DATE
2020.08 NONE 25-SEP-2020
DUE THIS MONTH ================== INACTIVE DATE
2020.09 Anne Wiker 25-OCT-2020
DUE NEXT MONTH ================= INACTIVE DATE
2020.10 Debra & Jon Anderson 25-NOV-2020
2020.10 Tony Lawler 25-NOV-2020
2020.10 Sylvia & Ray Trujillo 25-NOV-2020
DUE NOV 2020 ==================== INACTIVE DATE
2020.11 Linda & Dick Cochran 25-DEC-2020
INACTIVE ========================= INACTIVE DATE
2020.02 Larry Yoffee 25-MAR-2020
2020.03 Natalie Robison 25-APR-2020
2020.04 Conner Siddell 25-MAY-2020
2020.04 William Darcy 25-MAY-2020
2020.06 Art Gold 25-JUL-2020
Send your Dues to:
CNM Treasurer -- Steve Gongora
c/o 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 31-Aug-2020 we have 40 active family memberships.
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WHAT'S UP DAVE?
David Huntoon
As may be expected, not much. We will continue with our club meetings at
Mariposa Park for Sept/Oct. After that I am hoping our normal meetings may
return to Highland Senior Center if or when restrictions are lifted. If not then
......?
Upcoming events: our 4th Old Route 66 Cleanup Sept 7th at 8:30 AM. Last cleanup
had just 3 participants. Thanks Tony and Linda. Still we managed just over an
hour to complete. Monthly cleanups seem to be working well, in my opinion.
October will be our last of the year. Other news will be our upcoming election
of officers in October. To ensure a viable election I will be accepting
nominations and votes by mail or online. Consider running for an office so the
club can count strong leadership continuing. I am not inclined to remain Pres
and hope some will consider that office.
Terry Price has agreed to be the lead on our 2021 TriState meet. That should
lessen some of the work load on the President. Thanks Terry for your help!
Stay safe and remember the October elections,
David Huntoon
P O Box 499
Cedar Crest, NM 87008
Email: Corvair66@aol.com
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GENERAL MEETING MINUTES, 08/01/2020
Kay Sutt
The meeting was called to order by President Dave Huntoon at 10:15 at the
Mariposa Basin Park, located on the corner of Taylor Ranch Road, NW and Kachina.
Eleven members were present at the meeting. The group was good at practicing
social distancing with their lawn chairs and masks.
We were happy to welcome a new member to the meeting. He was introduced as
Gregory Nelson. Greg just bought the 1964 Monza 900 Coupe with 2 doors and a
4-speed which originally belonged to Donald Duke. Welcome to Greg, and welcome
back to the Monza! Greg is seeking resources for both parts and labor, so the
discussion of his options was fun for the guys.
President's Report: Dave Huntoon reported the next I-40 highway cleanup is
scheduled for Monday, August 3 at 8:30 A.M. He indicated he will have the same
cleanup in September, and maybe again in October, before the weather ends this
activity for the year. Dave indicated we will need a new Car Council
representative, now that the Allins have moved to Oklahoma.
Secretary's Report: Kay Sutt had nothing to report.
Treasurer's Report: Steve reported the only change was Bob Kitts paid his dues
and Greg Nelson paid his dues for both CNM and CORSA.
Sunshine Committee Report: Vickie Hall had nothing to report.
Newsletter Committee: Jim Pittman sent word that the deadline is 9 P.M. on
Friday, August 28.
Old Business:
Now that Dave Allin has moved, we need to ask Jim Pittman to change CNM's
internet connection to CORSA to reflect the change.
Lee Reider wants to clean Bill's "stuff" out of the garage. Items include a
20-ton press, parts, tools, paint, etc. Larry Blair suggested he contact Lee to
set a time for club members to come over, possibly after the September General
meeting. It was agreed that Bill's 48-page cross reference document of part
numbers, what they are and which vehicle they fit should be retained in the
library van for future reference for the club.
New Business:
The next club meeting will again be at Mariposa Basin Park on Saturday,
September 5 at 10 A.M. The October meeting will possibly be held at the park
too, weather permitting, but the Sawmill Market was discussed as well. The
seating is outside, however, so we will still have to determine where we will
meet, starting in November, if Pandemic closures continue. Will we meet remotely
(i.e., Zoom), will we meet somewhere else? We need to be thinking about this!
Larry Blair suggested an October event and, maybe lunch, focusing on the Museum
of Military History. No action was taken at this meeting.
Announcements: Dave Huntoon recommended Griots Ceramic 3 in 1 Polish. He
recently used it on his car and was very pleased with the result.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:15, after which folks spent quite a bit of time
catching up with one another and kicking tires in the parking lot.
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WELCOME NEW MEMBER -- GREGORY NELSON
A big welcome goes out to our newest member, Gregory Nelson, who joined us at
our August meeting. Gregory owns a gold 1964 Monza and lives in Albuquerque. On
his application form he expressed interests in "community drives and car shows".
We mailed him a new member packet and a copy of our latest newsletter this week.
We are happy to have him in Corvairs of New Mexico and look forward to working
with him in the coming months. Vickie and Heula
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 08/19/2020
Kay Sutt
Location: Online meeting using Zoom at 7:00 P.M.
Present: Dave Huntoon, Steve Gongora, Kay Sutt, Tarmo Sutt, Jim Pittman, Terry Price
Treasurer's Report: Steve indicates there is a total of $6,887.93 in the CNM
account as of August 15, when he reconciled the checkbook.
Secretary's Report: None
Meeting Agenda:
The first item on the agenda was to formally accept the September 5 and October
3 General Meeting location at Mariposa Basin Park, weather permitting. In case
of a weather problem, there is a covered area at Sawmill Market, so it was
agreed that will be the "Plan B" location. Discussion about meetings inside,
starting in November, was difficult, because of the uncertainty of the Pandemic
progress. The possibility of having virtual (Zoom) meetings was discussed, as
was the possibility of scheduling meetings at a restaurant, someone's home or a
business, if social distancing could be maintained as required. Kay indicated
several of her quilt groups are meeting successfully via Zoom, and she is
willing to lead a meeting via Zoom for CNM. This would involve members needing
an internet connection at home or connection via their mobile phone and
downloading the Zoom application on their computer, smartphone or tablet. She
offered to lead "training meetings" prior to the November meeting to familiarize
members with the platform. Jim agreed to contact members regarding the need to
make a decision about this and other items from our Board agenda. We still have
a couple months to prepare for this, but we must be prepared in case in-person
meetings remain impossible due to the Pandemic.
Dave indicated he is scheduling the Old Route 66 Cleanup for Monday September 7
at 8:30.
October brings elections, as mandated by our constitution, and discussion was
undertaken of how to accomplish this during the uncertainty of the current
Pandemic. Since we had only 11 people at the last park meeting, the Board
believes that is insufficient to declare an in-person election only. Therefore,
it was agreed that Jim will place a nominating petition in the September
newsletter, and the ballot in the October newsletter, so people who cannot
attend either meeting can have the opportunity to participate. Dave Huntoon said
the nominations and votes could be sent to him for inclusion in the respective
meeting agendas. The Board urges people to please participate in this process to
give everyone a voice in how CNM will be run for the coming year.
A new Tri-State Chairman is needed since Dave Allin's move. Jim agreed he would
include this in his canvassing of the membership. Much of the work has already
been done, so the chairperson will essentially be a ramrod since most of the
decisions have been made and the hotel contracted.
Discussion of Tri-state 2021 continued with discussion of CNM's obligation to
the hotel. The obligation is for 125 meals and $8,700 total hotel room revenue
for the event, for a gross amount of a little over $12,000. If the event has to
be cancelled, 50% of the total amount is due if the event is cancelled over 180
days out, $9,100 from 90-180 days out and 90% of the total amount within 90 days
of the event. The same contractual escape hatches that existed in the 2020
contract carry into 2021.
The possibility of other club events was briefly discussed, but due to the
uncertainty of the Pandemic, no items were scheduled. The Board discussed, and
the membership needs to consider, how we can keep CNM an active and viable club
so long as the Pandemic continues to keep in-person meetings at such limited
levels. Suggestions from the membership are welcomed.
The discussion turned to the Christmas Party, but no decisions were made due to
the uncertainty of the current Pandemic. It was agreed the Boydston Award, which
the club agreed CNM would continue within our club, will be postponed until
March, 2021, when there is a stronger likelihood the Anniversary Party will take
place.
Finally, Jim suggested that members could submit articles for the newsletter. He
says he can keep reprinting old articles, but sooner or later they will run out.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 with the conclusion of the free Zoom meeting
timeframe.
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HOW TO JOIN A ZOOM MEETING
Kay Sutt
Since the Pandemic has severely limited our in-person meeting, Zoom has become a
popular way for people to keep in touch. It may be the future of CNM meetings,
at least for a while, and it has the added benefit of allowing club members
outside Albuquerque, those who aren't comfortable driving any longer or can't
come, for whatever reason, to join in our meetings.
I am sure you all have heard about Zoom by now, you may have used it, and you
may have heard it can be 'hacked.' Well, I can tell you from personal experience
that it's easy, the company has addressed the security issues, and it is a real
lifeline for those of us largely staying home during the last several months.
There is no cost to join a Zoom meeting. You can use your computer or laptop
with an internet connection, or your telephone. You can allow yourself to be
visible to others in the meeting, or not, as you choose. Same goes for joining
verbally.
I was originally going to write a tutorial about how to join a Zoom meeting, but
I found many tutorials online. The photo I attached is from YouTube and is a
good place to start. Her instructions are clear, easy to understand and
complete.
Log onto the internet and type in YouTube.com in the URL, or the subject line at
the top, or start the YouTube app if it is installed on your device (see the
yellow highlighted area of the photo). When YouTube opens, type in 'joining a
zoom call for the first time' in the search line (see the orange highlighted
area in the photo). The video from the Creative Life Center (see the purple
highlighted area of the photo) that looks like the screenshot photo I saved for
you should be among your first choices. Simply click on that video. It's a
little over eight minutes long, but it gives excellent and simple instructions
of how to do it, no matter which device you choose to use.
When it comes time for us to use Zoom, you will get an email with an invitation,
the time of the meeting and a link to join. I will resend the invitation the day
of the meeting. For that reason, it's important for CNM to have an accurate
email address, and one you check regularly. If you don't get an email, check
your spam filter; since this goes out to all members, some email programs filter
out emails with a lot of recipients as possible spam.
Finally, if you need help feel free to call me, and I will be happy to work with
you. We can set up a practice meeting before the actual CNM meeting so you are
comfortable using the app. I can be reached at tarmo@juno.com, or by phone at
505-471-1153 (home) or 505-690-2056 (cell).
We all wish we could meet in person again, but based on the meetings I've had
with my quilt groups it's greatly superior to not meeting at all. Zoom is a way
for CNM to keep in touch and find our way during these uncertain times.
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Happy September Birthday Wishes to:
Josie Alderete
Jamie Anderson
Linda Soukup
David Huntoon
Gordon Johnson
Janet Johnson
Mathrew Lawler
Connie McBreen
Christian Deyermond
Curtis Shimp
Happy September Anniversary Wishes to:
Guadalupe & Jim Arellanes
Kathy & Larry Blair
Jenny & Phil Finch
Sui-Fong & David Neale
Emma & LeRoy Rogers
Kay & Tarmo Sutt
Valerie Nye & Joel Yelich
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COVID PSYCHOLOGY
It sure seems like a long time ago that we decided we could go to the
Anniversary Party if we'd be especially careful not to stand too close and not
to shake hands. We had been wary of getting the flu for years and had been doing
the "flu shot handshake" with elbows and getting a flu shot every September for
years. So it wasn't much out of the ordinary for us.
Then official words of restrictions came down, This is a Pandemic! Wear a mask!
Wash your hands with soap for twenty seconds! Never touch your face! Don't go
anywhere in groups of six or more! Our Senior Center meeting place is closed!
Restaurants are closed! Get home delivery of groceries! Wear a mask if you have
to go to a store!
Okay, that was months ago. We have been doing our best imitation of "social
distancing" while watching TV news scenes of crowded beaches and crowded bars.
We are sick and tired of this thing. We want it to be over.
Where's the "psychology" here? It is that after all this time of social trauma,
when there is the smallest lifting of the official restrictions, we want to see
the world come back to normal. We want everything to be the way it was. And so
we relax our precautions, we are careless about how we wear a mask, we go to
stores or meetings and don't really keep six feet apart.
The thing is, with COVID, things are not going back to normal. There has to be a
working, cost-effective vaccine, "enough" people have to get it, and enough time
has to go by to feel like the countermeasures are working.
But psychologically ..... we just don't want to wait.
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NOMINATIONS FOR CNM OFFICERS FOR THE OCTOBER ELECTION
Elections are to happen at the October meeting. The Board suggested a Nomination
Form could be included in the September newsletter, everyone could nominate
someone (or volunteer) and then get the names to David before the October
meeting. Here's the Nomination Form.
We need: President: _________________________________
Vice-President: _________________________________
Secretary: _________________________________
Treasurer: _________________________________
If you want to help determine the trajectory of the Club as we make our way out
of this pandemic, consider running for one of these offices. It can be fun and
rewarding if you make it so!
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TREASURY REPORT FOR 07-16-2020 to 08-16-2020
DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION BALANCE = $6,812.93
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2020.08.06 2258 $ 50.00 Dues B.Kitts 26 m CNM $ 50.00 $6,862.93
2020.08.06 Cash $ 25.00 Dues Gregory Nelson 12 m CNM $ 25.00 $6,887.93
2020.08.06 Cash $ 45.00 Dues Gregory Nelson 12 m CORSA $ 45.00 $6,932.93
2020.08.06 2393 -$ 45.00 CORSA Gregory Nelson 12 m CORSA $ -45.00 $6,887.93
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2020.09.01 SEP NEWSLETTER ===================================================== $6,887.93
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[[ REPRINTED FROM GROUP CORVAIR COMMENTS --- AUGUST 2020 ]]
Tech Topics
1964 THROUGH 1969 COOLING FAN DETERIORATION
Pictured is a closeup of a portion of a cooling fan from a 1968 Corvair with
over 190K on the engine that was built in 1967. Note the flaking of the fin to
the left of the reinforcing post. The section of the fin that was to the right
of the reinforcing post is missing completely. This is just one section of the
deteriorating fan. While I understand magnesium's potential for corrosion, this
is the first Corvair fan that has failed for me. I wouldn't have been surprised
to see some deterioration where iron or steel was in contact with magnesium due
to galvanic corrosion, but the hub area where the steel bolts clamp the fan to
the steel blower bearing show no signs of any such corrosion. This car never had
any overcharging issues in the 37-plus years we have owned it that would have
created corrosive deposits from the battery. Possibly this fan was part of a
batch that didn't fully meet GM standards.
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[[ REPRINTED FROM VAIR COR --- HEART OF AMERICA CORVAIRS --- AUGUST 2020 ]]
PRESIDENTIAL RAMBLINGS
Hopefully everyone is still safe and healthy amid all the bad news surrounding
the continuing pandemic.
A little good news is that our auction was a big success raising $867.75! It
seemed like a small but generous crowd this year, so thank you to everyone who
brought and bought items. The money will go to a local charity - Warriors 4
Wyandotte. This organization is dedicated to helping children in Wyandotte
County and I'm sure our donation will help a lot.
I hope that many of you who are having more time at home are getting a lot done
on your Corvair projects. If you are at the meeting, please be prepared to share
with us what you are doing and what you are getting done. If you won't make the
meeting but would like to share, then please send me the information and I will
talk about it for you.
I have once again been reassembling the turbo engine in my car after suffering
piston/cylinder damage last year at the Corvair Track Classic. This time I'm
converting to a blow through turbo setup. If it works, I will write up how I did
it. If it doesn't, then you'll never hear about it again. I'm currently
registered in the Corvair for the SCCA Solo Nationals Sept 7-11 in Lincoln, NE.
Dick, Charlie and Scott are also registered, so hopefully there will be at least
4 Corvairs there - if the event is held.
That brings me to my last point. If you don't believe the club should be
meeting, then by all means stay home. But I also ask that you let me or a board
member know how you feel. Many of us are really feeling the need to be around
friends again and I know I thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone at the last couple
of meetings. But I am also still worried about COVID-19 and would like to know
everyone else's feelings on this. I am planning to hold the August meeting
outside again to hopefully be safer as well as alleviate fears.
Again, if you aren't comfortable, please stay home, but share anything with me
that you'd like to share with the club and I will be sure to do it.
-Travis
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UNINTENDED ACCELERATION
by Jim Pittman
I never was a big believer in the phenomenon of unintended acceleration. I
figured, when the non-mechanically-minded person put his/her gear shift in drive
instead of reverse, then stepped on the brake to stop going forward and the car
roared into the garage and took out the kitchen, what they really did was step
on the gas instead of the brake pedal. On TV they'd say, "But I had my foot
firmly on the brake and it just kept going!" and I'd nod skeptically and say,
"Yeah, right, dummy." Well, I now find it a little easier to sympathize with
those dummies. It happened to me. If my Corvair had been equipped with an
automatic transmission instead of a four-speed, I might have eaten some car's
back bumper.
I was on a routine drive in town with several chores to do. It was mid-morning
so the weather wasn't yet really hot but I looked for shade to park in anyway.
At my last stop I came out of the store, got in the car, put in the clutch and
started the engine. Much to my surprise, it accelerated with a roar, the tach
needle climbing up toward the top of the dial. Jiggling the gas pedal didn't do
anything and the tach kept climbing, so I turned off the ignition. I figured my
thirty-year-old throttle linkage had finally failed at a weak spot, sticking one
of the carbs open.
I raise the engine lid (thank goodness for the shade) and have a look. Nothing
seems amiss. The crossover shaft operates both primaries as expected. Neither of
the secondaries is stuck open and both seem free to open and close smoothly.
Back in the driver's seat, I start the engine again; it does the same thing
again. Turn it off. (Do you know how long it takes a 95,000-mile engine to come
to a stop from 5,000 RPM?) I go back to jiggle the linkage some more and I still
can't see anything wrong. For lack of a better idea, I flip off the retaining
clips and disconnect the rods to both secondaries, then make sure the
secondaries are both shut all the way. Back in the car, start it up; it does the
same thing again!
Now I am getting worried. I don't have any serious tools in the car. I give the
throttle linkage another good look.
This time I notice that the right primary carb linkage is significantly off its
stop; it is for sure hanging open. And when I push on it, it doesn't want to
close. I look on the other side and the left carb looks the same. How can that
be? I peer into the grungy darkness under the carbs to see why the link isn't
shutting all the way. Can't see a thing. I reach in, under and around (yes, it's
hot in there!) to feel for what I can't see. There's something under the left
primary carb throttle link. I carefully move it around until I can see it. A
piece of rubber hose about five inches long and half an inch in diameter! It was
sitting right under the throttle link. Now, where did that come from?
I have no idea, but I work it around until I can pull it out. Now the throttle
linkage closes fully. When I start the engine it purrs at about 750 RPM just
like it's supposed to.
Well, okay, if I'd had an automatic it would have been in neutral when I started
the engine, and I would probably have had my left foot on the brake. But, I
might have popped it into gear the second the engine started, and when it roared
up to half throttle I might have been surprised enough by the car taking a great
leap forward that I might not have been able to stop before plowing into the car
ahead. Who knows? All I know is, when your old faithful engine suddenly roars
like a 747 and your foot isn't on the gas, it's more than a little
disconcerting!
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[ This fantasy was made up by the little guy who does the newsletter. You are ]
[ advised not to believe everything you read. Original version, August 2000. ]
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
Jim Pittman
I don't think I have the energy to pick up trash this Saturday morning, but
maybe I'll go down and meet the gang. I'll be a reporter and take some photos,
then go home and work on the newsletter. But once there I find myself putting on
an orange vest and getting a supply of plastic bags from Ollie and riding down
to the bridge with the rest of the guys and gals to start pickin'. A homework
morning? Well, No-o-o-o.
We have done this trash pickup routine in heat and in cold, in wet and in dry.
We have done it with wind so rambunctious you could hardly get a bag filled: the
wind would blow your plastic bag around, twisting the opening shut, or blow it
around the other way, spilling the lighter stuff out, or blow your hat off and
carry it to Texas. Today the sun is baking down, still and hot as can be. It
would be nice to have just a teeny little breeze. Is there a breeze? Well, right
now, No-o-o-o.
I fill up one bag and start on another. I'm gonna need more bags. Where's
Ollie's van? There it is. The van's doors are shut and locked. There are the
bags inside. But is Ollie anywhere to be seen? Well, No-o-o-o.
I'll just have to pack the stuff in more tightly as I fill up this bag. Now I'm
near where a big machine is moving gravel from one pile and dumping it onto
another pile. Wonder if they learned how to do that in the Army? When the driver
dumps the gravel, there is a billow of dust. I notice that now a breeze has come
up. Wow, it would be nice if the breeze would blow the dust the OTHER way. But,
No-o-o-o.
I finally get some more bags from Ollie and start pickin' again. Over there is
the mother lode of all trash. Bend over, move a step, bend over, another step.
Pretty soon my bad knee is complaining and this bag's about full. I haven't
finished this zone of detritus but I've gotta stop a minute. When I stand up I'm
pretty light-headed. Sun stroke? Heat exhaustion? Where's my canteen of water? I
remember it's locked up in the trunk of the car. I remembered to fill it and put
it in the car, but did I remember to bring it with me? Well, No-o-o-o.
I'll just sit down and rest a few minutes. No shade anywhere, unless I walk up
to the bridge and get under it. Nah, too far... I see a little bush. If I sit
down close to the bush I'll get some shade. I sit down. How many years have I
lived in New Mexico? Do I remember that all the plants by the roadside in New
Mexico have stickers? Well, No-o-o-o.
Brush aside the stickers. Ah, there's a piece of old tire tread to sit on. Good.
Out of the sun now, not too uncomfortable. Take off my hat and gloves. Now
there's a little breeze and it feels really nice. What's that I hear? Sounds
like a backup beeper? It's a road grader and he's backing up the shoulder of
the road. He's backing toward me? Good thing this bush is not right on the
shoulder. Hey, the guy is backing right toward my bush! I grab my hat and gloves
and jump out of his path. I stand there and watch him go by. The driver clearly
sees me. Is he impressed? Clearly, No-o-o-o.
Okay, now the driver stops and heads down the road again. He's letting down the
blade. He's scraping some excess asphalt that's near the edge of the road. Now
he's heading right toward three or four full trash bags our guys just put by the
side of the road. Is he gonna stop before he hits them? Actually, No-o-o-o.
The bags slide along the road ahead of the blade. Now he stops and backs up for
another run. I go over while he's backing up and heave what's left of the bags
behind the guard rail. The driver doesn't acknowledge me at all, he just makes
another run to scrape that asphalt off the pavement. I stand behind the guard
rail to watch this. Now the excess asphalt is smoothed out and he goes away.
Do I have enough energy left to walk down to where the rest of the guys are, or
should I just wait for them here? No shade here. I decide I can walk down there.
I come up to Del just in time to see him fold up a piece of paper and put it in
his pocket. "What didja find?" I ask.
"Must be a page from a porno magazine," he says. "It's a naked lady and a boy in
a swimming pool." "Let's see it," I say, but he just gives me one of his
marvelous copyrighted Del grins and ambles off without another word. I thought
Del was the kind of guy who'd share. Apparently, No-o-o-o.
Okay, cut to the following weekend. I happen to run into Larry and I tell him
about our Old Route 66 trash day and Del's porno photo of the naked lady and the
boy in the swimming pool. "I'm going up to Del's place to help him with his
van," says Larry. "I'll ask him about it." Sure enough, later that afternoon
Larry stops by my place on his way home. "I waited until Del went back in the
house to get something and I asked Kim about the photo," says Larry. "She didn't
know anything about it. She thought it would be a big joke to find it and give
it to me. Then when Del missed it, he wouldn't have the nerve to ask her if
she'd seen it."
So when Del came back out, Kim sneaked into the house to look for the photo. She
found it on Del's desk under a stack of classified Los Alamos documents. She had
a laugh, then secretly brought it out to give to Larry. "Kim said you might want
to put it in the newsletter," Larry tells me. "Wait a minute -- this is a family
magazine," I say. "It will be all right," Larry assures me, "Here it is."
"Wow! I guess Del was right," I say. "I'll scan it into the computer for the
newsletter. And now I'll have a story to write up about the Old Route 66 trash
pickup." "That will be fine," says Larry as he gets into his giant pickup.
"Nobody will believe it, though." "Sure they will," I say, "The photo will be
the proof."
So Del has to share with us after all. If you want to see his porno photo of the
naked lady and the boy in the swimming pool, turn to the last page of the
Newsletter.
"How did he know it was a naked lady?" I ask Larry as he's starting the engine.
"I don't know," he says. "Maybe he's got more experience with these things than
we do."
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SAT 05 SEP 10:00 AM === MEETING IN THE PARK === MARIPOSA PARK, TAYLOR RANCH
Location: Taylor Ranch, 4900 Kachina Street NW **** WEAR MASKS ****
We need candidates for office for the October election!
President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer. Can YOU help?
MON 07 SEP 8:30 AM - Old Route 66 Cleanup - meet at the I-40 / NM-333 Triangle
WED 16 SEP 5:00 PM Board Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED
WED 23 SEP 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING: CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
FRI 25 SEP 9:00 PM Deadline for items for October 2020 newsletter
MON 28 SEP >> TARGET FOR PRINTING AND MAILING OCTOBER NEWSLETTER <<
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SAT 03 OCT 10:00 AM === MEETING IN THE PARK === MARIPOSA PARK, TAYLOR RANCH
Location: Taylor Ranch, 4900 Kachina Street NW **** WEAR MASKS ****
SAT 03 OCT 10:00 AM Meeting: Election of Officers today
MON 05 OCT 8:30 AM - Old Route 66 Cleanup - meet at the I-40 / NM-333 Triangle
WED 21 OCT 5:00 PM Board Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED
WED 28 OCT 7:30 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING: CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
FRI 30 OCT 9:00 PM Deadline for items for November 2020 newsletter
MON 02 NOV >> TARGET FOR PRINTING AND MAILING NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER <<
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SUN 01 NOV 2:00 AM - Set your clocks back an hour because the government stole
an hour out of your life in March and now we get it back.
SAT 07 NOV 10:00 AM Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED
WED 18 NOV 5:00 PM Board Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED
FRI 27 NOV 9:00 PM Deadline for items for December 2020 newsletter
MON 30 NOV >> TARGET FOR PRINTING AND MAILING DECEMBER NEWSLETTER <<
WED 00 NOV [ NO CAR COUNCIL MEETING THIS MONTH ]
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SAT 05 DEC 10:00 AM Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED
WED 16 DEC 5:00 PM Board Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED
FRI 16 DEC 9:00 PM Deadline for items for January 2021 newsletter (EARLY)
MON 17 DEC >> TARGET FOR PRINTING AND MAILING JANUARY NEWSLETTER <<
WED 00 DEC [ NO CAR COUNCIL MEETING THIS MONTH ]
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See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities
======================== http://www.nmcarcouncil.com/ ======================
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 [ SEPTEMBER 2020 VOL 46 Nr 9 Issue # 540 ]
Jim Pittman
2013 Vol.39 Nr 9 # 456
COVER: Enthusiasts met for a TUNA at the Halls' in Los Lunas. President
Wiker, electric drill in hand, described the event. Vickie Hall told about
another great Oak Flats NMCCC picnic. Art Gold relayed meeting minutes. Larry
Yoffee previewed next year's Chama Tri-State and listed volunteers and tasks.
Robert Gold previewed the State Fair Car Show. Bill Darcy wrote about the August
TUNA in which we rebuilt carburetors. There were many photos. Ruth was on the
cover!
2006 Vol.32 Nr 9 # 372
COVER: John Wiker's yellow 1966 Monza at our July breakfast at Milly's.
Ray Trujillo told about a couple who admired his car and told him "that was our
first car" and shared their memories. John Wiker said that many were scared away
from the Car Council picnic by the weather. A new-old member was Dick Cochran
who had a 1963 coupe. Dick organized a CNM tour to the Grants Mine Museum in
1990 and an economy run to Estancia in 1991. The Old Route 66 finds: wire
headlight guard, corroded Colorado Quarter, Woody Allen movie DVD, set of Toyota
keys. We are seeing the initials "CNM" around Albuquerque. Not our club but
Community College of New Mexico, formerly known as TV-I. There were photos from
the NMCCC picnic and many photos from our tour of the Unser Racing Museum. We
had a marvelous get-together at Ray's house on the west side.
1999 Vol.25 Nr 9 # 288
COVER: Officers Norm Brand, Robin DeVore, Francis Boydston and LeRoy
Rogers posed. VP Hurley ran our meeting. Wendell reported $6,367 in the bank. We
welcomed visitors Ron & Debbie Deck, new owners of a 1962 convertible. We
planned a campout at Jack's Creek in the Pecos. Larry told us how it went: a lot
of rain, but great fly fishing. Jerry told us about his new "Horseless Carriage"
license plate which cost $12 for six years. Robert organized our State Fair car
show. Ruth told about her new Corvair rig: a Rampside with a side-door camper
shell. Dave told about a flying show in Odessa, Texas and suggested we organize
a CNM overnight outing. Billiken found summer started early and gasoline prices
were up? From Virtual Vairs: Larry Claypool and Seth Emerson discussed the
bewildering variations of steering wheels, shafts, couplers and gear boxes of
different year Corvairs. Swapping out a standard wheel for a simulated wood-rim
wheel, a fixed wheel for a telescoping wheel or a one-piece shaft for a
collapsable shaft were popular projects. We wasted an entire page telling what
various tools are really good for.
1992 Vol.18 Nr 9 # 204
COVER: A 1965 Monza coupe at UNM. More photos of this pretty car were
inside. Steve was our president. Robert Gold introduced his guest Ann Mae. The
treasury balance was $813. We had a great Fourth of July in Santa Fe and a
curious visit to Tinkertown. Steve said our new meeting place at Casa Chevrolet
was great except for parking. Jim made up a Burma Shave quotation: "Corvairs
exhale, without a doubt, the same stuff politicians spout: hot air!" (Are we
gonna get more for the next 15 months?) Billiken's characters also complained
about politicians. Tech tips included identifying wheel bearing noise and
keeping an eye on the condition of those late model motor mounts.
1985 Vol.11 Nr 9 #120
COVER: a Mark Morgan fantasy showing a modified early coupe. Francis was
president. We had $549 to spend. We discussed having a "subscription fee" for
members who moved away but wanted to keep getting the newsletter. Billiken said
the Corvair was a "great, noble and desirable" car. Bill McClellan gave us part
five of his article on Gas Welding. Bill Reider's column described a breakdown
on a lonely road far from home, and the friendly strangers who helped him get
his car fixed and on his way again. Why don't we hear about wonderful people
like this on the evening news?
Tech tips told about starting up your engine after storage, repairing the
Powerglide governor tab, a cylinder head temperature adapter and using your
oil-dripping Corvair as a fire ant suppressor.
1978 Vol.4 Nr 8 # 36
COVER: Mario Andretti in a race car... the engine was in the back. A
bill in the legislature would pay dealers $300 to scrap old cars. Ike Meissner
gave a tech talk on what to do if your Corvair failed on the road. Mark Morgan
commented on the "con" turbocharger article from last month, and this month Jim
gave us the "pro" article, listing the many advantages of turbocharged Corvairs.
Reider's tech column was on the distributor doing a real tune-up. A tech tip
from San Diego: how to repair thermostats.
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chartered Chapter #871 of CORSA, the Corvair Society of America. Copyright by
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