The April 2022 newsletter - Text Version
Updated 28-Mar-2022 = Copyright (c) 2022 Corvairs of New Mexico
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April 2022 / VOLUME 48 / NUMBER 4 / ISSUE 559
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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: April 2nd at 10:00 AM
Highland Senior Center 131 Monroe St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108
THIS MONTH
Officers and Volunteers ......................... The Board
President's Letter ............................ Greg Nelson
Board Meeting Report .......................... Greg Nelson
Dues Due Dates ....................... Membership Committee
Los Lunas Mystery Stone Hike .............. Brenda Stickler
Report on Anniversary Party .................... Anne Wiker
Treasury Report ............................. Steve Gongora
Tri-State 2022 Glenwood, Colorado .... Rocky Mountain CORSA
Birthdays & Anniversaries ................... Heula Pittman
Update on LED Taillights for Corvair Van .... Steve Gongora
Photos of engines and the anniversary party .. Greg & David
Article on V-8 Equipped Early Model .......... Mid-Maryland
Flight from Kodiak (no Corvair Content) ....... Jim Pittman
A Gathering of Corvairs - April 2008 .......... Jim Pittman
Calendar of Coming Events .............. Board of Directors
April Issues, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago .. Club Historian
COVER ... CNM's 48th Anniversary Party Held at at Mimi's Cafe
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OFFICERS and VOLUNTEERS
President Greg Nelson 505-400-8670 fesedu @ comcast.net
Vice-President Brenda Stickler 505-856-6993 tounce66 @ msn.com
Secretary Lupe Arellanes 505-515-9897 ispeakmedicare505 @ gmail.com
Treasurer Steve Gongora 505-220-7401 stevegongora @ msn.com
Newsletter Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu
Birthdays Heula Pittman 505-275-2195 heula @ q.com
Past President Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com
Past President Dave Allin 505-410-9668 dnjallin @ gmail.com
Past President David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com
MEETING: Regular Meeting - Saturday April 2nd, 2022 at 10:00 AM
Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108
INTERNET: CORSA's home page www.corvair.org/
CNM's newsletters www.unm.edu/~jimp/
New Mexico Council of Car Clubs www.nmcarcouncil.com/
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
DUES DUE DATES APRIL 2022
DUE LAST MONTH ====================== INACTIVE DATE
2022.03 Elizabeth & Mark Domzalski 25-APR-2022
2022.03 Barbara & Gordon Johnson 25-APR-2022
2022.03 Kelli & Mark Morgan 25-APR-2022
2022.03 Sui-Fong Neale 25-APR-2022
2022.03 Valerie Nye & Joel Yelich 25-APR-2022
DUE THIS MONTH ====================== INACTIVE DATE
2022.04 Deborah & John Dinsdale 25-MAY-2022
2022.04 Terry Hall 25-MAY-2022
2022.04 Janet & Steve Johnson 25-MAY-2022
DUE NEXT MONTH ====================== INACTIVE DATE
2021.05 --- NONE --- 25-JUN-2022
DUE JUN 2022 ======================== INACTIVE DATE
2021.06 --- NONE --- 25-JUN-2022
INACTIVE ============================ INACTIVE DATE
2021.04 Lesha Kitts 25-MAY-2021
2021.12 Leroy Alderete 25-JAN-2022
2022.02 Linda Soukup, Tony Berbig 25-MAR-2022
Send your Dues to:
CNM Treasurer -- Steve Gongora
8419 Palo Duro NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111
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.
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PRESIDENT'S LETTER
GREGORY NELSON
March 16 Board Meeting Notes:
Steve G, Jim P. and Greg N. in attendance.
Topics discussed:
Program ideas for the April Meeting.
* What to do with the items donated by Steve and Rita: raffle or sell on
Internet (topic of discussion at the April meeting).
* Possible acquisition of Road Signs during trash pickup Saturdays. In the form
of Type 2 Folding Barricade that would say: Corvair Club Cleanup Crew Ahead.
Will shop around for prices.
* A possible combined breakfast and car meet-up at the Hello Deli on Jefferson.
Will discuss this at the April meeting. Details from the NMCCC website are
below.
Turbo Engine Update
I met Dave Huntoon at his house once again to work on my 1965 turbo engine for
the 1963 Spyder. We got the cylinders, pistons and connecting rods out on the
20th. Those connecting rods were persnickety little buggers to remove. I'll
place another order with Clark's later this week. We are just about there to
having it fully disassembled. I've been a bit slow cleaning the parts I have and
may need a few more. I set up an area on my porch for that but it's been
sooooooooo cold. It supposed to warm up later this week.
Name Tags
Missing your club name tag? Let me or Steve Gongora know. I can stop by All
Sports Trophy after work and place an order.
Club Outing/Breakfast/Meet Up
One idea that kills two birds is to show up as a club to the "Donut Derelicts of
Albuquerque" on Saturday mornings. The advert from the NMCCC website is below.
Good candidate Saturdays for April are the 16th and 23rd. The 9th and 30th are
reserved for other club functions.
We can also do a museum tour -- the Moriarty Sailplane Museum has been
suggested. I did a sail plane ride a few years back. It was awesome! I didn't
lose my lunch but it was close!
Donut Derelicts - Albuquerque
Donut Derelicts, aka Burrito Bandits, meets at The Market Place at the Journal
Center, at 8:00 AM on Saturdays. There are several places there for coffee or
breakfast: Dos Hermanos, Satellite Coffee, Hello Deli, Molina's Catering and
Twisters. It's 7620 Jefferson NE, on Jefferson between Paseo & San Antonio. Meet
in the NW corner where we will park. Spread the word -- all makes of cars.
Everyone welcome! Contact: pasalerno@prodigy.net Pat Salerno, Director RGC
1964 Monza
I drove my 64 Monza to Geoff Johnson's "shop" (his house) last week. He gave it
a thorough look over ("very good condition", he said) and then we went for a
test drive. How's the saying go: "Drive it like you stole it". Yeah, he stole
it. Hahahahaha. "What's that smell?" I asked. "Your brakes, they're good". Whew.
I still look forward to working on it. I'm waiting for Clark's to fill a car
cover on back order for the Spyder. It will hang out in the driveway while I
finish a few items on the Monza. Then they'll swap places. Geoff also confirmed
my hub caps were the wrong year -- a few club members mentioned that last year.
It just so happens I know a spare parts place in Los Lunas. He also mentioned I
have the wrong hood. Sigh. Well, like I said, I'm planning another trip to
"Corvairs-R-Us".
2022 Tri-State
Don't forget if you are planning on attending the Tri-State to let me know or
you can pass that on to Diane Lawler. She says the hotel rooms are filling fast,
so be sure to get your reservation soon.
NMCCC Car Council
Dave Huntoon attended this month's meeting also and will provide the updates
this month.
CORSA Monthly Zoom Call
This month's Corsa Monthly Zoom lecture was by Larry Claypool and the topic was
brakes. These calls are recorded so if they have a topic of interest you can
watch them online. Facebook account, I think.....
Raffle
And speaking of Larry Claypool. This month's raffle is from his collection. Full
story at the meeting.
Trash Day
March 12th was our first trash pickup for 2022 on Old Route 66. Thanks to our
volunteers: Dave H, Lupe, Jim and their son, and myself. We managed to fill 11
bags despite the cold wind, which is pretty good considering it's the first
pickup of the year on a new section. That means the rest of the year should be
relatively easy. Next month's event is on April 9th. After we are done we'll
stop at Roots Farm Cafe for tea and snacks. So please consider stopping by and
lending a hand. "Many hands make light work" said John Heywood.
It's a Small World
I paid a visit to Pat Hall on the 13th -- I can see a trend starting. I needed 6
cylinders for the 1963 Spyder. And guess who was there? Tarmo Sutt and Geoff
Johnson. They were working on the engine Tarmo picked up a month earlier. Tarmo
and I will have to compare notes. He's also graciously reminded me that he's
available for any Corvair advice!!!
Gregory S. Nelson, Ph.D., DR-III
Senior Research Physicist
505-846-6055, DSN 246-6055
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LET'S TAKE A (LOS LUNAS MYSTERY STONE) HIKE
BRENDA STICKLER
Saturday April 23rd, Head out at 9:30AM
It looks like weather is improving to start our "Go Take a Hike" series for CNM.
We had a great suggestion from our Grants member, Dick Cochran; who will come
out from Grants to join us.
What makes this place special... you may ask? It was discovered in 1933 by
Famous NM archeologist Frank Hibben. It is believed to be in existence since the
late 1800's. Feel free to google and see what fascinates you about our first
trail exploration. So if any of you have any background with either the
Peleo-Hebrew or Cypriotic Greek languages, please come and translate this
message for us! The trail is believed to be a mile long... and we will have some
trekkers going a normal slow pace.
So, from Albuquerque we will travel South to Los Lunas, @ Hwy 6 we will turn
West, then cross the Rio Puerco. We will turn @ the Solid Waste then crossing
over the rail road tracks. Within 50 yards there will be a Booth where we should
park. The entrance is a little gate with a well worn foot path. Yes, this is a
true "OLD WEST" adventure.
Do come to our April meeting. Dick is mailing me a map for those who like to
travel with a map in hand. We will depend on Pat Hall to identify where our
"Watering Hole" will be after this hike for either lunch, sodas with snack or
coffee in Los Lunas. I look forward to our first adventure, if you have been
there... please, tell us your experience on April 2nd at the Highland Senior
Center.
Brenda Stickler
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ANNIVERSARY PARTY 2020
ANNE WIKER
The Corvair Club of New Mexico celebrated its 48th anniversary on Saturday,
March 12th in fine style at Mimi's Cafe. The 14 people in attendance enjoyed
great food, exceptional service and wonderful camaraderie as well as beautiful
table decorations courtesy of Brenda Stickler and Rita Gongora. President Greg
Nelson spoke a few words of thanks and appreciation to Pat Hall for his and
Vickie's many contributions to the club over the years when he presented Pat
with the quilt made by Linda and Dick Cochran. Pat really liked the beautiful
quilt and was most appreciative of the gift. After that the club enjoyed the
anniversary cake and shared the leftover cake with our fabulous servers. The
party ended about 1:00 pm. Many thanks to Brenda Stickler and her helpers for
organizing the event even though she was absent due to a prior obligation. The
party was a great success. Anne Wiker
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TREASURY REPORT FOR 02-26-2022 to 03-26-2022 ===============================================
DATE CHECK# AMOUNT PAYEE DESCRIPTION BALANCE = $ 5,327.85
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2022.03.02 2550 -$ 88.74 J.Pittman Newsletter Printing FEB 2022 -$ 61.19 $ 5,266.66
2022.03.02 J.Pittman 32 Stamps @ .70 each -$ 22.40 $ 5,244.26
2022.03.02 J.Pittman 32 Envelopes @ .161 each -$ 5.15 $ 5,239.11
2022.03.08 3527 +$ 140.00 Dues F.Riggs 26 m CNM, CORSA +$ 140.00 $ 5,375.11
2022.03.08 2551 -$ 90.00 CORSA Dues F.Riggs 26 m CORSA -$ 90.00 $ 5,289.11
2022.03.16 2552 -$ 19.99 Anne Wiker CNM Anniversary Cake -$ 19.99 $ 5,269.12
2022.03.16 5105 +$ 88.30 Deposit Lupe Arellanes - CNM Jacket +$ 88.30 $ 5,357.42
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2022.04.01 APR NEWSLETTER ============================================ BALANCE = $ 5,357.42
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37th ANNUAL TRI-STATE
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO
May 20-22, 2022
Come join us in Glenwood Springs for an enjoyable weekend
with many of your friends from the Pikes Peak, Corvairs of New
Mexico and Rocky Mountain Corsa Corvair clubs.
The host hotel is the Best Western Antlers of Glenwood
Springs with a special rate for Corvair club members.
Call 970-945-8535 for reservations.
Corvair car show Saturday morning. Banquet Saturday
evening at the Hotel Colorado. Mant Glenwood activities to
fill the afternoon.
Details & Registration at
https://www.rockymountaincorsa.org/2022-tri-state
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Happy Birthday Wishes to April CNM'ers:
Elizabeth Domzalski
Kate Johnson
Alex Johnson
Robert McBreen
Emma Rogers
Happy Anniversary Wishes to April CNM'ers:
Connie & Robert McBreen
Lilian & Timothy Shortle
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Text from Steve Gongora:
03.10.2022 17:45:13
I had a small issue with The bulbs fitting into the sockets. The company
researched it, sent me a better fitting bulb. Super happy! Here are photos.
03.10.2022 17:47:55
Nice photos! Material for the next newsletter!
03.10 17:48:26
They are unbelievable in their performance.
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MID MARYLAND CORVAIR CLUB -- AUGUST 2021
EARLY MODEL V-8
Eighty-year-old Lee Egleston can say for sure that the 1963 Chevrolet Corvair
that he once owned was the most dangerous car he ever drove. Not because of the
swing-axle rear suspension that Ralph Nader found fault with (or, at least, not
just because of the swing-axle rear suspension). Rather, what made it the most
dangerous car he ever drove was the 327-cu.in. small-block Chevrolet V-8 that he
put right where the rear seats should have been.
"It was just another one of my hare-brained ideas," he said. The idea came
about, according to Egleston, in 1968, after he removed the perfectly good 327
from a 1965 Chevrolet that had other mechanical issues and looked around for
something to do with the small-block. He already owned the Corvair, but he
wanted more power from it than the stock air-cooled six-cylinder could provide,
but how to mate one to the other?
Fortunately, he had access to all the tools he needed to fabricate mounts and
adapters in his family's metal fabrication shop. But if he were to simply mount
the 327 to the Corvair's transaxle, he'd have an extremely tail-heavy vehicle.
Plus, he'd either have to rebuild the 327 as a reverse-rotation engine or flip
the diff because the Corvair engine rotates opposite pretty much every other
internal combustion engine out there. Instead, he decided to mount the 327 in a
mid-engine configuration by removing the Corvair transaxle's front cover cap and
replacing the main transmission shaft with the input shaft from a standard
transmission. With the help of a 1/2-inch-thick adapter plate, he then bolted a
stock Chevrolet bellhousing to the front of the transaxle and the 327 to the
bellhousing. "The transmission in the Corvair never moved," he said. "That way,
I could keep the shift linkage and everything else all the same."
To cool the 327, he fit a Cobra radiator under the decklid. Headers, gauges from
the 1965 Chevrolet, custom front engine mounts were all it took to get the
Corvair running again. He didn't even bother instating a separator between the
engine and cabin. "You needed the windows open to drive it," he said. "That
Indy-style exhaust generated so much heat it was mind-boggling. That, and the
noise." One also needed a set of brown pants to drive the Corvair. "Because the
car had those swing axles in back, as soon as the torque hit the rear wheels, it
would rock the car to the left and change the caster on the rear wheel,"
Egleston said. "You'd have to turn the steering wheel hard to the left to keep
it under control."
Egleston got to enjoy the Corvair for about six months before a divorce forced
him to sell it off. He kept in touch with the subsequent owner, who shipped off
to the Army after getting in trouble with the law and left the Corvair behind
parked at his grandmother's house. The grandmother, according to Egleston, got
tired of it sitting around and had the junkman haul it away. Egleston didn't see
the Corvair go through the crusher, but he assumed as much. "It was a fun car to
build," he said. "And it was a fun and interesting and scary car to drive. It
had way more power than what a person needed. Maybe if I'd have started with a
later independent rear suspension Corvair, it would have been a better car to
drive, but the '63 is what I had." Other mid-engine small-block Corvairs have
popped up since then, but Egleston believes his was the first. Is he right?
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Sorry, no Corvair content to this story. My 1966 Corsa was back at the base.
FLIGHT FROM KODIAK
JIM PITTMAN
Monday March 13, 1967 and I was a member of a group from the Arctic Aeromedical
Laboratory at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. We were at a Coast Guard base on the
island of Kodiak where we had finished our sea flotation tests of the F-111 crew
module and were ready to fly back to Eielson AFB, 26 miles south of Fort
Wainwright. We had all our equipment packed and ready to load on the airplane.
The equipment was accompanied by a number of boxes of frozen Alaska King Crab
which one of our group had scored from the Officers' Club at the base, don't ask
me how! But I contributed my $20 bill as my share in the enterprise.
Our equipment was transported to the flight line and loaded on a waiting C-130
Hercules. The boxes of Alaska King Crab were secured to the side of the rear
door where they would be out of the way until we arrived. They would also
probably stay frozen back there. At best the C-130's heating system was
marginal.
We all had parkas; it was still winter at the Kodiak base. Time to board the
C-130. We buckled into the seats that ran along each side of the fuselage, the
turboprops spun up and the airplane came to noisy life. We taxied out to the
runway and soon roared up into the wild blue yonder. Roared was the right word.
Also rattled and vibrated, because the C-130 was a completely utilitarian
airplane with few creature comforts other than a reputation for being highly
reliable for getting you and your cargo to your destination.
Perhaps we wondered at the lack of heat as we climbed to altitude for the flight
north. Perhaps we were wondering if there was actually any heat in this thing at
all when the loadmaster sergeant sought out our ranking officer, Major Zee, to
tell him that, since the airplane's heater wasn't working, we were heading for
Elmendorf AFB instead of Eielson to land and get it repaired.
Elmendorf was much closer than Eileson. Perhaps we'd be back on the ground
before we froze as solid as those boxes of King Crab.
Soon we were on the ground at Elmendorf and got off the plane. We couldn't leave
the immediate area of the base because there was no telling how long it would
take to fix the heaters. We waited in a convenient building near the hangars.
And waited some more. We could see the airplane through the windows. We could
not see any work being done. We could see those boxes of frozen King Crab, still
strapped to the back door ramp. Presumably still staying frozen.
Eventually we were told the fix for the heater would not happen soon, so we and
our equipment would be transferred to another C-130. This took a while. Then we
got on a shiny silver airplane with a red nose. We waited through all the
pre-flight details and finally taxied along miles of tarmac to a runway. We
waited our turn, then lifted up into the crystal clear blue sky and heading
north. The heater on this airplane worked fairly well. The noise and vibration
were just as loud as they had been on the other airplane.
After we took off from Elmendorf, Major Zee asked the airplane's load-master to
call ahead by radio and get someone to telephone our lab director at Fort
Wainwright, Dr Easton, to let him know our ETA.
The original plan had been to get to Eielson AFB early in the afternoon. A truck
from Fort Wainwright would be there to load our equipment and haul it back to
the post, and an Air Force bus would take us all back to the post. The delay
flummoxed these plans, so the truck was parked somewhere and no one knew where
the driver was. The bus had been put on hold. When we finally taxied up to the
parking tarmac at Eielson it was dark and snowing. Neither the truck nor the bus
was there to meet us.
Dr Easton had driven the 26 miles to Eielson and was waiting patiently. As soon
as the plane stopped, Major Zee grabbed his carry-on bag and he and Dr Easton
jumped in the car and headed for Fort Wainwright.
That left me the ranking officer in our group. Needless to say, I had no clue
what to do about (1) no truck to load our equipment and (2) no bus to take our
weary crew home. Fortunately we had a master sergeant who could deal with the
situation. First he cursed Maj Zee for going off and leaving his people with no
transportation. Then he got on the phone and called people who could round up
that truck, people to off-load the airplane and load the truck, and someone to
find the bus and driver. When the bus arrived there was still no truck. Sergeant
Williams told me he'd stay and get the truck loaded. No, I said, everyone but me
is married and they need to get back to their families. I'll stay and be sure
the truck gets loaded. An unmarried sergeant volunteered to stay as well. Sgt
Williams and the rest of the crew boarded the bus and headed for home. Sgt Moore
and I watched the truck arrive and supervised the unload and load process, then
got a ride back to Fort Wainwright in the truck.
It was about 9:00 PM when we arrived. Somehow it seemed much, much later!
Oh, you were probably wondering about the F-111 crew module flotation tests. We
conducted the tests, but that's a story for another day. As for the King Crab --
yes, they were just as tasty back at Fort Wainwright.
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It Was Fourteen Years Ago -- December 2008
A GATHERING OF CORVAIRS
JIM PITTMAN
Back in the day we would often drive around town looking at interesting
buildings or neighborhoods or scenic views. If Corvairs were available we'd get
photos of them. We happened upon a parking area at TV-I as it used to be known
and thought the fall tree colors with the Sandias in the background would be
perfect for a Corvair car show with nice photos.
Your enterprising editor decided to do a one-man car show with just the one
available Corvair. It was November 15th and fall colors were still visible here
and there in the city.
Up near the west entrance to the parking area a tripod held the Panasonic
DMC-FZ30 camera focused on the Sandias. Jim started driving slowly along the
parking area, approaching Heula and the camera. Heula snapped pictures at
intervals. The trees were in their full glory and there were no visible clouds
over the mountains.
Back at the photo lab, that is, the newsletter computer center, we looked at the
photos and picked several that would contribute to the final picture. Using a
graphic program on the computer, several images of the Corvair were combined and
the background blended in to look like it was just one photo of several cars.
The resulting picture was cropped and sized to make the cover illustration for
the December 2008 edition of Enchanted Corvairs newsletter.
Now, fourteen years later, the photo again makes a good April Fool's Day joke.
Don't you agree?
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SAT 02 APR 10:00 AM Meeting: Highland Senior Center
131 Monroe St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108 Phone: (505) 767-5210
WED 20 APR 7:00 PM Board Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED
WED 27 APR 7:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING 1717 6th St NW
Location is the Military Vehicle Association's Collection
*** FRI 29 APR 9:00 PM Deadline for items for the May 2022 newsletter
*** MON 02 MAY >> TARGET FOR PRINTING AND MAILING MAY NEWSLETTER <<
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SAT 07 MAY 10:00 AM Meeting: Highland Senior Center
131 Monroe St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108 Phone: (505) 767-5210
SUN 15 MAY ..... AM Car Show / Albuquerque Museum / NMCCC
WED 18 MAY 7:00 PM Board Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED
FRI-SAT-SUN 20-21-22 MAY - Tri-State Meet - Glenwood Springs, CO
- Sponsored by Rocky Mountain CORSA
WED 25 MAY 7:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING 1717 6th St NW
Location is the Military Vehicle Association's Collection
*** FRI 27 MAY 9:00 PM Deadline for items for the June 2022 newsletter
*** MON 30 MAY >> TARGET FOR PRINTING AND MAILING JUNE NEWSLETTER <<
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SAT 04 JUN 10:00 AM Meeting: Highland Senior Center
131 Monroe St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108 Phone: (505) 767-5210
WED 15 JUN 7:00 PM Board Meeting: >>>>>>>> TO BE DETERMINED
WED 22 JUN 7:00 PM NEW MEXICO CAR COUNCIL MEETING 1717 6th St NW
Location is the Military Vehicle Association's Collection
*** FRI 24 JUN 9:00 PM Deadline for items for the July 2022 newsletter
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MON 04 JUL Early! Fourth of July on the Plaza in Santa Fe. Classic Car Show
SAT 09 JUL .... .. Collector Car Appreciation Day / NMCCC
SUN 14 AUG ..... .. All-Clubs Picnic at Oak Flat / NMCCC
SAT 24 SEP SUN 25 .. Swap Meet in Moriarty / NMCCC
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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 [ APRIL 2022 VOL 48 Nr 4 ISSUE 559 ] Jim Pittman
2015 Vol 41 Nr 4 #475
On the cover, Heula snaps Brer Fox and his 1963 Monza at our new cleanup sign
which said we were an aviation club, not an automotive club: it said Convairs of
New Mexico. Brer Fox told Brer Rabbit and we eventually got it fixed. Was this
an April Fool joke? President Ray Trujillo praised the anniversary party
organizers. Larry Yoffee won the Meissner Award. Larry Blair did a show-and-tell
on fixing the back windows of his 1966 coupe. Almost Mission Impossible. Robert
Gold revealed how expensive it was for the Car Council to buy a trailer. Do late
headlight bezels need a little crook?
2008 Vol 34 Nr 4 #391
Cover photo shows a CNM airliner. There was a story by Buzz Lightyear about our
acquiring a commercial airline and a chemical company that made special paint.
We listed all members and their dues dates. We noted the death of Pikes Peak
member Ben Benzel. Wendell reported $3,108. We planned a TUNA to disassemble a
late rear wheel bearing. Chuck Vertrees planned a rally. President Mike Stickler
asked us to think up activities. Brenda outlined plans for next year's Taos
Tri-State. Jim asked if speed bumps were a sign of the breakdown of
civilization? Or, just a response to eternal human nature. What does this have
to do with picking up trash on Old Route 66? Tech Tips: Bob Helt told all you'd
ever want to know about cooling fans and Steve Goodman told about battery
voltage.
2001 Vol 27 Nr 4 #307
Cover photos previewed the illustrated report on pages 8-10 on our tour of the
Big-I construction project. This was one of the most educational club tours we
have had. Thanks, Larry Blair! At our meeting, after the clueless guard finally
unlocked the door for us, Wendell reported we had $6007. The Car Council said
the future of car shows at the Albuquerque Museum was bleak -- no money from the
city. We heard from our Iowa member, Wayne Christgau, who wanted to keep getting
the newsletter. We heard from a local member, Bill McClellan, who couldn't
attend meetings because of those pesky stairs. We heard from our southern
member, Richard Finch, about an Ultra Van rally in Tularosa. At the board
meeting we learned that Ilva Walker had a stroke and was in the ICU. We formed a
committee to decide how to manage our club awards so they wouldn't die for lack
of interest. Tech: how to keep your car from rolling out of the driveway if the
parking brake fails, having a new windshield shipped, fixing the infamous
Powerglide cable leak, and all you'd ever need to know about 1964 Corvair rear
springs. We now know why 1964 rear coil springs are unique among all Corvair
springs.
1994 Vol 20 Nr 4 #223
Cover art: Corvairs take over the world. President Del ran our meeting. We had a
thousand bucks in the bank. We planned for a March anniversary dinner party, an
Albuquerque Museum car show, a "photo rally" put on by Chuck and Dennis, and the
Pagosa Springs Tri-State. A session on Heim Joints, a Fourth of July car show in
Santa Fe, the State Fair, a Funkhana, an Aspencade, a trip to Acoma Pueblo and
our Christmas dinner were some of the events planned for 1994. Wayne Christgau
wrote from Iowa to tell how he became a Corvair owner: Hoss Cartwright drove a
1967 Corvair in a Chevy commercial. Wayne decided he had to own that car. The
next morning Wayne appeared at the Chevrolet dealer where an identical 1967
Monza coupe was in the showroom, with "000007" indicated on the odometer and a
$2200 price tag on the window. Wayne drove his new Corvair away from the
dealership and into history. Twenty-six years later the Monza's odometer turned
500,000 miles, having been all over the U.S.A. and in Greece, England, Scotland
and Wales. Tech tips this month included a fix for oil leaking from the axle top
cover vent and how a dirt-dauber wasp nixed the fix, words of wisdom about
cotter pins, and an observation by Ann Landers that "for men, cars are their
true loves" which we can all believe.
1987 Vol 13 Nr 4 #139
A Mark Morgan Boattail Monza fantasy. President Clayborne ran the meeting. LeRoy
reported $688. Brian Zolna and Bill Finke were potential new members. Planning a
tour to Madrid and an econo-run to Carrizozo. Time for a NMCCC car show and an
Ouray, Colorado Tri-State. Bill Reider showed a finned, cast aluminum oil pan.
Clayborne said an S-10 spoiler would work better than bags of sand to keep your
Corvair stable as you drive through dust devils. LeRoy reported $75.25 from our
first auction. Kristen Romer provided an essay for her English class on the rise
and fall of the Corvair. Tech tip: New interlocks for a 1961-1965 transmission.
Tips for saving energy. Put oversize tires on your rear wheels so you are always
driving downhill so gravity helps you to save gas. April fool!
1980 Vol 6 Nr 4 #55
An early convertible. We kept our local dues at $7 while CORSA's went up to $14.
State Fair car show plans. Markus Rothmeyer was moving back to Germany. New
members: Bill McClellan, Vince Wayland, David Langlois. Danny Simpson described
cutting and welding the front and back halves of two "wreckers" for one good
sedan. George Morin tech tips: Install a grease fitting to lubricate late rear
wheel bearings. Destroy your kitchen by heating cans of spray undercoating in
the oven. Emergency brake cylinder bleeding. Splicing neoprene hose into a bad
fuel line. Myriad ills that befall batteries.
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