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COB VETTE NEWS

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Notes from the President

Volume, 35 Issue 11

What’s Happening This Month

November 12 COB Meeting

ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS AND BOARD

MEMBERS WILL BE HELD AT THE

NOVEMBER MEETING.

The weather for September/October was drier and warmer

than normal for final few weeks of the cruising season (except

for our annual trip to Hilton NY). The day after the meeting

twelve Corvettes headed to Peek N Peak in Clymer, NY. It

turned out to be a sunny day to check out hundreds of cruise

cars and crafters. On our return home we wanted to finish off

the day with a good meal. Thank you Mike & Lee Buccilli for

making group reservations at a great Italian restaurant in

Hamburg.

On a recent weekday, Rich Zahner led a group of Vettes

and steel cars down the Thruway to visit the Glenn Curtiss

Museum in Hammondsport, NY. We were very impressed

with the museum and their workshop were they are restoring

vintage planes from the WW II era. They are currently

planning an expansion of another 40,000 square feet. It's well

worth the short trip east into wine country.

During the month of September and October while many

cruise nights were finished for the season a new cruise started

up at Widewater Drive-In along the canal in Lockport on

Wednesday nights. Many of us predict this will be a great

cruise site next year with parking on the grass, music and

inexpensive food.

As a reminder, if you cannot attend the November

meeting and wish to vote, please make out a proxy voting

sheet. Since all officers are running unopposed, you will only

be voting for 7 board of director positions. Pick your top

seven candidates place them on a sheet of paper, placed in a

sealed envelope within an envelope and send to any officer or

current board member.

For those attending the November meeting after our

regular business session and voting, we are having a fall Pizza

and Wings party hosted by Skip & Maureen Polowy.

The meeting will be your last chance to sign up for the

Christmas Brunch.

Hope to see you at the meeting.

Frank

November 2016


NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

4th Rod & Mary Reisdorf

Officers President ---------Frank Pastore ------ 716-694-9024

Vice President --Wayne Scudder----- 716-692-8178

Treasurer --------Marianne Pastore -- 716-694-9024

Secretary ---------John Biggie --------- 585-492-2927

Board of Directors Sue Brownlee ------------------- 716-693-4654 Dick Brownlee ------------------716-693-4654 Mike Buccilli --------------------716-648-2037 Bruce Graham -------------------716-741-3350 Jim Kelly --------------------------716-681-7931 Skip Polowy ----------------------716-201-1889 Rich Zahner ----------------------716-225-1188

Committees Membership Barbara Lipome 716-691-8845 Newsletter Dennis Buckley 716-759-2972 Phone Comm. Lynda Graham 716-741-3350 Sunshine Comm. Karen Rothenberger 716-675-9467 Or Diane Skeide 716-876-1197 Webmaster Jim Bonus

716-695-7643 Activities Dir. Lynda Graham 716-741-3350 Club Photographer Dan Krakowski 716-675-5880 Face Book page Manager Dan Wroblewski 716-542-2041 Liaison for Out of Town Corvette Clubs Mike & Lee Buccilli 716-648-2037

Meeting every second Saturday of the month at First Presbyterian Church

9675 Main St. Clarence, NY, 14031 Meeting starts 7:00 p.m.

Visit us at: http://www.corvettesofbuffalo.com/

Send Newsletter Articles To:

Dennis Buckley E-Mail: [email protected]

Submissions must be in by the 27th

Late submissions will be published the following month.

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS

7th Holly Wyse

8th Rocco Buccilli

12th Bruce Graham

12th Mike Flanagan

22nd Diane Strong

23rd Rod Reisdorf

27th Linda Bonus

27th Susan Krezmien

27th Mary Carol Plott

http://www.corvettesofbuffalo.com/


Free - Fall Pizza and Wings Party

After our November12th monthly meeting and

Elections at the Clarence Presbyterian Church, the Club will be sponsoring a Fall Pizza & Wings Party.

It’s a great opportunity to congratulate the new 2017 Officers and

Board Members, socialize with your fellow members or get acquainted

with newer members while enjoying some great Buffalo pizza & wings.

All members and perspective members

are welcome and there is NO cost to

join us for the pizza and wings.

We look forward to seeing you at the November meeting!

Skip and Maureen Polowy

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November is the month of

Thanksgiving. Let us support

the church that helps us by

donating to their food

pantry. Please bring non-

perishable items to the

November COB meeting for

distribution to those in need.

Sue & Dick Brownlee


2017 COB Officer Candidates

Dear Members,

Again this year I’m asking for your support in electing me to the office of Recording

Secretary for the Corvettes of Buffalo. It has been my pleasure to have held this office

these past couple of years. I have enjoyed taking part in and organizing fund raising

events such as the Super Cruise and social events such dinner drives. Our club is made

up of wonderful people with a common interest; Corvettes, Good Friends and Good

Times. I hope to continue taking part in making these good times happen for all of us.

Thank you for your support and I look forward to 2017.

John Biggie

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Hello everyone,

With your vote I would like to become you next Vice President. I have been on

the Board of Directors for Six years and served three years as your President. I will

continue to keep this club going in the right direction.

Mike Buccilli

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I have had the pleasure of serving as your President the past year. I believe my

experience will enable me to lead our great club with the assistance of the officers and

board members. I look forward along with the membership to many exciting events for

the coming year.

Thank you for your support.

Frank Pastore

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My thanks to all the members for your continued support for me as COB Treasurer.

I enjoy being involved in the business of the club. We had a very successful year and

look forward to enjoying lots of fun activities with our great club in 2017!

Marianne Pastore


2017 COB Board Member Candidates

Hello. My name is Lynda Graham, it is with great pleasure I announce my candidacy for

board of directors for 2017. I have been phone comm. and activity director for the past

year and a half. Planned pizza parties with my husband (Bruce) and volunteered for

many other events. Your vote would be greatly appreciated.

Lynda Graham

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Dear Members, My name is Bruce Graham. I have served on the board this past year. I

have worked on the Super Cruise the past 3 years organizing sponsors and

trophies. Planned the pizza party for two years and volunteered for many other

events. Your vote for board member this upcoming year would be appreciated.

Bruce Graham

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Skip Polowy – Nomination for Board Member 2017

In the past, I have served as your President, Vice President, club Secretary and have

been an active Board Member for several years. I have volunteered and enjoyed

chairing many club events over the years including Chairman/Co-Chairman of the

Caravan 4 years, Car Shows 2 years, and Chairman of the Finance committee for the

past 10 years.

I would appreciate your vote to be on the Board in 2017.

Thank you in advance.

Skip Polowy

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2017 COB Board Member Candidates

It has been my pleasure to serve on the board of directors for the past several years and

prior to that as vice president for two years. I have been chairman and vice chair for the

Super Cruise and vice chair for the caravan. With my past experiences I would like to

run again this year for the Board of Directors and continue to serve you the members.

Thank you for your past support.

Rich Zahner

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Hello. My name is Debbie Schafer. I have been a member of Corvettes of Buffalo for a number of years. I've always had a love for fast cars, particularly Chevrolet, driving, detailing my cars and meeting people and places along the way. I have hosted two Installation (dinner dances) and more currently prepared refreshments for our breaks at club meetings. I travel (drive) four times a year, with my husband, Ray, to St. Louis, to attend the NCCC (National Council Corvette Clubs) meetings. I learn about memberships from across the regions, meet many other club members and have made friendships along the way. I found out what a big world it is out there. On a personal note, I work as a customer service representative for a large corporation and thus achieving good listening and people skills. I hope to be of service to all of you. I welcome the opportunity to become more involved with our club by serving on the Board of Directors. At this time, I would like to ask for your vote. Thank you. Debbie Schafer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COB Members!

Just a reminder for you to consider Sue Brownlee as a 2017 board member.

Serving the membership has been an honor for the past 4 years and I would like

to continue to do so. Working together has worked in the past, so let's continue our

commitment to COB's strength and membership.

Thank you,

Sue Brownlee


Attention! Attention! Attention!

A letter from the NCCC President in the April Newsletter announced the NCCC is trying

to move to electronic communications with all members. They are working very hard

with all Clubs to insure their data base of member emails is current. It is the way of the

future as NCCC moves more and more into the 21st Century.

As part of this initiative to communicate electronically the NCCC would like to distribute

the Blue Bars Magazine via email to all members. Ray Shafer has asked that anyone

who wants to continue to receive the Blue Bars Magazine in a PAPER COPY to notify

Marianne Pastore by the November meeting either in person or by email.


1951 How It All Began

One of the most famous concept cars was the 1951 Buick

LeSabre. Designed by General Motors' chief stylist Harley J. Earl's

studio with styling cues from jet fighter planes and used by him

for years as an everyday driver, the LeSabre offered a preview of

the aircraft styling that would follow in the '50s. The LeSabre

contained such technological features as a dual gasoline and

alcohol fuel system and a moisture sensor which would raise the

convertible top if it began raining when the owner was away from

the car.

On September of 1951, Harley Earl takes the LeSabre dream car to the Watkins Glen sports car race. Earl

is impressed by the small European sports cars, and decides to begin designing a new American sports

car. In November of that same year, the Parts Fabrication group within GM Engineering Staff begins

setting up a plastic department in Detroit.

Post World War II, senior figures at General Motors saw American GI’s returning from Europe with

souvenirs: relatively lightweight, nimble two-seater sports cars. Design chief Harley Earl had a particular

admiration for the Jaguar XK120, and aimed to create an all-American alternative. Although initially

unsure which GM brand should market such a vehicle, he shared

with Chief Engineer Ed Cole a desire to rejuvenate the image of

Chevrolet, then seen as somewhat staid and unimaginative.

In March of 1952, Naugatuck Chemical sales executive Earl Ebers

shows the Alembic I to General Motors in Detroit, Michigan.

Harvey Earl is impressed with the shape of the car, and the

possibilities of glass-reinforced plastic. This encourages him to

speed-up his own sports car work.

On June 2, General Motors executives are formally

presented with Harley Earl's proposal for a two-seater

sports car. General Motors president Charles Wilson and

Chevrolet general manager Thomas Keating approve

completing a prototype for the 1953 Motorama. The project

is code-named "Opel Sports Car". Chevrolet's director of

research and development, Maurice Olley, creates a sketch

for the new sports car frame, showing locations of

radiator, wheels, and body mount points. On July 3,

General Motors and Chevrolet management teams initiate

work orders for two Motorama fiberglass bodies of the

sports car, one test body, and two full-size passenger cars for

development and testing of the sports car drivetrain. The Opel project sports car prototype is named

Corvette, after a light fast type of World War II warship. The name was suggested by Myron Scott,

employee of Campbell-Ewald, Chevrolet's advertising agency. Strong consideration had been given to

naming the car “Corvair”. Chevrolet executives wanted a “C” word, and rejected 1500 suggestions.

In the end of 1952, a boot-legged picture of GM's proposed sports car is taken to Ford's styling studio.

Staff there have already produced several drawings and renderings of their own sports car prototype:

the Thunderbird will emerge in early 1954.

1952 Chevrolet Corvette C1 EX-122 Prototype


CORVETTES OF BUFFALO 2016 CHRISTMAS BRUNCH When: Sunday, December 4, 2016 Time: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Where: The Columns Banquets

2221 Transit Road

Elma, NY 14059

Cost: $5.00/person; $10.00/couple

Please make checks out to Corvettes of Buffalo and send them to Karen

Rothenberger, 13 Oakbrook Drive, West Seneca, NY 14224 by November 24,

2016 OR give either checks or cash to Karen at the November meeting.

Menu: Tomato, orange and cranberry juices, cheese & cracker platter, garden salad,

chicken souvlaki, roast beef, penne florina, baby red roasted potatoes, garden

vegetable blend, pasta salad, relish tray, rolls and butter, ice cream sundae, coffee

and tea.

Reminder: We will be donating unwrapped toys to Toys for Tots again this year.

Representative(s) from the Marines will be our guests and will accept the toys.


Vanity Plates at Bloomington Gold #3

More Vanity License Plates seen at Bloomington Gold.


Secret Service lets Vice President Joe Biden drive his ‘Vette, and he promptly does a burnout Bruce Brown, Digital Trends Thu, Oct 20 3:59 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden likes speed. He says so himself in a tweeted sneak peek video clip of Jay Leno’s Garage. The U.S. Secret Service gave Biden permission to drive his own 1967 Corvette Stingray for the television episode, according to Jalopnik. In this clip, the VP tells Leno about his relationship with speed after ripping off a straight-line burnout as soon as he starts the car. It’s not because he’s an avowed speed freak that the Secret Service doesn’t let Biden drive his ‘Vette. Presidents and vice presidents aren’t allowed to drive anything while holding office or for six months thereafter. Since Biden took office he has only been allowed to drive his favorite car three times.

The vice president’s father gave him the Corvette as a wedding present on August 19, 1967. Biden’s sons Beau and Hunter had the engine rebuilt recently and both he and Leno say it runs perfectly. The Veep also said it’s the “only car he’s ever loved.” The green convertible has a four-speed manual transmission and a 327 V8 engine with 300 horsepower.

The preview video was filmed at Secret Service Moran Vehicle Training at a location identified as “somewhere outside Washington D.C.” Biden says he once “buried it” at 160 mph when he was younger. He then quips, “I shouldn’t say this on television — I like speed.”

While Biden and Leno were cruising the roads at the training center, Biden nailed the accelerator a couple times, each time visibly pushing his passenger back in the seat. After a while, a second Corvette pulls out from a side road, a 2015 Stingray Z51 that immediately roars past the VP’s car. “I wonder who that cowboy is,” Biden mutters before hitting the gas to catch up. When they get back to the starting point, the other Corvette is already parked, with former Secretary of State Colin Powell at the wheel.

*** The VP Speed episode of Jay Leno’s Garage is set to air on November 9 on CNBC. ***


Update: Local vets bring Cobra helicopter shot down in Vietnam to

Tonawanda

A group of area Vietnam veterans

plan to bring a workhorse combat

helicopter -one that was actually

shot down in combat in Vietnam to

Tonawanda.

The AH-1 Cobra, manufactured by

Bell Aerospace subsidiary Bell

Helicopter, will take its place in

Veterans Park on River Road in

the City of Tonawanda. A veteran

of Vietnam combat itself, the AH-

1 being brought to town by local

veterans was actually shot down in

combat in Vietnam - only to be

repaired and put back in service.

"This Cobra is an important symbol to a lot of us," said local veteran Bill Paton, an artillery

forward observer who received the Air in Vietnam, and is part of the group that secured the

helicopter for Tonawanda. "It represents that resilience, the will to take hits and keep pressing on,

that really came to represent our soldiers, marines, airmen and sailors during the Vietnam War.

It's a survivor, like we are, and a reminder of our brothers who didn't come back."

Paton will be just one of several men who spent part of their military service airborne. Organizers

of Wednesday's event plan to also welcome at least one pilot who flew the specific helicopter

coming to Tonawanda.

The AH-1 helicopter developed at least one strong link to Western New York as well, being

assigned to a Rochester-based aviation unit of the New York Army National Guard.

"This is a homecoming for that helicopter, and for the troops who flew Cobras, who counted on

them for air support, who fought our wars while the AH-1 ruled the skies," said

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 77 President Mike Walker. "This helicopter is going to

symbolically move from its former role as one of America's fiercest warriors to a new one,

helping heal old wounds and teach about the past."

Under an agreement reached by the "Remembering Vietnam" memorial committee, on which

Paton has served as a member, Bell Aerospace will lease the helicopter to local veterans for 99

years. The City of Tonawanda, meanwhile, is providing the site for its display, where it, along

with a brick wall, will stand as a symbolic remembrance of Vietnam-era veterans' sacrifice. Local

organizers said the Cobra, which is not known to have ever been formally named, will now carry

the name "Remembering Vietnam."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_AH-1_Cobra

http://vva77.org/

http://www.wnypapers.com/content/images/Tribune-II/Cobra.jpg


New Sound System at the NCM

Ashly and Dante Rev Up the National Corvette Museum 10/03/2016 3:38 PM

BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY: The

National Corvette Museum opened in

1994, just a quarter mile from the

famous sports car’s production facility

in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It has

numerous historical and technological

exhibits, but the main draw is an ever-

rotating collection of mint Corvettes

that span the car’s sixty-plus years in

production. A gift shop and café round

out the experience. The museum also

made headlines in 2014 when a

sinkhole opened under one of its main

showroom floors, swallowing eight cars, but no one was hurt and the damage has since been fixed.

Recently, Centerline Audio Visual, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, revamped the National Corvette

Museum’s sound system by installing a Dante™ network audio system featuring Ashly ne8250.pe 8-

channel network amplifiers with on-board Protea™ DSP. Using a Room-Centric Audio Design, the

amplifiers are located throughout the museum and connected via the Dante™ network. In the words of

Scott Oliver, Centerline president, “Now the Corvette Museum sounds as cool as it looks!”

He explained, “For years, the museum used the modest sound system that went in with the building for

paging, mainly. The exhibits used TVs with DVDs on loop, which didn’t pack a lot of punch. We noticed

that the National Corvette Museum had the feel of a natural history museum – it was quiet. For

example, the museum has a ‘boardwalk’ where new Corvette owners can pick up their custom-ordered

vehicles. It’s awesome looking – all these new Corvettes awaiting their new owners – but it was silent!

We convinced them that they needed some exciting music, consistent with the brand. And without the

able assistance of Greg McDougald, Centerline’s project manager, this very complex system would not

have happened.”


The newly-renovated system consists of over

two hundred SoundTube in-ceiling loudspeakers

in forty zones powered by five Ashly ne8250.pe

8-channel 250W network amplifiers. The Room-

Centric Audio Design strategically locates the

amps throughout the facility to minimize

loudspeaker cable runs. The built-in Protea™

DSP does all of the loudspeaker processing.

Dante connectivity links the Ashly amplifiers to a

Symetrix SymNet Radius DSP matrix router.

Users can adjust the zone volume and source

material from ARC controllers, and the entire system is tied intelligently into the fire and paging

systems.

“We love using Ashly amps and processors because they’re so reliable,” Oliver said. “If we have

questions, it’s easy to get Ashly support on the phone. In the end, going with Ashly invariably makes

our job much easier.” As value added, Oliver volunteered his deep, sonorous “radio voice” for all of the

voice-overs that now entice visitors to stop by the gift shop or to catch lunch in the Corvette café! So

not only is Oliver behind the National Corvette Museum’s awesome new vibe, he has become the voice

of the museum!

ABOUT ASHLY AUDIO

Ashly Audio Inc. is recognized as a world leader in the design and manufacturing of high quality & high

performance signal processing equipment and power amplification for use in the commercial sound

contracting and professional audio markets. The 42 year-old company is headquartered in Webster,

New York U.S.A.


THE MOST VALUABLE CORVETTES OF ALL

1963 Corvette Grand Sport No. 002 at auction in 2009 (Rick Carey)

October 28, 2016

By: Rick Carey Reprinted from www.hagerty.com

Automakers frequently recycle model names, lending the panache of a past success to a newer, and probably less special, car. In the history of the Chevrolet Corvette, the ZR1 comes quickly to mind, as does Z06.

No nameplate, however, has the history of Grand Sport, a designation used just four times (so far) in Corvette history. Younger enthusiasts may dwell upon the ’96 C4 Grand Sport, the 2010 C6 and the new 2017 Grand Sport, all more valuable than standard production Corvettes. But none are more valuable than the cars that gave the Grand Sport name its aura, the five Grand Sport Corvettes built in 1962.

The impetus was, of course, the engineer and racer Zora Arkus-Duntov and his aspirations for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1963.


The purpose-built Grand Sports each had a unique lightweight twin-tube frame, paper-thin fiberglass bodywork, an aluminum “birdcage” structure to protect the driver and Girling disc brakes. Power came from an aluminum 377-cid V-8 topped by a quartet of 58mm Weber carburetors.

The Grand Sports are five of the most exciting, fabled, competition cars ever built, designed and built for international competition. Their design is instantly recognizable. Bedecked with scoops and vents, their visual features achieve functional goals with grace and creativity rarely seen on racing cars. They are aggressive, functional, balanced and sleek all at once.

But before the program could make its mark in competition, disaster struck: In line with GM’s policy against factory-supported racing, company executives put an end to the project. Undaunted, Duntov snuck three of the Grand Sports out the back door. They finished 3, 4 and 6 at the Nassau’s Governor’s Cup in ’63, behind A.J. Foyt’s Scarab and the Ferrari 250P of Pedro Rodriguez.

Two Grand Sports, chassis No. 001 and No. 002, were converted to low-windscreen roadsters in anticipation of Daytona and Sebring in ’64. Then the 14th Floor of GM headquarters spoke again, this time decisively. Their edict: Support, even for privateer racers, would not be allowed. The 002 car was later sold to Roger Penske.

Grand Sport No. 002 made a headline appearance at RM’s Scottsdale, Ariz., auction in 2009. One of the two roadsters had been repowered by Penske with a 427 big block and driven by George Wintersteen in the 1966 USRRC series. Left alone by two subsequent owners, it was restored by Jim Jaeger, using techniques that emphasized preservation of the car’s as-raced authenticity.

At Arizona in 2009 it was the headline car of the week, wearing its original bodywork and powered by a 427 as it had been raced. The Goodyear Blue Streaks were old and hard as rocks. I had the chance to drive – not ride in – it. “Hairy” doesn’t begin to describe the experience on the streets around the Arizona Biltmore, a lopsided wrestling match between aged slicks and the bountiful torque of that big block Chevy.

All five of the Grand Sports, the most valuable Corvettes, survive in private collections. Number 002 reached $4.9 million on the block in Arizona but no deal was reached. It sold later. Today, it occupies a proud place in Dr. Fred Someone’s passionate collection in Philadelphia.

Jerry Burton, in his biography of Zora Arkus-Duntov, put it this way, “The Grand Sport may not have earned Duntov any political gold stars on the 14th Floor, but what he did achieve constituted an indelible contribution to Corvette’s racing pedigree.”

Buyers of new Grand Sports share the aura, but shouldn’t expect similar accolades.


COB Members Recipe Page

Barbecue Hamburgers, Polish style

Mix 2 lbs. hamburger:

1 egg

1 small handful of diced onion

1/2 handful of diced green pepper

Dash of pepper

1-2 slices white bread, moisten with cold water, remove excess water by squeezing bread

between your hands, pull apart into small pieces, keeps meat moist, if meat is a little too

wet, add a small amount of Italian bread crumbs, and then mix together with your hands.

Make hamburger patties and fry or grill...

I fry in a stainless steel electric frying pain.

Keeps the outside crunchy and inside moist.

Sauce:

1 can tomato soup

1 small can tomato sauce, 8 oz.

1 small can water, 8 oz.

1 sauté onion, cut into thin wedges

1 sauté green pepper, cut into thin wedges

1 tsp chili powder

2 TBLS barbecue sauce

You can double sauce recipe to have more and put over mashed potatoes or freeze the

rest.

When sauce is hot, add barbecue hamburgers and cook until warmed.

Debbie Schafer


A Really Bad Wagon

Dear Corvette owners:

Mods such as a stroker engine, de-catted exhaust, forced induction, better brakes, and so forth are

improvements. Modifying your car to look as if it’s been crashed or puked upon or both is not. This is

the main reason why we correlate the Corvette with men going through midlife crisis and hillbillies.

Everyone is a fan of custom culture, but donking a Corvette to Conestoga wagon levels or painting a

Corvette to resemble Iron Man’s armor makes the Infiniti QX80 look like a Brazilian fashion model.

Tuning a Corvette is bad and foolhardy, full stop. There’s an old saying that goes like this: “A fool and

his money are soon parted.” Instead of ending up with an over sprayed mess or a wide body kit

installed with wood screws and bondo, please leave the Corvettes alone and pour your hard-earned

cash into a good set of tires and maintenance. Your Corvette will appreciate it.


HEMMINGS CLASSIC CAR

National Corvette Museum to highlight GM cars “Gone but Not Forgotten”

Kurt Ernst on Sep 27th, 2016

1940 La Salle Series 50 convertible. Photos courtesy National Corvette Museum.


General Motors has been around, in one form or another, since 1908. In its 108-year

history, brands and models have come and gone, some beloved by consumers and others

largely relegated to the dustbin of history. In recognition of those GM products no longer

with us, the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, will be opening an

exhibit on October 21 entitled Gone but Not Forgotten.

As Katie Frassinelli, the museum’s marketing and communications manager, explained to

us: The idea behind this exhibit was to feature cars that GM no longer produces. Some

were made for a brief amount of time, some were very popular in their day, and some were

made, then not made, then made again. We have space for 14 cars and had a hard time

narrowing down the wish list. The list of cars (and trucks) scheduled for display includes a

1940 La Salle Series 50 convertible; a 1955-1/2 Chevrolet Series 3100 pickup; a 1987

Buick Grand National; a 1954 Cadillac Eldorado convertible; a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air

Nomad station wagon; a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air “bubbletop;” a 1964 Pontiac GTO; a

1967 Chevrolet Chevelle; a 1967 Buick Wildcat convertible; a 1969 Pontiac Firebird; a

1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Rallye 350; a 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe; a

2002 Collector’s Edition Pontiac Trans Am; and a 2005 Cadillac XLR convertible

coupe.

1967 Buick Wildcat convertible.


Most are on loan from museum supporters, arranged with the help of volunteers Brad

Adams and Adam Ellison, a former Corvette salesman with Don Franklin Chevrolet in

Somerset, Kentucky, who keeps in touch with many of his car-collecting former customers.

The exhibit is scheduled to run through January 6, 2017, but don’t be surprised if it’s

followed in the future by a Gone but Not Forgotten, Part Two. As Katie told us, the museum

had so many interesting options to choose from that a second such themed exhibit is likely

in the coming years.


Track Engine Temperature on Track-Ready Corvettes

There may be some questions from owners of track-ready 2015-2016 Corvette Z06 models (equipped with the

6.2L engine – RPO LT4) regarding the hot temperature message. Here’s some information to relay to owners

about Corvette track-ready vehicles and track engine temperature.

The manual transmission-equipped Z06 is designed to

keep engine oil, coolant, transmission and differential

fluids below the hot warning targets when driven by a

professional driver on an 86°F (30°C) day on a “typical”

racetrack for an indefinite period of time (effectively the

time to burn through a full tank of fuel). The Corvette

team validates the durability of the Z06 cooling systems

with a 24 hour accumulated track test to simulate the

most aggressive track day usage by Corvette owners.

The Milford Road Course at the GM Proving Ground used

by the Corvette team is designated as a “typical”

standard track, but GM recognizes that there are tracks around the world that are easier on a cooling system

and some that are harder on a cooling system. Generally speaking, tighter tracks with a lower average speed

and higher sustained RPM will drive higher fluid system temperatures. In addition, higher ambient temperature

conditions affect any car’s ability to run sustained laps at ten-tenths.

On Z06 models equipped with an automatic transmission, when in the Drive (D) position, the transmission

selects the lowest possible gear ratio for the best acceleration and, because it has eight closely-spaced ratios,

typically runs a higher average RPM than vehicles with the manual transmission. This optimizes lap time

performance, but also taxes the engine oil and coolant more for any given track. As a result, the automatic

transmission has the capability to run faster laps than the manual transmission, but thermal limitations are

reached more quickly. Owners who are planning to run extended track-day sessions at “professional” speeds are

advised to use a vehicle equipped with the manual transmission, or to paddle shift the automatic transmission

and select higher gears when conditions warrant.

Any time the maximum recommended temperatures are reached in any condition, warnings will display on the

Driver Information Center at the appropriate time for coolant, oil, or transmission fluid. A cool-down lap or two

will bring operating temperatures back to a reasonable level and then aggressive track driving can be resumed.

Some may wonder why the Corvette is not designed to higher temperatures, say 110°F (43°C), to accommodate

southern tracks in the summer. Corvettes have been designed using the “pro driver at 86 degrees” criteria for

generations and, for the vast majority of owner use, it has resulted in excellent performance. If the Corvette was

designed to higher temperature criteria, it would require adding additional cooling hardware, which drives up

mass and, perhaps more importantly, requires the system to be fed more air. This would have a great impact on

appearance and aerodynamic drag. Like most aspects of car design, the challenge is in finding the best balance

of conflicting requirements.


The Great National Road Trip of 2016 --- Part 1

For those new members who haven't heard about this, it all started back in 2008 when the leaders of the Sting Ray Registry (Dennis and Cindy Manire) organized a 17 day long trip from downtown Chicago all the way to the Santa Monica Pier on the classic old US highway, Route 66! We had met them at various Corvette shows in Florida and so we decided to participate. Needless to say, it was a fabulous experience, we made great friends and the event has morphed into an annual trip! The planning for this event began nearly a year ago. Our Minnesota friends are the organizers. MC had never seen the part of the country we were going to travel thru, so she was anxious to participate in this one. I actually trailered the 69 north to have Larry Lewis (Corvettes and Performance on Transit) go thru the car and fix a few things in preparation for the trip. This included rebuilding the center carburetor! MC [Mary Carol] flew up to Buffalo on Sept 21st and we had dinner with about 30 club members in West Seneca on Thurs. night! Most there decided to "friend' her and so they got nightly posts on our adventures! We left Western NY on Saturday morning the 24th, pulling the trailer with the 69 in it, and drove to Angola, Indiana, where we had dinner and spent the night with old Navy friends who got me started as a Corvette enthusiast. After breakfast the following morning, we headed out for what we thought was going to be a three hour drive to St. Charles, Illinois, where we were to meet two other couples who were also going on the trip. However, when we got to the I-80/I-90 split, there was construction and the access to I-80 was blocked off. We ended up travelling on I-90 to just about downtown Chicago in bumper to bumper and stop and go traffic before we got to I-290 and headed west toward Illinois 64 which goes to St. Charles. That short 25 mile trip took several hours and we didn't get to Doug and Mary Jones home until 5PM. Got to admit, I was pretty frazzled and wondering if this was a sample of the whole trip to come. After I calmed down, we unloaded the 69, then went out for dinner at the St Charles House. If you're ever looking for a restaurant in St Charles, they do it well, though pricey!! In the morning, Monday, Sept 26th we reloaded our trip stuff into the 69 and followed Doug and Mary to a local place for breakfast, where we met the Norris’s from Wisconsin. When we came out MC said, "I smell gas"! We looked and sure enough, there was gas all over the intake and an obvious leak at the front carb inlet. So, right there in the parking lot, the wrenches came out and that was taken care of!! We drove all day on two lane roads thru Illinois, Iowa along the Miss. River, then onto I-90 in Minnesota. We stopped for the night in Albert Lea, MN at a Best Western after a 362 mile day! The next morning, the three cars headed west on I-90, for Chamberlain, SD. where We would meet the rest of the group and officially start The Great National Road Trip!! To be continued. John Meyerhoff


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1995 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica --- Five-hundred and twenty-seven Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car Replicas were built, all convertibles, although none featured the Speedway-mandated roll bar and fairing seen on the real-deal pace car above. All came in Dark Purple Metallic with Arctic White trim, and featured a white leather interior, a white soft-top, and special Indy 500 graphics.

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