The Next Meeting of the Pikes Peak Corvair Club will be at ...corvair.org/chapters/chapter809/dripline/dripline_201803.pdf · Meeting called to order at 9:30 by VP John Green, as

The DRIP LINE Pikes Peak Corvair Club

Volume 41, Number 3 1 March 2018

Official Newsletter of the

Founded in 1977

The Next Meeting of the Pikes Peak Corvair Club will be at 9:30am on March 18th at the Valley Hi Golf Course,

610 S. Chelton Rd., Colorado Springs, CO.

Come On, Like us on Facebook!

What are you waiting for??

http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter809



President’s Notes .................................... 2

PPCC Meeting Minutes .......................... 3

Generator to Alternator Conversion......... 7

Upcoming Tech Session ...................... 10

Tech Tip: Cam Gear Failures ............... 11

2018 Activities Calendar ....................... 13

Upcoming Meetings .............................. 17

Corvair Service Partners ....................... 19

PPCC Admin and Contacts ................... 20

On The Cover: Chris Kimberly stands beside her freshly painted baby blue ’64 Monza Convertible. Chris had the bodywork and paint done at Wicked Customs in Castle Rock, and finished the car off with some cream and blue custom pin-stripes. Congrats on the “new” car, Chris!!

PRESIDENT’S NOTES By Chris Kimberly

Club President

March has certainly blown in like a lion this year. This month, we look forward to the first day of Spring and with that, the reawakening of our cars to get out of the garages, back out on the road and sign up for the Spring car shows. There is a show in the Denver area called the Lincoln Tech Car Show, sponsored by the Lincoln College of Technology on April 7th. It is being held at 11194 E 45th Ave., in Denver. Then on April 14th, there is the E-Days Car Show, sponsored by the Colorado School of Mines. This is a popular show to attend for our club, and many from the Springs caravan up as a group, pick up the Castle Rock/Denver folks, and we all go up to Golden to meet with the RMC Club to roll into the event all together. The registration is online and its always a fun time. The awards are created by the students and they are quite creative. Then, looking out to May, is the Florence Mer-chants Car Show on the 20th. Our club has attended for several years and hopefully will have a great showing there again this year.

Of course, the Tri-State Gathering in June is not to be missed, so be sure you are registered and have made your hotel reservation for Crested Butte the second weekend of June. We have an interesting tech session coming on April 21st, 10 a.m., at the Feasel’s garage, on re-moving and installing a windshield. Be sure to let Dave know if you plan to attend. June 2nd will be our first annual “PPCC Tri-State Bug Out”, at the Feasel garage. Anyone is welcome to come and work on tuning up their cars before making the trip over to Crested Butte. More on this will come as the date gets closer. My car has been getting a beauty makeover with new paint, (same color.... just not in 4 shades of it). It also has a little custom pinstripe detailing added. I hope to see your cars out with mine at the shows, sharing our stories, and love for this car with others. As Always, ‘Keep Vairing’, Chris



PPCC MEETING MINUTES - 2/18/2018 Valley Hi Golf Course, Colorado Springs

Meeting called to order at 9:30 by VP John Green, as Chris was taking some well deserved time off in Hawaii. In attendance were 22 members and 1 visitor. Visitors

Paul Howell, lives in Black Forest – 61 Corvair 700 wagon and 64 Monza coup. New to Corvairs and really doesn’t know much about them. Interested in getting involved with the cars.

Welcome new members:

Doug and Layne Vinton. Doug and Layne live in Larkspur and have a 66 Monza with a Powerglide.

Beth Bombalicky, lives in Castle Rock. She has a 64 Monza hardtop.

Duane Hayes, owns salvage yard with MANY Corvairs. He has a large collection of parts cars and

several cars that would be great restorable projects. He currently doesn’t have any drivers. CLUB BUSINESS

November and December minutes were posted in the newsletter. Motion to approve minutes from Garrie Fox, Ed Halpin seconded – minutes approved.

Treasurer’s report—Wayne Russert - $3,028 after today’s dues have been added in. Cutaway fund currently at $650.

Membership – Ed Halpin - Incoming member, Dave Pierce (Monument). Powerglide needs work and Dave got in touch with Ed and will need assistance with ‘66 black convertible. Kory and Gail Levin, new members. Another prospective member out of Sedalia in discussions with Ed.

First Saturday and Miscellaneous – Ed Halpin

DJ Montgomery, 64, 66 cars for sale. Will send pictures and Ed will make available.

First Saturday Car show. Ed is now in touch with the gentleman who is in charge of many shows around Colorado Springs. We didn’t get in in time for a First Saturday, but have now been asked to be a co-host of the newly revived Old Colorado City car show. Our involve-ment will be to help park cars. We will get an entire street just for Corvairs. The show is scheduled for Sunday, August 19.

Collector Car Council of CO Report (CCCC) - Ed Halpin, CCCC Representative.

CCCC will do a swap meet, but not at Front Range airport. The Meet will be held on August 4th, either in conjunction with the Mile High Flea Market or at Rocky Mtn. Metro Airport (Jeffco). The Forney museum, where CCCC meets, will have a display of cars from the 30’s. Anyone with a car from the 30’s they would like to have on display, contact CCCC.

Mecum is coming to Denver June 8-9. If you would like to drive a car up on the block, you can contact Jim with information and you, too, can drive cars at the Mecum auction. Since the dates are the same as Tri-State, this might be of interest to folks not attending Tri-State.

Current legislation – Ed Halpin - SP18-028 – front license plates. Working on a bill to change the location of the front license plate in relationship to the ground. However, there is nothing in the works for no longer requiring front plates on collector cars.

Mail Bag – Kathy Green – nothing to report – mail bag contained dues which were given to Wayne.

Congratulations to Ed Halpin for being the monthly newsletter editor. The most recent issue was outstanding. Ed did have a small problem with distribution of the newsletter. It did not come through from g-mail to some PPCC members, so Ed resent from his Comcast account so some members receive it twice. Ed is looking into the issue, but will use Comcast for future distributions. Thanks to Dave McGill for his contribution on the ‘Tweety’ car.

Tech Team – Ed Halpin and Dave Feasel - ‘No Corvair Left Behind’ T-shirts are available to mem-bers of the tech team who participate in three tech-team projects. Allen noted that he was available on several of the work dates but was unaware they were happening. He wanted to know how he

By Kathy Green

Club Secretary



PPCC MEETING MINUTES - 2/18/2018 (cont.)

would know when there was an opportunity. Ed said that notifications would go out through the PPCC list when dates are set. Dave gave a quick introduction to new members of his shop availabil-ity and how the Tech Team work is done and that cars can be brought to his shop.

Cut-Away Car Information update – Dave Feasel – Dave Wenzlick of the AZ Cactus Club has been taking the car to some shows in the Phoenix area. He has PPCC window decals on it and bought some vintage CO tags to put on the car. It is getting lots of attention and conversations at the shows. Any donations, for the cutaway car please give to Wayne. The Feasel’s were in Phoenix a couple of weeks ago and visited Dave. The car is in great shape with the exception of the paint (which is on the ‘tired side’). The car will be delivered to PPCC at Tri-State. Once we have the car, it will be out in the public at as many car shows as possible. It will also be used for high schools in the Springs area and Colorado Springs college for student use.

NEW BUSINESS

Calendar of Events for 2018 has been posted to the website. Any shows or day trips, etc., you hear about you believe might be of interest to members, please let Chris Kimberly and/or John Green know and we can add it to the calendar.

The Tri-State Swap Meet was February 3 & 4 (8-2) @ The Western Complex. Ed Halpin and Doug Vinton attended. Ed brought some fliers from the swap meet from a powder coating company that does nice work. Neither Ed or Doug saw much Corvair related. Ed’s grandson was able to pick up some nice emblems, and Ed found some rear license plate light holder with lenses for the Corvair wagon and Chevy emblem.

Coming soon:

7th Annual Lincoln Tech Car Show – April 7th – 11194 E. 45th Ave, in Denver, Car entry is at 7:30 and show is from 9-2 pm. Sponsored by Lincoln College of Technology. Register online at [email protected]

E-Days show in Golden-April 14th—sponsored by School of Mines. Registration infor-mation is available in the newsletter. We typically meet up with RMC and drive in together.

Florence Car Show—May 20th – registration available online now. This is a really nice show sponsored by Florence Town Merchants. Chris Kimberly’s convertible is on the front of the t-shirts and the posters this year.

Tri-State June 8-10. Rick Beets is coordinating this gathering for the RMC. They are still waiting for confirmation on blocking off streets downtown in Crested Butte. If they don’t approve this, the show will be at the resort. Lots of parking at the resort. Last count ~ 30 room reservations, t-shirt and banquet reservations (buffet style – Mexican theme – special dietary needs can be added to the registration form). We’re hoping to have 70 room bookings. Rick shared the graphic that will appear on the back of the t-shirts. It came out so nicely they are working with the company to put a small version of the graphic on the front. Short sleeve and long sleeve shirts available in black and white ($21 for short sleeve/$24 for 2XL and 3XL; $25 for long sleeve/$28 for 2XL and 3XL). Embroi-dered Polo shirts will also be available (color not yet known $35/$39). All information is

available on the RMC web site (http://www.rockymountaincorsa.org/2018-tri-state/).

2019 Tri-State (hosted by PPCC) - locations are being considered, and a location has been narrowed down. It will be announced at the next Tri-State.

Check the PPCC web site and most recent newsletter for information on all upcoming events, in-cluding the June 16 Castle Rock Cruise-In, and the June PPCC meeting which will be held at the Father's Day Ice Cream Social in Palmer Lake on June 17.

PPCC car tech library will be moved to the Feasel’s (currently with Randy). This information is available for checkout. The library is composed of the books and manuals available.



Media committee —Ed will be contacting committee members for a meeting. First meeting will probably be in March.

Tech sessions coming up – Dave Feasel - welding fender panels; lumen measurements; windshield repair/install (April); rebuild a differential; deflashing the heads; rebuild a transmission, both manual & automatic; how to roll a fender; making LED taillights; wire and install radios and antennae; replacing a fly wheel. If there are any tech sessions you’d like to have, let the Tech Team know. Watch for announcements via email, on the calendar of events page of the website, and via Face-book on these opportunities to get in a turn a wrench!

Tech team update – Dave Feasel - Dave McGill’s car is done and on the road, as well as John and Kathy Green’s Lakewood. Daniel’s car is at the shop.

Tech Talk –Dave Feasel did a nice tech talk on flashing & deflashing heads. He had visual aids and explained how this is done. The cleaner the heads are, the better your car will run. This is especially helpful at altitude in increasing the airflow for the car. Those interested in flashing and deflashing heads will be able to learn how to do this at one of the upcoming tech sessions.

OPEN FORUM FOR THE GROUP

Wayne Russert - Wayne mentioned the Chickashaw swap meet in Oklahoma. Wayne also noted that if someone needs a four post lift, he has a lift that can be used. Wayne brought up a starter doc-ument provided by Garrie Fox (from Steve Goodman). This shows how to use a Ford solenoid in a Corvair. Ed will include this in the March newsletter. Wayne also mentioned a couple of articles on Corvairs. Several members mentioned Jay Leno and his support of Corvairs and his You Tube fea-tures.

Patricia Fox gave an update on our PPCC Facebook page. We have had an upswing in interest re-cently. Current Facebook membership for the general page is 797. We have Facebook page mem-bers from 21 states (including Hawaii). We also have a closed page. The current membership on this page stands at 192 members. Total membership for both pages is 989. Patricia provided copies of the membership breakdown for both sites. She encouraged people to look at the Facebook pages for articles, posts and information. Club members thanked her for her work on these pages on behalf of PPCC.

Dave Feasel posted a picture of a car asking for a caption in the February newsletter. It was the do-nor car for the Green’s Lakewood. Once the pieces were cut out, there wasn’t much left of the car. If you have an idea for the caption, send it to Ed.

*** 50/50 raffle - $86.00 total. Winner of this months $43.00 was Dave McGill *** Meeting adjourned at 10:40am.

PPCC MEETING MINUTES - 2/18/2018 (cont.)

EDITOR’S NOTE: IAW our Club Bylaws, a cur rent Club Membership Roster is to be published in each year’s March edition of the newsletter. In consideration of a couple members who have yet to renew, I am holding off publication of the 2018 PPCC Membership Roster until the April edition.



UPDATE ON HALPIN’S ‘62 MONZA WAGON!

I figure at some point you all will get tired of seeing stories about my cars, and submit some pics and updates on your own projects for everyone to see [hint, hint, Chris Newnan ], but until then, you get to live vicariously through me, as I refurbish my newest project, a 1962 Monza Wagon, which I obtained up in Denver last December for less than $1k from a former member of the RMC. As of this writing, I’m proud to say that the Wagon is once again a running and driving car, having taken it’s maiden voyage test drive around Castle Rock last week. To get to this point, it’s required more than a couple orders

to Clarks, multiple trips to Golden based Rear Engine Specialists for carb work and machine work by Steve, several trips down to Duane Hayes’ salvage yard in Peyton, picking through the various parts cars for those odds and ends parts that I needed, a lot of long nights, a couple cases of beer, and way too many text messages between my-self, Steve Goodman, David Feasel, and sev-eral others in the Club. They say it takes a villages to raise a kid, but, it also takes a village of gear heads to raise an old car from the dead, and my thanks goes out to

everyone who has helped me so far on this project, including one actual kid, my grandson, Gabriel. The day we brought the car home, Gabe was so excited to start tearing it apart we were up until 11pm gutting the interior .

Under the car, all brakes were replaced, wheel bearings re-packed, fuel lines fab-ricated, a new electric fuel pump installed, new parking brake cable connected, vari-ous wiring harnesses rebuilt, cushions, cou-plers, and bushings replaced.

So, consider yourself forewarned!! Unless you send those project pictures and Corvair stories in to the Editor (dats me), you’ll be basking in the greatness of my mechanical skills, and failures, for the rest of this year, as I go through every mechanical system on the car, just as slooooow as I can!!

By

Ed Halpin

In removing the upper fan shroud, I found that one ear of the generator

housing had been broken off, so, I did the generator - alternator conversion

while I had the tins off.

With everything back in place, and the firing order now matched up to the distributor cap, the car fired right up.

Some fine tuning is needed, but it’s a runner!!

A crossover pipe acquired from a Club member, tied to a new turbo muffler and tailpipe from a local muffler shop, and the car is road worthy!!

Some of the stuff, like the shocks (above) had to be cut off of the car due to rust. I

thought the name of the Delco shocks were interesting; “The Pleasurizer”!! Now,

that’s great marketing!!.



After running my ‘60 Monza Coupe for about 10 years with the stock generator set-up, I decid-ed that it was time for an upgrade of the electrical management system. As most of you know, I don’t have trailer queens for cars. I run both of my cars, the ‘60 and a ‘67 Sport Sedan, when and where I want. While not daily drivers, I do want them to be able to serve their master in whatever way is needed, and in today’s world of mobile electronic devices, that means having a lot of USB charging ports for the grandkids tablets, multiple cell phones, and other electronics we use on the road trips.

Add to that, since getting the ‘60 running back then, I’ve installed an after market radio with USB charging ports, LED headlamps, converted all of the dash and rear tail lights to LEDs, and, converted my dash ash tray to a phone charging unit. All those upgrades require a little more power than what the stock 58 year old generator can provide.

Generator to Alternator Conversion on an Early! By

Ed Halpin

To meet this demand for power, I decided that converting the old generator based charging sys-tem with that of a self regulating alternator made the most sense. To get started on the conversion, I did what most of us do, I gave Steve Goodman a call for guidance, and to have him build me one of his highly reliable, brand new, Corvair alternators. Steve provided me a list of parts I’d need for the project, so I got started collecting the other pieces needed while Steve built the alternator. They included an adapter gasket, a new set of bolts to accommodate the different shape of the oil filter and alternator adapter, and some gasket sealer. On the engine itself, there’s only one major part which needs to be swapped out, and that’s the “oil filter and generator adapter”. It’s that odd shaped apparatus on the engine rear housing in which the oil filler tube is pressed, and the oil pressure sensor is screwed into. In the picture below, you’ll notice that where the generator and alternator mount on their re-spective adapters, the castings are in two different shapes. The generator adapter is rectangular, while the alternator adapter has a curved area to accommodate that part. An obvious difference when you’re looking at them together.

“Before” picture of the ‘60 engine bay. Note the stock gen-erator on the left side of the engine.

Making sure you have all of the parts, prior to the conver-sion is key! The “new” alternator adapter (l) sits next to the old generator adapter (r), along with a new adapter gasket.



When I picked up the alternator, Steve also pro-vided me with a simple wiring design which would allow me to eliminate several wires from the engine bay, while still being able to retain my stock voltage regulator, even if it was just for looks. Time to do the conversion! First, I disconnected the battery. Then I loos-ened the idler pulley, took the fan belt off the en-gine, disconnected the two wires from the genera-tor terminals, and then removed the existing gen-erator and generator bracket from the car. Next, I removed the oil filter (to avoid a mess when removing the adapter), and the five retain-ing bolts on the adapter housing. Using a sturdy putty knife and a little pressure, the adapter hous-ing came off easily. I then cleaned the mating surfaces where the new gasket would be placed. Be careful not to use a tool which will mar the surface on either the engine or the new adapter. Remember, you’re dealing with aluminum on the engine, and it scores easily. Sidebar: In tearing down several engines over the years, I’ve seen the ill effects of what gobs and gobs of red, blue, and yellow gasket sealer can do to an oil pump pick-up screen, and other internal parts which have no business being clogged up by that gunk. So, many years ago, I moved to a brush on product which is resistant to petroleum products, works great in high heat en-vironments (up to 500°F), and can be applied sparingly and accurately; “Permatex High Tack Gasket Sealant” (I get mine at NAPA). After setting the new gasket, I installed the new alternator adapter housing, using a little dab of anti-sieve compound on each bolt, and tightened the bolts, with flat washers, down to the shop manual specs of 7-13 ft. lbs..

Generator to Alternator Conversion on an Early! (cont.)

The rest was quick work in mounting the new alternator onto the mount with two bolts, rein-stalling the oil filter and fan belt, and tightening up the idler pulley. So much for the major work. Now, on to the wiring.

As mentioned before, Steve had shared a wir-ing diagram for how this new charging system as to work (see below - available upon request).

As most of you have seen, by way of the numerous tech articles Steve has submitted to this newsletter over the years, he is very good at taking a technical subject, like electrical charging systems, and explaining it in a way that is easy for non-technical folks to understand. So, I just followed his wiring instructions and everything went fine.

Make sure your mating surfaces are good and clean before installing your new gasket.

“After” pic of the ‘60 engine bay with wiring cleaned up. Note the pretty new alternator sitting where that old

generator used to be!



From a wiring perspective, it’s pretty cut and dry in 3 easy steps; 1) With the generator gone, there is no need for

the blue Field wire that was on the top post terminal of the old generator, so you can dis-connect the other end of that wire from the generator regulator (hereafter referred to as the “regulator”) “Field terminal” (F) and tape off both ends of the wire.

2) The brown wire which was connected to the

old generator’s bottom post terminal is actu-ally two brown wires, when you peel back the wrapping tape from the harness a bit; one thick one, and one thin one. In this applica-tion you’re going to split the two wires apart and connect the thinner of the two brown wires to the white wire coming off of the al-ternator plug. You’ll then tape off the thicker brown wire, while at the same time removing to other end of that wire from the “Generator terminal” (GEN) on the regulator and taping it off as well. Rewrap the harness with fric-tion tape, as needed.

NOTE: When referencing the white and red wires coming off of the alternator plug connector, the white wire on terminal 1 will serve to ener-gize the dash idiot light, while the red wire on terminal 2 will be connected to the post terminal on the back of the alternator, serving as a jumper wire to “excite” the alternator.

Generator to Alternator Conversion on an Early! (cont.)

3) The last two wires you’ll be dealing with are the black ones connected to the “Battery terminal” of the regulator. You’ll be connect-ing those two black wires to a new 12 gauge red wire, of which one end will be connected to the post terminal on the back of the alter-nator with a ring terminal connector (where the jumper wire is already connected), and the other end connected to your battery cable.

You can then remove the regulator from the car if you’d like, as it no longer performs any func-tion in the car. So, now, I can plug in my cell phone and turn on the radio without my headlights dimming :) All in all it was an easy upgrade which took about 3 hours to accomplish, once I had all of the parts in hand. So, go ahead and give it a shot, you’ll be glad you did the next time you want to charge your phones in the early model Corvair.

Depiction of Generator Regulator - Figure 8-1, 1961 Corvair Shop Manual, pg. 8-3

Complete three volunteer projects with the “PPCC Tech Team” and earn a free T-Shirt!!



2018 Tri-State Update - Crested Butte, CO By Rick Beets

Tri-State Chair

So we know you’re coming, please register at http://www.rockymountaincorsa.org/2018-tristate-registration . Once there, you can register for the event, the banquet, the car show, and preorder an event T-Shirt. If you haven’t already booked your room at the host hotel, The Grand Lodge, please follow the instructions noted on the above website to get the special rate of $99 per night (plus taxes as usual). This event is open to ALL fans of the Corvair, not just members of any specific Club, so invite that neighbor who has a Corvair in their garage, or that gal you see running around town in her Monza convertible. This will be a lot of fun, so, the more the merrier!!!

TECH SESSION, TECH SESSION, TECH SESSION!! Yes boys and girls, it's that time again, we're having another tech session on Saturday, April 21st. at the Grumpy Old Man Garage (my house) starting at around 10:00 am. The session will be about installing a windshield in an early model Corvair. John and Kathy Green are allowing us to use their 600 Lakewood as a guinea pig for this session. The session is for PPCC members and their guests only. Let me know if you can make it so I've got a head count. Thanks, David Feasel

UPCOMING TECH SESSION By Dave Feasel

Tech Team Coordinator

http://www.rockymountaincorsa.org/2018-tristate-registration/

http://www.rockymountaincorsa.org/2018-tristate-registration/



TECH TIP: CAM GEAR FAILURES

In this month’s Tech Tip, Master Mechanic Steve Goodman tackles the subject of cam gear wear and tear!

CAM GEAR FAILURES

There is a lot of discussion and even some guessing as to what causes a cam gear to fail. I have divided the failures into 2 categories: Category 1 is the issue of incorrect installation of the cam gear onto camshaft. Much has been written about checking the woodruff key for fit through the keyway in the cam gear, heating the gear, dropping onto lightly lubed camshaft, and ensuring gear is against the thrust washer while cooling. That should end Category 1. Category 2 is wear of the teeth on the aluminum gear, as miles add on the engine. First, realize the aluminum cam gear is being driven by a steel gear on the crankshaft, albeit at half speed of the crank. Lubrication is dependent on picking up oil from the front of the pan and carrying the oil up the teeth during rotation. BUT, the reason the softer aluminum gear teeth wear is that there is resistance against the camshaft, constantly. That resistance is the motion of the valve train in action; the valve springs are trying to keep the valves closed while the lifters are being pushed by the cam lobes to open those valves. That ac-tion of pushing the lifters against the lobe is called 'shear', in engineering terminology, and the reason that we must choose carefully the oils we use these days.

The additive in only a few oils is ZDDP. The problem with oil selection is that every engine these days uses roller tappet instead of a lifter (aka flat tappet) and the ZDDP fouls catalytic converters. BUT, I got off track a bit; there is another cause of wearing the gear teeth. The Corvair cam design uses three lobes spaced 120 degrees apart to oper-ate two valves at the same time. This obviously doubles the wear on those three positions of the gear. You can see in the picture to the right, very good appearing teeth, but the second picture below, just a few teeth away shows a lot of wear because those teeth are in alignment with one set of double lobes. The gear pictured has about 200,000 miles on it, and cer-tainly has miles left, but I changed it of course while rebuild-ing the engine. There is a lot of 'might happen' OR 'could happen' when the teeth are weak-ened, because there is a risk that a tooth or part of a tooth could break off of the gear. Now, if a whole tooth breaks off the situation is grim. There is a good possibility the tooth would get caught in other teeth and cause more to break. If a couple of teeth next to each other are missing it won't take long for a couple more to lose their strength and when a gap in the teeth occur, the engine will stop running.

By Steve Goodman

Contributing Editor

Lobes on the camshaft are engineered in two sizes, or widths; Single or Double lobe

Worn Teeth on Cam Gear

Good Teeth on Cam Gear



Usually, when this happens, the force of the teeth being jammed into each other forces the gear outward and the keyway in the gear has also started to erode due to the forces being placed on the gear. Remove the bellhousing and the gear is loose, just hanging on the end of the cam.

Needless to say, the engine needs taken apart to clean the oiling system, and replace bearings, etc., damaged by the metal pieces. Again, that word BUT, if only a tiny piece of the gear is missing there is nothing in the oiling system and the gear can be replaced without a complete teardown. The last picture, below, showing that minor chunk missing, is an engine I have on the bench right now. I am going to spread the engine apart, remove the cam, install a new gear, and close the case halves. You will not find this operation in the shop manuals.

To end this article, it is NOT my intent to scare or worry anyone about being stranded by this failure. Use good quality oil and be mindful of the amount of miles on your engine. I have seen good gears in engines with well over 250,000-300,000 miles clocked. I have also seen worn teeth with fewer miles, and most of the time it is due to poor oil change schedules and/or using poor quality oils. The materials in the gears comes into play also; cheap parts won't last as long as high quality pieces. BOTTOM LINE: maintain your Corvair and enjoy driving it every chance that is presented to you. Steve Goodman is owner of Rear Engine Specialists in Golden, Colorado

TECH TIP: CAM GEAR FAILURES (cont.)

Note the gap in the gear at 3 o’clock where the keyway has eroded.

Screwdriver is pointing at the small missing part of the tooth



2018 PPCC Activities Calendar

All planned events will be noted on the Club’s interactive calendar, located on our website @ http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter809/calendar/calendar.htm Sunday, March 18th, 9:30am: “PPCC Meeting”, Valley Hi Golf Course, 610 S. Chelton Rd., Col-orado Springs, CO

Saturday, April 14th, 9am - 1pm: “25th Annual School of Mines E-Days Car Show”, Golden, CO. As we do every year, members of both the RMC and PPCC will gather together prior to the show at 8am in the Century Link parking lot at 19th and Jackson in Golden. From there, we'll roll all the Vairs into the event at the same time, so we're all lined up together. Register ahead at: https://

www.minesformula.com/events . Registration at the show begins at 8:30am, the show starts at 9am, and will go till 1pm. Registration includes 1 T-shirt. Food will be available for purchase from a food truck. You can register multiple vehicles, just fill out the form for each vehicle you plan on showing.

Sunday, April 15th, 9:30am: “PPCC Meeting”, Location TBD, Colorado Springs, CO

Saturday, April 21st, 10am: “Tech Session - Windshield Replacement on Early (1960-1964) Corvair”, Feasel’s Shop, Peyton, CO. Replacing a windshield on an early model Corvair is a little different than on a late model, so come on out and see how it’s done. We’ll be physically replac-ing the windshield on a ‘61 Lakewood wagon, which should be a good time. Brats & Beer?

Saturday and Sunday, May 19th & 20th - Antique Machine Show @ the Western Museum of Mining & Industry”, 225 North Gate Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80921. This was a fun event for the Club last year. If you have a chance to attend one of the two days, you’re sure to enjoy the day.

Sunday, May 20th, 9am - 3pm: “PPCC Meeting and 17th Annual Florence Merchants Car Show”, Florence, CO. 170+ Classic Cars, Music & Food! Main Street in the Florence Historic District. This is always a fun car show! Looking for this to be a show where we have significant PPCC participation and visibility. For more information, check out their Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/FlorenceCarShow To register, go to: http://florencecoloradocarshow.com This year, Chris Kimberly’s freshly painted '64 Monza Convertible will be the featured car, and will be on front of the show's event T-Shirt!!

Saturday, June 2nd, 10am - 3pm: “PPCC Tri-State Bugout”, Peyton, CO. In preparation for the Tri-State road trip up to Crested Butte, CO, David & Mary Ellen Feasel have once again graciously offered up their shop for an all-day, hands-on Tech Session where folks can turn wrenches and actually Tune-Up their Corvairs for the trip. This will be a "working" tech session where David and others will provide the tools and guidance, but you provide the parts and do your own work. Project work for others will count towards your Tech Team T-Shirt count! Come on out and get dirty!

June 8-10 (Fri-Sun): “The 2018 Tri-State Meet”, Crested Butte, CO. This year’s event marks the 34th time the three host clubs (CNM, PPCC, and RMC) have gotten together. Here’s a great opportunity for all of our newer members to get their cars out for a nice early summer road trip. This year, the event is being hosted by the Rocky Mountain Corsa club, with Rick Beets heading up the planning efforts. The host hotel has been confirmed as The Grand Lodge at Crested Butte, 6 Emmons Rd, Crested Butte, CO 81225. BOOK NOW!! For more information on the event, and to order your event T-shirt, visit: http://www.rockymountaincorsa.org/2018-tri-state-ralley-promo Make those reservations now, rooms are going fast!

http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter809/calendar/calendar.htm

https://www.minesformula.com/events

https://www.minesformula.com/events



2018 PPCC Activities Calendar (cont.)




Saturday, June 16th, 8am-3pm: “Castle Rock Cruise-In 2018 Car Show”, Downtown Cas-tle Rock, CO. This is a fun get together, held annually in beautiful downtown Castle Rock. You will love the variety of vehicles on display. For more information, visit: www.ClassicRockCruiseIn.com

Sunday, June 17th, 2pm: “PPCC Meeting and Father's Day Ice Cream Social”, Palmer Lake, CO. This FREE Ice Cream and Pie Social is sponsored by the Palmer Lake Historical Society, and will take place from 2 - 4pm at the Palmer Lake Town Hall and Village Green, 28 Valley Crescent Street in Palmer Lake. Corvairs are listed on the flyer, so let’s have a great showing by all of the Dads (and Grand Dads) in the Club. Bring your lawn chairs, relax, and enjoy the lakeside views!

Sunday, July 15th, 9:30am: “PPCC Meeting”, Location TBD, Colorado Springs, CO

Saturday July 21st (tentative), 8am - 3pm: “Wheels for Wildlife”, Keenesburg, CO, @ The Wild Animal Sanctuary, 1946 Co Rd 53, Keenesburg, CO. The Wild Animal Sanctuary is the largest sanctuary of its kind and one of the oldest in the United States. This is a rare opportunity for you and your family to be able to not only visit the facility, but make an impact on the care these res-cued animals receive. This is a fundraising event to help care for the more than 450 rescued lions, tigers, bears, and other large carnivores that call the Sanctuary home and collect the critical funding that will allow the Sanctuary to continue to rescue animals in need! More info to come, but for info on the facility and their mission, check out their website @ http://www.wildanimalsanctuary.org

July 23rd thru the 28th, 2018 (Mon-Sat): “CORSA National Convention”, Pittsburgh, PA. The Western Pennsylvania Corvair Club welcomes the members of CORSA to Pittsburgh, PA for its 47th annual convention. Host hotel is the DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh PA 15205, 800-774-1500, Group Code CCA, corvair.org/2018hotelreg.html. Info at corvairpittsburgh.com. Let us know if anyone is planning to attend.

Sunday, August 12th, 10am - 2pm: “Dale Wilshire Memorial Picnic”, Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Corsa (RMC) Club, more info to follow as it becomes available.

Sunday, August 19th, 9:30am: “PPCC Meeting and Old Colorado City Customs & Clas-sics Car Show, Bancroft Park, 2408 W. Colorado Ave, Old Colorado City, CO. The PPCC was asked to serve as one of the host clubs for this reconstituted car event. Volunteers will be needed, so be prepared to support this major Club event!! More info to follow as we get closer to the show.






2018 PPCC Activities Calendar (cont.) Sunday, September 16th, 9:30am: “PPCC Meeting”, Location TBD, Colorado Springs, CO

Sunday, September TBD: “PPCC Fall Aspen Drive”, Destination; Alma, CO. As usual, participants will meet up at a central pre-determined location (likely Rudy's BBQ on 24W), and take a nice cruise through the mountains, eat lunch, and enjoy the yearly change of the fall foliage from greens to yellow and oranges. More to follow as the event draws closer.

Sunday, October 21st, 9:30am: “PPCC Meeting”, Location TBD, Colorado Springs, CO

Sunday, November 18th, 9:30am: “PPCC Meeting”, Location TBD, Colorado Springs, CO

Sunday, December 16th @ 1:00pm: “PPCC Meeting and Christmas Party”, location TBD but looking at Biaggi’s in Colorado Springs, so put it on your calendars and plan those other holidays events around it. Great Fun every year!!

denotes events where Corvairs have had a significant presence.

Recurring Local Events:

First Saturdays of the Month, May 5th thru October 6th, 8am-1pm: “First Saturday Car Show”, Colorado Springs, CO. This local show is always set for the fir st Saturday of each month at First and Main Town Center, Colorado Springs, CO. It is hosted by various local car clubs, in the style of a Cars & Coffee event. This is a fun, and growing event, so check it out throughout the summer, and definitely plan on bringing your Corvair out to at least one of the shows!

Second Saturdays of the Month, Year-Round, 12pm–3pm: “Littleton Cruise”, 1500 W Littleton Blvd, Littleton, CO. Hot rods and muscle cars. Convertibles and hard tops. Oversized tires and custom-painted flames. Join us year round as we cruise Littleton Boulevard every second Saturday of the month at the Woodlawn Shopping Center located in the heart of Littleton, Colorado. For more info on the cruise, check out their website @ https://littletoncruise.weebly.com/

Last Saturdays of the Month, May 26th thru September 29th, 8:30am–11am: “Last Saturday’s Car and Truck Show”, 13012 Bass Pro Dr, Colorado Springs, CO. Held at Bass Pro Shops in Colorado Springs, this is a recurring event throughout the Summer. It’s held on every last Saturday of each month from May-October. Move-in begins at 7:30AM, and the event begins at 8:30 and lasts through 11:00. Plenty of space, so let’s see your ride! For more info, check out their Facebook page.

Upcoming Meeting Locations (3 months out)

Sunday, March 18th, 2018 - 9:30am, Valley Hi Golf Course, 610 S. Chelton Rd., Colorado Springs, CO. Sunday, April 15th, 2018 - 9:30am, Location TBD Sunday, May 20th, 2018 - 9:30am, Florence Car Show, Florence CO.



CORVAIR PARTS WANTED, OFFERED, FOR SALE OR TRADE!

OFFERED: I have rear glass for all models of cars. Side glass for late models (LM). Vent win-dows LM. A parts wagon, a parts LM convertible, and a parts LM Coupe. Complete top frame, doors, turkey roasters, and much more. Please feel free to call me and let me know what you’d like. If I have something I did not pay much for, or that came with a car that I do not need, it is free to Club members. I have wheels for all mod-els, $20 each. I will gladly help Club members with rust repair panels and the work to install them, one patch at a time, if I have the parts. Call Allen Amrine @ 303-325-5968 PARTING OUT: 1964 4-door. Front & rear suspension and AC are spoken for, but everything else is for sale. Also have a spare windshield and rear glass for an early. Email David Feasel @

[email protected] WANTED: Prospective member looking local-ly for an early model coupe or convertible, in great shape externally (no rust, good paint), a turn key opportunity on the mechanicals, but does not have to be perfect. Looking in the $5k range. Contact Ed Halpin for additional contact info.

An old school body shop with an owner who enjoys working on classic restorations as much as hot rods. This is the shop

the did the bodywork and paint on Ed Halpin’s silver and black ‘67 Sport Sedan, and just completed the body and paint on Chris Kimberly’s ‘64 Monza Convertible. Great folks to

work with. You’ll be very happy with the results.

PPCC 40th ANNIVERSARY

GLASSES FOR SALE!! St Patty’s Day is here, and you’ll need something to put all that green beer in, so why not do it in style, with a 40th Anniversary PPCC Beer Glass? We have a limited stock of these, and they are going fast, so don’t dilly dally, reach out to Dave Feasel or Chris Kimberly to get yours today Only $7 a piece. All proceeds go to the Cut-Away Fund.

If you’ve acquired too many cars to fit in the garage, long-time PPCC member, Garrie Fox can help you find that Cor-

vair homestead of your dreams! Give him a call!!

http://coloradospringsappraiser.com/



Our Corvair Partners & Local Businesses Which PPCC Members Have Frequented with Positive Results

With so many new members joining the Club, we felt it might be a good time to (re)educate folks on where they can obtain parts and service for their Corvairs, both near and far. Here are just a few of the companies our members have had good luck with in the past. These are only recommendations only, as we do not solicit sponsors for the Club, or the newsletter, so do your research.

Serving all of your Corvair mechanical needs for more than 50 years, Steve can make whatever is wrong with your

Corvair right again. Locally owned and operated!

An old school alignment shop with all of the Corvair specs, early and late. Ask for Dave! Locally owned and operated!

If you need your Corvair blasted, or just need the paint or rust removed from parts, Blast-Tech provides a great service for a fair price. Locally owned and operated!!

Clarks Corvair Parts - Nuff said!!

A good source for American made late model windshields, installed at your house, by a guy who does classic car glass

replacement all the time. Locally owned and operated!!

Yes, I’m sure they get lots comments on the name, but they do quality powder coating at a reasonable price.

Locally owned and operated!

For that personalized element to finish your ride, a local pinstriper who will do the work on site.



Monthly Meetings: The PPCC meets at 9:30am on the 3rd Sunday of each month at various locations within the Colorado Springs area.

Check the Club’s website for the most current meet-up info.

Membership & Dues: PPCC dues are $25 per year, payable each January for the coming year. Membership in CORSA is encouraged,

but is not a prerequisite for membership in the PPCC. Please refer to the Club’s website below to obtain a copy of the current membership application and guidance for submission. Checks for dues should be made payable to “PPCC” and mailed to: PPCC, ATTN: Treasurer, P.O. Box 15034, Colorado Springs, CO 80935. http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter809 Editorial Contributions: Please send your stories, suggestions, recipes, jokes, and/or photos directly to halpin.corvair@ comcast.net , or snail mail them to PPCC, ATTN: Newsletter Editor, P.O. Box 15034, Colorado Springs, CO 80935. Preferred format for electronic submission of documents is MS Word, and format for pictures would be JPEG. Deadline for submitting information to The Drip Line is the 1st of the month to be published.

PPCC

Admin

Pikes Peak Corvair Club Contacts

President Chris Kimberly 775.830.4739 ckimberly4749@ gmail.com Board

Vice President John Green 303.688.9018 j.n.green1@ outlook.com Board

Secretary Kathy Green [email protected] Board

Treasurer Wayne Russert deartrail@ wans.net Board

Past President Randy Karl karlj@ comcast.net Board

Member at Large David Feasel [email protected] Board

Membership Chair Ed Halpin 303.619.0080 halpin.corvair@ comcast.net

Newsletter Editor Ed Halpin

CCCC Rep Ed Halpin

Facebook Admin Patricia Fox 719.646.1123 patl80820@ yahoo.com

Web Maintenance Ed Halpin

NEWSLETTER: The Drip Line is currently a monthly publication of the Pikes Peak Corvair Club (PPCC), a chartered chapter of CORSA, the Corvair Society of America. Contents are copyrighted in the names of the authors and the PPCC. Articles can be reprinted in any CORSA Chapter publication, as a service to CORSA members, provided credit to the author, and this Newsletter, is clearly stated. Deadline for submitting information to The Drip Line is the first of the month for the month of publication. Email submissions to the Editor @ [email protected] . Hard copies of information should be submitted via snail mail to: Pikes Peak Corvair Club, ATTN: Newsletter Editor, P.O. BOX 15034, Colorado Springs, CO 80935. Any pictures obtained from the internet are listed under the creative commons license. BUSNINESS CORRESPONDENCE: All correspondence to the Pikes Peak Corvair Club, or its officers, should be mailed to: Pikes Peak Corvair Club P.O. BOX 15034, Colorado Springs, CO 80935.

mailto:halpin.corvair@%20comcast.net

mailto:[email protected]?subject=PPCC%20Facebook%20Administrator



_ _

SEND TO:

Pikes Peak Corvair Club P.O. Box 15034 Colorado Springs, CO 80935

Documents

The Next Meeting of the Pikes Peak Corvair Club will be at ...corvair.org/chapters/chapter809/dripline/dripline_201803.pdf · Meeting called to order at 9:30 by VP John Green, as