The Official Newsletter of the Piedmont Classic Chevy Club. May Social Events. Carshow Info. David Smith s Technical Tid Bits

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1 The Official Newsletter of the Piedmont Classic Chevy Club THE BOWTIE BULLETIN May 2011 CONTENTS THIS MONTH Message from Noel Social Events Cars & Parts Swap Club Info/News Carshow Info Out & About New Members Cruise & Shows David Smith s Technical Tid Bits NEW MEETING LOCATION BOBBY MURRAY CHEVROLET 1820 Capital Blvd, Raleigh Next club business meeting on Monday May 23 Message from Noel Lanier April showers bring May flowers. It also brought our state a wide path of destruction from the worst outbreak of tornadoes in NC since the 1980s. The weather also put a damper on the annual Rims to the River show and forced a show in Holly Springs to reschedule. Shifting gears (no pun intended) though, April was a good month for change experienced by PCCC members. Over 40 members attended the March business/dinner meeting at The Golden Corral. A big thanks to David Ward Jones for coordinating this new change. PCCC will be saying good-bye to the Jaycee Center and hello to Bobby Murray Chevrolet beginning with this month s business meeting. Thanks to Marshall Wheeler for handling this change on short notice. PCCC members did come out in great numbers at two events during April. Member David Matthews got enough members to caravan to Rocky Mount and helped the Club receive $200. And, over 12 members attended the Cleveland Draft House show and four members took home awards. Don t forget it s not too late to seek those business sponsorships for the Annual PCCC Car Show on May 28th at Lake Wheeler!!!! Remember, BE SAFE and HAPPY CRUISIN. Noel Lanier, VP

2 CLUB INFO Club Shirts and Name Badges Royal Blue Polyester Golf Shirts (including standard embroidery) [$25] Royal Blue Cotton Golf Shirts (including standard embroidery) [$20] Add [$2] for 2XL and [$3] for 3XL Club Jacket Black or Royal Blue/Navy including standard embroidery) [$40] Add [$3] for 2XL and [$4] for 3XL $5 extra for embroidered name on shirt or jacket Magnetic Engraved Name Badges [$6.50] Contact Barry or barrykit2000@yahoo.com for complete ordering details Club Officers Ray Bader raybader@earthlink.net Noel Lanier 2ncheels@bellsouth.net Cathy Hnat catherine.hnat@sas.com Keith Archambault karchmabult@nc.rr.com Need to pay your 2011 Club Dues? Send $25 to PCCC Treasurer Keith Archambault 1010 Acorn Court; Knightdale, NC WELCOME NEW MEMBERS David & Susan Pittman Raleigh, NC 1963 Impala Super Sport Bill & Sue Ricker Angier, NC 1966 Nova SS 1972 Chevelle SS Larry Marks Raleigh, NC 1962 Chevy Impala Photos by Jeff Hopp

3 CARSHOWS & CRUISES 2011 SOCIAL EVENTS Select Carshows & Cruise Ins during May 2011 CARSHOWS May 7 2nd Annual Apex Peak Fest / Carshow Apex, NC 900AM-400PM May 7 2nd Annual Relay For Life Carshow Erwin, NC 800AM 300PM May 7 4th Annual Classic Car Fest Wendell, NC 800AM-300PM May 7 23rd Annual Buggy Festival Carthage, NC 900AM-300PM May 8 Ham & Yam Festival Smithfield, NC 800AM-400PM May 13 The Oldies Drive-In Cary, NC 500PM-900PM May 14 11th Annual Timeless Cruisers Carshow Efland, NC 800AM-400PM May 14 7th Annual Spring Fling Carshow Henderson, NC 800AM-300PM May 14 2nd Annual Billy Ray Pope Memorial Carshow Clayton, NC 900AM-300PM May Got to Be NC Festival Raleigh, NC (Contact Linwood ) May 21 4th Annual Franklin County Boys & Girls Club Carshow Louisburg, NC 800AM- 200PM May 28 22nd Annual MADE IN THE U.S.A Carshow Lake Wheeler, Raleigh, NC 800AM-400PM CRUISE-INS 1st Saturday Char Grill Atlantic Ave Raleigh, NC 200PM-900PM 1st Sunday Southern Classic Cars Wake Forest, NC 300PM-600PM 2nd Saturday Andy Hilltop Shopping Center Fuquay Varina, NC 400PM-900PM 2nd Sunday Java Jive Cruise Cary, NC 200PM-600PM 3nd Sunday TGI Friday Wal-Mart Shopping Center Cary, NC 200PM-700PM 3rd Friday Andy Food Lion Parking Lot Creedmoor, NC 400PM-Until 3rd Saturday Grill 57 Garner, NC 200PM-900PM FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF DETAILS AND LINKS FOR ALL EVENTS VISIT OUR PCCC WEBSITE AT Sunday May 1 Fish Fry Cook Out at Linwood & Mavis Johnson s House Elevation Road, Four Oaks, NC 3PM Sunday June Bubba Burger/Hot Dog Cook-Out TBD Saturday October 1 Octoberfest / White Elephant Sale Fairview Community Center. Eat at 630PM Saturday December 3 Club Christmas Party Fairview Community Center Any Questions? Contact David Ward Jones at or daviddwjarchitect@nc.rr.com

4 MADE IN THE U.S.A. CAR SHOW NEWS Our Upcoming 2011 Memorial Weekend Car Show By Don Mende The other day I read this article about how a local non profit organization just like ours arranged to send a bunch of US Veterans to Washington. RALEIGH, N.C. Veterans of World War II and other wars spent Wednesday in Washington, D.C., visiting the memorials built for their service, thanks to the nonprofit group Triangle Flight of Honor. Among the 100 local veterans being honored were a Pearl Harbor survivor, two Silver Star winners, two veterans of WWII and the Korean and Vietnam wars, and a set of three brothers from Johnston County who served in the South Pacific. They spent the day touring the war memorials and other monuments in D.C. The full story can be read on the Club s Facebook page thanks to Amy. What a wonderful thing this group did for guys that gave so much for us all. Our annual car show is on Memorial Day weekend (Saturday May 28, 2011) and our major goals are: Have a good time in our hobby and raise money for The Hill Top Home for Children A special recognition of our Veterans in attendance Our annual car show is our only significant event to raise money for The Hill Top Home for Children and at the same time a way to honor the men and women that have made the sacrifice to keep our Country free. It s Memorial Day weekend and there will be US flags flying everywhere at our show. Having a couple of hundred classic cars flying old glory should be a real photo op for sure. Please put May 28 th on your calendar and come help us put on our car show, it takes a small army to do a car show right. While we won t raise enough money to send 100 Veterans to Washington, the money we do raise is life saving for the 40 special needs children at The Hill Top Home, can t get much better than that. There are car shows every weekend and it s hard to stand out in the crowd. I want our attendees to experience a feeling of pride in our Country and to associate that feeling with The PCCC s annual car show. I m confident that with your help we are on the right track to accomplish that goal this year and into the future. Thx, see y all at the show Don Mende

5 MADE IN THE U.S.A CAR SHOW FLYER

6 MADE IN THE U.S.A. CAR SHOW - SPONSOR FORM Piedmont Classic Chevy Club 2011 Advertising / Sponsors Form Contact Name: Business Name: Business Street Address: City: State Zip Phone Select Advertisement Check Here $ Amount Website Ad Business Card $25/Year ( ) = PCCC Car Show Sponsor $50 ( ) = Total $ Summary: Payment Method If Cash, Enter Amount $ If Check Enter Amount and Check # Print Club Member Name Today s Date / / (mm/dd/yyyy) Club Member Signature Forward Payment and this Sponsorship Form to: Barry Kitchener 624 N East Street Raleigh, NC Phone barrykit2000@yahoo.com Contribution Receipt: : Tear off at line below for Customer Receipt and give to Customer To: Business Name or Owners Name or both) The Piedmont Classic Chevy Club thanks you for your support & generous contribution of $ Accepted by PCCC Member Name Date / / PCCC member signature

7 David Smith s TECHNICAL TID BITS I got belted last weekend, no not that my Monte got new belts. My a/c belt decided it did not want to be part of the threesome so it decided to break out. I was just going to change the A/C belt because the alternator and power steering looked good, then I remembered what my Uncle (he was a GM Mechanic for 33 years) had once told me. "If you change just one I will be happy to tear it apart again in a few weeks to replace the others." Excellent advice, if you have one bad belt and the others look good change them anyway and keep the two that look good for spares. You never know when you or a friend may need it. Changing belts is a time consuming project and is better done all at once. If you are changing an A/C or a power steering belt they have to come off anyway for most cars. So save yourself a headache down the road, new belts are a fairly cheap peace of mind. As always "Keep the Shiny Side Up and the Dirty Side Down" Dave Please submit all technical article ideas to be considered for the newsletter to David Smith (Newsletter Technical davidsmith72@gmail.com WHAT IS IT? Guess the year, make and who in the club owns the car Winners from April David Smith, David Matthews? Larry Schadle s 1957 Chevy

8 CARS & PARTS CLUB SWAP Looking for factory (stock) rims (15x7) for a 1968 Chevelle. Robert Looking for 1957 Chevy Steering Column (Need full assy) - parts below steering wheel that cancel left and right turns. Linwood Chevelle Original Dash Pad [$75]; 1970 Chevelle tail light lenses [$40 for both]; 350 emblems (R&L) for 70 Chevelle [$40]; Trunk Emblem for 70 Chevelle [$30]; Grill Emblem for 70 Chevelle [$15]; Rocker Panel Trim for Chevelle [$100 for pair] Jeff Chevelle 10 Bolt Rear End [$100]; Small Block Quadrajet manifold [$40]; Kenwood AM/FM Cass & CD Controller [$100]; Kenwood 6 CD Changer [$50] Ray T-10 [4] speed trans (from Pontiac Trans Am) Needs Synchronizers [$200]; Saginaw 4 speed trans, all gears there, needs Synchronizers [$100]; heavy duty motor rebuild stand, practically brand new, retail is $110 [Sell for $50] Don Holley 670 cfm carb [$150]; GM Performance Die-Cast Aluminum valve covers for BB [$60] Andrew Used Front and rear window regulators for Chevelle and Monte Carlo very good condition [$30]; 3 sets new A-Arm shields (by re-pops) Chevelle w/metal inner fenders [$5.ea]. Dave One T-3 Headlight [$10]; Aftermarket Water Pump [$25]; Electric 1 Ton Jack [$35]; Campbell Hausfeld (CF) Impact Wrench PL [$59]; Ingersoll Rand 311G Sander [$59]; Sanding Pad [$15]; Impact Wrench Socket Set [$30]; 3/4 Chrome Deep Socket [$4]; 5 Chrome Socket Extension [$3] Accessories, Attachments and Fittings Campbell Hausfeld (CF) Air Blower Attachment with reduction Fitting and Air Tip; Tire Valve with Quick Release Fitting; Extended Tire Valve with Quick Release Fitting; Brass Quick Release Fitting with Reducer and Adapter Nipple; 2 Female Quick Release Fittings; 1 Male Quick Release Fitting; Large Tool Box with Tray [All for $15] Bench Grinder: Craftsman 6 Variable Speed Double Wheel Grinder [$49]; Two 3 Ton Jack Stands [$40]; 8 x 8 Car Show Folding Tent with Caster Bag [$50). David Ward Info for ads must be submitted by the 20th of each month Contact members listed for more details on items for sale as space will be limited. Only cars or car related items for sale will be accepted for posting in the newsletter. Once items are sold contact Jeff suncrest@nc.rr.com to have item removed or if changes are required.

9 OUT AND ABOUT Photos by David Matthews, Lee Caplan, Ray Bader, Noel Lanier & Jeff Hopp