Exhaust Notes. May Club Officers. Presidential Rumblings. Birthdays May

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1 Exhaust Notes May 2012 Club Officers Web site -northjerseycorvetteclub.com Meetings: Business: 2nd Wednesday of the month Social: 4 th Wednesday of the month President: John Brinkman jabmlb1@msn.com 1 st Vice President: Ralph Barbary rb1255@verizon.net 2 nd Vice President: Jason Perlman imdolphin@optonline.net Treasurer: Andy Soltis Secretary: Linda Siegfried lsiegfried@dialglobal.com Presidential Rumblings As spring is in full swing the NJCC has a full calendar of events planned for Please refer to the events section of this newsletter or the newly created club website. The newsletter this month features photos taken at our April Social Dinner and our April Fun Run (Vettes for Pets). I have also included photos from the Corvette Bash in Bowling Green held in April. The featured members car for May belongs to Ken Adler and Iris Zaback. Birthdays May May 1st: Jimmy Moran May 7th: Patricia O Keefe May 14th: Fran Riso May 14th: Ted Constandelis May 22nd: Rose Kardashian May 22nd: Ronnie Sokerka Finally, I have included profiles on two members of the Corvette Hall of Fame. May 22nd: Jessica Gittleman Enjoy

2 2012 Cruise Nights Monday: Arby's Restaurant Rt 46 West, Rockaway NJ, Corner of 46 & Franklin Rd. Tuesday: Jim Johnston s Steakhouse, Eagle Rock Ave, Roseland Wednesday: Wendy s on RT 46 in Denville, NJ; Irving's Delicatessen/Restaurant in Livingston Thursday: Tri-County Cruisers in Riverdell Friday: Boonton Saturday: Whiskey Cafe, 1050 Wall Street West Lyndhurst Event Calendar May 6th: Class Glass Corvette Show (Garden State Plaza) May 20th: Fun Run to Chester (club event) May 20th: Chester s 12 th Annual Main Street Cruise-N-Shop May 31st June 3rd: Drag Racing at Englishtown June 3rd: Waldwick Annual Car Show June 8th June 10 th : Cruise to Old Orchard Beach June 9th: Smithville Corvette Show in Historic Smithville June 27th: Cruise to Bear Mountain July 8th: Fun Run to Moroso Performance July 8th: River Edge Car Show in River Edge, NJ July 22nd: Summer Fun Run (club event) August 4th: Corvettes at Englishtown August 24 th August 26th: Corvettes at Carlisle September 7th: Ridgewood Car Show September 8th: Run to Culinary Institute in Poughkeepsie, NY (club event) September 16th: NJCC Car Show (club event) September 23rd: Corvettes on the Boardwalk Ocean City, NJ October 6th: Fun Run to Peddler s Village Corvette Show (club event) October 12th October 14th: Fun Run Corvette Weekend in Ocean City, MD (club event) October 14th: Class Glass Corvette Show (Garden State Plaza) November 11th: Season Ending Fun Run (club event) Member s Ride Section Ken Adler and Iris Zaback 2003 Black Convertible June 10th: Brunch at Perona Farms (club event) June 24th: Club Picnic (tentative)

3 Scenes from Bowling Green Corvette 427 Convertible in the new Blue color Corvette 427 Convertible

4 Social Dinner Gourmet Café April 22nd

5 Social Dinner Gourmet Café April 22nd

6 Spring Fun Run April 29th

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10 Myron E. "Scottie" Scott (2002 Induction) Corvette Hall of Fame Inductee, Myron E. "Scottie" Scott, is most recognized as the man who gave America's Sports Car - the Corvette, its name. For 22 years, he served as an artist, photographer and art director with the Dayton Daily News. In June 1933, he photographed six boys racing wooden contraptions down Big Hill Road in Oakwood, Ohio. Scott got the idea for the soap box derby, attracting 330 participants and a crowd of 40,000. After the 1934 derby at Burkhardt Hill, Chevrolet decided to sponsor the event nationally with Scott in charge of the Akron race. Chevrolet sponsored the derby until In 1937, Chevrolet hired him as an assistant director for the Public Relations department, where he was responsible for photography of new cars, designing of press kits, graphics and special events. In 1953, a special executive meeting was arranged to find a name for a new Chevrolet sports car then in the developmental stage. The company wanted a name that began with a "C" and a review of over 300 names began. No name satisfied the group, until that night at Scott's home when he searched the C section of the dictionary and stopped at the definition of "corvette" - a speedy pursuit ship in the British navy. Scott suggested "Corvette" the next day and the group loved it. His contribution to the image of Chevrolet spanned over three decades, before retiring from Chevrolet in Mr. Scott passed away on October 4th, 1998 at the age of 91.

11 Carl Renner (2007 Induction) Corvette Hall of Fame Inductee Carl Renner was part of the Project Opel original Corvette Motorama project design team. In 1945, after leaving Walt Disney's design studio where he worked as a cartoon animator, Renner took his portfolio filled with automotive designs and headed for General Motors Styling where he landed a job as a junior designer in the Orientation Studio. GM was then beginning to turn its attention back to producing automobiles for the general public and designers were needed. He was promoted to Senior Designer in 1946 and transferred to the Chevrolet Studio. From 1950 to 1955 Renner took an active part in the entire design process of the 1952 through 1957 Chevrolet models. Other Renner design contributions include the Corvette side cove (1956), Corvette ducktail rear end (1961), the Corvette Nomad roofline and the deluxe steering wheel, grilles, recessed hoods, the notch belt fender line, parking lights, bumper guards and side trim. In 1954, he was promoted to assistant chief designer in the Body Development Studio. As part of the ninth floor crew at the Body Development Studio that Harley Earl used to work on special, private projects, the group became responsible for the basic shape of the first Opel the future Corvette. The grille of the Project Opel Corvette was based on Carl Renner's 1950 and 1951 renderings where he served as part of the project's design team, although the answer to who is most responsible for the Corvette remains a mystery, thanks in part to the level of secrecy enforced by Harley Earl. Renner was also responsible for the Nomad which was essentially a Corvette built with an extended station wagon roof. Carl Renner passed away on January 22, 2001.