CORVAIR CLUB OF CINCINNATI 2014 OFFICERS. Services and Advisors

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2 CORVAIR CLUB OF CINCINNATI 2014 OFFICERS President: Wes Greiwe (513) Vice President: Open Secretary: Ralph Gubser (513) Treasurer: Mike Demeter (513) Services and Advisors Club Store: Brian Heller (513) Club Library: Ralph Gubser (513) Meetings Monthly meetings of the Corvair Club of Cincinnati, unless otherwise specified in this Newsletter, are held on the second Friday of each month starting at 8:00 PM. Currently, the meeting place is the Mount Healthy Community Center near the pool. Newsletter The Negative Camber is the bi-monthly newsletter of the Corvair Club of Cincinnati and is received free by all members. Ads and items for inclusion should be sent to the Editor: Joe VonDerHaar (513) , Deadline for material to be included in the Newsletter is the third Monday of every other month for publication in the following month s Newsletter. 2

3 The Prez Sez... I can t believe we are already in the middle of August folks but we are! The nationals and Corvair s on the River are already behind us. I want to thank Joe and Carla for letting us come and enjoy a great day at their house, the weather worked out and the food was good as always. I think everyone left with a smile on their face and their belly s full. We had a short meeting after lunch and degust the Christmas party and about maybe having a few spaces at cavalcade this year. Get those vairs out and enjoy the last little bet of summer we have left! Wes Greiwe Upcoming Events Corvair Homecoming, Detroit Corvair Club, August 21 23, Plymouth MI, See details at detroitcor- 3

4 Just-A-Minute MINUTES OF JULY MEETING Meeting called to order by Wes. There were 13 members in attendance. There was no treasurer's report for this month. OLD BUSINESS The Mid-Ohio Meet was very enjoyable. Attendees from the Cincinnati club included Spencer and Wilma Duffey, Mike and Patty Demeter, Doug and Cindy Simon and Ralph and Sandy Gubser. Spencer and Doug won awards in their cars' respective classes. Congratulations! Everyone I spoke with seemed pleased with the new location. The Dayton club indicated that it may reserve the same spot again next year. NEW BUSINESS Corvairs on the River at Joe and Carla's home in Ripley is scheduled for August 9. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish to share. Let's get those Corvairs out! Since the regular Monthly meeting in August would be scheduled for the evening before Corvairs on the River, it was decided to hold the August business meeting at the event. As a result, there will be no regular monthly meeting at Mt. Healthy on August 8. The Corvair Homecoming will be held in Plymouth, MI on August This is always a very enjoyable event featuring many Corvairs and various activities for the Corvair enthusiast. Details about the show can be found on the Detroit Area Corvair Club website. Russ Brandenburg has a friend who has graciously agreed to allow our club to view his collection of exotic cars. The tentative date will be Sept. 13. More details regarding this event will be published as they become available. Meeting adjourned by Wes at 8:30 pm Ralph 4 Gubser, Secretary

5 MINUTES OF AUGUST MEETING Augusts meeting was held during Corvairs on the River. There was no financial report this month. Actual minutes were not keep. The topics discussed was the National convention in Tacoma, the Hamilton Car Parade and the upcoming Detroit Homecoming. Respectfully submitted, Ralph Gubser, Secretary Additional information on the Hamilton Car Parade As in years past, several members of the Corvair Club of Cincinnati participated in the annual Hamilton parade. Despite threatening weather the owners of six Corvairs from our club volunteered to enter their cars in this year's event. Another Corvair belonging to someone not affiliated with the club was also entered.. Ironically, the featured car this year was the Ford Mustang, whose 50th anniversary was being celebrated. The day was warm and muggy, but fortunately it was also overcast, providing some relief. A brief shower occurred before the parade began, but no rain fell once the parade was underway. The Hamilton parade is notable for its great variety of cars that are entered, Vehicles from the earliest days of the automobile to cars of the 1980's can be found on the parade grounds. In the Corvair class, the first place winner was owned by Tom VonDer- Haar (Joe's dad). Jerry Fry took second place with his freshly-restored Lakewood. In third place was Max VonDerHaar (Joe's son.) Dave Schwettman, Don Berding and Ralph Gubser displayed their Corvairs as well. As always, everyone there had a great time. Thanks to those club members who drove their cars in the parade this year. Let's try to have even more Corvairs in next year's event. 5 Ralph

6 From the Editor Thanks everyone for helping me with material for the newsletter. I know we are all busy but if you are like me, you really enjoy a newsletter with good material in it. We enjoy seeing how other folks are doing with their projects. I think seeing some of the stuff from the past is also really cool. This edition we have several picture based articles from the various events this summer. Keep the info coming! PS - I want to thank everyone that attended this years Corvairs-on-the-River. It was our 4th year. This year it was much cooler (nice) but the threat of rain was still with us. We had 7 vairs this year which did not beat our record of 10. Lets try to break that next year. Corvairs are getting cooler each year, when we took our drive to Ripley for the photo shoot we almost could not get pictures with all the traffic and lookers. Thanks Joe 6

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8 Project Paradise Here are some pics of Anthony s early model getting a new look. Black with Silver Stripes really looks good. Hope we see it in person very soon. This is a very exciting stage of a project don t you think? 8

9 Loadside Update Spencer s in the Bare Ralph s getting 9 Interior

10 Submitted by Doug Simon 66 Monza Coupe Project This adventure started in early 1993; yep, 21 years ago. I had a 66 4-door that I drove a lot, as I had wrecked my 88 T-Bird (not my fault) and it was being repaired. On the way to my 2 nd job in the Vair, I got distracted and rear-ended some guy. The crash pretty well mangled the nose of the 4- door; the headlights faced straight-up at the sky, and the trunk lid folded in half. Not long after, I began hunting for a good nose to put on the 4-door, as it was nearly rust-free. Ralph Gubser mentioned a coupe sitting in a garage not far from me, so on the hunt I went. Through Ralph and Hank Brav, I found it - a 66 Monza Coupe, Marina Blue on blue interior with 54,000 miles, and very nearly rust-free. An unknown engine problem doomed it to the garage in I made an offer, and the homeowner needed to call his dad, who owned the car. 20 minutes after I got home, he called; offer accepted. He agreed to hold it a couple of weeks, then Don Berding and I pulled it home. Soon after purchasing it, I found it had a spun bearing. I started on disassembling the back half of the car. All the rear-end was dipped at American Metal Cleaning, painted and redone with all new bushings and hardware. Along about then, I found a wrecked car with a living 140, so I bought that and transplanted it into my car. The entire bottom of the car was sandblasted, stripped and repainted. I kept telling myself I was overdoing it. New brake lines, interior and paint, and I could ve been on my way, but I only wanted to do this car once, so onward I went. All front-end pieces were taken to American Metal Cleaning and rebuilt, again with all new parts. Cindy s expression when the Clark s box came with suspension and steering and $1,100 later was that s it?! I moved to Dayton, and the car went into storage for almost three years while I lived with Cindy in her condo. Once we bought our house, the car came home. All through the 90 s, I worked on the car very little, an hour here and there. In 2002 when the car was brought home, I began more work, a little at a time. A lot of my time was spent getting the boys, Doug and Derek, through the teenage years. Once they moved out, I began spending more serious time on the car. The front suspension got finished, as did the trunk. The whole time I owned the car, I was buying and saving new and NOS parts for some day. 10

11 In 2010 the engine developed a knock; a broken piston. My son Derek and I rebuilt the 140. Don Berding s friend, John Shepherd, took care of all the machine work thanks Don! Once it was heard that the CORSA Convention would be in Kalamazoo in 2013, I set out to have the car done for it; this was late The car was stripped entirely. I welded in a new lower windshield panel; the old one was rusted out. Lots of pieces were re-chromed if I couldn t buy them new. A new Clark s interior was put in, and I started on the paint and the little body work it needed. The paint job, due to my own lack of experience and knowledge, took over a year, with one problem after another! Finally, it was time to re-assemble the car, with the 2014 Mid-Ohio as a target. The last week I worked 40 hours at work and 50 on the car. It s been a rewarding project and some good memories were created. I learned a lot and can now cross this one off my bucket list! 11

12 National Convention in Tacoma Washington Corvairs on display at the LeMay. Cool!! On the Concourse Field. 12

13 The BIG call out! A Subaru powered Vair in Tacoma! This is a call out to Anthony to get his done. Most call outs today are 24 hrs. Can he do it? 13

14 FVair Trade FOR SALE: 1963 Monza Convertible, 102 PG, Factory A/ C, very good condition throughout. Original owner, Bob Shields, or For sale: Corsa dash, $75 and complete 140 air cleaner setup, $50. Hubert Baker (812) Rust-free Corvair parts available at Arizona Corvair Corral. Contact Charlie Dye at or visit Your Corvair parts source for over 40 years Chevy Chevrolet Corvair 500. It is white with black interior. The blue book value is $11,500. There were only 6000 Corvairs made in 1969 and was the last year made. This is #2818 of those 6000 and 1 of less that 1300 still registered and on the road. It has a original interior except for the dash pad which was replaced over the original dash pad. It is in good to excellent shape. New tires, new paint. This is my every day driver weather permitting. Drive it to the Crusin's and down to Cincinnati and Dayton area's. Ask about my 1968, 1966, and 1965 Corviars also for sale. I also have a large trailer of corviar parts like bucket seats. doors, hoods, front and rear ends. Also smaller parts and glass. Call Marsha at Will be glad to drive over and show you the car 14

15 More FVair Trade FOR SALE: 1965 Corvair Monza 140 Coupe. 4 speed manual transmission. This one is rather unique because it is 99.9% rust-free. Original Crocus Yellow paint. Original interior. This car was modified for autocrossing in early It has heavy duty springs, front & rear sway bars, period Koni shocks & metallic brake pads. Quick steering box upgrade. The engine has a Crane cam, larger aluminum oil pan, high pressure oil pump, headers and custom exhaust. Wheels and tires have been upgraded recently to 15" Cragers with a period-correct look. Bumpers and all trim included. 71,346 original miles. Price dropped to $5000. Greg Bodenburg (513) casanewt1100@gmail.com FOR SALE: 1961 Lakewood with excellent original upholstery, new Clark s door panels and headliner, original running gear nice driver quality car. $3,550. Don Filkins (513) Monmouth Street Cincinnati OH 15

16 2014 Corvair s on the River In Downtown Ripley On the Field 16

17 Wes in front of old piano factory More on the River 17

18 Clark's Corvair Parts Clark's has been your supplier for quality repros for the past 37 years. This year, we expect to reproduce even more parts for your Corvair. See the Supplement for the following: VARIOUS NEW FC ITEMS 1964 TRIM TURBO PARTS STAINLESS GAS TANK SENDERS LATE MODEL STEERING COLUMN PARTS 650 Page Catalog USA - $6 CANADA - $9.95 Most Other Countries - $12.95 Clark s Corvair Parts 400 Mohawk Trail, Shelburne Falls, MA FAX: clarks@corvair.com 18

19 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FILL IN BELOW AND MAIL WITH YOUR CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO: Corvair Club of Cincinnati 2440 Brenda Drive Hamilton, OH CORSA Members - $10.00 Annual Dues Enclosed CORSA NonMembers - $15.00 Annual Dues Enclosed Corvair(s) Owned: Name: Address: City/State/Zip: Phone: Members of CCC are not required to secure and maintain membership in CORSA (Corvair Society of America) for insurance at Club events. Applications for CORSA may be obtained from any Board member. Dues are $45.00 per year and made payable directly to CORSA. For more details, see 19

20 Corvair Club of Cincinnati 2440 Brenda Drive Hamilton, OH First Class Mail Address Correction Requested Published by the Corvair Club of Cincinnati 20