Looking at a New Club Website

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1 The San Diego Corvair Club Monthly Newsletter April 2013 CORSA Chapter 921 Vol. 39, No. 4 Looking at a New Club Website Brought up at the March meeting were concerns about our website, SDCorvair.com. Much of it is out of date and our webmaster is no longer a member of the club. Royce Hildreth is still working with our Corvaircenter.com and handling the advertising on it. But, his business and family responsibilities preclude his having much to do with the SDCorvair website. Carlos Cabral said he can look at getting a new one set up, but we may need to change our domain name. (maybe just add club onto it?) We should contact Royce Hildreth to find out about that. It would be nice to be able to keep the original name, though. A new, active administrator would allow us to present a cleaner, more timely face to the Corvair family for our club. With the appropriate server, we could post the Vairmail and pictures of club events for those who can t attend, among other relative events. Thanks, Carlos, for getting involved. Hope You Got Your Calendar Set Saturday, April 20 will be our second mid-year swap meet. Mike Rodgers has contacted the local(?) clubs ~ as local as Phoenix ~ to let them in on the event. He notes there has been return contact, and that bodes well for us. But I neglected to include the address on the flyer for those who want to plug it into their GPS s. For everyone not familiar with the restaurant, or needing a GPS address, here it is ~ Rainbow Oaks Restaurant, th Street, Rainbow, CA You ain t gonna convince anyone in that town that they live in Fallbrook! Rainbow Oaks Restaurant is just off the corner of 5th and Old Highway 395. We ll be in the back. The club has decided on holding both a 50/50 Raffle and an hourly raffle. The latter, of course, depends on the donations from the club members. I have a couple of prizes I ve won at other meets and never used, plus a few things that have showed up over time. If you have some new parts or car stuff we d love to get them; just get hold of Mike Rodgers, drmikedc@cox.net or one of the other board members.

2 SAN DIEGO CORVAIR CLUB The VAIRMAIL is published 12 times a year by the San Diego Corvair Club, PO Box 34682, San Diego, CA Visit our website at We welcome articles about Corvairs and Corvair people, as well as Corvair related Buy & Sell ads. Send them to Red Badgett, 1121 Oak Dr, Vista 92084, or via to redbadgett@aol.com, or call (760) , The San Diego Corvair Club was founded in 1973 and incorporated in 1978 as a non-profit California corporation to bring together people who own and/or appreciate Corvair cars, vans and pickup trucks. SDCC is Chapter 921 of the Corvair Society of America (CORSA), P.O. Box 607, Lemont, IL , On-line at Corvair@corvair.org Upcoming Club Activities Scott Szalkowski, Activities Vice President corvairscott@aol.com San Diego Corvair Club meets 2nd Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm, 2nd floor conference room, 4499 Ruffin Rd, San Diego. April 11 General Meeting April 20 a 1 day a Vair, Rainbow, CA May 9 General Meeting Support Your National Corvair Organization President Vice-President San Diego Corvair Club 2011 Officers and Directors Mike Evans, San Diego (619) , mike63monza@hotmail.com Mike Rodgers, El Cajon (619) dr.mikedc@cox.net Vice-President Scott Szalkowski, Spring Valley Activities (619) corvairscott@aol.com Secretary Treasurer Red Badgett, Vista (760) Redbadgett@aol.com David Kerth, La Mesa (619) LauraDG@aol.com Committee Chairs: Membership Red Badgett (760) Redbadgett@aol.com Acquistions Paul Kehler (858) Kehler.paul@gmail.com Technical Larry Tustison (760) larrytustison@sbcglobal.net Webmaster Royce Hildreth (858) rhildreth@hildrethmedia.com Vairmail Editor Red Badgett (760) Redbadgett@aol.com The San Diego Corvair Club meets at 7:00 pm on the 2nd Thursday of every month at Ken Baldwin s (FPB Architects) 2nd floor Conference Room Ruffin Rd, San Diego 2 Many Corvair events, such as the National Convention, now require CORSA membership. Don t let your membership lapse. And don t let others support your Corvair interests. CORSA is not only a group of Corvair owners, it underwrites many of our events by providing information, ideas and insurance Go to Corvair.org for information, or see a fellow member for a Communiqué and/or a discount sign up form. Vairmail Advertising Rates The club rates for display advertising on the CorvairCenter.com site and in the Vairmail. Bob Bacchi is handling the invoicing for advertising. RATES Buy & Sell ~ Free to members $5.00 per issue to nonmembers Business Cards~ Free to members Quarter Page (approximately 16 sq. in.) $ 75/year Half Page (approximately 32 sq. in.) $150/year Logo on CorvairCenter.com $200/Year ~ includes a 12 issue quarter page ad in the Vairmail Membership Roster Is Available For those members who desire a roster of club members or wish to make a correction may request one by ing Red Badgett at Redbadgett@aol.com or calling him at (760)

3 General Meeting Minutes for March 14, 2013 Meeting called to order at 7:16 pm by incoming President Mike Evans. 16 members present and 5 Corvairs, Mike introduced officers, VP Mike Rodgers absent Meeting minutes approved as reported in the Vairmail. OLD BUSINESS Treasurer, David Kerth reported as of February 28 our bank balance is $ Membership, Red Badgett: Membership stands at 110, but needs review since some people are way in arrears and haven t attended in several years. Activities: Scott Szalkowski; April 14 in El Cajon. March 16: Barona Speedway ~ free March 16 & 17: 1/8 mile Qualcomm, $30 entry, $10 to watch March 23: Carne Asada Run, Imperial Valley April 24: Cruise nite in El Cajon. Maybe have a potluck and BBQ like last year. What about a blood drive? The club has an account with the Red Cross, believe it s still active Scott is selling tickets to raffle off a $300 Corvair parts gift certificate from Rafee Corvair. $10 apiece. Only 30 tickets will be sold NEW BUSINESS Red had a small banner screened to fit the new pop-up shelter insert. Paul Kehler will bring the PA system to Rainbow. Carlos Cabral asked about website. Suggested building a new one if we can t get control of the old one. Motion to research and/or build a new one approved. BUY & SELL Jim Palcic is handling Bob Huffman s inventory. Bob had a barn full of Corvair parts plus several 64 convertibles and other Corvairs Jim s is jdjjtc@sbcglobal.net ~ phone number is Annette Crawford ~ in Dulzura ~ is selling her dad s Corvairs, 2 earlies, one runs. No other particulars. She can be reached at Bob Bacchi needs a fine tune nut for a 64 radio Bob Bacchi is rebuilding set of driver quality wire hubcaps. Price will be reasonable Carlos Cabral is looking assistance on his 62 Monza Jim Horscher is looking for a late model coupe left side window regulator Armando Urbina is looking for some carb linkage ~ not sure what he s missing, but has them down in his car. 50/50 Drawing $22.50 won by Ken Burton Adjourned at 8:13 pm Respectfully submitted by Red Badgett, Secretary 3

4 1/ Conv. Red or White $10.00 ea, 1/18th Red/ red and Blue / Black 1969 Conv $25.00 and 1963 coupe in Red, White or Blue $ HOT WHEELS Vairy 8, $3.00 ea, 7 different colors now. Custom gift pack with 5 Vairy 8s $ Johnny Lighting 1/64th Classic Gold Corvairs, White 1963 coupe w/ red strip, Maroon 1962 Conv., Blue 1962 coupe and Green 1963 Convertible. All have opening deck lid with detailed engine. These cars are highly detailed! $8.00 each or 4 for $30.00 And now 1969 model year convertibles in 1:43 and 1:18 scales Also please visit my web site ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parts from Lew Rishel s garage - Mostly early model pieces, Springs (5 rears 4 of which are for conv), 4 fronts, 11 dashes (1 wood), distributor shafts, rocker panels (1 left, 1 right), conv. frame, Late stuff includes manual bellhousing, rear grille, rear fresh air grille, rocker trim. David Kerth at lauradg@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 68 Monza coupe, 95 auto, butternut yellow, comfortable seats with 4" more leg room. All suspension rebuilt in Electric fuel pump. New seats in heads in wheels on Rallye II rims. Very reliable. $6,000 call Larry or at larrytustison@sbcglobal.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHEN I REACH MY LIFE EXPECTANCY DO I GO INTO OVERTIME? 4

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6 San Diego Corvair Club CORSA Chapter 921 P.O. Box San Diego, CA VISIT OUR TECH SITE AT Car Shows: April 5-7 April 28 April 28 Goodguys Meguiar s 13 Del Mar Nationals, Del Mar Fairgrounds Motor Cars on Main Street 2013, Coronado, 7am HeartBeat Happening XV, Valley Center, 9am Woods Valley Road Cruises: Starts First Sunday San Marcos 2 pm Every Wednesday El Cajon Every Thursday La Mesa 6/6 3rd Thursday Encinitas 5/16 Every Friday Escondido 4/5 5 pm Every Friday Santee Lakes 4/5 3 pm San Diego Car Club Council Events Looking for a San Diego Area Car Event? Check this site for activities, shows and cruise nights thru the end of the year Activities in adjacent areas are listed also 6