COB VETTE NEWS. What s Happening This Month See page three. Notes from the President. The new Newsletter Editor. Since 1981

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1 COB VETTE NEWS Since 1981 Volume 37 Issue 07 July 2018 Notes from the President As I write this article our Annual car Show was canceled for June 27. A rescheduled date will be chosen in the near future. Of course we will be promoting the show with a revised flyer as well as on our website and Facebook page. Thank you John Heffernan for arranging the Memorial Day Parade for COB club members. I believe we had 32 cars in attendance. I also would like to thank the club members who attended the meet and greet and dinners for the Museum in Motion Explore Buffalo hosted locally by members Lou & Roseanna Merzacco. Lou appreciated the turnout by the members. It was a big hit with the 75 attendees that traveled to WNY, many for the first time. Several said they will return for the next MIM in Mark your calendars for a few events in July including the 4th of July Parade on Grand Island, the NCCC convention in New Orleans, the Rochester Corvette Car Show, and Vettes at the Beach in Syracuse. In addition, there are several cruise nights in WNY including a new one on Thursday night at the Anchor Bar located on Maple Road and Sweet Home Road in Amherst. Hope to see you soon at an upcoming event. What s Happening This Month See page three. The new Newsletter Editor My name is Larry Dudeck and I am pleased to be the new editor of the club newsletter. I must admit my first look at the process left me a bit overwhelmed. But after spending time with Dennis Buckley, I realized all the hard work and effort has already been done by him for me. The past efforts of Dennis made the transition practically effortless. Dennis, I thank you. That being said, the newsletter is, first and foremost, your newsletter. Without your articles and photos, it wouldn t be much of a newsletter. So keep those photos and letters coming. Please remember photos without some accompanying text are nowhere as interesting as they could be. As usual, your info is needed by the 27 th of the month prior to publication. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF 1

2 Officers President Frank Pastore Vice President --Bob Joseph Treasurer Marianne Pastore Secretary -----Karen Rothenberger Board of Directors Dick Brownlee Debbie Schafer Bruce Graham Lynda Graham Skip Polowy Mike Buccilli Jim Decker Committees Membership Newsletter Phone Comm. Sunshine Comm. Webmaster Activities Dir. Club Photographer Barbara Lipome Larry Dudeck Lynda Graham Karen Rothenberger Diane Skeide Ken Bushley Lynda Graham Dan Krakowski Face Book page Manager Dan Wroblewski Liaison for Out of Town Corvette Clubs Mike & Lee Buccilli ********************************************* Meeting every second Saturday of the month at First Presbyterian Church 9675 Main St. Clarence, NY, Meeting starts 7:00 p.m. *********************************************** Visit us at: Send Newsletter Articles To: Larry Dudeck at Submissions must be in by the 27 th Late submissions will be published the following month. July Anniversaries 6 th Rocco & Debbie Buccilli 9 th Jim & Diane Strong 12 th Etiene &Julia Kojsza 12 th Joanne & Paul Brozyna 17 th Jim & Marie Fetes 24 th Rich & Patti Kirkland 26 th Dave Kathy Huber 29 th Mike & Gail Gruber July Birthdays 1st Ken Bushley 1st Mike Erdey 1st Val Horan 1st Carol Hall 5th Kim Hoyt 6th Jim Strong 9th Jim Kuczmarski 10th Joanne Brozyna 13th Carl Balmas 17th Sue Blum 18th Debbie Tkach 20th Roberta Strychalski 29th John Heffernan 2

3 Activities for July July 1 July 1 July 4 July 5 July 6-8 July 7 July 7 July 8 July 8 July 8 July 13 July 14 July 14 July July 16 July 18 July 19 July July 21 July 21 July 25 July July 29 July 29 Outer Harbor Car Show (Boat Race) 325 Fuhrmann Blvd 9am-4pm Chaffee-Sardinia Car Cruise, Veteran s Memorial Park, Genesee Rd. 12pm-4pm Grand Island Parade - 8am at Burger King - Frank Pastore Cappellino Chevrolet Super Cruise Boston State Rd. - Cruising for Scouts 4pm- 9pm Good Guys PPG Nationals Expo Center Columbus, Ohio info: Pirates Festival Car Show Krull Park, Olcott, NY (9am-3pm) Van Bortel Corvette Party, Macedon, NY 10 am Harbor Cruise Dunkirk Pt. Gratiot Park Rt. 5, Dunkirk, NY 12pm-5pm Old Sanborn Days Sanborn Fire Hall Rt. 429 (Ward Rd) 11am 3pm Clutchfest - Riverworks Festival 359 Ganson Street, Buffalo NY 10am All American- Friday Cruise Night Made in America store, 1000 Maple Rd. Elma, NY 5pm COB Club Meeting Clarence Church (7pm- 9pm) Hoover Dairy Memorial Car Show Ward Rd. Sanborn, NY 10am -6pm NCCC National Convention in New Orleans, La. Lockport Corvette Night & Mustangs 20 th Annual Canalfest Car Show Main St. Tonawanda, NY (meet at 3pm- Niawanda Park) Charcoal Corral Super Cruise Perry NY 4pm Syracuse Nationals Hot Rod Show NYS Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd. Wheels in Motion, Rochester, NY Man Up Car Show East Amherst Fire Hall, 9100 Transit Rd. 12pm- 4pm Root Beer Float Cruise Beechwood Homes, 2235 Millersport Hwy Getzville (5pm-8pm) Sylvan Beach All Corvette Show Trip to Sylvan Beach, NY Buffalo History Museum Classic Car Show Elmwood Ave. 9am-3pm 15 th Annual Alden Car Show- Alden Town Park, 9am 6pm 3

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6 2018 C.O.B. PICNIC Save the date: SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2018 Rain or Shine 12:00 Noon until 5:00 pm Gratwick Hose Company 110 Ward Road, North Tonawanda, NY Hot dogs, hamburgers, sausages, potato salad, baked beans, & possibly: Firemen s chowder and corn on the cob. Beer, wine, pop and water will be available. Anyone able to bring an appetizer or desert would be appreciated. Games and prizes Group car photo $5.00 per club member and perspectives. $15.00 for non-members. Sign-up sheets will be at all meetings until picnic. There are plenty of picnic tables with bench seats. Bring a folding chair if you would like to sit out in the sun and watch the games. Contact Jim or Terry Decker with any questions. We are looking for committee volunteers. 6

7 Prospective Member Article What s a decade? We were COB members until the late spring of We sold our C4 Red convertible. By Christmas of that year, I was working in North Carolina usually coming home on Thursday and leaving on Monday. With that pace, the time literally flew by, no pun intended. No time for any clubs. Flip to Fall of 2017, with only a distant thought of owning a Corvette something amazing happened. An ad popped up on my smart phone and there it was a beautiful C5 Yellow Corvette. I didn t know that it was a Z 06 until I actually saw the Vette. I just fell in love with the notch back roof kind of reminiscent of the 60 s hardtop/convertible Vettes. After looking around, under, and through the Vette, I took it for a 1 ½ hour test drive. OMG was I sold! It is a very impressive vehicle. I couldn t wait to tell Karen about this unusual find. There s history, as with any Vette. Suffice to say, a collector had it. We purchased our Vette in November but due to our Buffalo weather, we were not able to bring/drive her home until mid-january. This is the time of year we leave for several months to Florida. There was a break in the weather and we were able to drive our Vette home, without snow/salt. A few days later, we jumped into our RV and headed south. What an interesting winter season. The first thing we did when we purchased our Vette was to contact Skip and Maureen. We asked if we could be prospective members with COB and he said that he would be happy to sponsor us. We attended the annual Christmas party and met up with many friends and fellow COB members. They say it s about the car but we know and believe that it s the members that are the life of any club. This is especially true of COB. Even though we have been away for 10 years, it seems like yesterday that we were enjoying wonderful fellowship with COB members. There are many new members since 2008, but we were made to feel part of the COB family the moment we walked in to the Christmas Party and then again at our COB January meeting. Truly we felt that we never left, definitely not 10 years! Members from 2008 remembered our C4 and the events we attended. Several members expressed the fun they had at our house after a COB event held at the Woodlawn Volunteer Fire hall. A decade, 10 years.as they say it s only a number and with being a part of COB that number will always be number 1. Keep on keeping on, 7

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9 Alexander Bay Island Trip 2018 Hi all, just writing a small article on our 1000 Island trip. We had a small group this year. The drive up to 1000 Island was wet from Syracuse to the resort. Rooms nice & all new, the cruse & castle were great. Weather for the drive home was super. 9

10 Wasaga Beach Corvette Club Concours C2 winner (open hood) Gene Colucci s 1967 Roadster recent restoration at the All Corvette Spring Fling 18, Sunday 5/27, hosted by Mike Jackson GM in Collingwood, Ontario Canada. 10

11 How Do You Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage? Do It All Over Again!!! Dennis & Mary Ann Buckley June 29 th June 29 th

12 Gene Pullin Some G s The G-Force was phenomenal 2.0+ on hairpin turns at setup cones!!!!! Holy COW driving the ZR1 Vette on the Speedway track at Bloomington Gold Corvette Show June 21-23, 2018! Gene Colucci 12

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15 WILLIAMSVILLE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE Once again COB participated in the Williamsville Memorial Day Parade. This is always a fun event for the Club. We had 32 corvettes parading in rows of three with the first two rows being Red White and Blue. COB is a major unit in the parade and a crowd pleaser. After the parade COB joined in the fun at the After Party held for parade participants hosted by the Lamm American Legion Post and the Amherst VFW. 15

16 WILLIAMSVILLE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE Once again COB participated in the Williamsville Memorial Day Parade. This is always a fun event for the Club. We had 32 corvettes parading in rows of three with the first two rows being Red White and Blue. COB is a major unit in the parade and a crowd pleaser. After the parade COB joined in the fun at the After Party held for parade participants hosted by the Lamm American Legion Post and the Amherst VFW. jkl 16

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22 Cars & Paula s Donuts We had a great turn out for the Cars and Coffee at Paula s doughnuts at Southgate plaza with 16 corvettes to enjoy the morning. Thank you to all who came out. Now who in our club will do the next cars and coffee at a coffee shop near them? Mike Buccilli 22

23 Real hot C4 The Targa top, looking at what has become the head liner. I have a 1985 C4 with the Targa top. I m generally pleased with the car but there is one area that I m not. That is just how hot the cabin can get on a hot, sunny day. The glass top is a very dark gray, almost black in color. But still, on a bright, sunny day, the top passes enough sun light to make the interior uncomfortably warm. This is especially noticeable when stopped a traffic light. And if parked, the cabin will feel like an oven if the car sits for any length of time. I decided to do something about the problem. I thought if I attached to the inner surface of the top one those reflective shields (that we normally put against the windshield to reflect sun light) it would keep the cabin much cooler. So I bought one of the folding windscreen sun shields and went to work. I first removed the top and thoroughly cleaned the inner surface. I then cut the reflective shield to the shape of the inner top surface and held it in place with 12 pieces of 1 long Velcro tape. Finally, I finished the cut edge with black electrical tape. I put the top back on and tried it. I was amazed just how much cooler the cabin is. An extra benefit is a bit of noise reduction due to the foam backing of the reflective material. From the outside, the change is practically invisible; the reflective material isn t seen unless you get very close. The cost to do this was $3.50 for the shield, $1.50 for a piece of hook and loop Velcro and about one hour of time. Larry Dudeck 23

24 For Sale by Members We have two (3) items that we would like to sell. C4 MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR NEW SEALED IN THE BOX. C4 LUG NUT COVERS NEW, NINETEEN (19) INDIVIDUALLY SEALED PIECES. We are open to offers for the two items above. 4 POLISHED ALUMINUM WHEELS off a 2009 Corvette like new, mirror finish. Asking $ Please call George Sparks at (land line). Please leave a message and we ll get back to you. Thank you, 24

25 Wheels in Motion Car Show Saturday July 21, 2018 Ontario Beach Park, Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY Sponsored By: The Ontario Beach Park Program Committee Hosted by the Rochester Corvette Club Great Music, Food & Family Events 50/50 Raffles & Proceeds to benefits Challenger Miracle Field of Rochester Show Time: 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Rain Date July 22, 2018 Registration: 9:00 AM 12:00AM Award Presentation: 4:00 PM 25

26 Cars and Coffee at Eastern Hills Mall Jim Lawson, Roberta Strychalski, Gene Colucci, and Mike Reagan enjoying a beautiful Cars and Coffee Sunday at Eastern Hills Mall 26

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32 NOTICE TO MEMBERS On the next page is a copy of the new C.O.B. Ad Form. The Board of Directors is asking members to consider approaching businesses they know that might be interested in placing an ad in the C.O.B. Newsletter and on the web site. Members should only consider this if they are comfortable in doing so. The Ad Form can be downloaded and printed. All information the business needs to know is on the form. If you have any questions or comments, contact Jim Decker at jdecker5151@gmail.com. Thank you. 32

33 NEWSLETTER AND WEBSITE AD FORM Corvettes of Buffalo offer ad space in its monthly newsletter, on its website and on our Facebook page. Please review existing ads and newsletters at Our ad rates for one year, beginning with receipt of payment, are: BUSINESS CARD 1/8 page $40.00 ¼ page $75.00 ½ page $ Full page $ Any questions? Please contact: Jim Decker Thank you in advance for your support of. Please complete: BUSINESS NAME CONTACT PERSON PHONE # Please make checks payable to: Corvettes of Buffalo Mail to: Corvettes of Buffalo P.O. Box 161 West Seneca, New York INCLUDE: 1) Business card and/or art work 2) Completed form 3) Payment Office Use: Date Received 1 yr. notification date 33