COB VETTE NEWS. Notes from the President

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1 COB VETTE NEWS Since 1981 Volume, 36 Issue 9 Notes from the President A lot of major activities took place in the month of August. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate for the annual cruise at St Gabriel's on August 4. I hear a few members attended the event conducted indoors. On Saturday, August 5 a group of 13 cars traveled to Van Bortel Chevrolet in Macedon, NY for the annual Corvette Cruise-In. Sunday, we had over 15 cars at the Paddock Super Cruise in Kenmore. Thank you to the members who helped park cars with over 400 cruisers present. On Monday was the annual Taste of Clarence, which had a low turnout due to the weather. On the 13th of August was our annual club picnic. Thank you Harry & Lorry Kwiek for chairing this event. The food was great and everyone I talked to had a great time. We had a record number in attendance of 114 members, prospectives, and guests. At the picnic, we also added three new members. Congratulations to Glenn and Sandy Gibson and Marty Link. Next up was a couple of "cruises of the week" and the monthly cars & coffee at Eastern Hills for the month of August. The month wrapped up with members traveling to the NCCC convention in Bowling Green, KY, Corvettes of Carlisle, and the Vermont trip. I look forward to hearing about these events at the September meeting, which had been moved to September 16, same time and place. As a reminder, your club dues for next year are due. Make out your check to Corvettes of Buffalo. Finally we will open up nominations for officers for next year. Hope to see you at the meeting. Frank September 2017 What s Happening This Month See page three. Meeting changed to September 16 th Third Saturday ************************ Club dues are due this month! As a reminder, yearly club dues are due at the September or October meeting. For an individual membership, the fee is $50 including NCCC membership For a couple, the membership fee is $65 and Includes one NCCC membership. We highly recommend your spouse or significant other become a member of the NCCC for an additional fee of $10 per year. If you are a new member paying for the first time there is a onetime initiation fee of $10 for an individual or couple. Checks should be made out to Corvettes of Buffalo. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF 1

2 Officers President Frank Pastore Vice President --Mike Buccilli Treasurer Marianne Pastore Secretary John Biggie Board of Directors Sue Brownlee Dick Brownlee Debbie Schafer Bruce Graham Lynda Graham Skip Polowy Rich Zahner Committees Membership Newsletter Phone Comm. Sunshine Comm. Webmaster Activities Dir. Club Photographer Barbara Lipome Dennis Buckley 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: Dennis Buckley Submissions must be in by the 27 th Late submissions will be published the following month. September Birthdays 1st Peter Ricigliano 1 st John Kowalski 5 th Bob Parrish 7 th Lee Buccilli 10 th Barb Lipome 12 th Barb Singer 14 th Leon Kuczmarski 14 th Lowell Rothenberger 19 th Andrew Adams 25 th Terry Decker 27 Kevin Horan 29 th Jim Kelly 29 th Fran Woodley September Anniversaries 4 th Marty Link 6 th Joe & Alice Greco 11 th Kevin & Val Horan 15 th Harry & Lorry Kwiek 16 th Bob & Joan Meegan 18 th Joyce & Tony Corigliano 25 th Mel & Diane Skeide 2

3 WHATS HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER September 2 September 3 September 4 September 8-10 September 10 September 10 September 12 September 16 September 16 September 17 September 17 September 17 September 20 September 23 September 30 Olcott Beach Super Car Show Krull Park, 8am 4pm Niawanda Park Car Show -Vietnam Vets River Rd. Tonawanda 9am 4pm St. Gregory Great Car Show, Maple Rd. Wmsvl, NY 9am 4pm Adirondack Vette Fest Queensbury NY (Ramada Inn, Glens Falls) Colden Fall Car Show Rt. 240 Colden NY (10am -5pm) Cars and Coffee at Basil Ford, Walden Ave. Cheektowaga, NY 10am Uncle Joe s Fall Cruise 4869 Southwestern Blvd, Hamburg, NY 5pm-9pm Akron Super Cruise & Craft Show Akron, NY (9am-4pm) COB Meeting & Club Dues Clarence Church 7pm Ellicottville Car Show Rockin Oldies 9am 4pm Fall Festival Pembroke Car Show Town Park Rt.77, 9am 3pm Orleans County Fairgrounds Car & Craft Show- Rt. 31 Medina, NY 9am- 4pm Fall Super Cruise Matt Urban VFW Post, 3741 Walden Ave. Lancaster 5pm Genesee Com. College Car Show Batavia, NY 11am -4pm Hilton Apple Festival Car Show, Hilton NY (9am- 5pm) 2009 Competition Edition European markets received the Competition Edition Corvette to celebrate yet another season of Corvette involvement in motorsports. To that end, Chevrolet claimed that the Competition Corvette bore subtle resemblance to the C6.R and excluded many options in the name of weight savings. The Competition was set apart from plebeian Continental Corvettes by the Z06 s lip spoiler, Competition Gray five-spoke aluminum wheels, and a specific black exterior finish. 3

4 SAVE THE DATE DECEMBER 3 RD, 2017 CHRISTMAS BRUNCH PLANS ARE BEING FINALIZED AND MORE INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW!!! Nancy Conroy 4

5 Paddock s Super Cruise People s Choice Award Jack McHugh wins the Paddock Super Cruise People's Choice Award Congratulations Jack! 5

6 1967 Vette Roadster Frame Off Restoration: Finished August 2017 It has been a long, long, time coming in the building/restoration and the 'patience process' with a total of 45 years of ownership. The ole' 1967 Vette is coming to life and getting closer to Corvettes at Carlisle for its 50 th Anniversary. WE made it with our 1967 under the tent for the top 20 at Corvettes at Carlisle!!! Gene and Berni Colucci 6

7 At the 50th. Anniversary mile marker, this Corvette will be on display at Corvettes at Carlisle, PA, for celebrating its' birthday' during the third week of August! Next January 2018, this Vette will be 'Master Judged' at NCRS Lakeland, Florida for its 'correct build, pedigree and top flight awards'! 7

8 Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg, Germany The World s Largest Model Railroad Remember the two brothers, in Germany, who had a wonderful model railway that was something to see? This is an update of their German Wonderland. A short review. It was started by two brothers as a place to show their hobby and began to grow by leaps & bounds. Soon they were joined by other Model Railroad Clubs' and other craftsmen. Some were electricians, model makers, carpenters, computer programmers. Their wives would stop by to see what they were doing and usually bring them a lunch. One thing led to another. Three of the ladies had worked at a bakery, several visitors would ask if they had a snack bar. The idea was planted; some of the carpenters came and built a nice restaurant area for the bakery and a kitchen, too. If the fresh coffee smell didn't get you, then the bakery definitely would. Over 400,000-man hours were spent making this dream come true. This was about 5 years ago. One of the breweries came and furnished all the tables and chairs, serving counter etc. Their latest finished area is the airport. Planes look like they are flying and landing. GERMAN WONDERLAND IN HAMBURG link below - AMAZING! Make sure to have your sound turned on. CTRL+Click to follow link: 8

9 SAVE THE DATE!!! 4 th Annual COB Florida Get-together!! For all COB members (past & present) Everyone is invited!! When: Monday, February 5, 2018 Where: Bradenton, Florida To be Hosted by: Ed and Pat Danahy (past members who moved to Florida) Mark your calendar! It will be here sooner than you think!! More information will be sent out early next year! It s a great time to get together with friends! Hope to see everyone there. 9

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11 Restoration of 1966 Corvette #2 This month Nick (my son) and I are working on the brake system, and rear suspension. We decided that it would be a good thing to be able to stop our car. To do this task the whole system would be replaced with new SS steel lines, calipers, pads, hoses, emergency shoes, and a dual master cylinder, (used on newer corvettes). We had to remove all the old rusted and dirty parts form this 51-year-old car. To get at the emergency brakes the axle spindles had to be taken out to be replaced with all news parts. This was a good time to repack the spindle bearing and check for end play for very close tolerance of.002 to.008 (newspaper is.003 thick). After that is set up, the new rotors are bolted on to the spindles and checked to see if they are running true. If they run out more.008 the brakes will pump air into the system. Since working in the back we changed the shocks, and pulled the propeller shafts to replace all 4 universals. All parts were cleaned, painted and bolted back on the car to specs. The gas tank was removed next to be cleaned inside and out to be painted. We checked the gas pickup to see if the tank gas gauge worked and changed the filter on it. The tank hold-down straps had to be replaced because the old ones were broken and rusted badly. With the back done we will start on the front suspension to see what needs to be replaced, cleaned and painted. The rotors are shot along with dry rotted rubber bushing. Check out the pictures. At this time, I stop to write this article, and now we have about 60 hours into this part of the project. If you have any questions or want to see what we are doing, give me a call. Pete R 11

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14 There will be open nominations at the September & October meetings for Officer positions in the club. All members are eligible to run for Officer or become a Board Member if they have paid their dues and made a total of 6 meeting/major events in our calendar year as defined in the bylaws. 14

15 Corvettes of Buffalo 13 th Annual Caravan 15

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17 Custom COB 13 th Annual Caravan 17

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19 Kevin & Holly Wyse Summ er Party 19

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21 2017 COB Summer Picnic 21

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24 Carlisle Trip 2017 The Corvettes of Buffalo were well represented at the Corvettes of Carlisle event this year. The first group traveled on Wednesday August 23 rd with two 1967 Corvettes loaded on trailers. Gene and Bernie Colucci and Skip Polowy both trailered their 1967 Classics to show and celebrate the 50 th Anniversary of the 67 Vettes. Other COB members traveling on Wednesday were Dave and Kathy Huber, Jack and Nancy McHugh, Jim and Terry Decker, Frank and Marianne Pastore, and Etienne and Julia Kojsza. While most of the group stopped for lunch at the Country Cupboard in Lewisburg, a few members did a side trip before meeting up with the group in Carlisle. With help from Mel Skeide, we unloaded my 1967 at the NCCC Judged Snowfield, and secured our tents, chairs and stuff for the duration of the weekend. Having my GMC Canyon pickup worked out great to get to & from the hotel and allowed extra cargo space for any purchases of corvette parts, etc. On Thursday and Friday we were joined by Sue and Dick Brownlee, John Meyerhoff, Ken Kaczka, John Delore, Sam Iraci, Bruce Epolito, Mike Buccilli, Rocco Buccilli, Jim Kuczmarski, Leon Kuczmarski, Wayne Scudder, and Rodney Mitchell. Saturday was the NCCC Judged Car Show so I spent the morning cleaning my 67 and getting ready for the judging. Once parked in the NCCC area, those COB ers that did not want to compete, could park along the side where we set up the shade tents. The NCCC Driver s meeting was held at 12 noon, then rags down shortly after that. The York County Corvette Club, hosts the NCCC event and does a great job coordinating all the details. They explained the Carlisle NCCC Judged show is one of the toughest Concours events within NCCC with all the classes offered for the C1 s to the C7 s. At the driver s meeting, they also announced that 8 Celebrity Judges would be assisting the NCCC Judges for Special Awards so that we were prepared to answer questions, etc. I think all the COB ers that competed cleaned their cars like crazy. Rodney Mitchell said it felt like he put 30 hours of cleaning time into getting ready! Wayne Scudder said he had fun with the whole experience, while learning some things. Dick Brownlee said their C7 was the cleanest it ever had been since they owned it. And Jim Decker echoed the same comments while having fun. John Delore just kept cleaning and cleaning! The following pictures are the results from the judging and while there was some tie breaker inspections at the final moments, I think all that competed were winners by the smiles and comments I heard. Note: I was also honored to have my 67 selected by a Carlisle Celebrity Judge, and participated in a Grandstand Parade, receiving a special award presented by Lance Miller at the Grandstand. Skip Polowy 24

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26 Gene & Bernie Colucci with their '67 roadster at Carlisle. Frank & Barbara Inzinna original members of COB who designed our club Logo. 26

27 Jack McHugh's Corvette ready for detailing at Adams Car Care Products Relaxing in the lobby at the Best Western after a long day of walking around Carlisle Scenic lookout near Williamsport, PA For Sale at Carlisle 27

28 For Sale Our '93 40th Anniv Vette with 28K miles was demolished in an accident 3 months ago. We have the follow items for sale: Covercraft Noah Block It Ply non-woven all-weather car cover in excellent condition purchased new 9/28/15 for $ Current retail $ Asking $100. One C4 Corvette Headlight Replacement Bronze Gear Upgrade Over Stock Nylon Dual Kit new in sealed plastic --- Asking $50. Front and Hatch 40th Logo carpets like new --- Asking $50. Passenger door sill protector(black) --- $5. Dave & Carol Hall

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