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1 The Corvetter Volume 69 Issue 12- December 2017 Merry Christmas to all! Corvette Club of Texas P. O Box Dallas TX, Sponsored by Friendly Chevrolet 2754 N. Stemmons Fwy - Dallas TX, 75207

2 On the Cover: A collection of Upcoming Events Christmas tree hauler ornaments. Before attending any event listed in this calendar please double check with the organizers for any last minute changes. CCT is not responsible for the accuracy of any listing except of CCT events. For NCCC events check Monthly Meeting Held every third Friday of the month, at 7:30 p.m. at Friendly Chevrolet, 2754 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas. All members, visitors and Corvette owners are welcome. Following each CCT membership meeting, a CCT after club social event is hosted by a CCT member, starting at approximately 8:30 p.m. Monthly Board Meeting Held before the monthly Membership Meeting at 7:00 p.m. at Friendly Chevrolet. All members are invited to attend. Our Friendly Rep! Friendly Chevrolet s representative to the Corvette Club of Texas is still pending. When you need to replace your Corvette with a new C7, or when you are upgrading the family car for a new one, be sure and give Friendly a call at In addition to his regular work schedule, the rep is normally at the dealership during our monthly Friday night membership meeting. The Corvetter Volume 69 Issue 12 The Corvetter, the offi cial newsletter of the Corvette Club of Texas (CCT), is published monthly by The Corvette Club of Texas P.O. Box 36022, Dallas, Texas for the exclusive use of its members and invited guests. Initial distribution is done electronically by . A small number of paper copies are delivered via First Class mail or by hand when necessary. The newsletter is also available on the CCT web site: org Subscriptions to The Corvetter are free to CCT members Corvette Club of Texas. All rights reserved. Reprints of original material are available on a per article basis only with written permission of a CCT offi cer, the author or the Editor. Previously copyrighted material if any retains the original author s copyright. Please send all submissions via to the editor at jwagner@gte.net. All submissions become intellectual property of The Corvetter Dec. 2 Dec. 15 CCT Christmas Party At Four Winds Steak house in Wills Point No CCT Membership Meeting at Friendly Chevrolet No regular meeting in December. There may be a short meeting at the Annual Christmas party. Dec. 30 CCT Brunch Noon 2018 TBD At Café Amore. See fl yer for more info. No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum Tentative, more info later. See fl yer in this issue. Jan. 19 CCT Board Meeting at Friendly Chevrolet 07:00 PM The board meeting is held at the Friendly Chevrolet snack bar one half hour before the general meeting. All members are welcome. Jan. 19 CCT Membership Meeting at Friendly Chevrolet 07:30 PM The general membership meeting is held in the Friendly Chevrolet second fl oor meeting room. Bring a raffl e gift and get a free raffl e ticket. All are welcome to join us at an after meeting dinner at a different restaurant each month. Feb. 16 CCT Board Meeting at Friendly Chevrolet 07:00 PM The board meeting is held at the Friendly Chevrolet snack bar one half hour before the general meeting. All members are welcome. Feb. 16 CCT Membership Meeting at Friendly Chevrolet 07:30 PM The general membership meeting is held in the Friendly Chevrolet second fl oor meeting room. Bring a raffl e gift and get a free raffl e ticket. All are welcome to join us at an after meeting dinner at a different restaurant each month. Mar. 16 CCT Board Meeting at Friendly Chevrolet 07:00 PM The board meeting is held at the Friendly Chevrolet snack bar one half hour before the general meeting. All members are welcome. Mar. 16 CCT Membership Meeting at Friendly Chevrolet 07:30 PM Apr The general membership meeting is held in the Friendly Chevrolet second fl oor meeting room. Bring a raffl e gift and get a free raffl e ticket. All are welcome to join us at an after meeting dinner at a different restaurant each month. NCM Bash at National Corvette Museum Annual start to the NCM Event year Apr. 20 CCT Board Meeting at Friendly Chevrolet 07:00 PM The board meeting is held at the Friendly Chevrolet snack bar one half hour before the general meeting. All members are welcome. Apr. 20 CCT Membership Meeting at Friendly Chevrolet 07:30 PM May The general membership meeting is held in the Friendly Chevrolet second fl oor meeting room. Bring a raffl e gift and get a free raffl e ticket. All are welcome to join us at an after meeting dinner at a different restaurant each month. C4 Annual Gathering at National Corvette Museum Open to all those interested in the 4th Generation Corvette 2

3 Officers President Bob Kee Vice President Michael Garrison From the Editor Remember, there is no membership meeting in December. If you Treasurer Jim Iuele come to Friendly on the 15th you will be alone. Of course, since you are already Secretary Melissa Leslie there you could buy a new Corvette. NCCC Governor Paul Wolter pwol1962@sbcglobal.net Friendly has several in stock... Board Members Marvin Snyder Term ends donmarvettes@sbcglobal.net Carey Leslie Term ends celeslie@tx.rr.com Sharon Norris Term ends ssnorris@verizon.net Ken Bradley Term ends k.bradley@sbcglobal.net Ray Kimminau Term ends rpkimm@sbcglobal.net Staff Chairpersons Activities TBA Charities Coordinator Pat Kimminau rpkimm@sbcglobal.net Club Merchandise Mary Wolter mwol1990@sbcglobal.net Membership Mary Wolter mwol1990@sbcglobal.net Property Mary Wolter mwol1990@sbcglobal.net Historian Ken Bradley k.bradley@sbcglobal.net Newsletter Joe Wagner jwagner@gte.net Photographer Charles Whitaker whitaker@fl ash.net Raffl e Joann Powdrill powdrill@hotmail.com Webmaster Joe Wagner jwagner@gte.net NCM Ambassador James Powdrill jamespowdrill@mypbmail.com December is traditionally a down time for CCT, mainly because everyone is busy with family and holiday activities. However, this year we will have our annual Christmas party on Dec. 2nd and the monthly Brunch will be on the 30th. So there will still be opportunities to socialize before the New Year. Election of CCT offi cers and Board will be held at the January meeting. I have had zero comment on my editorial in the last edition so I don t expect a rush of volunteers at the last minute. It would be nice to have a reason for holding a meaningful election instead of a rubber stamp... Maybe next year. Thank you all for your kind words on the passing of my mother on the 27th. She will be missed. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving and will have a Merry Christmas. Joe Wagner After Meeting Drive & Eat CCT Event Coordinator Sign up at a meeting or jwagner@gte.net Sign up with the CCT Activities Chair or any offi cer. Month Host Month Coordinator January 20th, 2017 Sharon Norris January Open February 17th Carey & Melissa Leslie February 18th Paul and Mary Wolter March 17th Bob and Paula Mischel March Open April 21st Paul and Mary Wolter April Open May 19th Mitch and Carol Factor May Open June 16th Mitch and Carol Factor June Open July 21st Ken & Jeanette Bradley July Paul and Mary Wolter August 18th Darlie & Bob Kee August Open September 15th Sharon Norris September Open October 20th James & Joann Powdrill October Open November 17th Mike and Debbie Garrison November Open December 15th No meeting in Dec. December Open 3

4 CCT General Membership Meeting Minutes November 17, 2017 Meeting called to order by Bob Kee at 7:32 p.m. After Club Social/Dinner planned for El Fenix hosted by Michael and Debbie Garrison. Minutes of the October meeting were approved. Paulette Wagner stated that next brunch would be on December 30 th at Cafe Amore. Debbie Garrison spoke about Holiday Party taking place on December 2 nd at 5 p.m. Carey Leslie discussed Leake Car Auction volunteer opportunity that was ongoing through the weekend, and that another opportunity to volunteer would come again in April of Veteran s Day Car Show was discussed. There was a great turnout by CCT members. Visitors Jack and Coila Edson, who are considering joining, found us through our web site. The Raffl e was conducted by Joann Powdrill and the meeting was adjourned at 8:01 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Melissa Leslie, CCT Secretary The CCT Brunch Bunch will meet on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at NOON at: Cafe Amore 600 N Coit Rd., Ste 2050 Richardson, TX (972) The special holiday brunch bunch will meet in a restaurant highly recommended by Charles Whitaker. Debbie Garrison acted on his recommendation and has reserved the restaurant s private room space for Dec 30th at noon for lunch. We are asked to order off of the limited group menu. The group menu price is $15 per person at lunch which includes salad, entrée, dessert and soft drink or tea. Questions? Contact Debbie Garrison ***Send an RSVP on or before Dec. 29 to Paulette@themoralefairy.com or call Always , call, or text with last minute changes, please. 4

5 Day Activity Discuss at January 2018 meeting to determine interest and set a date for those who are interested in seeing this as a group. No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum 119 Silent Wings Blvd, Terrell, TX Terrell Municipal Airport. Open: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday. 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tel: Free / Takes about an hour to see. They have guides to explain things and tell stories. A very unique and little known piece of World War II history even before the United States offi cial entry into the war. Thousands of British pilots learned to fl y at six civilian training schools in the United States. The fi rst and largest of the schools was in Terrell, Texas. After the United States entered the war, American Aviation Cadets also trained at the school. More than 2,000 Royal Air Force and American Army Air Force pilots earned their wings over North Texas between 1941 and Terrell s citizens welcomed the student pilots to their community and many life-long bonds were forged. The museum celebrates this little known chapter of World War II history. The collection includes hundreds of historical items: log books, training materials, WW II memorabilia and uniforms. The museum s archives contain the most extensive record of the No. 1 British Flying Training School that exists. Located at the Terrell Municipal Airport. New 755 HP Corvette ZR1 fi nally announced at an auto show in Dubai. No offi cial pricing info yet from GM. But it is expected to start around $120,000. The controversial ironing board wing, shown here, is an option. 5

6 2017 Autocross Joann Powdrill sent in some pictures from our recent autocross. (More about the autocross on page 19) Sharon & Marvin Marvin waiting to stage another driver Thanks to everyone that brought goodies Glenda always comes to our rescue...thanks 6

7 Paul giving the racers instructions Some of the racers waiting their turn... Pat & Ray trying to stay warm to work their corner...yes it was cold! Beaut iful early morning sky! 7

8 November 2017 Meeting By Charles Whitaker I arrived early for the November Corvette of Texas meeting so I wandered around and found some interesting things. Of course, I had to include a photo of my 2017 Silver C7 Corvette convertible beside Jeff Rosen s silver Corvette. There was a nice yellow 2017 Z06 Corvette near by that is for sale by Friendly Chevrolet that would make someone a nice ride. Charles & Jeff s Silver Corvettes 2017 Yellow Z06 Corvette for Sale by Friendly Chevrolet A beautifully decorated Christmas Tree was inside the show room 8

9 There was another beautiful sight sitting near the Christmas Tree; a 2018 C7 Corvette Z06 with a sticker price of $104,805. The board meeting was being held 9

10 The regular meeting of the Corvette Club of Texas was held on November 17th 2017 at Friendly Chevrolet. 14 members and 2 visitors attended. Our guests were Jack and Coila Edson from Southlake. Their Corvettes are a 1975 White Convertible with a 4-speed transmission and an Atomic Red 1980 Corvette that they want to restore. We talked to them while waiting for the board members to arrive and we heard some interesting stories. They also have 4 other cars that fi ll their 6-car garage. Jack & Coila Meeting Attendees 10

11 Bob Kee, our President, conducted the business. Many of our members were at the autocross site in Mineral Wells, Texas for the Saturday and Sunday races so the meeting was short. Bob Kee, President The next brunch will be on Saturday December 30 th at Café Amore in Richardson, Texas. The Christmas lists for the Gill Family Children have been circulated, but the date has not been announced. Joann Powdrill conducted the raffl e and we had 3 prizes. The winners are shown below including me. The Three Prizes Sharon Norris 11

12 Carol Factor Charles Whitaker Amos The Guide Dog Thanks to Friendly Chevrolet and Mark Eddins for supporting the club, providing a place for us to meet and selling us such great Corvettes. Thanks to Bob Kee our president, Mike Garrison our vice-president and to Joe Wagner f or another great newsletter last month and to Paulette for sponsoring the monthly brunches. Thanks to Paul Wolter for being our NCCC Governor and telling us about the upcoming events and to Mary Wolter for doing so many things including being our Membership Person and to Debbie Garrison for organizing exciting events for us. Lastly, but most important, thanks to the Corvette club members that join in our activities. It takes a lot of work from a lot of people to run the club. All of these efforts are what make our club such a nice organization. 12

13 Brunch, Car Show, Veterans & Taps n Tunes By Charles Whitaker The Corvette Club of Texas had a full day of activities on Saturday, November 11th, 2017 starting in Hurst, Texas with a brunch at Panera Bread, then a Car Show sponsored by CCT across the street from the Hurst Conference Center, a Veterans reception in the Conference Center Gallery and then a USO Variety show presented by the Taps n Tunes Production. I spotted two Corvettes at Panera Bread before I went inside for the brunch where I met Paulette & Joe Wagner, Mike Garrison and Paul Wolter. Kathy and Chuck Kraut who were former members of CCT were there also by chance meeting. (Debbie Garrison was at the Plano Conference Center selling her new books, so she couldn t join us.) Charles Corvette Mike s Corvette Paulette, Joe, Paul, Mike & Charles (CW from left) 13

14 Corvette Club of Texas Car Show Mel Roggenbuck s Silver 1966 & Joe Wagner s Green 2014 Charles Silver 2015 & Mike s Dark Red 2013 Mike s Dark Red 2013 & Paul Wolter s 1986 Yellow Pace Car Group in Front of Carey Leslie s Blue (The lady in red owns the pink Corvette.) 14

15 John Crisler s 2016 Grand Sport & Mitch Factor s Yellow 2015 Pretty Pink C7 After the car show, the festivities moved to the Hurst Conference center where Richard Ward, the Mayor of Hurst, welcomed the Veterans and the public. There were displays of uniforms worn by our armed forces during several wars. The Mayor of Hurst, Richard Ward 15

16 We had the opportunity to meet Veterans, see their displays, hear their stories and to thank them for their service and sacrifi ces. Proud Veteran The Gallery Veterans A Service Dog The USO Variety show presented by the Taps n Tunes Production was the next event and it was exciting and full of respect for the Veterans. I enjoyed seeing the show with its energy and talent. Annette Marsh is a former member of CCT and Chief Operations Offi cer of the Tunes n Taps and Barry Marsh is also a former CCT member and he is the Vice President. Annette Marsh. 16

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19 Governor s Report. (Prepared by Paul Wolter) Our annual joint autocross (AX) at the Mineral Wells (MW) airport with Cowtown Vettes (CTV) was conducted on Saturday and Sunday November 18th & 19th. After working the Leake classic car auction Thursday and Friday I took the CCT trailer to the Mineral Wells airport and coordinated setting up the autocross road course layout. I had fi ve CTV members helping me position cones along the mile course that consisted of two slaloms multiple gates, two large sweeps and one crossover. Cowtown hosted Saturday s seven autocrosses for 33 competitors. CCT hosted seven autocrosses for 29 competitors. We had a couple from northwestern Iowa who traveled 12 hours to participate in both Saturday s and Sunday s events. They told us that it was 31 degrees when they left Iowa Friday morning. Saturday s temperature at the MW airport was a high of 62 degrees, with a North wind blowing from 30 to 43 mph made it feel like it was a chilly mid-40s. Sunday morning s temperature was 31 degrees and at 6 AM I had to scrape frost off my windshield at the hotel before driving to the MW airport to get ready to host Sunday s seven autocrosses. The food truck that was scheduled to be at the autocross to sell lunches for both Saturday and Sunday notifi ed us late Wednesday that they had a better gig elsewhere. So, I contacted Mesquite BBQ in Mineral Wells to prepare 66 lunches for Saturday and 55 lunches for Sunday. Free lunches were provided for all workers both days. As in past years, I picked up and brought the lunches to the airport and helped serve. I conducted the corner worker and then the driver s meeting Sunday morning. I drove Doug and Glenda s new C7 ZO6 on the parade lap leading two new competitors around the course. Since both Doug and Glenda were competing the NCCC rules prohibit them from driving on the course, except for during the timed AX competitions. I rode with Doug on two of his autocross runs, and at the extreme speed and Gs being pulled it felt like he was driving right on the edge of being out of control! He and Glenda competed in 14 autocrosses each with 2 runs on each AX and they wore out a set of tires that weekend. We fi nished the event Sunday afternoon at 3PM after loading all the cones back into the CCT trailer. Thanks to the CCT members who came out and helped work Sunday s autocrosses. Since we were short quite a few CCT workers I enlisted a dozen CTV members to help work our event. As SWR treasurer and CCT governor I participated in Saturday evening s governor s meeting on November 18th in Mineral Wells. In addition to preparing and presenting the treasurer s report I also prepared and discussed the SWR 2018 budget. The meeting started at 7 PM and lasted nearly 3 ½ hours! The Texas Outlaws Corvette Club is going to host a one day road trip in March for NCCC members that departs Fort Worth. I will discuss it at our January 2018 CCT membership meeting NCCC Southwest Region event dates and fl iers that are being hosted in December and next year are provided at: NCCC Convention. Our NCCC Southwest Region is hosting a 2017 Convention Warm-Up autocross event Saturday and Sunday December 2nd and 3rd at the New Orleans road course. We have 35 competitors registered for this event with participants from numerous states. We are currently at the expenses/revenue breakeven point for hosting the event. There are several volunteers that have been identifi ed as convention chairs to work and host the various tasks during the convention. I signed up to be one of the concours judge for the car show. 19

20 6th Annual Salute to Our Veterans. Thanks to the CCT members who displayed their Corvettes for the 6th Annual Salute to Our Veterans that was hosted by Taps n Tunes on Saturday, November 11th at the City of Hurst Conference Center. The USO Family Friendly matinee show was conducted at 2:30 pm. Security was provided for the Corvettes while we are watching the show in Reserved Seating for CCT members that displayed their Corvettes. Both Annette Marsh and Patti Bertwell performed numerous routines, and Annette had the large task of being the MC for the production. The USO show was very entertaining and all attendees enjoyed the production. Since Charles took pictures I suspect that you will see an article with pictures in this newsletter. (Thanks, Charles!). The lady who owned this P ink Vette stopped to look at our Vettes for Vets Display in Hurst. This is a pink wrap that was placed over a stock GM color. The cost to print and apply this wrap was $3,000. The car can be returned to its factory color by removing the wrap. 20

21 2017 Racer s Reunion by Joe Wagner Pretty, restored dirt track car Sprint car and midget race car Pontiac funny car 1957 drag race car based on a 1925 model T chassis Bobby Unser, Jack Ruby s daughter and Johnny Rutherford preparing for a Q and A. For the fi rst time they had a live feed from a race track to give an award to a driver actually between races. 21