CAPE FEAR CORVETTES. May 2017

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1 CAPE FEAR CORVETTES. May 2017 CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT Richard Fox VICE PRESIDENT Peter Ziehl TREASURER Steve Primavera SECRETARY Jerry DiGiovanni CAR SHOW CHAIRMAN Greg Stanly WEBSITE/WEBMASTER John Talatinian NEWSLETTER Peter Ziehl MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN Bill Bordwine NCM Ambassador Don Paulson Facebook Administrators John Talatinian, Gordon Boyd, Publicity Chairman NEXT CLUB MEETING: June 6 th :15 p.m. The next meeting will be at N.E. Library In the Pine room 1241 Military Cutoff Rd, Wilmington, NC Note the meeting will start at 6:15 We will go someplace after to eat if you re interested

2 MEETING MINUTES May 2nd 2017 Call to Order: President Richard Fox called the meeting to order at 6:17pm and welcomed the 28 members present. Minutes: The minutes for the April membership meeting as ed to the club membership were approved. Treasurer s Report: Treasurer Steve Primavera presented the treasurer s report through April 30 th, which was accepted by the membership with no comments. National Corvette Museum: NCM Ambassador Don Paulson covered the following topics: The NCM unveiled a One Acre Club display listing all who contributed to the Motorsports Park. The Michelin NCM Bash (April 27-29) featured the roll-out of the 2018 Corvette. It was announced at the NCM Bash that plant tours will be suspended for approximately 18 months with the last tour being June 16 th. Plans for the 2019 Caravan which coincides with the NCM 25 th anniversary have started. 13,000 Vettes are expected to participate. Please review the Ambassador s Report published in the newsletter and website for details. Membership: Membership Chairman Bill Bordwine reported that 62 members have paid for their 2017 membership dues to-date. Show Chairman: Tony Caracciolo stated that a check for our first booth reservation was received by Personal Touch Detailers. Also, 5 attendee pre-registrations have been received. Tony also mentioned that he will be ordering 2018 Corvette Calendars which cover 16 months and reiterated that books still can be purchased at ½ price. Show T-Shirts and Club Polo Shirts can be ordered at the next meeting. Phil Eames covered the following: Old Business: o The number of trophies offered will be expanded. o Members Vettes will be judged separately by the public and show participants (no club members). This is a separate category and does not compete with show entrants. o June will be time spent on building/revamping judging forms and recruiting volunteers for help at the Show. April 8 th : 20 Member Vettes participated in the Azalea Parade chauffeuring dignitaries and celebrities in the parade. It was a fun event and would do it again if asked. Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo expressed his appreciation for the great turnout of Vettes to help with the event. April 12 th : The Return to the NCCAR Race Track went well with everyone participating having a great time exercising their Vettes. The caution flag was used for the first time

3 because of a stalled race-prepared BMW driven by one of our members who pulled off the track. As improvements are made to our rules through experience; a couple that were discussed were to use a Red Flag in all cases as there is no way to know what the reason is for a car to be off the track and to reinstitute the drivers meeting to review the rules which may be changed or updated. The next proposed meet will be in October. April 22 nd : Vettes Doing Charleston. This show was held at Tanger Outlet in North Charleston, SC. Observations were that there was no main tent for the show crew and that no porta-potties were provided. CFC Show brochures for our upcoming show were handed out to everyone attending. New Business: May 6 th : Pinehurst Concours d Elegance car show. The Pinehurst Show is a world class show and highly recommended to everyone. We have a CFC member, Glenn Healey, that has a car entered this year. May 17 th : A cruise has been organized to visit the patients at the Wilmington Health & Rehabilitation Center again this year. Details will be sent via . May 27 th : A cruise and dine is being organized to travel to The Country Squire Winery for lunch and free wine tasting. Details will be ed, RSVP will be needed by May 17 th. June 3 rd : The 22 nd Annual Corvettes at Myrtle Beach 2017 show. We need a good showing both for the Participants Trophy and because of the support they give in attending our annual show. A complete list of upcoming shows is in the Newsletter. Open Forum: Tony Caracciolo described his new purchase, a 66-race prepped Corvette with tons of provenance including racing at Nürburgring Race Track. His plans are to make it road worthy, track it and do some autocross. Note that there is a detailed schedule of events listed in the Newsletter. The next meeting will be held June 6 th at the N.E. Library. We will convene at 6:00pm with the meeting starting approximately at 6:15pm. Meeting was adjourned at 7:05pm. Meeting Minutes respectfully submitted by Jerry DiGiovanni, Secretary.

4 16 SAM UNDERWOOD 24 JON HARVEY 26 CHARLIE DESLAURIER June Birthdays

5 Ambassador Report May 2017 Cape Fear Corvettes, Wilmington, NC is a One Acre Club Donald & Debra Paulson Master Ambassadors & Life Members NCM ACRE CLUB Display unveiled

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7 GM Corvette Plant News At the Michelin NCM Bash, GM Corvette Plant Manager Kai Spande made the official announcement that public tours of the plant would not be available for approximately 18 months. The last day for public tours is currently Friday, June 16, Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter further elaborated on the lack of availability, citing the time needed to tie the new paint shop into the assembly line, and eventually design a new tour route. While Buyers' Tours and Engine Build options are not available for the 2018 model year Corvettes, R8C Museum Delivery is still available, sans the plant tour portion of the package which can be fulfilled once the tours reopen. Kai and Tadge also announced that the plant will be shut down August-October. For those wanting 2018 Corvettes by the end of July the deadline to order is June 12. Corvettes ordered after that date will be built once the plant reopens in November. SEE ME FOR THE $10 RAFFLE TICKETS DRAWING SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

8 CALENDAR OF EVENTS MAY Sat. 13 Cars & Coffee Shallotte at Chili's Shallotte Crossing 8:30-11 Sat. 13 Back to Summer Car Show Broadway at the Beach Myrtle Beach Wed 17 Corvettes Visit Wilmington Health & Rehab followed by lunch Sat. 20 Rims On the River Downtown Wilmington, see website Sat. 20 New Life Baptist Church Car Show Fayetteville Sun 21 Caro-Vettes NCCC Sanctioned Corvette Show, Marine Chevy Jacksonville Mon. 22 Cruise in at Peter's Speed Shop 5:30 till Sat. 27 Cruise & Dine to The Country Squire Restaurant Inn & Winery Kenansville NC Sat. 27 Hot Rods and Hamburgers Cruise-In at Ocean City Chevy HWY17 Shallotte 10-3 Sat. 27 Southwest High School Auto Shop Car Show Jacksonville JUNE Sat 3 Corvettes at Myrtle Beach Show at Broadway at the Beach Sat 3 Sun Coast Cruisers back to the Beach Car Show Fort Fisher Kure Beach Sat 3 Cars & Coffee Wilmington Chili's South College Rd Tues 6 Cape Fear Corvettes Monthly Meeting Sat. 10 Cars & Coffee Shallotte at Chili's Shallotte Crossing 8:30-11 Tues 13 Tri-Beach Cruisers Cruise In at Smithfields, BBQ Shallotte 6-8 Sat. 17 North Carolina Blueberry Festival Car & Truck Show, Burgaw Sat. 24 Cruise In at Jud Kuhn Chevy 3740 Hwy 9E, Little River SC 11-2 Mon. 26 Cruise in at Peter's Speed Shop 5:30 till Items in highlighted Yellow are Cape Fear Corvettes sponsered events

9 Cape Fear Corvettes Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Cruise in to Wilmington Health and Rehabilitation 820 Wellington Ave. Wilmington, NC (.6 Miles West of 17th Street ) We will meet at 11:00 AM in the Parking lot of Wilmington Health & Rehab closest to Wellington Ave. After showing off our "Rides" to some of the patients and employees, we will head over to Henry's Restaurant 2508 Independence Blvd Wilmington, NC Click here: Welcome to Henry s Restaurant & Bar - Henry's

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11 13 th Annual Rims on the River Vintage Car & Hot Rod Show Saturday, May 20th, 2017 (Rain date Sunday May 21st, 2017) Mail completed application to: Rims on the River PO Box 208, Wilmington, NC Tel: Name of Club (if applicable): Contact Person: Mailing Address: Phone #: What type of car/s will you be displaying: MODEL: Year: Make: MODEL: Year: Make: MODEL: Year: Make: Space: Each car will be given a parking space on the street. Vendors must stay within the confines of their space and work with given site specifics. Fees: $10.00 Money orders or personal checks are accepted. Checks are to be made out to C & L Corporation. Car placement begins at 9:00am, the morning of the show. Pre-registration deadline, must be postmarked by: May 12, 2017 Cancellation Policy: Please contact us within 48 hours if you cannot attend. Your space can then be given to a car on the waiting list. Restrictions: Downtown Business Alliance reserves the right to restrict any activities determined by the show staff to interfere with public access and safety or programming. Agreement: The undersigned hereby discharges the Downtown Business Alliance, C & L Corporation of Wilmington, volunteers, sponsors, the City of Wilmington, and the property owners of the land used in and adjacent to the show, of any and all claims, damages or loss to the undersigned's property during the event. The undersigned agrees to abide by the rules established by the Downtown Business Alliance committee. Those not in compliance will be suspended from future participation and are subject to removal. I HAVE READ AND WILL ABIDE BY THE ABOVE RULES AND REGULATIONS THROUGHOUT MY ASSOCIATION WITH "RIMS ON THE RIVER." Signature Date Applicant

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15 Cape Fear Corvettes Cruise & Dine Saturday May 27 to The Country Squire Restaurant Inn & Winery 748 North Carolina 50 Kenansville, NC Click here: The Country Squire Restaurant Winery & Vintage Inn - Home After the 40 mile cruise we scheduled a "no charge" wine tasting followed by diner at 5:00. CFC will depart promptly at 3:15 from the Travel Center NC-210 Rocky Point, NC ( exit 408 off of I-40 ) If you plan to attend please reply to this with your name and number of guests by Wednesday May 17 and I will complete the group reservation. thank You, Richard

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22 Cruise in at Peter s Speed Shop On the Forth Monday of each month starting in January and running through November. I will open up the shop at 5:30 pm and running until about 9:00 for people to drop by and hang out and work on or just talk corvettes. I have lots of work to get done on my 72 corvette so you can help out if you re interested or if you have something you need done or checked out on your corvette we can do that if you like. Need an oil change bring the oil and filter and you can do it yourself and if you re not comfortable doing it so of the more experienced gear heads will coach you. I will not be providing food or cooking but will have the grill out and fired up. Should you want to bring something to cook feel free to use the grill or the microwave. Bring anything you want to drink or eat and a folding chair if you want to sit. Scheduled dates 1/29 2/27 3/27 4/24 5/22 6/26 7/24 8/28 9/25 10/23 11/27 Peter s Speed Shop is located In the North Kerr Industrial Park at 3208 Pennington Drive, Wilmington Directions From North Kerr Ave. (East of Blue Clay Road) take Boundary St. North to the end then turn Left on Kitty Hawk Rd.to Pennington Dr. on right. The shop is in the Second Driveway on the right hand side in the long building on the left. If you get lost call me

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24 Services and Classified Section. CFC DISCOUNT BOOKS: Quayside Publishing Group is offering a 50% discount to all CFC club members on all their books, including the recently released Corvette Stingray about the new C7. The discount applies to all automotive and motorsports books and shop manuals at Also, many other books on aviation, history, sports, music, etc. can be found at You can view the Quayside websites to find any books that interest you. The 50% club discount applies to ALL books on BOTH websites. The discount price is 50% off the RETAIL LIST price (not any marked-down price) plus NC sales tax. Free shipping is available on orders of $75 or more. The only restrictions are that the orders must be placed and paid for by one person and shipped to one address calendars are also available, but order soon as they sell out quickly. I have volunteered to handle the orders for our club members and will group orders to qualify for the free shipping. To purchase any book, or contact me with the complete ordering information. You can pay me at any CFC meeting or event or mail a check made out to: Tony Caracciolo, 1007 West Cove Loop, Leland, NC I will deliver the books at a CFC event or you can pick them up at your convenience. Some examples of the newest books that can be made available for examination: Corvette Stingray The seventh generation of America s Sports Car - $20 CFC price The Complete Book of Corvette Every model since 1953 (includes C7) - $25 CFC Corvette Racing The complete competition history from Sebring to Le Mans - $30 CFC Art of the Corvette An artistic celebration of the Corvette - $25 CFC -- "Corvette: 7 generations of High Performance" - The ultimate Corvette history - $25 CFC -- "Track Days: A Glove-box Guide" - Vital advice handbook for the track-dayer - $10 CFC If you have any questions you can call me at Tony Caracciolo For Sale a set After Market Chrome C7 ZO6 Corvette Wheels Size 10 x 19 fronts and 12 X 20 rears. These wheels were on the corvette when I purchased it in the fall. We did not like the look of the wheels and tires so we purchased a set of the Z51 Chrome wheels for the car and no longer need these so we are selling them there is no damage to any of the wheels and as far as I know they were not on the corvette very long. Asking $950 or best offer. Peter or chefpeter@ec.rr.com

25 C7 Corvette Stingray Ultraguard Plus Car Cover - Indoor/Outdoor Protection: Red/Black or Gray/Black, this cover has never been used The C7 Corvette Stingray Ultra Guard Plus car cover is made of a 300 Denier polyester material with a water resistant coating on the outer layer and a soft cotton layer on the inside. It is a great choice for all-around indoor and outdoor use. The 300 denier is a very durable, strong, heavy weave, which will not rip or tear easily. It does an excellent job of reflecting sunlight while keeping rain and animal droppings from damaging the vehicle finish. The special soft cotton inner layer protects the most delicate paint finishes. Comes with matching storage bag asking $ If interested contact Bob Heinish at rbhein50@msn.com