CAPE FEAR CORVETTES. March 2017

CAPE FEAR CORVETTES. March 2017 CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT Richard Fox 910-509-1406 rlfox28409@aol.com VICE PRESIDENT Peter Ziehl 203-376-5391 chefpeter@ec.rr.com TREASURER Steve Primavera primavera@atmc.com SECRETARY Jerry DiGiovanni 401-333-3173 jdigiova@gmail.com CAR SHOW CHAIRMAN Greg Stanly WEBSITE/WEBMASTER John Talatinian john.talatinian@hpe.com NEWSLETTER Peter Ziehl 203-376-5391 chefpeter@ec.rr.com MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN Bill Bordwine bordwinec@gmail.com NCM Ambassador Don Paulson dpaul79912@aol.com Facebook Administrators John Talatinian, john.talatinian@hpe.com Gordon Boyd, gboyd1@ec.rr.com Publicity Chairman NEXT CLUB MEETING: April 4 th 2017 6:15 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

MEETING MINUTES March 7th 2017 Call to Order: President Richard Fox called the meeting to order at 6:11pm and welcomed the 29 members present. Minutes: The minutes for the February membership meeting as e-mailed to the club membership were approved. Treasurer s Report: Treasurer Steve Primavera presented the treasurer s report through February 28 th the Club is in good financial shape. National Corvette Museum: John Fort described his and Carol s experience at the Barrett- Jackson Auction where they were volunteers representing the NCM. Some of the discussion was on type cars and car memorabilia auctioned, bidding fees and process, security and the highlight where Carol met Dale Jr. and had a photo taken with him. NCM Ambassador Don Paulson covered the following topics: The last order cycle for ordering a 2017 model Corvette is April 3 rd with the plant shutting down for 3-4 months minimum starting June 2 nd. Production is expected to start sometime in the 4 th quarter for the 2018 models. The conflict between the NCM Motorsport Park and surrounding neighborhood concerning track noise has been settled with an agreement approved by both parties. The published Ambassador s Report in the newsletter and website has more details on these subjects, check it out. Membership: Membership Chairman Bill Bordwine stated that 56 members have paid for their 2017 membership dues to-date. Show Chairman: Tony Caracciolo confirmed that JGC will provide 2 new Corvettes for the Azealia Parade. A Board and Show Chairman meeting has been scheduled on Saturday, March 11 th at Richard Fox s home to discuss our upcoming annual Corvette show, the club website, events for the remainder of 2017, etc. Old Business: February 18 th : 18 member Corvettes attended the cruise to the St. James Country Club for lunch and golf, all organized by Dave Flinchbaugh. The club thanked Dave for planning a great event. February 26 th : 20+ members attended the Daytona 500 gathering at Peter s Corvette Shop to watch the race on a big screen TV, enjoy the company of their fellow members. New Business: March 18 th : The Lake Waccamaw Boys & Girls Home charity cruise. This cruse will coincide again this year with the Southern Farm Days event which is across the street from the Home. We will have an ideal spot to leave our Vettes at the Home parking lot to attend the Southern Farm Days event if desired. Lunch at Dale s is within walking distance from

the parking lot. A flyer with details was sent and will be resent to be sure everyone has a copy. This is our big event and members should attend if at all possible. This is a rain or shine event, you do not need to bring your Vette, just attend. Anyone who would like to volunteer to help prepare the 50 bags to be donated can meet at Greg & Evelyn Stanley s house on the Friday evening before (March 17 th), at 7:00pm. April 8 th : NC Azalea Festival. CFC has been selected to provide all the cars for the festival parade. It is hoped that we can have at least 30 participating. 18 Vettes have volunteered so far, it is hoped that more will volunteer as this parade will be televised and would be great PR for CFC. Static cling club banners for the windshield are being ordered by the club for the Vettes participating. An e-mail with more details on how to prepare for this event will be sent. April 12 th : Return to the NCCAR race track for tracking your Vette. The rain date is April 13 th. Approximately 10 Vettes have signed-up to-date. Openings are still available, the more participating the lower the per car price will be. April 22 nd : Vettes Doing Charleston. This show will be at Tanger Outlet Charleston, in North Charleston, NC this year. The plan is for everyone who wants to meet for lunch on Friday. Gordon Boyd will be leaving Friday at 8:00am for those who want to caravan to the event. Time and place to be announced. May 6 th : Pinehurst Concours d Elegance car show. Richard Fox will put together a program and e-mail it for those who want to attend. Note that there is a detailed schedule of events listed in the Newsletter. The next meeting will be held April 4 th at the N.E. Library. We will convene at 6:00pm with the meeting starting approximately at 6:15pm. Meeting was adjourned at 7:33pm. Meeting Minutes respectfully submitted by Jerry DiGiovanni, Secretary.

1 GORDON BOYD 9 PETER OTTEN 16 DON RURIS 18 JERRY DIGIOVANNI April Birthdays

Ambassador Report March 2017 Cape Fear Corvettes, Wilmington, NC is a One Acre Club Donald & Debra Paulson Master Ambassadors & Life Members NCM Important End Of Model Year Deadlines for 2017 Corvette Production With the pending closure of the Bowling Green Assembly Plant this summer, things are going to be a little weird for a while. No one is saying how long the plant will be down, but we ve been told 3-4 months at best. That means when the plant wraps up 2017 model production in June, we could be looking at no new Corvette production until sometime in the fourth quarter. The last order cycle for having a 2017 Corvette built is April 13, 2017, and the last day of 2017 model year production is Friday, June 2nd. A plant spokesperson has said that when the assembly plant resumes production following the closure, Chevrolet will be building the 2018 Corvette, widely expected to be the C7- based models. You can decide to wait for a 2018 Corvette, but notice that the last order cycle for the 2017s will come two weeks before the annual new model roll-out at the NCM Bash event. We have not heard a peep about 2018 Corvettes other than a certain 2018 Corvette ZR1 prototype running around, which may or may not be announced until sometime this summer. And with a new paint shop coming online, there is no guarantee that the 2018 Corvette you want will be available in the color you want, at least immediately. National Corvette Museum reaches agreement with neighbors over noise dispute

The National Corvette Museum and neighbors to their motor sports park have come to an agreement stemming from a lawsuit filed in 2015 regarding noise complaints. The conflict was settled March 2nd in front of the City Planning Commission. The surrounding "Clark Circle Neighborhood" filed the lawsuit in October 2015 citing high levels causing problems in the area. Both parties came to an agreement Thursday night that set maximum decibel levels permitted to come from the park. A monitor will be set up in the Clark Circle Neighborhood to detect the level of sound that reaches the houses near there. Both parties hope the agreement reached Thursday will serve as a mediator to satisfy both sides. "The agreement that we reached with those folks tonight," says Aaron Smith, the attorney representing the NCM, "which was accepted by the planning commission tonight will allow us to continue to be a world class facility, but at the same time be a good neighbor to those around us." The man representing over forty residents near the park says there were a few things he hopes this agreement will accomplish. "One of our goals was to give the planning commission and their staff as many enforcement tools and vehicles as possible to make sure the restrictions are in fact lived up to," says Chris Davenport. "Hopefully those enforcement procedures are never necessary. I think that's what we all hope for." The NCM and racetrack will be given what the planning commission called, for lack of a better term, "loud days", which will give them 8 days to exceed the agreed-upon decibel level. There are still limits to how much over that decibel level they can be. SEE ME FOR THE $10 RAFFLE TICKETS 2017 TORCH RED CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE RAFFLE Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 3pm CT is your chance to win!

MARCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS Thus-Sat 16-18 29th PeeDee Street Roders Run to the Sun Myrtle beach Sat 18 Lake Waccamaw Boys & Girls Club Cruise & Lunch at Dales Seafood Sat 18 St Patricks Car Show & festival Onslow Pines Park Javksonville Sat 25 Sun Coast Cruisers Law Enforcement Appreciation Parade Battleship Park 10:00 Mon. 27 Cruise in at Peter's Speed Shop 530 till APRIL Sat. 1 Cars & Coffee Wilmington Chili's South College Rd Tues 4 Cape Fear Corvettes Monthly Meeting Sat. 8 Cars & Coffee Shallotte at Chili's Shallotte Crossing 8:30-11 Sat. 8 Azalea festval Parade Sun 9 Museum of the Marine Car Show American Legion #265 Jacksonville Tues 11 Tri-Beach Cruisers Cruise In at Smithfields, BBQ Shallotte 6-8 Wed 12 CFC Track Day rain date 4/13 Sat 15 Wings & Wheels Aircraft, Car Show and Pancake Breakfast, Oak Island NC Sat. 22 Vettes Doin Charleston Corvette Show Sat. 22 18th Bash at The Beach Car Show, Home Depot in Shallotte Sat-Sun 22-23 Get-A-Load of this Car Show and Swap meet Dunn NC Thus-Sat 27-29 National Corvette Museum Bash Mon. 24 Cruise in at Peter's Speed Shop 530 till Fri-Sun 28-30 GoodGuys North carolina Nationals Car Show NC State Fair Grounds Raleigh Sat. 29 Hempstead Student Ministry Car & Truck Show Hempstead Baptist Church Sat. 29 31st Pickle Festival Car Show, Mount Olive MAY Tues 2 Cape Fear Corvettes Monthly Meeting Sat. 6 Pinehurst Concourse D'Elegance Sat. 6 Cars & Coffee Wilmington Chili's South College Rd Sat. 6 Back to the Beach Car Show Broadway at the Beach Myrtle Beach Sat. 6 Spring Car & Truck Show Eric's Grill Southport Walmart Parking Lot Tues 9 Tri-Beach Cruisers Cruise In at Smithfields, BBQ Shallotte 6-8 Sat. 13 Cars & Coffee Shallotte at Chili's Shallotte Crossing 8:30-11 Sat. 20 Rims On the River Downtown Wilmington, see website www.rimsontheriver.com Items in highlighted Yellow are Cape Fear Corvettes sponsered events

Cape Fear Corvettes Annual Lake Waccamaw Boys & Girls Home Charity Cruise & Dine Saturday March 18, 2017 CFC delivers a gift bag containing candy and a gift card to each child making them feel individually special. I also encourage the members to personally provide some of the items on our host David Passmore s list. Items they need are as follows: Towels, Blankets, Twin bed linens, Pillows, First Aid supplies, Arts and crafts supplies Laptops, Industrial kitchen equipment for Jaycees, Magazines of all types. Also in the food area: size 10 cans of all kinds of vegetables and fruits. Clothing for ages 14 18, mostly large sizes for boys and medium sizes for girls. After our visit we will walk over to Dale's Seafood for an authentic southern lunch! Click here: 100 Lake Shore Dr After lunch you may choose to walk over to the Southern Farm Days festival. Click here: Cape Fear Farm Heritage Association CFC will be leaving promptly at 9:30 AM from the Mobil Gas Station 3675 Maco Road NE @US 74/76 Leland NC 28451 And driving 24 miles to the Lake Waccamaw Boys and Girls Home 400 Flemington Dr. Lake Waccamaw NC 28450

Cape Fear Corvettes 2017 Azalea Festival Parade Saturday April 8th This year Cape Fear Corvettes is proud to be the lead provider of cars for the Parade. This is a great opportunity for all of us to bring recognition to the Corvette brand and our club. We will drive the celebrities along the one mile parade route down 3rd Street. Toward the end of the parade we will re-group and travel the route as the Cape Fear Corvettes Club! We need everyone to participate! You do not need to own or drive a convertible. This is our chance to put our cars and club in front of thousands of spectators and even more viewers on television. Please reply ASAP by e-mail with your name and vehicle type convertible/coupe so I can turn in our list to the Azalea Festival coordinators. RLFox28409@aol.com Thank You, Richard Fox CFC needs to arrive between 7:30 and 8:00 AM Turn onto Dock Street From 5th Street and head down toward the river to 3rd Street where they will be staging the Parade. The NC Azalea Festival Parade is an annual event that is viewed by over 100,00 0 people. Join us for this year's parade and enjoy the floats, marching units and bands, clowns and horses, all highlighted by visiting celebrities, the Azalea Queen and her court, and the Azalea Princess! Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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 203-376-5391

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 http://www.motorbooks.com/. Also, many other books on aviation, history, sports, music, etc. can be found at http://www.qbookshop.com/. 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. 2017 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, e-mail 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 28451. 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 910-371-2375. 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 203-376-5391 or chefpeter@ec.rr.com