M A Y 2 0 1 5 VOLUME 58.12 GET-AROUND GAZETTE The Monthly Newsletter of Corvettes Limited of Los Angeles, CA CONGRATULATIONS BRIAN & MONICA VALPARAISO! 2015 ZO6 LIKE US ON FACEBOOK WEBSITE: www.corvetteslimited.com BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT LEIF HAGMAN VICE PRESIDENT DAVE THOMPSON SECRETARY CHERYL VERDICCHIO TREASURER CHAR HUDDLESON MEMBERSHIP DOROTHY McCAIN ACTIVITIES KATHY HENRY GAZETTE EDITOR ANITA MEESE WEB MASTER BRIAN VALPARAISO NCCC DON MEYERS CORVETTES LIMITED BUSINESS MEETINGS ARE HELD AT 7:10PM ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT THE: ELKS LODGE 27 WEST HUNTINGTON DRIVE ARCADIA, CA PHONE: 626-445-2025 NEXT MEETING: 4/6/15 Proudly Sponsored by: CORVETTE SPECIALISTS 464 South Cataract Ave, Suite B San Dimas, CA 91773 Richard Sjoberg 909-599-0722 CALL RICH AND ASK ABOUT DISCOUNTS.
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 2 HI FROM LEIF The long month of May is upon us and with it brings great spring weather. A few special days come to mind during May. Mother s Day is on Sunday, May 10th so I would like to wish a Happy Mother s Day to all of the Corvettes Limited ladies. Enjoy your special day! Also, this month is Armed Forces Day which is on Saturday, May 16th. Thanks to all the members of our military forces for their patriotic service in support of our country. Finally, Memorial Day is on Monday, May 25th. Remember to observe this day to honor our service men and women who gave their lives for freedom and country. I would like to welcome the new members to Corvettes Limited. Jerry and Linda Froschauer joined in April and Don and Bonnie Carr who joined in March. Welcome to Corvettes Limited. We had two exciting events during the month of April. We cruised to Corona to visit the Day Family Museum which had great classic cars, ample parking, and good food at the In-N-Out Burger located across the street. Thank you to Randy and Rosemary Skillman for hosting the event. Also in April we went to the Hollywood Museum which had numerous exhibits and memorabilia from movies, TV, and celebrities from the past. The museum along with lunch afterwards at Mel s Drive-in made for an enjoyable day. Thank you to Debbie Hagman for putting this event together. Thank you to Keith and Daisy Hartwig for leading our caravan to the Vette Set Car Show in Redondo Beach. Congratulations to Keith for winning the best C2 trophy and to Randy Valparaiso for winning the best C7 trophy. I m looking forward to the upcoming events this month. On May 17th, Tony and Karen DiGiovanni are leading the run to the Plastic Fantastic Car Show at Seaport Village in San Diego. Also, on May 23rd is the run to Seal Beach and lunch at the Taco Surf Mexican Restaurant hosted by Kathy Henry. This event was a lot of fun last year with cool weather, delicious food, and nearby shops. It has been postponed to August. On a more serious note, there was a corvette accident related to another club that occurred on April 18th in Santa Clarita that resulted in two fatalities. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families. Please remember that we all drive fast cars so everybody please be safe out there on the road. Finally, a reminder that we still need volunteers for the general meeting raffle for the months of July, September, and January. A total of two members are needed to run the raffle so we are still in need of six more volunteers. If you can help us out, please sign up or see me. I look forward to seeing everyone at the next general meeting. LEIF LEIF HAGMAN, PRESIDENT
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 3 CORVETTES LIMITED MEETING 4/1/15 APRIL BIRTHDAYS THAT ATTENDED MEETING: DEBBIE HAGMAN & BILL DENNY. CONGRATULATIONS TO BILL FOR WINNING THE BIRTHDAY DRAWING! CONGRATULATIONS TO LOLA STOLTEBEN, WINNER OF THE NAME BADGE DRAWING! THANK YOU TO CHAR HUDDLESON AND LINDY MAYHEW FOR RUNNING THE APRIL RAFFLE! CONGRATULATIONS TO MONICA VALPARAISO FOR WINNING THE 50/50 CASH!!! BELOW: BEAUTIFUL VETTES OF THE VALPARAISO FAMILIES! WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: JERRY & LINDA FROSCHAUER.
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 4 CORVETTES LIMITED SOCIAL 5/20/2015 CANYON CITY BARBEQUE 347 N. SAN GABRIEL AVENUE AZUSA 626 815-4227 6:15PM DINNERS ARE ARRANGED BY DON MEYERS. E-MAIL FROM LEIF HAGMAN Sadly, the corvette club, Simi Valley Corvettes, while on a run through the Angeles National Forest resulted in a fatal car crash on Bouquet Canyon Road in Santa Clarita on April 18th. They lost two beloved club members, Ray and Lloyd. We would like to send our condolences. Valerie Simola suggested that we send sympathy cards. We will be passing around a couple of sympathy cards at the May General Club Meeting for anyone that wishes to express their condolences. Also, I sent an email to the President of Simi Valley Corvettes on behalf of Corvettes Limited expressing our condolences. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families and friends. Leif, President
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 5 MEMBERSHIP NEWS & VIEWS HAPPY MOTHER S DAY to all mothers and their mothers. I hope everyone has a lovely day. I recently spent an afternoon at the Huntington Library & Garden. Might be a nice place to spend the day with mom. April Showers definitely brought us May Flowers with our two newest members JERRY and LINDA FROSCHAUER. Jerry and Linda are the proud owners of a 1960 red convertible that they have owned for 20 years. Recent transplants to California in October of last year they decided to settle in Pasadena which is not too far from their son who lives in Sun Valley. Jerry is looking forward to his up-coming retirement from IBM where he sells software. Jerry, we have some ideas about how to fill up your calendar, just check out the Corvettes Limited calendar. Kudos to Brian and Ronnie as our newest members found us on the web. WELCOME TO COR- VETTES LIMITED JERRY and LINDA. Can t wait to get to know you better and spend time with you. Believe it or not, miracles do happen. Many of you know that on December 30, my Corvette was wantonly attacked by a Cal Trans street sweeper on the 210 Freeway. I don t know why Cal Trans felt the need to sweep the freeway at 10 AM on a Tuesday without closing lanes. The street sweeper hit a piece of metal that was thrown into my lane and I couldn t avoid it. It went under the car and became lodged in the rocker panel. I made a claim with Cal Trans and THEY PAID IT. They said it would take 6 months to review the claim and I was pretty sure they would deny it. Surprise, surprise and it only took 2 months. Good job Cal Trans. Although I have asked a number of times before, there are still a couple of members that continue to make dinner reservations and then do not eat dinner. PLEASE, if you make a reservation and find you can t make it, let me know. Rob of the Elks has offered to cook dinner for us, but he needs an accurate head count. If it isn t right, someone may not get dinner or, even worse, Rob ends up cooking food no one eats. Be considerate and let me know BEFORE the meeting if you aren t eating dinner. Since I was on the Amsterdam trip until May 1, Char was kind enough to take the dinner reservations for the May dinner. THANK YOU CHAR. If you have not made your reservation, please contact Char. SAVE THE DATE Saturday, July 18, 2015 will be the annual Braille Rally. This is a very special rally because while you are the driver, your navigator is a blind Braille student reading the instructions written in Braille. These young people go to classes all year to practice their Braille and learn how to run a rally. I have run this rally several times and it is one of the most rewarding experiences you can have in a car. These young people will never get an opportunity to drive and by navigating this rally, they get to do something most kids their age don t do. Please consider becoming a driver and spending the day getting to know some very special students. Flyers will be available at the meetings or you can check with me for more information. DOROTHY DOROTHY McCAIN MEMBERSHIP, MEMBER SINCE 1983
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 6 Activities Director Kathy Henry frillsvintagetea@aol.com 2015 May 6 MEMBER ACTIVITIES AGENDA SPONSOR NAME CLUB EVENT THIS MONTHS ACTIVITIES General Meeting 7:10pm Leif Hagman Dinner 6:45pm Yes May 13 Board Meeting 7:00pm Leif Hagman Yes May 17 Plastic Fantastic Car show @ Tony DiGiovanni to No Sea Port Village, San Diego lead- North Country Ca. Corvette Club May 20 Dinner Social 6:15 pm Canyon City BBQ, Azusa FUTURE ACTIVITIES Don Meyers June 3 General Meeting 7:10pm Dinner 6:45pm Leif Hagman Yes June 10 Board Meeting 7:00pm Leif Hagman Yes June 17 Dinner Social 6:15 pm Don Meyers Yes June 26 33 rd Big Bear Bash, Big Bear Corvettes West -28 Lake Ca. No June 28 High Way Earth Car Show Brian Valparaiso To Lead No July 4 Pool Party, Pot luck & Bingo Don Meyers Yes Aug. 22 Taco Surf Sunset Beach Run & Lunch Kathy Henry Yes Sept 12 CL Operation Casino Night Leif & Debbie Hagman Yes Sept 19 Yucca Valley run & Lunch@Rt.62Diner & Pioneer Leif & Debbie Hagman Yes Town Oct 18 Automobile Driving Museum Run Leif & Debbie Hagman Yes 1 st Sun Legends Restaurant in Glendora & Car Show 3:30 ish 2 nd Sun Elks Arcadia Breakfast 9-11AM Leif & Debbie Hagman cook Yes
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 7 If you would like more info on any event or wish to have a flyer, please contact Kathy Henry at: frillsvintagetea@aol.com.
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 8 CRUISE TO CORONA 4/11/2015 Day Family Classic Car Museum Day Family Classic Cars is more than just an auto museum, it's a literal TIME MA- CHINE! Featuring cars from the early 1900's right on up to the muscle cars of today! The 33,000 square foot Day Family Classic Cars Museum transports visitors throughout the lives and treasured locations of its founders Tom and Diane Day. Mayberry Revisited: A Mayberry facade complete with Floyd's Barbershop and Wally's Service Station Mustang Corral: Wrangled for your enjoyment is a team of Mustangs ranging from the 60's to today Scott's Hamburgers: Founders Tom and Diane Day recreate the place where they first met Vettes for Vets: A tribute to military heroes is a must see...the most horsepower in any corner of Southern California Thank you to Ed Janoski for a wonderful tour and interesting facts on all of the cars. It was a fun day at the museum. We then went across the street to In n Out for lunch. Thank you to Randy Skillman for arranging our day here and thank you to Rosemary Skillman for leading the caravan. ANITA
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GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 10 CARAVAN TO THE VETTE SET CAR SHOW 4/18/2015 Thank you to Keith and Daisy Hartwig for leading our caravan to the Vette Set Car Show in Redondo Beach. Congratulations to Keith for winning the best C2 trophy and to Randy Valparaiso for winning the best C7 trophy.
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 11 MAY BIRTHDAYS! HAVE A WONDERFUL YEAR FROM YOUR CORVETTES LIMITED FRIENDS! GARY OHRN-1ST GWEN HAMPTON-2ND CAROL MAGER-3RD DON DRUM-10TH MARIE MURPHY-19TH DON MEYERS-24TH RON CAMP-29TH
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 12 TECH TALK EPS Electric Power Steering In the old days we had hydraulic power steering, it ran all of the time the engine was on. The horse power the hydraulic pump used varied between 3 to 5 HP. EPS is electric and power is used only when needed. Typical benefits in fuel efficiency is 3 to 4 percent, or 1 MPG per mid sized car. Steering feel is hard to achieve with EPS. There a 3 types of EPS units, each has its own unique design and application. Column Mount. Found on Fiat 500, Hyundai Sonata, Lexus LF-A. Smaller care require up to 40 pound-feet of steering assistance. These units are mounted on the steering shaft at the top, just under the dash board or just before the shaft enter the rack and pinion like on a Honda. Its hard for the system to capture any steering feed back, some are better than others. The Mazda 3 uses a column mounted motor and has the best steering in its class thanks in part to the 6.5 degrees of front suspension caster. Column are the least expensive of the 3 basic designs. Dual Pinion. Found on Buick Regal, Chevy Cruze, Jeep Cherokee, Dual pinion has a motor next to the rack and the steering rack is fitted with a second pinion gear. The main sensor is adjacent to the steering shaft. This system falls between the column mount and the belt drive in cost, it is fairly easy to fit and also provides some freedom in the location and orientation of the motor and gear assembly. All of the assist parts live in nasty environment under the hood, they are subject to much more rigorous durability testing. Belt Drive found on Cadillac ATS, Chevy Corvette C 7, Ford Focus. EPS cars which use the belt drive are consider to be the best. The motor sits on top of the rack and uses a toothed belt to go around the steering rack. The sensor for the steering wheel position and torque is at the bottom of the steering shaft. The EPS computer sensors how much assistance is needed, the motor turns ball screw and applies axial force, more than 2000 pounds on some cars directly to the steering rack. Since the sensors are closer to the rack, they are more sensitive to feedback. There is no reason why a good belt driven system can not deliver the same performance as a good hydraulic system. Another reason the Engineers at GM went to EPS is no hydraulic fluid to age and wear out. Any one with a C 6 or earlier should take a look at the Power steering fluid every now and then to see if the fluid appears to be burnt or smelly bad. If it smells bad or gets gritty it time to see Richard.. A C 3 with power steering fluid failure, including the steering box and pump will cost $800 +-, and a C 5 will cost $2000 for the rack and pinion assembly and power steering pump. Fluid changes are cheaper than a C 7. Questions? morg74@aol.com ED MORGAN, MEMBER 1982
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 13 HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM 4/25/2015 It was a cool cloudy morning on Saturday, April 25th. With the rain on hold until later in the afternoon, Corvettes Limited hit the road and cruised to Hollywood for a self-guided tour of The Hollywood Museum. The Hollywood Museum has the largest collection of authentic showbiz memorabilia to include one of a kind costumes, props, photographs, scripts, famous cars, personal artifacts, posters and more. It is housed in the historic Max Factor Building where Max Factor, Hollywood s Makeup King, created the looks of Hollywood s golden era stars such as Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Mae West, Jean Harlow, and Marilyn Monroe just to name a few. When we arrived, our guide Ken Horn gave us a brief history about Max Factor, the exhibits currently on display, and took some of us for a a ride in the Max Factor Building s elevator. Once you enter this converted freight elevator, the walls begin to expand to reveal famous movie posters and a beautiful stained glass window above. As the elevator continued, we asked Ken about the top floor which is now called the Penthouse Star Ballroom. This floor is the perfect Hollywood party place complete with eight big screen TV s and surrounded by glamorous lounge furnishings. The Hollywood Museum features a total of four floors of exhibits with a lobby floor, two floors above, and a basement floor below. The lobby floor houses the original Max Factor Makeup Studio with a room dedicated to blondes, a room dedicated to brunettes, and a room dedicated to redheads. This is where Marilyn Monroe became a blonde and Lucille Ball became a famous redhead. In the theatre room, you can watch the film Max Factor Hollywood Fashion Machine while sitting on the original pews from The Exorcist. There is also a gallery featuring items from the Planet of the Apes, Cary Grant s Royals Royce, and much more. The second and third floors are devoted exclusively to Hollywood memorabilia that include costumes and props from famous movies and TV shows, classic cars, original posters, and all kinds of personal items. Here you can see everything from Judy Garland s ruby red slippers, Marilyn Monroe s dress, and classic cars from The Beverly Hillbillies, Nightcrawler, and Elvira, Mistress of the Night. The basement floor was once a speakeasy and bowling alley during the prohibition. Ken referred to it as Max Factor s man cave. Today it houses all things creepy and scary with a collection from many cult horror films. Here you can walk in the footsteps of Jodie Foster to Hannibal Lecter s jail cell from Silence of the Lambs as well as see an array of other props from the film. This historic museum along with lunch at Mel s Drive-In made for a fun filled day with fellow club members. DEBBIE HAGMAN
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GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 15 CORVETTES LIMITED WILL BE HAVING A CARAVAN GOING TO THE PLASTIC FANTASTIC SHOW. MEET AT SAN DIMAS MC DONALDS, LEAVING AT 7AM WITH TONY DIGIOVANI. acd@socal.rr.com
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 16 HighwayEarth Car Show Registration Opens up May 1 SUNDAY JUNE 28 FRANKLIN CANYON LAKE BEVERLY HILLS, CA This years show is just around the corner, registration opens next Friday May 1st. Last years show was great and this year promises to be just as amazing. Visit us at: www.highwayearth.com We've got The King of Kustoms, George Barris joining us with his AMBR Winner the XR6 courtesy of The Petersen Museum, and our friends at Galpin Auto Sportswill be bringing Big Daddy Ed Roth's "Mysterion" with its amazing creator Dave Shuten. Boy Scout troop #3 will be lending a hand this year with "Junior Judging" and making real homemade ice cream. We also welcome Hagerty's Insurance and Beverly Hills Rent a Car to the show as contributing sponsors. That means more cool stuff!! We'll be doing the group photo at noon, autograph's with George and Dave, bring your memorabilia, and the raffle too for "Car Portraits". Everyone that registers will get a free program, entered into the raffle, water's and a guaranteed spot at the show. Now, Have you got something rare, special, or truly unique? 2 Cars will be chosen on May 10th to be featured in our Highway Earth magazine, that's including a pro photo shoot and a story about your car featured in the program. Remember, space around the lake is limited, only 150 cars, so Register Early! Registration opens May 1st!! Tell your friends, We can't wait to see you!! From Evan & Thomas: "Hello Everybody, With the registration for the show opening up in a week, let us know about your rare car so that we select 2 winners to be featured in our upcoming magazine. Register your car for the show on HighwayEarth.com Copyright 2015 Highway Earth, All rights reserved. HighwayEarth - A Beverly Hills Classic Car Show - www.highwayearth.com Brian Valparaiso will be leading Corvettes Limited to this event on Sunday June 28th. Sign up with Brian and register your car at www.highwayearth.com. More info to come. BRIAN: cobaltblue1965@g.mail.com
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