Corvette Club OF Texas Volume 60 Issue 3 - March 2008 Corvette Club of Texas PO Box 36022 - Dallas TX, 75235-1022 www.corvettecluboftexas.org Sponsored by Friendly Chevrolet 2754 N. Stemmons Fry - Dallas TX, 75207
From the Editor Meeting Information Our Friendly Rep! Corvette Club of Texas (CCT) Monthly Membership 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 monthly 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 on the Monday before the third Friday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Friendly Chevrolet. All members are invited to attend. Wow, we had a great turnout for our picture day at Friendly on Feb. 10th. Weather was perfect and we got several good pictures that were sent to Blue Bars for publication. We had so many cars it was difficult to arrange them so that we could get all of them in the picture. I guess I have to invest in a wider angle lens for situations like this. Fortunately James Powdrill had the right camera to do the job! Thanks, James. For those of you considering moving from a C3 or C4 to a C6: Start saving your pennies for tires. I had to replace mine after 19K miles (a little over two years) and it cost a bit over $2300. But, boy, does the new rubber make a difference! Smooth and quiet ride over the same roads on which the old tires were loud and rough. The old ones followed every groove, the new ones are on rails. It s like having a new car again; at least until they start to wear in 10K miles or so. Another interesting note: There are three runflat tire brands that fit the C6, two of which were backordered for at least a month. I was lucky to get the last set my Goodyear dealer had in stock. Joe Wagner Friendly Chevrolet s representative to the Corvette Club of Texas is Greg Kubiak. When you need to replace your Corvette with a new C6 be sure and give Greg a call at 214-920-1950. Also don t forget to contact Greg when you are upgrading the family car for a new one! In addition to his regular work schedule, Greg is always at the dealership during our monthly Friday night membership meeting. Also, you can e-mail Greg at: intdir@friendlychevy.com On the cover: Fiftieth Anniversary Pace Car at Indy The Corvetter Volume 60 Issue 3 The Corvetter, the official newsletter of the Corvette Club of Texas (CCT), is published monthly by The Corvette Club of Texas P.O. Box 36022, Dallas, Texas 75235-1022 for the exclusive use of its members and invited guests. Initial distribution is done electronically by e- mail. 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: www. corvettecluboftexas.org Subscriptions to The Corvetter are free to CCT members. 2008 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 officer, the author or the Editor. Previously copyrighted material if any retains the original author s copyright. Please send all submissions via e- mail to the editor at joe@y2k7.com. All submissions become intellectual property of The Corvetter. 2007 OFFICERS, BOARD AND STAFF President Mitch Factor 817-329-0693 mfactor@hmaconsulting.com Vice President Mel Roggenbuck rogge69@sbcglobal.net Treasurer Carol Factor 817-329-0693 m.cfactor@gte.net Secretary Jeanette Bradley 214-348-0775 k.bradley@sbcglobal.net NCCC Governor Paul Wolter 817-478-6096 pwol1962@sbcglobal.net BOARD MEMBERS Barry Marsh Term ends 03-2008 817-268-0388 bemarsh1@att.net James Powdrill Term ends 06-2008 972 838 4330 jamespowdrill@hughes.net Dennis Bertwell Term ends 01-2009 817-788-0477 drbertwell@sbcglobal.net Ronnie Walker Term ends 06-2009 rdub31346@yahoo.com Keith Amendson Term ends 08-2009 972-771-7314 None STAFF CHAIRPERSONS Activities Patti Bertwell 817-788-0477 pbertwell@sbcglobal.net Charities Coordinator Mary Wolter 817-478-6096 mwol1990@sbcglobal.net Club Merchandise Mary Wolter 817-478-6096 mwol1990@sbcglobal.net Membership Mary Wolter 817-478-6096 mwol1990@sbcglobal.net Property Mary Wolter 817-478-6096 mwol1990@sbcglobal.net Historian Ken Bradley 214-348-0775 k.bradley@sbcglobal.net Newsletter Joe Wagner 817-282-1355 joe@y2k7.com Photographer Charles Whitaker 972-239-0485 whitaker@flash.net Raffle Paulette Wagner 817-282-1355 paulette@themoralefairy.com Webmaster Joe Wagner 817-282-1355 joe@y2k7.com NCM Ambassador Bob Stephens 972-235-9813 bobstephens@sh-ainc.com 2
President s Prerogative Mar. 2008 Membership CCT s Activities Chairperson, Patti Bertwell, has planned several upcoming events for our enjoyment in March: Month Saturday March 1st - Drive & Eat to the Ft. Worth Rod & Custom Car Show Saturday, March 15th - Meet & Eat Dinner at Johnny Carinos Italian Restaurant & attend Christian Classic Cruisers Car Show - North Richland Hills Check your email or our current CCT newsletter for details of the March events and many other activities still to come this year. For those of you that were not able to attend the February CCT meeting, members were informed of the need for each of us to purchase a navy polo shirt to wear for the NCCC party that our Club is sponsoring in Tulsa for the annual NCCC convention in June. Order forms are in our monthly CCT newsletter and will also be available at the March meeting. If you cannot attend the March meeting, please email your order information to Mary Wolter no later than March 21 st. The cost for each shirt is $20.00. CCT will pay the embroidery charge for the CCT 50 th Anniversary logo to be put on each shirt. If you need any other information about these shirts, you may contact Mary Wolter. Thank you, Mary, for coordinating the purchase and embroidery of the shirts for our club. We had a good turnout for the CCT photo honoring our club s 50 th anniversary to be featured on the front cover of the NCCC Blue Bars in the April issue. We will have these photos available on our website that you can download for your own use. Mitch Factor and remember to January February March April May June July August September October November December 2008 AFTER CLUB MEETING DRIVE & EAT - SIGN UP Host Barry and Annette Marsh Mitchell and Carol Factor Dennis and Patti Bertwell Mel Roggenbuck Ken and Janette Bradley Paula and Bob Mischel Barry and Annette Marsh See you at the CCT Christmas Party! TROPHY CASE @ FRIENDLY CHEVROLET MAINTENANCE - SIGN UP Quarter Maintainer January March April - June July - September October December President, CCT Barry and Annette Marsh Mel Roggenbuck 3 Please welcome our newest members to the club: John and Kathy Jennings They drive a 2006 Z06 Please give a warm welcome to returning members: Clint & Margaret Brennan Mary Wolter, Membership Activities Please remember that if you are able to join us for this trip to Boerne in April-it is necessary to reserve your room at the Holiday Inn Express BEFORE March 21st. Call the number on the flyer and mention the block of rooms reserved for Corvette Club of Texas (under the name of Patti Bertwell) and they will have several types of rooms that you can choose from. Also, remember that if you are unable to caravan to Boerne with us on Friday-you can join us there on Saturday, April 19th and still be able to enjoy the Corvette Car Show, the dinner on Saturday night and our drive through Hill Country on Sunday morning before we return home. We hope that many of you will be able to join us for this fun weekend! Call me if you have any questions! Patti
CORVETTE CLUB OF TEXAS, INC. FEBRUARY 15, 2008, MEMBERSHIP MEETING FRIENDLY CHEVROLET, STEMMONS FREEWAY, DALLAS Mitch Factor brought the meeting to order at 7:30 PM, February 15, 2008. Carol Factor gave the treasurer s report. The January minutes were approved as printed in the newsletter and the February board minutes were approved as read. Mary welcomed visitors. Paul gave the NCCC governor s report. He passed out NCCC pocket calendars to NCCC members who did not receive them in their packets with their membership cards that were mailed directly to individuals. The NCCC annual presentation banquet will be held March 15. He explained how to get to the convention web page to register if you are going for the full week. The web page will be available for day pass information and prices shortly for those going for just a day or two to help put on our party for convention. The day passes should be approximately $25 to $35 per day, per person. The NCCC Convention Champion s Party in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is Sunday, June 22. Paul introduced Don Wells from Cowtown Vettes, who is responsible for NCCC convention clothing. The official color shirt for the region is navy blue, polo-type shirt. Optional colors are available for T-shirts and other clothing, which will be sold to us at cost. The official polo shirts are $20 each; bags are $19 and no charge for shipping. Our club members should turn in their order for shirts with their sizes tonight in order for the CCT to order in bulk and have our shirts shipped in one order. Mitch made a motion that CCT pay for the extra embroidery of our 50th anniversary logo put on the NCCC region shirt. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Patti reported on new activities coming up and passed out information on all these events. February 16 Dallas Autorama Car Show March 1 Ft Worth Rod & Custom Car Show March 15 Johnny Carinos Italian and Christian Classic Cruisers Car Show Drive & Eat April 18-20 Wildflowers & Wild Cars Weekend Boerne, Texas (make your reservations now) June 22 NCCC Convention Champion s Party Tulsa, OK Paul also announced that we are going to take a club picture at Friendly this Sunday, February 17th. This will be used in the NCCC Blue Bars magazine along with an article about our 50th anniversary happening this year. Nominations were opened for a new Board member to replace outgoing member, Barry Marsh, whose term ends in March. Charles Whitaker was nominated and seconded and after much discussion accepted the nomination. He was voted in by acclamation. Mitch asked if the centerpieces for the tables at convention were ready and Mary confirmed that the glasses had been ordered and everything else was coming together. Paulette Wagner held the raffl e and everyone was invited to proceed to Texas Land and Cattle on Northwest Highway arranged by Mitch and Carol. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM. Respectfully submitted, Janette Bradley, Secretary Special Request If anyone in the club has old meeting minutes from when they were Secretary or Officer or just inherited them in the past, please bring them to the next Membership meeting. The CCT archives has several open spots where minutes are missing. It would be nice to fill them in our 50th year. 4
Upcoming CCT Events: NCM News March Saturday March 1st - Custom Rods & Cowgirls Meet for lunch at Pappas Burgers in Ft. Worth and then on to the 34 th annual Ft. Worth Rod & Custom Show and tour of the Cowgirl Museum Saturday, March 15th - Meet & Eat Dinner at Johnny Carinos Italian Restaurant & attend Christian Classic Cruisers Car Show - North Richland Hills April Saturday, April 5th - Azalea & Spring Flower Trail in Tyler, TX Friday, April 18th -Sunday April 20th - Corvette Car show in Boerne, Texas May Saturday, May 3rd Drive and Eat Four Winds Steakhouse in Wills Point, TX Saturday, May 17th - Drive & Eat- Grapevine Winery Tour and TMS Lone Star Corvette Show June Saturday 21st -29th NCCC Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma July Friday, July 4th 4th of July Parade in Arlington. Tx. Saturday, July 12th Poker Run & Progressive Dinner Saturday, July 19th Meet & Eat at Red, Hot & Blue Barbeque Restaurant, Christian Classic cruisers Car Show Chevrolet's Special '427 Limited Edition Z06 Salutes the Classic 427 Chevrolet announced the 2008 Corvette 427 Limited Edition Z06, a limitedproduction model that pays homage to the bigblock Stingray models of the mid-1960s. The 427 Limited Edition Z06 features a Crystal Red tint coat exterior, the first Z06 ever offered with red metallic tint coat paint. It also features graphics on the hood and fascia that evoke the style of the famed stinger hood design and graphics that were offered with 1967 models equipped with the 427 engine. Also unique to this model are 427 hood badges. Each example is numbered and signed by Wil Cooksey, the Corvette assembly plant manager who is retiring after 15 years on the job, and comes with a certificate of authenticity. Available under order code Z44, this special Z06 enters production this spring. Only 427 will be offered in the United States and Canada, with 78 more exported outside North America. That s a total of 505 production vehicles the same number of horsepower produced by the LS7 engine. The special-edition Corvette carries a MSRP of $84,195 and includes the 3LZ premium equipment package with a custom, leather-wrapped interior. A navigation system is the only option ($1,750). As with other Corvette models, customer delivery is available at the Corvette Museum. August August (Possible trip to Jefferson, Texas) September Friday September 5th through Sunday September 8th Autocross in Sherman, Texas October Saturday, October 25 th Brazos River Corvette Show in Granbury December CCT Christmas Party Date *Several other events including area Car Shows and tours of private Car Collections are in the planning and dates will be announced soon. We may also try & plan some country drives on Sundays for those members who cannot participate in Saturday events. Download free Calendar Wallpaper for February Our February calendar wallpaper is ready for you to download and features a detailed image of the new ZR1 Corvette Cutaway! This is one image you will want to save and use again! Download this month s wallpaper in six screen resolutions at: http://www.corvettemuseum.com/pictures/calendar.shtml Please contact Patti Bertwell with any questions or suggestions for CCT events. (PBertwell@sbcglobal.net) 5
Custom Rods and Cowgirls Discover Ft. Worth When: Saturday, March 1, 2008 Time: 11:30 AM Where: Pappa s Burgers 2700 West Freeway Ft. Worth, Texas 76102 (Forest Park Exit off I-30 West of Downtown Fort Worth) To continue our discovery theme of Texas towns and CCT s 50 years as a Corvette Club, come join fellow CCT Members for a fun outing including lunch and then the afternoon event(s) of your choice. After lunch, we will caravan to the Fort Worth Arts District where you will have a choice to enjoy either the 34 th Annual Fort Worth Rod and Custom Car Show or spend time touring the Cowgirl Museum. These two attractions are only a short distance from each other so some may choose to do both. If you would like to participate in this event, please contact Patti Bertwell at PBertwell@sbcglobal.net by Thursday, February 28 th to ensure a seat at the restaurant. 6
Christian Classic Cruisers Car Show CCT Meet and Eat Event When: Saturday, March 15, 2008 5:00 PM Where: Johnny Carino s Italian Restaurant 2175 Precinct Line Road Hurst, Texas (SW Corner of Hwy 26 and Precinct Line Rd) After dinner, we will drive a short distance to the Birdville High School Stadium parking lot to enjoy a car show sponsored by Christian Classic Cruisers. The car show ends at 8:00 PM. This car show typically includes over 100 classic cars of all makes and models. If you plan to join us for Dinner, please RSVP Patti Bertwell at pbertwell@ sbcglobal.net by Friday, March 14 th. 7
Wildflowers & Wild Cars Weekend Discovering Boerne, Texas When: Friday, April 18 Sunday, April 20, 2008 Time of Departure: Friday, 8:30 AM (Departure Location ) Event Leaders: Dennis and Patti Bertwell Come join fellow CCT members as we caravan to Boerne, Texas for a weekend of fun, flowers and cars and continued celebration of CCT s 50 th Anniversary. We will leave Friday morning and travel through Texas Hill Country with planned stops as we make our way to Boerne. Once there, the evening plans for Friday night include a 50 s Sock Hop with a live band and dinner sponsored by the San Antonio Corvette Club. Saturday s events include a Corvette Car show in downtown Boerne, shopping and a planned dinner event. On Sunday, we will travel through one of Hill Country s most beautiful scenic drives as we make our way back to the DFW area. A block of rooms has been held at a special rate through March 20 th. If you plan to go, you must call the Holiday Inn Express at 830-249-6800 to reserve a room under the special CCT block of rooms. Please make sure they know it is held by Corvette Club of Texas under Patti Bertwell. (There are several Corvette Clubs staying at that Hotel) If you are planning to attend the event, and have made your room reservations by March 20th, please RSVP to Patti Bertwell at pbertwell@sbcglobal.net by April 11 th, 2008. 8
CCT Picture Day Photos by Charles Whitaker Photo by Paulette Wagner Pretty good turn out on a beautiful day. 9
CCT AutoRama Outing By Charles Whitaker The weather had a damping effect on the club turnout for the CCT AutoRama outing on Saturday February 16, 2008 with only the leader Paul Wolter, Dennis Bertwell, and Gene & Charles Whitaker meeting at Dallas Market Hall. However, inside it was packed with people and a lot of pretty cars. Of course we spent a lot of time looking at the Corvettes and the cars that we remembered owning. Paul and Charles found a nice early 1950s Chevrolet convertible like each of us owned, Dennis found an Austin Healey Sprite like he owned and Gene found a Pontiac convertible like her brother owned and she drove. In addition to the nice cars, we saw some celebrities including George Barris the famous California car customizer, Henry Winkler who played Fonzie in Happy Days and Cindy Williams who played Shirley Feeney in the show Laverne and Shirley. There were also some good looking girls like at all car shows and one look-alike tow truck from Radiator Springs. Henry Winkler 10 Pretty girl Cindy Williams
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2008 Event Calendar 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 organized events. For NCCC events March 1 Drive and Eat Ft. Worth Rod & Custom Car Show See flyer for Info 15 Drive and Eat Dinner at Johnny Carinos Italian Restaurant & attend Christian Classic Cruisers Car Show North Richland Hills See flyer for Info 17 Meeting Board of Directors meeting Friendly Chevrolet 21 Meeting General Membership Meeting Friendly Chevrolet April 4-6 Swap meet 9th Annual Spring Greenville Swap Meet Hunt County Fairground 903-454=0438 for info 5 Drive and Eat Azalea & Spring Flower Trail Tyler, TX 14 Meeting Board of Directors meeting Friendly Chevrolet 18 Meeting General Membership Meeting Friendly Chevrolet 18-20 Show Corvette Car show Boerne, Texas 18-20 Show Memory Road Classic Car Show Texas Motor Speedway 972-347-5052 24-27 Swap meet Pate Swap Meet Texas Motor Speedway 713-649-0922 for info May 3 Drive and Eat Four Winds Steakhouse Wills Point, TX 12 Meeting Board of Directors meeting Friendly Chevrolet 16 Meeting General Membership Meeting Friendly Chevrolet 17 Show Grapevine Winery Tour and TMS Lone Star Grapevine, TX Corvette Show 25 Deadline Last day to submit articles and pictures to June Send to joe@y2k7.com 16 Meeting Board of Directors meeting Friendly Chevrolet 20 Meeting General Membership Meeting Friendly Chevrolet 21-29 Convention NCCC Annual Convention and National Governor s Meeting Tulsa, OK 25 Deadline Last day to submit articles and pictures to July Send to joe@y2k7.com 4 Parade Fourth of July Parade Arlington TX 12 Poker Run Poker Run and Progressive Dinner Info 14 Meeting Board of Directors meeting Friendly Chevrolet 18 Meeting General Membership Meeting Friendly Chevrolet 19 Drive and Eat Eat at Red Hot and Blue then attend Christian Classic Car Show Info 25 Deadline Last day to submit articles and pictures to Send to joe@y2k7.com 12
August Possible trip to Jefferson TX 11 Meeting Board of Directors meeting Friendly Chevrolet 15 Meeting General Membership Meeting Friendly Chevrolet September 5-8 Autocross CCT Autocross Serman TX 15 Meeting Board of Directors meeting Friendly Chevrolet 19 Meeting General Membership Meeting Friendly Chevrolet October 13 Meeting Board of Directors meeting Friendly Chevrolet 17 Meeting General Membership Meeting Friendly Chevrolet 25 Show Brazos River Corvette show Grandbury TX November 17 Meeting Board of Directors meeting Friendly Chevrolet 21 Meeting General Membership Meeting Friendly Chevrolet December Party CCT Christmas Party Date 2009 Event Calendar 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 organized events. For NCCC events September 3-5 Caravan National Corvette Museum 15th Anniversary Caravan Plan Ahead! http://www.corvettecaravan.com/ For Sale A slightly used car cover for a C5 or C6 Corvette. Purchased in 2000 and used only a few times (until I could get my car in the garage). Paid $125 will sell for $50. Carry case included Joe Wagner 817-282-1355 13