1 February 2008 Volume 34 Issue 2

In this issue *Oil Issues for older cars *Barrett-Jackson Auction *REGISTER NOW FOR PLASTIC FANTASTIC JUNE 1, 2008 AT SEAPORT VILLAGE JUNE 1, 2008 AT SEAPORT VILLAGE

February 2008 Volume 34 Issue 2

NORTH COUNTY CORVETTE CLUB Founded in 1974

Member, Car Club Council of Greater San Diego Volume 34, Issue 2 Editor: Clarice Hurst February,2008 Webmaster: Ed Daher www.ncocc.com Sponsor’s Rep – Annette Wood

Sponsored by Bob Stall Chevrolet, 7601 Alvarado Road, La Mesa, CA 91941, (619) 460-1311

Table of Contents Board of Directors *Board Members ______February Birthdays President...... ………………...... Sandy Mayer *About Our Club Vice President…………… ……………………..…….…….… Bob Belzman *President’s Message Secretary ……………………………………………..…………… Cathy Lewis *Charity News Treasurer ………………………………………..……….………….Gary Wood *Member of the Month Activities Coordinator……………………...... Tom Harper * Barrett -Jackson * Oil Alert Historian …………………………………………………………… Don Houser

*Coming Events Sergeant-at-Arms ……………………………………………… Randy Solle

Newsletter Editor ……………………………….……..…….. Clarice Hurst

Past Past President..………………………………………….… Bob Brown Club Meetings: Appointees: 1st Wednesday of each month, Members-at-Large ………….…….Marilyn Houser, Marshall Geller 7 PM Raffle…………………………...... …Lynn Mayer, Patti Reminga Location:Creekside Plaza 13491 Poway Road, Poway, CA Webmaster ………………….……………...……..…………………… Ed Daher

92064 NCM Representative………………….…………...….… Laura Loberman

Dues: Charity Representative……………..………………...... Candi Daher

*CharityActive members: News $8/mo Car Club Council ………………..…….…...... Jack G /Jan H / Bob H.

*DriveAssc. Members: the 101 $2/mo

*Honorary members: Free February birthd ays *Awards Dinner th If paid annually, 12 mo. is free *Non -member Advertising Fees: 1 Tim Bunch *ComingBus. Card Eventssize: $7.50/mo 2 Jan Houshar *Classifieds 1/4 page: $15.00/mo. 3 Dolores Steinmetz 1/2 page: $30.00/mo. 6 David Roberts 6 Wendy Kitchen Full page: $55.00/mo. 17 Jack Brackx Member Advertising Fees: 25 Trudy Romeo $5/mo., $55/yr. If paid in full, 26 Joe Steinmetz 12th mo. is free.) 26 Randy Solle

SAVE THE WAVE

North County Corvette Club (NCoCC) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1974 by San Diego Corvette enthusiasts who wanted to enjoy America’s finest sports car. Our sponsor is Bob Stall Chevrolet in La Mesa, and NCoCC is a member of the National Corvette Museum and the San Diego Car Club Council.

Club members enjoy planned trips, car shows, auto rallies and a host of social and Corvette-related events, including a Christmas Party, an Annual Awards Dinner, two major NCoCC shows (PLASTIC FANTASTIC at Seaport Village, and ENDLESS SUMMER at Bob Stall Chevrolet), monthly fun runs, and special trips. We support local communities in the San Diego County area by participating in special event parades and high school homecoming events. Our members also devote a lot of time, energy, and resources in supporting our club charity, the Challenged Athletes Foundation located in Del Mar, CA.

Business meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00pm in the Creekside Plaza Meeting Room located in the shopping center at the SE corner of Poway Road and Community Road in Poway. The meeting room has no dining facilities, but there are a number of restaurants within nearby walking distance. We always welcome and encourage guests to attend our meetings and to participate in our club sponsored events.

For a map of our meeting location in the Creekside Plaza Shopping Center Meeting Room (across from Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors) please check our web page.

Membership is open to anyone at least 18 years of age who owns or leases a Corvette. Applicants must attend two business meetings and participate in one club event before becoming a member. Membership in NCoCC entitles you to:

A membership card for you and your significant other Discounts on parts and service at participating dealers (Bob Stall and others) A club T-shirt A name tag A monthly newsletter

Members are expected to attend regular business meetings, maintain current dues, and support the club by serving on committees and participating in club events. Initiation fee is $25. Dues are paid in advance: $48 for six months or $88 for one year.

We hope this short introduction is helpful. If you have any questions, please contact us via 'snail' mail at P.O. Box 500104, San Diego, CA 92150, or via e-mail to [email protected].

Again, "Welcome to North County Corvette Club.” Your only requirement is to have a great time and make some new friends along the way.

Sandy Mayer President, North County Corvette Club

President’s Corner – February 2008 Challenged Athletes Foundation Operation Rebound Program Candi Daher, Charity Rep Program Purpose:

Operation Rebound provides post-rehabilitation support and mentoring to American service members and veterans who have suffered permanent physical injuries as a result of the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. This program will provide the next step in their recovery once they have mastered “the basics” needed December, 2007 to return to an active lifestyle.

Reach to wounded service members and veterans, primarily through site visits, using both successful challenged athletes and H ere we are moving into February 2008 already. I disabled U.S. military veterans, to provide education about “what is want to thank all the members that made it to our possible.” January 15 membership meeting. The original meeting for January was moved from the first week Foster dialogue – through both direct and indirect means – and to the second week due to New Years, and as most of serve as a resource that can help answer questions for service you know we were not able to use the room. Well, it members and veterans suffering permanent disabilities. was way too cold to spend too much time outside so th Create an online community through the implementation of a web- held the first official meeting of the year on the 15 . based forum, where disabled service members and veterans can TheYour leasing Pres, Sandy company Mayer is giving us a month free, and connect, share information and get emotional support from we now have the right person’s cell phone to settle “brothers (and sisters) in arms” who have experienced and any confusion that comes up again. We will also have overcome similar circumstances. had our annual Bowl-a-thon with COCSD and the winner will now have the trophy. Hope it is NCOCC Offer online coaching in the disciplines of swimming, cycling, running and triathlon from accredited professionals who can help Operation again. Rebound program participants compete and excel in their sport(s).

We have a number of fun runs coming up, and I hope Offer stipends for equipment, training and travel for those individuals who seek to move beyond becoming merely active to you will be able to make them. There is the Valentine’s Love Run on the 10th, led by Annette and higher levels of competition in their chosen sports.

Ron Wood. Lynn Grindstaff and Candi Daher are leading us to an afternoon matinee of Route 66, a Inspire injured American service members and veterans to become active and physically fit through participation in the San Diego musical tour, and lunch in Vista. Another great run is Triathlon Challenge. scheduled for March to the Chino Airport for some aero space history. Program Description:

And a business note, we will be voting on potential In 2004, CAF recognized a critical need among the brave members of changes to our club dues at the February meeting, so our armed forces returning from Afghanistan and Iraq who had try to attend. We will send out a ballot via email with suffered permanent disabilities – such as an amputation -- in combat. That need was for mentoring and community with athletes enough time to respond if you cannot attend. We who had prevailed over similar circumstances and shared similar continue to have guests attend our meetings, and I experiences. It became part of CAF’s mission to help show injured want to remind you all to introduce yourselves, and service members that they could be “whole” again through make the guests feel welcome. It is good to have new participation in sports – at any level. people join our organization and bring new ideas to It is our intention to create a valuable resource that these service us. members and veterans can use after they return home – or to their home base. Operation Rebound is here to help them meet their Keep the fun runs and other activities coming and we athletic goals, whether it’s finishing their local 5K – or trying to make it to the Paralympics. will make this as active a year as we can. Eligibility: Sandy Mayer Participation in Operation Rebound is open to any U.S. military service member or veteran who suffered a permanent disability – such as loss of a limb (or limbs) -- in Iraq or Afghanistan.

GM: Emission law may hamper muscle cars Detroit performance cars endangered by new, stricter regulations

The 2009 Corvette ZR1 is the fastest,

most powerful automobile ever produced

by General Motors. But it may be the last in a long tradition of muscle cars, says the Corvette's chief engineer, Tadge Juechter.

General Motors

DETROIT - When General Motors Corp. pulls the cover off a new supercharged version of the Corvette at the Detroit auto show next month, it will unveil a performance car designed to rival or better even the fastest, most expensive exotic cars from Europe.

But the Corvette's chief engineer says the 2009 Corvette ZR1 may be the last in a long tradition of Detroit performance cars, endangered by stronger federal fuel economy regulations and limits on carbon dioxide emissions.

"High-performance vehicles such as this may actually be legislated out of existence," Tadge Juechter said at a recent showing of the ZR1, which is designed to have around 620 horsepower.

President Bush on Wednesday signed into law legislation that will bring more fuel-efficient vehicles into auto showrooms and require wider use of ethanol, calling it "a major step" toward energy independence and easing global warming.

The legislation requires automakers to increase fuel efficiency by 40 percent to an industry average 35 miles per gallon by 2020.

But Juechter said to sell one of the Chevrolet supercars, GM would need to offset that with cars that get 45 mpg. "It could really be an endangered species," he said.

Aaron Bragman, an auto analyst with the consulting firm Global Insight, said predicting the death of the muscle car might be premature. The Corvette, he said, is fuel efficient when compared with its competitors. Although fuel economy figures weren't released for the ZR1, the current 505-horsepower Corvette ZO6 gets an estimated 15 mpg in the city and 24 on the highway, according to GM.

The ZR1, he said, gets around the same mileage as a Chevrolet pickup truck, and GM won't be getting out of the pickup business because of gas mileage standards. "I think it's a little over-dramatization," Bragman said. "GM wants to sell big, high-performance, fun cars. And typically that's what Americans want to buy." Performance cars of the future may be powered by smaller engines or electric motors, he said, but they won't die.

The ZR1 will have a top speed of more than 200 mph, driven by an all-new supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 engine. It has 19-inch front and 20-inch rear wheels and a suspension tuned to provide extraordinary cornering grip, GM said.

The car has a carbon-fiber hood, fenders and roof for weight savings, and its huge carbon-ceramic brake rotors give it great stopping power, the company said. The ZR1 will cost around $100,000 and probably will go on sale next summer. Submitted by Candi Daher

Member of the Month - February

Featuring…… Marshall Geller

3U sually you can find this Vette owner by could never afford them. And I still can’t!” the door greeting NCoCC members and He bought his first Corvette, a 1975, in 1978. introducing guests at the beginning of our He presently owns two beautiful Vettes, a Club meetings, but this month we are 2001 Quicksilver Metallic and a 1969 Cortez introducing one of our Members-at-Large, Silver, which isn’t quite “home” yet.

Marshall Geller, to you! According to Marshall, the reason we haven’t A native New Yorker, Marshall moved seen his ’69 is, “I purchased a 1969 Vette from Long Island to San Diego in 1982 to about a year and half ago, at a time when I work for General Dynamics. He was the was doing a major remodel of my property. CFO of a start up technology company As you may have guessed, the remodel took

from 1998 to 2001 and currently is the longer than expected and to this day, I still Manager of Finance at San Diego Data have still not taken possession of the car! It is Processing Corp. His Company does the IT currently sitting in a showroom in Anaheim (I work for the City of San Diego, and he hope!) Before I bring the car home, I need to reports to the Chief Financial Officer do one more thing - install a 4 post lift in my (CFO). garage.” This installation is quite necessary

since Marshall and his wife, Margaret, have When not at work or working on his six vehicles and only a two car garage! house, Marshall can be found at the gym. He claims, “I am an avid “Gym Rat”. I work Let’s hope 2008 brings the Gellers’ baby out 3 times a week with weights and do home where it belongs!!! cardio 4 or 5 times a week. I also maintain a strict nutrition plan and am Submitted by Lynn Grindstaff, presently participating in a 12 week body Member of the Month feature writer trans-formation event!”

Marshall says, “I love all the Vettes, but

have a real passion for the 1969 – 1972 era. Those were the cars I always wanted back then, but

Member of the Month, Marshall Geller, with his 2001 Quicksilver Metallic Vette.

Thanks to Tom Harper, Lynn Grindstaff, Lynn Mayer, Jack Brackx, Jim Collins, Candi Daher, Sandy Mayer, Marshall Geller, Bob Brown, Linda Kotanan, Don Houser, and Bob Hurst for contributions to this newsletter.

BARRETT-JACKSON SHATTERS RECORDS

Barrett -Jackson once again showcased its position as the world's premier auction company by setting record breaking numbers at the 37th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in Scottsdale, Ariz. Preliminary figures indicate over $88 million in sales, which includes sales from the Showroom Pavilion, in addition to record breaking attendance of 280,000 and over 100 million Web site hits. Hailed as "The World's Greatest Collector Car Events™," the Scottsdale auction featured

1,163 collector vehicles, over 100 fewer cars than the company sold in 2007. SPEED broadcast 39 hours of live Don Houser captured Muhammad Ali who always attracts auction coverage during the event. a crowd.

"Despite premature predictions, Barrett-Jackson A new generation of muscle cars took center stage on showed that the collector car market remains strong Saturday when Ford, General Motors and Chrysler sold and viable for collectors across the board," said Craig their latest performance vehicles at No Reserve and Jackson, Chairman/CEO of the Barrett-Jackson Auction raised nearly $2 million for charities. The 2008 Ford Company. "For example, Corvettes fetched strong Shelby GT500KR sold for $550,000, the 2009 Chevrolet prices, as did 'tri-five' 1955-57 Chevys throughout the Corvette ZR1 for $1 million and the 2008 Dodge week. And the average hammer price of these two Challenger for $400,000. groups increased by 13 percent. We also broadened the docket to make collector cars more accessible to the general public and let first time buyers in on the "With proceeds from our annual gala, car sales and action." generous individual donations, we raised in excess of $5 million for local and national charities," stated Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson. "For instance, Tony Shelbys, MOPARS, Corvettes, Rolls Royces, Mustangs, Stewart's 2007 winning NASCAR Monte Carlo racecar sold Cadillacs, Bel Airs and Mercedes joined classics, for $300,000, not including extra donations that brought concepts from Italy, customs from Barris, Robosaurus the contributions to nearly $500,000 for the Darrell and cars of the stars on the block. Muscle cars, pre-war Gwynn Foundation." gems, resto-mods, entry level cars and outrageous custom machines from across the globe were also well- represented at the 2008 Scottsdale event. Ali headlined a banner list of sports and entertainment stars who added to the lifestyle appeal of Barrett- Jackson. In addition to the boxing legend, "Tonight "This year's Scottsdale event demonstrated the Show" host and avid car collector Jay Leno drove the resiliency of the collector car hobby," added Jackson. Corvette ZR1 across the block. TV and film star Patrick "Our record attendance and Web site hits, as well as Dempsey was also on the block when the 2005 Mustang the prices for crown jewel cars were very strong with race car that he drove sold for $200,000, and John three cars hitting at least $1 million. There were also Schneider serenaded the Barrett-Jackson crowd before some good values and a few surprises this year. As the his "General Lee" fetched $450,000. Automotive icon prices indicated, the bids for the vehicles were fair, Carroll Shelby addressed the crowd during the sale of pleasing both consignors and buyers." the GT500KR, along with Dempsey.

Demand for automobilia skyrocketed this year as sales The iconic "Monkeemobile" incited a bidding frenzy and increased an astounding 47 percent to $851,000, when sold for $360,000 and the "Batmobile Re-creation" compared to 2007. Total sales via the Internet were fetched $185,000. Famous rocker and auto enthusiasts $2,464,525, doubling the total from Scottsdale in 2007; Alice Cooper sold his 1955 Mercedes Benz 300SL the number of cars sold to online bidders also Gullwing custom re-creation for $185,000, while Carroll increased by 45 percent. The Barrett-Jackson Shelby's personal 1969 Shelby GT500 hit $675,000. Showroom Pavilion, where cars are sold at set prices, enjoyed enormous success, selling 34 cars for a gross total of $1,879,157. "Despite our efforts to limit the number of cars offered in Scottsdale, the demand for a diverse, high-quality selection of vehicles dictated that we exceed our One-off concept cars from the '50s and '60s were very original plan," commented Davis. "From Robosaurus to popular. Barrett-Jackson snagged prime examples of the 'Rondine,' our goal was to make sure that there was these classics in the 1963 Pininfarina-bodied Chevrolet something for everyone at Barrett-Jackson this year. Corvette "Rondine" that fetched $1,600,000 and the We've become a one-of-a-kind entertainment venue for 1963 Ford Thunderbird "Italien" that sold for $600,000 collectors, families and enthusiasts."

Barrett-Jackson Run to Scottsdale – Jan. 17- 20, 2008

. Turn your C6 Z06 into a ragtop for a mere additional $30,000 The familiar tent peaks of Barrett-Jackson

Bob & one of his former clerks from his Carlsbad store.. He now owns Turnkey Motors.

The new ZR-1 Blue Devil which sold for $1 million

C ustom C1 clone with modern undercarriage and LS1 motor A lineup of Vettes inside the big tent (all high dollar)

Everything is for sale in the vendor area; hot rods to houseboats

Al and Pam Collier took time to meet up with the guys at the Penske Museum and have lunch.

Tom and Bob with the young lady who knows all about the ’09 SS

Saturday brought an opportunity to visit the Penske Racing Museum. Lots to see from the “Motor World”

A few sights from Barrett-Jackson and Russo-Steele Auctions and the Penske Museum

North County Corvette Club members were well represented at the auction this year. Among the attendees were Tom Harper, Gary Wood, Bob Brown, Cathy and Ron Lewis, Patty and Dick Knutson, Marilyn and Don Houser, and Bob Hurst.

Barry Penn had his 1958 Corvette at the La Jolla Motor Car Classic on 13 Jan 08. The show was at the La Jolla Cove park overlooking the ocean on a beautiful sunny day. His car was selected as the Peoples’ Choice Best of Show from among 140 cars on display.

While there were perhaps 6 Corvettes on display, the show field included cars from 1907 up to the present. Rolls, Bentley, Pierce Arrow, Marmon, MG, Austin Healey, Jaguar, Plymouth, Ferrari, Ford, Buick and Pontiac were amongst the many marques at the show.

For those club members who like Mopar cars too, Jim Collins’ sharp, red 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner is featured in the latest Mopar Collectors Guide with a 4 page article.

The Winners Circle was for the 2007 class winners and my 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner was on

Barry Penn receives his People’s Choice Award. display there. It was the Muscle Car class first place winner for 2007. The American Sports Car class had some really nice cars including Barry’s 1958 Corvette.

A 1963 Fuel-Injected Coupe was there, and I recognized it as the C2 class winner from the 2006 Plastic Fantastic. Some of the judges were in the car restoration business and really knew the classic cars. John Pawoll, who is a former member of our club, had his recently acquired 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II on display.

Article written by Jim Collins

This beautiful ’58 took the People’s Choice Award.

Coming Events Tom Harper, Activities Coordinator

FEBRUARY

3 Dalton’s Roadhouse Cruise In www.daltonsroadhouse.com_events.htm 5 Car Club Council of Greater San Diego Meeting, Balboa Park 6 NCoCC Business Meeting, Plaza Creek Meeting Room 7:00 pm 10 NCoCC Club Run, Luv Run II, Meet at Starbucks in Poway(Plaza Creek), 9:30 am 14 Valentine’s Day 17 Route 66 Musical Revue, Avo Playhouse, Vista 2:00 pm. Dinner following

17 Cruisn’ Coco’s, Rancho Bernardo, 11am-2pm 17 San Diego Auto Swap Meet, SD Sports Arena, www.sdautoswap.com 22-24 NASCAR Sprint Cup weekend, www.californiaspeedway.com 27 NCoCC Board Meeting, Coco’s in RB, 7:00 29-3/2- Big 3 Swap Meet, Qualcomm Stadium, www.big3partsexchange.com

MARCH

1-2 Big 3 Swap Meet, Qualcomm Stadium 2 Dalton’s Roadhouse Cruise-In www.daltonsroadhouse.com_events.htm 4 Car Club Council of Greater San Diego Meeting, Balboa Park 5 NCoCC Business Meeting, Plaza Creek Meeting Room 7:00 pm 7-8 Temecula Rod Run and Show, Temecula-Old Town (pre 74 only) 9 Pomona Swap Meet 16 San Diego Auto Swap Meet, SD Sports Arena, www.sdautoswap.com 14-15 Carne Asade Run, Imperial, www.sunrunnerscarclub.com 16 NCoCC Club Run, Planes of Fame Warbirds Museum, Chino, CA www.planesoffame.org/museuminfo.php?site=Chino 17 St. Patricks Day 16 Cruisn’ Coco’s, Rancho Bernardo, 11am-2pm 23 Easter 26 NCoCC Board Meeting, Coco’s in RB, 7:00 pm 29 SoCal NCRS Spring Meet, Lake Forrest, www.ncrs.org/scc/SpringMeet08x.pdf

APRIL

1 Car Club Council of Greater San Diego Meeting, Balboa Park 2 NCoCC Business Meeting, Plaza Creek Meeting Room 7:00 pm 4 Crusin’ Grand, Escondido “Season Opener” www.downtownescondido/crusin.html 4-6 Good Guys Nationals, Del Mar 6 Dalton’s Roadhouse Cruise-In www.daltonsroadhouse.com_events.htm 13 NCoCC Club Run (TBA) 18 Corvette Racing Corvette Corral-Special Event, Long Beach 18-20 Long Beach Grand Prix, Long Beach www.gplb.com 20 Motorcars on Mainstreet, Coronado, www.corornadomainstreet.com 20 Cruisn’ Coco’s, Rancho Bernardo, 11am-2pm 23 NCoCC Board Meeting, Coco’s in RB, 7:00 pm 27 Heartbeat Happening, Bates Nut Farm, www.heartbeatclassicchevys.com 27 San Diego Auto Swap Meet, SD Sports Arena, www.sdautoswap.com 29 Old Towne Corvette Show, Corvettes Temecula

May

4 Dalton’s Roadhouse Cruise-In www.daltonsroadhouse.com_events.htm 4 Corvettes Limited Car Show, El Monte, www.corvetteslimited.org 6 Car Club Council of Greater San Diego Meeting, Balboa Park 7 NCoCC Business Meeting, Plaza Creek Meeting Room, 7:00 pm 11 Mother’s Day 17 Corvette Dreaming, Mission Bay, www.corvettesofsandiego.com 18 NCoCC Club Run (TBA) 18 Cruisn’ Coco’s, Rancho Bernardo, 11am-2pm 24 Goody Bag stuffing fiesta for Plastic Fantastic 24 American Heritage Car Show, Grape Day Park, Escondido 25 43rd Fallbrook Vintage Car Show, Potter Junior High School, Fallbrook

26 Memorial Day 28 NCoCC Board Meeting, Coco’s in RB, 7:00 pm

June

1 Plastic Fantastic All Corvette Show, Seaport Village on June 1 (Registration form in back and at our website www.ncocc.com )

3 Car Club Council of Greater San Diego Meeting, Balboa Park 4 NCoCC Business Meeting, 7:00 pm 15 Father’s Day 15 NCoCC Club Run (TBA)

15 Cruisn’ Coco’s, Rancho Bernardo, 11am-2pm 22 San Diego Auto Swap Meet, SD Sports Arena, www.sdautoswap.com 25 NCoCC Board Meeting, Coco’s in RB 7:00 pm

The New Oils – submitted by jack br ackx

A severe problem for older cars

By Carl L. Steig ( Cadillac La Salle Club Technical Specialist.)  Diesel oils - use older versions with API rating CI-4,

CH-4 or earlier (CJ-4 is not good).

Most of the new oils available have had their level of  Some racing oil, such as Valvoline VR1 Racing Oil, ZDDP (zinc-dialkyldithiophosphate) significantly may be good. Check the zinc and phosphate reduced. This can and probably will, cause lifter and content. cam problems in our pre-1989 cars.

 Additives – use a camshaft and lifter break-in The new (API-SM rated) automobile oils and diesel oils protection additive with each oil change. GM has a (API CJ-4 rated), including Chevron Delo and Shell good one: GM Part No. 12345501 Camshaft and Rotella, are no longer good choices for most of our old lifter Prelube (4 oz.bottle). A suitable additive is an cars (unless an additive is used). These oils have had absolute must if you use the new API SM-rated oil. the levels of ZDDP lowered. Why? The new highway diesel trucks now have catalytic converters and they  STP Oil Treatment is another additive with high like our modern cars need the reduction to increase ZDDP levels. STP Corp. confirmed this additive has catalytic converter life. four times the amount older formula oils contained.

A bottle of STP Oil Treatment at each oil change will ZDDP provides protection to parts that experience high likely be more than sufficient. pressure levels. With the reduced ZDDP levels in the new oils, you may (probably will) experience rapid  wear or galling, to cam lobes and the “flat “ base lifters Other choices are listed in an excellent and

(in reality, the face is slightly convex). Classic- era informative article on the Internet provided by LN engines with roller lifters may not experience the Engineering. problem but, to be safe, I would follow ZDDP levels suggested here.  It presents detailed data on ZDDP in many oils and additives at Note: Dick Knutson, our NCoCC club member, has info www.LNEngineering.com/oil.html. on cars with cam lobes and lifters worn down in less The article relates to problems that air-cooled Porsches are than 3,000 miles . Ask him. having with new oils

WHAT CAN BE DONE AT THIS POINT IN TIME? WHAT LEVEL OF ZDDP IS NEEDED?

There are several choices: About 1,200 parts per million (ppm) of zinc and phosphate is

desirable for the oil for your classic. The new SM oils have

 Automobile oils- use older oils with API ratings from 600 to 800 ppm. Always try to buy oil with a high SH, SJ and SL (decreasing order of preference). concentration of ZDDP, the closer to 1,200 ppm the better. SM is not good. GM’s additive listed here has about 5,700 ppm of zinc and 5,900 ppm of phosphate. You need about two ounces of the additive per quart of SM oil to reach the acceptable level of ZDDP. Add about a half-ounce per quart with an SL-rated oil as a safety precaution.

NCoCC Event Lynn Grindstaff & Candi Daher

ROUTE 66

A Musical Revue of Songs for the Road" IT’S THE LUV RUN II February 17, 2008 Led by Annette and Ron Wood

By Roger Bean and Co-Directed by: Sunday, February 10 David Brannen & Brian Wells

Four gas station attendants sing and A walk on the beach, lunch together, dance their way through music from the Beach Boys to Elvis. and a tour of the Hotel Del.

Dinner after the show at Hennessey's

Sunday, February 17, 2008

2:00 p.m. matinee

The Avo Playhouse

303 Main St., Vista, CA

Tickets are $18.00 per adult; $16.00 Seniors (60+)

If you would like to join us for this fun day and you have not signed up at the meeting, please email Lynn Grindstaff to be included.

Meet at Starbucks in Poway at 9:30 a.m.

(Next to Daphne’s)

All the details will be provided at

the February 5th club meeting.

Barrett-Jackson 2008: Autoblog Report Barrett-Jackson 2008: Autoblog Report

Chevrolet Corvette Rondine Concept brings $1.76 First production Corvette ZR1 goes for a cool million million

Pininfarina, meet Corvette. Corvette, Pininfarina. This one-off 1963 concept car was created for the Paris Auto Show and has been stored at the Pininfarina The automotive world waited what seemed like forever Museum since new. Chevrolet commissioned the to get its first look at the 2009 Corvette ZR1, but one design house to build the car, which is based on a lucky bidder won't have to wait any longer to get into 1963 Corvette chassis and has a 327cid/360-hp V8 the driver's seat. The "first retailable unit built" ZR1 was under the hood. The car has a much more European snapped up with a final bid of $1,000,000, not including feel, and features fixed headlights and a "swallow tail" auction fees. The winning bidder, Dave Ressler, also rear end. bought the oldest available 1953 Corvette just a couple years ago at Barrett-Jackson for the exact same price. Once in the spotlight, the Rondine drew more While the ZR1 on stage was not the actual one attention than any car yet. Bidding for the car quickly purchase, Ressler will get a one-of-one Le Mans blue skyrocketed past $1 million and was finally sold for of version that no one else will get. All of the proceeds $1.6 million, with a final price tag of $1.76 million after from the sale benefited The United Way, and everything auction fees. That's quite a lot of change, but less over the $99,999 list price of the ZR1 will be tax money than other desirable concept cars have sold for deductible. Not a bad way to spend a million bucks! in past years.

Courtesy of Autoblog Photos of 2009 ZR1 from Bob Hurst