April 2015
Delaware Valley NCRS Chapter Newsletter
In this issue: Chairperson’s Notes Amelia Island - 2015 Del Val Chapter – 1984, Year 7 The Early Corvette Hobby Years Tech Article – Speaker Re-coning Member Profile – Ken Sylvester Mind your P’s and Q’s – Taxes and LLc’s Editors Comments For Sale / Wanted 2015 Event Calendar 2015 Events Applications and Forms C6 Service Bulletins
Chairperson’s Notes By John Kane
Spring is finally here and, again, like last year, potholes are a problem because of the many snowfalls during the winter. The first spring NCRS activity this year was the Mason Dixon Chapter Meet at Adams Chevrolet in Havre de Grace, Maryland on Sunday, March 29th. Each yearr many of ou members volunteer to judge or just attend at this meet since it is less than an hour away for most of us and it is the first Corvette activity in the spring after a long cold winter. Everyone seems to be anxious to restart the Corvette season when March rolls around.
Unfortunately it was unseasonably cold on March 29th. It was in the mid‐twenties at 7AM. The operations checks including cold starts were made particularly difficult because, believe me when I tell you, it was not comfortable. Furthermore, the parking lot was covered with many puddles of rain water from the previous day that had frozen solid overnight and it was very tough for the judges as well as the owners trying to navigate around the frozen puddles while going through operations checks. But once we gote insid where it was warm for actual flight judging it was very comfortable. Rick Aleshire always does a great job organizing the Mason Dixon Show. April 2015
The Board of Directors met in February and wrestled with the problems of continually increasing costs but with a paramount desire to maintain the quality of our many club activities, most notably, of the annual Run for the Ribbons Meet at County Corvette in October and the Gallery at Corvettes at Carlisle in August. Ultimately the Board decided that there would be no increase in dues for 2015. Our yearly dues have now been at $30 for many years. If you did not yet pay your dues, please do so by or at the April meeting. The Board has decided that having two cruise nights immediately prior to the June and August meetings of the year seems to have been very well received by the members and they will be repeated this year. Try to bring a Corvette out for each of those meetings when we gather early in the back parking lot at 7PM. At about 8PM we will move inside and have a buffet dinner prior to each formal meeting. Remember that the location of our meeting place is LuLu Shriners located at 5140 Butler Pike in Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462.
Amelia Island Concours By: Bob Cook
On the second weekend in March, the collector car world focuses on Amelia Island, Florida – located on the Atlantic Ocean just south of the Georgia/Florida border. The Amelia Island weekend includes a number of car‐related events such as cruises for various marques, seminars and dinners at the Ritz Carlton, a “Cars and Coffee” show Saturday morning on the golf course at the Ritz Carlton, four separate collector car auctions around the island, and the biggie is the Sunday Concours on the golf course at the Ritz Carlton. The Concours includes about 300 spectacular cars. I would say very few cars entered are worth less than $100K with probably at least 20% worth over $1 million.
This year a number of Del Val Chapter members were in attendance. I saw Bill Skinner, Lou Cerchio, Mark Rudnick, Frank Stech, and Steve Gansky (and I may have missed some – there were ta lo of people there). Irwin Kroiz entered his 1968 L88 DX Sunray race car. Irwin’s car earned a second place award in the Corvette Race Car class. The award was presented in front of the reviewing stand by Don Warner, the originator of the Concours. (See photo)
We arrived on Amelia Island Friday afternoon and attended “The Design DNA of Iconic Cars” seminar in which the Design leaders from Mercedes, Porsche, and GM described their design history and current methodology. Saturday morning, after viewing the Cars and Coffee displayed cars, we attended the “Car Guys of Television” seminar featuring 2
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Dale Walksler of “What’s in the Barn”, Peter Klutt of “Legendary Motorcar“, Barry Meguiar of “Car Crazy”, Ray Everham of “Americarna”, Wayne Carini of “Chasing Classic Cars”, Bob Scanlon – head of programming at Velocity Channel, and former race car driver and current TV announcer Tommy Kendall as the moderator.
After a week earlier forecast of 80% chance of showers, Sunday dawned sunny with temperatures in the 70s – a perfect day for a concours. And the cars showed up – from a Ferrari GTO (last one sold at auction brought $38 million) to classic Duesenbergs to beautiful design dream cars from the 50s and much, much more. There were several Corvettes – a group of seven Corvette race cars from the late 60s and 70s, a 63 Z06 owned by Andy Cannizzo, the 67 L88 race car owned by Glen Spielberg, and a replica of the 1953 Motorama Corvette Corvair owned by Michael Henderson as seen in the famous photo of the 53 Motorama “Corvette”, the station wagon “Nomad”, and fast back “Corvair”. I am including a few pictures which are only a tiny example of the cars on the field and the weekend activities.
Sir Sterling Moss Race car 1967 L88 Race Car
John Greenwood BFG Car Replica Motorama Car
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Doug Bergen Race Car Waiting for the gates to open
Irwin Kroiz getting award
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Delaware Valley Chapter – 1984 (Year 7) By: Club Historian, Bob Cook
In our newsletter series of the history of the Delaware Valley Chapter we are up to year 7 ‐ 1984. The Chapter officers for 1984 were Chairman – M.F. Dobbins, Vice‐Chairman – Howard Dupee, Secretary/Treasurer – Tim Raisner, Newsletter – Dick Robinson, Events – Stan Freed, and Judging – Bob Fox. The only change in board members being the combination of the secretary and treasurer offices and Dick Robinson taking over as newsletter editor.
The Eastern Regional meet was held in Williamsburg, VA on July 4 – 7, 1984. A number of Del Val Chapter members attended the event. Five Chapter members entered cars to be judged and all five received top flight awards – John Kane’s ‘58, Frank Stech’s ‘67, Howard Dupee’s ‘66, Ken Robb’s ‘63, and Bill Ganji’s ‘63. Stan Freed had recently sold his ‘66 which also earned a top flight. Members driving Corvettes to the meet were: Dick Robinson – ‘56, Bob Fox – ‘61, Clay Green – ‘62, Howard Dupee – ‘66, and Tim Raisner – ‘67. Other members attending were Dick Moritz, Doug Cherry, Leon Schlorff, Bruce Jones, Jim Bingham, Dave Schrader, Bob Cook, Frank Andalora, Reg Wirth, and Ken Heckert.
The fourth annual Chapter meet was again held at Bryner Chevrolet and attendance by both members and spectators increased considerably versus 1983. The feeling of the Chapter was that the quality of the cars judged was “truly exceptional”. The average award for flight judged cars was 92.3. However, the total number of top flights were 10 out of 26 cars judges; second flights were 15; and third flights was 1. (This seems much lower than recent Run for the Ribbons meets. I wonder if the quality of the cars has improved or if judging standards have changed.)
At the November, 1984 NCRS Board meeting, the Board voted to admit the 1968 to 72 Corvettes to membership – by a unanimous vote.
The 1985 NCRS National Convention was scheduled to be held at the Sheraton Inn in Danvers, MA from July 30 to August 3. The Delaware Valley Chapter agreed to co‐host the convention. Planning started during 1984 and was discussed at the last couple membership meetings of the year. A road tour to the convention for Chapter members was under planning in late 1984. More on this in the next newsletter….
And finally, here is a tech tip from the September, 1984 newsletter which I feel deserves to be repeated: (from Dick Robinson – Newsletter Editor in 1984)
“There have been a number of tech tips printed extolling the virtues of silicone sealer as a gasket compound. This product does have many good characteristics. However, if improperly used it can destroy an engine. The quantity of silicone applied is of vital importance. If too much is applied, the excess silicone is squeezed out of both the inner and outer mating surfaces. This excess cures as lumps or ribbons that can cut off fluid flows.
I have seen a Ford 289 with its bearings destroyed due to small lumps caught by the oil pump, ground up, and passed into the oil pressure system where they lodged in the crankshaft oil passages and starved the bearings. I have also seen a small block Chevy engine with warped heads caused by overheating when excess silicone, squeezed from the water pump mounts, became lodged under the thermostat.
Before using silicone, think – do I really need the silicone to seal the joint? If you decide “yes”, be very careful with the quantity used. Try an experiment – squeeze out how much you think you need on two similar surfaces and bolt or clamp them together. Observe what happens to the excess material. Adjust your quantity accordingly.”
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The early Corvette Hobby Years—they really WERE different By: Dick Robinson
The 1956 Corvette that I bought from by brother in 1969 was a worn out, but very original, car that I thought deserved to be brought back to life. So I began buying parts for it from my local Chevy dealer, Stall Chevrolet in Southampton. One day in 1969, while at the parts counter, Shorty, who ran the parts department, mentioned that another guy was coming in to buy the same ‘56‐‘57 items that I was ordering. I gave him a business card and asked him to give it to the guy. He did, and that’s how I met a kindred spirit by the name of Bill Rhodes. Bill liked to hunt down ‘56‐‘57 cars and do some fix‐ups or parts break‐ups He always seemed to have more than one car at a time in various stages of completion. We teamed up on a number of ventures that could only have been possible at that very early era of the Corvette hobby. Today, the memories are priceless and often involve the realization that if we had only known then what was to come in the near future, we would have done some things very differently!
In those days, a ‘56‐‘57 needing work, but complete, could be bought for about $500. A good condition drivable one brought $1,000. We learned early on that the value of a car’s individual parts was often greater than that of the intact car. This lead us to buy up a number of cars, utilize some components in a fix‐up project, and sell off the excess at a profit—especially at the flea markets of the early CCDV Cavalcades.
At that time, so many cars were available that we passed up many that could have been good investments. Our local food market had a bulletin board at the entrance that people used to post all kinds of community info. One day I saw an ad from a guy in Hatboro that was offering parts for sale from a 1960 Corvette. Bill and I didn’t normally pursue anything but’ 56 and ‘57s, but I needed soft top hardware and Bill needed the parts to convert a PG car to a 4‐ speed.So we went to look at the car, which turned out to be two nearly identical, mostly intact, 1960s sitting on a front lawn.
I bought the soft top hardware, weather strips, and the jack for $6. Bill bought the transmission, clutch and other items for $20. I asked the owner what he wanted for a whole car, and he replied, $35 each. We didn’t buy them, we just weren’t interest in 1960s, and not that much interchanged that we could use, so we left them there.
In early 1970, we heard that a wrecked ‘57 had been brought into Winter’s Body Shop in Huntingdon Valley, When we went to look at it, we didn’t know enough to realize that what we were seeing was a badly damaged ‘57 air box car. The car had taken a hard hit on the left side from a tree or pole. We had never seen or heard of an RPO before. By looking at the very different brakes and the under‐body air ducts, we knew it was some type of race car. But we had no idea then that it was one of only forty‐three factory built cars. Bill had the good sense to salvage some of the components which he would later use in the restoration of an air box car. Terry Winter took a chain saw to the car and dumped the segments into his dumpster. To this day, that air box car remains as the only one known to have been confirmed as totally destroyed.
Some of the fiberglass repairs that we attempted turned out to be almost comical due to our ignorance of the chemical and physics processes that come into play when dealing with polyester resins. Bill was attempting to remove the paint on a ‘56 that had had multiple paint jobs, and the stripper that we were using just couldn’t seem to take off very much paint on each successive soaking. So Bill decided to really load up the body with lots of stripper and leave it there for a few days while he was off on a business trip. When he got back the car looked the same, but when a scrapper touched the body, it nearly fell through. Hosing off the stripper revealed a rear clip that looked like a lace curtain and had about the same structural integrity. The stripper had not only softened the paint, it had attacked the resins of the body, leaving a lot of glass fibers and not much else to hold them together.
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What do? No problem, we thought, we’ll just mix up a batch of liquid resin and recoat the body. Since this was going to be a smelly project, and his apartment neighbors were sure to complain, we pushed the car outside. We didn’t seem to care that it was a sunny afternoon with a temperature about 90°. We didn’t comprehend what heat, compression and density could do to accelerate a liquid chemical reaction. So we blissfully mixed nearly a full gallon of resin with too much catalyst in a tall thin plastic container. We had no sooner finished stirring the mixture when it became hot to the touch. Before we could start applying the resin, it got so hot that it was untouchable. Then the smoke started bubbling up from the rapidly‐hardening mixture and within seconds it was on fire. Being outside, it did no damage. We chalked it up as a learning experience.
There were a lot of Corvettes other than’ 56 and ‘57s that we passed on then, but in hindsight, would have been good values. One was a mostly intact ’54 abandoned on a Roxborough street. I stopped there twice, once to see if it had its hubcaps (it didn’t), and the second time a week or so later to take a better look at it as a parts breaker. A couple days later we went back with towing gear, but it was gone.
Another was a nice Horizon Blue 1960 F.I. car that was owned by a fellow that knew I liked early Corvettes. In August of 1972, he called the day that we were moving into the house where we still live. He had taken a job in California and couldn’t take his second car, the nice 1960. He needed to sell the car now and would take $750. Having just bought a house with all the related expenses, the $750 wasn’t available and I had to pass on the car. It’s one that got away.
In the fall of 1971, Bill found the intact ’56 that I restored that winter and still drive today. It was in Ronkonkoma, NY, stored next to a house. I bought it for $500. We went up with a trailer and brought it home. Bill needed the engine and transmission for a project car. The fellow who owned the trailer and went along, got the 2X4 set up, and I took the body, drivetrain, and remnants to reconstruct my wrecked ’56. I sold the excess parts at the 1972 Cavalcade and more than made back the car’s cost.
Bill Rhodes moved to Marietta, GA in 1973 and soon became the first chief judge of the NCRS, taking with him the judging process we developed for the CCDV Cavalcades. He also restored the first ’57 air box car presented for judging. He sold it soon afterward, realizing what a poor driver the stiff suspension and hard steering made of these cars. Bill and I still share a common interest in early Ford V8’s and good old Corvette memories. Like the rest of you though, we’re still looking for that long lost treasure tucked away in somebody’s back garage.
Newsletters Needed By: Bob Cook
The best way to retrieve our Chapter’s history is through the quarterly newsletters that have been sent to members since July of 1978. Unfortunately, we have not been able to find some of the newsletters. If you have any of the following issues, please bring them to any meeting. I willm copy the and get the originals back to you.
Missing issues: Sept or Oct, 1978 – Newsletter Issue #2 Late 1986, all of 1987 and 1988 All of 1991 through early 2000 Also, if you have pictures or other memorabilia from “old” events, please let me make copies. Please note the event, date and the people in the pictures (if you know any of these). 7
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2015 Mid Atlantic Convention Road Tour By: Steve Gansky
Planning has been underway for the Mid Atlantic Road Tour to the 2015 National Convention in Denver Co. We will be shipping Cars from the Philadelphia Area to Arrive in Las Vegas on Friday July 10 or you can plan to meet us in Las Vegas on Friday July 10. We will depart Las Vegas on Saturday July 11 and arrive in Colorado Springs on Friday July 17. We will spend a day in Colorado Springs on Saturday July 18 and attend the LNO on Saturday July 18. The cars will be shipped home on Thursday July 23.
Stops include Hoover Dam, Zion NP, North Rim of the Grand Canyon NP, Bryce Canyon NP, Arches NP, Dinosaur NP, Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP, Great Sand Dunes NP. We will visit Manitou Springs, drive Pikes Peak, see the Garden of the Gods, & visit the Air Force Academy. Drive thru Zion, Capital Reef, & Canyonlands via the scenic routes. See the Million Dollar Trail thru Ouray, Ironton & Silverton. There are numerous museums and attractions on the route. Easy driving with lots to see. Eight days on the road covering about 1900 miles.
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Speaker Re-coning By: Tom Hoyer
I had a speaker that needed to be reconed. Rather than send it out, I figured this would be a good opportunity to try it myself and save some money. After searching the internet for a recone kit that would work with the speaker I have, I came across The Speaker Exchange in Tampa Fl. Several other companies I contacted either didn’t have the right parts or would not sell to an individual. Gene at The Speaker Exchange went out of his way to make sure I got the correct cone and voice coil for the speaker.The suppliedt ki comes with a new cone, gasket, voice coil, spider, wires, coil shims, dust cap and instructions.
The first step is remove the old cone (or what is left of it), “spider and voice coil from the speaker frame. The “spider” is what holds the voice coil and allows it to move up and down.
Once the old material has been removed, cover the slot for the voice coil with masking tape to prevent any debris from getting in there.
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Clean the residual glue from the perimeter of the speaker frame and the spider area. I also took this opportunity to clean the entire frame. Once everything is clean it is time to begin reassembly. Use compressed air, or some masking tape to clean out the voice coil gap. Any debris in there may inhibit the movement of the voice coil.
Using the supplied shims, insert the voice coil into the gap and select the proper shim so the coil fits snug. I ended up cutting a shim into four strips and inserting them around the inside of the coil.
Set the voice coil down into the gap so that the upper windings of the coil are even with or slightly above the top of the coil magnet. This took a few tries to get a feel for setting the height. Remember to align the coil leads with the terminal on the speaker housing.
Slide the spider over the voice coil ensuring that you do not disturb the coil height and that the spider sits on the housing evenly.
Next test fit the cone by gently fitting it over the voice coil, again making sure that the part of the one with the two holes aligns with the voice coil wires. Verify that the cone comes in contact with the spider. Once the test is done, remove the cone, run a bead of glue around the perimeter of the spider and coat the perimeter of the speaker frame with glue and re install the cone.
Once the cone is down, fish the tiny voice coil wires through the two holes in the cone. Next run a bead of glue around the voice coil and cone. Also coat the wires up to the holes, but not in the holes….yet. Glue the top gasket to the cone / frame, turn the speaker upside down and let the glue dry. I used a small weight to keep pressure on the gasket.
After the glue is dry, install the flexible lead wires through the holes in the speaker cone and into the terminal strip on the frame. Solder the wires to the terminal strip and ‐ very important – pull extra lead wire through to form a small loop. This will allow the cone to move up and down. If the lead wires are straight, the cone will not move properly. 10
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At this point the lead wires are sticking through the cone. Take the voice coil wires and at the point where the lead wires come through the cone, wrap the voice coil wire around the lead wire a few times. Solder this connection and trim the excess lead wire. Be careful that you don’t burn the speaker cone. You are not soldering the wires to the eyelets, just the wires to themselves. Once both wires are soldered, use a small amount of glue to seal the wires to the eyelet. Also glue the dust cap to the top of the voice coil. The next step is to test the speaker. I connected it to a Wonderbar radio and it worked well. Next step is to install the car and get ready to listen to the Phillies while cruising around this summer!
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Member Profile – Ken Sylvester
My name is Ken Sylvester and I grew‐up in Scranton, PA, went to college in Philadelphia, PA and now reside in Jamison, PA. I work as a Pharmacist for a major pharmaceutical company in NJ and always wanted to own a Corvette since I can remember. In May 2013, I made my decision (after putting 4 kids through college) and purchased this 1990 Bright Red Corvette Convertible from my brother’s friend (the original owner) in Pittsburgh, PA with 3000 original miles. What a beauty it is‐ it looked like it just rolled‐off the assembly line when I first saw it in his garage‐ you could still smell the leather interior after 23 years ‐ and I still do today. The original owner ordered it from the dealer, traveled to Bowling Green to see it assembled (#2934 of 23,646 produced) and then never drove it much. It had all the original equipment and parts when I bought it including tires and battery‐ which I have subsequently changed (but have stored the originals!). This 5.7 Liter, C‐4, six‐speed manual transmission Corvette includes all available options at the time in 1990. The options include Corvette Preferred Equipment (Electronic air‐conditioning, Delco Bose Music System, Six‐Way power driver’s and passenger’s seats), removable hardtop, selective ride and handling system, black leather adjustable sport bucket seats, low tire pressure warning, black deck lid carrier, engine oil cooler and black convertible top. Total vehicle price in 1990 was $45,018 but I purchased it for much less!
I have been having a great time driving the Vette with my wife, Kathy and entering it in a lot of local car shows. Back in 2013, I had it judged at the NCRS Pittsburgh Chapter and won a Topflight Award‐ which was very thrilling and says a lot about the previous owner and his care of the original equipment. One of the pictures show the judging taking place in their judging facility. This was my first collector car and I have recently added 2 other non‐ Corvettes to the pack‐ a 1955 Chevrolet 3100 Cameo Carrier and a 1957 Ford Custom Police Interceptor as well.
I am so happy to be a Corvette owner and join the ranks with my brother Bob (Pittsburgh, PA) who has a 2005 Corvette. We both had our Vettes in The Ocean City Boardwalk Show in the Fall 2103‐ which was awesome. I am looking forward to attending the NCRS DelVal local meetings and discussing the Corvette hobby with our members.
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Mind Your P’s and Q’s (and your LLC’s) By: Bruce Shaw
- A Taxing Experience –
Montana LLCs are rearing their ugly head in the Collector Car arena – with unintended consequences. Any person in any state can set up an LLC and title the car in the Montana LLC name and avoid sales tax. Montana does not tax vehicle purchases.
So what is an LLC? An LLC is a business entity, similar to a Corporation or Partnership, which protects people from liability in certain instances. An LLC is separate and distinct from a private person. Like a person having a unique social security number ‐ different than any other person’s ID , an LLC has a unique state ID number – giving the LLC its own identity – separate from its founders.
Enter Montana LLCs – Throughout the Collector Car magazines and internet, you will see various ads for ‐ “Register your vehicle in Montana and pay no sales tax” – This sounds great, how do you do this? You create a Montana LLC and then register your purchased vehicle under your Montana LLC. You see, Montana has no sales tax on car sales. It appears that you have “beaten the system” – you have shorted your home state out of sales tax!
Sound good so far? Here is the bad news. You don’t live in Montana! You don’t actually have a business in Montana! Your purchased vehicle is not stored or driven in Montana! As a matter of fact – YOU – have never even visited Montana! Hmmmm – I smell tax evasion. Most states call a transaction like this that specifically and intentionally is formed to evade a tax is a sham transaction and a form of tax evasion
To counter citizens of their state from evading tax on out of state purchases, most home states have what is called a “use tax”. ”A “use tax is applied to items that you purchase out of state, escaping your state sales tax. But here is the catch, you are “using” the item in your home state – even using the car as part of your car collection triggers the use tax. I almost forgot, your home state use tax is the same percentage as your home state sales tax. Note: most of these Montana LLC formation ads break this bad news to you in a fine print disclaimer at the bottom of their ad.
So let’s apply for Montana tags and driver’s license to prove that we are really using a Montana vehicle, wrong idea! Most states only permit you to have your home state license and you must surrender any out of state license. Additionally most states require that you register and retitle an out of state vehicle within a short period of time.
More bad news, if the vehicle is titled in Montana it is quite possible that your insurance policy will not cover this car. So you might want to have a dialogue with your insurance agent to make sure your Montana LLC vehicle is actually insured.
Want more bad news? All states have a Consumer Fraud Act which protects a consumer from a fraudulent sale/transaction. If you find a serious problem with your car purchase, you often can enact your home state’s Consumer Fraud Act to threaten the Seller. Most state Consumer Fraud Acts can award you your attorney fees and court costs as well as up to triple damages. But wait a minute, who owns this car now? A Montana business entity LLC. A Montana business LLC does not typically enjoy consumer status in your home state and therefore you could lose very powerful home state protection.
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Lastly we have one more problem, assume you buy a Collector Car from Jim Jones who lives in Virginia. You buy the car and you wire the balance to Jim Jones’ bank in Virginia. All is well, until six months from now you discover that the frame is bent or the engine “gave up the ghost” – you go to a lawyer to sue the Seller and the lawyer asks for a copy of the title that you received with the car. Uh Oh, the title that Jim Jones mailed you from his home state of Virginia is not a Virginia title, it is a Montana LLC title in the name of “Jimbo LLC”. In reality Jim Jones did not have title to the vehicle, never owned the vehicle and the real owner “Jimbo LLC” is the entity you will have to sue – in Montana! Good luck!
So what have we learned here; Don’t start a sham LLC in Montana; Don’t title your cars out of state. Demand inspection of the Seller’s title before you purchase and lastly – “Render unto Caesar what is Caesars”. Pay the tax!
Editor’s Comments By Tom Hoyer
I would like to thank Bob Cook, Dick Robinson, Steve Gansky, Ken Sylvester and Bruce Shaw for contributing new material for the April issue. Member contributions are what help make “our” newsletter interesting and fun to read (not to mention it makes my job easier….). Keep those member profiles coming! I need some for the next issue. Several members have told me they would be willing to write something up, well now is the time to get started. The June issue is not that far away.
Keep in mind that the web site has the forms needed for the Gallery at Carlisle, the 2015 Run for the Ribbons application as well as the membership application. Please remember to renew your membership for 2015 if you have not already done so.
As always, please feel free to contact me to discuss anything about the newsletter. I’m always open to new ideas or critiques (yes, I do make unintentional errors…………)
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DELAWARE VALLEY CHAPTER National Corvette Restorers Society April General Membership Meeting
Wednesday April 15, 2015 8 to 10 pm
Lu Lu Shriners Complex 5140 Butler Pike Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Directions: From Pennsylvania Turnpike: Norristown Exit 333. Follow signs to Plymouth Meeting Road. Turn right at the bottom of the ramp (traffic light). Go ~½ mile to the traffic light (Butler Pike). Turn left onto Butler Pike to Lu Lu Shriners complex ~ 1 mile on right.
From Philadelphia: Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) West to Route I-476 to Plymouth Meeting Exit 20 (last exit). Follow signs to Plymouth Road. Turn right at the bottom of the ramp (stop sign). Go ~½ mile to the traffic light (Butler Pike). Turn left onto Butler Pike to Lu Lu Shriners complex ~ 1 mile on right.
From Blue Route I-476: Route I-476 to Plymouth Meeting Exit 20 (last exit). Follow signs to Plymouth Road. Turn right at the bottom of the ramp (stop sign). Go ~½ mile to the traffic light (Butler Pike). Turn left onto Butler Pike to Lu Lu Shriners complex ~ 1 mile on right.
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C6 Service Bulletins Contributed by Steve Gansky
Chevrolet P.O. Box 909989 Milwaukee, WI 53209‐9989
February 2015
We have learned that your 2009 model year Chevrolet Corvette may have a performance issue with its OnStar module that could impact the vehicle's battery life. If your vehicle's OnStar module contains this condition, the OnStar green telltale light will be illuminated even when the vehicle is off. This condition can drain your vehicle's battery if the vehicle is not started for approximately four days. The condition may also render your OnStar system inoperative, which would disable all OnStar services, including automatic crash response and emergency roadside services. This condition can occur even if you do not have an active OnStar subscription.
Your satisfaction with your Chevrolet Corvette is very important to us, so we are announcing a program to prevent this condition or, if it has occurred, to fix it.
What We Will Do: A set of instructions is included with this notification that provides a simple procedure to perlorm an OnStar® over the air (OTA) programming update, alleviating this condition.
What You Should Do: Follow the procedure exactly as written. If you experience any difficulty with this update or prefer that your Chevrolet perlorms this update for you, contact your Chevrolet dealer as soon as possible to schedule an appointment for this repair. This module reset will be perlormed for you at no charge until February 28, 2017. After that, any applicable warranty will apply.
Reimbursement: If you have already had this condition repaired, you do not need to take your vehicle to your dealer for this repair. If you have paid for repairs for the condition described in this letter, please complete the enclosed reimbursement form and present it to your dealer with all required documents. Working with your dealer will expedite your request, however, if this is not convenient, you may mail the completed reimbursement form and all required documents to Reimbursement Department, PO Box 33170, Detroit, Ml 48232‐5170. The completed form and required documents must be presented to your dealer or received by the Reimbursement Department by February 29, 2016, unless state law specifies a longer reimbursement period.
If you have any questions or concerns that your dealer is unable to resolve, please contact the Chevrolet Customer Assistance Center at 1.800.222.1020 (TTY 1.800.833.2438).
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OnStar – OTA (Over the Air) Programming Instructions
1. Press the button on the OnStar® mirror that shows a person with sound waves and you will hear the system reply "OnStar Ready".
2. Next say, "Digit Dial" and the response you will hear back is, "Digit Dial. Please say the 1st digit to dial". You will now repeat a series of numbers and wait for the system to confirm the digit as it is heardD.
• Say "Star Key" (you will hear "Star Key" as the response) • Say "Two" • Say "Two" • Say "Eight" • Say "Nine" • Say "One"
3. Say "Dial", the system will say "Okay, dialing Star 22891".
• You will hear ringing as the call is being made followed by the message: "Welcome to over the air programming. Please hold while we update your phone. This call airtime is free".
4. After approximately 60 seconds, you will hear "Your phone has been updated successfully".
Note: If after attempting to perform these steps, the OnStar® module does not respond, or "Your phone has been updated successfully" is not heard you will need to contact and make an appointment with your GM Dealer to have the OnStar® module reset manually.
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Chevrolet P.O. Box 909989 Milwaukee, WI 53209‐9989
January 2015
On certain 2009 model year Chevrolet Corvette vehicles, when the engine is warm, the underhood bussed electrical center (UBEC) housing will expand, causing the headlamp low‐beam relay control circuit routed wire to bend slightly. After the wire is repeatedly bent, it can fracture and separate. When this occurs, the low‐beam headlamps will not illuminate. As the UBEC housing cools and contracts, the low‐beam headlamp function may return. This condition does not affect the high‐beam headlamps, marker lamps, turn signals, daytime running lamps or fog lamps. Loss of low beam headlamps when they are required could reduce the driver's visibility, as well as the vehicle's conspicuity to other motorists, increasing the risk of a crash.
Your satisfaction with your Corvette is very important to us, so we are announcing a program to prevent this condition or, if it has occurred, to fix it.
What We Will Do: Your Chevrolet dealer will install a jumper wire. This service will be performed for you at no charge.
What You Should Do: To limit any possible inconvenience, we recommend that you contact your Chevrolet dealer as soon as possible to schedule an appointment for this repair. By scheduling an appointment, your dealer can ensure that the necessary parts will be available on your scheduled appointment date.
Reimbursement: Even though you may have already had repairs for this condition, you will still need to take your vehicle to your dealer for additional repairs. If you have paid for repairs for the condition described in this letter, please complete the enclosed reimbursement form and present it to your dealer with all required documents. Working with your dealer will expedite your request, however, if this is not convenient, you may mail the completed reimbursement form and all required documents to Reimbursement Department, PO Box 33170, Detroit, Ml 48232‐5170. The completed form and required documents must be presented to your dealer or received by the Reimbursement Department by January 31, 2016, unless state law specifies a longer reimbursement period.
If you have any questions or concerns that your dealer is unable to resolve, please contact the Chevrolet Customer Assistance Center at 1.800.222.1020 (TTY 1.800.833.2438).
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Delaware Valley Chapter NCRS Calendar of Events 2015
February 25 Membership Meeting
April 15 Membership Meeting / Seminar
June 3 Membership Meeting / Cruise Night - Dinner
August 19 Membership Meeting/Seminar
August 27-30 NCRS Gallery XV at Corvettes @ Carlisle
October 7 Membership Meeting/Seminar
October 11 Chapter Meet- 35th Run for the Ribbons
December 5 Holiday Dinner
NCRS National Calendar of Events 2015
SUN n FUN FL Winter Regional January 21‐24 NEW! Lakeland, Florida Arizona Regional March 19‐21 Tucson, Arizona Mason Dixon Indoor Chapter Meet March 29 Havre De Grace, Maryland Indiana Chapter Indoor Meet April 3‐4 Auburn, Indiana St Louis Chapter Meet April 11 Manchester, Missouri Heart of Ohio Chapter Meet April 12 Pataskala, Ohio Oklahoma Indoor Chapter Meet April 18 Tulsa, Oklahoma Heartland Indoor Chapter Meet April 18 Pleasant Hill, Iowa Carolinas Regional April 23‐25 Concord, North Carolina Pittsburgh Tri‐State Chapter Meet May 2 Latrobe, Pennsylvania Heart of America Regional May 14‐17 Joplin, Missouri Florida Chapter Meet May 16 Crystal River, Florida Michigan Chapter Meet May 29‐30 Dearborn, Michigan North Central Chapter Meet May 30 South St Paul, Minnesota Ontario Chapter Meet June 12‐13 Thornhill, Ontario, Canada NATIONAL CONVENTION July 19‐24 Denver, Colorado Wisconsin Regional September 10‐12 Oconomoc, Wisconsin Texas Regional October 22‐24 Frisco (Dallas), Texas
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For Sale / Wanted
For Sale: NOS Ignition Points DP‐106PS, New in unopened boxes. I have about 50 sets, $5 each. Email [email protected], or call Tom 215‐429‐5812
DELAWARE VALLEY CHAPTER Membership dues are $30 for the year.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL & APPLICATION Please complete below form & submit with your renewal to ensure correct contact information.
Name: ______Spouse ______NCRS # ______
Address: ______City ______State ____ Zip
Day Phone # (______)______Eve. Phone # ( )
E‐mail: ______Cell # ( )
Reminder: You must be a current National NCRS member in good standing. ____ I would like to join the Delaware Valley Chapter at this time. ____ My $30 annual renewal enclosed.
Inquires: Howard Dupee [email protected] Please return completed form with remittance to Howard Dupee payable to:
DELAWARE VALLEY CHAPTER NCRS P.O. Box 2853 ∙ Warminster, PA ∙ 18974
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APPLICATION FORM Please: Print or Type
Name(s) NCRS # Address City State Zip Phone Day ( ) E‐Mail Phone Eve. ( ) Cell Phone ( )
Photo: Enclose a photo of your car. (Photos will not be returned.) Year VIN# Engine Specs: CID HP Transmission: Rear End Ratio: Exterior Color Interior Color: Leather Vinyl Body Style: Coupe T‐Top Convertible Soft Top w/Hard Top
Wheels and Tires: Current Mileage: I am the owner for years. Special Edition: Example: Pace Car, Grand Sport Options: Example A/C, power steering, etc.
Prior Awards: Please include all significant awards NCRS AWARDS you earned with the car:
NCRS AWARDS earned by prior owner:
OTHER AWARDS:
Brief History / Highlight:
Whereas all participates, including owners, and voluntarily enter into the Delaware Valley Chapter hosted NCRS GALLERY, it is agreed as follows: All participates will insure their vehicle(s) & property against loss, damage, & liability, & provide proof of insurance. Owners & all participants hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless Delaware Valley Chapter NCRS, NCRS and Carlisle Events, it’s officers, directors, agents, employees, or assigns for acts or omissions which may result in the theft, damage, destruction, or injury to them or to others occurring during or as a consequence of this event, wherever located.
All entrants and cars will be required to arrive at the Carlisle Fairgrounds by noon on Thursday and cars will not be removed until Sunday at 2:00 pm.
Signature Date Inquiries can be made by E‐mail: [email protected] Please Complete and Return to: NCRS GALLERY PO Box 2853 Warminster, PA 18974‐0086 NOTE: This form is also available on our web site at www.delvalncrs.org
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2015 Delaware Valley Chapter Officers
Chairperson John Kane [email protected] (215) 497‐9361 Vice/Membership Chair Howard Dupee [email protected] (215) 688‐9327 Secretary Steve Gansky [email protected] (215) 579‐7113 Treasurer John Keane [email protected] (215) 542‐0790 Meet/Activity Chairperson Elaine Raisner [email protected] (215) 675‐4299 Judging Chairperson Frank Stech [email protected] (856) 665‐1557 Website Administrator Tom Hoyer [email protected] (215) 429‐5812 Chapter Historian Bob Cook [email protected] (610) 274‐1447 Newsletter Editor Tom Hoyer [email protected] (215) 429‐5812
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