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April, 2018 The Sidepipe is published monthly by the Oklahoma Chapter NCRS, Inc. • http://www.ncrs.org/ok Chairman’s Comments C6, 2005 - Black, Machine Silver, Victory Red, 37,372 produced with 11 exterior color options. by Kelly Bolton he Spring Season is underway as we look C7, 2014 - Torch Red, Arctic White, Black, 38,338 Tforward to a few of April’s notable events: produced with 8 exterior color options April 14 - Car Event at Scott Anderson’s “The 2018 - Arctic White, Black, Torch Red, 9,686 Galley” at 126th and Memorial produced with 11 exterior color options. April 21st – Spring Judging Event Although White started strong, it has seen a resurgence in the C7’s, and Black has the longest While reading the latest edition of “America’s run of being in the top three. Wonder what color Sports Car” published by The National Corvette will be the most popular for the C8? Museum, I noticed the final stats released for the 2018 Corvette. The production run was completed To continue moving forward into the New Year, on January 28th and an interesting statistic that I there are numerous opportunities for you to noticed was a 5 month production run with a total participate in our Chapter which is vital to our of 9,686 Corvettes produced, 28.9% were Z06’s continued success as The Oklahoma Chapter of and Arctic White once again topped the list as the NCRS. Let’s look at 2018 as a year filled with most popular color. I don’t recall seeing that many opportunity and fun as we restore, preserve, C7’s in Arctic White, so I did a search of the most document and enjoy our Corvettes. popular colors for the first year in each generation: I look forward to seeing everyone and their cars C1, 1953 - Polo White, 300 produced with 1 on Saturday. exterior color option. C2, 1963 - Riverside Red, Sebring Silver, Ermine White, 21,513 produced with 7 exterior color April options. Breakfast C3, 1968 - British Green, Leman’s Blue, Silver Meeting Stone Silver, 28,566 produced with 10 exterior color options. ur monthly breakfast will take place on O Saturday, April 7, 2018. The location is C4, 1984 - Bright Red, Black, Light Bronze/Dark Ollie’s Station Restaurant in the Redfork area of Bronze, 51,547 produced with 12 exterior color West Tulsa. The address is 4070 Southwest options. Blvd. The phone number is (918)446-0524, in case you need it. C5, 1997 - Torch Red, Black, Sebring Silver You can choose the buffet or you can order from Metallic, 9,752 produced with 7 exterior color the menu. The time to be there is 8:30 a.m., but options. people always start arriving by 8:00 - 8:15 a.m. Attitude Adjustment Night Judging Reference Manuals by Russ Grimm he gathering place for our April Attitude Adjustment Night on Tuesday evening, T ast month at the breakfast meeting we discussed April 17, 2018, will be Bravo’s Mexican Grill at 4532 that the chapter had several older editions of East 51st St. We will continue to meet at Bravo’s L manuals that we would make them available to for the next few months. potential new members and current members of the The time people start to arrive is 5:00 p.m. chapter. Scott Pfuehler was going to be the caretaker for that group. Please contact him if you have a need. Oklahoma Chapter The current editions are listed below and as your judging Chairman I have them available to the chapter Merchandise membership for judging meets and judging sessions. by Bob Clark They can be checked out for short term use by the e currently have Oklahoma Chapter denim membership by getting with me. In some cases we Wshirts, long and short sleeve, for $25 each. We might have copies that have been used by the also have Oklahoma Chapter sweat shirts for $25. sections i.e.; mechanical -interior etc. to answer or help in those areas as you work on your car. Please call me at 918 / 625-2303 or 918 / 299-9001 As National has updated the material and came out to order an item. You could also send an email to with newer editions they in some cases made it [email protected]. Be sure to include the type of harder to keep up with what the edition is so we have shirt and size. needed to go with the cover cars and colors to help sort this out. So here is the current and up to date list and in a couple of cases we as a chapter not up to date and is Attitude Adjustment Night In so noted— Oklahoma City Judging Reference Manual 8th Edition — th by Gene Holtz (Chapter copy is 7 Edition) 1953-55 6th Edition Polo White 1953 on cover e are hosting an Attitude Adjustment Night in 1956-57 6th Edition Black 1957 on cover WOklahoma City to generate interest for an 1958-60 4th Edition Bright Yellow cover upcoming Chapter event in OKC and to get OKC 1961-62 6th Edition Maroon & Almond Beige on members together. cover (missing our copy) 1963-64 6th Edition White & Blue Corvettes on cover 1965 6th Edition Coupe & Convertible on cover The gathering will be held at Rudy’s Country Store & 1966 5th Edition Red Corvette on cover BBQ located at 3437 W. Memorial Road, Oklahoma 1967 7th Edition Silver Corvette on cover City, on the fourth (4th) Tuesday of each month. 1968-69 5th Edition Silver & yellow Corvettes on April’s gathering is the 24th with arrival time between cover 5:30 pm and 6:00 pm. (The location, time and dates 1970-72 5th Edition Red & yellow Corvettes on cover are subject to change if they do not work out for the 1973-74 2nd Edition Pink cover majority wishing to participate.) 1975-77 2nd Edition Light orange cover 1978-79 3rd Edition Light blue cover Oklahoma Chapter NCRS Spring Chapter Meet and 1980-82 4th Edition Two Corvettes on cover (Chapter rd judging school is April 21, 2018. copy is 3 Edition) 1984-86 2nd Edition Red Corvette on cover 1987-89 1st Edition Green cover Date change on Midway USA NCRS judging school 1990-91 2nd Edition Yellow ZR-1 on cover and Chapter Meet is now May 12, 2018. 1992-93 1st Edition Ruby red 40th Anniversary 1994-96 1st Edition Blue Corvette on cover Contact me if you want further information at (cell) 1997-99 1st Edition Red & purple Corvettes on cover 405-317-3919 or (email) [email protected] (that’s an L84, not 184. Thanks!) Judging Manuals & Guides Here is our event schedule: by Scott Pfuehler Friday 7:30 pm Judged cars staging entlemen, as discussed by your Judging Saturday 8:00 am Open Registration Chairman at our last Oklahoma Chapter G 8:15 Judges/Owners Meeting breakfast, we have available for your use the 8:45 Judging begins following NCRS Judging Manual & Guides. The 12:00 Lunch manuals that I am custodian of are not the newest 1:00 Wrap up Judging and tabulation editions of the JM&G’s but will work to do an initial 2:00-4:00 Judging Seminar assessment of that Corvette you or a friend may be “Parts, Parts, and More Parts” looking to obtain. Please call if you would like to check any out. You do not need to pre-register or complete a form unless you bring a car, but you will need to sign in that 53-55 5th edition 56-57 4th & 5th edition morning for judging awarded points and pay a $10.00 63-64 3rd & 4th & 5th edition 65 5th edition fee for lunch. 67 5th & 6th edition 68-9 3rd & 4th edition 70-72 3rd & 4th edition 73-4 2nd edition Brett has done a fantastic job getting the past events 78-9 1st & 2nd edition 80-82 2nd & 3rd edition done with great judging seminars in our past chapter 84-86 1st edition 87-89 do not have meets. So with that in mind I thought of an area we 90-91 1st edition 90-93 1st edition have not done. I will call it “Parts, Parts and More Parts.” We also have three big 3 ring binders of the old Master Manuals that contain all of the 53-62 Guides, In the updating and maybe even restoration of our all of the 63-67 Guides & one with the 68-77 Guides. Corvettes, we are often faced with a dilemma of looking for original parts, new old stock (NOS), GM Thanks, Scott restoration parts or over-the-counter aftermarket parts. 918-437-5292 The cost on all of these options varies on price as well as how well it fits in with the NCRS judging. In most cases the function will be okay but your goal would and could be the more important question that needs to be answered. An example of this is a GM Spring Oklahoma Chapter Meet replacement coil for a midyear. Saturday, April 21 It will function but will not have the correct number embossed on it from GM. by Russ Grimm he spring chapter meet is fast approaching, and Help——help—your help is really needed! Tas of today, we have one car to judge, Craig Rhyne’s 1968 big block. At our next breakfast So to make this a successful session, I will need a lot meeting we will send around a sign up list for of help pulling together examples and identify known tabulator(s), support help, judges/and observer differences.