Volume XV Issue 8 August 2005 THE VETTE SETTE A Monthly Publication For The Members of The Classic Glass Corvette Club Volume XV Issue 8 August 2005 President’s Corner had 156 Corvettes registered and another 20-30 that came by and took a look. Some of our friends from Here we are heading into the Dog Day’s of the Columbus area didn’t fair so well. They ran into summer… No, not the UGA kind… ;-) rain about 30 minutes out from Columbus and turned back. They should have come on up, the cars were First I want to thank all of our Volunteers that helped already wet! make the Sock Hop and Super Vette Saturday the best ever! Without you, we would not be able to Johnny O’Connell was a great hit with his stories of perform such an amazing task. Now onto the regular Corvette Racing and then promoting his Corvette program… Camp. We had him auction some items off for us like a set of Kumho tires, an electric scooter, a RV We started the last month with Tequila’s First Annual package and one of the door signs from the drivers Wine Tour. The response was overwhelming! We paddock at Le Mans France. Now if we could just had a great time tasting at Three Sisters Winery. get Johnny to come out of his shell and open up… Several took home their favorite vintage for later consumption. Then we made our way up to I want to personally thank everyone that attended Habersham Winery for an informative tour and both the Sock Hop and Super Vette Saturday. I also tasting. You would be amazed at the tidbits of hope that everyone enjoyed themselves and will plan information you can learn at a winery. Our last stop on returning next year for an even bigger and better was Hans Restaurant in Helen. We took over the event. entire Lounge area on the third floor for some great German food. We are going to try and put together Our next outing is to make the Operation One Voice another tour in cooler weather as we had several run from Alpharetta to Ft. Benning near Columbus. close calls with wine bottles overheating and one This benefits the families of fallen soldiers. casualty of all things, a red wine in a light colored interior due to the hot weather! DOHHHHH!! Keep Then we venture to the Mountain City Corvette your eyes open. Association Show and Drags in Chattanooga. It is going to prove to be another great outing!! Hope to The Sock Hop was an even bigger and better event see all of you there! than last year. We had almost 100 folks attend the Sock Hop and dance the night away to the tunes from We have plenty of events on the horizon to keep us the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s as presented by our band “The busy through the rest of the summer and on into fall. Sock Hops”. We danced so much and with such Check our website regularly to see what new events vigor we rotated the dance floor about 2 feet! (insert are there and plan on attending. You won’t regret it. Chubby Checker’s Twist joke here). After all…. It’s about the people who love the car! Once again, the adage by Dave Hill stands true, “God loves Corvettes!” as the weather cooperated again Every day is a “Ragtop” day! and we had pretty much a great day for a car show for Super Vette Saturday. The morning started Joe overcast and daunting, but cleared by 1:00 PM or so to shine bright on that beautiful sea of fiberglass. We Classic Glass Corvette Club Page 1 Volume XV Issue 8 August 2005 Officers for 2005 send it in. At the start of January 2005, we had 154 President members renew. Let’s see if we can beat this. Joe Owens – 770-971-7933 As always, if you have any news worthy articles, or just Vice President At Large something to put into the newsletter, send it to me at Randy Cooper – 770-943-6131 [email protected] . As Always, Vice President of Membership Don Shamel – 770-751-5710 Have a “SUNNIE” day! Vice President of Activities Gail & Robert Smith – 770-529-3217 Cindy Secretary Cheryl Tomlinson – 770-753-0307 ** Upcoming Event ** Treasurer Have you ever wanted to say “you remember that time at P.J. Ray – 770-998-5325 camp?”. Well now you can. Johnny O’Connell will be holding his inaugural Corvette Camp on September 17 & Board Members 18. You will have the opportunity to see what you and John Iroff – 770-973-3004 your Corvette can do on a racetrack with the emphasis on Jack Kreger – 770-428-2754 speed, fun and safety. For more information see Bob Renneke – 770-218-2999 Barry Tomlinson – 770-753-0307 www.corvettecamp.com . NCM Ambassador ** Upcoming Event ** Ron Floyd – 770-591-3578 September 17-18 2005 Mountain City Corvette Association Webmaster is holding their 8 th Annual Corvette Show and Drags in Bridget Stephens – 770-891-6602 Chattanooga, TN. We have blocked 10 rooms at the Howard Johnson’s in Chattanooga. It is off of exit 1A. Newsletter Editor Please see the website for more details. We will be going Cindy Owens – 770-971-7933 up for the cook out sponsored by Mountain City CA and then we will follow that with good old Classic Glass fun. Editor’s Corner The official Classic Glass Blender will be attending also. On Sunday will have the show and drags. Come out and By Cindy Owens join the rest of CGCC in supporting one of our sister clubs and enjoy a great weekend of fun, show and drag racing Hello Corvette Lovers! SuperVette Saturday has come and gone and from all ** Special Cruise In Event ** accounts, it was the most successful show to date. But with We have been informed that on the 1 st Saturday of every all of the best volunteers and best sponsors, how could it month there is a Breakfast Cruise In at the Avenues in East not be? Next year, we will have to kick it up a notch to top Cobb. This is on Roswell Rd off of Johnson Ferry Rd. this one. We will also have to work on getting more of our We will get more details on this and add it to the Web Page Classic Glass members to participate. The ratio this year under Cruise In’s. was 52 CGCC versus 104 non-CGCC, compared to last year of 60 CGCC members versus 93 non-CGCC. As the Steering Wheel Turns… SuperVette Saturday is not the end of Classic Glass By Joe Owens Activities. Check the event calendar on the website to see what I mean. After all of the hard work I put into the top end of Blue, I Remember to mark your calendars for the Mountain City was “testing” her out and once she got warm she started excursion we are planning in September. Look for more acting like she was not getting enough gas. A check with our Corvette Guru’s and a heat sink plate later, she is good details later in this newsletter. st as new. She even proved it by getting her first 1 place Now is the time to start thinking about New Officers and trophy at Super Vette Saturday! Directors and Renewals for next year. Our leadership has done a great job this year and I’m sure next year will be the Sunnie has decided to pitch a temper(ature) tantrum and same. blow hot air on the driver side and cold air on the passenger side. I guess it is time to tear into the dash and find out Last year we finished the year with 245 members. A year why. Maybe she just wants some attention… After all we ago this month, we had 223 members. This year we have left her alone in the garage at home on Super Vette 205. I will be putting a Renewal Form in all of the Saturday for the first time. newsletters starting next month. Please fill this out and Classic Glass Corvette Club Page 2 Volume XV Issue 8 August 2005 Tequila is having the time of her life bonding with Cindy. We will be making the inaugural run to Bowling Green for the Labor Day Celebration. Maybe she will be a lucky lady and win a trophy in the Celebrity Choice Car Show. Yellow was a lucky color for Sunnie; maybe DSOM will be Corvette Trivia a lucky color for Tequila as well. 1. In the 1971 model year, you could order an automatic True or False We will see you next month with more tales from the transmission on the ZR1 package. “Busted Knuckle Garage”. 2. The 450-hp decal was one of the rarest on top of the 1960’s big block air-cleaner. True or False Corvette Racing Update C6R 3. The LS6 originally sold as an option for a mere $1,221. C6R Corvette Racing True or False Sibling rivalry can be a good thing. The #3 and #4 C6-R Bonus : There was a TV Series in the 60’s that created a lot cars keep testing the drivers and challenging each other for of interest in Corvette because the lead characters shared the win, plus it keeps the drivers on their toes. This last one. The series was named after a famous road in America.