Legends LedgerSeptember 2013

September MeetingSaturday, Sept. 14, 11 am

Blue Mesa Grill, 8200 Dallas ParkwayPlano, (214) 387-4407

Located at the southeast quadrant of Hwy. 121 & Dallas North Tollway

(across from IKEA)

Bill & Diane Preston arriving for dinner at

Graceland in their 1989Story page 6

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*Sept 7 “Rude Dog’s” Car Show Cancelled The Colony, TX Sat. 1 pm-5 pm at Christ Community Church, 6404 Page Rd., The ColonySept 13-15 Southwest Swap Meet New Location Decatur, TX New location-Decatur, Texas, at the Wise County Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo Grounds on FM 51, approximately 1.5 miles south of US Hwy 287. Full info: southwestswapmeet.com

Sept 13-15 Vettes & Jets on the Lex Corpus Christi, TX Sponsored by the South Texas Corvette Club benefitting The Wounded Warior Project. Headquarters: Radisson Hotel. This is a two-day event. Vettes load on Saturday morning and unload on Sunday afternoon. For full info: www.VettesandJets.org, Contact Walter Plumley (214) 404-3121 if you want to coordinate with other Legends members.

*Sept 14 Legends Club Meeting 11:00 AM Blue Mesa Grill, 8200 Dallas Parkway, Plano, (214) 387-4407 Located at the south-east quadrant of Hwy. 121 & Dallas North Tollway (across from IKEA). Speaker from Corvette Corner.

*Sept 14 Senior Follies Eisemann Center 7:00 PM 2351 Performance Dr, Richardson, Full details: www.seniorfollies.com A group of Legends members are attending this performance which includes Legends member Sherry Snider performing. Contact Pete Snider (214) 801-8143 for tickets or call the box office (972) 744-4650. Southbound US 75 Central Expwy, Campbell Road/Galatyn Parkway Exit 26. Left onto overpass that becomes Galatyn Pkwy, then left on Performance Dr.Northbound US 75 Central Expwy, Galatyn Pkwy/Renner Rd Exit 27A. Right onto Galatyn Pkwy, then left on Performance Dr.

Sept 21 Corvette Super Speedway Weekend Ft Worth Texas Motor Speedway Full Info: www.cowtownvettes.org

Sept 21 Cowtown Cruisin’ for a Cure Downtown Ft Worth 10am-3pm Full Info: www.cowtowncruisinforacure.org

*Sept 22 Legends Brunch 9:30 AM Jake’s Burgers, 5505 Belt Line Road, Addison, (972) 503-5253 (West of Preston Road and East of Dallas North Toll Road)

*Sept 28 Lewisville Western Days Car Show Lewisville, TX Old Town Lewisville, (enter at Church & Keeley-1 block east of Mill St.) 10am-2pm, $20 Entry Fee/First 50 get T-Shirt & Dash Plaque Full info: www.memorylanecarshows.com

*Sept 28-29 Corvette/Chevy Expo Market Center Hall Dallas Corvettes, Camaros, Chevrolet Trucks, and Classic Chevrolets on display and for sale, Chevrolet Dealers, Chevrolet Parts at the large Chevy Swap Meet. This is an indoor All Chevy Expo! Anyone who wants to enter can be parked in the same area with all other Legends members. $50 before August 30, $75 after. Full info: http://corvettechevyexpo.com

*Sept. 29 State Fair of Texas Club Display Map on pg 5 Dallas, TX Get your name on the list. They don’t have to be show cars. Someone will be in the car corral all day, so you can roam the fair and then hang out with the other club members and talk to people who are interested in our cars. Caravans leaving at 7:15 am: Plano-Collin Creek Shopping Center NE side below TGIFriday. Lewisville-Starbucks, 100 S. Stemmons (I-35E at Fox Ave. shopping center on the NW quadrant). We will regroup at 8:30 am at the McDonald’s near Gate 6 at the Texas State Fair to enter together (get passes there from Jerry Echols). Club furnishes bagels & coffee in the Corvette Corral. If you have any questions before you sign up, do not hesitate to contact Jerry Echols 214-435-3753 or JerryHE2006@aol.com. Your car must stay until 6 pm.Oct. 4-6 Good-Guys Texas Motor Speedway Ft. Worth, TX For complete details: www.good-guys.com/lsn

*Oct. 12 Legends Club Meeting 11:00 AM Outback Steakhouse, 1509 N. Central Expressway, Plano (972) 392-4600 (West side of US 75 between 15th & 16th St.)

Oct. 17-19 Chickasha Swap Meet Chickasha, OK 712 E Choctaw, Chickasha OK. For info: 405-224-6552

Oct. 17-19 NCRS Regional Embassy Suites Frisco, TX For complete details: www.ncrstexas.org/regional.htm

*Oct. 23-26 Corvette Only Show Sulphur Springs, TX A great chance to get out of town with other Legends members!Friday: 5pm Jets & Vettes Photo Op; 6pm Welcome Dinner. Saturday: Corvette only show Heritage Square (downtown) Entry $25. Or just drive up for the show on Saturday: Regis. 8-11 am, Awards 3 pm. At the downtown square near the Hopkins County Court House. 7 vette classes: Generation classes – C-1s through C-6s, and a “Performance Class” for “Z” vettes, Calloways and Lingenfelters. “Best of Show” and a “Club Participation Award”. Contact Tom Lainson (214) 862-3555 about Legends club participation and SACC meeting Thurs. nite and E. Texas Cruise on Friday morning for anyone. Registration form on pg. 11.

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OFFICERSPresident:............................................ Sam Deneault .................... sldeneault@verizon.net ............................................ (972) 530-8017VP of Operations: ............................... Joel Joseph ....................... jjjoseph@yahoo.com ................................................. (972) 727-6833VP of Special Events: .......................... Jerry Echols ....................... jerryhe2006@aol.com ............................................. (972) 924-2591Secretary: ............................................ Linda Deneault .................. ldeneault@elarnoldandassociates.com ..................... (972) 530-8017Treasurer: ............................................ Roger Berry ....................... ................................................................................... (972) 386-6224

DIRECTORSDirector of Communications: ............... John Zachary ..................... jzac13tx@verizon.net ................................................(214) 707-2265Weekend Wrench Coordinator: ........... Jack “Rude Dog” Hays ...... sprintst@swbell.net....................................................(214) 797-3922Membership Coordinator: ................... Tom Lainson ...................... redvette@ix.netcom.com ...........................................(214) 862-3555Newsletter Coordinator: ....................... Diane Preston .................... VetteLegends65@earthlink.net .................................(405) 615-3856

Legends Ledger Newsletter: Published monthly. Send submissions to VetteLegends65@earthlink.net Submission deadline is the 20th of the month.

Membership Information:Coordinated by Tom Lainson (see above)

$25 for an Individual membership or$35 for a Couples membership

Dues are paid annually at a meeting or mailed to:Club Mailing Address:Corvette Legends of Texas

P.O. Box 260316Plano, TX 75026-0316

Club Web Site:Coordinated by John Zachary (see above)

http://www.vettelegends.comSend submissions to John at: jzac13tx@verizon.net

Meeting Speakers:Coordinated by Scott Buzzell

If you have a recommendation for a guest speaker to address the club at one of our meetings, please contact Scott at

(214) 641-5590 or westone@sbcglobal.net

Corvette Legends of Texas NewsletterNow available in color

Download it every month from the web site: http://www.vettelegends.com/index.html

September Meeting 11 am, Saturday, Sept. 14

Blue Mesa Grill8200 Dallas Parkway, Plano, (214) 387-4407

Located at the southeast quadrant of Hwy. 121 & Dallas North Tollway (across from IKEA)

Program: Corvette CornerTy & Heather Kaplan Weatherlyannounce the birth of their son

Jaxton Braham Weatherly born 7/30/13 @ 6:23p

Weight: 7lbs 3oz, Length: 19”

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A great turn out for the first meeting at Ye Shire Restaurant in Richardson

CORVETTE LEGENDS OF TEXAS GENERAL MEETINGSat., Aug. 10, 2013

at YeShire Restaurant, Richardson, TXMeeting was called to order by Sam Deneault, Presi-dent at 12:00 PM. Minutes as reported in last month’s newsletter by Linda Deneault, Secretary. Treasurer’s report by Roger Berry, Treasurer. $7,556.00 plus deposits. Guest and new member John Cantleberry Lady Legends Winner: Mary Jeanne Entrekin 50/50 Winner: Don Pinson Membership Report - Tom Lainson: We are currently at 137 happy members. Operations - Joel Joseph has currently set up Blue Mesa in Frisco for September 14th and Outback Steak-house in Plano for October 12th. Programs – Pete Snyder showed a video of a previ-ous Spectacular Senior Follies Show which is coming up September 12-15 at the Eisemann Center. His wife, Sherry, is in the production. A lot of us signed up to at-tend the Saturday evening show. Special Events - Jerry Echols provided updates as follows: State Fair: Sunday, September 29th is Legends Day at the State Fair.Chevy Expo - September 28-29 Market Center: Open to all members, who will need to pay their own entry fee, but the club is guaranteed to be all grouped together. Newsletter - Diane Preston is working on the updat-ed Club Directory. She still needs articles from mem-bers for the newsletter. Dinner Cruises – Ken Weller reported that nothing was scheduled. Out of Town Events - Bill Tichy; nothing to report. Weekend Wrench - Jack Hays was not at the meet-ing. Communications – Per John Zachary, everything is going good. NCRS – Bob Demmel - The 2013 Lone Star Re-gional is scheduled for October 17-19 in Frisco, Texas. Bob reported there are 100 cars registered. He invited us to come and enjoy the show. Reminder: Brunch is Sunday August 18, 2013 at

Mimi’s in Lewisville at 9:30 a.m. Reminder: The Sulphur Springs Car Show is scheduled for October 25-26, 2013. Reminder: We will be donating toys to Toys for Tots at our December meeting. Just saying!!Meeting Adjourned at 12:40 P.M. followed by the ever popular raffle.

Minutes submitted by Linda Deneault, Secretary

Pete Snider and Don Sebert enjoying lunch.

Randy Ediger, Ted Boyer, Rockey Rainbolt, Allen Eggleston, Dennis Conte, and Vic Pacheco.

After the meeting Ken Dobbs trying to recruit Lone Star Corvette Club members who were meet-ing nearby.

Double Clubbers, Susie and Ed Rohner joined

us after the Lone Star Corvette

Club finished their meeting near by.That’s OK, we’re

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Monday, August 26th a bunch of Legends and DACC members came to Bill Preston’s house to help put his 1957 Corvette body back on the finished chassis. Most were the same guys who came to put the top skin on, take the body off the frame and put it on and off the rotisserie several times. They were Chuck Rader, Tom Lainson, Ken Dobbs, Roger Berry, Sam Deneault, Don Sebert, Tom Entrekin, Marvin Cowden, Larry Epperson, Mike Gentrup and Don Andre. Monday’s activities included moving the finished chassis out of the shop. Moving the body into the shop and raising it on body jacks. Then rolling the chassis under the body. They conquered all the obstacles of get-ting the body high enough, clearing the body jacks and getting the body and frame aligned. Bill had already completed the engine so it was necessary to clear the generator and exhaust mani-folds in the engine compartment and also get the body mounts lined up. They had to re-position the tail mount on the transmission to line up with the tunnel in the body, but everything else went fine. We needed all the eyes and muscles we had to ease it into place. The crew began leaving before lunch, but most stayed for Bill’s famous brown beans and cornbread. There was a little more work after lunch. The radiator housing and the passenger door were installed be-fore Diane made Don Andre and Bill quit at 5:30. One more year ...

The 1957chassis ready for the body.

Roger Berry & Tom Lainson watching clearance on the front corner as the body’s being lowered over the plastic-wrapped chassis.

Part of the team admiring their handiwork.

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*Sept. 29 State Fair of Texas Club Display We will regroup at 8:30 am at the McDonald’s near Gate 6 at the Texas State Fair to enter together (get passes there from Jerry Echols). contact Jerry Echols 214-435-3753 or JerryHE2006@aol.com. Your car must stay until 6 pm.

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I’ve been to a lot of car conventions, but this was our first time to the National Solid Axle Corvette As-sociation Convention. It was their 19th! It was a fairly small group with about 100 in attendance, and driving or trailering only 16 first-generation Corvettes (1953-1962). The amount of interaction and exchanging of information was amazing. All of these people either knew EVERYTHING about their early-model Corvette or WANTED to know everything about yours and theirs! Every minute was an informal Tech Session from start to finish. Every three years the convention is held in the cen-tral region and is hosted by a chapter in that region. Our hosts were members of the Great Rivers Chapter, with members in Wisconsin and Illinois. Next year the 20th Convention will be held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on August 18-21, 2014. It is scheduled to end in time for us to be able to go to the Early Bird swap meet day of the Corvettes at Carslile. This will be a great opportunity to anyone who hasn’t been to Carslile to do so! They will have a golf tournament at the host Doubletree Hotel on Monday. On Tuesday we will do a road tour to Straus-burg Railroad Museum and tour the Amish farm where “The Witness” was filmed. Wednesday we will visit a restoration shop in Ludwig, PA and a private car collec-tion at a Garage Mahal.

The 2015 SACC Convention is scheduled for July 30-August 2, 2015 in Tacoma, Washing-ton, which will include a visit to America’s Car Museum. Much more information to come. The 2016 Convention will return to the central region. Our featured speaker for the closing banquet was Tom Hill, Engineering Manager for

the Corvette Plant, Bowling Green, KY. He had pre-sented a tech session on Friday about his career and the new Corvette (see page 10), and expanded his comments to include topics interesting to the spouses. The newly formed Red River Chapter was recognized with the presentation of a banner by the Club by Central Region Director Doc Hollada.MEMPHIS BUS TOUR The convention organizers offered us a Memphis bus tour. It was extra special because the guides on the busses were also singers. As we toured the city and learned about its rich musical history she sang songs by the artists whose homes and recording studios we passed. We were also given tambourines and shakers and encouraged to sing along. The apartment that Elvis’ family lived in when first moving to Memphis was right across the street from our hotel. We saw Sun Records studio and STAX studio which are as they were in the 50’s and are still used to record with the special sound of that era. Jerry Lee Lewis even had a live perfor-mance scheduled at his honkey tonk on Beale Street. Other locals from that era were Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and of course Elvis. (but that’s another story.) There were Civil War sites, Civil Rights Museum and the hotel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assas-

Some of the SACC Convention attendees posing with the oldest and the newest Corvettes at the convention, Thomas Gamache’s 1954 from Canton, MI and Phil Hill’s new Captured Test Fleet 2014 from Bowling Green.

Solid Axle Corvette Club Convention

Red River Chapter attendees, Diane Preston, Jack “Doc” Hollada, Bill Pres-ton, Tom Lainson, and Beth & Verle Randolph.

Keynote speaker Tom Hill.

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sinated. The tour ended at the Soul and Rock ‘n Roll Museum and right across the street was the Gibson Guitar factory and museum. We wandered around the Beale Street area for lunch at places like BB King’s and The Rendezvous, saw the ducks at the Peabody Hotel, went on a Mississippi riverboat paddle cruise and rode the trolley back to our hotel.PRIVATE TOUR OF GRACELAND Friday evening we pulled all the old C-1 Corvettes, later model Corvettes and a few other cars, out of the covered hotel parking. With a police escort blocking traffic, we drove a few miles south to Elvis Presley’s home, Graceland. This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! No lines, no crowds, no hurry, a cool sum-mer evening, a delicious dinner in the car museum, and most amazing... We got to drive our Corvettes up Elvis’ driveway and have our pictures taken up there! We did the standard tour of Graceland, the car museum, the big plane--Lisa Marie, and the small jet--Hound Dog 2. We even had the privilege of parking in the secure employ-ee parking lot.

1950’s LADIES STYLE SHOW SACC member, Karen Semanski from Carbondale, Illinois, has a unique hobby of collecting (and wearing) vintage ‘50s clothing and other memorabilia. Several member-wives of the host chapter modeled these fashions as a ladies’ event after our lunch on Saturday, while the tech sessions were going on for the gear-heads. A recent addition to her collection was a wedding dress given to her by the aunt of another SACC member, Mike Hausman, Metropolis, Illinois. It was presented as a static display on a mannequin. There was much talk about having to disassemble the mannequin and transport various parts among several of the old Corvettes traveling to Memphis.TECH SESSION 1-Jack Jarvis, Charleston, WV-

Jack began working at a Packard dealer-ship in 1957 after high school. Then went to the GM Tech School and continued in the auto repair business and drag racing for the rest of his life. Here are a few of his comments on

TUNE UPS-There were 59 steps on a tune up in 1959. The first step was to check the battery. In 1962 GM changed from a generator to an alternator, because it took a generator seven driving miles to completely recharge a battery after cranking at 70 degrees and longer at lower temperatures. Therefore it wasn’t really suitable for short in-town jaunts. Not only do the spark plugs need to be properly gapped, but the rotor cap should also be gapped, which can only be checked with an oscilloscope on a tune up machine. For every number printed on a radiator cap, it will allow the coolant to increase two degrees over boiling. That is, a seven pound cap would allow the coolant to reach 226 degrees (7 x 2 + 212) before boiling. Keep in mind that gas fires best around 218 degrees. Many electrical problems are due to poor ground-ing. Use star washers on ground wires to insure a good ground, because they will dig into the metal. Don’t use lock washers. Torque your intake manifold to get rid of vacuum leaks. When you have a vacuum advance, make sure

Doc Hollada posing at the Soul and Rock ‘n Roll Museum.

Bill Preston and Tom Lainson taking in some Memphis BBQ on Front St.

SACC President Max Brockhouse introducing speaker Jack Jarvis.

Continued on page 9Tom Lainson driving up Elvis’ driveway in his C-5. Erroneous threats of heavy rain and/or 100° temps sadly convinced Tom to leave his 1961 at home.

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August 25-30, 2014 FAQ from the Caravan Blog

Corvette Legends doesn’t have an organized group participating in the 2014 Caravan yet, but we want to make sure you all know who is planning to participate.

Perhaps you can get together to coordinate your lodging, etc. during the trip. Let us know if you’re going.Members signed up: Roger & Marty Davis-817-239-0807

Ron Spurlock & Leslie Mello-214-704-6902John & Carole Arakelian-214-632-5111

Don & Martha Pinson-214-535-6358

Remember: You have to sign up both you and your passenger (guest) for both the National Caravan and the CenTex Caravan. All registration information is on the Na-tional Corvette Museum site under Events/2014 Caravan. If your CenTex caravan captain has not been able to secure sufficient rooms in Bowling Green and you find yourself needing one, now is the time to start the process to reserve one on your own. Most hotels cannot take reservations more than one year and one day in advance, which means this week their computer systems will start opening up for the arrival time of the caravans. Check the expiration date on the credit card that you use to reserve your room. If it expires before August 30, 2014 the hotel may cancel your reservation without notice.

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Eisemann Center2351 Performance Dr, Richardson

7:00 PM Sept. 14 Full details: www.seniorfollies.com A group of Legends members are attending this performance which includes Legends member Sherry Snider performing.

Contact Pete Snider (214) 801-8143 for tickets or call the box office (972) 744-4650.

Club Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/CorvetteLegendsOfTexas

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the plate in the bottom of the distributor is moving. Putting an 8-volt battery in a 6-volt system will help it to start when hot, and requires no modification. He also mentioned that the new 6-volt Optima battery works very well. Paper replacement filters are available for original style filters. Many of the modern type filters are too restrictive and cause your engine to run too rich. Jack went on to discuss transmissions. In addition to being a transmission specialist, he’s an old drag racer, so much of the discussion involved special modi-fications racers used to avoid having to use the clutch to shift, etc. Lots of talk about synchronizers, springs, dogs (not the kind that bark), etc. He used a set of three-speed transmission gears to demonstrate his points, because he didn’t have much room in his C-1 for stuff, because his wife had to bring a lot of clothes for the 50’s style show that the ladies were enjoying while we were in the tech session. He explained how transmission teeth can get worn, making engagement harder. If the transmission is howling it is the bearings, grinding is the synchronizers or worn gears. Broken teeth are caused by slack in the system. Always re-member that if you have one gear broken, there has to be another one damaged somewhere. Shifting forks also wear and can cause slop in the system. To shift into reverse more easily, put it into second gear before going into reverse. The 1957 4-speed transmission was a heavy-duty case out of a truck with the reverse in the rear exten-sion housing. Power glide transmissions were used beginning in 1950. They had open type converters until 1962 which requires a black neoprene seal that can leak transmis-sion fluid and need replacement. The red seal for this application has silicone impregnated into it and is not good! During questions from the audience he stressed that a transmission fluid leak that had been diagnosed as a leak from the rear main rope seal couldn’t possibly be that, because the rope seal would only leak engine oil. Also, that if you are replacing the rope seal, do not replace it with a lip seal unless you remove the slinger. In addressing a question about a 1954 puking transmission fluid, Jack said that it is caused by there being an air bubble in the torque converter. Some people run a longer dip stick tube or Jack runs his 1/2 quart low. He said transmission fluid has 16 additives in it. The fluid never goes bad, but the additives do. If it smells burned, it’s no good. Always check the transmis-sion fluid when it’s hot and running.TECH SESSION 2-Joe Trybulec Joe Trybulec gave a riveting presentation about his 1957 Fuel Injected Corvette. The car was one of three cars produced to introduce the factory fuel injection.

It was driven by SCCA Champion, Dr. Dick Thompson, the flying dentist. Joe showed us films of this car with the other black and white racer and the SR2 Corvette at the Nassau, Daytona and Sebring races. The films were believed to be produced by RKO for Bill Mitchell. 1957 Daytona Speed Week was his car’s last official FIA race, December 7, 1956. It was then sent to Smoky Unich’s garage. The details and history of this car’s brief racing history was extremely interesting, but difficult for me to repeat here. If you ever have an opportunity to hear Joe’s story, don’t miss it! He is a great speaker with a great Corvette story. Joe bought this car from Irwin Rhorer, in Chicago, in June 2004 and was offered a million dollars for it six months later. In 2007 it was displayed at the National Corvette Museum at the 50th anniversary of the 1957. He was invited to display it at Bloomington Gold’s 2005 Great Stories Special Collection. Due to this exposure he was able to contact the General Motors Archives for photos and other information on the car and received 400 vintage photos. The other two cars have not been found... Yet! You can read a detailed story about this car in Cor-vette Fever, February 2009, http://www.corvettefever.com/thehistoryof/corp_0610_chevy_corvette_racing_history/TECH SESSION 3-Tom Hill, Engineering Manager, Corvette Plant, Bowling Green, KY Surprise speaker for the convention was Tom Hill, arriving with his wife Liz in a new 2014 Corvette straight from the NCRS Convention in Hampton, VA. The car is one of several hundred from Corvette’s Captured Test Fleet that are driven before production cars are released. We had a chance to look the car over, sit in it and Tom shared freely all of its wonderful features. He said he is getting a lot of interest in the car from younger people with a lot of photos and gawking that he’s never had in past years driving the pre-released vehicles. Tom shared a little of his personal Corvette history. He got his first 1969 Corvette at 16 and knew nothing about cars... but LOVED the Corvette! He chose to go to college in southern Illinois, because it was close to the St. Louis Corvette plant. Upon graduation he got a job at the St. Louis GM truck plant. He kept asking for a transfer to the Corvette plant and finally got the transfer

SACC--Continued from page 7

Vintage photos of Dick Thompson in the car and being unloaded in Nassau.

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with everyone saying he was going to ruin his career. Two months later GM announced that they were clos-ing the St Louis plant to move to Bowling Green! Many of the Corvette plant workers had deep roots in St. Lou-is and didn’t go, but Tom was fresh out of school, had his dream job and was thrilled to be on the ground floor of the new plant. He has served some time at other plants, as required by GM, but Corvette is his passion. You can tell that by talking and listening to him. He is finishing up a complete restoration of a 1967, that he’s just recently gotten to drive around the block for the first time. We saw a slide show of the remodeled plant pro-ducing the 2014 Corvettes. The old plant was com-pletely gutted in two weeks by a contractor and they started from scratch. A complete interior paint job and new high tech lighting make it seem like a differ-ent place and make it easier to spot flaws in the cars. There is no longer an assembly line as we knew it, but a system of wires in the floor that guides delivery and assembly robots. The paint shop has a river of water running under it to catch all the overspray and any oth-er contaminants. These are filtered out in a completely new building addition. The water is reused and the by product is hauled off to a landfill. The Michelin tires are mounted in a separate building and brought to the plant in a truck with a conveyor belt in it that unloads them in the proper order to back right up to the plant and they

go straight to assembly. The 2014 Corvette frame is completely aluminum, with some areas extruded, some cast and some hydro formed to insure the desired amount of flexibility or rigidity to each specific area. The pieces are then put together with heat-producing aluminum screws that melt the pieces together for a permanent bond. The hood and removable top panel are carbon fiber with the hard-ware on the hood weighing more than the hood itself. All body panels are screwed on except the door pocket which is still glued. All of the body panels align off of the front inner fender panels. All of this is to make replacing and repairing body panels easier. This is the first Cor-vette to have a C-pillar in its styling. They plan to start delivering the new 2014 Corvette in August 2013. Plant tours will resume in October. The convertible version of the 2014 Corvette is planned for early 2014. General Motors is planning to build all of the High Performance engines in a new plant at Bowl-ing Green beginning in 2015. They will continue with their “build your own engine” program. The engine in the 2014 Corvette is a 6.2 liter LT1, but they’re calling it a “smart version of the LS1”. The LS 1 was dropped because of EPA requirements. Tom told us a lot more, but I was too enthralled to take good notes. The most important thing he said was they are trying to make a car that we’ll want to drive, “That’s why we put wheels on them”.

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Tom Lainson is planning additional activities for SACC and Legends members on Thurs, 10/24 2-6pm--SACC Business Meeting/Tech Session, Hampton Inn. Dinner on your own. Fri, 10/25 10am-3pm--Scenic cruise

Sulphur Springs Corvette Club All-Corvette Show Saturday, October 26, 2013 8am - 2:30pm (rain or shine)

at City of Sulphur Springs downtown Heritage PlazaMail entry form, with check ($25.00) made payable to Sulphur Springs Corvette Club,

PO Box 2009, Sulphur Springs, TX 75483-2009 Full Info: www.ssvetteclub.comCorvettes will be participant judged1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each class“Best of Show” in classes C1, C2, and C3“Best of Show” in classes C4C thru SICTrophy for “Club with most Vettes entered”

Official Entry Form Sulphur Springs Corvette Club All-Corvette Show

Saturday, October 26, 2013 8am - 2:30pm (rain or shine) at City of Sulphur Springs downtown Heritage Plaza

Mail entry form, with check ($25.00) made payable to Sulphur Springs Corvette Club, PO Box 2009, Sulphur Springs, TX 75483-2009

SSCC website: www.ssvetteclub.com

Classifications: C1 1953-1962 C2 1963-1967 C3 1968-1982 C4C C4 Coupe 1984-1996 C4V C4 Conv. 1984-1996 C5C C5 Coupe 1997-2004 C5V C5 Conv. 1997-2004 C6C C6 Coupe 2005-2013 C6V C6 Conv. 2005-2013 SIC Special Interest Corvettes: Lingenfelter, Callaway, C6 Widebody (Z06, ZR1, 427 Conv., Grand Sport) (C7’s will be display only this year) Name_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________________________________________________________ City____________________________________________________________ State_______________ Zip Code______________ E-Mail____________________________________________________ Phone______________________ Cell________________ Year of Corvette_____________ Color_________________________ Body Style_________________________ Club Affiliation_______________________________________________________________________________

Classification______________ I hereby agree to abide by all the show rules and understand that I am responsible for my vehicle and property. I agree to release the Sulphur Springs Corvette Club, it’s officers, committee members, and club members from liability, personal injury, loss or damage to property. I certify that my vehicle complies and carries proper automotive insurance as required by the state of Texas. I further agree that all show decisions will be resolved by the Sulphur Springs Corvette Club officers/committee members. There are no refunds for any reason. Signature_________________________________________________________ Date___________________ Show entry fee - $25.00 Registration for show ends 11:00 am Corvettes will be participant judged 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies in each class Trophy for “Best of Show” in classes C1, C2, and C3 Trophy for “Best of Show” in classes C4C thru SIC Trophy for “Club with most Vettes entered”

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The Sulphur Springs Corvette Club Agrees Not To Use Any Of The Above Information For Any Reason Other Than Communication Related To The Sulphur Springs Corvette Club Activities, Show & Related Events.

We will be celebrating Corvettes 60th Anniversary with a special display of a 1953 & a 2013 on the Heritage Plaza

If you are pre-registering, will you attend the Friday night Jets & Vettes event? Yes _______ No ______

Ask for special “Corvette Rate”Hampton Inn 903-439-4646

(Host Hotel)Holiday Inn 903-885-6851

LaQuinta 903-885-8181Best Western 903-885-7515

Friday: 5pm Jets & Vettes Photo Op & 6pm Welcome Dinner at Sulphur Springs AirportSaturday: Corvette-only show Heritage Square (downtown)Registration 8-11am, Judging 11-1pm, Awards 3 pm

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