NCOCC 2010 august - North County Corvette Club of San Diego, CA

August 2010
Volume 36, issue 5
CRUISE NEWS
N o r t h
C o u n t y
C o r v e t t e
C l u b
Jack Grindstaff’s ‘56
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Inside:
Features
Board of Directors
5 The Belzman’s in Hawaii
President’s Corner
6 Wheels of Freedom
About Our Club
7 Build a Corvette Engine
Calendar Events
8 Greatest Show on Turf
Editor’s Message
9 C5 audio upgrade
Birthdays
10 1962 Corvette Ad
Get to know a member
14 North Coast Vettes Golf
Classifieds
15 COCSD show
17 Prescott Corvette Show
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Officers
President:
Sam Rindskopf
Vice President:
Sandy Mayer
Secretary:
Cathy Lewis
Treasurer:
David Regenhardt
Activities Coordinator:
Bob Brown
Bob Hurst
Historian:
Gary Wood
Sergeant-at-Arms
Carl Bushouer
Past President
Bob Belzman
Appointees
Members-at-Large
Clarice Hurst
Donna Rindskopf
Raffle
Lynn Grindstaff
Lynn Mayer
Webmaster
Ed Daher
NCM Representative
Bob Hurst
Charity Representative
Bob Belzman
Car Club Council
Jack Grindstaff
Bob Hurst
Jan Houshar
Newsletter Editor
Jeff Brandon
[email protected]
Email submissions by the 20th
to be in the next issue.
Presidents Corner
August 2010
Wow, a month has gone by, can you believe we are nearing the end of
July already? By the time you read this we will have had our 2010
Awards Dinner and be looking forward to our upcoming President’s
Picnic to be held at our home in Ramona on August 14th. The details of
the Picnic will be sent out via email and discussed at the next Club Business Meeting.
We are also looking forward to hosting another Endless Summer Event
at Bob Stall Chevrolet on October 10th, so be sure to mark your calendars. Bob Stall has offered to provide Hot Dogs and Hamburgers at the
event. I personally want to thank Rick Toomey for volunteering to chair
this event. Speaking of Bob Stall Chevrolet, if you are considering a
new Chevrolet be sure to go to ask for Mathew Page or Javier when
shopping for your new Chevrolet. Matt is the young man who attended
our last meeting and while he does not own a Corvette he does love
them just like the rest of us.
We will be making our annual charity check presentation from the proceeds of our Plastic Fantastic Car Show to the USO at next month’s
business meeting. Being a military veteran of the Viet Nam Era, I can
tell you I am very proud to see our Club contribute to this outstanding
organization. I want to encourage each of you to go to their website
(www.usosandiego.org) and see all the good things they do for the men
and women of our Armed Forces. While you’re there please click on the
“Volunteer” link, download, and submit your volunteer application so
that you will be able to participate in activities we are planning in support of the USO and our men and women in uniform. Bob Belzman, our
Charity Liaison, is working closely with the USO to schedule these volunteer activities.
I also want to encourage everyone to get their entries in for Main Street
America on August 8th, hosted by COCSD. They have thrown down the
gauntlet by showing up at Plastic Fantastic with 30 cars (tying them for
the club participation award). Let’s see if we can beat that number at
Main Street.
Sam
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Calendar of Events
August
1st
Dalton’s Cruise-In. San Marcos
4th
El Cajon* - Cajon Classic Cruise - Main
St. & Magnolia Avenue 5pm-8pm
6th
Crusing Grand
8th
Long Beach - Hi-Performance Swap
Meet & Car Show - Veterans Stadium
10th
(CLUB EVENT) NCoCC Business Meeting. The Well Church. 7:00pm
11th
El Cajon* - Cajon Classic Cruise - Main
St. & Magnolia Avenue 5pm-8pm
11th
Chicken Pie Diner Cruise-In. Poway
12th
Back to the 50’s Cruise-In. La Mesa
13th
Crusing Grand, Escondido
14th
(CLUB EVENT) NCoCC Past
President’s Picnic @ Sam & Donna’s house
15th
CoCo’s Cruise-In. Rancho Bernardo
15th
Pomona Swap Meet
18th
Chicken Pie Diner Cruise-In. Poway
19th
Back to the 50’s Cruise-In. La Mesa
19th
Encinitas Classic Car Nights. Encinitas
20th
Crusing Grand, Escondido
22nd
Corvette Super Sports 2nd Annual Surf
City Car Show. Huntington Beach
25th
Chicken Pie Diner Cruise-In. Poway
26th
Back to the 50’s Cruise-In. La Mesa
26th
(CLUB EVENT) NCoCC Board Meeting. COCO’s 7:00pm
27th
Crusing Grand, Escondido
28th
11th Annual Christian Rods and Customs
Classic Car Show. Spring Valley
29th
San Diego Classic Chevy’s Picnic by the
Bay. Seaport Village
Our Club
Club members enjoy planned trips, car shows, auto rallies and
a host of social and Corvette-related events, including a
Holiday 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 charities.
Meetings
Business meetings are held the Second Tuesday of every
month at 7:00pm in The Well Church Meeting Room located
at 13604 Midland Road, Poway, CA 92064. 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 please go to our web site at
www.ncocc.com
Membership
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 newsletter via Email and Web.
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: $75 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 email: [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.
Sam Rindskopf
President, North County Corvette Club
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Calendar of Events
Editor’s message
continued
August 2010
September
1st
Chicken Pie Diner Cruise-In. Poway
What a terrific July we’ve had with club activities. The club
attended the Wheels of Freedom event in Rancho Bernarndo on
the 4th of July and The Greatest Show on Turf in June.
2nd
sa
Back to the 50’s Cruise-In. La Me-
3rd
Crusing Grand, Escondido
5th
Dalton’s Cruise-In. San Marcos
6th
Labor Day Holiday
7th
San Diego Car Club Council
8th
Chicken Pie Diner Cruise-In. Poway
9th
Back to the 50’s Cruise-In. La Mesa
Send me your submissions by the 20th to get into the next edition.
10th
Crusing Grand, Escondido
Jeff
The Belzman’s hit Hawaii and we’ve got two member profiles
this month. Also, Dave Regenhardt gives us a step-by-step into
his C5 audio upgrade.
If you’d like to share a brief story about your car, an experience
you had at an event, what you enjoy about the club, a fun trip, or
anything else, let me know! Send me a text file in any format
along with some pictures and I’ll include it in the next issue.
10-19t Diamond Valley Vettes Gold Rush
Tour II
12th
Redline Corvettes All Corvette
Show. Thousand Oaks
12th
Long Beach - Hi-Performance Swap
Meet & Car Show - Veterans Stadium
4th
(CLUB EVENT) NCoCC Business
Meeting. The Well Church. 7:00pm
Birthdays for August
Sheila Kopelowitz
2
Wayne Osborne
4
Rachelle White
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15th
ay
Chicken Pie Diner Cruise-In. Pow-
16th
sa
Back to the 50’s Cruise-In. La Me-
Marge Ricketts
10
17th
Crusing Grand, Escondido
Bette Marks
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Bob Hurst
14
Cathy Lewis
17
Carl Bushouery
27
Dave Haltermann
27
Candi Daher
29
17th
North Coast Vettes 4th Annual
Camp Pendleton Charity Golf Tournament
17-18 (CLUB EVENT) Prescott, AZ Vette
Sette All Corvette Show
18th
way
Motorhead Madness Car Show, Po-
19th
do
CoCo’s Cruise-In. Rancho Bernar-
22nd
Chicken Pie Diner Cruise-In. Poway
Fun Question (answer on page 18)
23rd
Back to the 50’s Cruise-In. La Mesa
From: How Dumb Are You, by Adam Winer
23rd
(CLUB EVENT) NCoCC Board
Meeting. COCO’s 7:00pm
24th
Can you name the planets in our solar
system? We’ll spot you Earth
Crusing Grand, Escondido
A)
?
Hawaiian style
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Bob and Jo Belzman Celebrated their anniversary in
Maui. This years annual trip to Hawaii included our
Son Tim, daughter in law Ann and grandson Jackson.
The weather was great, along with the warm tropical
ocean waters. The theme was food, beach and fun!
Rainbow over
our Resort on
the last day in
Maui.
Bob enjoying the local
“attractions” at the
Luau.
Jo enjoying the local
“attractions” at the
Luau.
Jo and Bob toasting the
big event.
One of the beautiful sunsets in Lahaina taken
from our restaurant of
the evening.
Hamming it up
near Hilo
Hatties.
Our family trying to not
get blown away on a
snorkeling cruise.
A little more of the local
color and “attractions”
at the Lua.
Jo with her new
“friend”
Bob and Jackson on the
beach at Kapalua.
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Wheels of Freedom Car Show
We had a good turnout with nine cars from the club for the 4th of
July show. The weather was just about perfect with a cool breeze
in the morning, then warming up for the noon hour. The pancake
breakfast was tasty as usual and a deal for $5. The show ended
around 2:00 with awards handed out including one forBob Hurst
and Bob Brown. All the club members attending the show were
invited over to Bob and Liz Brown’s house for a backyard BBQ
and chill time.
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Greatest show on turf
This years annual event was Saturday, June 5th. The show is hosted by The Car
Club Council of Greater San Diego and supports the San Diego Automotive
Museum.
The day started off with breakfast at the Studio Diner before heading down to
Balboa Park. The club was represented with nine member cars, though, Sam
wasn’t able to enter his ‘08 due to a strict no day-of-show entrants.
Bob Brown and Bob Hurst did well for the club by taking home trophies.
Studio Breakfast
The Osborne’s ‘65
Photo Op
Sam and Ed
Bob Brown’s ‘59
Bob Hurst’s ‘62
Jack’s ‘56
Bob and Sandy
C5 Audio Upgrade
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Submitted by Dave Regenhardt
Here is my new system. Alpine head unit, inline 45 watt amp and component speakers. Head unit is now my bluetooth
and full ipod controller. The sub is an MTX 300 watt mounted in a custom 3/4 inch mdf box driven by a Kenwood
single channel 300 watt amp. I covered all areas with one to two to three layers of Fatmat sound deadening material.
The center console is now dead cool and the noise reduction is amazing. I bought the pieces off ebay and online
retailers and spent $841.00 total. I drilled one hole to mount the rear tweeters. I cut no stock wires and used all
existing factory holes. I could return the system back to stock in less that an hour. This would be a $2000.00 system
installed at a full price retailer.
I really enjoy doing this. Picking out the parts, getting the best deal and making the box. It's my art form. I love music.
My mother was an opera singer and I spent my childhood around the stage. Even was on it once. I have come to the
realization that I just can't leave anything alone. On this car, I won't do anything that doesn't have function, except for
the wheels. That will be for fun. This sub will blow my hair from behind! love it...
All new components are attached to the speaker adapters. Stock holes are used. I ran new speaker wire to avoid problems with the
stock wiring. So many people have had trouble with the Bose system that it was easy to run new wire. took 5 minutes.
The inline amp is the square behind the gray foam piece.
The amp is bolted to the rear fiber material then self tapping screws are used to hold the rear panel in place. Super solid.
This is a cover that I custom cut to fit my application. Metal to protect the sub from things in the back. The black carpet matches
better in person. This cover is a cheap chine pot metal thing that I shaved 3 inches off the bottom and painted it with bed liner
spray paint. Love that stuff. So forgiving!
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1962 Corvette
Get to know a member
submitted by Liz Brown
Sam and Donna Rindskopf
2008 Corvette convertible, black (is there any other color?)
Sam is originally from Salt Lake City, Utah; he moved to Anaheim at the age of 11
and resided there until he went into the U.S. Air Force after high school and college. Sam earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic University – Pomona,
and a Master’s of Science in Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Donna is originally from Redlands, California. She moved around a bit ending up in Orange, CA. She had 2 older
brothers. She is a graduate of Orange High School and attended college at Alan Hancock Community College. She
comes from a family with an automotive history, her uncle raced in the Indianapolis 500, her father owned many
great cars including a 1957 Thunderbird, her oldest brother – Skip worked as a starter at Lions Drag Strip, and her other brother - Spike traveled the world racing motorcycles.
They were married in June 1969 on Donna’s birthday at the Chapel of the Reflections at Knott’s Berry Farm; is that
legal? They have lived in Lompoc, Vandenberg AFB, and Bloomington, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Shreveport,
Louisiana; and Washington D.C. (Pentagon City) prior to moving to Ramona. They have 4 daughters, 4 granddaughters, and 3 grandsons.
Sam and Donna met through her brother Spike. It seems Spike was working on the
pit crew of Ronnie Runyan’s 1963 “Blue Hell” Corvette Funny Car and Sam was
working on the crew of Charlie Wilson’s 1960 “Vicious Vette” Corvette Funny Car
(pictured). This was back in the mid to late 60’s when Funny Car match racing was
a lucrative business and it turned out that these were the 2 quickest and fastest Corvettes in the world, so getting match race bookings in SoCal for these Corvettes
was easy. Sam and Spike soon became best friends which led to Spike inviting
Sam to meet his little sister, the rest as they say is history. Sam and Donna’s first
date was at Orange County International Raceway to watch drag racing.
Sam’s love for Corvette’s didn’t start here; it reaches all the way back to his early youth when he graduated from
building model airplanes to building model cars. One of his first models was a C1 Corvette. And while Donna’s love
for cars focused on her prized 1950 Studebaker, Sam’s love for Corvette’s grew through high school and college
years. However economics and family prevented the purchase of a Corvette until the kids were out of the house and
safely through college. At that time Sam and Donna decided to buy a C1 or C2 Corvette. After searching for just the
right car, they found a low mileage 1960 Fuel Injected Corvette on eBay and while they were the high bidder, they
failed to meet the buyer’s reserve. After a failed attempt to negotiate a deal with the seller, they decided to just buy a
new Corvette.
In mid-October of 2007 they purchased a black 2008 convertible Corvette. This was no ordinary Corvette; it had been
used for driver introductions at the Sharp AQUOS 500 held at the Auto Club Speedway on September 2, 2007. This
particular Corvette convertible was used to parade Jeff Gordon around the track, Donna’s longtime favorite driver. As
soon as she heard that the deal was done and they were on their way home to Ramona with their new Vette. Unfortunately a few days later while they were out of town helping their daughter move, their home and their brand new Corvette (less than 200 miles) burned to the ground. They also lost their 1957 Nomad, 1957 Chevy Pickup, Z28 Camaro,
numerous other vehicles, and everything else they owned except the car they were in and the clothes on their back.
They were not about to let this tragedy slow them down for long, days later they were back at the Chevrolet dealer
buying the twin sister Corvette, the exact same car in every detail except this Corvette was used to parade Jeff Burton
around the track in September 2007 at the Auto Club Speedway. They have since replaced their 1957 Nomad, and
have rebuilt their home. However to this day, they both still tear up at the thought of the loss of all of their family pictures, and home movies, everything else is replaceable in some form according to Sam.
As members of NCoCC they have participated in many events, the most memorable of which was the 2009 Corvette
Caravan to Bowling Green, KY. The highlights of which include: the tour of the Corvette Bowling Green Assembly
Plant, the tour of the National Corvette Museum, and many amazing and historic places along America’s Highway
Route 66. They are thankful to Bob Brown and Clarice Hurst for organizing and leading the event.
Get to know a member
submitted by Liz Brown
Jay and Sheila Kopelowitz
1963 Split Window Coupe in Saddle Tan with Saddle Tan Leather Interior
The car was originally purchased from Trinity Chevrolet in Youngstown, Ohio
(See attached). Total cost in 1963 was a whopping $5,610.20. As best that we can tell, some of the early owners of
this Vette were Dave and Peggy Lindsay of Wanawa, Wisconsin. They took it to the Bloomington Gold event in 1991
and 1993. In ’91 it received a Silver Certification scoring a 92.4 and in ’93 it received a Gold Certification scoring a
96.5. We acquired the car in January 2009 at the Russo & Steele Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Jay has lived in Long Island, NY, Gainesville, FL, West Palm Beach, FL and San Diego (Mission Valley, Point Loma
& Carmel Valley). Sheila has lived in Bayside, NY, Oneonta, NY and San Diego (UTC, Mission Valley, Point Loma
& Carmel Valley). Although we are both from New York, we met here in San Diego in 1994.
Jay is an Exec. V.P. at ODM (a graphically driven clothing apparel company in Poway). Jay also a lawyer by trade
and maintains a law firm, a licensing agency and several real estate investment & management companies. Sheila is a
Licensing Agent for Capital Licensing Group as well as Assistant Property Manager for Via Cortina Properties in Del
Mar.
They have one Son – Matthew (9) who is already becoming a “car guy.” He loves riding in the 63 Vette because it is
the only car in which he does not have to sit in the back seat due to his age.
Acquiring the Vette at auction was based on luck and was obviously meant to be. The car was scheduled to be
auctioned at approximately 9pm in the evening. My friend and I arrived in the late afternoon and checked out all the
cars (three ’63 Split Windows) that we were interested in. We prioritized the three cars and decided that the unrestored Saddle Tan Fuelie was our favorite. Since we had a lot of time to kill, we decided to find the buffet dinner
that was included with our bidders passes. We
ended up being first on line and had a very early
dinner. We had completed our dinner and were
strategizing on how much to pay for the Vette we
were going after when we heard the announcer
say that the next car up for auction was a Saddle
Tan Split Window. This was at approximately
6pm (three hours before the car was supposed to
come up for auction). We immediately went to
the area for bidding and became the successful
bidder among three other bidders. Later we
overhead several people comment that they
missed a great opportunity for a split window that
went up for auction hours before its appointed
time because they were on the buffet line trying
to get dinner. After bringing the car into
California and owning it for six months, I decided
that I wanted to get black plates pursuant to the
YOM program to replace the standard plates that
DMV gave me. I went on ebay a few times and
luck struck again because I was the successful
bidder on a set of un-restored, non-personalized
black plates with the following number: JAY
378 This Vette is great to look at but is also
driven practically every weekend. You will most
frequently see it cruising Hwy 101 between Del
Mar and Oceanside.
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CLASSIFIEDS
Advertising Fees:
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Bus. Card: $25 year member / $50 non
1/4 page: $50 year member / $100 non
1/2 page: $75 year member / $150 non
Full page: $100 year member / $200 non
Fun Question (from page 4)
From: How Dumb Are You, by Adam Winer
Answer:
Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto
(technically, Pluto isn’t considered a planet anymore, but it was in your
second-grade textbooks, so we’re expecting you to remember it.)
In 2006, astronomers officially defined what qualified as a “planet” something they’d shockingly never done before. That’s when Pluto got the
boot. If the astronomers hadn’t adopted tight rules, three other newlydiscovered floating rocks would have also made the cut, leaving us with a
ridiculous 12-planet solar system.