July 2013 Newsletter

VETTE NEWS
July - 2013
Volume 32, Issue 7
President’s Corner
What’s Happening
Hi everyone,
The cruise nights are in full swing. Shows are popping
up everywhere. Try to make as many as you can because
you never know where you will see a fellow C.O.B. member!
Speaking of gathering, we had our first Ice Cream social
at Country Peddlers on June 19th it was a Big Success.
There were 38 members there. Everyone enjoyed the ice
cream treats. The owner gave away a $25.00 gift certificate
as a door prize to Country Peddlers and Ken Kaczka was
the winner. Oh Ya, 28 C.O.B members went down to the
NCCC convention in Bowling Green Kentucky. We all had
a ball. Some went down early and some had to leave early.
It was one of those trips if you didn’t have fun, it was
probably because you did not get involved. The events
were the Rally, Drags, High & Low speed Auto Cross,
Concourse, Wash & Shine, People’s Choice Car shows,
Funkhana, Value cover races, and the Corvette Family
Feud. They had non-car related events like a bus trip to
Maker’s Mark Distillery, or some took a ride to Nashville.
Corvettes of Buffalo did a good job in bring home some
prizes! The Holiday Inn could not have done any more for
us in making us feel so welcomed The staff was very
friendly, especially one women at the hotel restaurant. I
nick named her Spanky, why I’m not sure, but she seemed
to like it. It was a long ride there and back, but if you did
it in two days it was well worth it. A few other events
coming up: 4th of July parade and then picnic at Rod’s &
Mary’s Shop. We have our COB Car Show at Salvatore’s
on July 10th. Anyone wanting to help can get a hold of me
or one of the Chair People. We can always use the extra
help. Please bring tents if you have them. See ya all at the
next event.
Drive safe.
Drive S a fe
Mike Buccilli
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Secretary
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Articles From Prospective Members
My name is Jim Pepe and I have wanted to own a corvette as long as I can remember. Last summer I bought
a 1989 coupe with only 28,000 miles. Driving it is a dream come true. Last month I came to my first Corvettes
of Buffalo meeting and enjoyed it very much. I also went on last year’s COB Caravan and not only did I have a
great time but also got a chance to see how well the club is run and organized. I am looking forward to many
years of corvette ownership and hope to make many new friends in the club. Thank you for making me feel
welcome at last month’s meeting and I hope to be involved in many more.
Jim Pepe
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COB Ice Cream Cruise
The first Ice Cream Cruise of the summer was held at Country Peddler in Orchard Park, New York on June 19th.
As you can see from the photos it turned out to be an overwhelming success.
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2013 NCCC Bowling Green Convention
The Corvettes of Buffalo was well represented at the 54th NCCC Annual Convention in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The trip
to Kentucky was uneventful except for a heavy thunderstorm in Ohio. But once we settled into the Hotel in Bowling Green it
was hot and humid outside every day. The events started on Monday morning with a Driver’s meeting and then the Concours
Car Show, Wash & Shine Show and People’s Choice Show. There were many beautiful Corvettes included in the show from all
over the USA. In the Concours Show, Ray & Debbie Schafer took 2nd Place in Class F (Stock C5) while Dave Huber took 2nd
Place in Class F (Modified C6). In the Wash & Shine Show, I took 4th Place with 99 Pts. out of a possible 100, Tom Breen
took 8th Place and Dave Huber took 9th Place. The judging was done by a Team from the GM Corvette Assembly Plant and
had no affiliation with any NCCC club. They were very thorough and really knew every detail of the various Corvettes in the
Show. The People’s Choice winners were selected by the NCCC participants and both I and Mike & Lee Buccilli placed 6th and
7th respectively. Monday evening was the NCCC Awards Banquet for the 2012 Racing point winners followed by the Derby
Hat party. The hospitality and company was great while we relaxed in the Grand Ballroom. Tuesday, the Corvette Rallye
attracted a few COB’ers including Jim & Nicholet Brett, Bob & Patti Parrish and Pete & Rose Ricigliano. I was told this was
a challenging Rallye and most got lost more than once. On Tuesday, some of us went to visit the National Corvette Museum
and check out all the updates going on inside and outside. I parked my C6 across from a new Yellow C7 and took some great
pictures of the 2014 Corvette. Maureen and I toured the Museum with Lowell & Karen Rothenberger, Mike & Lee Buccilli,
Kevin & Holly Wyse and Dave & Kathy Huber. Tuesday late afternoon, was the Funkhana obstacle course event. The
fastest times were recorded by Alex Wyse and Jessie who won 2nd Place awards. Bob & Debbie Tkach won 4th Place awards,
with Kevin & Holly in 5th Place, Mike & Lee Buccilli in 9th Place, Patti & Bob Parrish in 12th Place, Jim & Nicholet Brett
were 14th, Skip & Maureen were 18th, Ray & Debbie Schafer were 27th, while Tom & Diane Breen were 28th. Lowell & Karen
also placed in 5th Place for the Women/Men class. We all had fun, I think? Tuesday evening we attended a party at the Lost
River Cave. If you like chocolate, wine and cheese then this was the place to be. The cave had an interesting history
involving the Jesse James gang in 1868 and Confederate Soldiers led by John Morgan during the Civil War used the cave.
Wednesday morning was for COB’ers to visit the drags to test their skills and push the pedal to the floorboards! I heard Alex
Wyse and Rob Parrish went to the line together, but Alex’s 600HP C5 had a little edge on Patti Parrish’s stock C5. However,
it was Rob Parrish getting a 3rd Place award at the drags for his Class.Paul & Joanne Broznia signed up for a tour of Bourbon
Country and thanks to the Bus tour guide everyone made it back to the hotel safe and sober! On Wednesday Maureen and I
traveled south of Nashville to visit family that I had not seen in a long time. We enjoyed the ride through Nashville and
pleasant visit for the afternoon and stopped for dinner on the way back to Bowling Green. I know most COB’ers took a cruise
to Nashville at least once during the week to check out Music City USA.Thursday was a busy day at the track for Low Speed
Auto-cross that included Jim Brett in his C6 and Bob Parrish in Patti’s C5. And it was Bob Parrish taking 1st Place in the
stock C5 class. Maureen and I went back to the Museum for a special display of new C7 Corvettes both coupe and roadsters
available to see, touch, sit inside and ask questions to the GM Employees that were in attendance. There was also a special
display of all Corvette models outside in front of Museum circle and Kevin Wyse was asked to show his Bowling Green C5 as
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The museum is building a new race track just across of interstate 65 and the groundbreaking ceremony was scheduled on
Friday morning. The GM Assembly Plant had a special event planned to honor the 60th Year Anniversary of Corvettes and plant tours
were by special invitation. Sorry to say, we didn’t get a tour of the C7 production line during our trip. Mike Buccilli and I signed up to
race our custom made “Valve Cover Racers” on Thursday afternoon. My Valve Cover was eliminated in the first round but Mike’s
Yankee Valve Cover did very well through the third round. The speed and distance leaders used wheels made from computer hard drive
discs. We had fun and learned a key to being competitive is using narrow lightweight wheels. But we did have fun on Thursday and
back at the Convention many of us won daily door prizes and a few even won evening prizes such as Pete Ricigliano won $325 gift
certificate off Headers, Nicolet Brett won a $100 gift certificate, Kathy Huber won a $50. Gift certificate, and I won a $50 gift certificate
from Corvette Central. Another highlight was on Thursday night. The Corvettes of Buffalo assembled a special Team to compete in the
first annual Corvette Family Feud event! Mike Buccilli, Bob Parrish, Pete Ricigliano and myself competed with about 16 Teams from
other NCCC clubs. Our Team came close to elimination but battled back after 3 hours of tough questions to become the 1st Place
Winners of the Corvette Family Feud contest. Friday morning was the Awards Breakfast and some of us were moving a little slower
than earlier in the week. Congratulations went to all the winners and participants at the Convention. This the third NCCC Convention
that Maureen & I attended and each one was a little different. The location and sponsoring clubs mix things up so it changes from year
to year. Next year the NCCC Convention will be in Savannah, Georgia and the following year I think it will be closer to home in the
Catskills. I encourage you to make the trip and see what the convention events are all about. I think you might just have a great week
of Corvette fun and meet a bunch of nice people that love Corvettes just like us.
Save the Wave….
Skip Polowy
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72 Corvette Restoration
The last part of the Vette restoration was to rebuild the distributor and replace the points, condenser, weights,
springs, and the vacuum advance, with a pointless pick-up and adjustable advance. (as shown in pictures). After
this rebuilding, Nick (my son who was great in extracting all the power out of this set-up) test drove the Vette
and make carb and timing adjustments. We went through about 1/3 tank of gas before it made peak
performance. I know that the motor is putting out more than the 200 HP than the factory listed it to have.
With the motor all tuned the shielding was put in place to give it the stock look. I have put about 400 miles on
the 72 and been debugging it for 4 weeks to fix any problems. While test driving I found that the power steering
replacement valve leaked, so that was replaced again. I also took it to a parade to check how the cooling system
work and it passed with flying colors. After I noticed the dash tachometer stopped working, and found that the
cable that drove it was broken. One thing to remember is the last time the 72 was on the road was in 1989, so
things can happen to a 41 year car.This will be my final article, because the Vette is finished. It was fun to do
this project and write about it from start to finish. I hope it did keep your interest as many COB's don't work on
their cars, and like to learn about how they are put together and work. In closing if you see this blue 1972 Vette
going down the road save the wave.
Peter R.
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