June 2005 - Classic Glass Corvette Club

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Volume XV Issue 6 June 2005
THE VETTE SETTE
A Monthly Publication For The Members of
The Classic Glass Corvette Club
President’s Corner
Summer is officially here!! Get out and enjoy those
beautiful cars with the top down and the wind
blowing.
Congratulations to Circle City Corvette Club on
another great outing to Panama City. I hear there was
lots of great fun and festivities that were enjoyed by
all. We are going to try and attend next years event.
We had a great time with Dick Peden at his home and
wonderful collection of classic cars. Dick had 3
Corvettes and 9 other greats while we were there.
After hearing the stories about each car, we then went
to the other stable and spent some time with their
World Class Quarter horses. There were two young
foals and a 2 year old. I am not sure which got more
attention, the cars or the horses. Goes to show you
that everyone loves horsepower, no matter what form
it takes.
Several folks braved a rather soggy start to the Top
O’ Georgia show on June 11th. By the time we got to
the top of Bald Mountain, it was really socked in with
fog. But, by the end of the show, the fog had lifted
and the weather was warming. A great lunch was
then enjoyed by several CGCC members at Han’s in
Helen.
Upcoming, we have Dyno days at MTI Racing’s
headquarters in Marietta on June 25th. Come do a
little bench racing and enjoy a hamburger or hotdog.
It should prove to be a ton of fun.
be the much-anticipated RC car races. Tune those
little racers and charge the batteries. This year, we
have both pavilions that are together and will have a
special treat of the Calvary Children’s Home joining
us for the picnic. We will have a special race for the
kids from Calvary.
The first Annual North Georgia Wine tour is going to
be July 23rd. Come enjoy the local vintage and share
some great time with your fellow club members.
I am challenging all members and our sister clubs to
pre-register for our 22nd Annual Super Vette Saturday
on Saturday August 6th. We would like to have
another great turnout for the show.
Also, we will be holding our second Annual Sock
Hop on Friday August 5th. All of those who have
pre-registered for Super Vette Saturday will have free
admittance for 2 folks to the Sock Hop. We will
have the “Sock Hops” band as live entertainment this
year. So be sure to mark your calendars.
We will be holding our last Super Vette Saturday
planning meeting soon, please keep a lookout for the
email indicating place and time. All volunteers are
urged to attend.
If you have any questions about volunteering for
Super Vette Saturday, give me a call.
After all…. It’s about the people who love the car!
Every day is a “Ragtop” day!
Peach State Corvette Association is having their
annual show at the Varsity downtown. Please come
out and show CGCC support for their club.
We will be having the Annual Picnic at Cooper’s
Furnace in Acworth on July 9th. Again this year will
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Joe
and will be on July 23. We will visit 2 wineries in North
Georgia, have lunch, shop and then come home.
Officers for 2005
President
Joe Owens – 770-971-7933
We are still looking for some fun things to do as a club
later on in the fall. We have had suggestions ranging from
bowling to go-carting. If anyone would like to head up
something like this, let us know and we can make it
happen.
Vice President At Large
Randy Cooper – 770-943-6131
Vice President of Membership
Don Shamel – 770-751-5710
I want to congratulate all of the couples that have had
anniversaries and/or are going to celebrate. We had quite a
number of them at the meeting.
Vice President of Activities
Gail & Robert Smith – 770-529-3217
Also, Happy Early Birthday to Barry Tomlinson.
Secretary
Cheryl Tomlinson – 770-753-0307
As always, if you have any news worthy articles, or just
something to put into the newsletter, send it to me at
[email protected] .
As Always,
Treasurer
P.J. Ray – 770-998-5325
Board Members
John Iroff – 770-973-3004
Jack Kreger – 770-428-2754
Bob Renneke – 770-218-2999
Barry Tomlinson – 770-753-0307
Have a “SUNNIE” day!
Cindy
NCM Ambassador
Ron Floyd – 770-591-3578
Newsletter Editor
Cindy Owens – 770-971-7933
** SUPERVETTE SATURDAY **
This just in! Johnny O’Connell will
be making a special appearance at
SuperVette Saturday, August 6.
Editor’s Corner
** Upcoming Event **
Webmaster
Bridget Stephens – 770-891-6602
By Cindy Owens
Hello Corvette Lovers!
As many of you now know we are taking delivery of our
C6 “Tequila”. She will be here within the week. I don’t
really know who is more excited about finally getting her,
Joe or me. Personally I’m looking forward to something
new but still familiar. I’m sure that Joe has his own plans.
Chrome this, chrome that.
I would also like to thank the Blue Ridge Corvette Club of
North Georgia for putting on a great show even though the
weather did not cooperate. The show raised money for
both the Corvette Museum and the National Forestry
Service.
Remember June 24 is “Drive Your Corvette to Work” day.
So let’s all show our support for this special day.
The Annual Picnic at Cooper’s Furnace is July 9th and our
Remote Control Races will be a hot topic this year. We
will have several trophies to be awarded including some for
the kids from Calvary Children’s Home. We will have
Williamson Brothers Barbeque again. Everyone seemed
happy with this last year.
We have finally announced the date of “Tequila’s First
Annual Wine Trail Tour”. It will be her inaugural caravan
Sunday, June 25, Peach State Corvettes will be hosting a
show at the Varsity downtown. This show will benefit
Southwest Christian Hospice, Hope House, and Feed My
Lambs. Registration Fee is $20. Classic Glassers will meet
at Sidelines at 8:30 am and leave at 8:45 am to caravan to
the Varsity Downtown.
** Special Event **
Have you ever wanted to say “you remember that time at
camp?”. Well now you can. Johnny O’Connell will be
holding his inaugural Corvette Camp on September 17 &
18. You will have the opportunity to see what you and
your Corvette can do on a race track with the emphasis on
speed, fun and safety. For more information see
www.corvettecamp.com.
** Upcoming Event **
Saturday, September 24, 2005, we will visit the 40 – 50 car
collection of Milt Robson in Gainesville, GA. It is one of
the nicest car collections in the south. Most of his cars are
one of a kind and all are in perfect condition. We will
again join the American Dream Corvette Club of Gwinnett
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County. For those who have not toured Milt Robson’s
garage this is a have to go to event. Classic Glass attended
this event about 3 years ago and were blown away by how
nice this collection was. We also toured the main house
as a special treat. More details to follow soon.
** Special Cruise In Event **
We have been informed that on the 1st Saturday of every
month there is a Breakfast Cruise In at the Avenues in East
Cobb. This is on Roswell Rd off of Johnson Ferry Rd.
We will get more details on this and add it to the Web Page
under Cruise Ins.
As the Steering Wheel Turns…
The 64 car driven by Gavin-Beretta-Magnussen
finished 1st in GT1 and 5th overall. The 63 car driven
by O’Connell-Fellows-Papis finished 2nd in GT1 and
6th overall. This was an extremely great outing since
the only cars in front of us were Prototype’s!!!
I have sent congratulations to Gary Claudio and the
rest of the Team Corvette on their win at Le Mans
and we look forward to seeing more wonderful things
from them.
Good Luck Corvette Racing!!! We are all behind
you!
July 4
Lime Rock Park
Lakeville, Connecticut
July 17
Infineon Raceway
Sonoma, California
By Joe Owens
FINALLY!!! We announced at the June meeting that
we would be taking delivery of “Tequila” on Friday
June 24th. We will be arriving at 07:45 CST
(Corvette Standard Time) for our big event. There
will be a private, behind the scenes, tour of the
Bowling Green Assembly Plant. A private tour of
the National Corvette Museum and pictures of us
with the new baby. Please join us by checking the
live webcams at:
www.corvettemuseum.com/webcam/index.shtml.
I have new chrome wheels coming from West Coast
Corvettes and a Speed Lingerie color matched bra
and mirror covers waiting at the museum. This is the
beginning of Tequila’s transformation from just
another “pretty girl” to Gorgeous!
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If you have a Corvette for sale, we will put it into the
newsletter for 1 month free of charge. The ad can have up
to 3 lines and contain only a basic description and contact
information. After that you can run an extended ad for 6
months and only have to pay $10 for members and $25 for
non-members. This should be a great new feature to the
newsletter. If you have any questions, please contact Joe or
Cindy Owens.
We will see you next month with more tales from the
“Busted Knuckle Garage”.
Corvette Trivia
Corvette Racing Update
CC66RR
Corvette Racing
All I can say is Oh My Gosh!!! What a great race at
Le Mans this past weekend. The Aston Martin’s
gave us a good challenge, but in the end it wasn’t
about how fast you can go, it was more like how long
you can go without falling apart.
With the exception of two cut tires, the new C6R
performed flawlessly! Once the boys in yellow took
the lead, they never looked back.
1. ZR1’s came with a key-operated switch that was used to
cur the power output in the car to 250-HP. This was
designed to deter joy-riding thieves. True or False
2. The first roller valve lifters in the Corvette was in 1987.
True or False
3. 1974 was the first year the hatchback was offered in the
Corvette. True or False
Bonus: What was a rare Special Performance Equipment
package ordered in 1973?
A: F40
B: F41
C: ZR2
D: Z07
Answers on the last page
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Meeting Minutes from June 14th Meeting
7:22 PM Joe Owens opened the meeting early tonight to
show a presentation from the LeMans Race Highlights
from the 2004 Season. Thank you Vicki Hicks and the
National Corvette Museum for providing this.
7:37 PM Joe Owens, President
Joe started the meeting by wishing all the father’s an early
Happy Father’s Day.
Previous activities:
Panama City Run: Barry Tomlinson talked about this trip.
We had about 24-25 cars that left to caravan to Dothan to
meet the rest of the group going to Panama City. Everyone
met at the “barn” on Friday night to register and socialize
and Gary Cochral from the NCM was there with the new
Z06. On Friday morning there were about 189 cars from
various clubs heading to Panama City for lunch at
Pineapple Willy’s. We gathered again on Saturday night
for dinner and auction. Everyone had a great time.
Receipts:
Club Store
SVS Registration
Decal
Raffle
SVS-DVD
$ 234.83
$ 35.00
$ 5.00
$ 62.50
$ 5.00
Total Receipts:
$ 342.33
Disbursements:
L&L Embroidery
20 Shirts
10 Name badges
2 Shirts
$ 297.89
$ 88.25
$ 25.68
Total Disbursements:
$ 411.82
Ending Balance:**
$4,040.47
**Includes $2,000 Rainy Day Fund
7:53 PM Annual Picnic Catering
Vettes in the Valley – It was rainy for this event but there
was still a good turn out.
Private Car Collection Tour –Several people caravanned
to Dick Peden’s in Alpharetta to see the nice collection of
vintage cars. He has about 12-13 cars inside and 3 of them
Corvettes. He also owns and shows quarter horses and
everyone enjoyed touring their barns.
Top o’ Georgia Show – Ron Floyd talked about this show.
It was overcast on top of the mountain but everyone had a
good time and the club was excited about their first show
and was able to raise about $1700 to the National Forestry
Service and the National Corvette Museum.
Coming up MTI Racing – Track Racing is this weekend
in Alabama and Reece has lowered the price for our club
members. We need to have at least 5 people attend
and Reece will reduce the price $100 off the previous price
per day.
7:48 PM Cheryl Tomlinson, Secretary
Cheryl asked for a motion that the minutes from the last
meeting be approved as written in the last newsletter. A
Motion was made and the minutes were passed.
7:52 PM P. J. Ray, Treasurer
P. J. gave a summary of the Treasurer’s report and asked
for a motion that the report be approved. A motion was
made and the report was approved.
Treasurer’s Report-P.J. Ray
P. J. reported a financial summary of the below numbers
for June 2005:
Beginning Balance:
$4,109.96
Our annual picnic is on July 9th and we need approval from
the General Membership because the cost of the catering
will be over $500. With those that have signed up and
including those that we have invited from the Calvary
Children’s Home the cost will be about $725.00 for
Williamson Brother’s Catering. The motion was made and
passed.
7:54 PM Don Shamel, VP of Membership
Don announced that we have 55 members and 7 guests
present. We have a total of 193 members. Welcome to:
Deene Sanders, Gary Griffin, Sandy and Ray Rolles,
Ceaser Maciel, and Carrie and Jerry Rogala. Robbie
Roberts was drawn for the membership drawing but didn’t
have on his nametag. Bob Renneke was next but had no
nametag. Bill Gohr was the winner of $55.
REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR NAME TAG TO
THE MEETING TO BE ABLE TO WIN THE
MEMBERSHIP DRAWING FOR THE NIGHT.
8:03 PM Gail and Robert Smith, VP of Activities
MTI Track Event @ Barber Motorsports is on June 18th19th . Reece is giving the club a special discount for this
event. It was previously $800 for the weekend and is now
$700. It will be $350.00 for the day and he will provide the
race tires and all the pit crews.
MTI Dyno Days is on June 25th at MTI. Call Reece’s shop
for details and questions. You do not need to make an
appointment, just show up. It will start at 9:00 am and
everyone will meet at Sidelines at 8:30 to drive over. They
will have a cookout if someone will provide a grill.
Peach State Car Show @ the Varsity - June 26th
Club Annual Picnic @ Cooper’s Furnace – July 9th
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Wine Tour – July 23rd Joe and Cindy Owens are planning
a trip to North Georgia to tour 2 wineries - 3 Sisters Winery
and Habersham Winery – and then a trip to Helen to Hans
for dinner. More details to come. Everyone will be
meeting in the Alpharetta area to caravan.
Sock Hop and SuperVette Saturday – August 5th-6th we
still need donations, door prizes and sponsorships.
Special Request – There will be a show this weekend at the
Bailey Club and Grill sponsored by the Bailey Club and
Grill and the Peach State Posse.
New Cars: Roman and Marilyn Sabadaszka
Joe and Cindy Owens
Bob Renneke
Randy Cooper announced that we collected $125 for the
50/25/25 drawing giving $62.50 to the club. Ron Floyd
and Roman Sadadaszka each won $31.25
Barry Tomlinson is still taking orders for more T-shirts and
has the previous orders here tonight. $14.50 for white Tshirts, $20. for black T-shirts, Polo’s $22.50
8:32 Close (end of minutes)
Z06 event in Bowling Green – See Fred Hale
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN UP FOR THE
EVENTS ON THE WEBSITE SO WE WILL HAVE
AN ACCURATE COUNT OF THOSE ATTENDING.
8:14 PM Ron Floyd, NCM Ambassador
Ron announced that there will be someone from the NCM
at the SuperVette Saturday Show. There will also be a
caravan going to the Labor Day weekend event to Bowling
Green. See the website for details.
8:16 PM Rhonda and Bobby Kay, CGCC Store
Rhonda was out of town and Bobby had to leave early but
the store is open and you can visit the website to see what
they have to sell. They will also take orders for special
items.
8:17 PM Bridget Stephens, Webmaster
The photo album and the member’s garage are up on the
net, check it out. Need those photos. Trivia: Other than
the US, what other continent looks at our website the most?
Answer: Europe by John Pardis Jr. Within Europe, what
country? Answer: England by Don Shamel
** Remote Control Races **
Remember to bring your fastest remote control cars to Our
Annual Club Picnic on July 9th. We have been assured of
a great race course to exercise our outstanding abilities as
RC drivers (or not). We will have our traditional obstacle
course races, as well as drag races. The kids from Calvary
will also be participating. Trophies will be awarded.
8:19 PM Joe Owens
SPECIAL DELIVERY: IT’S A CORVETTE
“Tequila” Born on May 25, 2005
Leaving For Home June 24, 2005 7:45 pickup delivery
CONGRATULATIONS JOE AND CINDY
8:23 PM Wrap UP
Tom Sauntry wanted to give a thumbs up for Reece and
MTI. They did a great job on his car and he wants
everyone to know that they work on C4’s too.
Charlie Willis announced that there is a Marine in Iraq
whose wife wants to give him a subscription to Vette
Magazine. Charlie thought it would be nice to give him an
honorary membership to our club. Everyone in attendance
agreed. Welcome Lance Corporal Robert Hale.
Don Shamel said that there was an article in the paper
about Johnny O’Connell. Check it out.
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Upcoming Activities:
June 25 – Dyno Days @ MTI Racing Headquarters
June 26 – Peach State Corvettes Show @ the Varsity Downtown
July 9 – Annual Club Picnic at Coopers Furnace
July 23 – North Georgia Wine Tour
Aug 5 – 2nd Annual Sock Hop at Cobb Conference Center in Kennesaw, GA
Aug 6 – Super Vette Saturday at Day’s Chevrolet in Acworth, GA
Sep 17-18 – Mountain City Corvette Association 8th Annual Show & Drag
Sep 22-25 – VetteFest in Gatlinburg, TN
Sep 24 – Corvette Roundup with American Dream Corvette Club
Sep 29-30 – Petite Le Mans @ Road Atlanta
Oct 8 – Corvettes Against Breast Cancer III @ Atlanta Motor Speedway
National Corvette Museum Activities
July 21-23 – Z06 Fest
Sept 1-4 – Anniversary Celebration
Answers to Trivia: 1 - False, 2 –True, 3 –False, Bonus – D:Z07
HOTLINE (770) 662-4320
Web Page:
http://www.cgcorvetteclub.com
Meeting Location
Sidelines Grill
1440 Roswell Road
Marietta, GA
Approx. 1 Mile East of the Big Chicken
2nd Tuesday of Each Month
P.O. Box 4936
Marietta, GA 30061
Meeting Time: 7:30 PM
Next Meeting: July 12th
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