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October 2013
Volume 7, Issue 10
Event Calendar
October
Corvette Club
Santa Barbara
1st General Meeting
Santa Barbara
6th Brunch Run
Ventura
26th Halloween Party
Summerland
November
2nd Winos Gone Wild
5th General Meeting
Santa Barbara
December
3rd General Meeting
Santa Barbara
7th Christmas Party
Brunch Run to Alexander’s Ventura
Jim Purcell
Come join us on Sunday October 6 for a
casual drive down
Highway 101 to Ventura where we will indulge ourselves in the
fabulous Sunday
Champagne Brunch at Alexander’s Restaurant in the Sheraton Four
Points at the Ventura Harbor. Be creative and let the chef prepare
your favorite omelet to order, and be sure to try the amazing waffles. Indulge yourself in a spectacular variety of fruits, pastries, and desserts including Bananas Foster made fresh before your very eyes. And don’t forget to wash it all down with a refreshing Mimosa. At $31 dollars per person
including tax and tip, this may be the best value Sunday Brunch in all of
Southern California.
Afterwards we’ll stroll through the quaint shops and galleries at the nearby
Ventura Harbor Village Shopping Center while enjoying the quiet ambience of the marina.
Departing time and staging area details will be provided a
few days prior to the run, but
we’ll likely time our arrival at
the restaurant for 10:00AM.
Contact Jim Purcell ASAP if
you are interested in signing up
Editor and Publisher
Fred Smith Publicity
Meetings are 1st Tuesday of each month at
6:30PM . The meeting
is held at Mesa Café &
Bar, 1972 Cliff Dr.,
Santa Barbara
Inside this issue:
President’s Message
2
Membership
2
Nethercutt Collection
3
NCM Ambassador
4
Halloween Party
4
Kalyra Winery
5
Winos Gone WIld
6
Classifieds
6
September Minutes
8
Member Advertising
9
Graham Chevrolet
10
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Volume 7, Issue 10
President’s Message
Jim Purcell
Now that autumn has officially arrived we begin to focus our attention on the traditional
milestones that mark this time of year such as Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
But there is one annual tradition that has crept into our culture over many decades that
is just as predictable as the ducks and geese flying south for the winter. You may be
thinking the World Series or the USC vs UCLA football game or the annual wine harvest. Nope, I’m talking about the arrival of the new model year automobiles in dealer
showrooms. And this year marks a very special occasion for those of us in the CCSB
and similar clubs around the country and even the world. That’s right…it’s the much
anticipated arrival of the all new seventh generation 2014 Corvette Stingray.
Chevrolet began shipping the 2014 Corvette Stingray coupe to dealers last week. According to General Motors, Chevy has produced about 1,000 Corvettes so far at its
plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and expects most of them to arrive at dealerships in
the next few weeks. However, the Detroit Free Press reports that some dealers will receive only one Corvette at first. Other dealers
won’t receive their first ‘Vette for several
months, as Chevy works to accelerate production.
Hallelujah, they’re on their way!!! I can’t wait
for the Coming Out party to celebrate the first
Stingray bestowed upon a lucky CCSB member.
Membership Column
Pat Bloom
Our current membership is 75 with 67 Corvettes.
Privacy Reminder
Old Club Rosters should be
shredded not just thrown in
the trash when replaced.
MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS:
From Hib, Sandy, Bob & Inge: Corpus Christi, Texas:
Vettes & Jets on the Lex for Vets ~ September 14 & 15,
2013.
2011 Photo provided by Lanmon Aerial Photography. All rights reserved.
Four club members of Corvette Club of Santa Barbara, in
two Vettes crossed Arizona and New Mexico into Texas for
a quick 12 day tour of the southwest. The deserts are beautifully green with all the recent rains and unbelievable cloud
formations making for great photos even at 85 miles an
hour. The Lex is the USS Lexington a WWII aircraft carrier
in Corpus Christi Bay, now a museum with jets on the flight
deck. This was an opportunity to have our cars be two] of
350 Corvettes on the flight deck of the Lex for two days.
We were #52 and #53. The flight deck can park 1,000 cars
without jets. The reason for this event was to promote
awareness and support the Wounded Warrior Project to
help and aid injured Veterans and their families. (go to page
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Corvette Club Santa Barbara
Nethercutt Collection
Tony & Paula Megowan
On Saturday 9/7/13 7 CCSB members decided to brave the 100+ degree temperatures forecasted for the San Fernando Valley and headed
to Sylmar to visit The Nethercutt Collection and Museum. Those braving the heat were Mike & Sandra Christeson, Thore Edgren & Patty
Brown, Paul Zemella and of course Tony & Paula Megowan. Tony’s brother Richard also met us there. The three of us grew up in Sylmar and Richard had never been to the Nethercutt.
When we arrived we saw that we were not the only Corvette club visiting that day. There was a club from Denver, CO that started in Chicago and traveled for the last 3 weeks
on Route 66 to arrive in Southern California. There was also a Vespa scooter club visiting – but enough
about them.
The Nethercutt Collection is a living collection, meaning all of the items are
usable. Every car is driven at least once a year and you can even sit on the
antique furniture. It opened to the public in 1974 and has always been free
admission. We entered the building on the 1st floor and oohed and awwed,
(but didn’t touch!) some of the most beautifully restored cars we had ever
seen. Included was a 1957 Corvette, several Packards, and even a 1914
Electric Car complete with charger.
Once our tour guide Laurie rang the bell on the fire engine, we headed upstairs to the Grand Salon which is modeled after the showrooms of the
1930’s, where we oohed and awwed over the cream of the collection as we
listened to George Gershwin play Rhapsody In Blue on the piano. Some of
the cars included on this level were a 1932 Maybach Zeppelin Sport Cabriolet, a 1934 Packard Sport Sedan (named Orello), a 1923 Hispano Suiza
Cabriolet De Ville, a replica of the 1886 Benz (the first patented automobile), and Tony’s favorite, the 1934 Duesenberg J Dual Cowl Phaeton
(Tony has put one of these on his Christmas List)
When George was done playing, we headed up to the mezzanine level and viewed a collection of hood ornaments, music boxes, old phonographs, some beautiful antiques and an enormous silver statue entitled
Spirit of the West.
Next we headed up the circular Stairway to the Stars staircase to the music room. We
listened to Orchestrions, pianos (including the Imperial Concert Grand that has 97
keys) and of course the 1918 Wurlitzer organ which has over 5,000 pipes located in 11
separate rooms. Kyle entertained us as he demonstrated the capabilities of the
Wurlitzer. The grand finale was listening to the Wurlitzer and the Imperial Concert
Grand piano (both computer controlled) play a duet which was a medley of songs from
Phantom of the Opera, Ghost Riders in the Sky and then for the car enthusiasts –
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (the only car song in the playlist).
Once our tour was over, we headed across the street where the Nethercutt Museum had another 150 cars
on display including a collection of Rolls Royce Phantom’s (one of every model, 6 in all). There are 260
cars in the collection and 200 of those are on display at any time.
Our last stop was Gabby’s Kitchen (a little hole in the wall in Sylmar) for lunch and then each headed home
back to cooler temperatures.
For those of you have never been to the Nethercutt you really need to make reservations and visit this
amazing collection of “functional fine art.”
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Corvette Club Santa Barbara
NCM Master Ambassador
Frank LoMonaco
Congratulations to our wonderful Webmaster, Fred Smith and to CCSB. I entered
our club newsletter in the National Corvette Museum Best of the Electronic Newsletters contest and, of all the clubs around
the United States that entered, our club
took second place! That is a huge honor
for our club and a special thanks goes out
to Fred Smith for all of the time and effort
he puts in to making our monthly club
newsletter a winner.
This is our second win. A few years ago (2010) we placed
first! Here is the award that the Museum sent to us. It will look
wonderful on the wall at Fred and Sharon's home.
The return of the Little LoMonaco's
Halloween Spooktakular!
Saturday, October 26
6:00pm
Join us for a night of food, fun & friends.
-Costume contest
-Dinner & dessert provided by CCSB
-"Spooky Sangria" provided by Mike & Crescent
If you want something other than sangria or water, please bring your own beverage.
Costumes required, but do not need to be extravagant. Wear a hat, or a boa. Be creative!
Mike & Crescent House, Summerland
Please RSVP by October 19. Address will be given to those that RSVP.
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Kalyra Winery – The Great Grape Stomp
Volume 7 Issue 10
Tony & Paula Megowan
Saturday 9/21 we attended the Great Grape Stomp at Kalyra Winery in
Santa Ynez. Did we actually jump into vats of grapes and stomp
around? Yes we did – according to the winemaker Mike Brown, we
were making “Toe Jam Merlot”. Did Tony actually wear a toga? Yes
he did – he was the only CCSB member in a toga, but not the only one
at the stomp.
We saw several women dressed as Lucille Ball
ready to stomp grapes, there were hayrides
through the vineyards, glitter tattoos, and a library tasting with the wine maker. One of the
wines included in the library tasting was a 1995 Cabernet Franc which wasn’t too bad
considering its age. The winery was gracious enough to set up reserved tables for
CCSB and we had a delicious Italian feast. We also danced to the music provided by
the Just Dave Band and a good time was had by all.
Those joining us at the Stomp were Pat Bloom,
Thore Edgren & Patty Brown, Hib & Sandy Halverson, Peter Mackins & Karen, Frank & Barbara LoMonaco, Fred & Anne Lopez, Steve & Linda Petersen, Paula
Ross & Carl Barth, Bob & Inge Stallings, Fred & Sharon Smith and of
course Tony & Paul Megowan.
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Winos Gone Wild
Volume 7 Issue 10
Tony & Paula Megowan
On Saturday Nov 2nd Chianti will be the featured wine at our
next WGW. This time you will have to drive down to Ventura
and join us at our humble abode. Chef Tony will supply a
wonderful Lasagna and we will rely on the rest of you to supply appetizers, salads and desserts.
CLASSIFIEDS
“1994 Corvette – 40,000 miles. Immaculate condition, everything works,
have original window sticker, runs great, has satellite radio and MP3 player hookups, auto transmission, SS exhaust, Bright Aqua Metallic exterior
with Light Gray interior, ghost flames on hood.
$12,500.
Reply to Alan Emslie: [email protected] or 805 685 8360.”
1993 Ruby, 40th Anniversary Edition Corvette - 85,000 miles
Recent Tires registration and Smog
Headlights are stuck on High Beam. I think it is the turn signal wand.
Runs great. Just drove it to Los Olivos recently. Light but obvious wear on driver
side bolster. CD player does not work. Radio has audible pops on occasion, mainly
when going over hard bumps.
$10,000
Reply to [email protected] or 818/ 723-4834 to reserve a showing
This ‘93 belonged to Charlie Campbell
New four (4) BF Goodrich g-Force T/A KDW-2 (KDW for Key feature: Dry and Wet traction, the " 2" identifies that this is the second generation g-Force T/A KDW) is the Ultra High Performance Summer tire that was developed to provide a blend of a dramatic-looking,
ultra high performance tread design with superior dry and wet road
performance. These tires are new 335/30ZR18 Tire Rack lists them at
$362 ea.
$200 ea. Pick up or add shipping
Contact Fred Smith at [email protected]
photos by Fred
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Corvette Club Santa Barbara
Member Highlights
(from page 2)
Pat Bloom
Loading onto the Lex started Saturday
at 5am, it was truly unique loading of
our Vettes. They were taken up to the
flight deck on the airplane elevator, a
dozen at a time [“No burnouts or wheelies please!!”]. What a fun ride up and
down. A hurricane was forming in the
Atlantic; it went south to Mexico, fortunately for us. We still had fun, although
our cars did get a soft water rinse. The
South Texas Corvette Club helped sponsor the event and brought 37 Vettes. Most Vettes were from Texas, 17 other
states joined too. We were the only two from California, OK brought 33
Vettes, MO with 10, AL & AZ with 9 Vettes each, others were AR, CO, FL, IL,
KS, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, NM, PA. So many Vettes! and many with cute personal ego plates. This was fun, a wonderful opportunity to meet many new
Vette friends and we supported a good cause. What a sight to see 350 Corvettes on the flight deck of the USS Lexington and with jets too. We four:
Hib & Sandy Halverson and Inge & Bob Stallings.
Other points of interest included:
An overnight in an old classic southwest Tucson hacienda. (Might make a
great club run someday.)
Texas Hill Country wine and beer tasting
followed by a real Texas BBQ of brisket
and ribs at the Salt Lick. YUM!
The joys of the San Antonio River Walk,
included balconies over the river, ‘Taste of
the River’ dinner, floating barges, Alamo,
Margaritas and Mariachi. All in friendly
Texas style. (Save Texas water drink
more wine)
Corpus Christi found a wonderful ‘dive
bar’ with good seafood and really good refreshing cherry shushes, aka Maraschino Margarita or Pink Pina Coladas. Tasted so refreshing with the humidity
so high. (I will have another).
Austin has a colony of 1.5 million bats that fly at sunset from under the Congress Street Bridge. Overwhelming sight.
We stayed and ate at the Big Tex in Amarillo on route 66 for more Texas BBQ.
They have a 72oz steak. Free if you eat it all and four sides in 60 minutes. No
Thanks! The guy who was going for
it when we were there didn’t make
it. Last stop was in a 1890s B&B.
That is a bordello & bar. Now a
comfortable bed & breakfast.
Commander Hib met with other Caravan planners in Texas and New
Mexico and the Mayor of Williams AZ
on way back. Next year this time it’s
Bowling Green.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Privacy Reminder
Old Club Rosters should be
shredded not just thrown in
the trash when replaced.
Credit for the included photography goes to the attendees of our
events and regularly include:
Roger Hoyt, Inge Stallings,
Sandy Halverson, Sharon &
Fred Smith, Jim Purcell, Fred
Lopez, Ivy Aanderud & Paul
Zemella
Jacques Bellesiles
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Corvette Club Santa Barbara
Volume 7, Issue 10
Minutes of September 3, 2013 General Meeting
Mesa Café & Bar - 1972 Cliff Dr. - Santa Barbara, CA
1. Meeting called to order 6:32 pm. No Guests tonight.
2. Introduction of Officers.
3. Secretary’s Report distributed and approved.
4. Treasurer’s Report distributed and approved.
5. Membership Report: Pat Bloom absent. Jim reports 75 members with 67 cars.
6. Bragging Corner: Email Pat for anything interesting happening to you for the next
newsletter.
7. NCM Ambassadors Report: Frank LoMonaco reports that he has made Master Ambassador
again. Congratulations. Our club banner is up at Museum. Will be up all year. Club may make it
a yearly donation. Will be up all year. Museum offers insurance. Would like to achieve maximum
membership and CCSB participation for NCM 20th anniversary and Caravan September 2014.
8. Activities: Peter Mackins absent. Jim reports. Thanks to Tony, Paula and Peter for fun runs to
PCPA Solvang and Circle Bar B. Peter to set up an event planning day. Will send email. We need
to come up with a few brunch runs for rest of year.
9/7/13 – Nethercutt Auto Museum. (Tony and Paula Megowen)
9/21/13 – Kalyra Wine Stomp. (Tony & Paula Megowan)
10/26/13 –Halloween party (Mike and Crescent LoMonaco).
11//2/13 – Winos gone wild at Tony and Paula’s house.
9. Old Business: None.
10. New Business: Happy Birthday Wendel Hans & Paul Zemella. Congratulations to Fred Smith
on getting 2nd place for our club digital newsletter from the Corvette museum. Wendel tells a
history of Oil fields on the Mesa. Checks for events must be made payable to CCSB and write
event name on check. The person who is coordinating event should get checks. Chaz sportswear with CCSB logo available. They have clothes or you can bring your own. They also put
club logo on cargo covers matching color of car. Tony Megowen would like to put all old newsletters and photos and PDF files for people to see. Send photos to Tony.
11. Tech Talk: Tire rebates thru Michelin at GM dealers. Fred Smith reports on C6 problem with
headlights.
12. Trivia question: In what year was the one-millionth Corvette assembled? 1992
13. 50/50 Raffle: No raffle tonight. (Forgot tickets).
14. Next meeting Oct 1, 2013 at the Mesa Café.
15. Correspondence. Redline corvette car show Sept 15th.
Meeting adjourned at 7:34 pm
Respectfully submitted by
Sandy Rubel Halverson, Secretary
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