September Newsletter - Ponce Inlet Corvette Club

Club Officials for 2016
THE BEACON
Bill Nelson …….. ... President
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Jack Dibling ………. Vice President
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Third Thursday
Paul Thompson……. Treasurer
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4670 S Peninsula Drive,
Ponce Inlet
Charlene Watts…….. Secretary
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Gene Gross…………. Director At Large
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Marlene Wagner…… Membership
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Beth Chambers……….Sunshine
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Jeff Stouffer…………...Newsletter Editor
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The Ponce Inlet
Corvette Club
March
2005
6:00 p.m.
Volume 1 No. 9
T
he Ponce Inlet Corvette Club originated in March of 2005. The Club has
grown into a respected, active and acknowledged Corvette Club that meets
in Ponce Inlet Florida. In January of 2005, local Ponce Inlet residents Gary and
Dianne Swanhart purchased a new C6 red coupe from local Chevrolet Dealer
Jon Hall. The twist in the story took place shortly after they got the car home. Jon
Hall was contacted by representatives of Wrangler Jeans and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
to see if the Dealership could provide them with a red Corvette to film a Wrangler
Jeans commercial at the Daytona International Speedway. At the time they did
not have another red C6 in stock but they remembered just having delivered a red
C6 coupe to Gary and Dianne. The Swanharts were contacted and asked if they
would be willing to support the filming with their new Corvette. They agreed and
Gary and Dianne took the new C6 to the track and met Dale Jr. During the filming they both got to meet him and had Dale Jr. sign the dash of their new Corvette. Shortly after that event the Club was organized and Jon Hall Chevrolet
became the Club’s first Sponsor. The initial meeting was held on February 22,
2005. Sixteen prospective members from Ponce Inlet, Daytona Beach Shores, Ormond Beach and Port Orange were in attendance. A general design for a “Club
Logo” that depicted the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse with a C5 emblem across the
background of the lighthouse was adopted. Since that initial meeting, the Ponce
Inlet Corvette Club has become well known for attending local car shows, cruiseins and is a Charitable and Social Club. Members are owners of Corvettes from
1959 to 2016. Proceeds from our annual VETTES AT THE LIGHT show and
fund raisers are donated to charity. Our annual car show has become a focal
point of Corvette Clubs and Corvette enthusiasts throughout the state of Florida.
Chuck Fast…………..NCM Ambassador
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From the Editor
Not only is the weather hot but PICC is ON FIRE. Our events have
been outstanding and the attendance defies the imagination. We are gaining new members at every meeting. Who knew so many could have so
much fun revolving around a CORVETTE. In case you did not know, the
car show is back on the schedule for May 13, 2017 and it appears that enthusiasm is higher across the board. Attend a future planning meeting and
show us what expertise you can bring to the new and improved Light
House show. A special shout out to members Gene Gross and Jack Kumeiga. Hope to see you back real soon and rarin’ to go. If you have an interesting article, a service or talent or just want to be a monthly contributor,
please email your submission to me, also looking for fun easy healthy recipes to share either for food or drinks, please email your information to me
to be included in Member Services. Again this is your club so enjoy it like
it is “ILLEGAL”.
Recurring Events
1st Saturday
Daytona Flea Market Car Show
and Swap Meet
9am till 1pm
2nd Saturday
Canal Street Car Show, New
Smyrna Beach
4pm till dark
3rd Saturday
Deland Car Show
4pm till dark
1st Sunday
Webster Car & Bike Swap Meet
7am till 1pm
2nd Sunday
Destination Bike/Car Swap Meet
7am till 1pm
1st Tuesday
PICC Board Meeting
6pm
3rd Thursday
PICC General Meeting
6pm
Membership Requests
Membership shall be open to any
Corvette owner over 21 years of age
and their spouse or significant other.
Any membership paid on or before
March 22, 2005 shall be considered
a Charter Membership. Each membership shall have only one vote.
Sect. 2 Application for Membership
Application will be made on The
Club Membership Form and given to
the
Membership
Chairperson.
The Membership Chairperson forwards to the treasurer, all membership
registration
funds.
Sect. 3 Continuing Membership Requirements
Members that no longer own a
Corvette will have six months to obtain ownership in another Corvette
or forfeit membership in the Club.
There will be no refund of dues to
members who forfeit their membership under this section. Any member
whose annual dues and fees are current is considered an Active Member.
If a club member resigns from the
Club, that member will not be entitled to participate in any Club functions, until that member formally requests a new membership application. At that point, all new membership requirements must be once
again
satisfied.
2. Our annual membership dues are $50.00. Membership dues are payable at time of application to
the
Club.
Minutes from the Past
A meeting of the Ponce Inlet Corvette Club was convened on Thursday, August 18,
2016 at Jon Hall Chevrolet.
President – Bill Nelson called meeting to order @ 6:00 pm.
Pledge of Allegiance
Moment of Silence for Troops
Dinner Count & Location – 30 @ McKenna’s
Guest Welcomed – Two quests welcomed.
New Members Welcomed - Clifford & Linda Dube
Point of Interest
Chris Cruz Artistry Tour – September 17th has been set aside for the tour in
Deland. Meet at Venetian Bay Clubhouse parking lot at 9:30am. Be at Chris’s
at 10:30am. Tour is 1 to 1 ½ hours long. They will be serving refreshments.
Lunch will be planned at Pittmasters BBQ place in Deland. Will need a count of
who will be going.
Tour at WyoTech – Only 4 or 5 people raised their hands for a tour. Further information has come to our attention that Wyotech is having an open house on October 1st and October 14th & 15th for Octoberfest. Will discuss dates at the next
meeting if anyone would rather go at that time.
Car Show At Discount Tire – October 1st is scheduled for a car show. Only need
us for a few hours in the morning. Details will follow before the date.
Microphone for meeting – Club agreed a microphone was necessary for the meetings. Rudy C. will check on Ebay for best price.
PICC 2017 Car Show – Confirmed date for car show will be May 13, 2017. Club
agreed to have the Hospitality Night at Hidden Treasure, same as before.
Meeting/dinner locations – Bill is needing suggestions for meeting / dinners locations.
Secretary’s Report – Motion to accept last month's meeting minutes were made and
carried.
Treasurer’s Report – Motion to accept report was made and carried. Sunshine
Committee – Birthday and Anniversaries were announced for the month by Beth
Chambers.
Membership – Please welcome Clifford & Linda Dube. They have a 2009 Red Z-51
coup.
Social Committee - Margaret D. announced the next meeting will be on 9/07 @
San Diego Grill at 11:30. On 8/21 the committee scheduled a trip to Shiloh Steak &
Seafood in Titusville. A sheet was passed around to get a count as to how many
9/10
Georgia Car Show - Lawrenceville, Ga.
9/17
Chris Cruz Artistry Tour
10/01
Discount Tire Car Show
10/9
Flagler Bch Car Show
10/15
Slidell, La Corvette Show
10/15
Amelia Island Car Show - Downtown Fernandina Bch
10/22
Melbourne Car Show
11/02 – 05
Daytona State College Homecoming Car Show
11/7 - 12
Panama City Car Show
11/19
Ocala Corvette Show - Market Square
As dates get closer, more information will be available.
Extra Vette GanZa 2016
The Greater New Orleans Corvette
Club would like to invite you to our 25th
Anniversary ExtraVETTEganza
All-Corvette Car Show, October 15th
2016 at Bayou Country Village in
Slidell, La. Bayou Country is one of the
most unique Gift Shops with their own
homemade candy. We promise to show
you once again our Southern Hospitality
with our pre-show party on Friday October 14th at our host hotel The Hampton
Inn. For reservations: Contact the
Hampton Inn at
(985) 7269777 Discounted room rate available.
Ask for room block code GNC. Rate is
$89.00 a night.
We are proud to support our charity
Independence Fund For Wounded
Veterans
Judging for the show will be judged
Class Awards C1 through C7 along
with Best of Awards; Best of Show,
Paint, Interior, Engine, Wheels, Custom,
Original, Detailed, and Best Hood
Art. Greater New Orleans Corvette
Club members cars will be judged separately. First 150 registered will receive
a participation memorabilia license
plate, dash plaque, best goody bag in the
South, and pre-registered will also receive a free event t-shirt.
Many sponsor awards will also be presented including our Best of Show presented by our Club Sponsor Ross
Downing Chevrolet Hammond.
Silent auction, door prizes, 50/50 raffle
You may want to participate in the
9th Annual Valve Cover Car Race, winners will receive awards for 1st, 2nd,
3rd place and best looking.
You can go to http://gnocc.com/club/
carshow for all forms and information
on our show.
25th Anniversary ExtraVETTEganza
2016.
Is it a Real Corvette
Even as it embraces new technology, the Chevrolet Corvette remains
firmly old school as one of the few
performance cars still available with
a big V8 and a manual transmission
to control it. Now we know exactly
how many Corvette buyers go for this
wonderfully archaic combination,
thanks to recently released data from
Chevrolet. Last week, the National
Corvette Museum published a detailed breakdown of 2016 model year
Corvette production, which revealed
that only 9249 of the 40,689 built
came with manual transmissions.
That works out to be a little under 23
percent of production, which is down
about 10% over 2015's manual Corvette production. Interestingly, only
1241 drop-top Corvettes were
equipped with manuals, of which the
Z06 convertible was the most popular with 590 built. The Z06 coupe
was the most popular manual Corvette of all variants, with a total of
3566 built. For an enthusiast these
numbers seem rather low, but there's
some hope they'll increase with the
2017 model year. With the enthusiast
-targeted Grand Sport finally available and expected to be the most popular variant, it's likely we'll see an
increase of customers choosing to
row their own. Yes, in our perfect
world, the take rate for manual Corvettes would be 100 percent, but in
reality, 23 percent isn't too shabby.
Considering the take rate for manual
transmissions among all U.S.-market
cars typically hovers around 5-7%,
nearly a quarter of all Corvettes sold
is impressive.
Peaches & Cream Pie
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 (3 ounce) package non-instant vanilla
pudding mix
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 (29 ounce) can sliced peaches, drained
and syrup reserved
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease sides and bottom of a
10 inch deep-dish pie pan.
In a medium mixing bowl, mix together
flour, salt, baking powder and pudding
mix. Mix in butter, egg and milk. Beat for
2 minutes. Pour mixture into pie pan.
Arrange the peach slices on top of the
pudding mixture.
In a small mixing bowl, beat cream
cheese until fluffy. Add 1/2 cup sugar
and 3 tablespoons reserved peach syrup.
Beat for 2 minutes. Spoon mixture over
peaches to within 1 inch of pan edge.
Mix together 1 tablespoon sugar and 1
teaspoon cinnamon, and sprinkle over
top .
Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35
minutes, until golden brown. Chill before
serving.
Celebrations
Gross Anniv Sep 2
Robert Fowler Sep 5
Wagner Anniv Sep 9
Keegan Anniv Sep 9
Sherry Ellgard Sep 10
Joey Pedalino Sep 14
Gerri Petraglia Sep 17
Frank Italianno Sep 19
Michael Gawrysiak Sep 22
Edie Linton Sep 22
Skip Wagner Sep 24
Wolfgang Felhaber Sep 26
Mike Yirak Sep 26
Betty Spaulding Sep 29
Watts Anniv Sep 30
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Suncoast Corvette Association
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Village Vettes Corvette Club
Color-rama.
There are some REALLY cool new Grand Sport colors combos available. With the advent of the
C7, Chevrolet has really pulled out all the stops when it comes to leveraging color and the Corvette. First off, the car looks good in almost any hue so that’s a great starting point.
When you add in color choices for wheels, brake calipers and hash stripes as well, the combinations become devilishly enticing.
It also can be confusing because, like wandering through a candy store, everything looks good you might feel overwhelmed or
worse, want one of every color.
We say to anyone in who is going to order a new Corvette to spend time at ‘Vette car shows, online forums, and dealerships to
really get acquainted with the choices available to a Corvette buyer. See how others have equipped their car and use that as a
template for your order or find one in dealer stock that closely matches your wish list. If You Want A Low Production Corvette,
There Are Three Special Edition Models That Carry Over To 2017.
These packages come in Black Suede, Spice Red or Twilight Blue “flavors,” and can be ordered on most models including the
big daddy Z06. Don’t be fooled by the pictures as each of these special models are offered in four colors. The best part is they
are all smokin’ hot and can alleviate “option list overload.” Instead of a deep, drill down to order-form minutia, just click one of
these special edition boxes and voila’, you’re almost done.
These three packages were some of the lowest produced models of 2016, (excluding the C7.R and Z06 Convertible), and if you’re
a fussy serial number guy–like us–these are the real sleepers if your looking to add a lo-pro addition to the stable.
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Tampa Bay Vettes Club
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Florida Keys Corvette Club
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MESSAGES from Your Board
President…….Bill Nelson
Another great turnout for the
meeting at Jon Hall & dinner at
McKenna's. We have one more
meeting to finalize plans for the
Chris Cruz tour on Sept. 17th with
Corvette Cruisers of Greater Daytona. We have approximately 13
cars going and they have about
the same. Lunch will follow at
Pitmasters - should be fun. We
have confirmed May 13, 2017 for
our next car show and have started the permit process with Ponce
Inlet. Another outstanding job by
the social committee on the Shiloh
restaurant trip to Titusville - a
great time for everyone. Lastly,
our Christmas party has been
confirmed for December 17 at the
Venetian bay clubhouse.
Vice President…..Jack Dibling
August was sure hot with lots of
activities. The first meeting was
held to begin organizing the 2017
car show. We had a good turnout
with many great suggestions. Get
involved and volunteer to help
make this the best show yet.
General Membership Meeting
was at Jon Hall Chevrolet this
month and all the new corvettes
on display were very tempting! We had several visitors interested in joining.
Great dinner out at Shiloh's in
Titusville. Big attendance, great
food and service. What a fun
club!
GAS and Your CAR
Director…….Gene Gross
Hi everyone, Just a short message
this month. Things have been a
crazy around here this last month.
But things are looking up, at least
I hope so. The people going to La.
Had a meeting to get things going. I heard there was a good turn
out for next years car show.
Sounds very good, keep up the
interest.
Things coming up for Oct. Chris
Cruz tour on Sept17. Meeting at
Venetian Bay Club House at 9:30.
Discount Tire Car Show on Oct.1.
More info coming soon. Possibly
Tour of Wyo-Tech on Sept 8th.
Don't forget the Flagler Show
coming up and The Ocala Show in
Nov.
Hope to see everyone soon. Staying home really sucks.
Gene
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SEPT 6
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Corvette Central
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Jack Dibling: 386-957-3622
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SEPT 7
Social Committee Meeting
San Diego Grill 11:30am
SEPT 8
PICC Men’s Luncheon 1pm
Tomoka Brewing Company
Ponce De Leon Light House
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Frank Linton: 386-212-1084
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2017 Corvette All New Just 4 U
For those of us “Plastic Fantastic” fans who
might not have been paying attention to model year
changes, the 2016 Corvette production run quietly
came to an end on June 23rd of this year and Chevrolet wasted no time pushing out the official 2017
models the very next day. The 2017 Z06 will be on
hiatus until September of this year and while you
can’t buy one until then, we have details for the big
kahuna ‘Vette as well. In the meantime, we were
browsing through Chevy’s sales material and found
some very interesting data on the finer details and
changes of the 2017 Base Model and Grand Sport
Corvette. For old school guys, the days of one
model and a couple of wheel choices are long gone.
In fact, the latest Corvette has so many options and
bespoke touches, it’s hard to keep track. Follow
along and we’ll short hand the updates and bring
you up to date on the most customizable, factory
Corvette ever offered. The big news is obviously
the availability of the Grand Sport model. Whether
you hoose coupe or convertible–we like the name
“roadster” better–the car is essentially a naturally
aspirated Z06 with the wide fender body kit, Z07
suspension and unique details and trim. If the addition of the Grand Sport wasn’t enough to push you
to the brink of orgasm, there are two special editions exclusive to the Grand Sport available to help
fluff you up. By checking the order box for the Heritage Package or Collector Edition–the latter available later in the year–you can add even more exclusivity to your GS if just having one isn’t enough
There are four new colors: Watkins Glen Gray,
Black Rose Metallic, Sterling Blue Metallic, and
Admiral Blue. Tick the box for the bitchin’ Satin
Black Hood Stinger Stripe and suddenly it’s 1967
again. Look closely at these cheat sheets and see
that you can really get down to a granular level
when ordering your Corvette. One can specify
steering wheel material, embroidered logos, and
paddle shifter stitching and headliners colors.
There Are Over Twenty Wheels Available.
We sometimes wonder if aftermarket wheel manufacturers are feeling the pinch from Chevrolet’s extensive catalog of available wheels options. There are black, chrome, painted, polished, and redline wheels available in almost any combination of the aforementioned finishes, and here’s the kicker, there’s not a turd in the bunch.
These factory wheels range from 18 to 19 inches in diameter and up to 12 inches wide. These are high performance wheels and when shod with high-end tires like Michelin Pilots, you could argue that a Chevy has created
quite a detour to funnel ‘Vette buyer’s extra money into General Motors pockets. We’re especially fond of the
Z06 and new Grand Sport wheels, but without blinking we could say we’d be happy with any of these wheels.
For all you guys and gals out there who are super particular about details–like us–there are six friggin’ wheel
centers available for your perusal as well.
Social Committee
Shiloh's Steak and Seafood
was the pick for our August gathering. And what a great pick it
was! Many are calling for a repeat visit.
SAVE THE DATE: The Christmas Party will be Saturday, December 17 at Venetian Bay Country Club. More details will follow. Please join us at our next
meeting, September 7, 11:30am,
San Diego Grill.
We have many upcoming
events and all are welcomed to
help plan them. We always welcome any suggestions for fun social activities.
We sure hope all of you will
attend!
Please
email
[email protected] and you will be
added to the list by Mary.
National Corvette Museum
3D Printing, REALLY
For those of you that have
participated in the Museum
Delivery Experience at the
NCM the R8C/ Reunion is
September 29th to October
1st.
Sharon and I are attending the NCM 22nd Anniversary Celebration in Bowling
Green, KY from August 31st
to September 3rd......
I will give you a full report
on the events in the next
newsletter, we are planning
on attending most of the
events and of course doing
some hot laps on the race
track, the Life Time dinner
on Thursday, the Ambassadors Lunch/meeting on Friday, as well as the Hall
Fame Dinner that evening......there will also be an
open meeting on Saturday
with NCM Board......a full
report next month.
NOV 2-5
The DSC Alumni and Friends
Homecoming will feature a series of
events to celebrate Falcon Pride throughout our community, including a Fall Festival and Barbecue, Lady Falcons home
basketball game, a student art exhibition
at the News-Journal Center, a soccer
clinic for youth, Alumni softball game,
Alumni baseball game, a Falcons home
basketball game, and introduction of the
men's and women's soccer team who'll
kick-off their inaugural season this
fall. Plus, a Holiday Bazaar presented by
the Daytona State College Chapter of the
Association of Florida Colleges and Car
Show. Throughout that week everyone is
encouraged to show their Falcon Pride
by wearing their DBJC, DBCC and DSC
apparel. Be sure to tag your photos and
share
on
social
media
with
#FalconsFlyingHigh.
Convertibles needed for the event: contact Bill Nelson if interested.
14 years ago, most businesses hadn't
even heard of 3D printing, let alone experimented with printing objects in material like plastic or metal. But one research institute was already laying the
foundation for building its own 3D printer for an altogether more complex material: human tissue.
Tissue and organs transplants have
been used in medicine for decades to help
patients whose own tissue has become
diseased or damaged -- skin grafts for
burns victims, for example, or using a
piece of patellar tendon to replace a ruptured ligament. Typically they come from
donors or are moved from a healthy part
of a patient's body to a damaged part, but
scientists from Wake Forest Institute for
Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have
developed a prototype printer that could
one day be used to print tissue sections
designed to fit a person's unique condition.
Initially, WFIRM researchers began
working on building human tissue from
cells by hand. First cells were removed
from patients through biopsies -- where
small samples of tissue are explanted to
help physicians with diagnoses -- then
cultured, to increase numbers. The cells
are put on a scaffold, placed into an incubator and, once the tissue has grown into
the desired construct, returned to a patient. It was a labour intensive process,
and one that yielded tissue that wasn't
strong enough to be used in human patients.
We started using the inkjet printer to
experiment, to see how we could make it
work... we could get the cells through the
hydrogel, but we couldn't get the precision in terms of where we laid the cells
down, and the structures didn't have the
structural integrity necessary to be implanted surgically. We started looking at
more sophisticated printing that we could
achieve, and we started doing that by
basically constructing our own printing
devices," Atala said.
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