September, 2010
The next club meeting:
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Golden Corral, Dothan.
Join us for dinner at 6:00 p.m.
ahh, Helen, Georgia. See below for the trip with the Emerald Coast Club.
August marked the final month for hot weather for this year, Yea!!!! And as expected, car shows and such are popping up as expected. In August we did manage to have one really nice event – the pool party at Seaby and Floy’s. We had about 35 folks in attendance to party down and have a good time. Also in August, 4 couples from the CCCC accompanied the Emerald Coast Corvette club on their annual trip to Helen GA – WOW, was it ever a GREAT time!! From the ‘spirited driving’ on the twisty north GA roads to the fantastic food, it was a good one. Thanks much to the Emerald Coast club for inviting us.
In September we have several events to plan for. On the 11th, the Capitol City Corvettes are having their annual Car Show at the Shoppes at EastChase in Montgomery. Then on the 18th, Jeff and Cindy are having a ‘Dance Party’ at their Dothan Conference Center – this one sounds like FUN!! Then on the 25th, we will try to have a dinner cruise after making some charity donation stops.
We do have a contract with the Marriott for next year’s Caravan. The dates will be 19-21 May 2011.
If you plan on going out of town for Labor Day, drive safe and watch out for “Earl” (the hurricane).
Bruce
Editor's notes: Bruce is famous !
and we received this next email on the 19th of August:
Hello,
I just wanted to say thanks for making your page with information on
Corvettes (
http://www.circlecitycorvettes.com/links.html ) ...it's been fun
reading through all of the information and pictures!
As a student teacher this year, I'm working on adding resources to my lesson
plans for American History & Culture. I like to cover subject matter
on "classic cars" ...the kids really seem to like learning about them.
I thought I would pass along another web page I've found about Corvettes.
It might be a good addition to your website.
The page is:
http://www.partsgeek.com/brands/the_ultimate_corvette_page.html
Once again, thanks for sharing such great information. It's been a big
help. Please let me know if you decide to include my suggestion!
Enjoy the rest of your summer,
Sarah [ Sarah Smith email address removed ]
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Is it important to change the brake fluid in your car once in a while – just ask the couple who lost their brakes while negotiating the twisty mountain roads in north GA. During the recent Helen GA trip with the Emerald Coast Corvette club, one of the Corvettes suffered brake failure due to boiling brake fluid. The car is a ’98 C5 and apparently has never had the fluid changed. As we were descending a fairly steep road they called out on the radios they had brake problems and couldn’t stop. Fortunately at the time we were all going fairly slow so by gearing down and using the emergency brake they got it stopped. After a few minutes of cooling, they regained brakes and were able to continue.
How can you tell if the brake fluid needs changing – color. Brake fluid starts out as a perfectly clear fluid, and as it undergoes heating and cooling it picks up moisture which turns the fluid darker. When it is black it is pretty well saturated and will then will boil at a significantly lower temperature then when fresh. All that is needed is some hard braking to heat the brakes. The fluid will boil and become a compressible gas and not be able to apply any pressure to the brake pads, and therefore be unable to provide any braking force.
How often should you change your fluid – well first of all its fairly difficult to replace 100% of the fluid in your brake system. This requires a pressure bleeder, a jack and jack stands or a lift, and a few pints of fluid. As an alterative, I recommend drawing out the fluid from the reservoir with a suction device such as a turkey baster and refilling it with a good Dot 3 or 4 fluid. Over a couple of weeks thru osmosis the fresh fluid will work its way into the entire brake system. This process must be repeated 2 or 3 times to get a majority of the fluid changed, waiting about a month between changes, and this is something anyone can do. I recommend changing the brake fluid at least every 5 years.
Bruce
| September: | |
| 11 | Annual Emerald Coast Car Show - for info call 850-796-0946 Ft. Walton Beach High School, 400 Hollywood Blvd. S.W. |
| 11 | Third Annual River Region Car and Truck Show at the Shops at East Chase, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. http://www.capitolcitycorvettes.com/upcomingevents.htm |
11 |
Cruise In by the Car Club of Ozark. 50's & 60's theme & costume. Live DJ |
| 18 |
1st Annual Classic 45 RPM Cruise-in hosted by the Strangers. Dance Night at Dothan Conference Center. 50's attire encouraged Special guest Wilbur Walton, Jr. Info at 334.983-8720. Food BBQ Shack, pre-dance instruction by Ron Devane. Cash bar. |
| 18 | The Pensacola Corvette “Vettes at the Beach” Corvette show. Click here the flyer. |
| 18 | River Junction Cruisers 7th Annual "Rolling on the River Cruise-in" 5 pm downtown Geneva, Alabama. |
| 25 | Chews and Cruise by Kelly Walker. Deliver charity checks enroute. Stby for further instructions. |
25 |
Aviation Expo at the Enterprise Airport. Car display included. War bird display and probably fly-bys. Airplane rides. |
| 25 | Ozark Car Show |
| 29 | thru Oct 2. Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta Click here for the Road Atlanta website. |
| October: | |
| 2 | Landmark Park Antique and Collector Car Show. US 431 between Dothan and Headland. See the 2010 Landmark Park Calendar |
| 7 | Weevil City Cruisers Cruise-in Downtown Enteprise. -Corvette Theme-. Activities start at 6 pm, 50/50 pot, music, and door prizes. |
| 9 | Corvettes Against Breast Cancer event at Atlanta Motor Speedway. See this shortened facebook link: http://bit.ly/9sjJrK Find a sign-up at www.gacorvettes.com/forum |
| 17 | Vettes at the Village of Baytowne Wharf, Sandestin Resort. Click here for more details. |
| 23 | Enterprise Boll Weevil Festival. Click for details. |
| 30 | The Great Pumpkin Fly-In Car Show at the Headland Airport Circle City Corvettes will host a car show during this event. |
| 30 | L A Cruisers' 10th Annual Opp Fest Car Show. Here's the '09 Flyer, it's about the same, only the dates have changed. |
| tbd | Columbia Manor Haunted House benefitting the Volunteer Fire and Rescue Departments. |
| On Saturday the 14th of August, four couples from our
club joined the Emerald Coast Corvette club for their annual trip to
Helen GA - what a BLAST it was! I attached a couple of photos. The
highlight of the event for me was the 'spirited driving' on the twisty
mountain roads, but the terrific food was a treat as well. The folks
from the Panama City club were so friendly and welcomed us into their
group with no reservations. They will do be doing a trip to Savannah GA
in November, and again have invited us to go along, maybe we can get a
few from the club to go along. |
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The Emerald Coast Club has invited us to accompany them to Savannah, Georgia in November ... Stand by for more info. |
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| If you missed the pool party on the
21st at Seaby and Floy's, you missed a good one. It seems that
whenever this club gets together for a social event, we ALWAYS have a
good time. Many thanks to Seaby and Floy for their hospitality and
setting up this party. Check out photos below. Our September meeting won't be until the 7th, and I will be going over lots of events that are upcoming. Hey, the weather is cooling off and its time to get out and do fun stuff outside again!! |
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Webmaster and Jerri traveled sans 'Vette to Bar Harbor for a few days. Our "usual" trip shortened by a few days to return for business. See pics on facebook before too long, I'll keep them public for a while.
Corvettes have been a part of our family for many years. I guess now that we have 4 means something, I don’t know, maybe just that I have always been an adrenaline junkie and a fast ride in a Vette is an instant cure. Also, maybe its because I have finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up – a race car driver!! So that’s why we made the latest purchase, a pristine ’02 Z06 from Stan Kennedy. A C5 Z06 with the addition of an oil cooler, some ‘race’ brake pads, and high temperature lubricants makes an excellent track car.
Back in December we bought a beautiful ’08 coupe from David Brown. This car is Jean’s primary driver and is our ‘trip’ car. As it has the LT3 package, adjustable magnetic shocks, Nav, both tops, and the dual mode exhaust, it makes an excellent travelling car. I was surprised at the power of the LS3 engine – this car is darn fast, and its still stock!! It performed great during the recent trip to Helen GA, and got an astounding 30 mpg on the trip up there.
Then there is the ’01 Convertible. This is a car I have always dreamed of
owing, lots of power (about 550hp), great looks with the custom body panels
and paint, and even practical enough to drive every day. This car was
modified by 20th Century Muscle Cars in Dallas TX. Since they are an
authorized Lingenfelter dealer/installer, the car was treated to a
Lingenfelter short block after the previous owner blew the original engine.
The Magnacharger makes about 7pounds of boost and a 220/226/.580 lift cam
helps the power output as well. The latest mod done last month was a twin
disk clutch and aluminum flywheel that made a surprising improvement in
acceleration due to the big reduction in rotating weight/drag.
The last one is the Vette we call ‘baby’. We purchased this ’01 coupe new and it now has over 133k miles on it so yes, we have driven the heck out of it. It has been an absolutely amazing car. It has had so many close encounters with other cars, motorcycles, and even a deer, I sometimes think the car is possessed - by an angel!! It car has probably made 100 trips down the drag strip, and even has a road course event under its belt. The only major component I have replaced on this car is the differential as the original one started whining. I scored a used rear end from a guy on corvette forum for $300 and did the swap myself and so saved myself a couple of thousand bucks.
Maintaining this fleet could be an issue, but fortunately I am able to do that including doing the computer tuning. When I was younger I made my living as a mechanic and since then have done it for fun so I have always had grease under my fingernails. I do offer custom computer tuning (power tuning) to club members as well as regular maintenance work since I have a lift. Having a lift in the garage is the best thing a ‘car guy’ can ever get - thanks Jean!
Corvettes Forever!!!
Bruce
We welcome our new members to the club!!!
| HAPPY September
BIRTHDAYS 3 Bill Jehle 6 Cindy Linden 9 John Taylor 19 Rick Early 22 Bridget Stroud 30 Gregg Prettyman
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and September
ANNIVERSARIES: 5 Kelly & Kathy Walker 8 Dick & Noreen Maccabe 11 Andrew & Charlotte Countryman 19 John & Nicole Holley |
My RV is a 07 Monaco Diplomat 2 slide outs for kitchen and bedroom and a full wall side on the opposite side that creates a hallway front to back. 40ft long with options NADA is $201,000 option list on the listing website. I have it listed on RVsearch.com for 159,900 wanting to get it to move as fast as possible so price is pretty firm. |
The only reason for selling is Stan was the driver and I'm a chicken!! Contact Karen Kennedy at nosouthernbelle (at) yahoo.com |
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