David Morgan, Mickie & Doc Hutchinson, Nancy Morgan

July The CA Review 2016

Yummy, yummy food photos by Lisa DeKalb

Next Meeting: 8:00 pm

Tuesday, Aug 2nd O'Charley’s Restaurant & Bar

2039 Crescent Centre Blvd  Tucker, GA 30084

2016 CLUB CALENDAR     Aug 16th  

 CA Board Meeting Aug 20th   CAMEO Sep 6th 

Club Picnic at Stone Mountain Sep 20th  

 CA Board Meeting    

The Fabulous Annual Morgan Lake Party ….Food, Friends, Fun, Food… 

Did I mention the food? ..Lots and lots of lovely, delicious food... David and Nancy Morgan have been hosting a CA summer party at their Lake Oconee home for neigh on two decades. According to David they’ve only missed one year – the year Nancy had knee surgery. I heard a lot of stories about how they used to all swim and lie in the sun all day. In 100° heat most of stay huddled in the house, near the food, except for a few manly men and courageous women who braved the porch.

In This Issue ……. Birthdays / Anniversaries / Web Sites 5 Calendar of Events 8 Competition Report 2 Corvette Restoration Advertisement 8 Editorial Reflections 3 Jim Ellis Chevrolet Advertisement. 9 Lake Party Pictures 6-7 Member Spotlight 5 Membership Report 2 NCM Report 8 President’s Notes 2 Sponsor Liaison 5 Stupid is as Stupid Does 4 Toys for Tots Cruise-in 7

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President’s NotesBy Dave Brownell

As many of you know, I keep four or five of my cars in a friend's mega-garage in Middle Georgia. Several times a year I swap an Atlanta car for one kept there.

The day of the Morgan's Lake Party, I drove a Range Rover (no longer needed unless the summer suddenly turned icy) down and swapped it for my 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette. The change from one to another really made one thing apparent on this trip: Corvettes possess great air conditioners.

When I swap my nearly three-decades-old black BMW 6 Series, the difference is even more telling. That BMW originally cost twice what a Corvette cost when they were new, but it would struggle to keep a ham sandwich cool on a hot southern highway.

Say what you may, GM can really engineer a great air conditioner, and when you put one capable of cooling a Suburban into a much smaller space like a Corvette, it just really feels good in the weather we have been having.

Then there's the hard to believe duo of too much power coupled with small car economy that no one but a fellow Corvette driver might believe. My newest Corvette gets roughly twice the MPG as the fifty year old one does and can out-perform it in every way except Looks Generated. Still, I love them all, and I'm sure that's almost universal among our club Corvettes.

As we enter the third month of days with temps above ninety, give some thanks with the thought that you know a Cool car can be cool.

I will think, with gratitude, meeting many of you at the Morgan's lake house and being cooled off by the time I was only a few hundred feet underway. Let's see how we remember these times next February. Corvettes also have great heaters.

Competition Report Don Parks, VP-Competition

June was a busy competition month for the Parks. We made ourannual trek to Indianapolis to run the Main Events, hosted byCorvette Indy. The location had changed to the old Indy airport: to a large area which worked well to set up a very challenging course. As usual, the competition was good, the food was great and fellowshipwas fantastic.

Later in the month, we ventured to Rantoul, IL to run at the oldChanute Air Force Base. In usual Midwest Region form, there was abig crowd running but the best part of the weekend was the eveninghangout at the hotel's pool house. The stories told and the friendships shared make this one of our favorite places to visit!

July 4th weekend found us back at Bowling Green, KY at the NCMMotorsports Park. These were Southeast Region events - and were run like the Memorial Day weekend events - Saturday and Sunday on the skidpad and Monday on the Track X portion of the big track.

The participation numbers were down to 40 from May, due toconflicting events in other regions. We had competitors from theCarolina, East, Indiana, Midwest and West Ohio Regions joining our folks from the Southeast. Think everyone enjoyed the Southernhospitality, especially the home-made ice cream party at the pool.

Later in July was the NCCC Convention in Omaha, NE. Betty will be writing a separate article about it for the August newsletter.

Upcoming events: Mark your calendar and join us in the fun whiledriving America's favorite sports car!! Some places we plan toattend. ..and would love to have company!

Upcoming Low Speed Autocrosses Aug 27-28 14 LSA Grissom AFB, Peru, IN Sept 3-5 21 LSA Pellissippi Comm College, Knoxville, TN Sep 17-18 12 LSA St. Charles, MO Sep 24-25 14 LSA Grissom AFB, Peru, IN

Membership ReportTom Wright, VP-Membership

The club has grown to 92 members in July with the addition ofBob & Sarah Rio. They live in Stone Mountain and own a 1990C-4 coupe that they drive! They had been "test-driving" theclub for a while, attending meeting and numerous activities.We must have made the grade since we got their applicationto join our family!!

Please join me in welcoming them into the club officially. 

Submitted by Betty Parks for Tom Wright

Going for a drive! Won’t you come along? Not a 'Vette? No thanks, I'll walk

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NCM Report Ed Clark, NCM Ambassador Corvette Events @ National Corvette Museum Sep 1 – Sep 3 all-day Anniversary Celebration Sep 29 – Oct 1 all-day R8C / Experience Reunion Nov 3 – Nov 5 all-day 2106 Vets ‘n Vettes presented by Mobil

2016 Corvette Atlanta, Inc Board of Directors

Elected Board Members President Dave Brownell president@corvetteatlanta.org

VP-Activities Amy Parker activities@corvetteatlanta.org

VP-Membership Tom Wright membership@corvetteatlanta.org

VP-Competition Don Parks competition@corvetteatlanta.org Secretary Sondra Wright secretary@corvetteatlanta.org

Treasurer Betty Parks treasurer@corvetteatlanta.org

Member-at-Large Lea Ann English member_at_large1@corvetteatlanta.org

Member-at-Large Anne Costolanski member_at_large2@corvetteatlanta.org

Appointed Board Members Governor Betty Parks governor@corvetteatlanta.org

NCM Ambassador Ed Clark ambassador@corvetteatlanta.org

Webmaster Mike Heaphy webmaster@corvetteatlanta.org

Editor Lisa DeKalb editor@corvetteatlanta.org

Parliamentarian Sondra Wright parliamentarian@corvetteatlanta.org

Sponsor Liaison Dan Nugent sponsorliaison@corvetteatlanta.org

Editorial ReflectionsLisa DeKalb, Editor

I hope I don’t come to regret this decision but I havevolunteered to take over the newsletter from Betty.

I’ll do things differently I’m sure but I have big shoes tofill. Please bear with me while I figure this whole thingout.

This July edition is a little short on substance but I hopeto make that up in August. Content for the newsletterdepends on timely submissions so please – VPs, Chairsand anyone with something to add – send your contentwithin five (5) days of our meetings.

Below are content deadlines for 2016:

Newsletter Month Content Due Date September Aug 6th October Sep 10th November Oct 8th December Nov 5th January 2017 Dec 10th

Your comments, submissions, suggestions, recommendations and such are always welcome!

You look at an old Corvette, and that's pretty special... You see a Ford Taurus, and you think,

when's the next one coming along?

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2016 Production Information By Ed Clark

The Corvette Assembly Plant has released the production information for the 2016 model year. There were 40,689 total models produced which made it a good year for our sports car. Of that total, about 65% were Stingrays and 35% were Z06s.

Interesting to me were the huge number of options available for a buyer and which ones were most frequently purchased. 19% of the total production was ordered as convertibles and this held true for both Stingrays and Z06s.

Performance, as would be expected, is important to buyers. The Z51 Performance Package was ordered on 48% of Stingrays and the (quite expensive) Z07 package ordered on 34% of the Z06 models.

Apparently buyers weren’t taking to heart the car magazine position that a third pedal is necessary to have a sports car. 71% of Z06 and 81% of Stingrays were ordered with automatic transmissions.

The NPP performance exhaust was well liked with 88% of all models opting for that. Also in high demand was the performance data recorder ordered in 68% of the production. Not in high demand were the competition sports seats with only 14% having them.

What will my Corvette look like? This is the other major decision point for most buyers. The most popular exterior colors were: white (21%), black (17%) and torch red (15%). The least popular were the two blue colors which together were less than 3%. Black was the most popular interior color and the seven black options made up 57% of the total.

The colors went down in order with red, Kalahari and gray making up the larger groups. Blue was next to last and holding up the bottom was Brownstone with only 236 produced.

Lots of red calipers were ordered making up about 55% of the production.

Black wheels were the most popular (47%). The chrome options were next and least produced were the gray and pearl nickel options.

What might be a rare car at our Jim Ellis showroom? A blue Z06 convertible with a brownstone interior, pearl nickel wheels, competition sports seats, spice red calipers and no performance data recorder? I doubt that Reggie has ordered that one though.

The 2017 option list is even longer than the 2016 list.

This will mean lots of decisions by people ordering their new Corvettes and some interesting combinations to review this time next year.

   

Worst Cars of All-Time? Stupid is as stupid does... There are plenty of lists of "the worst cars of all-time" floating around the Internet. But we want to zero in on what we think is a more egregious failure than simply turning out a bad car.

What separates bad (as in "worst") from dumbest? In our judgement, the "dumbest" cars to be foisted upon the pubic are those that leave the would-be customers saying "What were they thinking?" These are the cars, and trucks, that are largely the result of colossal management ineptitude, hubris, ego-maniacal incompetence and organizational inertia.

To see the cars and view the writers comments go to: http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/the-top-20-dumbest-cars-of-all-time/ss-BBtsXPO?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout#image=1

"The Yugo came with standard rear window defroster....to keep your hands warm when you were pushing it."

20.ChryslerPTCruiserConvertible 13.BricklinSV1 6.FordMustangII19.Mercedes‐BenzRClass 12.OriginalSmartFortwo 5.NissanMuranoCrossCabriolet18.ChevyVega 11.FullerDymaxion 4.CadillacCimarron17.RenaultDauphine 10.1990ChryslerImperial 3.1961Amphicar16.HummerH2 9.ChevySSR 2.PontiacAztek15.1913Scripps‐BoothBi‐Autogo 8.VolkswagenPhaeton 1.FordPinto14.1899HorseyHorseless 7.LincolnBlackwood

The most popular exterior colors were: white (21%), black (17%) and torch red (15%). The least popular exterior colors were the two blue colors, which together were less than 3%. Black was the most popular interior color. The seven black options made up 57% of the total.

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Jul & Aug Birthdays Martha Murphy 6-Jul Hermine Pasternack 6-Jul David Morgan 8-Jul Scott Baize 22-Jul Mathew Murphy 26-Jul Larry Vaitkus 29-Jul Liz Baxter 30-Jul Larry Narwold 31-Jul Frank Stringer 2-Aug Millard Davis 5-Aug Marilyn Mitchell 15-Aug David Brownell 18-Aug Mike Heaphy 31-Aug

Whoop it Up!

July Anniversaries Barbara & Ron Rotondi 5-Jul-75 41 Years Jack & Stephanie 6-Jul-90 26 years David & Judy Adcock 11-Jul-65 51 Years Paul & Janice Moriarity 27-Jul-97 19 Years Chris & Susan Gowin 28-Jul-01 15 Years

CONGRATULATIONS!!

I DON’T ALWAYS DRIVE MY

CORVETTE

BUT WHEN I DRIVE IT, I

DRIVE LIKE I’M WINNING

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT By Sondra Wright

This month it's Amy's turn to be in the spotlight. We all know her; she of the jewelry and crafts, pizzas and wine. She of the boisterous laugh that makes us all join in. She of the silly funny laugh that makes us all shed tears.

Amy is a proud second generation Atlanta native (we're a rapidly dwindling breed), living in the house her dad built the family in 1955. Amy bought it back from her mom in 2002. She even has the same phone number they had in 1953 when the first moved to the neighborhood. She attended Oak Grove Elementary School, Lakeside and Briarcliff High Schools and Georgia State.

Married to Mike Heaphy since 1985, Amy says her two offspring Megan and Kelly haven't given her grandchildren as yet, but that's good because neither has tied the knot. She does have a granddog, three grandkits, and two grand guinea pigs. She has three kitties of her own; however, granddog and other two kitties are on extended stay with grandma while their mom moves. Two of Amy's cats are ferals and one is a (still wild) former feral. They are all over 15 years old and she recently lost two who were her favorites - the siblings who turned into sweet lapcats.

And to make that household menagerie complete, there is Bubba the Catfish. Bubba is a humongous catfish that has taken over the aquarium - by eating everything else in it: except the rocks. She won't release him into the wild as he is a non-native species of catfish. Amy is looking to re-home Bubba. She says you can't overfeed him, can't starve him, and he's older than the 15 year-old cats. Won't some tender-hearted club member take Bubba? He's apparently a real low-maintenance pet!

Beyond Corvettes, Amy enjoys gardening, reading, crocheting, cross-stitching, and local politics. (Eeeek!) Amy's been doing pottery since college (she minored in Art Studio) and she got serious about it when she found a kiln gathering dust in one of the kids' schools. She took lessons at Callonwolde for years and did a lot of local festivals, selling her wares. She never did get her studio set up to her liking after they moved, and she got into making jewelry and selling that instead of clay (although from time-to-time she does make some new pots). She still sews some, saying she used to make all of her own clothes and even "took in sewing" in college to help make ends meet.

Amy has a 1969 Corvette, "The Black Beast." She said it was born before there were Cs, but thinks it might be a C3PO! She also has a 1007 BMW. She's been a member of Corvette Atlanta since 1978. I think that qualifies her as one of the grande dames.

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  I’m not entirely certain but I think I actuallyalmost captured a smile on Bob Zrolka’s face. Must

have been Nancy’s delish 7-layer Mexican dip he’s hovering over.

Bob and Cindy Mossey dropped by to meet up with old friends like Doc Hutchinson.   

All in all it was great fun and lovely day.  I can hardly wait for next year! 

 Rosie Todd and Donna Greer strike a pose.

Amy Parker, Mike Heaphy and Bandit enjoyed the food and the lake.  

  Barbara and Ron Rotondi chat with newish member Anne Costolanski

Yvonne and Corky Key share the day with us

 Carolyn and Dan Nugent hanging out in the kitchen with friends 

Debbie and Marvin Payne, lake residents themselves, pop in for a visit

2016 Lake Party

Good Friends!

Great Food!

Get that camera outta 

my face 

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 Club members Ann and Scott Baize, who also own a house on the lake, spent the day with son “Big Block” Harrison and girlfriend Ashely, and us!

Crock Pots full of Jim ‘n Nicks chicken and pork bar-b-que, brisket a la Nancy and lots of side dishes… Y’all don’t know what you missed.

Nancy takes a much needed rest in thechair. There was lots of competition for

that chair.

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    September 2016 1-3 NCM Anniversary Celebration, Bowling Green 3-5 21 LS Autocrosses, Pellissippi TN 4 Caffeine & Octane, Perimeter Mall, Atlanta 6 Club Picnic, Stone Mountain * 9-10 NCCC Meetings, St Louis, MO 10 Tucker Car Show, Tucker, 5pm-8pm 10 CCA Car Show, Olde Town Tavern, Lawrenceville 15-18 Mid-America’s Fun Fest, Effingham IL 17 6 LS Autocrosses, St Augustine, FL 20 CA Board Meeting, Home of Amy Parker 28-1Oct Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta October 2016 2 Caffeine & Octane, Perimeter Mall, Atlanta 4 CA General Meeting, O’Charley’s, Tucker* 7-9 Vette Fest, Pigeon Forge, TN

July 2016 3 Caffeine & Octane, Perimeter Mall, 7a-10a 9 Tucker Car Show, Tucker, 5pm-8pm 5 CA General Meeting, O’Charley’s, Tucker* 23 Morgan Lake Party* August 2016 2 CA General Meeting, O’Charley’s, Tucker* 6 Galaxy Diner Toys for Tots Car Show 7 Caffeine & Octane, Perimeter Mall, 7a-10a 13 Tucker Car Show, Tucker, 5pm-8pm 16 CA Board Meeting, Home of Amy Parker 25-28 Corvettes at Carlisle, PA 27 Class Glass Car Show, Miller’s Ale Hours 27-28 14 LS Autocross, Grissom AFB, Peru IN * denotes events that are sanctioned for Club points

Calendar of Events

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