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Oct. 5-7 Good Guys Texas Motor Speedway Ft. Worth, TX 20th Lone Star Nationals. Fri. & Sat. 8am to 5pm, Sun. 8am to 3pmFor all vehicles 1972 and older. Pre-registration closes 9/21/12. Registration opens Thurs. 10am to 6pm at the DFW Marriott. Admission General: $18, Kids (7-12): $6, 6 and Under: Free.

*Oct. 7 State Fair of Texas Club Display Dallas, TX We still have room for a few cars--they don’t have to be show cars. Someone will be in the car corral all day, so you can roam the fair and then hang out with the other club members and talk to people who are interested in our cars. Caravans leaving at 7:15 am: Plano-Collin Creek Shopping Center NE side below TGIFriday. Lewisville-I-35 at Fox Ave. shopping center on the NW quadrant (old Black-Eyed Pea). We will regroup at 8:30 am at the McDonald’s near Gate 6 at the Texas State Fair to enter together (get passes from Jerry Echols). Club furnishes bagels & coffee in Corral B&C. If you have any questions before you sign up, do not hesitate to contact Jerry Echols 214-435-3753 or JerryHE2006@aol.com. Your car must stay until 6 pm.Oct. 11-13 NCRS Lone Star Regional Meet Frisco, TX Embassy Suites Convention Center, 7600 John Q. Hammons Drive, Frisco, TX For info: www.ncrstexas.org. Flight Judging is held inside the convention center, so come enjoy looking over all the Corvettes Fri. 9-4, Sat. 9-3. All other events require registration.

*Oct. 13 Legends Club Meeting 11:00 AM BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery, 4901 Belt Line Rd, Dallas, (972) 392-4600 East of AddisonRd and West of Dallas Tollway.

Oct. 13 OU-TX Football Game State Fair of TexasOct. 17-21 Lone Star Loop Road Trip Weatherford-Galveston, TX Info: www.lonestarloop.com or contact Jerry Echols 214-435-3753

Oct. 18-20 Chickasha Swap Meet Chickasha, OK LARGEST MEET IN OKLAHOMA, 405-224-4700, adjacent to Grady Co. Fair Grounds, chickashaautoswapmeet.com, Parking $4

*Oct. 20 Dinner Cruise Cotton Gin Restaurant Crandall, TX 1500 E US Highway 175, Crandall, TX (972) 427-3883 See details page 10

*Oct. 21 Legends Brunch 9:30 AM Mimi’s Cafe, 2486 S. Stemmons (I-35E), Lewisville, TX

*Oct. 26 Pre-Show Activities Sulphur Springs, TX at Roger Elliott’s hanger at the Sulphur Springs airport (north of town on Hwy 19) Friday night starting at 5pm and lasting several hours. Stew and soft drinks compliments of the Sulphur Springs Corvette Club. Street dance on the square later Friday night. Registration table available for late arrivals at Hampton Inn, 1202 Mockingbird Ln, 903-439-4646. See page 6 for details

*Oct. 27 Solid Axle Corvette Club Meeting 9:00 AM ORGANIzATIONAL MEETING, Downtown Sulphur Springs at Alliance Bank, next to the Corvette Show venue. See details on page 6.

*Oct. 27 Corvette Show See page 6 for details Sulphur Springs, TX*Nov. 10 Legends Club Meeting 11:00 AM Outback Steakhouse,1509 N. Central Expressway, Plano (West side of US 75 between 15th & 16th St.)

*Nov. 16-18 Leake Collector Car Auction Dallas, TX Dallas Market Hall, Fri. 12pm, Sat. & Sun. 10am Info: http://www.leakecar.com

*Nov. 18 Legends Brunch 9:30 AMNov. 16-18 DFW Collector Car Swap Meet New Location Grand Prairie Sat. 8 am-5 pm & Sun. 8 am-2 pm at Lone Star Park, (I-30 & Beltline Rd.) Free admis-sion. Info: Dean Earhart at 254-751-7958, deanearhart@aol.com or www.deanearhart.com

*Dec. 1 Lewisville Christmas Parade *Dec. 7 Legends Club Meeting 11:00 AM Corvette World, 1801 N. I-35 E, Carrollton, TX, 972-242-7665. Lunch provided.Directions: Southbound I-35E exit Beltline. U-turn under I-35 and take the northbound service road 1/2 mi. Northbound I-35E exit Beltline. Continue on northbound service road 1 mi.

----------2013--------*Jan. 12 After-Holiday Party 6 PM Happy Hour, 7 PM Dinner Tribute Golf Club, 1000 Lebanon Rd., The Colony, TX 75056-6520, (972) 370-5465

*Feb. 15-17 Autorama Dallas Market Hall Dallas, TX

Organizational Meeting Texoma Chapter of the

Solid Axle Corvette ClubOctober 27 at the Corvette Show in Sulphur Springs

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OFFICERSPresident:............................................Tom Atchison ........................ tfatchison@aol.com .................................................. (214) 215-1948VP of Operations ................................Sam Deneault ....................... sldeneault@verizon.net ......................................... (972) 530-8017VP of Special Events: ..........................Jerry Echols .......................... jerryhe2006@aol.com ............................................. (972) 924-2591Secretary: ............................................Linda Deneault ..................... ldeneault@elarnoldandassociates.com .................... (972) 530-8017Treasurer: ............................................Roger Berry ............................................................................................................. (972) 386-6224

DIRECTORSDirector of Communications: ...............John Zachary ........................ jzac13tx@verizon.net ...............................................(214) 707-2265Weekend Wrench Coordinator: ...........Sam Deneault ....................... sldeneault@verizon.net ............................................(972) 530-8017Membership Coordinator: ...................Tom Lainson ......................... redvette@ix.netcom.com ..........................................(214) 862-3555Newsletter Coordinator ........................Diane Preston ....................... VetteLegends65@earthlink.net .................................(972) 691-4968

Legends Ledger Newsletter: Published monthly. Send submissions to VetteLegends65@earthlink.net Submission deadline is the 20th of the month.

Membership Information:Coordinated by Tom Lainson (see above)

$25 for an Individual membership or$35 for a Couples membership

Dues are paid annually at a meeting or mailed to:Club Mailing Address:Corvette Legends of Texas

P.O. Box 260316Plano, TX 75026-0316

Club Web Site:Coordinated by John Zachary (see above)

http://www.vettelegends.comSend submissions to John at: jzac13tx@verizon.net

Meeting Speakers:Coordinated by Scott Buzzell

If you have a recommendation for a guest speaker to address the club at one of our meetings, please contact Scott at

(214) 641-5590 or westone@sbcglobal.net

Corvette Legends of Texas NewsletterNow available in color

Download it every month from the web site: http://www.vettelegends.com/index.html

October Meeting 11 am, Saturday, Oct. 13

BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery4901 Belt Line Rd, Dallas

(972) 392-4600 East of Addison Road and West of Dallas Parkway

Wet Western Days Even though the Lewisville Western Days Car Show endured a steady downpour all day Sept. 29, Legends took the Club Participation Award.

Thanks to Tom Lainson and Joel Joseph for bringing their Vettes and joining me. We have a lot of Members’ Name Tags that haven’t been picked up. Tom Lainson brings them to all the meetings. They each have a magnet on the back and Tom’s getting so many that he’s having a hard time walking past any car except a Corvette. Carl Johanson engraves new members’ names on them and Don Clark manufactured the blanks for us. Here’s a list of tags we have. Please pick yours up at one of the meetings.Spencer, John & LoudeeneBrowning, EarlMartinson, Tom & SherrieSkobbeko, John & RitaMorgan, Rob & SusanLankford, Greg & AmyDeleranko, David & CherylStrange, JoeRatcliff, BrianVillamil, MichaelRendon, ShirleyMariani, JohnMcIntire, PaulCuster, Martin See you at the Meeting Tom

Bierman, CraigJezeweski, DorisShaded, DonThomas, LeeBasilone, JohnYork, Craig & NicoleGotses, Greg & TannaChristakos Dan & NancyHarling, Michael & LynnCantrell, JohnHerrick, Rick & VirginiaCantrell, JohnGrams Chris

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Sam Deneault, Bob & Sherry Demmell and Linda Deneault

CORVETTE LEGENDS OF TEXASGENERAL MEETING

Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 11:00 A.M.Spring Creek BBQ, Richardson, Texas

The meeting was called to order by Tom Atchison, President at 12:15 p.m. 50/50 to Bob Demmel. Lady Legends to Esther Towles. Congratulations!! Scott Buzzell introduced William Callahan, owner and operator of Jack Junkies in Plano. His company provides full service bays with lifts for those people who want to work on their cars but do not have the means to do it. He rents by the hour, day, etc. Weekend Wrench is scheduled for September 22 at Dan Jacob’s house to pull the body off his 1972 Corvette. Jack Hays reminded members of his church-sponsored car show on Saturday, September 15th from 1-5 pm in the Colony. Upcoming MeetingsOctober 13 BJ’s Brewery, Addison, TXNovember 10 Outback Steakhouse, Plano, TXDecember 8 Corvette World, Carrollton, TX Meeting adjourned at 12:50 p.m. followed by the raffle.

Minutes submitted by Linda Deneault, Secretary.

Speaker William Callahan of Jack Junkies in Plano.

Rude Dog’s C-2 Coupe

Visitor, John Cramer’s 75 Maroon Convertible and Mark Brennan’s 59.

Ted Boyer’s 1961 Fawn Beige Roadster with lots of other Corvettes at the meeting at Spring Creek BBQ in Richardson

Visitor Allen Falk’s 66 Red Convertible driven to the meeting by last month’s speaker, Rick Nicholson of Corvette Specialists of Carrollton.

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10-03 J.C. Cherry10-04 Clair Schwendemen10-05 Carole Arakelian10-07 Ted Boyer10-08 Cheryl Deleranko10-09 Don Pinson10-10 Tanna Gotses10-11 Mary Jeanne Entrekin10-14 Daniel Muzquiz10-17 Lynda Mullins

10-18 Mack Rogers10-20 Mary Davis10-22 Rita Skobbeko10-26 Fred Hager10-27 Jan Pautler10-27 Lisa Boyer10-27 Rick Dietel10-28 Susan Elliot10-30 Sam Deneault10-31 Michael Nelson

Birthdays for October

Lee & Chauncy Wesner Keller - 1971 steel grey

New

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Thomas (Buddy) Cundieff-Garland 1991 White Conv & 1993 Ruby Red Cpe

LEGENDSClub Shirts & Hatsat Embroidery King!

972-317-1686We carry Corvette Legends merchandise for you to wear

to your next club meeting or just to show your love for the car.

***Orders placed before the 25th of every month will be available for pickup at the following month’s meeting.***

Price includes Corvette Legends embroidered logo on upper left chest.Add your first name to upper right chest for $5.00 extra.

If there are any questions about an item, call Embroidery King at (972) 318-3434, Address: 1297 FM 407 Suite 302A, Lewisville, TX 75077

(This is a new vendor at a new location!)

Men’s Shirts -Cotton Short Sleeve Polo-Long or Short Sleeve Oxford-Long or Short Sleeve Twill-Long Sleeve Heavy Denim-Long or Short Sleeve Lightweight Denim

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Hats -5-panel, mesh back, plastic snap closure-6-panel, self- fabric closure

Club Shirts & Hats

Solid Axle Gang

We have identified 21 Solid Axle Corvettes among those owned by our 105 members/ couples. Tom Lainson has

designed a special club shirt to identify these car owners. It features the owner’s car in the appropriate color and body style on the left and the Legends club emblem, “Solid Axle Gang” and member’s name on the right.

Tom will have a sample at the next meeting. Shirt can be ordered in White, Red or Black

with your car embroidered from Corvette Central at 1-800-345-3122 $6718

(including tax & shipping) #101740 thru 101991 (varies with color & car year)

Right side embroidery is done at Embroidery King(972) 318-3434, Address: 1297 FM 407 Suite 302A, Lewisville, TX 75077

$2106 (including tax)For more info:

Tom Lainson, RedVette@IX.netcom.com or 214-348-8396

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Sulphur Springs Corvette ShowDowntown Sulphur Springs, TX Registration: 7-11am Judging: 11am-2 pm Awards: 3pmConducted by the Sulphur Springs Corvette Club in conjunction with the annual Heritage Square Car Show. Held on the parking lots of the City National and Alliance Banks - adjacent to the downtown square near the Hopkins County Court House. The CORVETTE SHOW will use “participant judging” for selecting 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards inSeven Corvette classes: Generation classes – C-1s through C-6s“Performance Class” for “Z” vettes (Z06, ZR-1, ZR1), Calloways and Lingenfelters. Corvettes bearing these designations must enter “Performance Class” regardless of generation. A “Best of Show” award will be selected from all Corvettes entered and a “Club Participation Award”

A PARTICIPANT GRAND PRIZE DRAWING for a RICHARD PETTY DRIVING EXPERIENCE at the Texas Motor Speedway

The Sulphur Springs Corvette Club’s website is www.ssvetteclub.com. For additional information contact:David Johnson – ddj@dishmail.net Danny Durham – home-903-885-6870, cell-903-335-4391Roy McCasland-903-439-8435

by Tom Lainson The Sulphur Springs Corvette Club has their annual “Heritage Square down-town” event in conjunction with the Heritage Square Classic Car/Truck/Rod show on Saturday, October 27th, from 9-2pm with awards at 3pm. Parking, by class, will open Saturday at 7am. Parking space is at a premium so register as soon as possible and please let Tom Lainson know whether or not you will be there. Sulphur Springs Corvette Club web site is http://www.ssvetteclub.com/

Friday Night Activities There will be a pre-show get together this year for all show participants in Roger Elliott’s hanger at the airport (North of I-30 on Hwy. 19) on Friday night starting at 5pm and lasting several hours. They will be serving the results of a stew cook off and soft drinks, all compliments of the Sulphur Springs Corvette Club. There is also a street dance on the square later Friday night. The Hampton Inn, 1202 Mockingbird Ln, 903-439-4646 is the host hotel and will have a registration table available for late arrivals

and Solid Axle Club Organizational Meeting Also, if you have a C1, we will use this venue to get together and set up the charter member Solid Axle Corvette Club chapter formation event for North Texas and Oklahoma. Our chapter will meet during the show on Saturday morn-ing at 9am in the Alliance Bank adjacent to the show area. We will be finished by 11am so you may take part in the participant judging. This meeting will set the chapter name and elect a president, vice president and secretary/treasurer, as well as a web site and newsletter person. Please let me know if you can serve in any of these capacities. Chapter and national (if you are not already a national mem-ber) dues will be collected at the meeting. Chapter dues are $20, national is $35 and you will need to know your VIN # for national. Even if you don’t want to enter the car show or bring your C1, but do wish to join SACC, please plan to attend the Satur-day 9-11am meeting, as we will need as many of the charter mem-bers as possible attending in order to set up the chapter. If you know of anyone with a solid axle or who wants to be involved with the early cars, bring them along. You do not have to have a C1 to join SACC. The Central Region SACC representative, Dr. Jack “Doc” Holla-da, will be there to kick it off and the national SACC president, Max Brockhouse, is tentatively scheduled to attend, weather permitting. If you have any questions about the Solid Axle Club or the meeting to form the local chapter, please call me. Tom Lainson 214-348-8396 redvette@ix.netcom.com

Sulphur Springs Corvette ShowFriday Night & Saturday, October 26-27th

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Registration Saturday, October 27, 2012 Judging Ends --11:00 am Downtown Sulphur Springs, Texas 11:00-2:00 pm

Awards – 3:00 pm The CORVETTE SHOW is organized and conducted by the Sulphur Springs Corvette Club in conjunction with the annual Heritage Square Car Show. It is held on the parking lots of the City National and Alliance Banks - adjacent to the downtown square near the Hopkins County Court House. The CORVETTE SHOW will use “participant judging” for selecting 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards in seven Corvette classes: Generation classes – C-1s through C-6s, and a “Performance Class” for “Z” vettes (Z06, ZR-1, ZR1), Calloways and Lingenfelters. Corvettes bearing these designations must enter “Performance Class” regardless of generation. A “Best of Show” award will be selected from all Corvettes entered and a “Club Participation Award” will be presented to the Corvette Club entering the most Corvettes. A PARTICIPANT GRAND PRIZE DRAWING will be the final event of the show. The GRAND PRIZE will be a RICHARD PETTY DRIVING EXPERIENCE at the Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth. “Your hands will be on the steering wheel, your foot will be on the gas pedal, and you will be in the seat for laps around the speedway in a 600-horsepower NASCAR-style stock car!” Participants in the CORVETTE SHOW will have access to: Corvette parking by classes Classic Car/Truck /Rod Show Door Prize Drawings Restaurants/Stores 50/50 Pot Restroom Accommodations @ Court House A Special Show Cap Welcome bag/info and gifts (first 65 entries) Participant Grand Prize Drawing The Sulphur Springs Corvette Club’s website is www.ssvetteclub.com. Pictures of the 2011 show are posted. For additional information contact: David Johnson – ddj@dishmail.net Danny Durham – home – 903-885-6870 Roy McCasland-903-439-8435 cell-903-335-4391 REGISTRATION FORM Entry Fee $25 (Make checks payable to the Sulphur Springs Corvette Club) Mail to: Sulphur Springs Corvette Club, P.O. Box 2009, Sulphur Springs, Tx. 75483 Name ____________________________________Year ___________Class ________________ Model___________Color ________________ Address _______________________________________________________________________ Phone # ___________________Club Affiliation ______________________________________ E-mail address _________________________________________________________________ Thanks for your interest in participating in the Corvette Show at Heritage Square. By your signature below, you acknowledge that you will not hold any sponsor, the Sulphur Springs Corvette Club, the Heritage Square Car Show, the Downtown Business Alliance, City National Bank, Alliance Bank, their officers, board of directors, or any employers/members responsible for any personal injury or physical damage to any vehicle or personal property while participating in this event. ______________________________________ ________________________________ Signature Date

Sulphur Springs

Corvette Show

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Story by Jack “Rude Dog” Hays Photos by Jack Hays & Linda Deneault

Saturday, September 15 was scheduled for rain but instead was overcast most of the day and in the low eighties. A perfect day for our second annual church car show sched-uled to run from 1-5. The bounce house was in place, the food was being prepared, Mustang Sally the promoter was setting up and all I needed now was cars! Between noon and 1pm the Corvette Legends of Texas made me proud as Sam & Linda Denault, Jerry Echols, and Ken Dobbs with their C2’s arrived followed closely by Joel Joseph and his C3. Even Steve Daniels made an appearance! It was great to have the club support again this year. I was happy as cars kept rolling in. Last year we only had about 19 cars but accepted it as a first year situation and hoped the show would grow each year. By 2pm we had 44 cars in the parking lot and 39 reg-istered. And, 13 of these 39 were Corvettes!!! Many hot dogs, chili dogs, and Frito pies were consumed throughout the day, but I had to tell Joel that the odds were against him in the 50/50 raffle, since he won it last year! Again this year the Corvette Legends won the club participation trophy and every Corvette Legends member in attendance won a trophy for their car too!

Ken Dobbs, Sam Deneault, Joel Joseph, Jack Hays & Jerry Echols

Legends Members Out and About “Rude Dog’s” Car Show

I also won for the 1973 Honda CB350 I restored a couple of years ago. I want to thank Sam, Linda, Jerry, Ken, and Joel for coming out again this year and supporting Christ Community Church. Next year’s car show is already scheduled for Saturday, September 14 and hopefully we will be up to sixty cars or more and get the Corvette Legends support once more. And no, Joel didn’t win the 50/50 this year. The pot was $142.00 and the winner received $71.00. It was won by one of our church members. I felt both bad and good about this as I didn’t want it to go to any of us but it did. And the guy who won it was laid off by HP three months ago and is still looking for an IT job so that was a blessing to him.

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by Neal Bellamy

This is the second in a series of articles dis-cussing Corvette maintenance and upkeep. Although this is focused on Corvettes, it is also applicable to the family car.

CAVEAT -- I probably replace things sooner than needed but I’d rather perform preventa-tive maintenance at my convenience rather than experience a failure. This information is gleaned from read-ing recommended service procedures, listening to “experts,” and my personal experience. If something doesn’t make sense to you, then follow the factory and/or your trusted mechanic’s recom-mendations. Also, I list the brand of products that I prefer, but that does not mean others are not just as good or better.

Regular Upkeep Consumer Report’s September 2012 edition has an article entitled “Make Your Car Last 200,000 Miles.” The number one recommendation is to follow a regular mainte-nance schedule. They also recommend a common sense approach of getting into the habit of lifting the hood to look, listen and smell for anything unusual. Do that both with the engine off and with it running. Oil Changes are the most important maintenance item for engine life using either the Corvette’s DIC “oil life percentage remaining” or a mileage schedule. You should consider following the “severe use” schedule (basically half the normal interval) if you regularly drive in stop and go city traffic, drive in extreme hot or cold weather, or make lots of short trips. I’ve found that following the C5 Corvette’s DIC percent-age remaining would have you changing oil at about 6,000 miles (my driving style). I’m not comfortable with that so I change at 4,000 or so – sooner if I’m going on a trip, later if no trips are planned. Always use the recommended oil viscosity (5-W30) and a brand that meets the GM speci-fication 4718M (for Corvettes) or GM 6094M (for non-

performance GM products). http://ls1tuningguide.com/files/freefiles/gm_approved_engine_oils.pdf If your car is not driven often or less than the scheduled distance per year, then change the oil at least annually. Always use a new oil filter, either GM or a quality brand such as WIX/NAPA Gold (available at O’Reilly and NAPA). Fuel Injectors are another important item for engine performance. In your Corvette, these eight devices send a precisely measured amount of fuel into the cylinders at just the correct time to give a good blend of power and econo-my. At a steady 70mph, each injector will allow fuel to pass for only a fraction of a second about 250 times per minute, so having clean injectors is a must. Today’s gasoline is a blend of many ingredients, including ethanol. Depending on the brand you use, the fuel may not have sufficient clean-ing agents to keep your fuel injectors performing properly. Not every brand of gasoline meets the auto industry’s standards for Top Tier rating. http://www.toptiergas.com/retailers.html If you do not always use one of these brands, then a good quality fuel injector cleaner additive should be used at every oil change at least. I prefer GumOut All-in-One http://www.gumout.com/ourProducts/all-In-OneFSC.asp and Sea Foam http://www.seafoamsales.com/prod-ucts.html brands, both available at O’Reillys and WalMart. Air Filter replacement in your Corvette is another must item. For normal driving, GM recommends inspecting it every 15,000 miles and replacing if necessary. If it is obvi-ously dirty and full of debris, change it. For driving in dusty conditions, GM recommends replacing at every oil change. You get what you pay for in air filters. I prefer WIX/NAPA Gold, available at O’Reilly and NAPA. Fuel Filter Depending on the year of your Corvette, there may or may not be a replaceable fuel filter. All Cor-vettes built since sometime in 2003 do not have a replace-able filter, but rather have one built into the gas tank. Wiper blades are another item to look at periodically. Blades will generally age out rather than wear out, meaning they will get hard with exposure to sun and age, and do not

work very well when it does finally rain. I recently learned that the wiper blade industry has found a new way to make money. They no longer offer the replacement rubber inserts that slide into your existing metal holders. Rather, they sell the entire holder/blade as a unit, and they sell three different types: winter; summer; and multi-seasonal. Again, you get what you pay for. I buy from Rock Auto and get a great selection (including AC Delco GM) at a good price, but you do have to order before you must have them. http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php O’Reilly is a good lo-cal source for quality products.

Next month, maintenance needed due to age.

Maintaining Your Corvette

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Meet Our Members

Joe & Kathryn Maulsby Rowlett, Texas

Members since November 2011

In 1989, I decided I wanted to purchase a 1955-1957 T-Bird; until I saw a C1 Corvette one day and that changed my mind. I started searching classified ads in Dallas and looking in Hemmings; even enlisted the assistance of my mom who lives in Oklahoma. She searched the Tulsa World each day. One morning I received a call from my mom and she had seen an ad for a 1960 model for sale in Tulsa. She was quick to inform me that I did not need a Corvette (I was 33 and single at the time). I drove to Tulsa to look at the car during Thanksgiving 1989. It was Ermine White, silver coves and reportedly had a 327 (it has the original 283 with Powerglide). I had to go through a broker and never met the sell-ers. I asked the broker why it was being sold and he said that the sellers recently purchased a pecan farm and they needed a pecan tree shaker more than they needed the Corvette. After completing the purchase, I returned to Dallas. My brother volunteered to fly to Tulsa (he works for American Airlines) and drive the car back in the middle of December. It was very cold the day my brother arrived to pick up the car. The broker told him that the heater did not work. It was a cold, drafty ride back to Dallas, but my brother was happy to drive it. I owned the car for 23 years and never knew that it started life with a power top. At the Lone Star Classic this year, Gary Chesnut looked through the gap in the trunk cardboard divider and saw a three inch hole in the bulkhead. He told me that was indicative of cars with power tops. I assumed all C1s had the large holes. At that point, I should have forgotten about it, but the more I thought about it, the more I had to have a power top.

I found a complete power top unit, paid a lot of money for something I knew would not work, and installed it. Many hundreds of dollars later, it works. Prior to the power top, the car had three options, a heater, Powerglide tranny, and wind-shield washers. My wife Kathryn has only asked me twice in 20 years of marriage, if I was about finished spending money on it. Both times, I replied, I think so. We enjoy taking the car to Kellers on cool evenings and enter-ing it in occasional show and shine events.

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Call Ted at 918-996-7258 or Fred at 972-538-7126

for Special Club Member Prices on New and Pre-Owned Vehicles.

Our inventory changes daily, and we will work to get the

vehicle you desire!