CAPE FEAR CORVETTES. SEPTEMBER 2013 CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT Tony Caracciolo VICE PRESIDENT Richard Fox TREASURER Greg Stanley SECRETARY Peter Ziehl CAR SHOW CHAIRMAN Gordon Boyd WEBSITE/WEBMASTER John Talatinian NEWSLETTER Peter Ziehl 910-371-2375 [email protected] [email protected] 203-376-5391 [email protected] [email protected] 203-376-5391 [email protected] MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN Jim Martin NCM Ambassador Facebook Administrators Don Paulson John Talatinian, Gordon Boyd, Ken Bomhan, Publicity Chairman NEXT CLUB MEETING: October 8th 2013 6:30 p.m. Jeff Gorden Chevrolet In the Used Car showroom South College Road, Wilmington NC MEETING MINUTES September 10th 2013 Call to Order: Tony Caracciolo called the meeting to order at 6:32pm and welcomed 51 members and guests. All 2013 officers were present. Minutes: The August meeting minutes as printed in the newsletter and as posted on the website were approved without any additions or corrections. Financial Report: The August CFC financial status was reported by Greg Stanley. The club is on sound financial ground and the 50/50 charity fund raffle is doing well. We have a record number of pre-registrations (39) for the upcoming corvette show Membership status: As of August 31st we have 91 members: 81 Full, 10 Associate. National Corvette Museum: Don spoke about his trip to Corvettes at Carlisle as well as some stops at Bourbon Distilleries and there was some sort of Corvette/Bourbon mishap along the way to the anniversary celebration at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green. Don has raffle tickets for a 2014 coupe so if you’re interested see him for a ticket. The complete report with details can be found in the newsletter. John Fort and Don spoke about the NCM Motorsports Park and the possibility of the club coming together to purchase one acre in support of the Park. It was decided the officers would meet with John and Don to develop a plan to take to the membership at the next meeting for the members to review and vote on. If you have any interest in supporting the Motorsports Park with a financial donation please let one of the officers know of your interest. Events Past and Future We had six members attend Corvettes at Carlisle and Tony had his first taste of Corvettes at Carlisle. Cars & Coffee as well as our Judging training and cook out was this past Saturday and we had a very large turnout, someone said we had over 30 corvettes show up plus Peter’s 5 and thanks to Dave Theisen in the next garage with his 4 corvettes made for over 40 corvettes to see in one place and it was quite a sight. A nice meal was enjoyed with salads and desserts provided by the members and the car show judges all hopefully learned some new information to assist them at the show on Saturday. We have our corvette show this Sunday with a meet and greet Saturday night at Carrabba’s at 5:00 and an after party on Sunday at the Fox and Hound after we finish cleaning up. The Myrtle Beach Corvette multi-club luncheon has been rescheduled for 11:30am Saturday, October 26 at the brand new banquet room at the Brick Landing Golf Course in Ocean Isle Beach. Additional details will be provided at the next CFC meeting. CFC Corvette Show: Gordon requested the members that volunteered to assist with parking and registration to arrive at Gordon Chevrolet by 7:00am as member workers will be arriving starting at 7:00 and will need direction to park and assistance to register there cars. All other member volunteers are requested to arrive between 7:00 and 7:30 am and to come into Gordon Chevrolet by way of the back gate located on Van Campen Blvd opposite the Holiday Inn If you have walkie talkies please bring them. We have been getting lots of good publicity about the show and will get more as Ellen will be on the radio 3 time Friday morning (8:10 99.9, 8:20 107.5 , and 8:45 104.5) it was in the Encore paper that came out today as well as on the Jeff Gordon Chevrolet website. The food bank people also spent a great deal of time placing information about the show and a large number of local events calendars. PLEASE bring canned food or non-perishable food to the car show to support the local food bank. Last year our donation to AARP the local food bank was able to provide 22,000 meals. The National Corvette Museum store will also be in attendance again this year. Saturday Meet and Greet: There will also be a meet and greet Saturday night (9/14) at 5:00 on the porch at Carrabba’s Italian Grill for the people traveling to the show from out of town and we need a good group of CFC members to also attend. CFC Social After the Show After the show there will be a social at the Fox and Hound Grill in Mayfair for anyone interested in attending. They will reserve tables in the pool room area and provide free appetizers. Members are requested to wear a white club logo shirt and there name tag for the car show so we can be recognized by the attendees as member of Cape Fear Corvettes Up Coming CFC Events Road Rally: Jim Rizzuti spoke about the road rally that will be on November 9th. This would be a time/speed event. The course would be about 120 miles starting at Wal-Mart in Leland taking about three hours with a check point along the way finishing at the Fishy Fishy Café (fishyfishycafe.com in Southport. Cost will be $10 per car and you will need a navigator to assist with the directions there will be space for 30 cars to participate in this event. Special Ops Museum: Richard Fox spoke about plans for a trip to the Special Ops Museum in Fayetteville in October. one question put to the membership was did we also want to include a stop at East Coast Classic Car dealership and there did not seem to be interest in including that so Richard will make plans to just attend the museum and the eat at a place called Cheddars not far from the museum. Classic Car Auction: there will be a Classic Car Auction in Greensboro on November 7-9 and for placing a flyer for it in our newsletter the club will get 20 free tickets to attend the auction anyone interested in a ticket see Tony. Club Logo Clothing: Club logo apparel is available from Best Uniform Inc., 2716 Exchange Dr., Wilmington (910-7916050) and from Queensboro Shirts, 1400 Marstellar St. Wilmington (910-251-1251) Reminders: Send a photo of you and your spouse (if you have one) in front of your Corvette to Webmaster John Talatanian at [email protected]. so he may post it on our website. This will allow both new and old members to know what you look like and what your corvette looks like. Next Membership meeting: 6:30PM on October 8th, at Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Used Car building. The meeting was adjourned at 7:50PM. Afterwards a group of members cruised to Outback Steak House for a social gathering and meal. PREENT’S MESSAGE OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS 5 9 12 14 26 26 28 Dave Lorenz Carol Fort Jim Rizzuti Ed Murray Jim Martin Joan Miller Tim Ward I will work on getting a list of everyone’s birthday and updating this with names as quickly as I can. Please e-mail Jim Martin ([email protected]) the day and month of you’re and your spouse/ significant other birthdays I will be looking for items to populate the newsletter with so any corvette or major personal news you want to share with the members please e-mail me. Also any information you have about upcoming events please forward for the events calendar. And please if you go to a corvette event take some pictures and write a short note about it and send them to me Thank you Peter CALENDAR OF EVENTS SEPTEMBER Fri Sat. Sat. Sat. Tues Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. October Fri- Sun Sat. Sat-Sun Tues 6 7 7 7 10 14 15 21 21 21 28 28 Fri Sat. 11 12 Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. 12 19 19 19 19 Vette Fest Gatlinburg TN Cars & Coffee Riverfest Classic Car display Downtown Wilmington Cape Fear Corvettes Monthly Meeting Making Strides Breast Cancer Car Show Blue Marlin Rest. Southport 5-8 Ol' Lightnin Rods Antique Car Show Lisbon Street Clinton Port City Rumble Downtown Wilmington Custom, Hot Rod & Bike show Airborne & Special Ops Museum Tour Fayetteville Muscle Car Show Marine Chevrolet Jacksonville Open Car Show & Craft Fair Bridgeway Church Beaufort, NC Cars under the Starz 2 2 7-9 9 12 16 North Carolina Pecan Harvest Festival Car Show Whiteville Cars & Coffee Classic Car Auction Greensboro NC CFC road Rally Cape Fear Corvettes Monthly Meeting Toys for Tots Car Show Marina Chevy Jacksonville NOVEMBER Sat. Sat. Thurs- Sat Sat. Tues Sat. 4-6 5 5-6 8 Cruisin Classic Cars Chick Fil A on Oleander 5 to 9 pm CFC Member's Judging Class & Show with Cook-out Pig Cook Off and Car, Truck & Bike Show Sanders park Swansboro Cars & Coffee BMW on New Center Rd Lunch after at Carrabba's Cape Fear Corvettes Monthly Meeting CFC Pre-Show Cruise-In Meet & Greet Carabba's Italian grill 5:00 CFC Annual Corvette Show at Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Nabor Dodge All Car Show Shallotte Sun Coast Cruisers Cruise In Smithfield BBQ 17th Street 6:00-8:30 pm Step Up For Soldiers Car Truck & Bike Show Jacksonville Port City Mopars Battleship Park Car & Truck Show Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Run, Rally Car & Bike Show Jacksonville Items Highlighted in Yellow are Cape Fear Corvette sponsored events See Flyers for details on these events Services and Classified Section Need work on your Corvette AUTO TECH They have vast experience on C3/C4 vettes 3616 Carolina Beach Rd. Wilmington, NC 28412 ph.: (910) 392-8620 fax: (910) 392-0534 1998 CORVETTE FOR SALE It is a 1998 convertible. Black with light oak leather interior. It has HRE wheels with red brake caliper covers. Standard 6 speed transmission. The steering column lock issue with this model has been repaired. It has a new battery, and a single CD player. Paint and leather are in excellent condition. Mileage, only 12,500 miles. I have the build sheet and window sticker. Asking $25,900. Call Bruce at 910-515-6272 if you’re interested. If you have a service you want listed here or want to sell something send an email to [email protected] to be included in this section