pacific coast corvette club july 2010 newsletter

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July 2010
P.O. Box 14 Coos Bay OR. 97420

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Officer & Board Members 2010
Inside Stor y Hea dlin e
CLUB OFFICERS
Dick Bentley –President
Frank Murray –Vice President
Bob Lovioe –Secretary
Karen Kime /Treasure
WEB MASTER Justin Macduff—Contacts Doug Kime 541-267-4787
Frank Murray,541-551-0147 and Pete Devereaux 541-297-8399
NEWS EDITOR’s
Doug Kime 541-267-4687 E-mail kime1@aol.com
SUNSHINE GIRL
Pat Nielsen 541-267-2572
Jubilee Chairman Ed Nielsen
541-297-1362 Co-Chair Doug
Kime
541-297-5982
BOARD MEMBERS
Dave O Donnell
Bob Lovoie
Darrell King
Pete Devereaux
Bud Freeman
Larry Kelley

3. Corvette notes FROM OUR FRIENDS
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Hello Everyone…
Wish you all could have been along on our trip to Lake Tahoe we had a ball. On Thursday we left at 8:00 am from Bunker Hill School and
headed south to Myrtle Point and had breakfast. From there we drove to Mt. Shasta and had lunch which was interesting Bud noticed some ho-
bos beside the cars and he had his top down so the guys moved the cars in front of the restaurant. No damage to the cars at least. From there we
moved on down the road to Williams and stayed at Grazella’s. The motel has been remodeled and it was terrific. We ate again at the restraunt in
Next morning we left for Lake Tahoe on the way we stopped and shopped at Placerville. Nice stopping place since we would get into Tahoe at
11:30 or so. Again on the road we arrived at the Montbleu Casino and checked in. Everything was terrific we even had a jacuzzi in the rooms,
Oh! What fun. Of course we gambled and won and lost as expected.
They had about 100 cars and they all were shined and polished and dusted and all the things us guys and gals do to our cars before judging. Of
course I helped this time. They had vendors that sold lots of different stuff so we got to shop also. Ed was a little disappointed because there
were 6 other 50th anniversary models and he was sure that he stood no chance to earn a prize.
We went on the poker run which seemed very short this year and not very scenic but, we saw places we hadn’t seen before which is why they
have poker runs. Back to the Casino and of course to a little gambling and of course resting.
The banquet had very good speakers both gentlemen had raced cars and told us just what they went thru to get sponsors and training to get on the
circuit. There was a video playing of last years cars and winners and of some of the goings on of this year. This was very nice. The awards were
finally handed out and Boy was Ed surprised he took a third in his class out of a field of 30. Pretty good huh!
Since both the Freeman’s and the Nielsen’s had to be home on Monday we left Lake Tahoe behind and drove home. Had a great time and enjoy-
able company. You can’t ask for better.
Ed and Pat, Bud and Gail
Pat, hide all the corvette catalogs,Ed’s shopping —-1st place below

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Passing of one of our Members and friend
Randy Hays April 12, 1943—-May 19, 2010
Randy will be missed by all

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JULY
16-17 CORVETTES ON THE BAY SIGN UP NOW AND REMEMBER TO PUT
TOGETHER A BASKET FOR THE RAFFLE
Bid Items :Nights Lodging and Dinner for 2 @ The Mill Casino
Nights lodging And Breakfast for Three Rivers Casino
Rifle
Many Baskets to win
We will have for the Ladies, Pink Papaya rep.
100% pure essential oils; body & bath, made with luxurious scents and botanical extracts; and skincare, fusing sci-
ence with nature. also a Jewelry Person, and a masseuse, to get those kinks out
AUGUST
2ND THIRD ANNUAL -KING ESTATES WINE TOUR AND LUNCH LV PONY
VILLAGE 9:30
14 15 COWBOY DINNER TREE SIGN UP NOW AND CHOOSE 1 Whole Roasted
Chicken OR 26- OZ STEAK $23.50 per person

6. Rhody Parade Florence
two from Pacific Coast Corvettes ( Pres Dick
Bentley and yours truly ,plus three from Ore-
gon Coasts corvettes , Neal and company
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Chain saw carving contest ,and Corvette Show Reedsport
1st place Jerry Weston Great C-6 carving
2nd place Doug Kime Nights lodging at Salbasgeon Inn on the Umpqua
river and $25 gift cert. to Napa
3rd place Bill Trentz $25 gift cert. to
Napa
New Baby for Frank & Kathe Murray
2006 Le Mans Blue

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1. What was the first year the Corvette was officially exported by Chevrolet to Saudi Arabia?
2. What year was the first for an official trailer towing package for the Corvette?
3. Three times Chevrolet set up a paint color/code and only painted 1 Corvette that color all
year. When were these three cars produced?
4. What unique feature would you experience if you actually drove the Corvette from the
movie "Corvette Summer?"
5. Another feature from 1962 came back on the c-5 corvette rather than the C-6 Corvette. What
is it?
I've got a few questions about Corvettes just for giggles.
1 How many 1983 Corvettes were built (I know none for the public, but there were some
built)?
2 How many 1983 Corvettes are known to survive and where are they?
3 How many 1962 (I think) Corvettes were painted in Cadillac Amherst Pink (I may have the
color off, but its a metallic pink Cadillac color)?
4 How many are known to survive and their known locations?
5 What engine powered Zora Arkus Duntov's personal Corvette
6 What year did Corvette first go to test in Germany?
7 What are/were the assembly plants for Corvette's throughout the years?
8 What year did Chevrolet build the 1,000,000th Corvette?
9 Where is that 1,000,000th Corvette currently located?
Answers on page 9

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July Birthdays
July 2010
Craig Thurmond 2 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Debra Heide 3 1 2 3
Bud Freeman 5
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Pete Devereaux 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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Linda Bentley 25
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Rebecca Delia 30
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
August birthdays
August 2010
Lew Ball 3 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Jack Granby 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Dennis Anderson
12
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Spence Heide 19
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Jerry Hearing 24
29 30 31
It’s not to late to sign up for the July Jubilee ,we have 26 cars signed up and 8 of those are MEM-
BERS,
I would really hate to see the Club turn out such a poor showing
This is your club !! HELP MAKE IT A GREAT CLUB!!

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Answers for fun. May.
1. 1974, to appease OPEC.
2. 1982, as Roger Smith considered a way to get more people to buy the Corvette, without - you know - giving people
what they WANT.
3. One in 1955, one in 1967, and one in 2003.
4. It massages your balls as you rev the engine. Wait, I think I know this one... It was a right hand drive model.
5. Horsepower. I'd say split rear window, but I've never seen a C5 with one of those.
Ok here are some answers to my favorite car.
1. The number of Corvettes produced in 1983 are said to be between 43-47.
2. Only one survives at of course the Corvette Museum.
3. The pink corvette is a 1964 model.
4. Just one exists and was said to be owned by the wife of a Chevy Executive.
5. 1974 Sting Ray
6. I am not sure but the first corvette tested in Germany was the C-5R in 1999-2000.
7. St. Louis 1953-1981, Bowling Green 1981-till date.
8. One millionth corvette was produced on 2nd June 1992. A white convertible with black top.
9. It is located in the National Corvette Museum