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NCRS NORTH CENTRAL CHAPTER Dave Murphy Editor 279 Lily Pond Lane Vadnais Heights, MN 55127 MAIL TO:

January—March 2011 EDITION

wide web! Links to these two new sites have been added to the home page on our website for your direct access. One final e-item. Until we can get the Chapter By-Laws posted on the internet, please contact me if you‟d like to receive a copy of them.

Big doings in the works………A transition is underway on the Chapter Board, filling the vacant ViceChairman position and bringing on a new Membership Director! Jim Fenske, who has headed up Membership for just about as long as I can remember, is our new Vice-Chairman. Jim is excited to move into a role where he has broad oversight and the ability to be more directly involved with Chapter and Board special interests. We‟re excited to welcome Jerome Lardy to the Chapter Board as the new Membership Director. Jim will work with Jerome to insure a seamless transition of responsibilities. Jerome brings a great deal of enthusiasm to the position and will provide a fresh perspective on all Board matters. Please join me in congratulating Jim and Jerome on these appointments and thanking them for stepping forward to help out, truly making a difference.

Then on to the fiscal side of things…..at the beginning of this year the Board approved a 2011 budget presented by your Treasurer, Steve McWhirter. In spite of the loss of sponsorship dollars and a reduction in membership, and with the help of a small increase in dues and some belt-tightening, the Chapter has budgeted a modest positive cash flow for the year. Please contact Steve or myself if you‟d like any Chapter financial information.

Have you seen our latest crusades into Cyberspace? The Chapter now has it‟s own facebook and flickr sites. Join in at the facebook site and follow Chapter news, notices on upcoming events and use the site as a communication tool to connect with other Chapter members. By the time you read this you should have already received an invitation from the facebook site to join. The flickr site is up and running strong. This is a website that features photos with a brief description of Chapter member‟s Corvettes. As I pen this in late March, we have 22 photos posted which is only 11% of our upload capacity. We have plenty of room for a photo of your car. Check out our flickr site at www.flickr.com/ photos/ncrs_north_central_chapter. To get your Corvette photo posted to the site, send me an electronic photo in a file along with a breif description of your Corvette to neilson340@aol.com or you can mail it to me on a CD, DVD or flash drive too. That‟s all you need to do to get your Corvette on the world

OK then, what‟s coming up? Don‟t miss our Casual Night Out on Saturday April 9th at Ol‟ Mexico Restaurant in Roseville. This has historically been the number 1, top attended Casual Night Out location EVER!! And for good reason. Plan to be there -OR BE SQUARE And then there‟s the Midwest Regional in Joplin, MO on April 28 - 30. What a fantastic way to kick off the 2011 on-the-road events. This is going to be an all-out, over-the-top Regional Meet attracting many of the best Corvettes around! Join the many North Central Chapter members that are planning to attend.

June 4th is the Chapter Spring Fun Run. Plans are to meet at Noerenberg Gardens on Lake Minnetonka at 10 AM to start a day of back road driving and good time fun. We‟ll road tour to visit a couple of classic car dealers and, of course, make sure we have adequate stops for requisite food and libations along the way. Details to follow…..

It‟s not too far ahead to plan for a trip to the 2011 Nationals in Novi, Michigan this July 17 - 22. Mark Ogren is putting together a road trip to Novi that will be second to none. Contact Mark for details.

And then, our own Chapter Judging Meet is August 20th. Once again this year, the meet will be sponsored by Kennedy Transmission, Brake and Auto Service. The “We can fix that” guys. We‟ll meet at 2225 Daniels St. in Long Lake from 8 to 2. This is your day to donate to the Chapter by participating as a Judge, Observer Judge or Tabulator.

Finally, We‟ll be hosting the 2012 Midwest Regional in Rochester in June, 2012. We need everyone‟s help in hosting a successful Regional Meet. Please contact me or any other Board Member if you are available to help out in any way. Thank you!

North Central Chapter Meet Registration Form DATE:

Saturday, August 20, 2011

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

8:00 a.m. Check In, 8:45 a.m. Owners & Judges Meeting 9:00 a.m. ‑ 2:00 p.m. Flight Judging

LOCATION: Kennedy Franchising (Chapter Sponsor), 2225 Daniels St, Long Lake, MN 55356 Questions - please call Dale Crosby at 651-430-1154.

NAME _____________________________________ SPOUSE/GUEST____________________________ ADDRESS ______________________________________________________________________________ CITY ________________________________________STATE _________ZIP CODE ________________ EMAIL _____________________________________________PHONE # ___________________________ NCRS#_______________JUDGING LEVEL_____________

If you’re planning on coming to the Meet to JUDGE, OBSERVE or have your car JUDGED please fill out and return this form by: July 25, 2011.

REGISTRATION: Due to time & judges available, we will only be able to Flight Judge a limited number of registrations received. (Therefore, send your registrations in immediately for Flight Judging.)

Flight Judging ‑ $50.00 $_________________ Sportsman ‑ $25.00 $_________________ Total (make check payable to North Central Chapter NCRS) $_________________ Car to be Flight Judged: Year _________Model _____________Serial No.____________________________ Sportsman Display Car: Year _________Model _____________Serial No.____________________________ I will help judge in class (indicate 1st, 2nd & 3rd choice): (Must register, but NO fees required) C1________ C2________C3 _________ C4________ I would prefer to judge (indicate 1st, 2nd & 3 rd choice): Exterior __________ Interior ___________Mechanical_____________ Chassis _______________ Yes, I would like to tabulate – No experience necessary (name)_____________________________________ HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT I agree to insure my vehicle(s) and property against loss, damage and liability and to provide proof of such insurance to NCRS. I agree to assume the risk of any and all damages or injury and indemnify and hold harmless NCRS, it's officers, directors, agents, employees and chapters for any acts or omissions which may result in the theft, damage or destruction of my property or injury to me or others occurring during or as a consequence of the above activity, wherever located.

SIGNATURE_________________________________________________DATE_____________________ AUTO INSURED WITH__________________________POLICY NO.______________EXP. DATE_____ COMPLETE VEHICLE SERIAL NO.________________________________COLOR_________________ To expedite processing please include a copy of proof of insurance and ownership. (Copy of title.)

Your proof of insurance and ownership MUST be available for judges during flight judging.

2011 NORTH CENTRAL CHAPTER BOARD

Jim Neilson– President Jim Fenske—Vice Preseident Val Crosby– Secretary

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Board Meeting, Dave Murphy hosting Chapter Meeting & Tech Session, site TBA

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Board Meeting, Dale Crosby hosting Cooking of Chapter Chili at Bill & Stephanie Kohl‟s Twin Cities Corvette Clubs Chili Challenge at Jimmy‟s Meeting Center, Co. Rd. E & I 35 E – White Bear Lake Chapter Judging School, site TBA

Steve McWhirter- Treasurer

Mark Ogren– Asst Judging Chair

Board meeting, Steve McWhirter hosting Annual Winter Dinner & Silent Auction Chapter Meeting & Tech Session, TBA Florida Winter Regional, Kissimmee (Orlando), Florida

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Deadline for Crossed Flags articles – forward to Dave Murphy Board Meeting, Bill Kohl hosting Casual Night Out Chapter Meeting & Tech Session, site TBA Joplin, MO Regional Meet

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Board Meeting, Jim Neilson hosting Wildwood, NJ Regional Chapter Meeting & Tech Session, TBA

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Board Meeting Bob Lund hosting Spring Fun Run London, Ontario Regional Judging School

Jerome Lardy - Membership Dale Crosby- Judging

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Bob Lund– Technical Director Dave Murphy- Editor

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Deadline for Crossed Flags articles – forward to Dave Murphy Board Meeting, Jim Fenske hosting Chapter Meeting & Tech Session, TBA North Central Road Tour to National National Convention – Novi, MI Board Meeting Mark Ogren, hosting Chapter Judging Meet at Steve Hendrickson‟s warehouse – Long Lake

Deadline for Crossed Flags articles – forward to Dave Murphy

Membership Update

By Jim Fenske, Membership Chairman Since our last published newsletter, Bill Braun has joined our chapter.

Bill is our newly elected regional representative and as such, he is the conduit to bring issues or concerns to the national organization. On a personal basis, Bill lives in McHenry, Illinois and has a couple of 1963 Corvettes. I‟m sure Bill will represent our chapter well. Welcome to the North Central Chapter!

Notice Always looking for Articles for the Newsletter. Please send to the Editor. We will have a Special Category for “An Amazing Find.”

Amazing Find will be defined by the submitter.

North Central Chapter Board Meeting Minutes February 3, 2011 Members present: Jim Neilson, Mark Ogren, Steve McWhirter, Don Goldsbury, Dave Murphy, and Dale & Val Crosby.

Members absent: Bob Lund, Jim Fenske, Bill Kohl, Meeting held at the Brooklyn Center Library.

Jim called the meeting to order at 7:03.

Minutes of the January meeting were approved as written.

Jim reminded us that Jerome Lardy will be replacing Jim Fenske as Membership Director. He has talked to Jim and Jerome and is proposing that Jim move into

the Vice President position now and work with Jerome on the Membership Director. Board members present were in agreement with this.

Treasurer‟s Report – Steve presented the 2011 budget. A motion was made, seconded and passed to have Steve purchase CD‟s for a total of $8,000. If members would like to see the budget or have questions, they can email Steve.

At the April meeting, we will discuss the amount and recipient of our charitable contribution.

Judging – Dale indicated that the next judging school will be on March 19th at our house and will be a continuation of the December session, using the new CD on mid-year parts. That will be followed by a show „n‟ tell time. Dale would like to apply for a Regional for 2014, as this is the only method we have to make money for the Chapter. We will be having a 2012 Regional meeting soon.

Website – Jim reported that Bill has talked to Bernice and some updates have been made. Some of the others have been put off due to the cost.

Jim proposed that we set up a link to FlickR where he has pictures of NCRS events posted.

Newsletter – Dave has published the 1st quarter newsletter. Great job Dave!

Membership - We‟re at 79 paid members. Jim expects that a few more will renew yet.

Tech – The February 19th tech session will be at Steve McWhirter‟s.

Tim Cossett has offered his place for future tech ses(Continued on page 7)

Official Sponsor of NCRS North Central Chapter Judging Meet

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sions.

Activities – Don informed us that Don O‟Grady will take over the Winter Social again. It will be January 7, 2012 at the same site.

Jim Neilson will host a Fun Run on June 4th, and he has a full day planned! On March 12th we‟ll be making River Rat Chili at Bill & Stephanie Kohl‟s for the March 13th Chili Challenge. The more the merrier to help make that chili and the Challenge is a fun event with the local Corvette clubs.

Mark is planning the road tour to the National, which will be in Novi, Michigan in July. He‟s been in touch with other Chapters that we may connect with. He‟ll get a letter out soon.

Old Business – Don reminded us that Bob Lund will take over the embroidery.

New Business – Mark Ogren has hit the 200 judging level and will receive his goodies at the Novi National.

There are new NCRS rules on conflict of interest. We will get details for publishing.

Jim let us know that there are library rooms available for our meetings, if members prefer that to their home.

To reserve a room go www.hclib.org. Dale suggested again that we have a general membership meeting at least once a quarter.

Jim will send correspondence to the members to request pictures and information for FlickR. He will also set up a Facebook account.

Bill will continue to head up the Chapter Award program. It is imperative that sign-up sheets be filled out at every Chapter event, including name, NCRS #, and whether or not you drove your Corvette.

Jim has sent the Annual Chapter Report to Bill Braun.

We need to do an inventory of the Chapter tools and videos.

Meeting adjourned at 8:55.

Next meeting at Crosby‟s on March 3rd.

North Central Chapter Board Meeting Minutes March 3, 2011 Members present: Mark Ogren, Steve McWhirter, Bob Lund, Bill Kohl, and Dale & Val Crosby.

Members absent: Jim Fenske, Jim Neilson, Dave Murphy, and Jerome Lardy Meeting held at the Crosby‟s.

Dale called the meeting to order at 7:25.

Minutes of the February meeting were approved as written.

Treasurer‟s Report – Steve presented the February budget. He will be purchasing the CD‟s soon.

Judging – Dale indicated that the next judging school will be on March 19th at our house and will be a continuation of the December session, using the new CD on mid-year parts. That will be followed by a show „n‟ tell time. We had our first 2012 Regional meeting and are off to a good start with people stepping up to fill positions.

Website – Bill has made some updates, including the 2011 calendar.

Membership – after dropping the last non-renewals, we‟re at 79.

Tech – The February 19th tech session at Steve McWhirter‟s was a great one.

Bob has ideas for some upcoming sessions, which he will finalize and send emails to inform the members.

Activities – Our next activity is the Chili Challenge. We‟ll make the chili at Bill & Stephanie Kohl‟s on Saturday, March 12th and the Challenge will be at Jimmy‟s on Sunday the 13th.

On Saturday, April 9th we‟ll have our Casual Night Out. The Joplin Regional Meet is April 28 – 30. Several members will be attending and Ron Hendrickson has planned their route and itinerary if anyone is interested in joining.

Jim Neilson will host a Fun Run on June 4th, and he has a full day planned! Mark is planning the road tour to the National, which will be in Novi, Michigan in July.

So far there are six cars. He‟ll get a letter out soon.

Old Business – Rules on Conflict of Interest - we will get details for publishing.

Respectfully submitted, Meeting adjourned at 8:28.

Val Crosby Respectfully submitted, Val Crosby

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We are pleased to report that the chapter continues to maintain a solid balance in our checking account. We have adequate reserves to fund all our planned events.

With annual dues now coming in, we are looking good for 2011.

FOLLOW UP ON THE NOVEMBER, 2010 TECH SESSION At our November, 2010 tech session we discussed in detail paint and bodywork techniques using a 1967 big block coupe as our review specimen. You will recall that the car‟s fiberglass panels had several large, deep scars and numerous smaller scratches, pits, dings, etc. Especially around the gas cap and driver side panel above the rear tire.

That day we saw the car after it‟s first gel coat application. Here is the same car photographed on January 10, 2011 as it sits ready to leave the shop and go home. A second coat of gel coat was applied after the first coat was sanded. Then sanded again and then sprayed in base coat clear coat, sanded, buffed, etc………you know the routine. Check out how nice this car turned out. No signs of those earlier problems are detected. And see how crisp the lines are. The styling line running down the center of the car is every bit as strong as it was originally, in spite of two coats of gel coat build up. Thanks goes out to Tim Cossette and his crew at Long Lake Collision who performed the work.

Bob Lund and the World of Distributors Feb Tech Session.

So, How is your Timing?

So, Steve quite a turn out!

Always Starts in the Kitchen. Welcome to the Crosbyâ€&#x;s.

Get your Seats, the Training Movie is Ready to Start!

Is that a Packard Radio Spark Plug Wire?

Dale keeps everyone glued to the screen.

Guess Who Won!!!!

2011 Chili Challenge Well the Classic Corvettes 2011 Chili Challenge is over and from the comments I received it was the best yet!!

This year we had approximately 135 registered people attending from Classic Corvettes of Minnesota; Corvettes of Minnesota, Suburban Corvette Club of Minnesota, NCRS, Minnesota Renegades, Crow River Corvettes, VetteAction.com and FOM. This year‟s winners are: Best Spicy Chili: 1. Bob Svacina (CCOM); 2. (Tie) Tim Monahan (CRCC) and Phil & Dee Brunt(SCCM) Best Mystery Chili: 1. Emmajean Anderson (CCOM) 2.

Bob Tshida (CRCC) 3. Brian & Ilene McConnell (CCOM) Best Overall Chili: 1.NCRS River Rats 2. Bob Svacina (CCOM) 3. Minnesota Renegades Many, many thanks to Suburban Corvettes, Classic Corvettes, Corvettes of Minnesota, National Corvette Restorers Society (NCRS-Local Chapter) and the Minnesota Renegades for their monetary contributions to the door prizes.

Many thanks to our friends and sponsors who contributed prizes: Boos Performance-John Boos; Wild Threads-Suzanne McWilliams; TPIS- Jim Hall; Doug Rippie Motorsports-Doug Rippie; Kiss‟s Auto BodyCary; VetteAction.com; Corvette Specialties-Mike; Motorbooks-Susan Koski; ShepVette.com and Jan and Shawn Hanna. Nearly everyone in attendance won at least one prize. 175 prizes were given away. Outstanding! Corvette Specialties (Mike) was awarded our Vendor of the Year Award. (Toot Your Own Horn!)

Congratulations!

Many thanks to Jimmy‟s for providing us with a banquet room, tables and outlets to plug in our crock pots.

And let‟s not forget that cash bar to help us cool down from some hot chili. Jimmy‟s wait staff was, again, friendly, helpful and professional. Thank you Mary and the Crew at Jimmy‟s, you are awesome.

A huge thanks to Dave Nelson, Patty Larson and Susan Koski for their smiling faces and happy efforts in selling raffle tickets. Thank you to Linda Franke and Vern DeHoop for hook ups, attendee registration and

happy efforts in selling raffle tickets. Thank you to Linda Franke and Vern DeHoop for hook ups, attendee registration and vote tallies. Linda Franke and Alvera Zenizek for set up/tear down and organizing the tasting table. Great work and very nice presentation guys! A special thanks to Glen Franke & Brian Zenizek for their efforts in electrical set up and hook ups. Thanks to Wade Barisoff & Brian Zenizek for the prize set up, Candy DeHoop, Scott Hegstrom, Jack Strait, Susan Koski, Vern DeHoop for help with set up. Dave Nelson for help with registration and Patty Larson for help with accounting. Dave Fossum and Glenn Franke both took some great human interest photos and Sheree Fossum helped with the tasting cup set up. Also some great help from Jack Strait & Candy DeHoop as attendee organizers and greeters. Sure is nice to see a smiling face when you come into this event. Great job guys!

We had some teriffic prizes this year and thanks to Wade Barisoff for his purchasing judgment and efforts.

Wade also did an awesome job with the emcee and prize presentation. Big Fun!! Wade, your good humor and constant smooth vibe really helped the event this year. We appreciate you! And finally, thanks to my wonderful wife Janet Hanna for all her decorating ideas, prize and award presentation, her constant organization and whipping me into shape. Jan this year you amazed us all!

This year we fed 135 people 21 different chili‟s, gave away over 175 door prizes, awarded 3 embroidered aprons, a Chili Challenge trophy and 9 cash prizes all in 3 hours. Wow! Superb job to all who helped this event continue its history of FUN!!!

Thanks to everyone who attended, we hope you had fun and look forward to seeing you all next year for the 2012 Chili Challenge.

Sincerely, Shawn Hanna, Chairman

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1969 Corvette Roadster Vin #194679S728236, L79 350/350hp, 4 speed, 3.70 positraction, Daytona Yellow, black vinyl Interior, black soft top, black vinyl hard top, power steering, power brakes, recent body off restoration, complete photo album of restoration process, complete set of paperwork with car, Call Mike 612 - 865-1464 or e-mail mike@kindstrom-schmoll.com. Member #36541.

FOR SALE 1971 Corvette Convertible LT-1; Bridgehampton Blue, Saddle Leather interior; Black top. M-21; Tilt/Tele; Complete owner history; Original factory& dealer order forms, P-O-P and Owners manual. 2004 NCRS Duntov Award. Vin: 194671S102959. $63,500. Pictures available. Call: 651-484-6306.

1).A set of reproduction tires with 5/8 inch whitewalls for a 67 2) A pair of front bumper cores for a C2.

Contact Randy Renfandt @ rrenfandt@min.midco.net , 701-838-7268.

For Sale: 1969 Hardtop, red on red, condition 8 out of 10, $900.00, Mark Swanson 715-425-2832.

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If you would like to list items for sale, send me an email with pictures and I will put it in the next edition of the newsletter. djmurphy10@q.com