[NoVa-Corvairs] Vair Fair pics

Fri May 20 17:05:43 EDT 2016

Hi Greg,

Happy to post the pics. Great day. My Corvair is all apart but I am working on it now. I just got the 21 pieces pictured back from the Powder Coater. Same shop that did Fred's suspension did mine. The sway bar is missing from the Before picture because it was found in the trunk and added last minute. I had printed out the picture and just drew in the bar before giving a copy to the Powder Coater. Notice anything in the pic that does Not belong in the Front?
Going to Franks Garage to press in the new bushings this Sunday.

Thanks.
Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Walthour via Novacc-list <novacc-list at corvair.org>
To: Northern Va Corvair Club <novacc-list at corvair.org>
Cc: 63redbrier <63redbrier at cox.net>
Sent: Wed, May 18, 2016 12:25 pm
Subject: Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] Valve Cover Races

Hi, Mark!  Thank you for taking and posting all the photos!  I saw you once, got distracted, and never saw you again!  Did you drive your Corvair?  I hope all is well...  Greg

---- Mark Holmlund via Novacc-list <novacc-list at corvair.org> wrote: 
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>  I have never seen a valve cover race. I just googled it and it does look like fun. What if the club had five or so made up just to Rent to anyone who wanted to register and rent one just for the race day? First come/registered gets first choice of Cover. A link to what it is and the Rules for a Valve Cover Race on the VairFair website for those who wanted to build their own would help too. Might help increase participation.
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> I like Darrin's idea for a movie and beer also! 
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> Here is a link to around 90 pictures of the VairFair I posted;
> Vair Fair Pictures
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> Frank said "I have yet to build one, but I have the parts" about the valve cover races.
> Darrin said "How about a movie night with an old car favorite....with beer..."
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darrin Hartzler via Novacc-list <novacc-list at corvair.org>
> To: Northern Va Corvair Club <novacc-list at corvair.org>
> Cc: Darrin Hartzler <dhartzler at ifc.org>
> Sent: Tue, May 17, 2016 2:55 pm
> Subject: Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] Trophies list
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> Frank said "I have yet to build one, but I have the parts" about the valve cover races.   That applies to many, many corvair assemblies in my home!
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> I had a great time but felt like a freeloader as I did not of the advance buying, hauling, stuffing of bags, stocking of beer, etc.  I can do a bit more heavy lifting next time and sounds like we will all need to do that as Ron may already be retired and lolling on the beach.
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> I agree that we should have hard luck and distance and maybe best of show.   Perhaps a driver category for cars that really are driven....that would break up the open/closed classes a bit and get more NoVa cars in the winners circle as Doug, Ron, Greg, Frank all drive their cars.  
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> I won a raffle prize that I did not put tickets in for, so maybe we need a bit tighter control on the raffle ticket boxes?
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> How about a movie night with an old car favorite....with beer...in place of the valve cover race?
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> Location and hotel still rock.  T-shirts were great, registration seemed flawless, good turnout.  Weather could have been much worse. 
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> Frank did a great job on the tech session, but maybe a hands on session or two, simple things like rebuilding a carb, explaining how the electrical system works (what does a regulator do and what are the options), new products (like Seth's HEI ignition), etc.  Of course, I did not suggest any of this before the event.
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> Hats off and kudos to the club for hosting a fun event. We followed Ron and Karen on the fun drive and had dinner together...was nice to have two cars driving together.  I like the informal approach, but maybe staging cars that want to caravan would be easy and more of an "event".
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> Does anyone know if Daniel got his car out of the lot?
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> Best,
> Darrin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Novacc-list [mailto:novacc-list-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Frank DuVal via Novacc-list
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 11:17 PM
> To: novacc-list at corvair.org
> Cc: Frank DuVal <corvairduval at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] Trophies list
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> Gail?
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> I've known the Whelans since it was Paul and his siblings, no wife. No 
> Gail I know of. Tina is the wife, Abbey is the daughter.
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> Maybe she was using another name to confuse the other participants!
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> More people should have run, as Helen was not there to take the trophy!
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> Historically I think the Tidewater club has the most participants in the 
> valve cover race. Since only one Tidewater member showed, that 
> eliminated a lot of people. Wade normally runs, but had family 
> obligations. I have yet to build one, but have the parts! Someone want 
> to host a valve cover racer building meeting? That is how Tidewater got 
> so many racers.
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> Frank DuVal
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> On 5/16/2016 3:28 PM, A. J. Paluska, Jr via Novacc-list wrote:
> > Valve cover winner was Gail Whelan. Runner-up was Rex Buel. Number of participants: 2, Whelan and Buel.
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> > I have a lengthy write up on this in my lessons learned. Second Greg's remark about the effort put into this event with only 2 participants. Two that pre registered did not race! We should set the race minimum fro 8-10 racers pre registered to preclude going to get the track. If the track custodian is attending, that may be a different story.
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> > A. J.
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