CORVETTE GAZETTE
November 1, 2008
The next club meeting:
No regular November meeting; see you at the Club's 30th birthday, TGI-Friday's, Nov. 1st, 1 pm.
National Corvette Museum
Tech Tips
New Members
Events approaching and departing
Check out our website at www.circlecitycorvettes.com
See you at the Circle City Corvette Club's 30th birthday party at 1 p.m. at TGI Friday's on the Ross Clark Circle in Dothan, AL, this Saturday, November 1st.
Help us celebrate and have a Great Corvette Day
Kelly Walker-President-Circle City Corvette Club (BDCS)
Click for the Museum Homepage: National Corvette Museum - opens in its own window.
The Museum Homepage has links to all museum pages!
Click here for Charley's NCM Newsletter page.
Greetings from your NCM Ambassador!
- Charley
WAX ON - WAX OFF
Do colored waxes really work?
First, there is no way that a limited selection of 8-12 different-colored waxes can even begin to match the many different hues inherent in the particular color of your car. Second, most cars being manufactured today, and in the last 10 years have a clear coat finish. This top, clear layer of paint does not contain any color pigments, therefore, it doesn't make any sense to apply a colored wax on top of a paint that is clear. To do so would be to temporarily cloud, or discolor the original color coat that is underneath your clear coat. You are creating an unnatural effect that will look even stranger as the pigments in the wax fade.
If your goal is to have a great looking finish, then it makes more sense to spend your time and effort up front performing good surface prep. Good surface prep is key to all great looking finishes.
Surface Prep with a Clay bar
Removing surface bonded contaminants and restoring a smooth surface to
your paint finish is easily accomplished by using a Clay bar. A non-abrasive
clay bar safely, easily and instantly removes bonded contaminants as you rub
it across the surface of your car using a mist & wipe product. A Clay bar
contains everything you need to create a smooth surface! So purchase a Clay
Kit which includes: clay bars, individually wrapped & in a moisture-seal
case, a detailer for use as a clay lubricant, Cleaner Wax sample & a couple
of Microfiber Towels.
Here's Jay Leno on the Maguiar's website:
http://tinyurl.com/485uk6.
There are two basic reasons we wax our cars, protection or beauty.
Protection. If your looking for the maximum protection, one or
two, or, maybe even up to three thin coats of wax, has the potential to
create the most surface protection depending on the wax, the surface itself,
and whether or not sufficient time has passed in-between each application.
Of course the law of diminishing returns states that you will not create
greater layers of protection with each application, but a second, and
sometimes third application will insure uniform, thorough coverage over the
majority of the surface, thus maximizing the protection.
Environmental conditions demand more frequent washing and waxing in order to
prevent costly damage to the outer layers of paint. It is also vitally
important that you wax more often to maintain your finish. This is
especially true if your car is a daily driver exposed to the elements and
parked outdoors most of the time.
Beauty. Generally speaking, when trying to take your car's finish to its maximum potential for clarity, gloss, shine and depth of color, there comes a point that you will reach whereupon additional applications of either polish or wax will not increase the results of any of those categories. Of course, you are more apt to reach this plateau if your skill level is high and if the quality of your products is also very high.
Terry
Upcoming Local Events:
November
1 Circle City Corvettes 30th Anniversary Party!! We will be celebrating 30 years as a club with a special party at TGIFriday's in Dothan!! The food and soft drinks are on the club. We have the entire porch area reserved and will be inviting neighboring Corvette Clubs. Starts at 1:00.
8 The Peanut Parade!! Lineup 0730.
22 Mystery Cruise.
December
20 Circle City Corvettes Christmas party/dinner 6 p.m. With all the rave reviews about our last years party at the historic Rawl’s restaurant in Enterprise, we decided to go back again this year. Chicken for $20; prime rib for $24. Look for more details later.
September Road Atlanta - Petit leMans:
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Road Atlanta and Petit leMans:
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Our first car of the month with me as the newsletter editor is… mine!
In 2004 Colette and I decided we would fill the empty nest with a Corvette. I called my cousin, Sonny Kilgo, and told him exactly what we were looking for, he already knew, “all Corvettes are red”, so we didn’t need to discuss the color code. Also, there was one little stipulation; the price. Two years later Sonny called to tell me he had found our car. He described it to me and I asked him to send me a couple of pictures of it. He sent me 33 pictures. Colette and I went to Bowling Green to pick up the car. The guy selling it asked if we wished to test drive it. I said that won’t be necessary, if Sonny says it is the one, then, it is the one. We have been satisfied with it ever since.
Every Corvette is attractive for a different reason, be it, color, style, add-on, or whatever, but I haven’t seen one yet that didn’t catch my eye for some reason.
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The beauty of our 1998 Torch Red Convertible, is just that; it’s ours…
I hope you enjoy your Corvette as much as we do ours, for they are something to admire and enjoy.
Terry and Colette
We welcome our new members to the club!!!
Jeffery and Micky Young - 2001 Red Convertible
Bobby and Linda Johnson - 1981 Red
Birthdays and
Anniversaries:
| HAPPY November BIRTHDAYS 3 Gail Leonard 16 Curtis King 17 Janice Prettyman 18 Cynthia Walker 26 Connie Smedley
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November ANNIVERSARIES: 4 Gregg & Janice Prettyman 9 Bruce & Jean Carter 14 Roger & Debbie Hussey 26 Jim & Charley Robertson
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For Sale:
Seen on the Web:
ZR1 on the Nurburgring; the GM blog; Wired Magazine with video.
Imitation is
the finest compliment:
It's a MB Smart Car with a body kit. It's real, there's an entire line of these!
President:
Kelly
Walker
Vice
President: Bill James
Secretary: Barbara Pattberg
NCM
Ambassador: Charley
Robertson
Treasurer: Bruce Carter
Caravan Coordinator: John
Hickman
Local Event Coordinator: Bruce
Carter
Newsletter
Editor: Terry Weldon
Member at Large: Jackie
James
Member at Large:
Charlotte Countryman
Webmaster: Brent Gourley
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