The Official Newsletter of the

Piedmont Classic Chevy Club

THE BOWTIE BULLETIN May 2011

Message from Noel

Club Info/News

New Members

Cruise & Shows

Social Events

Carshow Info

David Smith’s Technical Tid Bits

Cars & Parts Swap

Out & About

CONTENTS THIS MONTH

NEW MEETING LOCATION BOBBY MURRAY CHEVROLET

1820 Capital Blvd, Raleigh Next club business meeting on Monday May 23

Message from Noel Lanier

April showers bring May flowers. It also brought our state a wide path of destruction from the worst outbreak of tornadoes in NC since the 1980s. The weather also put a damper on the annual Rims to the River show and forced a show in Holly Springs to reschedule.

Shifting gears (no pun intended) though, April was a good month for change experienced by PCCC members. Over 40 members attended the March business/dinner meeting at The Golden Corral. A big thanks to David Ward Jones for coordinating this new change. PCCC will be saying “good-bye” to the Jaycee Center and “hello” to Bobby Murray Chevrolet beginning with this month’s business meeting. Thanks to Marshall Wheeler for handling this change on short notice.

PCCC members did come out in great numbers at two events during April. Member David Matthews got enough members to caravan to Rocky Mount and helped the Club receive $200. And, over 12 members attended the Cleveland Draft House show and four members took home awards.

Don’t forget it’s not too late to seek those business sponsorships for the Annual PCCC Car Show on May 28th at Lake Wheeler !!!!

Remember, BE SAFE and HAPPY CRUISIN’.

Noel Lanier, VP

Club Shirts and Name Badges

Royal Blue Polyester Golf Shirts (including standard embroidery) [$25]

Royal Blue Cotton Golf Shirts (including standard embroidery) [$20]

Add [$2] for 2XL and [$3] for 3XL

Club Jacket Black or Royal Blue/Navy including standard embroidery) [$40]

Add [$3] for 2XL and [$4] for 3XL $5 extra for embroidered name on shirt or jacket

Magnetic Engraved Name Badges [$6.50]

Contact Barry Kitchener @ 919.833.0882 or barrykit2000@yahoo.com for complete ordering details

CLUB INFO

Need to pay your 2011 Club Dues ?

Send $25 to PCCC Treasurer

Keith Archambault

1010 Acorn Court; Knightdale, NC 27545

Club Officers

Ray Bader—raybader@earthlink.net

Noel Lanier 2ncheels@bellsouth.net

Cathy Hnat—catherine.hnat@sas.com

Keith Archambault—karchmabult@nc.rr.com

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

David & Susan Pittman Raleigh, NC

1963 Impala Super Sport

Bill & Sue Ricker Angier, NC

1966 Nova SS 1972 Chevelle SS

Larry Marks Raleigh, NC

1962 Chevy Impala

Photos by Jeff Hopp

CARSHOWS & CRUISES • 2011 SOCIAL EVENTS

Select Carshows & Cruise Ins during May 2011

CARSHOWS

May 7—2nd Annual Apex Peak Fest / Carshow—Apex, NC—900AM-400PM May 7— 2nd Annual Relay For Life Carshow—Erwin, NC—800AM—300PM May 7—4th Annual Classic Car Fest—Wendell, NC—800AM-300PM May 7—23rd Annual Buggy Festival—Carthage, NC—900AM-300PM May 8—Ham & Yam Festival—Smithfield, NC—800AM-400PM May 13—The Oldies Drive-In—Cary, NC—500PM-900PM May 14—11th Annual Timeless Cruisers Carshow—Efland, NC– 800AM-400PM May 14—7th Annual Spring Fling Carshow—Henderson, NC—800AM-300PM May 14—2nd Annual Billy Ray Pope Memorial Carshow—Clayton, NC—900AM-300PM May 20-22—Got to Be NC Festival—Raleigh, NC—(Contact Linwood Johnson @ 919-464-9777) May 21—4th Annual Franklin County Boys & Girls Club Carshow—Louisburg, NC—800AM-200PM

CRUISE-INS

1st Saturday—Char Grill—Atlantic Ave—Raleigh, NC—200PM-900PM 1st Sunday—Southern Classic Cars– Wake Forest, NC— 300PM-600PM 2nd Saturday—Andy‘s @ Hilltop Shopping Center—Fuquay Varina, NC—400PM-900PM 2nd Sunday—Java Jive Cruise—Cary, NC—200PM-600PM 3nd Sunday—TGI Friday‘s @ Wal-Mart Shopping Center—Cary, NC—200PM-700PM 3rd Friday—Andy‘s @ Food Lion Parking Lot—Creedmoor, NC– 400PM-Until 3rd Saturday—Grill 57—Garner, NC—200PM-900PM

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF DETAILS AND LINKS FOR ALL EVENTS

VISIT OUR PCCC WEBSITE AT www.piedmontccc.com

Sunday—May 1—Fish Fry Cook Out at Linwood & Mavis Johnson’s House. 2417 Elevation Road, Four Oaks, NC

Dinner @ 3PM

Sunday June — Bubba Burger/Hot Dog Cook-Out TBD

Saturday October 1—Octoberfest / White Elephant Sale Fairview Community Center. Eat at 630PM

Saturday December 3—Club Christmas Party Fairview Community Center

Any Questions? Contact David Ward Jones at 919.571.3308 or daviddwjarchitect@nc.rr.com

May 28—22nd Annual ‗MADE IN THE U.S.A Carshow—Lake Wheeler, Raleigh, NC—800AM-400PM

Our Upcoming 2011 Memorial Weekend Car Show—By Don Mende

The other day I read this article about how a local non profit organization just like ours arranged to send a bunch of US Veterans to Washington.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Veterans of World War II and other wars spent Wednesday in Washington, D.C., visiting the memorials built for their service, thanks to the nonprofit group Triangle Flight of Honor. Among the 100 local veterans being honored were a Pearl Harbor survivor, two Silver Star winners, two veterans of WWII and the Korean and Vietnam wars, and a set of three brothers from Johnston County who served in the South Pacific. They spent the day touring the war memorials and other monuments in D.C.

The full story can be read on the Club’s Facebook page thanks to Amy.

What a wonderful thing this group did for guys that gave so much for us all.

Our annual car show is on Memorial Day weekend (Saturday May 28, 2011) and our major goals are:

Have a good time in our hobby and raise money for The Hill Top Home for Children

A special recognition of our Veterans in attendance Our annual car show is our only significant event to raise money for The Hill Top Home for Children and at the same time a way to honor the men and women that have made the sacrifice to keep our Country free. It‘s Memorial Day weekend and there will be US flags flying everywhere at our show. Having a couple of hundred

classic cars flying old glory should be a real photo op for sure.

Please put May 28th on your calendar and come help us put on our car show, it takes a small army to do a car show right. While we won‘t raise enough money to send 100 Veterans to Washington, the money we do raise is life saving for the 40

special needs children at The Hill Top Home, can‘t get much better than that.

There are car shows every weekend and it‘s hard to stand out in the crowd. I want our attendees to experience a feeling of pride in our Country and to associate that feeling with The PCCC‘s annual car show. I‘m confident that with your help we are

on the right track to accomplish that goal this year and into the future.

Thx, see y‘all at the show

Don Mende

MADE IN THE U.S.A. CAR SHOW NEWS

MADE IN THE U.S.A. 2011 CAR SHOW FLYER

Piedmont Classic Chevy Club 2011 Advertising / Sponsors Form

Contact Name:_________________________________________________________________________________

Business Name:________________________________________________________________________________

Business Street Address:________________________________________________________________________

City:___________________________________ State_____ Zip_____________ Phone _____________________

Select Advertisement Check Here $ Amount

Website Ad Business Card $25/Year ( ) = ___________

PCCC Car Show Sponsor $50 ( ) = ___________

Total $ ___________

Summary: Payment Method

If Cash, Enter Amount $ ____________

If Check Enter Amount _____________ and Check #___________

Print Club Member Name____________________________________

Today’s Date____/____/________ (mm/dd/yyyy)

Club Member Signature______________________________________

Forward Payment and this Sponsorship Form to:

Barry Kitchener

624 N East Street Raleigh, NC 27604

Phone – 919-833-0882

E-mail – barrykit2000@yahoo.com

Contribution Receipt: : Tear off at line below for Customer Receipt and give to Customer

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

To: ____________________________________________________________________

Business Name or Owners Name or both)

The Piedmont Classic Chevy Club thanks you for your support & generous contribution of $________

Accepted by PCCC Member Name_________________________________ Date ____/____/____

PCCC member signature _________________________________________

MADE IN THE U.S.A. CAR SHOW - SPONSOR FORM

David Smith’s TECHNICAL TID BITS

Please submit all technical article ideas to be considered for the newsletter to David Smith (Newsletter Technical Editor) @ davidsmith72@gmail.com

I got belted last weekend, no not that my Monte got new belts. My a/c belt decided

it did not want to be part of the threesome so it decided to break out. I was just

going to change the A/C belt because the alternator and power steering looked

good, then I remembered what my Uncle (he was a GM Mechanic for 33 years) had

once told me. "If you change just one I will be happy to tear it apart again in a few

weeks to replace the others." Excellent advice, if you have one bad belt and the

others look good change them anyway and keep the two that look good for

spares. You never know when you or a friend may need it. Changing belts is a time

consuming project and is better done all at once. If you are changing an A/C or a

power steering belt they have to come off anyway for most cars.

So save yourself a headache down the road, new belts are a fairly cheap peace of

mind.

As always "Keep the Shiny Side Up and the Dirty Side Down"

Dave

Winners from April

David Smith , David Matthews

Larry Schadle’s 1957 Chevy

WHAT IS IT?

Guess the year, make and who in the club owns the car

?

Looking for factory (stock) rims (15x7) for a 1968 Chevelle. Robert Copeland @ 919-633-4713

Looking for 1957 Chevy Steering Column (Need full assy) - parts below steering wheel that cancel left and right turns. Linwood Johnson @ 919-963-3860

1970-72 Chevelle Original Dash Pad [$75]; 1970 Chevelle tail light lenses [$40 for both]; ―350‖ emblems (R&L) for 70 Chevelle [$40]; Trunk Emblem for 70 Chevelle [$30]; Grill Emblem for 70 Chevelle [$15]; Rocker Panel Trim for 1970-72 Chevelle [$100 for pair] Jeff Hopp @ 919-467-9594

1970-72 Chevelle 10 Bolt Rear End [$100]; Small Block Quadrajet manifold [$40]; Kenwood AM/FM Cass & CD Controller [$100]; Kenwood 6 CD Changer [$50] Ray Bader @ 919-387-0479

T-10 [4] speed trans (from Pontiac Trans Am) Needs Synchronizers [$200]; Saginaw 4 speed trans, all gears there, needs Synchronizers [$100]; heavy duty motor rebuild stand, practically brand new, retail is $110 [Sell for $50] Don Mende @ 919-676-6329

Holley 670 cfm carb [$150]; GM Performance Die-Cast Aluminum valve covers for BB [$60] Andrew Odins @ 919-803-4778

Used Front and rear window regulators for 1970-1972 Chevelle and Monte Carlo very good condition [$30]; 3 sets new A-Arm shields (by re-pops) 1970-1972 Chevelle w/metal inner fenders [$5.ea]. Dave Smith @ 919 518-3779

One T-3 Headlight [$10]; Aftermarket Water Pump [$25]; Electric 1–Ton Jack [$35]; Campbell Hausfeld (CF) Impact Wrench PL 150279 [$59]; Ingersoll Rand 311G Sander [$59]; Sanding Pad [$15]; Impact Wrench Socket Set [$30]; 3/4‖ Chrome Deep Socket [$4]; 5‖ Chrome Socket Extension [$3]

Accessories, Attachments and Fittings

Campbell Hausfeld (CF) Air Blower Attachment with reduction Fitting and Air Tip; Tire Valve with Quick Release Fitting; Extended Tire Valve with Quick Release Fitting; Brass Quick Release Fitting with Reducer and Adapter Nipple; 2 Female Quick Release Fittings; 1 Male Quick Release Fitting; Large Tool Box with Tray [All for $15]

Bench Grinder: Craftsman 6‖ Variable Speed Double Wheel Grinder [$49]; Two 3 Ton Jack Stands [$40]; 8‘ x 8‘ ―Car Show‖ Folding Tent with Caster Bag [$50). David Ward Jones @ 919-971-4615

Info for ads must be submitted by the 20th of each month

Contact members listed for more details on items for sale as space will be limited.

Only cars or car related items for sale will be accepted for posting in the newsletter. Once items are sold contact Jeff Hopp @ suncrest@nc.rr.com to have item removed or if changes

are required.

CARS & PARTS CLUB SWAP

OUT AND ABOUT

Photos by David Matthews, Lee Caplan, Ray Bader, Noel Lanier & Jeff Hopp