CORVETTES of BUFFALO 1 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF www.corvettesofbuffalo.com COB VETTE NEWS Since 1981 Volume 40, Issue 1 Notes from the President With Christmas rapidly approaching as I write this, I can’t help but think how fortunate we all are to be driving America’s sports, car the Corvette. For us it is not so much the car as it is the people we have met, the places we have visited and most of all the friends we have made that we are most thankful for this holiday season. As I reflect on the past year, I can’t but not think about our two major events, the Vets & Vettes car Show and the Caravan/Dice Run. Both events were a success and we should be proud of the help we were able to provide to WNY Heroes and Kids Escaping Drugs. Way to go to all involved in both events. I want to thank the club members who have organized out of town trips and hosted events. You have stepped up and done a great job. There were times that the table was completely full of sign-up sheets, keep up the good work! As usual we ended the year with our annual Christmas luncheon with the Instillation of Officers. Dick & Sue Brownlee along with Jim & Terry Decker again put on a great event with 93 members in attendance. They will be passing the torch to George & Karen Sparks with a move to the South towns at Ilio DiPaolo’s next year. With new events planned and the return of others the coming year has the potential to be another great year for Corvettes of Buffalo. Save the Wave Bob January, 2020 Notes from the editor It’s 1970, R. Nixon is POTUS and Viet Nam continues to dominate the headlines. The US Army charges Captain Edwin Medina with war crimes at My Lai and anti-war protests arise at college campuses across the country. The Kent State (Ohio) shootings by the ONG, leaving four dead, are quickly followed by the shooting at Jackson State (Miss.) where two students are killed by police. Rock stars Jimmy Hendrix and Janis Joplin die of drug overdoses. Both are 27. The Buffalo Sabers arrive in the NHL where they skate to a 24-39-15 record. The Buffalo Bills post a 3-10-1 season. In theaters we watched “Patton” and “Mash”. The radio played “Close to you” and “Bridge over troubled waters” and “Happy Days” and “The Carol Burnett Show” were tops on TV. The 1970 Corvette is still troubled.
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CORVETTES of BUFFALO 1
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF
www.corvettesofbuffalo.com
COB VETTE NEWS Since 1981
Volume 40, Issue 1
Notes from the President
With Christmas rapidly approaching as I write this, I
can’t help but think how fortunate we all are to be
driving America’s sports, car the Corvette. For us it is
not so much the car as it is the people we have met, the
places we have visited and most of all the friends we
have made that we are most thankful for this holiday
season.
As I reflect on the past year, I can’t but not think
about our two major events, the Vets & Vettes car
Show and the Caravan/Dice Run. Both events were a
success and we should be proud of the help we were
able to provide to WNY Heroes and Kids Escaping Drugs.
Way to go to all involved in both events. I want to
thank the club members who have organized out of
town trips and hosted events. You have stepped up and
done a great job. There were times that the table was
completely full of sign-up sheets, keep up the good
work!
As usual we ended the year with our annual
Christmas luncheon with the Instillation of Officers.
Dick & Sue Brownlee along with Jim & Terry Decker
again put on a great event with 93 members in
attendance. They will be passing the torch to George &
Karen Sparks with a move to the South towns at Ilio
DiPaolo’s next year.
With new events planned and the return of others
the coming year has the potential to be another great
year for Corvettes of Buffalo.
Save the Wave
Bob
January, 2020
Notes from the editor
It’s 1970, R. Nixon is POTUS and Viet Nam continues
to dominate the headlines. The US Army charges
Captain Edwin Medina with war crimes at My Lai and
anti-war protests arise at college campuses across the
country.
The Kent State (Ohio) shootings by the ONG, leaving
four dead, are quickly followed by the shooting at
Jackson State (Miss.) where two students are killed
by police.
Rock stars Jimmy Hendrix and Janis Joplin die of drug
overdoses. Both are 27. The Buffalo Sabers arrive in
the NHL where they skate to a 24-39-15 record. The
Buffalo Bills post a 3-10-1 season.
In theaters we watched “Patton” and “Mash”. The
radio played “Close to you” and “Bridge over troubled
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Meeting every second Saturday of the month at First Presbyterian Church
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The 1970 edition of the Corvette was also plagued with quality control problems.
The 1970 “Clean Air” bill, recently enacted into law, set standards for fuel efficiency and tail
pipe emissions. Essentially, car manufacturers had just 6 years to reduce emissions by 90%
Due to a UAW strike in November, 1969, the 1970 Corvette reached the show room floor in
February, 1970. The abbreviated sales year resulted in only 17316 cars produced. John
DeLorean, Chevy’s president, decided this perceived shortage of Corvettes was a good reason
to have a hefty price increase. For the first time, the price of the coupe version broke the
$5000 barrier, the base model carrying a sticker price of $5192. The convertible started at
$4849.
Changes for 1970 included an “egg crate” style grill. The fender vents were changed from the
louver style to the same “egg crate” pattern as the grill. Interior changes included redesigned
seats that provided an extra inch of headroom. All windows were now tinted as a standard.
Under hood and transmission options were the same as the 1969 editions and Positraction
was standard.
Note the new “egg crate” grill treatment and the squared-off parking lights
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Note the fender vents have the same “egg crate” design as the grill
The same tail lamp treatment as the previous year. The exhaust outlets have been squared-off to match the parking
lamps in the grill.
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This from the Ezine “Rod Authority” Back when cable TV’s music-video programming actually played music videos, the folks at VH1 ran a sweepstake where they gave away a cadre of 36 Corvettes to one lucky winner. The year was 1989, and to attract a larger audience, VH1 ran a promotion where entrants would place a two-dollar phone call to a 900-number. The winner was drawn from a list of the four-million entrants who made the call. In the end, a carpenter from Long Island, Dennis Amodeo, won all the Corvettes. Storing all 36 Corvettes can be a bit of an issue, especially any place near New York City. It didn’t take long for that fact to become very real to Dennis. He sold the pack of Corvettes, almost immediately, to artist Peter Max, who took on the task of storing all the cars in various parking garages all around the Big Apple. His five-year plan was to use the cars as art, but that soon turned into a 30-year-plus endeavor. In the end, the cars were never desecrated in the name of art, but they didn’t fare much better at the hands of mother nature and time. Left to decay, the cars were forgotten and lost to time. In 2014, the cars were finally pried from their public sarcophagus’, and are now getting a second lease on life, ironically, in a second sweepstake. The collection included a Corvette from every year of production, including a 1953! All the cars have spent the last few decades sitting in various parking garages. They will now be offered to the newest 36 lucky individuals during this special sweepstakes benefitting the National Guard Education Foundation. It is said that “Those who don’t study history are destined to repeat it.” The folks at the History Channel should know that better than anyone and, as an interesting twist, have joined with Corvette Heroes on this second-round sweepstakes. The difference this time is there will be 36 individual winners looking to find a spot for their single Corvette rather than finding 36 spots for all the Corvettes! Another benefit is it increases the odds of those who participate. The Lost Corvettes Giveaway (aka Corvette Heroes Sweepstakes) started on July 1, 2019, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern time and will end on April 30, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time. The selection of winners will occur around May 15, 2020. This sweepstake is open only to legal United States residents of 49 states and the District of Columbia (sorry Oregon). Entrants must be 18 or older to enter, and of course, the sweepstakes is void where prohibited. We don’t know of anyone who wouldn’t want to win a Corvette, and thanks to this special opportunity, there will be 36 winning individuals – well, 37 if you consider Dennis Amodeo. I wonder if he’ll throw his name back in the hat for a second chance! But, would that make it 36 winners or 35? As we said, math gets funny when it comes to sweepstakes.
Questions and or an entry form?: Please email us at [email protected]
Pizza Party The Pizza Party to be held on February 8th The cost will be $5.00 per person and a sign-up sheet will be available at the January meeting. I will be collecting the money with my husband Bruce. Thank you in advance. Lynda Graham
Not only will the hybrid C8 ZR1 boast amazing power, but it may also be the first all-wheel-drive Corvette in history.
It seems that the team behind the new C8 Corvette are not only am ambitious group, but a daring one as well. Shortly after the wild success of the 2020 C8 Corvette, it seems there is already change coming on the horizon. Motor Trend is reporting that they spoke to a senior GM official who said the C8 generation Corvette ZR1 will be a hybrid. The magazine, who just named the 2020 Corvette Car of the Year, says this hybrid variant will be built on the upcoming Z06 platform and be all-wheel-drive.
It’s a not-so-little secret that the C8 Z06 is expected to house a twin-turbo flat-plane V8. When Corvette Forum attended the Corvette Convertible reveal in Cape Canaveral, FL, we were struck by the surprise appearance of the Corvette C8.R. It seemed to us that the racer was an important part of the ‘Vette’s evolution. It appeared imminent that Chevrolet would change to flat-plane for its racing powerplant in 2020. And said engine would extend to other upcoming street models.
Based off of the C8.R, a hybrid C8 Z06 would be running on a twin-turbo DOHC V8. As a result, we’d have a hybrid Corvette that offered more torque than its competitors, and could offer a juicy 900 hp. Most importantly, don’t be afraid of the word hybrid. Motor Trend’s mystery GM exec says it’s going to be a performance-hybrid, not one focused on fuel economy.
Motor Trend’s source couldn’t expand on all of the deets, obviously. So as for the particulars on displacement and hybrid engine placement, we can only speculate. That said, the mystery exec confirmed Cadillac’s 4.2-liter Blackwing V8 won’t be coming to any C8. Certainly, the C7 Corvette ZR1 is a brick house. The 6.2 L V8 makes a face-melting 755 hp. But it’s hard to control and keep that power down. With all-wheel-drive and a mid-engine design, it looks like Corvette is aiming to take on supercars. Watch out, Porsche, Ferrari, and Acura.
We don’t know when we can expect the C8 Corvette ZR1, but we wouldn’t bet against Chevrolet right now. They have been consistently hitting it out of the park.
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