Letter from the President

Hello NCA Members,

Our Corvettes are tucked away under the blankets but still lots to talk about during the Winter.  By now, I'm sure everyone has had a good look at the C-7.  I like it, a lot.  I am anxious to see one up close and I'm sure Gayle will be bugging me to buy one as soon as they come available at the dealers.  There are a lot of emails flying around the internet about the car.  The best sites I've seen on the C-7 are the Corvette Museum, the Corvette Forum and LG Motorsports of Texas.  Check them out to learn more. Tom Svoboda, our NCM Liason tells me the C-7 color chart can be seen here.

NCA Social -  The date is set for Wed, January 23rd at Lee's Chicken. We picked Lee's for a few good reasons -  They have very good food, they are conveniently located at 1940 W Van Dorn, (not that far from my house) plus, they have plenty of room and good service.  Also, we will be checking out the back room to see if it would be suitable for holding our regularly scheduled NCA meetings.  Jan Wilcoxin, owner has offered the room to hold our meetings at no cost and no obligation for food or drink.  The room seats 100 plus.  Those that have attended the last two meetings at AAA may have noticed we ran out of chairs.  Our club is growing and our meeting room  is becoming too small to handle us.  Plus, another reason we may consider moving is the fact that the neighborhood surrounding AAA has seen a rise in crime in the past few years.  Marilyn Muir, Mgr. at AAA was mugged a couple years back and suffered a broken arm and the loss of her purse. We will be looking at other possibilities to meet but check out Lee's at the upcoming social with your NCA friends on Jan. 23rd.  The social is scheduled to start at 6:30 pm  Hope to see you all there.

NCA Car Show -  Mark your calendars for Sept. 22, 2013 for the big show.  Bill Zuspan, Car Show Chairman tells me they are going for 200 Corvettes. It will be tough to top last year's show but if anyone can, it's Bill and his crew.  An ad for the show will be in the Car Council Book coming out soon.

Bud Wall, NCA Grand Geezer tells me that the signup for the Geezer trip to Hannibal is very brisk.  If you want to join in on the Geezer trip, better sign up soon.  Email Bud with questions.

Rocky Manginelli Swap Meet, March 3rd -  This is a big money maker for our club.  Lancaster Center is the place and call or email Kerry Fox if you can help at the event.  

NCA is still looking for someone to do a newsletter so if you have the talent, the time and the will to do so, please contact me and you can have the job.  There is a tremendous amount of power writing a newsletter.  I did it for several years and had a lot of fun making fun of my fellow members.

Hope everyone can make the social at Lee's.

See ya soon,
Bruce Younglove, Pres.
Nebraska Corvette Association.

Tips on How To Get a Rear License Plate

This is the process to order a single license plate that
is displayed on the back of your car.  No front plate required!

Two methods:

1.  If you want to keep your current personalized message.
2.  If you want a new, different message.

First some good news!  If you were currently getting a personalized or
message plate, it costs only $10 more to have the single plate and you lose
the "Bird and Weed" background.  I would have paid $10 just to get that
background off the plate.  The standard (2) message plate is $40. The
Special Interest  (single rear) plate is $50 for the personalized plate or
the standard numeric plate.  You might as well get the personalized message
plate.

The procedure:

1. If you want to keep your current personalized message on your car :  You
can not apply on line on the DMV web site because you will get the response
that the message is "Unavailable"  You will have to fill out and mail a
paper application stating that you currently have the message.  The form
is available at* http://www.dmv.ne.gov/dvr/pdf/spltypltapp.pdf .* If this
link does not work go the Google search, type in Nebraska Department of
Motor Vehicles, Go to the web site, click on forms on the top left side,
then click on "specialty plate application."  I will bring some forms to
the next NCA business meeting.

2,  If you want a new message:  Go the the DMV web site at
https://www.nebraska.gov/dmv/splate/index.cgi  If this link does not work,
do the process above but click in the middle column on the second item on
the list "Order Personalized Plates"  You will go through the process to
see if your desired message is available.  If it is available, you can
order it online via credit card.
If it is a new personalized plate you will get a confirmation email about
 the message.
 Under either procedure you will get a confirmation letter that you present
 to your county treasurer as authorization for the release of your plate.

     -The letter will provide a date when your plate is expected to be ready
 for pick up.

     -The letter will provide a telephone number to call to confirm
 that your plate is available and provide you with information about the
 additional fees that will be required when you register your vehicle.

First issuance requires that current plates and registration be surrendered
 and that you provide proof of insurance. If you pick up your new plate in
 a month other than the month the vehicle's current registration expires,
 the specialty plate renewal fee will be required when the vehicle's
 original registration is due.

Corvette 60^th Anniversary Celebration

The end of June always marks a special time in Corvette history, June 30, 1953 marked the day that the first 300 Corvettes rolled off their Flint Michigan assembly line.  Few ever envisaged that the car would evolve as it did becoming America’s iconic sports car. 

We are so excited to announce that as a special celebration of the 60^th Anniversary of Corvette, the Bowling Green Assembly Plant has agreed to open the plant on June 27 for a special tour limited to 200 NCM members only.  The fee is $250pp and includes the tour and a dinner that night which will feature Bowling Green Assembly Plant team members involved with the C7 launch.  Registration for this members only event will open on Wednesday, December 19^th at 8:00am central time.  Attendance is strictly limited to 200 members.  To register on Wednesday, December 19th, log on to your members services account at http://webservices.corvettemuseum.org/PortalTools/login.cfm.

Final Numbers from the 2012 All Corvette Show

Sunday September 23rd turned out to be a wonderful day for the club and the charities we support. Weather was perfect. Attendance of spectators was up. Corvettes were plentiful. Bill Z. was able to put together a great show, the only thing that didn't comew through was a breeze which kept the kite flyer was grounded. We registered 182 cars and that encouraged over 4000 curious spectators to browse a wonderful selection of Corvettes with many commenting on seeing so many '53, '54, and '55s. The display of early C-1s may have set a new record for the midwest at 8 in one show. We had many club members put their time and effort into setup and cleanup, garnering community sponsorships, donating 93 items for silent auction, donating items for door prizes, and getting 80 club cars out to the show. The 93 items for silent auction made $3200 that went in to the $13000 gross for the show. After expenses the club was able to donate $4000 to the Child Advocacy Center and $4000 to the Lincoln Food Bank. The show is a big job that takes many people to put it together and you can see from these numbers it is well worth it. 2012 was a great show for the NCA and our charites, maybe we can make 2013 even better.