JULY 2020 Bucket Sheets

BUCKET SHEETS

Edition 50 Issue 10 July 2020

from 1970 to 2020

The purpose of the club shall be the maintenance of the highest standards of courtesy
and safety on the road; the enjoyment and sharing of the goodwill and fellowship
engendered by owning a Chevrolet Corvette, engaging in social activities and
competitive events and encouraging favorable interest in the club and the Corvette;
the maintenance of the highest standards of operation and performance of the
Marque by sharing and exchanging technical and mechanical information; the
establishment and maintenance of mutually beneficial relations with manufacturers,
dealers and service courses to the end that the Marque will prosper and enjoy
continuity and prominence; to have, exercise, and enjoy all the powers and purposes
which may be exercised by a non-profit organization.

Suburban Corvettes of Minnesota, Inc. will be meeting at 7:30 p.m. on the third
Tuesday of every month until further notice at:

JIMMY’S FOOD & DRINK
1132 East County Road E
Vadnais Heights, MN 55110
(651) 482-1100

Interested owners of Corvettes are welcome to attend meetings or club functions.
Family membership, $85; Single, $65; Associate, $20; Lifetime, $55. All include
NCCC membership. Additional information can be found on our web page:

Postal Address P.O. Box 270584, Vadnais Heights, MN 55127

www.suburbancorvettesofminnesota.com

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Report from our President

July 2020



This certainly has been an eye-opening

year. June was a first as far as I know,

an on-line meeting for the club member-

ship was held for the general membership. Seeing so many people

using Zoom was an amazing experience for me. We have such a

wide range of experience here with how much members doing on-

line things, quite frankly I expected many more issues than we had

and those we had seemed to be very minor in nature. I want to

thank everyone involved here in pulling off the online meeting and

especially Sandi Scott for setting up and administering the session.

I would also like to thank those members that attended the online

meeting, we need your participation to be able to conduct club

business and this is one way to make it happen. This coronavirus

has sure messed up so many things this year but online meetings is

one way we can get around some of those issues.



I expect we will be doing online meetings for the foreseeable

future due to social quarantining but we’ve already proven it can

be done. We will be able to do the things we need to do yet keep

everyone safe. I wish I knew how long this will be required but

unfortunately, I have no idea. All we can do is make the best of a

bad situation and forge ahead and see what happens.



We had a quarantine cruise on 6/27. The wife had just had surgery

before the cruise so I brought my granddaughter along instead.

This is the same one that when she was in kindergarten would

sneak out and ‘drive’ the Vette, along with making motor noises.

Unfortunately, we had to pull out before the cruise was done due

to the car acting up, but she enjoyed what we experienced.



Paul Hauschildt

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Due to the COVID-19


pandemic all upcoming

events are being evaluated

and if cancelled members will


be informed via e-mail

as well as website

calendar updates

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Hamburger, Fries and Catch-up


Saturday, September 5th 5:00 P.M.



Houlihan’s

1294 Promenade Pl
Eagan, MN 55121



Hosted by
Roger & Barb Dahlquist

Phone 612-730-7020
[email protected]
www.houlihans.com

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Event Chairpersons Needed


for the

HFC Events Oct - Dec


Annual Awards Banquet


Plastic Fantastic Car Show


Cars Under the Stars


If interested contact


Roger Dahlquist, VP
[email protected]

612-730-7020

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BIR Driver’s School and Track Day

Summary

June 22, 2020


With all the changes and requirements necessary for people to follow
due to the Covid-19 pandemic we were very fortunate to have had
beautiful weather for the June Drivers School and Track Day at
Brainerd International
Raceway.

It turns out the SCM
Board made a good deci-
sion to move ahead with
the School at the board
meeting in May. Once
David Scherf and I got
the bit between our teeth
we forged ahead. Thanks
to Ron Weeks for his
help with the mail in hard
copies of the flyer and to
Roger Dahlquist for his
help with the event email
blasts.

We had 29 entrants, which put us into a profit situation, which is
very good considering. We had 6 Novices, 9 Intermediate and 14 Ad-
vanced drivers at the school. Each individual Novice had an instruc-
tor and I interviewed each Novice and they were very impressed
with our instructors. I interviewed all of the instructors and like-
wise, they were impressed with the students. All good interviews.

The day went smoothly, with the classroom duties attended to by
yours truly. The braking exercises and car control clinic handled
nicely by Jon Thompson and Janet Hanna.

For excitement we had a 1967 Corvette Coupe blow it’s pinion seal
and spray oil on the track, make a huge cloud of smoke as the oil hit
the hot exhaust and more smoke as the car was doused with an ever
present fire extinguisher in the pits! Once the professionals from
BIR helped clean up the track we were back to running laps.


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I’d like to thank our instructors: John Boos; Ron Marks; Rick Ohland;
David Scherf and yours truly. Thank you to Greg Marnach for sub-
bing for me while I helped a driver who spun out get back running.

I’d also like to thank our corner workers and marshals: Ron Reidell;
Larry Zimuda; John Engstrom; Eric Kehle; Ron Weeks; Barb Price;
Pam Ellingson; Russ and Pat Mittelstaedt; Dick and Sharolyn Jacob-
son.

Our check in went
very smoothly thanks
to Sandy Norgaard,
Janet Hanna and Lori
Marnach.

After a great day we
were all pretty happy
and tired campers.
So many thanked me
for making it so much
fun to get out and run their cars. Very gratifying.

Looking forward to doing it again in September.

Shawn Hanna, Co-Chair 2020 BIR Drivers School and Track Day
(NCCC Approved)

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The 2020 Firecracker Cruise was held on Saturday June 27th.
It was a beautiful warm sunny day. We had 40 cars with 71 par-
ticipants. This was our first event of the year due to dealing with
the Coronavirus Pandemic. It felt good to get our Corvettes out

and see good friends for the first time in months.
The cruise was a shortened version and got off to a good start.
But around
mile 27 in Af-
ton the Fire-
cracker blew
up! Our left
turn lane and
intersection
were, at some
point, blocked
by oncoming
traffic waiting
to gain ac-
cess to a boat

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launch. Hopefully most were able to recover and finish the
cruise. If there is interest we would be glad to re-run the cruise
later this summer.
Thanks for cruising with us! Stay safe.
Roger & Barb

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50th Anniversay Photo Shoot

July 23rd 6:30 p.m.

Washington County Fairgrounds
12300 40th Stree North
Stillwater, MN 55082

Enter the fairgrounds from
40th Street North and you will be

directed to a parking location

Plan on spending about 2 hours
at the photo shoot.

Please stay in your car & do not mingle with
others outside of your car.

We are considering tops off or down

Photo will appear on front cover of the
Fall issue of Blue Bars

WE NEED YOUR HELP

Contact Jim Bodin for
further information
612-940-5275
or
Roger Dahlquist
612-730-7020

You will receive an email from the club VP
with instruction and more detailed information

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Chevy to the Levee Cruise

The club met in
Hastings and cruised to
the Northfield Country
Club.

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The turnout
was estimated
at 45 - 50 cars.

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2020 Club Sponsored Events

July 2020
4 - HFC – 5:00pm Details TBD. ** Cancelled **
7 - Board Meeting - 7:00pm ** Zoom meeting **
11 - Chevy to the Levee Cruise Hosted by David Anderson
21 - General Meeting – 7:30pm ** Zoom meeting **
23 – 50th Anniversary Photo Shoot for NCCC Blue Bars

Magazine fall issue cover -
Washington County Fair Grounds 6:30pm
24, 25 & 26 Suburban Corvettes of Minnesota 50th
Anniversary ** Cancelled – Reschedule 2021 **

August 2020
1 – HFC 5:00pm Hosted by Paul & Peg Hauschildt
** Cancelled **
8 - Cars Under The Stars ** Cancelled **
4 - Board Meeting – 7:00pm ** Zoom meeting **
18 - General Meeting – 7:30pm ** Zoom meeting **

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September 2020
1 – Board Meeting – Jimmy’s 7:00pm
5 – HFC 5:00pm Hosted by Barb & Roger Dahlquist
Location: Houlihan’s, Eagan MN Details Page 4
14 - Driver’s School – Brainerd International Raceway,
Shawn Hanna and David Scherf
15 – General Meeting – Jimmy’s 7:30pm

Autumn Cruise – Hosted By Jim Bodin Details TBD

For details on the Fall Color Run refer to the
July Board Minutes New Business section.

The Minnesota Car Club Association handbook
is available on the www.autoswalk.com website.

Met Council Website is met-council.org

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Board Meeting Minutes

July 7, 2020

The July Board Meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Paul
Hauschildt.

Board Members Present: Paul Hauschildt, Roger Dahlquist, Gloria Weeks,
Jim Bodin, Dave Olson, Marie George, Ron Weeks, Steve Heasley, Barb
Stattman, Sue Griffin, Sandi Scott, Marty Buck, Butch George, Steven
Mael, Dave Scherf, Lynn Steenblock, Dave Benner

Guests Present: Pat Bodin, Joan and Terry Wigginton

Secretary’s Report: Gloria Weeks reported,
A motion to approve the June Board Meeting minutes as published was
made by Sue Grifin with a second by Steven Mael; motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report: Barb Stattman reported,
● Withdrawals were attributed to the Bucket Sheets including new
cover printing.
● Deposits were attributed to Driver’s School registration.

Treasurer’s reports are available for review.

Membership Report: Marie George reported,
● SCM members = 207, Lifetime members = 87, and NCCC mem-
bers = 182
● Marie reported she has received an inquiry as to whether a return-
ing member from 2014 can rejoin without meeting the three event
rule. Ron responded it is a requirement in the bylaws. Marie has
given the person the information for the Chevy to the Levee cruise
taking place this Saturday.

Public Relations: Dave Olson reported,
● One advertiser outstanding.
● Renewal notices have been sent.

Minutes continued on Page 19

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Minutes continued from page 16

Editor’s Report: Ron Weeks reported,
● Deadline is Tuesday August 4
● Ron reported that Dave Olson has provided him with high resolution
pictures and he has chosen one that will work on the newly designed
Bucket Sheets cover.

IT Report: Steve Heasley reported,
● Steve has received pictures from the Drivers School and updates to
the calendar. These will be put onto the website.
● Steve reported that he is working with Shawn Hanna to provide elec-
tronic pre-registration for the September Drivers School.

Governor’s Report: Jim Bodin reported,
● Jim has the certificate of insurance for the Chevy to the Levee run
scheduled for July 11th. He reported that NCCC is requiring the
following note to be put on flyers whenever we schedule an event:

NCCC: Attendance is voluntary and at your own risk. You are
responsible to maintain your social distancing at a minimum of 6 feet
apart and if you are sick please do not attend.

Vice President’s Report: Roger Dahlquist reported,
Roger reviewed the list of cancelled and active club sponsored events
(see Events Calendar).

June 22 – Driver’s School – Brainerd international Raceway. Dave
Scherf reported that the event went well.

June 27 – Firecracker Cruise. Roger Dahlquist reported that the
event had 41 cars and went well. There was a problem with drivers
being able to make the left hand turn in Afton due to the backup of
boats and traffic and required an effort to catch up.

July 11 - Chevy to the Levee hosted by Dave Anderson. Roger
Dahlquist reported. Flyers have gone out to the membership. There
will be a lunch stop at the end of the cruise. The Country Club will
follow state guidelines for seating. Please rvsp to Dave if you are
planning on lunch.

Minutes continued on next page
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Minutes continued from page 19

July 21 – General Meeting will take place via Zoom.

Sep 26 – Autumn Cruise – Jim Bodin reported that the date has been
changed from Sept 19 to Sept 26. It will be a 70 to 80 mile cruise with
refreshments at the end.

The SCM event calendar is fluid and will need to reflect events being cancelled
due to Coronavirus. See the Vice President’s calendar for a full list of both
club sponsored and non-club sponsored events in the Bucket Sheets or visit the
Website.

Old Business:
● Jim reported that there has been a practice photo shoot of a few cars and all

went well so should be good for the July 23rd scheduled picture.
● Pat Bodin reported that she has talked with Keller Golf Course and we must

use the $650 deposit money related to the 50th Anniversary event or lose
it. They are flexible in scheduling a luncheon or brunch for 30 – 40 people
if that is what we want. It was suggested that we try to utilize the deposit
money for appetizers after the Autumn Cruise on September 26th. Pat will
follow up with Keller Golf Course to schedule.

○ As previously noted in the June Board meeting minutes members
will need to pay so that the deposit money can go back into the
SCM treasury.

New Business:
● Joan and Terry Wigginton reported on the Fall Color Run. They are expect-

ing social distancing to be very difficult for this event and they would need
to limit the number of participants if they try to go forward with it.

○ Barb Stattman made a motion to cancel the Fall Color Run with a
second by Marie George. The motion passed with one opposing
vote.

○ 2020 was to be the last year for Joan and Terry to chair the Fall
Color Run. No provisions have been made to go forward with this
event. SCM will need new chairs and new contracts to be set up
with the hotel so we don’t lose our venue location. Terry and Joan
have volunteered to assist the new chair people during their first
year.

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● Paul Hauschildt brought up the fact that SCM’s Facebook page has not been
updated in a year. Dave Benner reported that right now we don’t have an
access password. This was previously discussed during his prior term as
President and we were unable to gain access. Steve Heasley said that he
believes that there is a way to update pages using Facebook software. He
will look into it to see if he can update SCM’s page.

● Paul Hauschildt brought up discussion as to when we should be able to
resume physical membership meetings. He will talk to Jimmy’s to deter-
mine what they are expecting from us and what provisions they will have in
place for social distancing if we have a meeting in August. For now we will
plan to have a Zoom meeting in July. Gloria Weeks brought up the need for
us to encourage member participation in these meetings. We just barely met
quorum for the June meeting. We need to meet quorum numbers in order to
hold a meeting and do business as a club.

A motion to adjourn was made by Ron Weeks with a second by Dave Benner.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15pm.
Respectfully submitted by
Gloria Weeks, Acting Secretary

Barb & Roger
Dahlquist contribution
to the environment
recycling used
corvette tires.

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Membership Meeting Minutes

Date: June 16, 2020

The June Virtual SCM Membership Meeting of Suburban Corvettes of Min-
nesota was called to order with in excess of 42 members present at 7:30pm by
President Paul Hauschildt.

Opening Remarks: Paul Hauschildt advised that Sandi Scott would provide the
administrative support of our first Zoom membership meeting. Sandi gave an
overview of the usage rules we would be following during the meeting.

Secretary’s Report: Gloria Weeks reported
General Meeting minutes from February were presented. A motion was made to
approve the minutes as published in the March Bucket Sheets by Lynn Steen-
block with a second by Marie George; motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report: Barb Stattman reported
● Expenses were attributed to the Brainerd track rental and Member
Planet
● Deposits were attributed to the June Driver’s School.

Treasurer’s reports are available for review.

Membership Report: Marie George reported
SCM Members: 207, Lifetime Members: 87, and NCCC Members: 182

First Timers: None
Second Timers: None
Third Timers: None

Public Relations: Dave Olson reported
● We have two past due advertisers one of which has requested an exten-
sion due to COVID 19. Dave has sent another renewal request to the
other advertiser.
● Dave contacted Matt Saxe to determine if they wanted us to do a car
show per SCM’s contract with them. Matt Saxe does not want to host
a car show this year due to all of the unknowns associated with the
Coronavirus.

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Editor’s Report: Ron Weeks reported
● Ron announced he is changing the deadline for event articles and flyers
to the board meeting date effective with the July issue. This will give
him additional time to complete the bucket sheets layout.
● The inside covers of Bucket sheets were done in color this month.
This was an error made by the printer and the ads will return to black
and white next month.
● There was a discussion around the clarity of the front Bucket Sheets
cover. Dave Olson will check to see if he can obtain a high resolution
copy of the picture used as well as for the logos. Ron explained that it
is cheaper to order six months of covers than to print them each month.
Ron will check with the printer to see if they have printed the covers
yet. If not he will request a hold on the printing while Dave checks on
the high resolution pictures needed for the Bucket Sheets cover.

IT Report: Steve Heasley reported
● Steve reported that the Website is current.
● Steve has the January and February HFC pictures on the Website.

Governor’s Report: Jim Bodin reported
● Jim reported that he has the certificates of insurance for the Driver’s
School.
● 50th Anniversary photo shoot, which is for the fall issue of Blue Bars,
is scheduled for July 23rd, 6:30 pm at the Washington County Fair-
grounds. Bring a mask and as of now we will need to stay in our cars.
Roger Dahlquist will be sending out an e-mail with further instructions
prior to the photo shoot. Jim would like to have at least 35 cars and
can accommodate more. No need to sign up – just show up.
● Jim Bodin reported that the Special Interest rear license plate will not
make it to session this year. Lynn Steenblock further reported that they
are working on backup work and looking at what will be needed going
forward.

Vice President’s Report: Roger Dahlquist reported
Club Sponsored Events:
Upcoming Events:

● Jun 22 – Driver’s School – Shawn Hanna reported. He thanked Ron
Weeks for handling the paper mailings and Steve Heasley for his assis-
tance with the on line registration. He advised that he needs five more
drivers to break even on the June event.

Minutes continued on next page

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Minutes continued from page 23

● Jun 27 – Firecracker Cruise hosted by Roger and Barb Dahlquist. Rog-
er reported that the run would be an hour and a half, 65 miles with no
food or comfort stops. Insurance waivers will need to be turned in at
the start of the run.

Non-Sponsored Events:
● Jim Bodin reported that Vettes on the Rockies has been cancelled.

Please see the Vice President’s calendar in the Bucket Sheets or visit the website
for a full list of both Club sponsored and non-Club sponsored events.

Old Business: None

New Business:
● Shawn Hanna presented his entire Driver’s School budget. A motion
was made to approve the budget by Dave Olson with a second by Rog-
er Dahlquist. A vote was taken and the motion passed.
● Birthdays – Members with June birthdays were recognized.
● A motion was made for membership approval of Member Planet
payment already made for $300. A motion was made to approve the
expenditure by Steve Heasley with a second by Roger Dahlquist. Mo-
tion passed.
● It was explained that the Board has agreed to defer the membership
dues increase to September 2021 since the club has not been able to
provide the full calendar of events as a result of COVID 19 Coronavi-
rus. Ron Weeks made a motion to affirm the Board recommendation to
defer the membership dues increase to September 2021 with a 2nd by
Marie George. Motion passed.
● Discussion around future events like HFC and Coronavirus, social
distancing ramifications. It was determined that the HFC for August be
cancelled and a wait and see approach be taken for the September and
October HFC’s. These will be reevaluated as the events get closer.

A motion to adjourn was made by Ron Weeks with a second by Sue Griffin.
Motion passed and the meeting was adjourned at 8:23pm.

Respectfully submitted by
Gloria Weeks, Acting Secretary

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Wheelin’ and Dealin’

FOR SALE - MISC:
Free Corvette magazines.  Corvette Enthusiast  Nov ‘07- Sep ‘10
and Corvette Magazine, including the Premier edition Sept ‘02
up the the present.  Neither is complete (some of the magazines
are in Arizona- I may bring them back next summer if there is an
interest.)  Also many Car and Driver, Road & Track, and MANY,
MANY Motor Trend, up to the present.  All for free, but you
would need to come to my house to get them. 
Call Bob 651-402-0597.

Pictures will be displayed in Wheelin’ and Dealin’ on a space available
basis. As the club can get back to offering more events and flyers are
included in Bucket Sheets we may not be able to provide the space.

All SCCM members are welcome to submit ads to the editor for Corvettes or Cor-
vette related parts that they want to sell or acquire. These ads are run for 2 months
after which they will automatically be dropped. If the items are sold, please notify
the editor so that the ad can be cancelled. You may also renew the ad if the items
aren’t sold after 2 months. There is no charge to members for this service.

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Wheelin’ and Dealin’

FOR SALE - PARTS:

C5 factory alum (gray) wheels w/Kumho tires

Front; 17»x9.5» wheels, 245/45/17

Kumho Ecsta XS tires

Rear; 18»x 10.5» wheels,

275/35/18 Kumho Ecsta XS tires

Includes center caps. Wheels are

like new.

Tires are balanced and have less

than 200 miles on them.

Package price $1,100 (consider separating,

$600 tires, $500 wheels)

  

C5 Cleartastic Front and Rear wheel panel kit

    New in the envelope.

    Free to a good home.

G-Force Polytech 3” latch and link, 5 point safety harness
Like new. Expired for NHRA
use, but great for muscle car,
hot rod, custom, show car,
autocross, etc.
    1 - Blue set, 2 - Red sets
    $40 each, $115 for all 3 sets
    
B & M Supercooler transmis-
sion cooler
    Model #70274,great shape
    Size; 5 3/4» x 11» x 1 1/2»

     Call 763-425-5503 (Jay)

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This space for rent


contact Dave Olson
612-245-4320



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Behind the Scenes

President: Paul Hauschildt OFFICERS
952-588-8046 [email protected]
Vice President: Roger Dahlquist 612-730-7020 [email protected]
Membership: Marie George 763-786-0356 [email protected]
Treasurer: Barb Stattman 952-435-6657 [email protected]
Governor: Jim Bodin 612-940-5275 [email protected]
Public Relations: Dave Olson 612-245-4320 [email protected]
Secretary: OPEN POSITION 952-000-0000 [email protected]
Editor: Ron Weeks 952-546-0434 [email protected]
Information Technology: Steve Heasley 651-308-0676 webmaster
@suburbancorvettesofminnesota.com

ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES
BOARD
GMCCA Liaison: Eric Kehle
MEMBERS

Dave Benner
Sue Griffin Spina Bifida: Bruce & Char Johnson
Sandi Scott
Gloria Weeks
Steven Mael
Dave Scherf Met Council Rep: Scott Hegstrand
Marty Buck

Lynn Steenblock
Butch George Hospitality Sue Griffin -

[email protected]



National Corvette Museum Ambassador

Greg Stattman - [email protected]

Bucket Sheets is published monthly by Suburban Corvettes of Minnesota. The publication
is free to Suburban Corvette club members. Nonmember subscription rate is $35 per year.
Please mail dues or subscription request to: Marie George, 9103 Van Buren ST NE, Blaine,
MN 55434. All submissions are subject to editing as needed and must be received by the
Friday following the1st Tuesday of the month for publication in the next issue. Submissions,
comments, advertisements, articles, & pics can be e-mailed to [email protected]. Annual
Advertising rates:

1/2 page = $100.00, full page = $175.00, inside covers = $250.00.
Half page and larger ads qualify for display on website.

For advertising information call: Dave Olson: 612-245-4320

Suburban Corvettes thanks all our advertisers and sponsors for their support. As a Club,
however, we do not endorse the products or workmanship of any company. Any warranty or

guarantees must come from the company or manufacturer.

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