VCCA Home Forums TECHNICAL - 1945 AND NEWER 1965-1970 Why only B Bodies?

I see that some guys have posted questions related to El Camino's and Chevelles even thought the topic page says B Body.

Why not change the Topic to include all bodies? I'd like some help with my 68 F Body Camaro.

We list F Body Techs in the G&D, so why not here?

Thanks,
RayG

When I posted a question months and months ago about a 1966 Chevelle ( A Body ), I wondered Why B Bodies only in this 1965-1970 forum?

dtm

Right, the "B bodies" should be erased

I don't mean to offend the full size guys, but it seems to me that if we want newer members we should welcome all size cars.

There are a ton of Camaro, Nova/Chevy II, and Chevelle/El Camino, Corvair, and Vette guys looking for help.

It sure seems like its a no-brainer to have "B-Bodies" removed from this forum. Who can do this....The moderator of the forum or our webmaster?


dtm

It makes sense,absolutely.Should be an easy change,but,RG you have already offended.All of the models you mention,Corvette,Corvair,Chevelle,Camaro and Nova already have sites and clubs that offer plenty of support for these models,there is NOTHING out there for full size, save one other club.I have no problem sharing the forum area with these other models,but,the lack of respect that the 65-70 B bodies get stinks.BTW I think VCCA already does welcome all Chevrolets.Part of the reason I joined this club is that there was support for full size cars,there were no other clubs to join.

I agree the sub-catogory of "B bodies" should be removed, but till then go ahead and post topics for any 1965-70 Chevrolets. I doubt that anyone will get upset.

WEBMASTER has to do it. If it bothers you why not just send Billy Barker a PM asking him to take the small print off and replace it with a blank space or if there has to be the small sub-catorgory put in ALL.

After all, I never even noticed it till you started this thread.

53TwoTen,

I dissagree with you in that I already have offended owners of the cars I mention. If anything, I am doing them justice by offering a suggestion to change the topic to include their cars.

My friend, I have been a VCCA member for a very long time and a contributing member here on this web site for just as long. I can not control what you say is a lack of respect that the 65-70 B bodies get. Mater of fact I never showed, nor have I seen any evidence of disrespect to those cars.

I an fully aware of those other web sites that are full of information about the cars I suggested to include here. I mearly would like to share or recieve information and conversation concerning my current F body car with the long time friends I have met right here on Chatter.

With all due respect;
Ray Gadomski, Director Chat Group Region.

No Harm,no foul. Letting me know that you have been a member of the VCCA for decades and a contributing member of this site speaks volumes-I can read between the lines.I'll leave my comments and opinions to myself.

Have a nice day.

Well, it is just my humble opinion, but if all we have to offer as a discussion is to argue and get upset about the small print under the catagory desigination on one of our many forums, or who has the lowest VCCA membership numberthen some of us don't have enough to do........Maybe you should consider running for the VCCA National BOD, I bet those guys can find something productive for you to do to further the cause...

If you are referring to me Mr Mack,you already know that in order to be on the board,a person has to hold some regional office first before being considered for the BOD,I am only in my second year affiliation with my region,so it is impossible for me to run.If you were not referring to me then I apologize for the faux pas.BTW the caption below the forum name is the least of my worries at this point.I'm sorry I ever made the comment earlier in the thread,please,let's just drop it and let's get on with life!

I have never noticed B bodies under the title I just go by the year's

To be honest I never noticed the " B bodies" either.

Note there have only been 241 threads in this catagory since day one.
To break it down to each car line that would include all the car lines from 1965 through 1970, the "full size", Chevelle, Chevy II (Nova), Corvair, and Camaro. To be fair there would need to be a forum for each of these models, then you could add the Monte Carlo. That would be way too many forums.

Lets not offend fellow members by draging this discussion through the gutter.

"Can't we all be friends?" :vcca:

The53TwoTen,

Same here! By all means please speak your mind. That's what we all are here for. It's an open forum and comments count.

Perhaps we all should work on getting "those guys" with the other body styles to chime in here once and a while. Then we could all help one another. After all, we all drive Chevys!

...and no thanks Mack, I've still got the day job. Perhaps when I have lots more time and a lot more experience.

I don't know if it would have to be broken down by each body style. The shop overhaul manuals group a few together like Chevelle, Camaro, Corvette, and Nova. Body manuals are even grouped together. Maybe Corvair engine and body is the exception. Same with the Corvette body.

Many of the full size bodies share part assemblies and engines with the above mentioned cars.

Ya maybe I'm killing myself over nothing but a dumb sub-title on a topic page.

RayG

Well that is news to me, about having to be on a regional Board.
I do think that there is minimum amount of years of being a VCCA member.

I haven't seen it in the By-laws either. That does not mean it isn't true. Who told you that?

I was also includeing myself in that group, that may not have enough to do. Think about it if you don't mind. No offense intended just my honest opinion. If it was important enough for you two guys to post about it, then It is important enough to have it corrected. Other wise why would we need to be able to post replys? You are showing good interest.

Oh, my gosh... it excludes CORVETTES???!?!?! Then by all means let's remove the designation!!! Ha!

Done!!

Requirements to run for the VCCA Board of Directors:

Posted on August 15, 2009 18:30 Nomination For BOD
John 348/340HP

Thanks JYD for posting that.I knew that you had to be a member of the VCCA for 3 years,but,I misunderstood the regional office position part.My bad.I would think,though that it would be a good idea to hold an office within your region first to get your "feet wet" at a local level first....does that make any sense?

The53TwoTen, Yes it does make sense to have some experiance. However around 80% of VCCA members never join a region, never send in a ballot and some of them consider belonging to VCCA as being a magazine subscription, and a place to find parts for their cars. That is ok. If you want to get experiance there is the Chat Group Non-Gerographical Chapter (region)here on Chatter made up of VCCA members that do most of our work via this site and email. We have our annual election comeing up in December and we always "Need a few good men!" to serve as officers and board members (Directors). We pay an initial joining dues of $5.00.
We will put a reminder of the Chat Group on one of the VCCA members forums. We have our own forum where we conduct Chat Group business.

The53TwoTen: Heck, I wasn't even aware that you had to be a member for three years so I learned something too.

Yep, experience within a region would help a lot before becoming a board member and that definitely makes sense.