CLUB HISTORY

The Longhorn Corvette Club (LCC) was chartered in the summer of 1973 by a group of Corvette enthusiasts who were interested in enjoying their Corvettes through automotive activities and meeting other Corvette owners. The first public gathering was at the Gazebo by Town Lake, the starting point for a successful and warmly remembered hill country tour.

From that beginning, the club has grown to over 200 members. The Longhorn Corvette Club is a member of the National Council of Corvette Clubs (NCCC), a national sanctioning body providing insurance, organization, nationally recognized rules and guidelines and participation. Nationally, NCCC has about 15,000 members in approximately 300 Corvette Clubs.

LCC operates under the guidelines set forth in its constitution and bylaws.

Prose, Stories, and Tech Articles

10 Worst Cars by Tom Moore
This story appeared in the BULLetin in 2003

A Good Lady by Mike Guevara
This was an E-Mail sent to several club members in October of 2002

History of the club seal
By Alan Waters

Seal A
Seal B
Seal C

The Longhorn Corvette Club seal was originally designed by Steve Watson (a charter member) circa 1974 and remained basically the same except for some minor changes added by yours truly in '76, with Steve's consent, until 1991 (seal A). The seal is a Corvette steering wheel with the spokes of the wheel forming a longhorn. The top portion shows a 20th which signifies that LCC was founded in the 20th year of the Corvette, 1973, as denoted below the cross flags. The cross flags are a Chevrolet insignia. The flag on the left is red and white with yellow design with the Chevrolet bowtie emblem and the fleur-de-lis. The flag on the right is the black and white checkered racing flag. The background of this area is silver. The horn area of the steering wheel is yellow and the left and right spokes (longhorns) are white. The bottom portion of the spoke is also white with a black center. The left portion with the white star has a blue background and signifies Texas, the Lone Star State. The right portion, having a red background, with the NCCC logo, denotes LCC's association with the National Council of Corvette Clubs. The NCCC emblem is blue, silver and red on a white background. The outer area (steering wheel) has the wording 'Longhorn Corvette Club' in western letters and the small circles between the words denote steering wheel rivets. This area is white with black letters and rivets. The outer border is black.

The large logo used on LCC T-shirts had Austin, Texas added to the middle of the steering wheel in 1991. More recently, Joe Raymond modified the small logo to include Austin, Texas in middle of the steering wheel as well as changing the lettering (seal B).

Another of Joe Raymond's renditions of the seal has an actual Texas longhorn added to the middle and some other minor enhancements. This logo was featured on the newsletter cover from 1995 thru 1999 (seal C).

History of the club's "Turkey Trouncer"
By Alan Waters

The origin of the LCC Turkey Trouncer began in the 70's. Circa 1976, many of the clubs in the Southwest Region had active groups of individuals who would travel all over the region and participate in various clubs' events (drags, autocrosses, rallys, funkhanas, concours). From this scenario racing teams were born; San Jacinto Corvette Club had the Guacamole Racing Team, El Paso the FART (Frijoles American Racing Team), and Cowtown Vettes and Corvette Club of Texas had their groups. Back in the dark ages the majority of the members of LCC actually raced. Racers included Tom Moore, Glen Cortines, Scott and Tricia Reid, Steve and Esperanza White, Mike and Gail Mitchell, Larry and Phyllis Reid, Herb Hirsch, Toni Hartley, Kevin Dunlevy, and Alan Waters. It was decided that LCC needed a racing team about the same time the idea for a new run of T-shirts came about, What to do? Well, the Turkey Trouncer came about -- TURKEY TROUNCER RACING TEAM! The art work was a combination of efforts. I borrowed the Longhorn from a local university (he was carrying a football, I believe), the Corvette came from Tom Moore's efforts, and the actual turkey from Tricia Reid's mom. The lettering on the back of the T-shirt, which said "Turkey Trouncer Racing Team, Austin, Texas," was done by Larry Reid (see below). Everything was combined by Tom and me, and I took the assembled product to Ray Lauden's place and had the T-shirts silkscreened. This artwork was the basis for the first Awards Weekend (1977) T-Shirts with the Longhorn (1) wearing an NCCC logo instead of the LCC logo, (2) holding a trophy instead of the trounced turkey, and (3) the Corvette being slightly modified (see below). So, there you have the background of the LCC Turkey Trouncer.

The Turkey Trouncer was colorized (shades of Ted Turner) in late 1994 by Joe Raymond and me. This was done at the same time the logo was colorized for the BULLetin.