As part of the solution to the ongoing problems of money and recruiting, in 1961, the Chicago's Own VFW was replaced by the Park Ridge VFW Post 3579, marking the beginning of The Cavaliers' move from being a "city" corps to being "suburban". However, things did not look bright when the Cavaliers were beaten in a local "standstill" competition, with "experts" declaring the demise of the "Green Machine". But when the season began, The Cavaliers won, and they won, and the corps kept winning. By the time the season was over, The Cavaliers were undefeated during 1961, had won twenty-five shows in a row dating from 1960, and would eventually win twenty-nine contests in a row over a period of twenty-three months before losing on June 17 in Spring Valley, Illinois. The Cavaliers won VFW national three years in a row, 1961–63, and five in seven years from the first in 1957. In 1963, the corps traveled to Canada for the Toronto Optimist's "International" competition, then took a train to Seattle to VFW Nationals, and had marching members from as far away from Chicago as Rockford and Milwaukee.