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1 GPMC NEWS The Greater Pittsburgh Mustang Club Newsletter Visit our website at: Next Meeting: Volume 24 Issue 5 May 2009 May6 Meeting at Boyce Park 7:00 p.m. Board Mtg. 7:30 p.m. General Mtg. Inside this issue: President s Message Minutes of last meeting Officers & Directors Activities Report 4 Upcoming Events 5 My Mustang Story 6 Sponsors 7 Notices 8 NEW MEETING LOCATION!!!!! If you go to the King s in Harmarville or to North Park on May 6, you ll be all alone. The May 6 meeting will be held at Boyce Park. See details inside. Greetings Pony Lovers - By the time you receive this newsletter, this year s event season will already be off and running. Dwight Hutton, our Activity Director, has really gotten us organized this year. You should have received his first Activity & Event Bulletin, listing upcoming events. This is the first year that the Irwin car cruise provided a Mustang corral, so a bunch of us drove over on April 25 th to check it out. The cruise had a record turnout, and over nine Mustangs from the GPMC showed up. Among those present were the Rossmanns, the Huttons, the Cipas, Carl Cramer, Chris Levy, John Holmes, the Hills, the Barkers, and two hopefully soon-to-be new/returning members. Check out our complete activities list on pages 4 & 5. And a final reminder for the Fourth Annual Pennies for Patients Poker Run, to be held on May 17 th. You can register the day of the Run, or you can pre-register using the form on the website: We ll also have registration forms at the May meeting, along with directions to Tom Henry Chevrolet. Jennie and I will be at the Run as the poker judges. All proceeds go to the St. Barnabas charity fund. If you haven t already, don t forget to register for this year s Can-Am. The article in last month s newsletter contains details on how to get Canadian currency, etc. If you re interested, let us know when you ll be driving up, and we can try to coordinate a couple of convoys. The Niagara Classic Mustang Club tells us they ve got everything ready to make this a most memorable event, so let s make sure the GPMC is well represented in Ontario on June 26 th. To get the latest up-to-the-minute info and a copy of the registration form, check out the NCMC s website at: We had our best turnout of the year at our April meeting. We begin our series of five outdoor meetings in May. Based on feedback we got from Dwight s activity survey, members would like to try some other summer meeting venues, rather than hold them all in North Park as we ve done in the past. Therefore, our May meeting will be held in Boyce Park at the Hillcourt shelter (second choice is the Primrose shelter if Hillcourt is unavailable.) Directions to the park/shelter have already been sent out, or you can download them from our website using the Meetings tab. I look forward to seeing you all on May 6 th. Keep those motors runnin, Ken Barker

2 GPMC News May 2009 Page 2 Minutes of April 1, 2009 General Meeting The meeting was called to order at 7:30 pm by President Ken Barker at King s Restaurant in Harmarville. The sign in sheet is being passed around and Dave Mathews is selling 50/50 tickets. We have new members Dave and Margie Wilson and guest Connie present today. Other new members not present are Tom and Noreen Brennan and Bob and Marty Goetz. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: No corrections or additions to the March minutes. Motion to accept by Andy Schor and seconded by Denny Lane. TREASURERS REPORT: Jason Uhler passed around a treasurer s report for everyone to view. No corrections or additions. Motion to accept by Cheryl Bakaj and seconded by Andy Schor. MEMBERSHIP REPORT: Val Jean Rossmann not present Ken Barker read her report that we have 46 paid memberships. Bob Quinlan is passing around new membership cards. WEBMASTER REPORT: Nathan Hupp not present. TRCCC LIAISON: Tom Cavataio gave report. Meetings are the 3 rd Monday 7:00 pm at Peter s Place in Heidelberg and open to all members. There are over 20 clubs in TRCCC. If anyone wants a newsletter contact Georgianne Saraco at trcccnewsletter@verizon.net. MCA DIRECTOR: Ed Saitz gave report. He sent out mailings for the All Ford Show. Extras are here for members to take and pass out. We qualified for the President s Award. ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR: Dwight Hutton gave report. He is working on trips and will keep them to less than 50 miles. He needs help with different parts of the city. Still need someone to plan Christmas party in the west of city. Will send out if any activities need to be canceled OLD BUSINESS: Pennies for Patients Poker run is May 17. Mustang night at Starlite is now June 19 th. Fords at the Summit Event will hold a space for us on the floor, just need to know how many members will be going. Flashlight Drag at Pittsburgh Raceway is on May 29. NEW BUSINESS: Jason Uhler reported that a Shelby Convention will be held at the Sheraton North on August 6-8. For more info check their website at saac.com. Jason made a motion for the club to pay for 2 tents at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. Seconded by Andy Schor. All in favor. Ken submitted club info and photos to be in the North Hills Monthly Magazine. Should be in the May issue. Joe Dvorsky wanted to let members know that not wearing a seat belt is now a moving violation. The May meeting will be held at Boyce Park, June meeting at North Park, July meeting at White Oak Park, and August at Monroeville Community Park. Exact locations to be determined. 50/50 won by Joe Dvorsky. NEXT MEETING: May 6, 2009 at Boyce Park. Info to be ed. Board meeting at 7:00 pm and General meeting at 7:30 pm. MOTION TO ADJOURN: Made by Carl Cramer and seconded by Jim Bakaj. Respectfully submitted, Danielle Lane, Secretary Greater Pittsburgh Mustang Club

3 GPMC News May 2009 Page 3 President Ken Barker 66ragtoppony@comcast.net Vice President Dennis Lane drl325@ymail.com Secretary Danielle Lane drl325@ymail.com Treasurer Jason Uhler gt350man@verizon.net MCA Director Ed Saitz yellburd@comcast.net Webmaster Nathan Hupp mailto:nathaniel.hupp@gmail.com Newsletter Editor Jennie Barker mailto:gpmc.newsletter@yahoo.com Membership Director ValJean Rossmann vrossmann@comcast.net Activities Director Dwight Hutton mailto:gpmc_activities@verizon.net Merchandise Director Andy Schor walbum@realalbumart.com Directors at Large Cheryl Bakaj cherylb103@verizon.net Mary Hutton huttons@verizon.net Bob Sentner mailto:bobby.s@verizon.net Alternate Director Bob Kacinko mailto:mustang_bob@verizon.net GPMC LOGO MERCHANDISE GPMC window stickers are available at $3.00 each, 2 for $5.00. Tee shirts are also available in a great design with the GPMC logo prominently featured in black & gold on the front and back. Pricing is as follows (adult sizes): White short sleeve tees sizes S-XL $12 White short sleeve tees sizes XXL-XXXL* $15 White long sleeve tees sizes S-XL $18 White long sleeve tees sizes XXL-XXXL* $21 *Special order items We also have a limited selection of cruise shirts in children s sizes, sale priced at $5.00. See Andy Schor for your GPMC logo items and show your club colors with pride. Welcome New Members!!! Bob & Marty Goetz 1970 Mustang Fastback; 1973 Mustang Convertible David & Marie Reisz 2001 Mustang Bullitt Thomas & Noreen Brennan 2009 Mustang GT; 2008 Ford Fusion SEL Dave & Margie Wilson 1965 Galaxie 500; 2008 Mustang GT; 2008 Mustang GT

4 GPMC News May 2009 Page 4 Summary Of The 2009 GPMC Activities Survey Here s the last installment of the results of the Activities Survey. Below is a selection of comments left by members. Ask members if they have a local pub or place that they want to have a show or event Bowling Trip to Shelby convention Our Club & Shultz or Kings or Shopping center have a car cruise may jun july aug summer night Quaker Steak Lube Century III CAN-AM in the past was an important club function PVGP Black Tie & Tailpipes with GPMC Table PVGP Patron Parking with GPMC tent Oakmont Father's Day Car Show HCCA Meet and cruises to some small activity like mini-golf Annual golfing outing to raise money for charity and/or club Events with other local clubs Cabela's Car Cruise Ford Racing Mustang Challenge Series at Mid-Ohio Tours of (Auto)Art Collections/Museums Daytona 500 Party Guest speakers at monthly meetings Trip to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Cleveland Organized Club Attendance at Area Cruises TRCCC's Fall Social ( Our club is a member club) Flight 93 Memorial, Oakhurst Tea Room Crusise ( Somerset) Mt. Pleasant Street Cruise Valentines Day Dinner/Party We have put together a final list of club activities for this year. We have already incorporated some of the suggestions above and we will try to add some more as the year progresses and as scheduling allows. As it is just not possible to do everything this year, we will drop the not so good events from this year and replace them next year with new ones. Activities Flyer All of you should have received our first Activities Flyer in the mail recently. We will be sending this out 2 or 3 more times this year just to keep you apprized of the upcoming events and any changes that may occur. Off And Running - Several members participated in the Irwin Car Show this past weekend. The weather was beautiful and those who didn t make it missed a great day. Hopefully we can do another car show together soon and more members will attend!! Cruise And Brunch May 3 We have had an extremely low response so far for this event. Please RSVP if you plan on attending. If it s too far to drive your Stang, bring the family car instead! If we don t get a few more responses, we will likely cancel this activity and possibly re-schedule it for later this year. Starlight Service Night August 21- This is a new addition to our list. Please come out and help the North Way Christian Community with this fabulous car show and their worthy charities. As always, feel free to contact me at GPMC_Activities@verizon.net or Dwight Hutton, Activities Director

5 GPMC News May 2009 Page 5 CALLING ALL MEMBERS All-Ford Show Basket raffle We need items for our Basket Raffle (previously known as Chinese auction) for the All Ford-Powered Car Show on June 14th. If you have any business associates, see if they may be willing to donate something. We will recognize their firm by several announcements at the show, on a display board at the show, and on our website. Also, we welcome donations from our members. Some of you may have craft talents; others may want to bring home-made baked goods. Please contact Ed if you are able to bring donations or if you have any questions about items you may want to bring. yellburd@comcast.net or Thanks for your help. CALLING ALL MEMBERS UPCOMING EVENTS GPMC Activities are listed in bold print. Some dates are subject to change, so please check the website and most recent newsletter for the latest information. May 3 Sunday Cruise & Brunch DeNunzio s Restaurant, Latrobe May 6 GPMC Monthly Boyce Park, Hillcourt Shelter May 16 Cruise to Stone Villa Winery May 17 May 22 May 24 May 29 June 3 Poker Run to benefit the Pennies for Patients program at St. Barnabas Starlite Car Cruise season opener at Northway Christian Community Church, Wexford Valley Forge Mustang Club 28th Annual Chester County Car Show or Flashlight Drag Pittsburgh Raceway Park GPMC Monthly North Park Roosevelt Grove Shelter June 5-7 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals June 12 Goody Bag stuffing at Shults June 14 All Ford-Powered Show - Richard Bazzy s Shults Ford Lincoln Mercury, Harmarville, PA June 19 Mustang Night at Wexford Starlite Car Cruise June CanAm 2009 hosted by the Niagara Classic Mustang Club July 1 GPMC Monthly White Oak Park, Blue Spruce Shelter July Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix July Fords at the Summit - Norwalk, Ohio August 2 GPMC Monthly Meeting & Hospitality Monroeville Park, Pavilion #1 August 6-8 National Shelby Convention at BeaveRun August 22 Cruise & Drive-in - OR - Gateway Clipper Sept. 2 GPMC Monthly Pietro s Pizza Pub, South Hills

6 GPMC News May 2009 Page 6 MY MUSTANG STORY By Tom Horner This car was my college graduation present (WVU) to myself paid for by myself! I graduated from WVU in the summer of 1968 and soon visited Eger Ford to see if they had any 1968 Shelbys, particularly a GT 500 KR fastback I think the best looking of the earlier Mustangs. Alas, they only had a white GT- 350 convertible, which didn t do it for me (early indication of an incredible lack of foresight). At this point, the 1969 Mach 1 s and Shelby s were being introduced. I was completely blown away by the Mach 1 with the CJ engine. After saving a few $$, I ordered the Mach 1 in January I reasoned that the Shelby was more desirable, but not $1,000 more desirable (lack of foresight strikes again)! The Mach 1 was delivered in March A friend, with a similar CJ 428 Auto Mach 1, and I spent the next five summers occasionally drag racing in Pure Stock classes, mostly at PID in Bridgeville, and occasionally at New Alexandria. We usually met in the elimination rounds, as the CJ s almost always won in class. I won eliminator once at New Alexandria and had it in the bag once at Bridgeville, but got on the brakes a little too early in order to not lower the class record (lack of foresight thing again). In those days, one of my favorite sights was being able to see the 396 Chevy s in my rear view mirror as I went through the traps because they were sooo far behind. The only in-class loss that I can remember in 5 years was to a GTO that somehow managed to be about ½ second faster than any GTO in town (slightly illegal maybe?). Ford wasn t aware of it, but they were sponsoring my racing. I bought the car at Cliff Heath Ford in Mt. Lebanon where another friend was a mechanic and notorious street racer. So every time I would bend a valve or the rear end would go south, he would fix it under warranty, after asking me which gear ratio I wanted this time. 4:30 s were great at the track, but hard to take on the street. The car currently has 52,000 miles on it, 15,000 of which were from the 1 st year. After the 1 st five years of drag racing, the car was retired, engine rebuilt and used occasionally in the summers. Although deterioration was minor through the years (primarily rear wheel returns rusted off); it necessitated new outer wheel houses and quarter panels. I am now in the process of completely restoring it to near concours/street condition, although I may hop it up a bit. Well, that s my story and I m sticking to it. One of my favorite things was being able to see the 396 Chevy s in my rear view mirror... Tom & JoAnne Horner s 1969 Mustang Mach 1 Candyapple Red with Black Stripes and Interior OPTIONS: 428 Ram Air Super CobraJet with 3.91:1 Drag Pack and Shaker Hood Scoop; 4- Speed, 3:91 Traction-Loc rear end, Power Steering, Power Disk Brakes; F-70x14 Polyglas white lettered tires, AM radio. Sticker Price $ SHARE YOUR MUSTANG STORY Thanks to Tom Horner for sharing his story. Let s make this a regular feature in the newsletter. Send photo(s) of your Mustang(s) and your story to: mailto:gpmc.newsletter@yahoo.com

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8 May 2009 Page 8 GREATER PITTSBURGH MUSTANG CLUB Jennie Barker Newsletter Editor 2349 Highland Ave. Allison Park, PA TO: Newsletters sent to addresses are in full color. Printed copies of the newsletter are in black and white and a limited number are available at meetings. NEW MEETING LOCATION FOR MAY!!! Next Meeting Wednesday May 6, 2009 Boyce Park Hillcourt Shelter 7:00 p.m. Board Meeting 7:30 p.m. General Meeting Don t let your newsletter go astray! Please send new address to: vrossmann@comcast.net Find us on the web: CORRECTIONS AND OMISSIONS Please submit corrections and omissions to: mailto:gpmc.newsletter@yahoo.com or: 2349 Highland Ave.,Allison Park, PA Newsletter Submissions Do you have a story or photo to share? Send them to: mailto:gpmc.newsletter@yahoo.com The next deadline is: May 25, 2009 ADVERTISING RATES The cost for a business card ad in the GPMC newsletter is $36 per year. You can also place your ad on the GPMC website for $36 per year. If you want your business card in the newsletter and on the website, the cost is $50 per year. Classified ads of 50 words or less are free for members for a maximum of three months, and $10 per month for non-members. Contact the newsletter editor for details.