OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR CLUB

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1 June 2015 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR CLUB P.O. Box Ballwin, MO Board of Directors Syl Biermann Paula Goodrich Dan Kelly Rich Sutorius Josh Johnson Secretary-Cindy Ahrens Editor Bob Layton or Publisher-Bill & Barb Giese Web Master-Scott Lewis Keirsten McDaniel O ur club will be part of a Ford display at Sinclair Ford that will be held on June 27th. Sinclair is our major sponsor and we need as many members rides in attendance as we can get. Club member, Ron Schodroski is our contact to Sinclair and would appreciate the help of our members to fill the lot. The event will benefit The BackStoppers. We will meet at Sinclair after 9 am. We will have more details available at our board and membership meetings this month. This is a club event for points. T he Mustang Club of St. Louis will hold their all Ford show that will be held at the Museum of Transportation on June 6th. We have outgrown the parking lot at Sugar Creek Park so we have changed our meeting location. We will now meet at the Des Peres medical complex which will be the first right after you exit Highway 270 to Dougherty Ferry Road. The street name is Highland. There is an Emergency Room sign at the entrance. We will be meeting at 9 am and we will be leaving at 9:15 am. If you prefer, you can go directly to the show. This is a club event. A lthough not a club event, many of our members plan on attending the Charity Rod Run to be held in Wentzville on Friday, June 5th. The event will be held from 6 to 9 pm. There is a required donation of $10 to benefit the City of Wentzville D.A.R.E program. The main road is closed but open to all registered vehicles. You can cruise as you please or park and watch cars and trucks of all variety. T he 7th Annual Spirit of the Midwest Rides for Guides Car Show will be held at the Machinist s Hall located at St. Charles Rock Road in Bridgeton. The June 28th show benefits Guide Dogs of America. No caravan for this show as we will meet at the show location.. Club member Burt Pennington would appreciate your support. This is a club event. T he Federal Mogul car cruise will be held at their facility located at 3186 Riverport Tech Center in Maryland Heights. Many of our members attended last year. It offers a display of their facility and a car display. There is no charge for this event. Dan Kelly noted that they had some very nice attendance prizes last year. The event will be held on Friday, June 12th from 4 to 8 pm. Food and drink will be available. If you would like more information, please contact Dan. This is not a club event.

2 June 2015 Page 2 W e had a situation where three different events that we normally attend, all happened on the same day. The Classics on Wheels car show was held on May 2nd. For the past couple of years, the show was held in the fall. This year it was moved back to May which happened to be the same weekend as Valley of F l o w e r s s h o w i n Florissant and the Shelbyfest held in Jeff City, so our members were all at different shows. Neverthe-less, we did have a good turn out in Elsberry with 19 of our member cars in attendance. Five of our members took home a trophy and Scott Lewis took the Best of Show award. We also got to see a Kenny Simms burnout. Thanks to Mike McCallister for the donuts. It was a great day for a car show at all three events. BEST OF SHOW

3 June 2015 Page 3 O n Saturday, Aug. 22 nd and Aug. 23 rd, the club will be making an overnight trip to Jefferson City. We will leave at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22 nd. We will caravan to Jeff City at a location that will be posted next month. The club has a special hotel rate set up at the Capitol Plaza Hotel. It is $74.00 per suite per night. The suite includes a king size bed and pull out couch. They will also honor this rate if you want a room with two double beds and/or if someone wants come down early on Friday night or stay thru Sunday night. The price also includes complimentary breakfast for 2 on Sunday. The hotel offers an indoor pool and fitness center, and covered parking in a 4 level garage. Once we get an estimated number of cars, they will block off parking for us in the garage. To make reservations call and tell them your with Fords Unlimited to get the special rate. Right now we have 20 rooms blocked for us. They are asking that we try to book before July 23, when it gets closer to that time, we will adjust the number of rooms that they are holding for us. Right now we have walking tour scheduled for the Missouri State Capitol Building at 2:00 on Saturday, Aug. 22 nd, in the afternoon. The tour of the Capitol is free. We will need to arrive about 1:45. This is a walking tour and will include stairs, however there is an elevator available. After the tour, there is an on-site Missouri History Museum that will walk thru. We will go to dinner as a group, however those details have not been worked out. On Sunday morning, we have a 10:00 a.m. tour of the Missouri State Penitentiary, also known as Alcatraz of the Midwest, booked. There is a $13 charge and a waiver that must be signed for the tour. We will need to arrive about 10 minutes early. Parking is on the Street, but it should not be a problem, as we are the first tour of the day. The tour would enter the upper yard through the front entrance. The JIM steel gate will clank behind us just like we were inmates entering the prison. We will tour the upper yard, then take a seat in the oldest housing unit from We will hear history and interesting stories of the inmates, tour the underground dungeon cells (optional of course), tour the cells and then walk back to our vehicles. Then drive around the block to the lower yard to the back of the property to tour the gas chamber and hear more history. Since the property was built in 1836, this tour is not suitable for wheelchairs, crutches or walkers. Many people have gone on the tour with canes without a problem. Cameras are welcome, wear comfortable shoes (no sandals, please). If it is raining, bring umbrellas. If paying by check make it payable to: Jeff City CVB or have correct change cash. Please note: they do NOT bring a bag of money to make change.

4 June 2015 Page 4 A little rain didn t stop our night at the Rascals game to benefit The BackStoppers, held on May 16th at the T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O Fallon, Missouri. We were not able to drive our cars around the field but Josh Johnson did throw out the first pitch. We thank Dan Kelly for all the work that he put into this successful fundraiser. Paula Goodrich turned in these photo s taken at the very successful Shelbyfest held in Jefferson City.

5 June 2015 Page 5 A s at our Rascals game, the weather forecast was not good for the Salute to the Troops car show held on May 17th at the VFW Hall in O Fallon Missouri. Club members Scott and Lynette Lewis host the show and members Kenny and Gwen Simms, Mark and Sandy Carey and Bart McNail helped with parking and registration. The show was held to support veterans needs. Due to the uneasy forecast, the turnout was small this year but our club supported with 16 members cars and trucks in attendance. Other than a few sparse raindrops, the day stayed dry and we were heading home at 1 pm. (indicates that the car won a trophy) Terry Koch Burt Pennington Scott Lewis Bill Giese Mark Carey Bill Bauer Steve Hendricks Jack Greiwe Lynette Lewis Mike McCallister Bart McNail Ron Schodroski John Sullivan Jake Turnipseed Josh Johnson Bob Layton

6 June 2015 Page 6. Submitted by Gwen Simms O n April 12, 2015 my 2003 Explorer rolled over to 400,000 miles. It has a 4.0 V6 engine with automatic transmission, 4 wheel drive. We bought it in Oct It has the original engine and transmission. There has been no work done to either. All we have done is the necessary maintenance and a lot of tires. We have definitely gotten our monies worth and it just goes to show that with regular maintenance they can go a long way. As I write this I have already put another 1000 miles on it. A fter years of storing car show items at various different locations, we finally bit the bullet and have rented a small storage locker. We now have a central location to store our BBQ pits, coolers, tents and so on. We thank Dan Kelly for setting this up for our club. L ike the a speeding freight train, our show is coming upon us at a fast rate. At our May 20th car show meeting there was plenty to discuss. Show chairman, Jim Biermann, addressed many of items that needed to be address now. Dan Kelly brought a plaque example that was approved by the board of directors. We have ordered the plaques and we should be in good shape on this. Jim has been working on the car show shirts and we may go to a colored shirt this year. Last year, we ordered 72 and sold out so this will be addressed this year. Get yours early. The final show flyer was approved and we should have flyers by the board of directors meeting, if not, at our membership meeting this month. What we need now is the commitment from our members to be available to fill all of the needed spots at the show. We need people parking cars, working concessions, counting ballots and the many other jobs that have to be done. This is the day that you bring your car and probably won t see it again until you go home. For our club, this is a work event and we need all hands available to be successful. S ome of our members represented our club at the Valley of Flowers parade held on May 3rd. Dan Kelly turned in this information. Attending were myself with a car load of grand kids, Jerry Grimmer with his son Greg and grand kids, John Sullivan with Mark Carey as his copilot, Jake Turnipseed and his daughter, Josh and Mom, and last but not least was Ed and Julie Mauzy and kids with his big blue Raptor with the large flags and bubble machines in the bed. He added another bubble machine this year as the older one wasn't producing enough bubbles!

7 June 2015 Page 7 1.-Bob Layton Ken Farrar Bill Giese Bart McNail Jack Greiwe Jim Biermann Ron Schodroski Mark Carey Cindy Ahrens John Sullivan 135 A bove are the points standings as of the May membership meeting. This does not include the show sponsorship points. Our winner at our May meeting was Dave Smith. Dave took home a cool $47. June 3rd Board of Directors Sybergs-7 pm. June 6th MCSTL Car Show. Meet at Des Peres Hosp.-9 am. June 10th Membership Sports Café-7 pm. June 17-21st Mid America Shelby Meet June 27th Sinclair Cruise Meet at Sinclair Ford-9 am. June 28th Rides For Guides Car Show Machinist Hall Mark Carey Jr. Real Estate Agent Residential Appraiser Direct: mark@stlbuyandsell.com Veterans Memorial Pkwy. St. Peters, Mo O: F: /16 Fords Unlimited Car Show Sponsor 4/16 Fords Unlimited Car Show Sponsor 4/ Dunn Rd. Hazelwood, MO

8 A FREE SERVICE FOR ALL FOR ENTHUSIASTS. CALL OR June 2015 Any quantity ok For Sale Mercury Monterey Breezeway. 390, auto, air, back power window. Car is untouched and complete. Body is straight, some surface rust. Dayna cell, For Sale Falcon Futura. Two door. Light blue exterior with white roof and blue interior. Bucket seats with console. 170c.i. 6 cyl with Ford-o-Matic trans. Car is pure stock with 57,000 miles and is in excellent condition. Asking $10,000. Contact Dan Kelly at or boardwlrk@aol.com For Sale Mustang GT auto excellent condition meticulous maintenance by Ford all records 106k miles everything works Ford MACH 1000 sound system moon roof no leaks chrome wheels dark red metal flake w/clear coat grey interiorgreat show car. Asking $7,500 Contact Paula at or leave message. For Sale Mustang GT (Fastback), 351 (4BL), Crimson color Cougar Convertible, blue w/white convertible top, 351 (4BL), auto, power steering, air Cougar Boss 302 Eliminator, yellow, 4 speed (real Boss 302). All are clean and drivable. Would not be embarrassed to take anywhere including a Ford show. Call John Saxton for more details or For Sale. 57 Ford Parts. 1 headlight door. 2 S/S vent window rain gutters dr. Station wagon parts. Rear upper tail gate S/S trim. Neutral/park reverse safety switch, still works. Left and right ranch wagon rear fender script Ford Car. 2S/S headlight trim w/2 groves. Left and right interior door window trim. Removable fron floor board. Back seat bottom and back rest. Want to buy S/S rear window trim. For Sale. Set of GT40P Smallblock heads. Exhaust port matched. $125. Tall set of Trickflow valve covers. Black Powercoated with red lettering. $ For Sale Mustang parts. 351 Cleveland 2bbl intake with carb; Billet or running Pony Gas caps; OEM Hi/Low horns; OEM backup lights; OEM L/R rear marker assemblies; OEM rear deck honeycomb panel; OEM padded dash with dash cover for A/C car; OEM 2 14x6 Magnum wheels; OEM 2 14x7 Magnum wheels with P240/60; New Scott Drake Monet Carlo bar (never installed); New Scott Drake door switches for interior lights; OEM front turn signals; 2 left hand remote sport mirrors; OEM L/R 1970 tail light bezels; OEM heard light doors; OEM L/R kick panel vents; Grant steering wheel; R/H OEM arm rest (1970) or dennisboss@gmail.com Culver s Car Cruise. Every 2nd and 4th Saturday from May through October. 5 to 10 pm. 123 Richardson Crossing, Arnold, MO. Info Memories Cruise Nights. 1st Friday of the month, April through October. Faith Church, Gravois, sunset Hills, MO. The will be collecting canned good for the church. Gateway Ford-Mercury car club cruises. Held at Culver's south county location 4140 Rusty Road off south Lindbergh by Costco. Every third Saturday of the month April-September 5 PM- until dark the dates are 4/18, 5/16, 6/20, 7/18, 8/15, 9/19. Music, attendance prizes, 50/50 drawing, food at Culver's, all cars welcome trophy awarded by Culver's manager. Rain date is following Sat. JJ s of St. Charles cruise nights. April 11th, May 9th, June 13th, July 11th, August 8th, September 12th, and October 10th. Info June 5th. Wentzville Rod Run to benefit DARE. Not a club event buy many of our members will participate in this easy going night. $10 donation to D.A.R.E. Held 6-9 pm. June 6th. The Mustang Club of St. Louis all Ford show. We will meet at 9 am and we will be leaving at 9:15 pm. Meeting location info is listed on page 1 of this newsletter. Club event. June 6th. 6th Annual show for the benefit of Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital. Hosted by the Coachmen Car Club of St. Louis. 3 awards in each of 20 classes. Located at Dorsett Road (just West of Lindbergh), Maryland Heights, MO. 8:00AM - 4:00PM (rain or shine). Info or or June 6th. 2nd annual Texas Roadhouse car show. 10:30 to 3:30 pm. No entry fee. Free appetizer for show entries. Top 3 awards. Rain date, June 13th. Located at 1220 S. Kirkwood Road. Info June 6th. Florissant General Baptist Church Car Show. $10 registration but free food is included. Located at 360 Graham Road in Florissant, Missouri. Info June 8, Monday. Hot Rod Power Tour Stops at Gateway Motorsports Park, Noon till 6pm. Info: hot-rod-power-tour/2014/hot-rod-power-tour-2015-dates-locations -registration-and-faq/ Stops at Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, Illinois. June 12th (Friday). Federal-Mogul Technician Academy Car Parts Wanted. T5 bellhousing & T5 shifter. Also 69 Mercury Marauder wheels Parts Wanted Ford NOS small baby hub caps, B7A C, white painted centers Ford Factory stamped VR- 57 Paxton Supercharger setup or parts. EDB-C and EDB-D Heads, EDB-F 4 Bbl intake, EDB-AA or EDB-AB or EDB- C Holley teapot 4Bbl carbs, supercharger air cleaner. Also 14"x5" and 14"x5 1/2" and 14"x6" Ford SOLID faced steel rims. Central Securities Investments, Securities, Construction Wentzville, Missouri careyj.central@gmail.com James Michael Carey 4/16

9 and Bike show and Dyno day. Free admission. 4-9 pm. Facility tours, attendance prizes. Proceeds go the Every Child s Hope. Located at 3168 Riverport Tech Center Drive, Maryland Heights, MO Info June 13th. Cruise for Health sponsored by Mo Bap in Sullivan. Poker run from Washington to Sullivan. Info June 17th-21st. 41st annual Mid America Ford and Shelby Nationals to be held at Tulsa Oklahoma. Club event. June 20th. 11th annual Hazelwood Baptist Car Show. 9am-5pm. Held at 6161 Howdershell, Hazelwood, MO June 20th-28th. Hemmings Motor News Great Race that will start in Kirkwood, Missouri. June 21st. Fathers Day Car Show held at the Element Church located at 100 Mall Parkway (old Belz Mall). Free donuts and coffee. Cars must arrive between 8:30 and 8:45 am (?). Info June 21st. Fathers Day car show hosted by the Horseless Carriage Club of MO to be held at the Museum of Transportation. 11 to 3:30 pm. Info Ruth at June 27th. All Ford Cruise at Dave Sinclair Ford to benefit The BackStoppers. Club members to meet after 9am. Cruise will end at 3:30 pm. Club event. June 28th. 7th annual Midwest Rides for Guides car show. Held at the Machinist Hall on St. Charles Rock Road. Registration 8- nnon. Judging starts at noon. Awards approximately 2:30 pm. $20 to show, $10 for display only. Club event July 5th. Patriots in the Park car show to be held at Wilson Park. in Granite City, IL. Club event. July 5th. St. Alban roe K of C car & bike show to benefit the St. Louis VA Medical Center Fisher House. Show held at Wildwood Town Center Plaza, Wildwood, MO. Info July 18th. 38th annual Mustang and all Ford car show sponsored by the Southern Illinois Mustang Association. Homer Adams Parkway, Alby St., Alton, IL. Info July 18th. Afton Parents Club car show. $20 preregistration, $24 day of show. Benefits the Thomas Boley Fund. Held at Affton High School, 8309 Mackenzie Road. Info July 25th. Fords Unlimited pre-show BBQ. We will register our cars and do final show set-up. We will meet at McDonnell Park at 5 pm. Club will supply the burgers and members should bring a covered dish or desert and their own drinks. Club event. July 26th. Fords Unlimited 29th annual all Ford Show to be held at J.S. MacDonnell Park in St. Louis County, Missouri. August 1st. Show-Me Stampede, Mustang & all Ford show to be held at Pundmann Ford in St. Charles. Meet at the Lowe s located at Hwy. 70 and Zumbehl Road at 8:45am. Club event. Our monthly membership meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month except January at Sports Cafe, 3579 Pennridge Drive, Bridgeton, MO Their phone numbers is (314) Please call Sports Cafe to check on weather related meeting cancellations. Our board of directors meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at Sybergs which is located at the NE corner of Highway 270 and Dorsett Road. Check with any board member on weather related cancellations. All meetings start at 7 pm. August 7th. Wentzville Rod Run. August 9th. KlasAct Corvette Club Annual all vehicle car show. Show held at Pur Performance, 3725 Harry S. Truman Blvd, St. Charles, MO. Info August 9th. 5th annual Show Off Car Show. Open to all cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Held at the Machinists' Hall in Bridgeton. Info August 16th. 24 annual D.A.R.E. benefit car show held at Edwardsville High School in Edwardsville, IL. Info August 22nd-23rd. Fords Unlimited trip to Jefferson City for a tour of the State Capitol building and the former state prison. Info listed on page 3 of this newsletter. Club event. September 5th. O'Fallon Elks Lodge 2587, 6th Annual Classic Car & Motorcycle Show. Register 9am till Noon. Entry Fee $15, Display $10. Dash Plaques 1st 60 participants. Attendance Prizes. Trophies 1st & 2nd Place. 7 Classes. 50/50 Drawing. Benefit Wounded Warriors Military Color Guard Vietnam Veterans Marine Corps League St. Charles Mo at Colors info: (636) Directions: Off 1-70 West to T.R. Hughs, North to Tom Guinevere, Right to Fort Zumwalt High School. O Fallon, MO. September 13th. Wheels In Motion Car Show. Presented by First Capitol Classics Auto Club. Registration fee $20, 9am till noon. Dash Plaques 1st 150. All proceeds to National Children's Cancer Society. Model T Assembly. Info Located at Westport Plaza Parking Lot near I-270 and Page Ave. Maryland Heights, MO. Club event. September 13th. SCC Cougar Car Show. Info: (636) or . Held at 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, (Red Parking lot at south entrance, (close to St. Peters). Cottleville, MO. September 20th. Shiners' benefit car show held at the Moolah Shrine Center located at Fee Fee Road, Info gatewaybuick@yahoo.com or October 10th. Classic Carfest to benefit Leighton s Legion. To be held at EPC in St. Charles, located at Hwy 70 and Cave Springs Blvd. Go north on Truman Blvd. We will help judge this show. Info Club event. Connie & John Luczak DIRECT JOBBERS GATEWAY SYNTHETICS 4810 Mattis Road St. Louis, MO amsoildealerstl@gmail.com Fords Unlimited Car Show Sponsor 5/16 Gravois Auto Radiator is St. Louis only radiator repair and distribution center all under one roof. We can restore your original radiator so you can keep the OEM stamping & logos. We also restore gas tanks, heater cores & a/c condensers. We have been in business for over three generations and are currently located at 4040 Gravois. Phone gravoisautoradiator@gmail.com Our hours of operations are Monday thru Friday 7:30 to 5:00 and Saturday 8:00 to 12:00. Joe Vander Pluym-Club Member 2/16

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