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1 January 2019 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR CLUB P.O. Box Ballwin, MO Board of Directors Paula Goodrich Jerry Grimmer Dennis McBee Dan Kelly John Walling Editor-Bob Layton Publishers-Bill & Barb Giese Treasurer-Paula Goodrich Points Chair-Dennis McBee Membership Chair-Rich Sutorius Web Master-Scott Lewis & Keirsten McDaniel T he celebration of our successful 2018 year and the kickoff of the new year for our club will be held on Saturday, January 19th at the Syberg's located on Dorsett, just east of Hwy This is the same location as last year. That evening we will award the winners of our Points Race and introduce your new board of directors for The menu will be similar to previous years which will include tossed salad, fried chicken, roast beef, mashed potatoes, vegetables, bread, butter and dessert. We will also supply a cake and there will be appitizers. Tea and coffee will be served and there will be a cash bar available. The club s total cost is over $30 per adult including attendance prizes but we will pick up most of the cost of the evening. The charge for members is $10 and $12 for adult nonmembers. Kids 4 years to 10 years will cost $5. Kids 3 years old and under are free. Doors will open at 6 pm and dinner will be served after 7 pm. This year, we have dropped the way we did attendance prizes in the past. This year, we will have prizes for members and sponsors only that will include 10 $25 gift certificates and a $50 grand attendance prize. There will be drawing with all of the proceeds going back to the attendees. We will also have entertainment again this year. We will need a confirmed head count by the first week in January. A confirmation will be in a form of a check for the cost of your party. You must be paid in advance to attend. Please sign up at any meeting or contact Syl Biermann at (636) if you plan to attend.

2 January 2019 Page 2 As we start the new year, we always take time to reflect on our past year. The following is a sampling of our outstanding 2018 year. January As always, our year starts with our annual Awards Banquet. One of our most popular events, it s a celebration of the previous year and a great start to our new year. That night we thanked our 2017 board of directors for their work. They included Bill Bauer, Jim Biermann, Syl Biermann, Paula Goodrich, and Dan Kelly. The new BOD was introduced that included Jim Biermann, Syl Biermann, Paula Goodrich, Dennis McBee, and Dan Kelly. Our points winners from 1st to last included Bob Layton, Ken Farrar, Bart McNail, Mike McCallister, Jake Turnipseed, Dennis McBee, Burt Pennington and Jim Richardson (tie), Jerry Grimmer, Sharon Apollo and Barb Dennis (tie), and John Sullivan. Our first club event of the year was a tour of the Manchester Police Department set-up by Dennis McBee. Our points race rules and prizes were tweaked and we started another year of competition. February On the 17th, thanks to Dan Kelly, we toured Precision Restorations, an auto restoration shop in St. Louis. We learned that the cost of a total restoration can really be expensive. Also on the 17th, our club attended a trivia night to support the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association. Our club donated a basket for the raffle crafted by Donna Layton. The SCAA donates AED s from the profit that they make from their trivia night. March Our first outdoor event was a snowy trip to Villa Ridge to the St. Johns Gildenhaus Church for their all you can eat chicken dinner. Great food and fun with friends. On the 24th, we toured MotoXotica to view their collection of a variety of cars for sale. We followed that with a trip to T.J. Wings for lunch. Jerry Grimmer is still waiting for his food. April The Mustang Club of St. Louis held their annual Mustang Roundup. Although listed as Mustang only, our club is allowed to bring any of our cars. That day started out at 25 degrees and didn t get much warmer. Despite the cold, we had 20 cars and trucks of the 33 in attendance. On the 17th, we gathered at the Rock Road A&W to celebrate the Mustang s birthday. On the 21st, we took a road trip to Greenville, Illinois to tour the DeMoulin Museum which was followed with lunch at the Diamond Mineral Springs restaurant. Every thing ends with food for our club. We thank Dennis McBee for setting up this event. May Our month started out on a sad note as we had to accept the resignation of Syl Biermann from our BOD. Syl needed a break after a long tenure guiding our club. Jerry Grimmer stepped up to fill that position. Our first show of the month was the Rich Hamlyn car show to benefit Camp Hope, that supports our wounded veterans. The next planned show was the Salute to the Troops car show to benefit our veterans. Unfortunately, mother nature had other plans and the show was cancelled when the thunder and lightning arrived. The show was rescheduled. Although not club events, some of our members attended the Valley of Flowers car show and parade. June An new event for our club was the Ranken Jordan car show to benefit Ranken Jordan Bridge Hospital for kids. Our club did well and this may be on our show list in Our first club cruise of the year was held at the Kirkwood Sonic. The great weather brought out 25 cars and 35 members and family. On the 10th we attended Bommarito night at the River City Rascals ball game. $3 from each ticket went to H.E.R.O.E.S. Care. Our own Dan Kelly threw out a perfect first pitch. The Dave Sinclair Cruise was moved back to June. We supported big time with 34 cars and trucks in attendance which was most of the cars at the cruise. The event benefits The BackStoppers. We finished the month by supporting the Kaylee Pritchitt car show to benefit a sick little girl. We had 21 registered vehicles and many members took home a trophy. July We started July with a trip to Granite City for the Patriots in the Park car show. Our club had 26 of the 100 cars and trucks registered and some of our ladies participated in the festival next door. That day finished with a visit to Ravanelli s for lunch. Our July club cruise was held at the Arnold Culvers. As usual, this just for fun event is always popular and we had another great turnout this month. Of course the main event of the month was our 32nd annual all Ford show held on the 28th. We start that weekend with a BBQ the night before our show. That night, we dedicated a tree and plaque to honor our dear friend, Cindy Ahrens. Unfortunately, rain was in the forecast for our car show the next day and our attendance was way down from the previous years. Pam Anderson donated her winnings to our toy drive. Thanks Pam. This was our first show without Cindy, but our members jumped in and did a great job. Our show could not happen with out our great sponsors, especially our major sponsors, Sinclair Ford, Bommarito Ford, and Ed Akers Insurance. Continued on page 3

3 January 2019 Page 3 August On the 8th, we headed to Jerseyville, Illinois for their D.A.R.E. car show. It was a good show but the long distance kept most of our members away. This month s club cruise was held at the Steak & Shake in Maryland Heights. Our turnout was great but the service was very poor again this year. We will find a new location this year. We finished our month by being the sponsor club for the morning/ afternoon car cruise at JJ s in O Fallon Missouri. Mike McCallister won the first car award, but Mike is always first to arrive at most of our events. September This month we start taking nominations for our 2019 board of directors. Also plans were in place for our fall color tour. One of our long time charity events is the Wheels in Motion day held to benefits the National Children s Cancer Society. Besides our members entry fees, our club donated an additional $300. The rescheduled Salute to the Troops car show offered better weather than the rain out that we had in the spring. This show also benefits our veterans and we donated an additional $100 to this cause. Lynette and Scott Lewis chair this show with help from Kenny and Gwen Simms and Bart McNail. We ended the month with the Rides for Guides car show. Burt Pennington and Mike Lloyd are part of this show that benefits Rides for Guides, service dogs for the blind. Our club donated $100 to their cause (although they announced that we had donated $1,000). Our final club cruise for the year was held at Fuddruckers. It was a little chilly for September but as usual, we had a great turnout with 24 people. October Another first club show for our club was the Misfit Toyz car show. The show had TOP 55 winners but the show only had 54 registered cars so every one got a trophy. There was not a trophy presentation, we just lined up and were handed our trophies. Our final show of the year was the Immaculate Conception car show held in Columbia, Illinois. This was a very cold show but drew about 90 cars. We had 16 cars entered with 15 taking home a trophy. We ended the month with our one of our most popular events, our fall color tour. This year we headed down scenic Historic Route 66 Byway and ended up in Cuba Missouri, the Mural City. After touring the Cuba Fest, we headed down the road to Bob s Gasoline Alley for a great buffet and viewed his vast collection of automotive memorabilia. It should be noted that we did NOT make a u-turn this time. We thank Syl Biermann for setting up our tour. November We started the month with a tour of the Mungenast Museum with lunch at Salinas Mexican Restaurant. We again participated in the Arnold and the Florissant Veteran s Day parades. Cold weather and a few snow flakes greeted parade goers but we made a good showing. The Arnold parade, although short, offered our members a fine lunch and a presentation from the Fox school students. Kevin Hall of Bommarito was in attendance at the Florissant parade with a military truck and loaned Caption Dan Kelly a mean looking Ford 350. It was a cold day to put the convertible tops down but we did anyway. This year we increased our participation with the USO. In addition to those generous from club members, Scott and Lynette Lewis matched the club's $500 donation with another $500 to purchase food. Syl and Judy Biermann and Mark and Sandra Carey bought all of the necessary non-perishable food for the seventy bags. They met at the Biermann home one afternoon and filled each bag with nine items. All the "baskets" and the five checks that were made out to the USO were delivered at our appointed time on Monday, October 29th. The five checks were donations from Mike Lechwar, Jason Gould, Cyndi Trauernicht, Bill and Donna Bauer, and Steve and Virginia Schneider. We also had our elections for our 2019 board of directors this month. The three members elected or re-elected included Dan Kelly, Jerry Grimmer, and John Walling. We finished the month with our annual toy shopping day to supply the Marines for the Toys for Tots campaign. This was moved up from December to give all involved an early start. After the shopping, all of the toys were delivered to Dave Sinclair Ford and we filled two trucks with Christmas toys, and as usual, lunch soon followed. December As the year came to an close, we again supported the Veterans Home in North County with a $500 donation. We also made a donation of $2,500 to The BackStoppers, to benefit fallen first responders. We ended the year with 163 members, our largest membership ever. Although badly missed, we survived our first full year without our great friend, Cindy Ahrens. She would be pleased. With generous donations from our members and funds from our treasury, we have also donated a total of $6,040 to our various charities with The BackStoppers and Toys for Tots being our major benefactors. What a great way to end a very successful year.

4 January 2019 Page 4 O n December 6th, members of our club finished this year s support for the USO at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. After our Thanksgiving basket donations, we had some funds left over and they were spent for various snacks to be given to our traveling military personal during the Christmas season. This local USO receives no funding from the national group and rely on donations. While there, we were able to tour the facility that offers a respite for our troops. We thank our members who were able to donate their time on this cold, rainy day.

5 January 2019 Page 5 W e finished up our toy drive in mid December by picking up our donated toys from the Sinclair dealerships and we headed to the collection facility in Arnold. It finished another very successful year with this holiday tradition. photos by Dan Kelly W e finished our charity donations for the year by donating a check to The BackStoppers for $2,500 for their work helping fallen first responders. Shown is Col. Ron Battelle, Executive Director of The BackStoppers, accepting the check from our members. photo by Dennis McBee

6 January 2019 Page 6 A s we start a new year for our club, I can t help but mention outgoing BOD member, Jim Biermann. Besides being our car show chairman for so many years, he has always stepped up for our club when needed and has been one of the best assets our club has ever had. Thanks Jim for your great service. In the holiday spirit, we gave gift cards to the employees of Hilary s. They open their restaurant just for us and it is truly appreciated. Our special guest at our December meeting was Kevin Hall of Bommarito. Kevin came baring gifts including five $100 service certificates that were drawn after our drawing which was won by John and Connie Luczak. It s that time of the year that the weather could effect our board of directors and membership meetings. If you are unsure if a board meeting will be held, contact any board member. For membership meetings, we will contact Hilary s O ur activities committee met in December and have set up a tentative schedule for Many of the dates are not confirmed as of yet. January 19th - Club Banquet. Info on page 1. February 16th - Soldiers Memorial tour.- Snow date 2/23. We will meet at the location at 10am. March 10th - St. John Gildehaus Fried Chicken Dinner. We will meet the McDonalds on Clarkson, south of Hwy. 40 at 1:15 am. Cost last year was $13 per person. March 30th - Bussen Quarry Tour Meet at 500 Bussen Road. Meet there at 10am. April 6th - Mustang Round Up - Museum of Transportation. April 17th - Mustang Birthday - A&W Root Beer on St. Charles Rock Road. April 29th - 1st Cruise Night - JJ Rest. off Duschene in St. Charles. May 19th - Salute to the Troops - O'Fallon VFW. May 23rd - Car Show Meeting - Nana Mama s Pizza- Creve Couer. June 1st - Ranken Jordan Car Ranken Jordan in Maryland Heights. June 2nd - 2nd Cruise Night - Location to be determined. June 9th - Rascals Ball game (Questionable). June 23rd - Pritchett Charity Car Show (Not Verified) July 6th - Patriots in the Park - (Not verified). July 21st - 3rd Cruise Night - Culvers in Arnold, MO. July 24th - Car Show Committee Meeting at the park. July 27th - Car Show BBQ at McDonnell Park. July 28th - Our Car Show. August 19th - 4th Cruise Night - Location to be determined. August 25th - JJ's Rest. O'Fallon (Sunday morning cruise). Sept 7th - Manchester Car Show. Sept 8th - Wheels in Motion - West Port Plaza. Sept 21st - Rides for Guides Car Show-Hazelwood. Oct 12th - Immaculate Conception Car Show IL. Oct 20th - Fall Color Tour - Mastodon State Park (Not in Stone). Oct 28 - Fast Lane Tour & Rest. In St. Charles. PLEASE NOTE: We will be updating this schedule after the car shows start showing up on the websites. This is merely our first cut at the 2019 schedule and much is not etched in stone. The information above is what we feel that will work for the club at this time. Also, our monthly club cruises are not point events. and let them know that a meeting has been cancelled. Their phone number is If at all possible, we will hold a meeting as scheduled as it is difficult to reschedule. Just a reminder of newsletter deadlines. Any information must be submitted by our membership meeting. Ads for our classified section can be submitted by the 20th. If you have information on upcoming car shows, please let us know. We have been asked to display our cars and trucks for a charity event at the Walmart in O Fallon, Missouri. The event will be held on Saturday, April 13th. We will post more details when available. Our points competition starts this month. The rules and awards are posted on page 7. It s just for fun and gives our members a challenge for the year.

7 January 2019 Page 7 L isted below are the points rules for this year. There are no changes from last year. The points competition was started many years ago to encourage our members to be more active and to award those who were. The Points rules and prizes are determined by the board of directors and the revised rules and prize list is usually ready for distribution by January. Board members will keep extra copies of the rules to give to new members as they come into the club during the year. The board will adjust the rules and prizes as needed. If our car show is successful, we will add gift certificates for the top ten finishers. This is in addition to the prizes listed for the top five finishers. The extra certificates are decided on later in the year, after the guidelines have already been distributed, depending on the financial success of our car show. Dennis McBee is in charge of the points. He will supply the book and distribute it at all board and general meetings. It will also be available at all club events. If the board member cannot be at an event, he will find a replacement who will be in attendance. New member sponsorships will be added each month. Car show sponsorship will not be added until all of the classes are sold. It saves confusion that way. Extra points can be given by the board for extra efforts by members. If you are in the running, please monitor your points and check with Dennis if you feel that your totals are incorrect. Please don t wait until the end of the year. Each month, Dennis will supply the names of the leaders and the points totals to the newsletter editor for publication. That way the members can keep track of where they are in the standings. Board members are not eligible as it is the job of the board members to be at events and do much of the work needed. It would be unfair to the membership if the board members were eligible. All of the awards will be given at the Awards Banquet that is held in January. The 2019 points rules and prizes are listed below. Members are only allowed to win first place two years in a row. If a member comes in first place for the third year in a row, he or she will be named Points Winner Emeritus and will be awarded $50 in cash and have his or her dues paid for the following year. A. Attend monthly general membership meeting. B. Vehicle and owner activity. Attend designated club event. C. Attend designated car show without show vehicle (2 hr min.). D. Member activity, banquet, cruses, tours, car show meeting, etc. E. Recruit new member. F. Sponsor show class. (each class) G. Attain major sponsor for car show. H. Organize and carry out club event (cruise, tours). I. Submit article for newsletter (must be used in newsletter). J. Treasurer, editor, publisher, car show chair, webmaster, membership chair, merchandise chair, and points chair. (non-bod members). K. Outgoing board of directors members. Points 15 each 20 each 10 each 10 each 10 each 10 each 25 each 15 each 5 each st place. $50 cash, plaque, $25 gift card and following years dues paid. (Total value over $160). 2nd place. $10 apparel certificate or $10 cash, framed certificate, $25 gift card, and following years dues paid. 3rd place through 5th place. $10 apparel certificate or $10 cash, $25 gift card, and framed certificate. 6th through 10 place. $25 gift card.

8 A FREE SERVICE FOR ALL FOR FORD ENTHUSIASTS. CALL OR to PLEASE CHECK YOUR AD FOR ERRORS. SOME ITEMS ARE TAKEN FROM OTHER CLUB NEWSLETTERS. January 2019 For Sale Mercury Marquis Brougham. 57,000 miles. 429 engine. 2-door, yellow with white top. Linda Jost For Sale Mustang 4.6/5 speed, red over black, remote entry, power, steering, brakes, windows, driver seat, mirrors, AC, handling pkg., traction loc rear, Mack 460 sound system, rear defroster, tilt wheel, S/S exhaust, fog lamps, rear spoiler, cruise control, 16 cast wheels, keyless remote, excellent condition, always garaged, 30K miles. Performance items, K&N filter, Hyperteck Super #3, tuner. #10,000 firm. No Trades. Dan Birly (-April) For Sale. Misc. Parts for a 63 Thunderbird. Light assemblies, bumper, new gas tank, new trunk insulations. Too many parts to list. Linda Jost (-April) Hwy. 70 and Mid-Rivers Mall Drive. Fords Unlimited members will meet at 8:30 am and arrive at the show at 9 am. Come early if you plan to eat at Burger King. Club event. May 27th. Cobblestone Nationals car show. Held at Fast Lane Classic Cars located at 427 Little Hills Blvd., St. Charles, Missouri. Info July 20th. Southern Illinois Mustang Association s all Ford car show to be held at Roberts Ford in Alton, Illinois. July 28th. Fords Unlimited s 33rd annual all Ford car show to be held at J.S. McDonnell Park. Club event. August 11th. 9th Annual Show Off car show. Held at the Machinist hall located at St. Charles Rock Road. Info November 10th. Auto Swap Meet held at the Belle Clair Exposition Center located at 200 S. Belt East, Belleville IL. Info Gateway Classic Cars, Cars and Coffee. Held year round on the last Saturday of each month. Complementary admission. Held at the O Fallon IL location from 9am till noon Gateway Motorsports Park events. June 21-22, NAS- CAR. August 23-24, Verizon Indy Car Series. September 27-29, NHAR. Info January 19th. Fords Unlimited s Awards Banquet. You must pat in advance to attend. Information on page 1. Club event. January 24th-27th. St. Louis Auto Show held at the Dome at America s Center. Saint Louis Auto Show is the largest automobile event in the St. Louis area and is fueled by Phillips 66 features more than 500 new cars, trucks, SUVs, and luxury vehicles from over 25 manufacturers all under one roof. The attendees can enjoy the collection of luxury and exotic cars, Kid Zone, Go Karts, Live drift demos and etc. February 10th. Auto Swap Meet held at the Belle Clair Exposition Center located at 200 S. Belt East, Belleville IL. Info February 22nd-24th. 59th annual World of Wheels held in Kansas City, Missouri. Details are unavailable at this time. March 16th. Fords Unlimited members will be touring the Soldiers Museum located on Chestnut. We will at the location at 10am. Lunch location to be determined. Club event. March 10th. Fords Unlimited members will be heading to the St. John Gildehaus Church in Villa Ridge Missouri for and an all you can eat chicken dinner. The cost is $13.00 per person. We will meet at the McDonalds parking lot on Clarkson Road, south of Hwy. 40 at 1:15pm and will be leaving at 1:30 pm sharp. Club event. March 23rd. Rankin Technical College spring car show and open house. Held 10 am till 2 pm. Info: John Helterbrand at March 30th. Fords Unlimited members will tour the Bussen Quarry. We will meet at 500 Bussen Road at 10am. Lunch location to be determined. Club event. May 19th. Salute to the Troops car show to held at the VFW Post 5077 located on 8500 Veterans Memorial Parkway in O Fallon, Missouri. We will meet at the Burger King located at 33rd Annual All Ford Car Show July 28th CERAMIC COATINGS

9 January 19th Awards Banquet. You must be signed up and paid in advance to attend. Remember This will NOT be a member- ship meeting this month Our monthly membership meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month except January at Hilary s Roadhouse, Dorsett, Maryland Heights, Meetings start at 7 pm. Their phone number is Please call Hilary s to check on weather related meeting cancellations. Major Sponsor of the Fords Unlimited Car Show The Akers Agency est Dunn Rd. Hazelwood, MO Direct: (314) Office: (636) Fax: (866) gwendolynsimms@yahoo.com Simms 1000 Edgewater Point, Ste. 405 Lake St. Louis, MO /19 5/19

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