OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR CLUB

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1 2011 Board of Directors Syl Biermann Mark Carey Bill Giese Trenton Kreder Kenny Simms APRIL 2011 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR CLUB 14 FLAGSTONE LANE, ST. PETERS MO Secretary-Cindy Ahrens Editor Bob Layton Publisher-Mark Lazzareschi W e are proud to announce that we now have a new website. Although still under construction, we have went live with the site and will be improving as we go. Club member, Scott Lewis who owns Winning Technologies along with the help from Keirsten McDaniel, have our site up and running. We have decided that on our members rides section, we would only run hood down photos. We started with what photos that we had and will add more during the car show season. If you have a photo of your car that you like, please send it to mickie6t6@netzero.com. Our web address remains S pecial thanks go out to Dale Wojtkowski for his work for our club. Dale was our original webmaster who took on a job that no one else wanted to do. Dale spent many hours setting up our original site and was special help to our newsletter editor. Dale helped with by supplying upgraded software and by helping to improve our newsletter with his computer skills. Dale is one of our members who does one of the many jobs that help make our club a success. Thanks Dale!!! O ur first car event of the year will be held at the Museum of Transport in St. Louis County on April 3rd. The show is presented by the Model A Restorers Club, Model T Club & Early Ford V8 Club. This event displays the evolution of the Ford Motor Company and their vehicles. One of the highlights of the show will be the opportunity to watch a team assemble a Ford Model T from crates of parts in just minutes and drive away! The show in more of a display as there is no entry fee or trophies. The event is also open to later model Ford cars and trucks. Fords Unlimited members can travel to the show as a group if desired. We will be meeting at Sugar Creek Park located at Dougherty Ferry Road and Des Peres Road. Exit Highway 270, west to the intersection at the traffic light. We will meet at 9 am and be leaving at 9:15 sharp!! The show itself only runs from 11 am to 2 pm. This a club event for points.

2 O ur club closed out the winter season on a cold and rainy Saturday night with a trip to the Adrenaline Zone in St. Charles for a couple of hours of Demo Ball topped off with some pizza and salad. This March 19th event went off very well with no unexpected trips to the emergency room although we re sure there were some sore muscles the next morning. This was our third trip to the Adrenaline Zone although it had been a couple of years since had the pleasure of beating each others brains out. We thank Syl Biermann for setting up the event and to all who were able to participate.

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4 A lthough this is not club history, a friend loaned me four old Magazines from that included Rod & Custom, Car Craft and Custom Cars. These were the little books from the era. A couple of interesting notes included a feature on Dean Moon s 34 coupe. Some remember moon tanks and moon eyes which became his claim to fame. He was also well known as a drag racer, writer and photographer. Later in the article, he pulled the flathead and installed a Studebaker V8. Wow! Another item featured was a story on bumper cars. Later into the 60 s, R&C traditionally covered Go-Karts and model cars. Also, no early magazine would be complete without a JC Whitney ad.

5 A new event for our club this year will be a trip to Hermann Missouri for the 5th annual Shelbyfest. The Shelbyfest is a three day event but our club will only be going to the car show held on Saturday, April 30th. The event is for Shelby s and Mustangs only but any member who attends will get full points. The car show will be held from 9 am until 3:30 pm. Nothing competitive here, just drive in, get out, hang out, and enjoy. Cars will enter from 4th street off of Market St (Hwy 19). The entry fee is $25 and goes to charity. We will need to travel and enter together or else we will not be able to park together. We will meet at the Phillips 66 gas station at Highway 70 & Highway Z (Hwy Z is the exit right after 61 & right before main Wentzville exits). We will gather at 7:45 am and will be leaving at 8 am. We will be traveling with members of the Show-Me Mustang Club. Please note, this location and time is a change from what was announced earlier. You can sign up at club meetings or you can call any board member to sign up. Show info I n February, we were asking members how long they have had their current ride. I received this reply from Bruce Paschall. I bought my Mach 1 in spring of '69. It was either built on 4/28/69 or I picked it up on that date. Kind of a coincidence since it's a Super CJ Mach 1. I wanted a GT 500 Shelby, ($5200), but I couldn't afford it so I went to Costello-Kunze and ordered my Mach 1 with all the options the Shelby had except A/C.I wasn't old enough to sign for it, so I had to order it with an automatic because my mom wouldn't sign for a 4 speed. (worked out pretty well though, no one has ever out shifted it). It cost $3688 and is 200lbs lighter than a Shelby. When I first got it, I put 1000 miles a week on it, and burnt the first set of tires off of it in the first 2 weeks. Bruce Is anybody else out there a long time owner? If so, let us know. (Editors note. I was 20 years old when I purchased my new 1965 Mustang GT. A 4-barrel carb was a mandatory option with the GT package. I too needed my parent to sign for the loan. My dad would not allow me to have a 4-speed or 4-barrel, as that was for drag racing and surely his number 2 son wouldn't do those kind of things. The salesman at Valley Ford suggested that we could do a little horse trading. I ended up having my dad sign for a 2-barrel GT and went back to the dealer the next day with a check for $54 for the 4-barrel. My dad never knew the difference. I did have to live with the 3-speed, he would have Our winner at our March meeting was John Hartmann. John took home an additional $33. Congratulations!

6 Edited from Automobile Info provided by Bill Bufka R eplica cars are nothing new. Hot-rodders have been relying on new 32 Ford body shells for years. The Bronco is the latest model from Dynacorn in this build it from scratch frenzy. Like other previous bodies, the new parts rarely come from original tooling, which automakers typically destroy after ten years. That gives today s engineers the opportunity to start over and fix issues that automakers either didn t know about or didn t care about at the time, such as structural rigidity and corrosion resistance. Like other Dynacorn bodies, these will cost around 15 grand. O n March 23rd, a car show meeting was held. Although many months off, there is always so much to do. At this point, the most important issue is the selling of all of the classes. As of presstime, we are woefully short on sponsors. Since we list our sponsors on our car show flyer, we are on hold until we finalize the class sponsors. Since the car show season starts earlier each year, we will print some miniflyers to get through the early car shows and cruises. If you have sold classes in the past, please approach those sponsors to get them back into the fold. If you think that a new sponsor could be found, please explore that route. If you need a sponsor form and a class list, please contact our show chairman, Jim Biermann at O ur Blue Cruise will be held again this year at Pur Performance in St. Charles on July 9th. We are in the process of setting up a meeting with members of the Show-Me Mustang Club to work out many of the details. The Show-Me folks have shown interest in being more of a part in the planning this year and we are looking for more ways to cut our costs without diminishing the quality of this charity cruise. Last year s cruise was an outstanding success and we hope for even more success this year. We hope to have flyers available soon.

7 T his month we welcome another new member. Jim McCaughan. Jim lives in Florissant and owns a 1970 F-250. His sponsor was Danny Bullion. Welcome! C oming on May 21st is our cruise to Crane s Country Store near Williamsburg Missouri. We will be guests of the Show- Me Mustang Club. The trip will run an hours drive westbound on Highway 70. We will post our meeting place and time in next months newsletter. This will be a points event. For info on Crane s, check out cranescountrystore.com W e are looking for members who would like to have their car or truck featured in our newsletter and posted on our website. Just send 3 or 4 photo s of your vehicle including an engine shot and interior shot. We also need some history or specs on your ride We can return your photo s. Send to Bob Layton, 14 Flagstone Lane, St. Peters, MO or preferably on line at mickie6t6@hotmail.com This is a club event for points Club Events April 3rd Museum of Transport Show 9 am April 6th Board of Directors Meeting 7 Sybergs April 13th Membership Meeting 7 Spazio s April 30th Shelbyfest 7:45 am

8 A FREE SERVICE FOR ALL FOR ENTHUSIASTS. CALL OR PLEASE CHECK YOUR AD FOR ERRORS. SOME ITEMS ARE TAKEN FROM OTHER CLUB NEWSLETTERS. For Sale. Lettering for bumper covers for late Fox bodied Mustangs. Black, brand new. $8 per set GT grill, perfect. $ or mickie6t6@netzero.com For Sale. Lear Fiberglass flat cover for Ranger 6 ft. bed. Like new. Ford Torch Red. Make offer. Call Markhome Cell Memories Car Club Cruises. 16 th Year of Cruising. The 1 st Friday of each month Rain or Shine, April thru October. Gates open 4pm. Food Court. 50,60,70's Music. 50/50 Drawing, many free Attendance Prizes. Info: Held at Life Christian Church, Gravois Road, Located one mile south of I-270 on Hwy 30. Hills. Sunset JJ s Cruises. Located in St. Charles. 4-9 pm, April 9th, May 14th, June 11th, July 9th, August 13th, September 10th, and October 8th & 29th. Info April 1st. Outsiders Car Club Car Cruise held every Friday Night, March thru November ~ 6pm until 10 pm. Attendance prizes, 50/50 drawing, music.. Come have fun and great Sonic. Held at Sonic located at 1002 South Kirkwood (Lindbergh), at Big Bend. April 2nd. Mustang Round up. the Museum of Transport. April 3rd. Museum of Transport car show. Free entry. Details in this newsletter. Club event. April 8th - 9th The Branson Auction Event Location name and/or address: Hilton Branson Convention Center, 200 E Main, Branson, MO Event Hours: Friday 10am 6pm, Saturday 8am 6pm. Event description: Over 300 of the most beautiful, most sought after collector cars. Event Fees: $10 per day or 2 day ticket are $15Contact Info: or April 10th. April Fools Swap Meet at GCS Ball Park, home of the Grizzlies, I-255 to Exit 15, Sauget, IL April 16th. Saturday. 24th Annual Swap Meet. Effingham County Fairgrounds, Altamont, IL. Info April 17th. Ranken Car Show. 10am until 4pm. Located at 4431 Finney Ave, St. Louis. April 24th. HCC Easter Show held on the upper parking lot at Forest Park. April 24th. Real Easter Car Show- Forest Park, lower parking lot at Forest Park. April 30th. Shelbyfest, Hermann, MO. Friday evening cruise and concert, Saturday car show in downtown Hermann, Sunday morning pancake breakfast. Info on page 1 of this n e w s l e t t e r o r v i s i t Club Event. May 1st. The Lot Cruise Night-4750 N. Service Road, St. Peters. May 7th. Classics on Wheels car show in Elsberry MO. We will meet at the Burger King at the Mid-Rivers exit at 8:45 am. Club Event. May 14th. Show-Me Mustangs Fordfest to be held at the Quick Lane at Pundmann Ford. This will be in conjunction with the J.J. s cruise. May 14th. Fort Zumwalt East Booster Club Car Show. Register 8:30am, Dash Plaques/donation of $20 per entry. Classic, Custom, Modified, and even a Clunker Category ~ 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd Place Trophies and prizes for Classic and Custom/Modified category.~ 1 st Place Trophy and prize for Clunker ~ Attendance/Entry prizes, 50/50 drawing for the Booster Club. Music by DJ MRJOE'S MUSIC, Burgers/Dogs/ Pizza/Kettle Corn/Candy/Beverages will be sold. Games, face painting, April 2011 and a bounce house for the kids ~ i n f o : ( ) or for entry form or ~ held at Fort Zumwalt East High School, 600 First Executive Ave ~ directions:. Just off Mexico Rd. Cave Springs or Mid Rivers exit off hwy 70. St. Peters, MO. May 15th. Rides for Guides Classic Auto Show to benefit Guide Dogs of America held at the Machinists Hall at St. Charles Rock Rd. Info May 21st. Cruise to Crane s Country Store, which is about an hour west on Highway 70 near Williamsburg. We will post all of those details as soon as they come available. Club Event. May 28th. 6th Annual Car Show. South Telegraph Christian-9am until 3pm. Cars & Trucks of any ages. register 8am. Judging 11am. $10 Entry for early registors, $15 Entry for all Classes on day of registration. Awards for Viewer's Choice, Work in Progress, Best of Show and Furthest Traveled. 50/50 Music, D.J. Music, Food & Beverages. Info: (314) located at: 7531 Telegraph Rd. ( 5 1/2 miles South of I-270. June 4th. First O Fallon Car Show held at The First Baptist Church located at 8750 Veterans Memorial Parkway, O Fallon, Mo. June 8th-12th. Branson Mustang Rally at the Ramada Inn to benefit the children of the Little Light House for kids with special needs. Info June 11th. Go Karts and JJ s cruise. Details to follow. Club event. June 18th. Mustang Club of St. Louis all Ford Show held at the Museum of Transport. Club event. June 15th-19th. 37th annual Mid America Ford and Team Shelby Nationals. Open track, Drag racing and all Ford show. Info or Club Event. July 9th. The Blue Cruise will be held

9 again at Pur Performance in St. Charles. Details to follow. Club event. July 30th. Fords Unlimited Car Show bag stuffing and BBQ. Meet at McDonnell Park at 5pm. Club event. July 31st. Fords Unlimited 25th annual car show. Big Time Club Event. September 3rd. Troy 1st Baptist Family Car Show. No entry fee. Troy Missouri. September 3rd. Chesterfield Charity Car Show. Saturday. This event will be held at The Emerald Point parking lot located at Swingley Ridge Road just north of Hwy 40 off Olive. Right next door to the Post office Chesterfield, Mo For more info call (314) or visit bvscargroup.com. September 11th. River City Cruisers Car Show in the Park. Held at Herman City Park, just off Hwy. 19 across from the Hardees's. Info Our monthly membership meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month except January at Spazio s, Lackland Road, Maryland Heights, MO. Phone number is Please call Spazio s 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. Fords Unlimited Car Show Sponsor Fords Unlimited Car Show Sponsor 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 Your Midwest Mustang Connection 444 Little Hills Ind. Blvd. St. Charles, Mo Fax Mark and Terri-Owners Fords Unlimited Car Show Sponsor Fords Unlimited Car Show Sponsor 5/10 3/11

10 FORDS UNLIMITED CAR CLUB 14 FLAGSTONE LANE ST. PETERS MO Remember, Museum of Transport Car Show-April 3rd Your St. Charles County Lincoln-Mercury 4760 No. Service Rd Your South County Lincoln-Mercury Dealer! 7500 S. Lindbergh Blvd MAJOR SPONSOR OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR SHOW