OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR CLUB

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1 May 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 W e are getting into the busy time of the year for our club. This month starts with two car shows on the same day, both of which will be club events for points. For those who would like a day trip, the Shelbyfest car show will be held on May 2nd in Jefferson City. As of press time, there was no caravan information available, so you will probably be on your own. For those wanting a little shorter trip, we will be heading to Elsberry, Missouri in Lincoln County for the Classics on Wheels car show, also held on May 2nd. For those wanting to caravan as a group, we will be meeting at the Burger King in St. Peters located at the Mid-Rivers Drive exit and the North Service Road, just north of Highway 70. We will be meeting at 7:45 am and leaving at 8 am sharp. Come early if you plan to eat breakfast there. A pancake breakfast is available at the show. Although not a club event, six of our members will represent our club at the Valley of Flowers parade held in Florissant on May 3rd. We can only have six vehicles in the parade and Dan Kelly has filled the list. If you are interested in being a backup, please contact Dan. The BackStoppers is one of our club charities. To benefit that charity, we will be attending a Rascals baseball game to be held on May 16th. Ticket cost is $10 with $2 from each sale going to our charity. We really need to get involved in this game. Other car clubs have been invited so we want to have a good showing. We hope to sell at least 200 tickets. If weather permits, we will be able to drive our cars around the field before the game. Club members who plan to drive their cars around the park with the pregame festivities should meet at the T.R. Hughes Ball Park parking lot at 5:30 pm. Otherwise, we will meet in the ballpark complex. The stadium is located at 900 T R Hughes, O Fallon, MO Game time is 7:05. For tickets, contact Dan Kelly at boardwlkr@aol.com or We will finish the month with the Salute to the Troops car show that will benefit various military charities. For show information, contact club member, Lynette Lewis at We will meet at the Burger King located at Highway 70 and Mid-Rivers Mall Drive (north side). We will meet at 8:30 am. Come a little earlier if you plan to eat breakfast at Burger King. If you prefer not to caravan, the show is held at the VFW Post 5077 located at 8500 Veterans Memorial Parkway in O Fallon, Missouri. Space is limited at this show so come early. Except for the Valley of Flowers parade, all of these events are club events for points. Looking down the road a little, Jim Biermann is working on an overnighter with a trip to Jeff City to tour the old state penitentiary. The dates are August 22nd and 23rd. Current information is available on page 6 of this newsletter. We are looking to do something a little different for our Fall color tour that is tentatively scheduled for October 18th. Syl Biermann is in the process of setting up a winery tour with dinner at that location. We will post more information on these two events as it comes available.

2 May 2015 Page 2 A fter a week of rain and storms, our trip to the Mustang Roundup sponsored by the Mustang Club of St. Louis was a welcome relief. The event was held at the Museum of Transportation and was opened up to all of our club s cars and trucks. We showed up in force with 29 of our member vehicles in attendance. The highlight for our club was that we added two new members to our group. Thanks to all who were able to represent our club on that warm Spring day. Brian & Donna Bauer Steve Hendricks Terry Koch Burt Pennington Bob Layton Steve Dennis Barb Dennis Mary Bay Mark Carey Dan Kelly Bill Bauer Ron Schodroski

3 May 2015 Page 3 Bill Bufka John Bonness Jim Gruver Mary Stockwell Reg Stockwell Paula Goodrich John Sullivan Mark Glasor Bart McNail Ken Farrar Jim Biermann Rodney O Bryan Craig Braxton Josh Johnson Bill Giese Jake Turnipseed John Saxton

4 May 2015 Page 4 W OW! They call it the Fabulous Fox for a reason. On April 11th, our club was able to tour the Fox Theater on Grand Avenue. This classic showplace was reopened in 1982 and the owners have done a wonderful job of renewing it to its past glory. The building cost up to 6 million in 1929 and probably couldn t be built to this quality in the current age. Our large group was split in to two tour groups and learned about much of its history. Some of our group have not been there since their childhood. Your editor last went to the Fox on a street car. (How s that for showing your age?). Being a nice day, we then headed to the Triumph Grill for a great lunch. The grill is more than a restaurant, as it features motorcycles from classic to new. Special thanks go out to Sandy Carey for all of her work on this very successful club outing. (continued on the next page)

5 May 2015 Page 5 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. Fords Unlimited Car Show Sponsor

6 May 2015 Page 6. Jim Biermann has been working on a tour of the old prison in Jefferson City. His information is listed below. We will have more updates soon. On 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, but a meeting place has yet to be finalized. 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 Photo by Jim Biermann A t our April membership meeting, our special guest was Ed Biermann of the Marine Corps League to present a plaque to our club for our work with the Marine s Toys for Tots campaign. Also presented was a plaque for Sinclair Ford for all of 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 A l c a t r a z o f t h e M i d w e s t, booked. There is a $13 charge and a waiver that must be signed for the tour. We will need 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 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. Stay tuned for further details. We will be adding something for Saturday morning, lunch Saturday and possibly lunch on Sunday. We will have those details as they become available. Hope everyone can join us, as this should be a fun time. their help that was accepted by Ron Schodroski. Just a clarification on club events. Sometimes at our membership meetings, a list of current car shows is presented. Not all of these are club events. The club events are listed each month in our newsletter. In the Area Events section, many shows are listed but the club events for points are listed as such. We are in a era that from late April till October, there are shows available every weekend. We have 3 new members this month. Joe Robinson has joined. Joe and spouse, Jeanie live in St. Louis and drive a 2010 Mustang. Joe was sponsored by Dan Kelly. Next to join is Tia O Bryan, daughter of club member, Rodney O Bryan. She drives a 2005 Mustang GT Tribute and was sponsored by her dad. Last but not least, Mark Bay has also joined. Mark lives in Black Jack and owns a 2007 Shelby GT Super Snake. Mark was sponsored by John Bonness. Welcome to all of our new members. Our winner at our April meeting was John Luzak. John took home an additional $46. JIM

7 May 2015 Page 7 A t our membership meetings, we pass out sign up sheets for our club events. This is done so we do not leave anyone out when we caravan to events. Since we are doing lunch after many of our non car show events, we are adding a column to the sign up sheet for dinner reservations. As we have been going into restaurants with 30 to 50 people, we really need to let the restaurant know that we are coming so they can prepare for a large group. Since some of our members cannot attend our membership meetings, it is important that if you plan to do lunch with us, you should contact a board member to let them know that you are coming. This should make things go easier. W e hold our main car show flyers for printing until our show classes are sold out. We do this as we print our sponsors on the flyer. We do print some mini-flyers to tide us over until then. This year, club member Ron Sutton stepped up and had those flyers printed at no cost to us. Thanks Ron. Club Events May 2nd Classics on Wheels Car Show Meet at Burger King located At Hwy 70 and Mid-River Mall Drive-7:45 am ShelbyFest in Jefferson City May 6th Board of Directors pm May 13th Membership Sports Café-7 pm May 16th Rascals Game for The BackStoppers Meet at 5:30 pm May 17th Salute to the Troops Car Show Meet at Burger King located At Hwy 70 and Mid-River Mall Drive-8:30 am To Benefit The Fords Unlimited Car Club will hold a baseball night at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O Fallon, MO. Two dollars of each $10 ticket sold will go to The BackStoppers. Game time is 7:05 pm. For tickets contact Dan boardwlkr@aol.com or Central Securities Investments, Securities, Construction Wentzville, Missouri careyj.central@gmail.com Direct: mark@stlbuyandsell.com James Michael Carey 4/16 Mark Carey Jr. Real Estate Agent Residential Appraiser 3829 Veterans Memorial Pkwy. St. Peters, Mo O: F: /16 4/16

8 A FREE SERVICE FOR ALL FOR ENTHUSIASTS. CALL OR 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. $ May 2015 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 May 2nd. The Shelbyfest. The show has been moved to Jefferson City. This year. The show day is May 2nd. Club event. May 1st. Magic Dragon Street Meet Nationals to be held at historic Bagnell Dam Strip at the Lake of the Ozarks. Open to all makes, models, and years of cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Info May 2nd. Classics on Wheels car show in Elsberry Missouri. Details on page 1 of this newsletter. Club event. May 2nd. Valley of Flowers car show in Florissant, Missouri. This is not a club event this year due to date conflicts. May 3rd. Valley of Flowers parade. Only 6 club vehicles allowed. Contact Dan Kelly for info. May 3rd. 47th annual Model T Swap Meet to be held at Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, IL. Info or May 8th-9th. The St. Louis nostalgia rendezvous all nostalgia drag racing, 1972 and older. No rules, no structure. Held at Gateway Motorsports Park. May 9th. Loafers car show in Historic Downtown Hannibal, MO. Info May 16th. Ford Fest to be held at Pundmann QuickLane located at 1200 S. Duchesne in St. Charles. All proceeds to charity. May 16th. Fords Unlimited night at the River City Rascals. Details on page 1 of this newsletter. We will be able to drive our cars around the infield. We will gather in the stadium parking lot at 6 pm. Club event. May 17th. Salute to the Troops car show to held at the VFW Post 4/16 Fords Unlimited Car Show Sponsor 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. Any quantity ok 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. 675 Dunn Rd. Hazelwood, MO

9 5077 located on 8500 Veterans Memorial Parkway in O Fallon, Missouri. We will meet at the Burger King located at Hwy. 70 and Mid-Rivers Mall Drive. We will meet at 8:30 am and arrive at the show at 9 am. Club Event. May 21st-23rd. Blue Oval Rally. Held in Hermann, Missouri. Info -MidwestBlueOval.Club May 22nd-24th. Mid-America Street Rod Nationals. Held at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, Springfield, MO. Info May 23rd. 1st annual Mustangs for Mustangs car cruise to benefit the Legendary Mustang Sanctuary. Held at St. Louis Regional Airport in Bethalto, IL. May 30th. KlasAct Corvette Club Annual Spring All Vehicle Car Show. Register 9am till Noon. Dash Plaques 1 st 100. Attendance Prizes. 50/50 Drawing. Annual Thanksgiving Basket Giveaway. Info: (314) or visit: Location: Pur Performance, 3725 Harry S. Truman Blvd., St. Charles, MO. June 5th. Wentzville Rod Run to benefit DARE. Not a club event buy many of our members will participate in this easy going night. June 6th. The Mustang Club of St. Louis all Ford show. We will meet at the Sugar Creek Park at 9 am and we will be leaving at 9:15 pm. The park is located at Dougherty Ferry Road and Des Peres Road. Exit Highway 270, west to the intersection at the traffic light. Turn right to entrance. 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-dateslocations-registration-and-faq/ Stops at Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, Illinois. June 12th (Friday). Federal-Mogul Technician Academy Car 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 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 20th-28th. Hemmings Motor News Great Race that will start in Kirkwood, Missouri. Details to follow. June 27th. Tentative date for the Ford Cruise at Dave Sinclair Ford. Details when available. 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 4th. Patriots in the Park car show to be held at Wilson Park. in Granite City, IL. Club event. 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 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. August 7th. Wentzville Rod Run. August 9th. 5th annual Show Off Car Show. Open to all cars, trucks, and motorcycles. No location posted as of yet but it is normally 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. This will be an overnight trip. We will have hotel, meal and meeting location as soon as available. 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. 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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