TIPS/COMMENTS BY STAN

TIPS/COMMENTS
BY STAN

When replacing the carpet in your mustang you will have to make the holes the seat bolts go through. Rather than using an Exacto knife which will leave a raw edge, I take a small piece of 1\4 inch steel rod and lock it into a pair of vice grips. Then I heat it with a torch. Push the hot steel rod up from the bottom of the floor pan and through the carpet. This will make a nice round hole and seal the carpet from fraying. When doing this open both doors & place a fan on one side to blow the smoke out of the car.
Remember our web site is now up and running and there are lots of pictures of members’ cars and events. This is our site so anyone can add things to it, just e-mail Jack Morton with pictures or information. His address is tanpony68@charter.net. The web site address is: www.mustangclubmm.com.
A big thank you to all of you that helped at our 11th Annual Ford Fest Show at Birch Run. It is not easy to put on a show of this size, but with everyone pitching in it sure makes things easier.
Welcome to all the new members, we hope to see you at our functions. Please introduce yourselves as everyone might not know your names.
Our next event is Oct. 9th and it is the fall hayride at the Winter’s home. Please be prepared to have fun and eat a lot. All our functions are alcohol free.
Remember don’t be a stranger.

When is piece of string like a stick of wood? When it has knots in it.
On which side does a chicken have the most feathers? The outside
Why is the sea restless? Because it has rocks in its head.

11TH ANNUAL ALL FORD & MUSTANG SHOW
REPORTED BY STAN BENTLEY, SHOW CHAIRMAN

The show is over and what a great success it was! It was a success because of YOU! Some of you helped before, some of you helped during and some of you helped after. And there were some that because of other commitments could not be there but we know you had the Show in your thoughts. We couldn’t have ordered a prettier day than what we had. What a great sight to see the sun rising on those pretty Mustangs that were rolling in. The Mustang interest has not died out. And the interest in our Club is continuing with several people wanting information on how to join our Club. How great is that!

Of course there were some glitches but we overcame them easily and will make notes for our future shows.

We had 76 pre-registered cars and a total of 239 registered cars. So apparently our minor price increase had little or no affect on attendance.

In was encouraging to see our “brand new” club members rolling up their sleeves and helping out wherever there was a need.

We had 3 judging lanes open and the cars moved through at a nice pace. Our show site was pretty full but we had room for a few more cars if needed.

The number of vendors increased this year too. And apparently we could have more as that was a question that was asked by participants and spectators alike.

The spectator number increased to over a 1,000 spectators going through the gate.
When the Show was over there was very little cleanup, I guess Mustangers are neat people that are neat. We all went to Uno’s Pizza for dinner. We visited, laughed, celebrated our show and just enjoyed ourselves. And at the very end we helped Linda Strappazon celebrate her 50th birthday with cake and ice cream.

One other item regarding the Show - remember way back in June when our Club helped out KCQ with their car show at their Music Fest on Ojibway Island? Well our Club received a considerable “payback”. Becky from KCQ sent our Club an invoice for 66 ads on KCQ for a total of $4,290.00, the invoice was marked “do not pay”. Also included was an invoice for 66 ads for 97.3 JOE for a total of $1,650.00, and it too was marked “do not pay”. This certainly is a tangible return for our Club’s work. Work that is fun and is profitable too, what a deal!!

Although we had a great Show it is already time to start thinking about the Show for 2005. Committees will be set up so that work for the 2005 Show can be done as early as possible.

THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING PUT ON THIS SHOW!

(Are you missing an insulated coffee mug with the words “ski patrol” on it? If it is yours check with Gary Strappazon (989) 652-4842.)

SOCIAL CHAIRPERSON REPORT

Our deepest sympathy goes out to Dick & Nyla Lebsack. Dick’s mother passed away on September 11th. Our thoughts are with you in this difficult time.

Welcome new members:

Gary & Eva Cooke of Attica. They have a 1983 red GT convertible and a 1967 lt. green coupe

Al Rogers of Canton. Al has a 1979 pewter Hatchback.

Martin & Nieves Torres of Frankenmuth. They have a 1972 black Sports roof.

Don & Judy VanSickle of Snover. They have a 1968 red convertible

James & Renee Waswick of Chesaning. They have a 1973 red convertible, a 1999 silver coupe and a 2004 competition orange convertible.

Jack & Zona Wood of Waterford. They have a 1965 red hardtop.

Theresa Oehring & Robert Pringle of Saginaw. They have a 1997 white convertible.

Elaine Bossingham & Dave Servinski of Benzonia. They have a 1969 red/black Mach I.

Missy Jewett and fiancé Jack Nowicki of Cass City. Missy has a 2000 silver GT convertible. (Rumors are that wedding bells will be ringing in August, 2005!)

Dan & Carol Graves of Flushing. They have a 2001 laser red convertible.

We heartily welcome you to our Club. We hope to see you at our Club meetings and activities.

At the Grand National Show in Springfield, IL, Stan & Ruth Bentley received the Grill Medallion for their 1968 California Special. You need 20 points to get this Medallion and you earn 2 points for each gold award and 1 point for each silver award. This is a special award that is engraved with their names and the VIN # of their car and is placed on the grill of the car. Congratulations!

Remember to notify Linda Riley if you have “news” for this column. (810) 631-6601.

THE PREZ SEZ

Hello to all members!

Wow, Ruth just forwarded the updated membership list…lots of new names. Welcome aboard to our new members.

The column this month will be a bit different. I want to take time to mention members who have been out showing their cars, working on club projects or contributing to the successes of our events.

First we celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Mustang at Frankenmuth Autofest. We were well represented with 24 club families and 30 MCMM cars present. In only 7 weeks, we were able to secure 36 of the 40 years of cars! We made quite a statement there on Main Street! We could not have asked for a better location.

This was a much more that I had dreamed of, when I first approached Tony D’Anna, the show chairman about a 40th celebration at Autofest. The last few days it seemed like I was living at the Country Street Machines office! Once again a thank you to Diane Williams, who had made the suggestion at the February MCMM regular meeting. . . .to have a display of all 40 years. We have also had very favorable comments from local Frankenmuth people, to Zehnders, to Autofest show officials, to the Frankenmuth News, to people at church! We have also had very nice comments from people who displayed their cars with us at Zehnders Park. We have been asked if we were coming back next year…all we can say is that we have planted the seed. Stan remarked that we as club showing our cars as a group were able to be very visible and to have more impact than we could have had spread all over the show field on the other side of the river. We were also able to have exposure to other Mustangers and welcome them to the display area. We had three club members’ cars chosen as winners of steins on Sunday, Stan & Ruth’s 1964 ½ convertible, Linda & Gary’s 1995 GT removable hardtop/convertible and Dave & Diana DeSilva’s 2004 Cobra coupe. We had several comments from people who showed their cars sat Friday night was more fun than the Woodward Dream Cruise! Mike Galaster, of Galaster Ford displayed the new 2005 Mustang and boy did it draw the interest.

On Monday evening, the 13th we had our goody bag stuffing at the Thetford Twp hall pavilion. We stuffed 264 bags in 1 hour! We had pizza and we had fun. Thank you to the following who were there and helped: Leif & Melissa, Gregg, Paul & Cynthia, Stan & Ruth, Bill & Ada, Chris, Rich & Susan, Dick, Terry & Carol, Ruthanne, Dominic & Yvonne, Dave & Diana, Diane, Linda & Gary (both pair) new members Martin Torres from Frankenmuth and Jim Waswick from Chesaning.

The following Sunday was our 11th Annual MCMM Mustang and Ford Show. Although the number of vehicles entered was down by 9, the revenue was up, the spectator gate was way up and the raffle revenue was up. I have no idea of how many club cars were on display, there were many and they looked great! Here is the list of club members working on Saturday or Sunday or both: Chris & Mindy, Rich & Susan, Terry, Dominic & Yvonne, Diane, Leif & Melissa, Gary & Linda (again both pair), Tom & Mary Thompson, Jim & Rose, Paul & Cynthia, Ruthanne, Dave & Diana, Dick, Jack & Darlene, Jim Waswick, Bill & Ada, Mike, Wally & Lorrie & sons, and Stan & Ruth. I believe that count was 36. I hope I didn’t overlook anyone. Thank you one and all for a job well done. We then had 26 for dinner at Uno’s restaurant at the Mall. Where we enjoyed our efforts and celebrated a 50th birthday…I wonder who???

As I write this, Wednesday, September 29th, the club is preparing to go to the movies. American Ford in Saginaw is hosting a showing of the original movie “Bullitt” with Steve McQueen. Our club was invited to the showing and asked to drive our Mustangs.

Don’t forget the HAYRIDE AND POTLUCK at Mike & Rebecca Winter’s on Saturday, October 9th. MCMM will furnish the chicken and brats (sound familiar?).

Gary Strappazon