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UPCOMING EVENTS

Jun 8 - TMCCC, TX Raceway, 8 am, Kennedale June 8 - Club meeting, 5 pm, Spring Creek BBQ, Bedford

June 14 - Cowtown Cars and Coffee, 8 am to 12 n, FW June 15 - Happy Father’s Day

June 21 - TMCCC, 4 pm, North Star Raceway Denton, NOTE: Night Race

June 21 - Christian Classic Cruisers, 5 pm, North Richland Hills

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June 2014 THE STARTING LINE Official Monthly Publication of Cowtown Mopars

Allen Samuels CDJR gives club member discounts on new vehicles and parts. Be sure to show your membership card to the cashier/salesman. Don’t have a

membership card? Just see our Membership Director. —Employee Pricing when purchasing vehicles—

—Cost +10% when buying parts—

Cowtown Cars and Coffee, every second Saturday, 8 am to 12 noon, between Montgomery Plaza and Target store, west 7th St, Ft Worth. No fee. Sponsored by AutoBahn Motorcars, usually free coffee and donuts. Best time 8 am to 10 am. Christian Classic Cruisers, March through October, every third Saturday, 5 pm to 9 pm. Birdville ISD stadium parking lot, 9100 Mid Cities Blvd, North Richland Hills. $15 entry fee, spectators free.

2014-2015 BOARD MEMBERS

President - Mike Bearce Vice President - Phillip Taylor Secretary - Rich Lemmon Treasurer - Dan Robinson Activity Director - Susan Brownell Editor - Barry Hansen Membership Director - Rich Brownell

Appointed Positions Race Team - Mark Buchanan Website - Kirk Maisenbacher

Show Team - Morris Counts/Ron Carroll

Schools out, the kids are home and Summer is here. I hope all of Cowtown Mopar mem-bers have a great time for all of us to have this summer. We had a great turnout at the May Club Meeting at Bill Boon’s shop. We had a group of great people, I enjoyed mixing and visiting with everyone and of course I can never thank Ken An-gyal enough for the great Brisket and Pulled Pork. Everyone brought side dishes to go with the meat and no one went home hungry. We are back to Spring Creek for our meetings now. Hope everyone got the message we are having to move the meeting date to June 8th due to the meeting room not being available on Fa-ther’s Day or the following Sunday due to a function Spring Creek is having for their employ-ees. I hope this works for everyone. We will be back on our normal schedule in July. I hope to see all of you at the meeting and would like all of you to bring a friend with them that is into Mopars. Spread the word about the club and bring your friends. If anyone has suggestions, please feel free to let me know.

Mike

BY THE MINUTES

28th Cowtown Mopar Roundup April 19, 2014 Start of the meeting 1500 1. Mark makes announcements of coming events. 2. Mark introduces the club officers and gives his retirement speech. 3. 50/50 $108 won by Bill Boon. Give away creeper by Stumpy Brownell. 4. Awards End 1545. CMPT Meeting and Picnic at Bill Boon's May 10, 2014 Start 1330 1. President Mike Bearce starts the meeting with a discussion of coming events. 2. Mike thanks departing club officers Mark Buchanan and Frank Smith along with the current serving officers. 3. Mark Buchanan gives an update on the current TMCCC status and coming races. 4. Mike announces that the additional show awards are here and show shirts are for sale. 5. The June meeting has been moved to June 8th to avoid Father's Day. 6. Susan Brownell gives her report on coming and possible club activities. 7. Rich Lemmon reads the minutes of the last meeting. 8. Bill Boon tells about the charity raffle and car show he is a part of. 9. 50/50 pot $37 won by Stumpy. Ends 1400.

Time to renew your membership for 2014 Club dues for 2014 are now due. You do not have to fill out a new registration form if your contact and vehicle information are the same. Remember...upon renewal your Membership Card will allow you to get genuine Mopar Performance and replacement parts from Allen Samuels CDJR for 10% over cost and buy a new car or truck for Employee Pricing. These add up to serious savings.

Renew by mail or at one of our events

Single membership New $25 / Renewal $15 Family membership New $35 / Renewal $25

Hey current members! If you have a change of contact information , vehicle or other, please remember to send in those changes.

Thanks

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION Rich Brownell, Membership Director

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From The Veep’s Desk Hello Folks, back again. Has anyone read about the new engine coming down the pipeline for hybrids? It’s called a “lineargenerator”, utilizes two opposing pistons with a common combustion chamber. The pistons are mounted on top of stators that travel in a cylinder of magnets to produce elec-tricity. The engine is infinitely adjustable to enable it to run on any fuel available, be it diesel, gas, ethanol, etc. It can be stacked to meet more power needs, can be used to run an electric motor or charge a battery, gets incredible mileage regardless of the fuel it is using. I for one am looking forward to seeing this in a hybrid, see how it works out. If anyone wants to see it work, go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA0DZXpkQV0 . On a later note, check this out:

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/1-000-hp-superbird-rips-down-runway-194-154323638.html Other news...Chrysler /Fiat has filed for the name Rebel, wonder what they have in mind for that, Ram 1500 Rebel? Or Jeep Renegade Rebel, hmmm, many things to think about. On recalls, why did Chrysler wait to recall the cars that evidently have defective fuel tanks? Has anyone seen the video of Big Daddy Don Garlits run of 7.25 @ 184 mph in his electric dragster?

Phill

Off The Wing by Barry Hansen Road trip to Austin May 6 with fellow club member Ron Carroll in his “Petty Edition” Ram. Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America tour stopped there overnight. Got to talk with Kyle and Richard Petty, Rutledge Wood (lost a lot of weight, looks great, promises Top Gear USA will be better this season). Most often heard phrase from the dismounting bikers “man Texas is big!”. Richard Petty, always patient and gracious, autographed Ron’s truck and several car parts, asked Ron a lot of questions about his truck. Petty may be running Fords but the tour was sponsored by Chrysler SRT/Dodge Mo-torsports. All pace and support vehicles were Mopar.

Chrysler PDC picnic and car show May 17 was great once again. Lots of Cowtown Mopars along with our smoker. PDC hospitality was wonderful, lots of door prizes. Parked the old Ram-charger next to a red Viper, the owner assured he wouldn’t be too intimidated if I popped the hood on my beast. I have to wonder as he left a short time later. Only complaint, Ron and Rich had to find a place with almost no shade near the loud speakers. Our Frankenwagon had the right idea, the opposite (east) end under the huge shade tree on the grass. Next year east end un-der the tree.

NHRA…Southern Nats, Atlanta, Spencer Massey winner T/F, Jeg Coughlin, Dart, winner Pro Stock. Kansas Natls, Topeka, Spencer Masey again winner T/F, all Mopar Pro Stock final, Allen Johnson, Dart, winner over Jeg Coughlin, Dart.

Texas Autowriters Association gave Mopar several Car of the Year awards. Best family vehicle, 30th Anniversary Town & Country van, Best Compact, Dart SXT/Rallye, Best Mid-size, Chrys-ler 200, Best Full-size, Chrysler 300, Best SUV, Grand Cherokee SRT.

May 25 was my “Super Bowl” Sunday. 6 am Gran Prix Monaco, 10 am pre-pre race Indy. 11 am pre-race Indy. 12 noon Indy 500. 3:45pm post race Indy. At the appropriate time wife served the traditional Indy lunch, chicken and potato salad. Taped race for review at a later date. Great race. 139 laps before first yellow flag. The winner, Ryan Hunter-Reay was born in Dallas, 1980.

“Snake and Mongoose” DVD popping up in stores. Saw in Sams Club and WalMart recently. Wonder if it was meant to be a “direct to DVD” movie all along.

Remember TMCCC/Kennedale moved to June 8, 8 am and the club meeting also moved to Sunday June 8, 5 pm at Spring Creek BBQ.

Happy Father’s Day

Barry

At North Star (Denton) we had a good turnout. The weather looked bad at first but turned out great. Here are the award winners from yesterday. Rick Brownell -------- stock muscle runner up Jason Pipkin ---------- king muscle semifinalist Stan Allen ------------- king muscle winner Ken Ward ------------- pro muscle semifinalist Vic Corlett ------------ pro muscle runner up Bill Boon -------------- electronics runner up Congratulations everyone!!!! We had a good turnout at Ardmore with at least 22 racers and 2 award winners. Congratulations to: Bill Boon ---------------- runner up electronics Grady Hentz ----------- runner up king muscle Stay Tuned Mark

The Go Fast(er) Department Mark Buchanan - Race Team Coordinator

HEY TWELVE TIME TMCCC CHAMPIONS!!!!

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2014 Race Schedule: April 27 Denton May 4 Redline May 18 Ardmore June 8 Kennedale June 21 **Denton Sept 7 Ennis Sept 28 Denton Oct 12 Kennedale Oct 26 Ennis Nov 15 banquet **4 pm start, NIGHT RACE Denton and Ardmore open 9 AM All others open 8 AM

TECH TIPS Only part of your steering wheel or steering wheel padding going bad? Maybe just the top 1/3 that sits in the sun? A quick and easy repair is to use bicycle handlebar tape (or wrap) to cover and “style” the worn part. Your local upscale bicycle shop has a variety of materials, thicknesses and colors. The selection is endless. Soft long wearing manmade materials, suede, leather. Every color imaginable including “Go Mango” and “Hemi Orange.” Wrap the top 1/4 and the bottom 1/4 with bright red leather tape to mimic the current Ferrari factory “split wheel”. Use Elmer’s glue on the final turn wrap and secure with masking tape for 24 hours to complete.

Barry Hansen Replacing the molded carpet in your trick ride? Unfold it and set in the sun for a cou-ple of hours. It will relax and soften up, much easier to install and tuck around the humps, curves and corners of the floorboard.

Phillip Taylor

Samson Park Car Show

Saturday June 14, 2014, 10 AM - 1 PM 5500 Buchanan, Ft Worth, TX 76114

$10 Entry Fee/Spectators free Open to all Makes Trophies, Live DJ

Sponsored by the Samson Park Fire Dept More information contact Ricky Wilson, 817-726-9296

Calling all Mopars! Ricky Wilson, fellow club member, is organizing this show through the Samson Park Fire Dept. Fees go the Fire Dept’s annual toy drive. Ricky says shows on his side of town have too many other makes and not enough Mopars. The price is right. If you’re free Sat, Jun 14, come on by and help a club brother out.

ITEMS FOR SALE / ITEMS WANTED (Items posted for 3 months unless requested otherwise)

WANTED: 68-70 b body front bench seat MARK BUCHANAN, 214-727-4324, bbuchanan8@juno.com (exp Jun) WANTED :Rebuilding my 1972 360 LA small block. Looking for cylinder heads with the 2.02 intake valves, headers (block hugger or shorty headers preferred), cam close to the 340 4 speed specs (possibly a retro fit roller cam and kit), 360 .040 or .060 flat top pistons, 360 6 qt oil pan, intake manifold, 600 or 780 vacuum secondary carb, etc. What have you got? Let’s talk. BARRY HANSEN sigma54@sbcglobal.net or 817-496-9970. (exp Jul)

FOR SALE: Mopar A-body 2800 lb rear super stock leaf springs with a set of F&R Drag shocks, never raced, 300 miles of street driving, $150. Also have A-body small bolt axles, backing plates, drums, and 741 pig, $150.00 Call Mark at 214-458-4418 or email mskuzia@yahoo.com (exp Jun)

FOR SALE: from DAYNA CALDWELL, dkcaldwell@yahoo.com or 817-680-7345. Many many parts including rebuilt ‘72 340, McLeod twin clutch kit 23 spline, 10.5” w/flywheel, tool boxes, jacks, lift, Viper parts, too numerous to list. Call or email for details and complete list (exp Jun)

FOR SALE: from LONGHORN MANUFACTURING CO. 12 small block Chrysler stands 8 big block Chrysler stands 8 early Hemi Chrysler stands 7 early Hemi racing engine stands These regularly sell for $89.00 with casters. They are $71.00 while the supply lasts. We are not planning on continuing these in our line up. Please pass this along to your club members and let them know we are offering a 20% reduction on all items in stock. See www.prorollers.com for more information. JOE WADE 817-688-3867 (exp Jun) FOR SALE: 1986 Dodge Ramcharger, white, blue interior, P/S, P/B, A/C, 2WD, 318 CID, converted from lean burn to carb. Needs tires, back bumper. Needs to be driven, sat for a while, intake valves trying to stick under throttle. Contact PHILLIP TAYLOR, 817-536-5029 or email phlop46@yahoo.com

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