May 2017

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR CLUB

2017 Board of Directors

Cindy Ahrens 618-447-6754

Bill Bauer 636-391-1571

Syl Biermann 314-541-5624

Paula Goodrich 636-625-1064

Dan Kelly-314-276-2288

Secretary-Cindy Ahrens

Editor Bob Layton 636-397-4487 or

e-mail mickie6t6@hotmail.com

Publishers-Bill & Barb Giese

Web Master-Scott Lewis

Keirsten McDaniel

www.fordsunlimited.com P.O. Box 240201 Ballwin, MO 63024

W e are now entering the busy time of year for our club. May starts with the Shelbyfest

held May 4th through the 6th. Although not a c lub even t , many of our members make this an annual event. The show is held in Jefferson City. Last year they had 714 cars from 28 states and an estimated 25,000 spectators. Our first club event will be the Valley of

Flowers car show that will be held on the 6th. We will meet at Crest Bowl located at Florissant Road and St. Francis at 8 am. There is a great donut shop just up the road from the bowling al-ley so come early if you are hungry. On the following day, six of our members will represent our club at the Valley of Flowers parade. If you are signed up, please see Dan Kelly for details. This is not a club event and be-sides Dan, we can only have 5 additional cars in the parade. We will finish the month by at-tending the Salute to the Troops car show in O’Fallon, Missouri on May 21st. 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. For show information, contact club mem-ber, Lynette Lewis at 636-795-8268. This is a club event for points. The cruise season also is in full swing along with many cars and coffee events. Check out our area events section for details on these.

I t’s time to get busy with our car show. The classes have been set

and sponsorship forms and mini-flyers are now avail-able. This is the time that we need our members to step up and help selling show classes and signing up to help work the show.

As you know, our 31st annual all Ford Show will be held on July 30th at McDonnell Park in St. Ann.

As mentioned in an earlier issue, we plan to try to have 2 shifts for our concession workers. Last year, those volunteers worked most of the day without any relief. We will also need car parkers, people to classify cars, people to work registration, people to count ballots. It takes many hands to make this work and we need our club families to help make our show a success. If you are willing to help, please contact our chair-man, Jim Biermann. Remember, there many shows you can attend throughout the year, but this is a work day for our members. Be proud of your club. This is your show.

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T his month we welcome 4 new members. Clayton resides in St. Louis and owns a 1955 Fairlane. Also joining is Ed Rohn-

bach who also resides in St. Louis. He drives a 2003 Mercury Gand Marquis. Justin Rohnbach is also an new member and also resides in St. Louis. Justin drives a 2014 Mustang V6 pre-mium. Last but not least is Jeff Brayton. Jeff lives in Arnold and recently purchased a 1995 Mus-tang Cobra. He was sponsored by his brother, Craig. We welcome all of our new members and encourage them to be active in their new club.

Y ou may have noticed, the “Members Rides” section of our newsletter has been improved

and we added 10 more cars and trucks recently. If you want your car on the site, just send your photo to fordsunlim-

ited@gmail.com The photo must be a ’hood down’ photo and please make sure that the whole car is in the photo.

May 6th Valley of Flowers Car Show Meet @ Crest Bowl at 8am

May 10th Membership Meeting

@ Hilary’s Roadhouse-7 pm

May 21st Salute to the Troops Car Show

Meet @ the Burger King located at Highway 70 and Mid-Rivers Mall Drive (north side).

We will meet at 8:30 am

Our monthly member-

ship meetings are held on the

2nd Wednesday of each

month except January at

Hilary’s Roadhouse, 11488

Dorsett, Maryland Heights, 63043, at 7 pm.

Their phone numbers is 314-291-0599.

Please call Hilary’s to check on weather re-

lated meeting cancellations.

Our board of directors meet-

ings are held the first Wednesday

of each month at Dorsett Sybergs

which is located at the NE corner

of Highway 270 and Dorsett Road.

Check with any board member on weather

related cancellations. The meetings start at

6:30 pm.

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O n April 8th, the Mustang Club of St. Louis held their annual “Mustang

Roundup”. Although the event was originally to be all Mus-tangs, our club was invited to bring any of our Ford products and that we did. The day started a little on the cool side but temps rose into the mid-seventies which made for a great day. Anxious to start the show season, our club turnout for this event is always good, even on those years when mother nature was still hanging onto winter. We had 27 of our club cars and trucks and about 35 members and family. It was great to see new member, Rich and Coleen Chatfield active with their red ‘88 Mustang converti-ble. Although fighting some seri-ous health problems Ed Mauzy, along with Julie, was in atten-dance with their Raptor. It was great to see Ed back in limited action. As the afternoon came, some of our members were off to other events and cruises to take advantage of the great April weather. We thank all of those who represented our club that day.

Syl Biermann Steve Hendricks

Barb Dennis Ed & Julie Mauzy

Burt Pennington Jim Bayer

Craig & Cally Brayton Jim & Sharon Richardson

Art McKeen Rick & Coleen Chatfield

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Paula & Jim Goodrich Mark Carey

Bill Bufka Ken Farrar & Sharon Apollo Marc Glaser

Dennis & Debbie McBee John Sullivan Jim Biermann

Mike McCallister Jerry Grimmer Bart McNail

Jeff & Ann Dugo Jake Turnipseed Dan Kelly

Dave Smith Bill Giese Bob & Donna Layton

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A s a rainy day turned into a nice spring evening, some of our

members headed to the A&W on the Rock Road to celebrate the Mustang’s birthday and maybe indulge in a root beer float. We had 15 of our club cars and may have scored a new member. As usual, it turned into a mini car show. We thank Paula Goodrich and Jerry Grimmer for setting up this event and all of our members who were there to support our club.

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T he Mid America Cougar Nationals were held on April 21st and 22nd, in Tulsa Oklahoma at the Tulsa

Expo Center. It was sponsored by the Mid-America Cougar Club and Lone Star Cougar Club, with support of the Cougar Club of America. Local Fords Unlimited club members who registered for the

show were Bill Bauer, Greg Young, and Steve Hendricks. Although Steve decided not to go because of the weather forecast and a bad case of poison ivy. Other FUCC club members who attended without cars were Jim and Syl Biermann and John Saxton. The venue was held indoors at the Tulsa Expo Center. There were 113 cars registered but the official count was down to 94 Cou-gars and two Comets. All the buildings at this large complex were la-beled for Ford vehicles, Mustang Barn, Explorer Barn, Expedition Barn, Super Duty, etc. They were not really barns but multi-use build-ings. Along with an indoor arena with quarter mile track where the Chili Bowl Race is held. (midget car race). Nothing like it in STL. There were 13 classes and best of show. Three awards per class. Our road trip started on Thursday April 20th, Greg driving his 1970 Cougar XR7 428 ci. with wife Fay, And me trailering my 1970 Cougar with Donna. We ran into heavy rain about an hour out of STL. And then Greg's car developed an oil leak from the rear main seal, which we stopped every 100 miles so he could check and add oil. I don't know how he saw out of the windshield with the eighteen wheelers passing us in the rain. I was not supposed to go over 55 mph because I had rented a trailer. So we got passed by everything. Anyway we made it. Thursday evening there was a meet and greet at a local favorite restaurant, Tally's, a retro route 66 diner, It rained and stormed Thursday night and most of the day Friday. If you didn't have an enclosed trailer you were soaked. The wind was fierce. Car covers didn't have a chance. There were several Cougars sitting outside through all this, even a couple of Eliminators. During a break in the weather on Friday they let us take our cars inside the building where the car show was held and they stayed there until Saturday morning. There was a Cruise scheduled for Friday but was cancelled but with pretty many registered car owners there before the show there was a Meet and Mingle at Baxter's, another favorite watering hole in downtown Tulsa. Finally Saturday it's show-time and no rain. We ar-rived at 6:30 am to move the cars out of the building and them line up and re-enter the building and get the cars prepared for the show which started at 10 am. Judging starts and building opens to the public. Vot-ing closed at 2:30, (participant voting), with concours judging optional. 3 pm the show closed to the public. A nice catered Banquet at 5:30, Syl, Jim, Donna, myself, Fay, Greg, and Tom and Les from the Cape (Mo) shared a table, The awards ceremony was at 6:00 pm all held in the same building as the car show. The neatest thing was Greg was selected as a keynote speaker, He is member #20 of the Cougar Club of America which was founded in 1980 which now has about 9,000 members worldwide. If you want to know anything about Cougars he's your man. Many beautiful cars, the early models with either a 427 or 428 were the highlight. At Trophy time Greg unfortunately got shut out in his class. But I was totally surprised to get 1st Place in my class. Another neat thing was at the trophy presentation the class sponsor was there to hand out the awards. Anyway it turned out to be a fun trip, the show committee and volunteers from Mid America Cougar Club did a first class job. I've never seem so many Cougars in one place from the 1967 trough the 1987. 302's, 351s, 427's and 428's. Again what a great venue. Greg decided to rent a truck and trailer to bring his car home to STL and not risk any motor damage. We all made it home safely.

By Bill Bauer

Photos by Bill Bauer

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W hat better place to be during heavy rain and flood

warnings than be by a rag-ging river at a dam but that’s what we did on April 29th as our club toured the Melvin Price Locks and Dam. The Melvin Price Locks and Dam is located below the confluence of the Illinois River and above the mouth of the Missouri River in Alton, Illinois. Each year more than 75 million tons of goods, valued in excess of $23 billion move though these locks. Unfortunately, the rain and threat of lightning made it impossible to tour the entire complex. After the lightning abated, we were able to venture out-side for a short while. After the tour, we ventured to the Old Bakery Bread Company micro-brewery for lunch and to sample some of their prod-ucts. Some were even able to get in a short nap. We thank Dan Kelly for setting up this club event. A great way to spend a crappy spring day.

1989 LX Mustang Convertible. Driveline Ford Racing 306 CI. - Super Duty 5 spd.- 3.73 Trac - Loc. Full list of modifications upon request. Owned for 11 years car has been garaged, covered, thoroughly main-tained, and continually up-graded. Known by FUCC members, it was used in Car Club Cruising and Shows with great success. In a 2011 Insurance appraisal Mark Hiatt, a rec-ognized Mustang authority remarked " Nice /solid performance Mustang". The car has been improved since. It is not flawless but very good and as always ready to go and be enjoyed. $11,500. 314-739-7491 or jgimmkopfe@yahoo.com 1997 Mustang GT. 4.6, 5 speed, Cobra hood, K&N filter, power windows/locks, complete new front end and new clutch, have receipts. Needs rear calipers. Have now pads in trunk. Needs a good tune up. Call 660-342-8972 or 573-220-4435. 2002 Thunderbird. Torch red/black 2 tone interior. 3.9L V8. 5-speed auto. Low miles. Dual power leather seats, P/S, P/B, steering wheel memory, p-windows & locks. Keyless entry. Ste-reo/6-CD changer, 4-wheel disc brakes w/ABS. 17 inch wheels, newer tires and battery. Stickered @ $41k. $17,000. 314-591-3825.

For Sale. 4x8 trailer,1175 lbs rated. Marine plywood bed. Re-movable wood stake sides. Spare tire. Title. $250. Steve @ 636-248-8204. For Sale. (1968-1973) Ford Mustang, Cougar, Torino, Fairlane 4-14 inch wire spoked hubcaps NOS In box $200.00 for all 4 - FIRM. Call Larry 314-921-2569. For Sale. 1-289 short block C6AE-6015-C Cast 7F7; 1-289 Long block C5AE-6015-C Cast 4G7 Heads cast 4G21; 1-289 Bare block C6AE-6015-C Cast 7H15, Bored and honed .030 over. New cam bearings & freeze plugs; 1-351 W short block, D9AE-6015-E, Cast 8C28; 1 Pair DOOE 351 W heads, bare. Home ported.; 1 Pair E7TE Heads. C4 Trans with E5 part # on tag. These are "core" parts. All need rebuilt. Make offer on 1 part or all. Pics on request. Pat @ 618-973-3179 Email--pat3898@yahoo.com For Sale. Shelby GT350 right and left side stripe kit from Shelby American. Ordered for a car that sold before they could be put

on. Still in the box, never opened. $100. Shelby GT500 Satin Silver left side lower stripe kit from the dealer part number 8R3Z-632001-AC. Dealer ordered wring stripe. Still in Ford box. $50. Howard @ 314-795-3050.

(Please check with the event sponsors as dates can be changed)

Cars and Coffee. Held at Gateway Classic Cars, located at 1237 Central Park Drive, O’Fallon, MO 62269. Cruises are held from 9 am till noon on the last Saturday of each month. Come for break-fast and coffee. Info 618-271-3000. Outsiders Friday Night Car Cruise. 3/10 thru 10/27, 5pm till 10pm. Attendance Prizes, 50/50 Drawing. Located next to McDonald's restaurant @ Westport Plaza. 1980`s and older welcome. Located: 111 Westport Plaza. Culvers Car Cruises. Starting March 25th, weather permitting. Held every 2nd and 4th Saturday, April through October, 5-10 pm. Now “Special theme Months” all season. September will be “Ford Month”. Held at 123 Richardson Crossing, Arnold. Info 636-467-9955. Dairy Queen Car Cruises. Every 1st Saturday of the month, April through November. Held at 120 Jefferson Square in Desoto, MO. Info 314-805-8363. Sonic Car Cruises. Starting April 14 through September 29th, every Friday from 5 pm to 9 pm. Held at 1002 S. Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood, MO. Info 314-835-1149. Memories Car Club cruises. Held at Faith Church located at 13001 Gravois. May 5th, June 2nd, July 7th, August 4th, Sep-tember 1st, and October 9th. Held 4pm to 9 pm but come early as the lot fills fast. For vehicles 1979 or older. JJ’s of St. Charles cruises. May 13th, June 10th, July 8th, Au-gust 12th, September 9th and October 14th & 28th. JJ’s of O’Fallon cruises. Last Sunday-April through September. Our club will host the cruise in August. Optimist Club cruise-ins. May 26, June 30th, and July28th. Gates open 4:00 pm until 9:00 pm. Friday Night Cruise-Ins to raise money for local scholarships; $15 per space. No classes, no judging, no trophies. Northeast corner of Highway 100 and High Street, one mile west of Highway 47, in Washington, Mo Food stand & beverages available on site and restaurants nearby. For more information, please call 636-359-1954. May 4th-6th. The Shelbyfest to be held in Jefferson City. Infor-mation available on line or Facebook. May 6th. 1st Annual Cruise-In Show/ Grand Opening Show. Free to attend, Family Friendly. Dash Plaques. No Judging. All makes & models welcome to join! Attendance Prizes. Goodie Bags with

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Coupons, Product Samples from different car manufacturer's, and Free Car Wash Buckets giveaway. Live Music by Jessica Tipton sings classic rock n' roll covers. 2 Local Food Trucks and 1 Dessert like (ice cream or snow cones) for kids. Food & Drinks. Info: (314) 416-1380 or email or email. Location: 4615 Baumgartner Road, at Frisco Hill Auto's Shop. Off of 55 South & Meramec Bottom Rd. the border of Arnold & Oakville. May 6th. Valley of Flowers car show to be held in Old Town Florissant. We will meet at Crest Bowl located at Florissant Road and St. Francis at 8 am. Club event. May 6th. Classics on Wheels car show held in Elsberry, Mis-souri. Info david.kessler.193w@statefarm.com May 7th. Valley of Flowers parade. Our will be in the parade but can only have 6 cars or trucks. If you are interested, please con-tact Dan Kelly. May 12th-13th. St. Louis Nostalgia Rendezvous held at Gateway Motorsports Park Dragplex. No cars newer then 1972. May 13th. Loafers Car Show to be held in historic downtown Hannibal, Missouri. Info: 573-541-8222. May 19th. Gateway Classic Cars Healthy Living Expo for older adults held at their location on1237 Central Park Drive in O’Fallon MO. Health screenings, free continental breakfast, en-tertainment, games, free lunch. View hundreds of classic cars. Held 8:30am-12:30pm. May 20th. Klas Act Corvette Spring Show. All makes and models welcome. Top 100 cars. Held at Pur Performance. Registration 9-noon. 3:30 awards. May 21st. Salute to the Troops car show held at VFW Post 5077 located at 8500 Veterans Memorial Parkway in O’Fallon, MO. Limited space. We will meet at the Burger King located at High-way 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 Bur-ger King. Info Lynette 636-795-8268. Club event. May 21st. Texas Roadhouse 4th spring car show. Rain date, May 28th. No entry fee. Top 3 awards. To be held at 1220 S. Kirkwood Rd, Kirkwood, MO. Info 314-822-0800. May 29th. Fastlane Cobblestone Nationals. 32 classes. Registra-tion 8-noon. 4pm awards. June 3rd. The Mustang Club of St. Louis Mustang and all Ford show. Details to follow. Club event. June 3rd. Calvary Temple 3930 McClay Road St. Charles, MO 63304 People's Choice Awards and free food under the tent Classic Cars and Trucks. Time: 11:00 am thru 2:00 pm.. no registration fee..For more info contact; Jattn Seaffy at aric-beattv24@.vahaa.cam June 4th. Waterloo, IL Optimist Club benefit car show. 26 classes. Registration 8-nnon. Held at the Waterloo Town Square. June 10th. MDA car show held at the St. Louis regional airport, Located at 8 Terminal Dr. in east Alton, Il. Registration opens at 8:00am and goes until noon. judging starts at 11:00am. Entry fees are $20 for judged entrants, $10 for display. goody bags and t-shirts are included for the first 150 registered. June 11th. Alton all wheels car show. 37 classes. Held at 3rd St. Across from Argosy Casino. Registration 8-noon. June 11th. The Annual Hill Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show Registration From: 8:00am – 12:00pm (Limited to the first 200 cars). Dash plaques provided to the first 200 registrants. Attendance Prizes Available!! Live Music by Everett Dean!! All Proceeds Benefit St. Ambrose Athletic Association and Shaw Elementary School. Show is at Shaw Elementary School, 5329 Columbia Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110. Info cell: 618-980-2151. June 14th. The Hot Rod Power Tour will be at Gateway Mo-torsports Park located at 700 Raceway Blvd., Madison IL 62060. June 14th-18th. Mid America Fords Nationals to be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. June 17th. Pacific Car Show, 8am till 9pm. Registration 8am till noon. Awards 3pm till 5pm. 100 Dash Plaques & Goodie Bags 1st 100 Judged Cars. 36 Show Classes. 108 Awards. 50/50 Drawing. DJ & Live Music by Super Jam 5pm till 9pm. Info:

email or (314) 662-6718. Location: historical streets of down town pacific, Missouri. July 1st. Patriots in the Park show to be held at Wilson Park in Granite City, IL. Details as available. Club event. July 8th. Fun Ford Series to be held at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois. July 15th. The Southern Illinois Mustang Association’s 40th an-niversary Mustang and all Ford car show. Held at Roberts Ford, Homer Adams Parkway, Alby street, Alton, Illinois. Info 618-975-1707. Club event. July 30th. 31st annual Fords Unlimited all Ford car show. To be held at J.S. MacDonnell Park. Details to follow. August 5th. Show Me Mustang Ford show. Held at Pundmann Ford.. Registration 9-noon. 3:30 awards. August 13th. Show Off Auto Show to be held at the Machinist Hall located at 12365 St. Charles Rock Road, 63044. August 27th. Fords Unlimited will be the host club at JJ’s in O’Fallon Missouri. Club event. September 3rd. St. Louis Independent Car Klub (SLICK) 20th Annual Car Show. Register 8am till Noon. Dash Plaques 1st 100. Attendance Prizes. 50/50 Drawing. D.J. Music. Location: Har-vester Lions Club Park, 4835 Central School Road, (At Central School Road and Mid Rivers Mall Drive) St. Charles, MO. Info (636) 485-9113. September 16th. Tentative date for the Sinclair BackStoppers cruise. Club event.

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