CSRAMC April 2015 - CSRA Mustang Club

“HOOFBEATS”
The newsletter of the CSRA Mustang Club
April, 2015
Club Officers
President: Don Blackstock
Vice-President: Matt Hunter
Treasurer: Sandy Brown
Secretary/Editor: Zafera Aaron
MCA Regional Director: Mike Anchor
Next Meeting: TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2015
6:15 pm to eat, Meeting at 7 pm
*Please note this date change due to Masters Week being the first
Tuesday in April, so we are moving it up a week.*
Location: Pizza Central
526 North Belair Drive, Evans, GA
In the Big Lots and Home Depot Shopping Center
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From the President
Don Blackstock
April Showers
Well the show season is here, and we don’t need the showers. Please check our club calendar
for all the upcoming shows. I hear a very good one is coming to our area, have you
registered, volunteered, asked a business for a sponsorship? Do we have enough, nope,
never can have too many. Friends time will get away from us before you know it.
This Saturday we have two shows that we can attend and pass our fliers around. Matt will
lead a group to Lexington, and drop a note to the club on meeting up and time. I will be going
to Macon for the Cherry Blossom Festival, we will meet at the rest area just west of the
Harlem exit. Please be there by 7:15 am, plan to pull out by 7:30 am. Drop me a note if you
would like to make the trip. We don’t want to leave anyone behind.
Does anyone in the club use Amsoil products? Many of us use local merchants for oil
changes. Some places allow you to bring your own oil and pay a labor & and a disposal
charge. Our club has a opportunity to become an Amsoil dealer and purchase their products
at dealer cost. To become a dealer it would cost the club a $30.00 yearly fee. We can discuss
this venture at our next meeting, if you can’t make the meeting, please drop me a note.
Our April meeting will be March 31st, the last Tuesday of the month. The first Tuesday of
April would be the week of Masters. Pizza Central has worked out very nicely with the
private dinning room. Also they have donated $500.00 to our show. Lynda & I go there at
least once during the week, please try them out yourselves and let them how we appreciate
there help.
How many of you have checked out Jeff Allen on You Tube? I promise you will be laughing
out loud,we hope to have a full house, please tell
your friends tickets are available. See ya soon!
Don B.
"The Road Goes on Forever and the
Mustang Party Never Ends"
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From the Editor
Zafera Aaron
April is around the corner and Masters will be here soon! I’m glad Spring is here, it’s
time for more car shows and drives.
Of course with April here, that means our National show is also around the corner!
I’m looking forward to it. It’s going to be a busy weekend, but I think with all of the club’s
help, it’ll be a success.
Please remember to check the Facebook page, csramc.org and this newsletter for
updates about our monthly meetings. We’ve had some people say they didn’t know about
the day of the week change. I think Tuesday is working out for our club members and for
Pizza Central.
As it says in this newsletter, the April meeting will be March 31 since Masters week is in
town the next week and lots of people are busy and out of town. My birthday is March
31 (I’m turning 29 again) and I look forward to spending it with my Mustang family!
See you at the meeting!
Take care,
Zafera Aaron
Secretary/Editor
[email protected]
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Pets and Stangs
This cutie is owned by Jeff and Amanda Yandell, posing in her
new 2015 Mustang.
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Ford News & Notes
2015 F-35 Lightning II Edition Ford Mustang is First to be
Modified and Auctioned
With the 2015 Mustang officially available to the general public, it was only a matter of time
before we came across news of the first S550 to be modified.
This 2015 Mustang GT Premium was chosen by Ford Motor Company to be handed over to
Chris Mangum and MAD Industries in Costa Mesa, California, to create a one-off “2015 F-35
Lightning II Edition Ford Mustang” that would be auctioned off for charity. The plan was to
model the 2015 F-35 Lightning II Edition Mustang after the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning
II aircraft, the world’s most advanced multirole fighter jet, which provides unmatched
capabilities to the United States and allied military forces.
The project was led by the engineering and design teams at Ford after the donation, and the
car was then auctioned at the Gathering of the Eagles charity event on July 31, 2014, during
the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2014—an event known as
the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration. Ford is the exclusive automotive sponsor of the
event, which ran from July 28 through August 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin.
“The idea to model one of our specialty builds after the F-35 was four years in the making,
under discussion even as we created the SR-71 Blackbird Mustang for auction in 2010,”
explains Edsel B. Ford, a member of Ford’s board of directors. “Just as the F35 was designed
with unprecedented capabilities and versatility in mind, we felt it would be a natural fit to
pair with the all-new 2015 Mustang. Visitors to the Ford Hangar are sure to be wowed by both
the beauty of the F-35 Lightning II Edition Mustang and the opportunity to get the fighter jet
experience firsthand.”
At the auction, the car was one of the first 2015 Ford Mustangs to be sold. It rolled across the
block for nearly $200,000, benefitting the EAA Young Eagles, a program that has provided
free introductory flights to over 1.8 million young people since it started in 1992. The goal of
the program is to inspire and motivate the next generation of leaders, aviators, and
innovators.It’s really all about the details with this one-off Mustang. Wrapped in a cool BASF
Glasurit line custom tri-coat Titanium high-gloss Charcoal color (with low-sheen Charcoal
center stripe), the Mustang’s design pays tribute to its fighter jet brethren while being sure to
highlight and outline the new features of the 2015’s body. The distinctive accents seen
throughout the car were inspired by the blue and yellow lightning tail livery noticeable on
early production examples of the F-35 aircraft. The car was painted by LGE-CTS Motorsports
of San Dimas, California.
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FORD News & Notes
If you look closely, you’ll notice that the windows of the Mustang appear to have a gold tint. No,
your eyes are not playing tricks on you. The bubble canopy of the F-35 features a distinctive
gold tint that helps minimize its radar signature, which was of course replicated on the
Mustang using Madico Specialty window film. The original Mustang GT performance pack
springs were pulled and replaced with the Eibach Pro-Kit springs performance package, which
lowered the Mustang 1.1 inches in the front and 1.0 inch in the rear. The Eibach Anti-Roll Kit
helps to reduce body roll for increased handling and corning grip. The Mustang roars to life
through an exhaust with a stainless Gibson X-pipe featuring larger black ceramic-coated dual
tips.
The capable standard six-speed manual transmission handles shifting duties. When it comes to
wheels, these guys weren’t messing around. Wrapped in Pirelli P Zero rubber are Forgiatocreated custom 21-inch three-piece wheels (21x9 front, 21x10 rear), finished to match the
paint scheme. Rigid Industries LED lightning was used for the underglow, with a total of eight
A-Series lights, six in-car dome lights, and a Legacy E-Series LED lighting of the front grille. All
of the lighting is controlled by sPOD through Bluetooth cellphone connectivity. An aggressive
carbon fiber front splitter, a rear diffuser, rocker moldings, unique mirror skullcaps, hood
vents, and a vertically enhanced one-of-a-kind pedestal rear spoiler complete the fierce build.
MAD Industries collaborated with Ford Trim Shop to create the custom interior, which
features Recaro seats and custom steering wheel, door panels, center console, and shift and
parking break boots. A modified instrument cluster, a custom Focal audio system, custom floor
mats proudly bearing F-35 Lightning II elements, and unique sill plates also reside within.
The modification of this 2015 Mustang GT definitely sets the bar high. We can’t wait to check
out the radical builds that will undoubtedly use the S550 as a platform.
http://
www.mustangandfords.co
m/featured-vehicles/
1505-2015-f-35lightning-ii-edition-fordmustang/
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From the “There Ought to be a Law” Dept.:
-Photos submitted by Zane Anchor and from www.instagram.com/riced_stangs
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Join the MCA today!
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CSRA MUSTANG CLUB'S FORD
DEALERSHIP SPONSOR
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New Members
Larry Hodges
Lives in Louisville, GA
Drives a 1965 289 Coupe
Welcome to the Club!
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YUK, YUK!!!!
At a hotel restaurant, a man sees an attractive woman sitting alone at the next table.
Suddenly, she sneezes, and a glass eye comes flying out of her eye socket. It hurls by the man,
and he snatches it from the air and hands it back to her.
"This is so embarrassing," the woman says, and she pops her eye back in place. "I'm sorry to have
disturbed you. Let me buy dinner to make it up to you. May I join you?" He nods.
The woman is a stimulating conversationalist, stunningly pretty, and the man finds they have a
lot in common. He gets her phone number and asks, "You are the most charming woman I've ever
encountered. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?”
"No," she replies. "You just happened to catch my eye."
A customer was bothering the waiter in a restaurant. First, he asked that the air conditioning
be turned up because he was too hot, then he asked it be turned down cause he was too cold, and
so on for about half an hour.
Surprisingly, the waiter was very patient, he walked back and forth and never once got angry.
So finally, a second customer asked him why he didn't throw out the pest.
"Oh, I really don't care or mind," said the waiter with a smile. "We don't even have an air
conditioner!”
A young couple drove several miles down a country road, not saying a word. An earlier
discussion had led to an argument, and neither wanted to concede their position.
As they passed a barnyard of mules and pigs, the husband sarcastically asked, "Are they
relatives of yours?"
"Yes," his wife replied, "I married into the family.”
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UPCOMING EVENTS
March 28, 2015 19th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival Mustang & All Ford Show Central City
Park - Near Drew’s Rides on Levee side of the park. Willie Smokey Glover Dr, Macon, GA. http://
www.cherryblossom.com/events/cherry-blossom-car-show/
March 28, 2015 CSCMC 37th Annual Ford and Mustang Show, 9 am-4 pm. 1201 W Main St,
Lexington, SC 29072. http://www.centralscmustangclub.org.
April 4, 2015 Coffee and Cars, Augusta. Carolina Pottery Parking lot, 8 am-11 am.
www.facebook.com/carsandcoffeeaugusta
April 4, 2015 Augusta Horsepower’s Spring Fling Show, 9 am-4 pm. Aiken Mall, 2441 Whiskey
Road, Aiken, SC. http://www.aikenhorsepower.com/index.php.
April 18, 2015 CSRA Road Angels Second Saturday Cruise-in at Hooters. 2834 Washington
Road, Augusta, GA. 5 pm.
REGIONAL SHOWS AND EVENTS
March 27 - March 29, 2015 Spirit of the Sun National Show Tucson, Arizona
Old Pueblo Mustang Club More information at http://www.oldpueblomustangclub.org/
spiritofthesun.html
May 22-May 24, 2015 Gateway Southern Stampede National Show Grovetown
(Augusta) Georgia. More information at http://www.gatewaysouthernstampede.com.
July 17-July 19, 2015 Mustangs with Altitude National Show. Loveland, Colorado. More
information at http://www.frontrangemustangclub.org/.
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