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MARCH 2014
March is not starting out
well....this cold snap we are
caught in just seems to be a never
ending thing. The future forecast
doesn't look all that great
either! At least we have a few
things to do this month, this past
weekend was the 62nd annual
Autorama and coming up is a NEW
event at the Suburban Collection
showplace March 22-23 2014 is the
Motor City Hot Rod & Racing Expo.
This could be an interesting show
to go to?
It is also a good time to start on
or finish up on any of those
projects you had for your Camaro.
Spring will get here, just not as
fast as we want it to!
See you all soon and stay warm.
Sincerely, Randy "Doc" Martin
CAMARO MEMORIUM
EMCC MARCH MEETING
EMCC MEETING REPORT
Our next regular meeting will on
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014. The
meeting will be at Papa Romano's
in Plymouth. Located on Ann Arbor
Rd, between Main St and Lilley.
Our reservation is for 6:30pm and
the meeting starts at 7:30pm. Our
meeting IS on St. Patrick’s Day...
and we figured not too many Irish
would be doing Italian, so we
should be OK crowd-wise. See you
there!!
EMCC WEBSITE!!
The EMCC Club website address iswww.emcamaro.org
Check it out!
You are no longer with us, but you
are not forgotten!
Tom Hawke
EMCC
Karen Lewis
EMCC/WMCC
Doug Warren
WMCC
John Glister
WMCC
John VanOrsdal
EMCC
Russ Sarns
EMCC
John Hancock
EMCC
Joan Turon
EMCC
They are at peace with our Lord.
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
We had no new members at the last
EMCC meeting. THANKS to the many
that have renewed your EMCC
membership!! 2014 EMCC membership
stands at 42 members!
Thanks for being an EMCC member.
We had a very lightly attended
meeting in February. It could have
been the predicted 3-5” of snow
that did start while we were at
the meeting. Driving home was...
fun! We went over activities for
the coming month and had a CSF
report. Thanks for attending if
you did and we hope to see you at
the next EMCC meeting on March 17!
23rd Annual
CAMARO SUPERFEST 2014
July 4-5-6, 2014
Riverside Park, Ypsilanti, MI, USA
Our sponsorship list is growing
and we say THANK-YOU to these
sponsors that have signed onDiamond Sponsor
Bill Crispin Chevrolet
Gold Sponsor
Canton Waste Recycling
Monster Clutch
SNL Performance
Silver sponsor
National Parts Depot
Lingenfelter Collection
SLP Performance
Bronze sponsor
Rick’s Camaro Parts
Cruis’News magazine
The Bicycle Doctor
Livernois Motorsports
Cuda Automotive
YES, we’ve added a few more since
last month – THANKS to all of our
sponsors!
REGISTRATION is OPEN!! While we
were a month late, it has not
diminished enthusiasm for CSF! We
had 43 online registrations in 24
hours! Also in that 43, we have 5
states and Canada already
represented! We’ve even received
several mail-in registrations
already. As of this writing – we
are at 71 registrations!! The
official flyers are also printed
and mailed to those we do not have
an email for. We also passed out
many at the recent Autorama. Come
to an EMCC meeting and get
yourself a stack to start passing
out too!!
Congrats to EMCC member John
Worbel who was registration #1 and
EMCC member Susie Weeks, who was
1st online and #2 overall. We
already have registrations from 6
states and Canada!
Our event schedule isFriday, July 4th, MIS for parade
laps and photos! Friday night we
are at Depot Town.
Saturday, July 5, regular show at
Riverside Park. At night we are
returning to the Lingenfelter
Collection, we will have food
available but not part of the fee
to attend, thus more participants
can attend. JETS Pizza will be
there serving/selling pizza by the
slice and refreshments.
Sunday, July 6 is the wrap-up at
Riverside Park.
Our CHARITY is the Multiple
Sclerosis Foundation of Michigan.
Like last year, this is an EMCC
member request from Chuck and
Roxanne England, as Roxanne is
affected by MS.
Our 2014 theme is Camaro Unsung
Heros, the 4 and 6 cyl powered
Camaros! We’ll have special
judging classes for these cars.
SPECIAL NEED – we will need 1 or
2 EMCC members to be at Riverside
Park on Friday, during the day to
assist in the set-up of our
vendors, tents, port-a-jons. If
you are not interested in
attending the MIS function, this
would be a good way to help CSF!
Remember- Camaro Superfest 2014 is
only 5 months away!!
EMCC DUES PAST DUE!
If you have NOT paid your EMCC
dues for 2014, this IS your LAST
newsletter!!! Please rejoin EMCC!
SPECIAL EMCC B-DAY
We have a very special Happy
Birthday this month! A HUGE
Congratulations to EMCC member Tom
Tomkiewicz, who celebrated his 80th
birthday on Saturday, March 1st.
Several EMCC members made it to
his party, put on by one of his
nieces. It was GREAT!! Tom is also
one of our longest members, having
joined in 2000 or 2001! Many happy
returns to Tom and many more to
come!!
EMCC BIRTHDAYS!
Happy Birthday to all our March
birthday members...
Tom Tomkiewicz............ Mar 1
Connie Golenek............ Mar 10
Robert Lawrence........... Mar 11
Tom Golenek............... Mar 12
Sheryl Neibert ........... Mar 13
Grant Hamilton............ Mar 24
Julie Stalnaker........... Mar 28
Hope all your birthdays are great!
If we have missed your birthday,
we’re sorry! Please email your
birthdays to Randy!!
FROM THE Vice-Pres…
COOL... a great start to CSF for
this year as registration opened
and they started pouring in! BIG
THANKS to Matt and Sam for their
work on the website and
registration pages!! So we’re off
and running.....!
Hopefully all the snow will be
gone by May, as we have a couple
of good events during that month.
The traditional EMCC “dust-off”
has been the Yspi Street Rod show
at Riverside Park on the first
Sunday of the month. Attendance
has been light. That is why I have
suggested that perhaps the Camaro
show at Rogers Chevrolet a week
later might bring out more EMCC
members! We’ll decide at the next
meeting. Actually, BOTH event are
worthy of attending.
With Spring on the doorstep, some
of us are already looking at
Summer and what our activities
schedule might be. There are MANY
worth-while car events to attend.
MANY are Camaro events, as shown
in the list further on in the
HUGGER. Perhaps at the next
meeting, we’ll look at these and
try to come-up with an “official”
EMCC schedule.
Maybe I’ll be blasted for this
thought... but as I write this,
we’re only 9.6” from the all time
record snowfall for the Detroit
area. I say... let’s break it!!
I hope to see you at some of our
meetings and activities.
Barry
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
MARCH 2014
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EMCC Official events.....
MARCH 17 … EMCC MTG – Papa Romano's
Plymouth – Ann Arbor Rd 7:30pm
OTHER EVENTSMarch 14-16.. Cleveland Autorama
March 20.. SPRING!!!!!!
March 22.. Ididit Seminar w/Ann
Arbor Welding –must pre-register!
March 22-23.. Motor City Hot Rod &
Racing Expo - Novi
April 6.. Detroit Auto Modelers
Macomb Comm College 9am-3pm
April 12.. Chevy/Corvette Swap Mt
Les Standford Chevrolet, Dearborn
April 13.. 39th Monroe Auto Swap Mt
Monroe Co Fairgrds 7am-3pm
For more events, times, locationssubscribe to and check out
Cruis'News Magazine!!
FUTURE EVENTSFri–Sat April 18–19, (Closed
Easter Sunday) USMA 2-Day Indoor
Car Show Shriners Hospitals For
Children Fundraiser Gibraltar
Trade Ctr Mt Clemens
April 20 – Happy Easter
April 21 - EMCC meeting
EMCC MEMBER CAR LIST
Please register your Camaro on our
web-based database … log on towww.harpoweb.com/camarostuff/camar
os.asp
If you have questions or problems
with the database, email Mark [email protected] This isn’t
mandatory, just for fun! NOTE- we
have a lot of members listed with
NO picture!! Please email Mark a
picture!
Eastern Michigan Camaro Club
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President-Randy Martin734-368-8726
[email protected]
V Pres.- Barry Hensel
734-649-3056 [email protected]
Treasurer- Mark Harpootlian
248-355-1117 [email protected]
Member Sec-Ernie Honke734-728-2841
[email protected]
OTHER PEOPLE WHO DO STUFF
Newslet’r- Barry Hensel 397-5182
WebsiteMatt Hendrickson
[email protected]
and
Samamatha [email protected]
EMCC OFFICIAL STUFF
The Eastern Michigan Camaro Club
is a registered non-profit club in
the State of Michigan, with the
purpose of promoting fun and
fellowship between its members and
other Camaro owners, and promoting
the Chevrolet Camaro. Our meetings
are on the THIRD MONDAYS of each
month and are held at various
locations. Meeting locations are
in our monthly newsletter and
website. Meetings start at 7:30pm.
The EMCC sponsor is BILL CRISPIN
CHEVROLET, located on US-12 and
State St. in Saline, MI.
Dues are only $20 per year with
pro-ration at $5 per quarter.
Membership renewals are $15 per
year. Membership and dues are
renewed every January.
Club web sitewww.emcamaro.org
Club Address15681 Arnold
Gregory, MI 48137
EMCC REQUESTED
It has been requested of EMCC to
help with a long standing car
event – the USMA Nationals South
at the Gibraltar Trade Center in
Taylor on July 22-22. We would be
doing one of the “car corrals”.
The corrals need sponsors and it
has been requested that EMCC do
the Camaro Corral. We will discuss
and decide at the March meeting!!
EMCC SWAP AND SELL
The SWAP AND SELL ONLINE is up and
active! Email Sam with your
item(s) the week of our EMCC
meeting ONLY! Your ad will be good
for TWO months, then removed.
Sam’s email [email protected]
Swap and Sell items are FREE to
EMCC members and friends.
FOR SALE- set of (4) 98-02
silver Z28 rims 16x8 with Toyo
Proxes4 tires 245-50s fronts have
less than 5k mi since new rears
are 75%- $400 or best offer. 197081 Camaro drivers door with mirror
almost rust and damage free for
sale no interior panel $250 obo;
1978 Camaro A-Gas car with Don
Hardy chassis never finished but
painted needs engine and trans,
lift off one piece fiberglass
front with snorkel scoop 5.88
gears slicks/ skinnys, fuel cell,
motor plates set for big block
over $20k invested sell for $8000
obo; pair of 1972 big block
402/454 bare oval port heads never
run pocket ported need to be
polished $275 obo Contact- Paul
Trickett EMCC member
[email protected] or call 586-5563338
FOR SALE- Camaro Superfest
diecast collection!! This is a 10
car, 1:18 scale collection of the
diecast cars that were made
special for CSF from 2000-2009.
All cars have never been out of
the box and Certificates of
Authenticity are included for all
cars. These are the LAST of each
numbered series – 150/150 and
75/75 for ALL cars, making this
collection special!! To my
knowledge, less than 6 complete
sets ever existed! WILL NOT sell
separately – all 10 plus a bonus
car REDUCED to $750 EMCC VP Barry
734-649-3056 [email protected]
FOR SALE- 1992 Camaro RS in
excellent condition! Only 39K
miles; 305 V8, auto, ps-pb,
am/fm/cd, interior excellent
condition, new alt and fuel pump,
tinted windows, stored winters,
red ext color – gray int color
Asking $8,000
Call Mike Hensel
at 734-890-1656
EMCC AT AUTORAMA
As is recent EMCC tradition, EMCC
members gathered at Cobo Hall in
Detroit on Friday, MARCH 7th to
attend and view the annual
Autorama Custom Car Show. We had
about 9 members attend, but we did
not get a real chance to see the
show together. Some went early,
some got there a bit late. In the
end, many went to Nemo’s for
drinks and a snack. The show was
pretty good and many CSF flyers
were passed out! BIG THANKS to
Kristen Lingenfelter and
Lingenfelter Performance for
allowing us to have some CSF
flyers at their display! There was
even a slight discussion on the
possibilities of EMCC having a
display next year. Would you
participate? A display of 6-8 (or
more – one of each body style?)
would be pretty awesome!
ALL CAMARO EVENTS
May 1-3, 2014
Camaro5FestV
www.camaro5.com
Royal Purple Raceway, Baytown, TX
May 10, 2014
All Camaro show at Rodgers
Chevrolet, sponsored by Detroit 5th
gen Camaro Club
May 31, 2014
10th Annual MI Fbody Meet & Greet
Michigan Fbody Association
Bakers of Milford, Milford MI
June 13-15, 2014
26th Camaro Nationals
Ontario Camaro Club
St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada
June 20-21, 2014
16th Annual Camaro Nationals
Maryland Camaro Club
Frederick Fairgrounds, MD
June 26-29, 2014
4th Annual Sturgis Camaro Rally
Black Hills Camaro Club
Sturgis, SD
July 4-5-6, 2014
23RD CAMARO SUPERFEST
Eastern MI Camaro Club
Riverside Park, Ypsilanti, MI
Sept 6-7, 2014
21st Fall Classic
NEOCC – Ohio
Summit Racing, Tallmadge, Ohio
More events to come......
EMCC WEARABLES
TO ORDER- Payment is when you
receive your item(s)! CALL or
EMAIL BARRY to place an order!!
OFFICIAL color charts ARE on the
EMCC website.
EMCC Polo shirts- S-XL $30, XXL
$32, XXL $34 many colors available
EMCC t-shirt- S-XL $19, XXL $20
XXL $21 in royal blue color only
EMCC sweatshirt- S-XL $22, XXL
$23, XXXL 25 in royal blue only
EMCC hats- $10 red, blue, black
EMCC windbreakers- still working
on this – changes coming!
EMCC jackets- S-XL $80, XXL $85,
XXXL $90 fleece lined, EMCC logo
on back, colors are same as polo
shirts. Two styles availableSTYLE A- snap front with crew
collar. STYLE B- zip front with
folding collar. Add name on front
$5 Add logo on front chest add $10
3 GREAT Z/28 STORIES
Last year, the 505hp Z/28 lapped
Nürburgring in 7:37.47, 4 seconds
faster than the Camaro ZL1.
Chevrolet has released details on
28 key features of the car:
http://www.carscoops.com/2014/02/c
hevrolet-explains-28-ways-camaroz28.html
Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 'Flowtie'
is a stylish speed secret
Now this is badge engineering at
its best. Chevy has developed a
new version of the brand’s iconic
bowtie that improves the
performance of its upcoming Camaro
Z/28 by simply pretending that
it’s not there.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/201
4/03/05/chevrolet-camaro-z28flowtie-is-stylish-speed-secret/
The Chevy Camaro Z/28 Is The
First Car That Wants You To Fly
After watching Back to the Future
Part II, you were prepared to be
disappointed. 2015 is next year
and there are still no flying
cars, hoverboards, or plastic
ties. But that's about to change.
The Camaro Z/28 comes with
something called "Flying Car
Mode." http://jalopnik.com/thechevy-camaro-z-28-is-the-firstcar-that-wants-you-t-153248770
SELLING – SERVICING CHEVROLET’S SINCE 1975
7112 East Michigan Ave Saline, Michigan 48176 734-429-9481
www.billcrispinchevrolet.com
EMCC is Co-Sponsored by – Saturn Printing, Harlow Tire, Gardner-Westcott, International Paint Stripping,
Advertising Accents, Loyalty Insurance, Livernois Motorsports, Canton Waste Recycling, ND Transmission &
Axles, National Parts Depot, Continental Bike Shop, IVS Automotive
EMCC is associated with – WWC- Worldwide Camaro Club, ICC- International Camaro Club, ACAAmerican Camaro Association, USMA- United Street Machine Association