MUSTANG MANIA - Emerald Coast Regional Mustang Club

Volume 19 Number 11
November 2008
MUSTANG
MANIA
Official Newsletter of the Emerald Coast Regional Mustang Club
Commando Team
Commando Cruise – Keeping with the precedent established over the past several
years, the ECRMC took home the club participation trophy at this year’s Commando
Cruise-In. Hurlburt Services put on their usually great show once again, but they did
learn the same lesson we did at our show last April regarding computer scoring. Despite
the scoring snag, the show was its traditionally enjoyable experience for all in attendance.
Despite the well-rounded show field representing the varied genres of all things gearhead, Mustangs again dominated the show grounds. The decision to move the Commando
Cruise to the armament museum three years ago has proven to be an excellent change for
the Cruise-In. Thanks to Ken Michelson and Kara Kerwood for the pictures contained
within this issue!
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The Emerald Coast Regional Mustang Club
P.O. Box 4431
Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32579
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[email protected]
www.EmeraldCoastMustangClub.org
www.EmeraldCoastMustangClub.net
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www.myspace.com/emeraldcoastmustang
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http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/ecrmcmessageboard/
The ECRMC is a non-profit organization dedicated to
local community service as well as the enjoyment and
preservation of the Ford Mustang and its heritage.
Membership is $20 annually due January 1st.
Classified Ads are free to all ECRMC
members.
Non-member rates are $5 for three
months
Business Card sized Ads are $50 per
year
(12 months) or $5 per month
Individual member sponsorships are
available
$10 for three months or $35 per year
All Ads will post for three months
unless otherwise Specified and
updated.
President: Kara Kerwood …………….499-2641
[email protected]
VP: Ray Grater……………….……….. 581-2089
[email protected]
Treasurer: Brian O’Neil…………..…..936-1305
[email protected]
Secretary: Brian O’Neil…………..…...936-1305
[email protected]
Board of Directors
Ed Keeney…………………………….….226-6138
Jane Grater……………………………….581-2089
Bill Schinstine……………………………259-6196
Bill Hall…………………………………..543-4684
Doug Ray…………………………………678-2693
David Claflin……………………………..651-4227
Regional Director
Russ Chamberlin……………….…….…..689-1105
[email protected]
Internet Staff
Webmaster: Jeff Hobbs
Forum Moderators: Mike Czap, Bob Tacher,
Brian O’Neil, & David Godoy
MySpace Administrator: Kara Kerwood
If you have any ideas, suggestions, articles,
criticisms, or any content for the Mania, submit
it to the Editor.
This newsletter is for and by the members of the
Emerald Coast Regional Mustang Club.
Newsletter Editor/Publisher
Brian O’Neil…………………….………..936-1305
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Ray & Jane waiting for the results
A small herd of Mustangs
Some More Shots from the Commando Cruise-In
Fox Bodies behind the Gunship
Mayberry’s finest with the ECRMC’s finest
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ECRMC News Updates
Sandestin Show n Shine – November 15 is the ECRMC Show n Shine at the Market
Shops. Beef-O-Brady’s is firing up their grill and ECRMC members need only show their ID
cards to get a special discount. The show runs from 10 to 3. While members are welcome to stop
in at any time during the show and hang out, join us at the Swamp parking lot on Okaloosa Island
at 9:15 – 9:30 for a group cruise into the Market Shops.
ECRMC Christmas Party– December 6th at Suds n Cinema on Hwy 98 in downtown
Fort Walton Beach, we are having our annual party from noon to 3 PM. All members are invited
to come celebrate with us – there will be a “Dirty Santa” gift exchange – please keep all gifts
under $25.00. Pizza, soda, and popcorn are provided, but members are encouraged to bring
additional snacks.
ECRMC Stickers – A new batch of club window stickers has just arrived. If you did not
get a sticker when you joined the club, see Brian or Jane at the next club event to get your free
sticker. The new stickers are smaller and can be purchased for $1.50 each. Only four of the big
version remain, so if you want the bigger sticker, act now!
Destin Christmas Parade– The Destin Christmas Parade is scheduled for December 13th.
Those interested in driving in the parade, look for more information next month at the meeting
and in the Mania.
Navarre Homecoming Parade – Navarre High School invited the ECRMC to join this
year’s Homecoming parade, so Ray and Jane Grater, Ed Keeney, Will Foster, Bill Curtis, Todd
Bonasera, and Tom Guarino heeded the call and represented Ford’s finest in the parade.
ECRMC Membership – ECRMC membership has swelled during the recent event
schedule resulting in a record setting year for the ECRMC. As this issue is written, we have set
the bar at 101 members! We are all witnesses to history as we follow this record setting year with
the 20th Anniversary year for the ECRMC – coinciding with the 45th year of the Mustang!
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Feed the Coast Cruise In – The first annual food drive Show n Shine at the Fort Walton
High School resulted in the collection of over 1100 non-perishable food items for Okaloosa
Caring and Sharing. The Corvette club had a strong showing and easily dominated the food
donations to win the 6 ft trophy and bragging rights.
Special thanks go out to the Fort Walton High School Junior ROTC cadets for helping out with
the setup, tear-down, and lunch preparations at the Feed the Coast food drive. Among the cadets
supporting the food drive were Brad Lingard, Joe Clay, Carl Clay, Matthew Boolas, Megan
Semmler, Nancy Dean, Joey Ballard, Chris Linnbaum, Alex Mecom, Ricky Jones,
Jermaine Brown, and Spencer Rhodes. Once again, thanks to these cadets for their support of the
food drive.
In addition to the cars on display at the Feed the Coast Show –n-Shine and food drive, the crowd
was entertained by a demonstration from the local American Taekwondo Association (ATA)
schools. After the crowd was amazed by the skills of the ATA demo team, the FWB High Drum
Corps provided a musical reprieve from the show by showing off their skills with their own
demonstration.
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Additional thanks go out to John Williams for stepping up at quite literally the last minute to
provide the sound system and DJ capabilities to keep the music and announcements coming all
day long during the food drive. Sound man and Cobra owner, what a combination! Too bad we
didn’t the opportunity to hear John play his guitar. Maybe at our show in April!
New & Improved Website – Webmaster Jeff has been hard at work updating the
ECRMC website. Surf over to www.EmeraldCoastMustangClub.net to see for yourself. Old
versions of the e-manias are even now available on the web! While on our site, register for the
forums and join in as fellow local stangers discuss just about anything Mustang related – and
some things that have nothing to do with cars at all! In the past, many impromptu cruises and
hanging outs were organized on the forums. Our website also features many more pictures from
all of our events.
Charity selections – At the November meeting, club membership voted to donate $500.00
each to Walton Cares, Inc., Silver Sands School for the Handicapped, Emerald Coast Wildlife
Refuge, and PAWS.
Silver Springs Roundup – The January Ocala Mustang Roundup has already reached
1,000 registrants, so the free registrations are gone. Show packages are still available for $21.00 a
car. There are still a few rooms remaining in our reserved block, so check with President Kara for
details on booking a room.
New Sponsor – Due to the ever vigilant member Paul Forakis, Magic Muffler has generously
offered ECRMC members a 10% discount on all work when you present your membership card.
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Remember to support our club’s sponsors. Stop by and thank them for
their help in making ECRMC the greatest regional mustang club.
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Cruisin the Coast – Gulfport Mississippi held the Cruisin’ the Coast extravaganza in early
October, so the ECRMC sent our racing team to represent the Emerald Coast. Here is their story
as told by team member Paul “Iron Man” Forakis.
Bill, Jeff, Elveta, and I started out at the Fort Walton Target and cruised over to Foley for
lunch at Lamberts before driving the scenic route to Biloxi, where we checked into our Casino
Resorts rooms. After getting settled into our homes away from home, we were off to Gulfport
Dragway’s 1/4 mile track.
Bill blasted to a best time of 12.50 on his new slicks while Jeff broke into the13’s with White
Lightning.
Paul won the second round with a 13.73 – winning a plaque, $75.00, a Bud-lite hat, and a visit
from the Bud-lite girls! Paul led the entire third and final round before being beaten on the
last run of the round.
Throughout the bracket racing rounds, Jeff’s White Lightning and Paul’s Blue Thunder ran
neck to neck with Jeff claiming 6 of 8 runs, most by mere inches!
The next day, we went to the swap meet at the Coliseum and ran into fellow ECRMC’er Corky.
Corky was in need of a ride back to Fort Walton (as explained in a few pages) and since
ECRMC membership has its privileges, we gave him a ride home. We club members do have to
stick together, after all.
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November 2008 ECRMC Happenings
Sunday
2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
3
Emerald
Coast
Cruizin
Begins
4
5
6
ECRMC Meeting
Golden Corral
9
10
11
Veteran’s
Day Parade
12
Happy Birthday
Penny Dorschel
13
Happy Birthday
Susan Schinstine
16
17
19
20
23
Happy
Birthday
Ron Savoie
24
Happy
Birthday
Sarah
Champagne
18
Happy
Birthday
Sarah
Vallejo
25
26
27
Happy
Thanksgiving
30
Happy
Birthday
Bob McNeal
1
Happy
Birthday
Bill Ziel
2
3
4
ECRMC Meeting
Golden Corral
Happy Birthday
Paul Forakis
&
Melissa Dumaine
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Friday
7
Saturday
1
Marine
Corps
Show
8
Feed the
Coast
14
Happy
Birthday
Joseph
Cox
15
Market
Shops
Show n
Shine
21
Happy
Birthday
Paula
Sasser
28
22
Happy
Birthday
Russ
Chamberlin
29
5
6
ECRMC
Christmas
Party
Happy
Birthday
David
Claflin
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Upcoming Car Shows
2009
November 1st 7th Annual Marine
Corps League Show – Registration 8 to
11 @ 5 Flags Speedway, Pensacola (850)
554-6606
January 10 – 11 2009 – Silver Springs
Roundup – Ocala, Fl. www.npdlink.com
November 3 - 8 Emerald Coast Cruizin
– Panama City Beach (662) 587-9572
www.emeraldcoastcruizin.com
November 8th – Feed the Coast – Show
n Shine & Food Drive at Fort Walton
High School 8 AM to 3 PM
th
November 11 – Veteran’s Day Parade
– Meet behind Santa Rosa Mall at noon
November 15th – Market Shops Show n
Shine – 10 AM to 3 PM The Market
Shops @ Sandestin
November 16th – 17th Super Sunday
Mustang Show – 8 AM to 3 PM St
Armands Grounds, Sarasota, Fl. (941)
927-7284 or www.mcwcf.org
Know of an upcoming show or event – Let us
know and we will get it listed.
March 20 to 22, 2009 – 30th Gulf Coast
Regional Mustang and All-Ford Show –
Pensacola Interstate Fair grounds.
www.gcrmc.com
Mustangs Across America – 45th Anniversary
drive of a lifetime. Cruise from Birmingham,
Al. to Las Vegas, Nv. April 11 to 15, 2009.
www.mustangsacrossamerica.com
April 16 to 19, 2009 – 45th Mustang
Anniversary Celebration Barber
Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama.
www.mustangevents.org
April 25th 2009 – 10th Annual Emerald
Coast Mustang and All Ford-Powered
Show –Fort Walton High School 8 AM to
4 PM
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Car of the Month
Corky Pittsenberger’s GT-350C (C is for Corky)
The 1965 2+2 fastback featured this month belongs to Corky Pittsenberger. Corky purchased this
Mustang from its original owner in 1993 near Dallas, Texas. It soon became the first “Classic”
Model to join the ECRMC! Corky began the Resto-modding in 1997 and the plain-jane fastback
emerged in 2006 with a 5.0 EFI sporting an Explorer GT-40 intake, 73 mm MAF, 65 mm Throttle
body, and JBA mid-length headers. The 300 horses are shifted by a Baumann Stalled 4R70W
transmission and put o the ground via an 8” (3.25) rear axle.
Future additions include a TFS stage 1 cam, fiberglass rear springs, intermittent wipers, and
Cobra style front strut rods. This stang is so hot to trot that recently while getting some homegrown maintenance performed, The GT-350C jumped the stands (which are for sale, by the way –
see Corky for details) and landed on Karol’s Honda. This car really doesn’t like imports! The
Honda wound up the worse for wear while the Mustang suffered only minor damage.
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November Events
Classifieds / For Sale
th
November 8 – Feed the Coast
November 15th – Market Shops at
Sandestin Show n Shine
Monthly Meeting
December 4th – Golden Corral on
Mary Esther Blvd.
6:30 PM to eat and socialize, formal meeting
begins at 7:00 PM.
ECRMC monthly Meetings are to conduct Club
Business and for everyone to get a chance to
Socialize in a semi-formal atmosphere. If you
really want to get involved with your Club,
please plan to attend and bring a potential
member with you! All members and their
families are welcome.
Welcome New Members
Joseph Cox
19641/2 Convertible
Doris Frazee
2003 Red Convertible
Thomas Dumaine
2002 GT Convertible
Ted Stradling
2004 Dark Shadow GT
Ken Michelson
Bobby Sasser
2007 Foose Convertible
John Sellinger
1998 Blue Cobra
Fred McGehee Jr.
2005 Red Convertible
Dustin Sheffield
1991 Red GT
Zachary Townsend
2006 Vista Blue GT
Welcome to the ECRMC!
AOD/block insulator plate $10
C4/block insulator plate $10
351W flex plate $10
Fuel filter canisters for early-mid 60's ford.
These are the canisters that screw onto the fuel
pump. I have two, $10 for both.
Guideplates for small block ford with 5/16
pushrods, already cut $20
Dual valve spring set taken off from AFR-165
head $20
5.0 HO E7TE cylinder heads, 3 sets, $40 pair
Speed density fuel injection computer $40
Rear bumper cover for 1994-1998 Mustang,
Saleen style $80
Rear bumper cover for 1987-1993 GT $20
Make an offer if you're interested, no
reasonable offers refused. Call (850) 699-8561
2000 Saleen Blue Convertible 5 speed asking
$18,000 All original 281 Speedster Number
156 SUPER CLEAN only 42K miles Call
Ray Grater @ (850) 581-2089 or e-mail
[email protected]
edebrock performer 351w intake $90.00
holley street dominator 302 intake $60.00
Ford Motorsport E303 camshaft specs are
"224/224 @.050 and 498/498" low
mileage......$100.00
2 sets of stock 5.0l H.O. headers......$20.00 a
pair
dual snorkel air cleaner off of mid 70's ford
cleveland engine.....$30.00
Ram HD 10.5 clutch/pressure plate $100.00
D0OE 351w heads...matched set including
rocker arms, apparently never been to the
machine shop....$200.00
Finned aluminum valve covers, moderate
oxidation.....$50.00
Parting out 1984 Mustang GT – more parts
available
[email protected] or
(850)390-5077....LEAVE MESSAGE IF NO
REPLY
5.0 Parts – 75 mm MAF.. $140.00 BBK
Intake..$80.00 Stock Intake..$40.00
Cam..$150.00 Heads..$300.00 87 GT
Wheels..$40.00 65 mm Throttle Body..$180.00
Explorer (GT-40) Intake..$175.00 Explorer (GT40) heads..$300.00 Many More Parts available
Kevin Tacke (540) 273-7472
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ECRMC
P. O. Box 4431
Fort Walton Beach, Fl.
32549
Don’t Forget:
November 15th Market Shops at Sandestin Show n Shine
December 4th Monthly Meeting at Golden Corral