October 2012

2012 Board of Directors
Syl Biermann 636-394-5003
Bill Giese-314-849-0368
Trenton Kreder-636-236-0555
Bob Layton 636-397-4487
Kenny Simms-573-898-3301
Secretary-Cindy Ahrens
Editor Bob Layton 636-397-4487
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR CLUB
OCTOBER 2012
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14 FLAGSTONE LANE, ST. PETERS MO 63376-1528
his year our
color tour will
take us down to
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri to Hawn State
Park. The event will
be held on October
14th. Hawn State
Park is one of the
loveliest parks in a
system full of lovely
parks. Clear, sandbottomed
streams,
wild areas ripe with orchids and awe-inspiring views
combine to make Hawn a place that Missourians
treasure. Geology buffs love Pickle Creek for the
number of exposed rock types. Hikers frequent the
Whispering Pine Wild Area for its quiet trails with
expansive views. Bird watchers flock to the park for
its variety of birds. And there are plenty of quiet
spaces for people to get away and enjoy the outdoors.
As in the
past, the club will
provide the meat,
mostaccioli , and
tableware.
Members are to bring a
covered dish or
dessert and their
own drinks.
We
will
gather at the Burger King at Hwy.
44 at Hwy 141 at
8:45 am and will be
leaving and 9 am
sharp. This an all
day club event.
e-mail [email protected]
Publisher-Mark Lazzareschi
Web Master-Scott Lewis
www.fordsunlimited.com
T
his will be the last month that
we will be taking nominations of members to run for
election to our 2013 board of directors. We will have three
open positions and would like
to have at least four members
run for that spot. This is an
opportunity to be part of the
leadership for the next two
years. Bill Giese and Bob Layton will be the remaining members who will serve to the end of
2013. The elections will be held at our November membership meeting.
If you have interest in being a board
member, please contact any current director.
S
econd reminder on
dues. Your dues are
due by December
31st. With the holidays coming up it might be a good
idea to get paid up before
the busy Christmas season.
Dues are $20 and $10 for a second
member with the same address and $5 for a
third with only one newsletter per household.
Please do not wait until the Awards Banquet to
pay as the dues and banquet checks need to
be separate.
Please make your check out to “Fords
Unlimited” and mail to 14 Flagstone Lane, St.
Peters, MO 63376. Thanks.
W
hat a great day for a car show. Actually, it was a great day for doing anything outside. With the ungodly
weather that we have had all summer, this day
was to kill for. Taking advantage of the weather
was the 16th annual Walter F. Philips Memorial
Old Cars Against Cancer Wheels in Motion Day
that took place on Sunday, September 9th at
Westport Plaza. All proceeds benefiting the National Children’s Cancer Society.
Our club showed it’s support with entering
twenty one cars and trucks and also helped with
a $200 donation from our treasury.
Of course, no club
event would not be complete
unless wrapped around a good
meal, so we also made a stop at
Patrick's for an early lunch.
Although, the day is mostly a
car display, they did have a few special trophies and Scott Lewis’s Mustang took home a trophy for being the vehicle
that most represented the military.
We thank all of our members who were
able to help out that day.
The photo to the
left shows board
members, Kenny
Simms (left) and Bill
Giese (right) present one of the
show sponsors, Al
Mercer, also a
Fords Unlimited club
member, a check
for $200 to support
the National Children’s Cancer Society.
Continued on page 3
O
n September 15th, the ShowMe Mustang Club held their
25th Mustang and all Ford car
show at Bommarito Ford in Hazelwood.
A respite from the summer’s heat was
a cloudy and cool day, disrupted only
by the many hundreds of motorcycles
that passed near the end of the show.
Our club had 16 members present that included duel members who
also belonged to the Show-Me club.
Some of those members only displayed
their cars.
Our turnout did allowed us to
take home the $50 club participation
award that will most likely go to one of
our charities.
Some of our members were also
able to head next store to the St. Martin’s Church festival for some burgers
and Mexican food.
We were also able to get a new
member, Roland Hall, who drives a
really cool 1967 LTD.
Members entering cars and
trucks include Bart McNail, Mark
Wisby, Mark Carey, Steve Dennis, Bill
Bauer, John Sullivan, Burt Pennington,
Don Hricko, Jake Turnupseed, Jerry
Grimmer, Terry Koch, Paula Goodrich,
Willie Cole, Ken Farrar, Bill Giese and
Bob Layton. Many of our members
were awarded plaques and Don Hricko
won one of the special trophies which
was for “Most likely to get a ticket” with
his Shelby Super Snake.
Reprinted from AUTOWEEK-Info supplied by Bill Bufka
ivilization as we know it has come to an end. Who
needs the Mayans to tell us otherwise?
Dogs are sleeping with cats (check out the
YouTube video if you don't believe me). Wrong is now
right. And one recent morning, an adorable blue-haired
granny presented me with a somewhat withered but erect
middle finger.
Why? Well, as we were both moving along on our
merry ways during the morning commute, me to her left in
a Mercedes-Benz E350 coupe and she to my right in a
taupe nondescriptmobile, her attention was glued to a
smartphone six inches from her beak rather than to the car
stopped six feet from her front bumper . . . !
She looked in time to react, and in so doing she
set in motion a series of events that did not need to happen. She pounced on the brakes. Her charming, bouncing
granddaughter, who had been frolicking in the back seat—
yes, without visible restraint—ping-ponged off the back of
the driver's seat and headrest and crumpled unceremoniously to the footwell. Stunned silence was followed by a
crying jag. Grandmama showed concern at the girl's predicament, finally putting her phone down and reaching
over the seat to calm and reassure the child. Traffic, and
she, then started to move again.
That's when I shot Gams a look of extraordinary
disapproval and shook my head in disgust. Here was I,
chastising a wizened sage! I wagged a finger at her and
held up my phone to suggest that, had she been paying
attention to driving, her passenger would be in better sorts.
She got the hint. I got the bird. Had this woman
carried more speed when she climbed on the brakes, that
little gem of her life could well have launched through the
windshield. Then where would that have left Mema? Likely
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in court—not because of her dangerous driving behavior, but engaged in
civil litigation hurtling blame at all corporations within range.
I'm at my wits end, and I don't know what to do
about it. Daily I see evidence of the ever-diminishing quality of drivers who inhabit our roads. Did this precipitous
decline begin with United States' budget cuts and, with it,
driver-education classes? Can this fall be marked by the
rise of smarter cars and technology aimed at making our
lives easier, hence allowing us to abdicate greater responsibility? Or is it simpler? That, yes, we all believe we must
occupy every waking moment with stimulation because,
damn it, we are the ADD generation and—oh, my, look at
what popped up on my Pinterest board . . .
On a recent drive from the East Coast to Detroit,
done in just three stops, I didn't once look at my phone.
When I got home I had 118 e-mails awaiting me, none of
which demanded immediate attention. It makes me wonder how someone else's life can be so important that he
must remain attached to his phone.
I long for a simpler time, a disconnected time, a
time when we used driving as a cathartic salve. You climb
into the car, adjust the mirrors and sit high in the seat,
crank the ignition and take a big sigh looking toward hitting
the open road. Those were the days of TripTik navigation
and playing I Spy, and singing “99 bottles of beer on the
wall” to pass the time.
Those were pre-text, pre-Facebook, pre-e-mail
days, when communication often meant you actually had
to get into your car and drive to speak face-to-face.
Imagine that.
—Dutch Mandel
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eat breakfast there.
Breakfast is also
available at the
show.
If you want to
meet at the show, take I70 West to exit 220
(between St. Peters and
O'Fallon) Hwy. 79 North.
Travel 28 miles to the
heart of Elsberry. Turn
left at the four-way, travel
West on Hwy B, Broadway 4 blocks and the park
is on the left. Show people will guide you in from
the four-way. Park then register. This a club
event for points.
he “Classics
on Wheels”
car show will
be held in Elsberry
Missouri on October
6th. Club members, Duck
and Brigitte Steavenson of
our club are working this
show.
For those wanting to caravan as a
group, we will be meeting at the Burger King in St. Peters located at the
Mid-Rivers Drive exit and the North Service
Road. We will be meeting at 7:45 am and leaving at 8 am SHARP!!! Come early if you plan to
D
ue to scheduling problems, the November
board of directors meeting has been moved to
October 24th. As usual, the meeting will be
held at Syberg’s on Dorsett Road and will start at
7pm.
Spazio’s hopes to be reopened by late October so our target date for returning there for our
membership meetings will be November. Until then,
we will remain at Russo’s for this month unless we
hear otherwise.
Our annual Awards Banquet will be held at
the Airport Holiday Inn on January 19th. Reservations only and must be accompanied with a check for
your party. We will post more details next month. As
a reminder for our newer members, there will be no
membership meeting in January, as it is replaced
with the banquet.
My apologies to Gwen Simms and to Don
Branson. I spelled Gwen’s name wrong last month
and missed Don’s car in the coverage of the St. Anthony’s car show.
We are collecting donations and toys for our
toy drive to support the Marines in their “Toys for
Tots” campaign. Any donations can be brought to a
board or membership meeting or you can contact Jim
Biermann. The club’s half of the 50-50, starting in
September, goes to this worthwhile project.
We have a sister club in Spokane, Washington. They are the Inland Northwest Fords Unlimited
Car Club. They have a very nice newsletter and website.
Yo u
can
check
them
out
at
www.inwfordsunlimited.com
Club member, Scott Craig, gets the early bird
award for being the first member to pay his 2013
dues.
We seem to have some problems with our
mail and email delivery. If you know of a member
who is not receiving their newsletter please let us
know. Also some members are receiving the newsletter both ways, please let me know as you should
only be receiving it mail or email.. We seem to still
have some bugs in our delivery system.
Back in the day, the car show season used to
wind up by the end of September. If you noticed on
our events page, the season has stretched to late
October. I would think that is tempting the weather
gods, but the way that our Spring and Summer went,
we could have a warm October.
For leading our crew from Syberg’s to the
Wheels in Motion Car Show, club member, Rich Sutorius received the “Syl Biermann Geographically
Challenged” award. At least we didn’t meet him coming back the other way.
Our club secretary, Cindy Ahrens, came up
with an interesting number from our car show. The
rain did keep away many of our regulars, but of the
109 registered cars and trucks at our show 32 were
new entrees. Our show chairman, Jim Biermann, has
said all along that this could have been one of our
largest shows, if not for the rain.
Speaking of the car show, with the rainout, it
is difficult to make much out of the show classes, so
we probably will not be making any changes in the
classes for our 2013 show.
A date has been set for our 2013 car show. It
will be held at McDonnell Park on July 28th, hopefully
without rain next year. We have a confirmed date
from the St. Louis County Parks Department.
How to break into your garage in 6 seconds.
This interesting video was submitted by Syl Biermann. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?
v=CMz1tXBVT1s
Our 50-50 winner for September was Cindy
Ahrens. Cindy took home $25.
October 3rd
Board of Directors Meeting
@ Syberg’s-7 pm
October 6th
Classics on Wheels Car Show
Meet @ St. Peters Burger King
@ 7:45 am
October 10th
Membership Meeting @ Russo’s 7 pm
October 14th
Fall Color Tour
Info on Page 1
October 24th
November BOD Meeting @ Syberg’s-7 pm
(moved due to scheduling problems)
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or OBO. Brian 314-989-1952.
For Sale. 2005 Mustang GT conv. Red, 33,000 miles,
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For Sale. New tall Trickflow SB Ford valvecover set.
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Part Wanted. Need shift linkage for a auto trans for a
1966 Mustang. Bob @ 636-397-4487.
October 5th. Sonic Car Cruises, Friday, Oct. 5th,
Oct.12th, 19th & 27th, hosted by the Outsiders Car
Club , 6pm until 10pm ,50/50 Drawing . Attendance
Prizes, Music, All cars welcome, Customs, Street, Hot
OCTOBER 2012
Rods, Originals all years, No Alcohol, No Burnouts
please, Just visit and have fun ! Rain Date Saturday.
corner of Lindbergh & Big Bend. Kirkwood, MO.
October 5th. Memories Car Club Cruise. Cruise held at
the Life Christian School located at 13001 Gravois Road
in Sunset Hills. Last one of the year.
October 5th. “Drive One for your High School” presented by Ford at JFK High School on Hwy 141, north of
Manchester, 10 am until 9 pm to benefit the school. Your
chance to test drive a new Ford.
October 6th. Classics on Wheels Cars show will be in
conjunction with the Elsberry High School Fall Festival
and all car show participants are invited to participate in
the parade following the car show awards ceremony. We
will be meeting at the Burger King in St. Peters located
at the Mid-Rivers Drive exit and the North Service Road.
We will be meeting at 7:45 am and leaving at 8 am.
Club event.
October 6th. Dog Town Car Cruises, All Classic, Vintage, Custom Cars & Trucks, 4pm until 9pm, Sat.
9/1/2012, Sat. 10/6/12 and Sat 11/3/12. "Chance of
Rain" the Cruise will be the following Sat.". 1st 50 Drivers
receive free Hot Dog. Info: (314) 795-2361, located 2182
No. Hwy 67, next to Bob Evans Restaurant. Florissant,
Mo.
October 7th. Brass & Nickel Car & Truck Show. (1931
and earlier vehicles) Free Show ( must be 1931 or older
models ) 10:30am until 4pm. Info: (314) 741-4158 to register or call (314) 991-HONK - for more info
www.hccmo.com. Held at The Museum of Transportation located 3015 Barrett Station Road.
October 7th. Wild Country Auto Party.46 classes. Live
band. Held in Collinsville IL. Info 618-567-6996.
October 12th. Gateway GTO & Behlmann Buick-GMC
North County Cruise Nites, 6pm until 9pm. D.J. Music,
50/50 Drawing benefits Friends of Kids With Cancer.
Held at Behlmann Buick-GMC, 820 McDonnell Blvd. (I270 & McDonnell Blvd.) Hazelwood, MO
October 13th. Francis Howell Band Boosters Car Show.
Held at Francis Howell High School located at 7001
Hwy 94 Sooth. Registration 9-noon. Awards 3:30 pm.
17 classes. $10 entry fee. For info contact Cyndi @ 636922-1619.
October 13th. JJ’s Cruise in St. Charles, MO. Cruise is
held from 4pm-9pm.
October 14th. Fords Unlimited Fall Color Tour to Hawn
State Park. Details on page 1 of this newsletter.
October 14th. Car show to benefit the March of Dimes
to be held at FedEx Express at 13342 Lakefront North in
Earth City. Show held 8 am to 2 pm. Info 314-221-6851.
October 19th-20th. The Motorcraft #21 Fusion NASCAR will be at Sunset Ford, plus they will be starting up
the race car multiple times throughout the day, they will
have merchandise for sale, and will be giving away
signed hero cards.
October 20th. Ray Brunkhost Memorial Drag Day to be held
at I-57 Dragstrip in Benton, IL. For info contact
www.i57dragstrip.com
October 27th. JJ’s Cruise in St. Charles, MO. Cruise is held
from 4pm-9pm.
January 19th, 2013. Fords Unlimited’s Award Banquet to be
held at the Airport Holiday Inn. Details to follow. Club event.
July 28th, 2013. Fords Unlimited’s 27th annual all Ford Car
Show to be held at McDonnell Park. Club event.
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Our monthly membership meetings are held on the
2nd Wednesday of each month except January. Our
temporary location is Russo’s located at 9904 Page,
about 3 miles east of Hwy. 270. Our board of directors meetings are held the first Wednesday of
each month at Sybergs which is located at the NE
corner of Highway 270 and Dorsett Road. Check
with any board member on weather related cancellations. All meetings start at 7 pm.
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FALL COLOR TOUR—-OCTOBER 14th
7466 Dave Sinclair
Memorial Highway
314314-892892-2600
7500 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
314314-727727-2700
4760 No. Service Rd.
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