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April 2012
The Legend
The Official Newsletter of the Music City Mustang Club
www.musiccitymustangclub.org
UPCOMING CLUB EVENTS
April 19th: Club meeting at Piccadilly Cafeteria on Murfreesboro Road in Nashville, TN .
April 21st: Kars 4 Kids at TN Baptist Children’s Home
Fred Joyner’s ‘65 Hardtop
Your Music City Mustang Club Officers
President:
Vice President:
Treasurer:
Secretary:
Jeff Billings
Ray Mailloux
Karen Moore
Terri Roach
615-776-2981
615-799-1795
615-822-1283
615-366-0484
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Board of Directors:
Johnny Myers
Billy Hardin
Ray Moore
Kenneth Joyner
Dan Robbins
615-513-1275
615-754-7133
615-822-1283
615-794-6269
615-883-2488
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Accessory Sales:
Activities Coordinator :
Historian:
Membership Chairman:
National Director:
Ray Mailloux
Julie Myers
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Ray Mailloux
Jim Chism
615-799-1795
615-712-4785
[email protected]
[email protected]
615-799-1795
615-446-0520
[email protected]
[email protected]
Newsletter Editor:
Show Chairperson:
Kevin Davenport
Johnny Myers
Kenneth Joyner
Jeff Billings
615-758-2463
615-513-1275
615-794-6269
615-776-2981
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Webmaster:
Club Meeting
The club meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of the month, except December, starting at 7 PM at Piccadilly
Cafeteria at 874 Murfreesboro Road in Nashville, TN.
The next club meeting is April 19th
Membership Information
Contact the Membership Chairperson, Ray Mailloux at 615-799-1795 for more information or
come join us at our monthly meetings. Membership is $5 a year.
The Legend is the official publication of the Music City Mustang Club and is published monthly. The Music City
Mustang Club is a non-profit organization formed in 1980 by and for the owners, lovers and appreciators of the
Ford Mustang. All enthusiast are welcome to join regardless of Mustang ownership. The Music City Mustang Club
is a sanctioned regional group of the Mustang Club of America.
From the Desk of the President
We’ve all heard the story about the rare old Mustang sitting down in someone’s basement. Well, I was recently told
one of those stories and decided I needed to check it out. The story goes that it is owned by a gentleman in his early
90’s, was partially restored, and had a brand new engine installed. But this Mustang was a little bit different. This Mustang was designed to have wings and tail and was the stateof-the-art American fighter plane during World War II.
Yes, I’m talking about a P-51 Mustang sitting in a basement
garage right in the heart of Nashville.
The owner is a gentleman named Pony Maples. Over
the years Pony has converted his basement into a WW II
museum. If you are into history, especially military history
from the WW II era, then this is a place you need to try and
see. He has many rare artifacts, especially ones around military aviation. Along with the P-51 Mustang, he also has a
fully restored cockpit from a B-24 Liberator bomber, the
side gunner position from that same B-24, along with various other bits and pieces. There are weapons, parachutes, medals, and lots of airplane models. I was an invited guest as
part of a tour that had already been set-up so I currently don’t have the details about how to get on a tour. If I get that
information I’ll be happy to pass it along to anyone who might be interested. Otherwise look him up on the internet and
you’ll see more pictures.
I want to remind everyone to mark your calendars for our upcoming open track event in Memphis May 25 – 26. If
you are planning on coming over to help out the club, remember to contact Jim Chism because we have some rooms
available for the volunteers.
The flyer for our September car show will also be available soon. One more hurdle on the insurance certificate from
MCA which is in the works and then we’ll be locked in for our location and date (September 29th, West Wilson Middle
School).
At the February meeting Jim talked about a restoration project the club has undertaken and several of you have already volunteered to help. This is the restoration of Fred Joyner’s 1965 coupe. Fred passed away at the end of February
and we are restoring the car for his wife and son. One of Fred’s wishes was to get the car to a local show and we are going to accomplish that objective. We will hopefully be able
to get the car to the Kars 4 Kids show in Brentwood at the
Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home April 21st. Mark your
calendar for that Saturday as that is always a great show and
we would like a good representation from MCMC.
Take care,
Jeff
Membership Form
Hello Fellow Mustang Fans:
I would like to extend a welcome to you to join the Music City Mustang Club. The club has been in existence in Nashville
Area since 1980. We are a regional group of The Mustang Club of America located in Stockbridge, GA.
We meet the third Thursday of each month at the Piccadilly Restaurant, 874 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville, TN, 37217.
The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m., but many of the members show up early to enjoy the fine food and relaxed atmosphere.
Please use this form for new membership or to update current membership information.
Music City Mustang Club membership dues are $10; or $5 for (national) MCA members.
Send this form along with payment to:
Ray Mailloux, Membership Chairperson
7829 Oscar Green Rd
Primm Springs, TN. 38476
(615) 799-1795
[email protected]
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Seven Down Eighty-eight To Go
By Kevin Davenport
Saturday afternoon April 7th was a perfect day for a cruise. The weather was sunny and warm and my ‘68
needed to stretch it’s legs. So I decided to set out on the road.
This section of the road trip started out with a trip north on Hwy 41 or as it’s known in Nashville, Dickerson Road. Fortunately where I picked it up in Goodlettsville, there were no visible signs of the ladies of the
evening or any other sordid activities.
Heading into Springfield the road follows alongside the railroad through Ridgetop
and Greenbrier before coming into town. The Robertson County courthouse stands
tall on top of a hill looking down on the city and surrounded by a well maintained
public square.
Continuing north on 41 you pass through the small town of Adams, a city proud of
it’s most “bewitching” citizen. From there a turn to the
west on 76 takes many twists on it’s way to 41A and into Clarksville. Again Montgomery County has a very stately looking courthouse in a downtown that looks over
the Cumberland River. One peculiar sight was an old sign painted on the side of
one building advertising for JF Couts’ Sons Furniture and Undertaking. Seemed to
me like an odd combination.
Highway 79 will take you over to Dover and Stewart County. There’s not much
to see along the road here as most of it is bordered to the north by the boundary fence for Ft. Campbell. Immediately after crossing the river you arrive in town with a somewhat plain looking courthouse to your right that
looks like mid sixties boxy architecture. However this is not far from the location of Ft. Donelson if you’re a
Civil War buff.
A quick left turn on to state Hwy 49 carries you through a scenic stretch along side the river at the south
end of Lake Barkley. Of note here are a few barns and houses way to close to the side of the road and some
curious stone structures resembling tall pyramids. These turned out to be lime kilns. Apparently this was big
business in the area up until the 1940’s when supplies of good limestone ran out locally.
Houston County’s courthouse in Erin seems as though it may have been designed by the same guy as Stewart County, although they do have a quaint square where it looks as if the original building may have stood at
one time. It was here I began to notice I hadn’t seen a McDonald’s, or any other fast food, since Clarksville. I
thought surely everyone had one by now.
Continuing on 49 there’s not much to see except a couple of buffalo and the “don’t blink” town of Vanleer
as you enter Dickson County and into Charlotte. Here there were no signs of life at
6:00 on a Saturday, but the square did have an old courthouse and several other older buildings with plenty more Civil War history to go along with it.
As you leave town you’ll pass through an unincorporated community called Dull.
I found this misleading as it was a very scenic drive leading to a classic green steeltruss bridge over the Harpeth River and into Ashland City where the original 1860’s
courthouse has been added to, once in 1915 and again sometime later. Despite these
updates the charm of Cheatham County’s home and offices is still in tact. Finally,
this is where I started to notice signs of life again and the downtown area seemed
awake and vibrant. My pony was thirsty and I was hungry so we stopped for some
gas and a bite to eat.
As the sun started to go down, I left town on state route
12 into Nashville. Entering Davidson County, the lights
of the downtown skyline where beautiful. I made my way down to Charlotte Ave.
into downtown past the state capital and over to Union Street. Parallel parking without power steering proved to be a chore. The Metro Courthouse was bathed in blue
light and the park-like surrounding seemed peaceful on a warm spring night.
Making my over to 1st Avenue and then Hermitage Avenue out of the city, I made
my way through Donelson, Hermitage and into Mt. Juliet. After 200 miles and 6 hours it was good to be
home!
For Sale
1991 Mustang GT Convertible, 5.0, 5 speed, white w/white top, red
cloth interior. The car is stock except for Flowmaster Catback and
K&N filter. Many new parts, runs great. Asking $4900. Contact Rob
Parsons @ 615-604-0914
Club Member Spotlight:
Johnny & Julie Myers
This months feature car is a 1994 supercharged
Mustang GT convertible owned by Johnny and
Julie Myers of Lebanon, TN. MCA #82895
Features include:
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polished Ford Motorsports bd11a supercharger making 6lbs of boost
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Vortech fuel management unit
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BBK fuel pressure regulator
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3:55 gears in an FRPP trac-loc kit
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Nitto drag radials on Cobra R wheels
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unique Suncoast Creations ram air hood
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Mach 1 chin spoiler
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Saleen style bar
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one piece fiberglass tonneau cover
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numerous UPR billet interior trim pieces
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Cobra seats
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76mm C&L mass air meter
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70mm Professional Products throttle body
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polished upper intake
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MSD ignition
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MAC headers
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BBK off-road h-pipe
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Flowmaster mufflers
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lowered 2" with Eibach springs
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BBK rear control arms
Johnny says the car was repainted in August
2009 and that future modifications will include
a 331ci stroker with aluminum heads, a 6 speed transmission and of course more boost.
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