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2010 Board of Directors
Cindy Ahrens 618-447-6754
Syl Biermann 636-394-5003
Mark Carey-636-2405189
Bill Giese-314-849-0368
Eric Hohl 636-288-4773
Secretary-Cindy Ahrens
Editor Bob Layton 636-397-4487
e-mail [email protected]
Publisher-Mark Lazzareschi
Webmaster Dale Wojtkowski
14 FLAGSTONE LANE, ST. PETERS MO 63376-1528 JULY 2010
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR CLUB
O ur 24th annual car show is upon us. We will have a pre-
show bar-b-que on Satur-day, July 24th at 5 pm at McDonnell Park. That eve-ning, we will stuff goody bags, per-register our vehicles and set assign-ments. The club will sup-ply the burgers, dogs and chips but you must bring your own drinks. If you would like to bring a side dish or dessert, it would be appreciated. Please bring any goody bags items that you may have to the park by Saturday night. At-tendance prizes can be donated up to Sunday morning, but we must have all goody bag items to be put into the goody bags on Saturday after-noon. We really need ALL of our members to be in place on Sunday, We especially need conces-sion workers. This is a very profitable part of our show and we need all of the help that we can get. Spouses and other teen and adult family members are welcome. On Sunday, we will need members to ar-rive at McDonnell Park no later than 7 am. That will give us two hours to set up and it will be a very busy time. Some cars arrive early so we must have everything in place as soon as possi-ble. After we have finished classifying, register-ing and parking the cars, we need our members to help with the concessions, the 50-50 sales and ballot counting. Cindy Ahrens and Jeff Hohl have fine tuned our ballot counting each year and things should go even better than last year. It has been decided that anyone selling
50-50 tickets or counting ticket money will not be al-lowed to purchase tickets. It just looks bad when a member working with the tickets wins the pot as has happed the past couple of years. A special note to those parking cars. It can get very busy at classifica-tion and registration and sometimes cars are put into
the wrong class. Please check each car as it comes into your area to see if it is properly clas-sified. If you see a mistake, please notify Jim Biermann ASAP. Also, some of the “trophy hunters” will pull some shenanigans such as changing their registration form and window card so make sure that everything matches properly. At the close of the show, all show items need to be packed and taken off and we will need to do a sweep of the grounds to police up all of the trash. This usually does not take long and we should be out of the park by 5 pm or so. The show shirts that you may have or-dered and are now available. The cost is $10. With the sponsorship of Dave Sinclair Ford, we will have even better attendance prizes for our participants. We will also have a drawing for a set of B.F Goodrich tires thanks to the ef-forts of Lonny Childress and Gateway Classic Mustang. Unfortunately, our members will not be eligible for the tire drawing. If you are a newer member or one who has not worked our show before, we could sure use your help. If you would like to help, just ask for our show chairman, Jim Biermann, who will find something for you to do.
The Fords Unlimited Car Club and the Show-Me Mustang Club, with the cooperation of Pur Performance, are proud to announce the all Ford “Blue Cruise” car cruise open to all Ford
bodied and Ford Powered cars and trucks.
The cruise will be held on Saturday, July 10th,
at Pur Performance located at 3725 Harry S. Truman Blvd. (636-946-8554)
PUR Performance is your source for custom car, truck, and 4x4 or street SUV accessories in St. Louis. From lift kits to lowering kits or headrest TVs, we have the custom accessories to
bring the competition to their knees. Stop by there 25,000 square foot showroom and service facility just off I-70 and the Cave Springs exit in St. Charles for service, custom work, window
tinting, and even dyno testing.
A one dollar donation can be accepted at the gate. There will be a disc jockey, hot dogs, soda, and 50/50 drawing. The car clubs provide the funding for the DJ and cruise flyers and
all proceeds will benefit the BackStoppers.
The lot will open at 4 PM and close at 8:30 PM.
PLEASE, NO ALCOHOL.
For information, call 636-397-4487
Midwest’s Largest Automotive & Truck Accessory DealerMidwest’s Largest Automotive & Truck Accessory DealerMidwest’s Largest Automotive & Truck Accessory DealerMidwest’s Largest Automotive & Truck Accessory Dealer
25,000 square foot automotive accessories showroom—–636-946-8554
Proceeds benefit
T he revival of the Blue Cruise will happen on July 10th at Pur Performance in St. Charles. This event will benefit
“BackStoppers”. We will have hotdogs, chips and drinks available.
This event will be held with our friends from the Show-Me Mustang Club. We could fill
the lot if just the members of both clubs would participate.
We will need members from both clubs to arrive by 3 pm to help set-up. We will also set assignments as needed. As with all of our events, we need our members to participate.
O n June 19th, some of our members attended the 11th annual Hazelwood
Baptist Church Car Show. With many of our members going to Tulsa for the Mid-America Shelby Meet, our turnout was smaller than usual. Also the brutally hot day contributed to a slightly smaller turnout than most years.
Representing our club were A. Ron Walters. B. Mike Lloyd. C. John Sullivan. D. Danny Bullion. E. Al Mercer. F. Burt Pen-nington. And G. Mark Carey.
Also in attendance were John Hartman and Jim Biermann.
The heat of the day turned to strong storms but most of our members made it home before the skies let loose.
Photos and info by Mark Carey
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By Bob Gritzinger
Reprinted from AUTOWEEK
Info provided by Bill Bufka
U p to now, most of the Ford F-150 Raptor’s appeal
lay in the wicked off-road suspension parts tucked under its wide body sheetmetal. The truck’s 5.4-liter, 310-hp, 365-lb-ft V8 just didn’t live up to the bat-out-of-hell tradi-tion of its SVT predeces-sor, the F-150 Lighting.
That all changed with the mid-model-year addition of the Raptor 6.2, with an all-new 6.2-liter, 411 hp, 434-lb-ft V8.
The engine has a bigger bore than its stroke to allow for larger valves and higher revs for improved respon-siveness, giving the Raptor true SVT vigor. It’s not as quick as the supercharged SVT Lightning of old, which posted near-6.0 second 0-to-60mph times, but the 6.2-liter Raptors 6.9-second time is a full second and a half quicker than the base Raptor.
Our recent test drive at Ford’s proving ground near Detroit in-cluded a range of paved roads, low-traction gravel, steep inclines and enough mud to make the soggy British Midlands seem arid. The Rap-tor 6.2 loved wallowing in the mud, thanks to its
mongo internal triple-bypass Fox Racing Shox, Raptor-exclusive 35-inch BFGoodrich All-Terrain 315/70-17 tires, massive 11.2 ground clearance, electronic locking rear differential, stability con-
trol, traction control, hill-decent control, off-road mode-the works.
A l t h o u g h i t ’ s seven inches wider than a normal F-150, the Rap-tor also made easy work of tight wooded trails, de-spite mud that made steering nearly irrelevant at times. We picked our way through the rutted, sloppy backwoods two-tracks, up and down hills,
with the Raptor’s 6.2-liter engine providing ample assistance. Pushing up steep grades only made the engine dig deeper into it reserves, especially as the revs climbed to match power demand.
Is the Raptor for real?
So far, 7,200 buyers have stepped up to get one, with 3,000 of those orders being for the 6.2-liter (at a $3,000 premium over the base Rap-tor). The Raptor’s av-erage time on a deal-ership lot is six days.
Need more? Ford tells us that when the 2011 Rap-
tor hits the market late this summer, the line-up will expand to include a Crew Cab model, of-fered exclusively with the 6.2 –liter engine.
Mud, as we understand it, will be optional.
O n July 17th, our club will be traveling
to Alton Illinois for the 33rd annual SIMA Mustang and Ford car show. We will be meeting at the UAW hall on Pershall Road, just past the old Ford Plant. This location is just off North Lindbergh and Highway 270. We will gather there at 8:45 am and will be leaving at 9 am sharp. We will make a stop just before we get to Alton for fuel and such. This show is on blacktop and usually very warm so come prepared. This will be a club event for points.
July 7th
Board of Directors Meeting
@ Sybergs-7 pm
July 10th
Blue Cruise
@ Pur Performance-3 pm
July 14th
Membership Meeting
@ Spazio's-7 pm
July 17th
SIMA Car Show-Alton
Meet @ UAW Hall-8:45 am
July 21st
Car Show Meeting
@ McDonnell Park-6:30 pm
July 24th
Car Show Set-up & BBQ
@ McDonnell Park-5 pm
July 25th
Our Car Show
@ McDonnell Park 7 am
W e will hold our last car show meeting on Wednesday, July 21st at McDonnell Park. That night the show committee
will be going over our last minute notes and final-ize any needed items. As we have done in the past, we will head to Bandana’s for a late dinner afterwards. The meeting will start at 6:30 pm. All are welcome.
L isted below are the points standings as of the June membership meeting.
1. Bart McNail-305
2. Bob Layton-295
3. Jim Biermann-290
4. Ron Schodroski-270
5. Jeff Hohl-205
6. Bill Bufka-195
7. Jim Kinzel-170
8. Dale Wojtkowski-160
9. Jack Greiwe-135
10. Terry Koch-130
A fter more than 70 years, Ford Mo-tor Company will wind down its Mercury product line, according to
a report from Bloomberg. The brand, launched in 1939, has struggled since the beginning of the millennium, with sales plummeting some 75%. Rumors of its closure have been circling for years. Ford sold just 92,299 Mercury-badged vehicles in 2009, though sales are up a bit this year.
According to the report, executives at Ford are preparing a proposal to kill the brand, to be reviewed this summer. The two- to four-year wind down would include the eventual transition of all Lincoln products -- currently sold alongside Mercury vehicles in distinct dealerships -- to Ford showrooms.
"You have to worry about Lincoln dealers if Mer-cury goes away," said John McElroy, host of the Autoline Detroit television program. "Dealers need that volume to sell, but they also need cars to service as well."
Lincoln products, which share similar platforms, generate higher profits for the company. Many Mercury products have MSRPs close to -- or
sometimes exactly the same as -- Ford equiva-lents. In the first quarter of this year, the brand
accounted for only 1.9% of Ford’s total profits.
While lagging sales are certainly to blame, the erosion of Mercury’s identity played a large role as well. With only four vehicles in Mercury show-rooms -- all re-badged Ford models with few dif-ferentiating features -- Americans seem to have forgotten about it. The shut down of the Mercury brand gives notice that Ford's attempt to create a separate and unique experience for Lincoln was in vain.
W e are now stocking various types and sizes of club apparel. Items can still be ordered or you can select from our
stock as available. The items is stock include; Jackets-$20.00 (this is for a coaches jackets. If you want another kind, it will cost more). Polo’s-$16.00 T-Shirts-$10.00
Sweatshirts-$14.00 Hats (with club logo)-Tan or blue-$15.00 Embroidery your name-$4.00 Cindy Ahrens has the cata-log or you can go to www.bjprintables.com to see items that are available.
B ringing new meaning to the phrase Tough Ford Truck, this vehicle belongs to the St. Charles County Tactical Unit, also known as the SWAT
team. Based roughly on a Ford F-350 truck, the truck has an updated frame, bullet proof tires and glass and lots of heavy steel panels. Not designed for any road course and not able to brag about gas mileage, it does have shoot ports and a top turret.
Officially the Lenco BearCat, it was developed as a tactical armored vehicle for special operation units within the law enforcement community.
We did try to get it to attend our Blue Cruise but it’s on call 24/7 so this was not possible.
T his month we wel-come new member, John Reichle. John
drives Ford Ranger pickup and resides in St. Louis. John’s sponsor was Bart McNail. Welcome!
L ooking ahead to August, the Mustang Club of St. Louis will hold their 1st car show. The date is Saturday, August 7th at the IBEW
building and hall located at 5850 Elizabeth Ave-nue in southwest St. Louis City. We will have caravan info in next months newsletter. Also, we will be attending the 9th annual St. Anthony’s, Route 66 car show on the 29th. For those want-ing to caravan, we will meet at the Burger King at Hwy. 141 and Hwy. 44 at 8:45 am and will be leaving at 9 am sharp. This show is known for its great roast beef and fried chicken dinners. For show information, call 573-468-7974. Both shows are club events for points.
New member, Ron Walters, has sent us info on a car show in Troy, Missouri. The show will be held at the Troy First Baptist Church, lo-
cated at 1000 Elm Tree Road, The show will be held on September 4th and offers free entry, food and beverages, similar to the Hazelwood Baptist Car Show. For info and map, go to www. Troyfirst.com It was reported last month that we had purchased a new banner and club promo poster. We have now added a second tent as with large turnouts at most of our events, one tent was in-sufficient. We were able to help celebrate Bart McNail’s birthday at our June meeting. Bart even supplied the cake. Happy Birthday Bart! We do have a tentative date for our fall color tour. If all goes as planned, we will head out to this popular event on Oc-tober 17th. Although the route is not set, we hope to finish the trip at Bob’s Gasoline Alley. If this works as planned, we will not be bringing food this year as we will dine at Bob’s. They offer a great buffet at a very reasonable price. We will update as information is available. Our 50-50 winner at our June member-ship meeting was Teresa McDougal. We had a large turnout that night making for a large pot. Teresa went home with an additional $43.
July 2010
A FREE SERVICE FOR ALL FOR ENTHUSIASTS. CALL 636-397-4487 OR E-MAIL [email protected]
PLEASE CHECK YOUR AD FOR ERRORS. SOME ITEMS ARE TAKEN FROM OTHER CLUB NEWSLETTERS.
1926 Ford Model T. Stock roadster, older restoration, contact Jim Kraut 636.970.1258
For Sale. Rebuildable motor from 1969 Ford Fairlane 302-2V A/T, A/C $100. (4) 14 inch (5) lug wheels for a Fairlane, Comet or Mustang. Mounted with fair U S Royal 7.75 x 14 WSW t i res $50. Al Mercer 636.928.8672 home 314.650.7639 cel l www.i -v an.org/mercer/htm For Sale. Fox rear shock set-Fox GT ground effects (minus front bumper)-Fox taillight housing set-Fox rear speaker set-Fox 5.0 aluminum valve cover set-SVO driveshaft-SVO rear dual spoiler-SVO exhaust manifold-SVO front strut insert set-10 1/2 Borg/Beck pressure plate-67 new TRW lower control arm set w/poly bushings-67 new reinforced lower control arm set-67 new big block front spring set-67 disc brake cores-68 disc brake cores-67-68 NOS Ford turn signal/parking light set-New Mega Torque FE starter-New rebuilt FE starter-67-68 Mustang/Cougar bucket seat frames-67 NOS Ford Mustang horse/corral. Gary Burch-636-575-3376.
For Sale. Lettering for bumper covers for late Fox bodied Mustangs. Black, brand new. $8 per set. Bob @ 636-397-4487 or [email protected]
For 1968 Ford XL convertible. A set of the correct 15 inch wheel covers, XL badges for the quarter panels,
a very good front bumper and the h o o d m o l d i n g . A l M e r c e r 636.928.8672 home 314.650.7639 cell www.i-van.org/mercer/htm
The Lot Car Cruises. July 17th. Au-gust 21st, September 18th, and Octo-ber 16th at The 1st Assembly of God-
St. Peters.
Memories Car Club Cruises. July 2nd, August 6th, September 3rd, and October 1st held at Life Christian Church, 13001 Gravois Rd, Sunset Hills, 63127. Located one mile south of I-270 on Hwy 30 -Sunset Hills, MO.
JJ’s Car Cruises. July 10th, August 14th, September 11th, and October 9th at 1215 S. Duschene in St Charles, MO. JJ’s now has cruises each Friday night.
July 3rd. Catch the Glow Street Fair Car & Motorcycle Show. Free regis-tration. Vehicles on display from 2-8 pm. Various awards at 8 pm. Info 636-456-3535.
July 10th. The rebirth of the Blue Cruise. Details in this newsletter. Club event.
July 11th. Catsup Bottle Festival Car Show. American Legion 365, 1022 Vandalia (Rt 159), Collinsville, Illi-nois10 am - 5 pm. All years, makes and models are welcome! Classic & Custom Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles. Trophies for top judged GM, Ford, Chrysler, Import, and Street Rod. Plus trophies for top 20 for Peoples Choice voting. Attendance prizes given all day long. Plus a 50/50 draw-ing. Food booths, games, and live music. $10 entry fee (dash plaque & goodie bag for first 100 entries. Info www.catsupbottlefestival.com
July 16th (Friday) Cruise Night at the Museum 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Join the Museum of Transportation for its very first car cruise! Food, mu-sic and cars of all makes and models are part of this casual event.
July 17th. 33rd Mustang Round-Up & All Ford Car Show presented by the Southern IL. Mustang Association. Details in this newsletter. Club Event.
July 24th. Fords Unlimited’s pre-car meeting and bar-b-que. Club Event.
July 25th. Fords Unlimited’s 24th annual car show to be held at J.S. MacDonnell Park. Club Event.
July 31st. Critter Car Cruise to benefit the APA (Animal Protective Association) of Missouri. All Muscle Cars-Hot Rods and Special Interest , no registration-5pm until 10pm. Atten-dance Prizes, 50/50 Drawings, Music by D.J., info (636) 461-0290. Located 635 Gravois at Gold's Gym-Corner of Old Gravois and Hwy. 141,Fenton MO.
August 7th. The Mustang Club of St. Louis will hold their 1st car show. The date is Saturday, August 7th at the IBEW building and hall located at 5850 Elizabeth Avenue in southwest St. Louis City. Club event.
August 7th. Hope Christian Church 1st Annual Classical Vehicle Show. 19 classes. Food & family fun. Route 3 between Columbia and Waterloo, IL. Info 314-616-2507.
August 14th. 1st. Annual Route 66 Classic Car Cruise, Crestwood-S u n s e t H i l l s . I n f o www.route66carcruise.com or 314-843-8545.
August 29th. 9th annual Route 66 Car Show. St. Anthony Parish, Sulli-van MO. Info 573-468-7974. Club Event.
September 4th. 9th Annual Troy 1st Baptist Car Show. Registration 8 to noon. Free entry, food and bever-ages. Info www.troyfirst.com or 636-528-4407.
September 4th. 5th annual Kiwanis car show. Columbia, IL. Info 314-616-2507.
September 12th. 14th annual Wheels in Motion in Motion Day to benefit Children with cancer. Held at Westport Plaza. Club Event.
September 18th. 23rd annual Show-Me Mustang Club Mustang & all Ford show to be held at Crestwood Court. Info 636-561-8976. Club Event.
September 26th. Daniel Boone Shrine Club Car Show, O’Fallon Plaza, O’Fallon MO. Info 314-921-4873.
October 15 - 16. St. Louis Fall Clas-
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sic & Exotic Car Auction,13813 St. Charles Rock Rd, Bridgeton, MO. Presented by Motoexotica Classic Cars & Manheim St. Louis. Auction to be held at Manheim’s 300 acre facility located at 13813 St. Charles Rock Rd. We are expecting 400 cars at this exciting event. Public wel-come. Info www.motoexotica.com/autiion.htm or 636-600
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Our monthly membership meetings are held on the 2nd
Wednesday of each month except January at Spazio’s, 12031
Lackland Road, Maryland Heights, MO. Phone number is 314-
576-0488. Please call Spazio’s to check on weather related
meeting cancellations.
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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