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PresidentBILL MILLER
Vice PresidentKIM VIPPERMAN
TreasurerDAV ROE
SecretaryTED OSTOVICH
HANK KRAL
EARLE TIMOTHY
RON SLIMENT
RICH NOVAKMCA Rep
LEN WARDMAN
2011OFFICERS
2011BOARD OF DIRECTORS
www.SPACECOASTMUSTANG.com
Issue 18, Number 3
March 2011
Mustang ClubSpace Coast
Sebastian Elks Show 2-13-11
Talk about a good time! Our second meeting of the year was fantastic! At least I thought so…even if I was a little nervous, I got over that when I remembered I was talking to my friends. There were 29 in attendance. 29-hello? That is awesome! I am very excited about the club growing each month. We welcomed one new member, Chris Romandetti “Big C” and one guest, Roger Overbee-I hope he becomes a member soon! The minutes from January’s meeting were read and approved as was the Treasurers report. Old business: Christmas party confirmed date is Saturday December 17, 2011. We talked about Cocoa Village cruise in-not bad but not great according to Ted. TJ went to the Mecum Auction and said it was awe-some! If you have the opportunity to check it out next time, then take it! He said it’s worth the money to see all the cool cars. A few people knew someone that sold a car there. Indian River County Fairgrounds show we had 6 members there- Ernie won in the Mustang class, Go Ernie! Elks Lodge in Sebastian we had 7 members there and Keith won in his class with his Cobra Jet, Rich said it was due to the fact that there was one judge that knew what he was looking at. Go Keith! That show is going to add more classes to it, like a Mustang class, Go Us! Both were great shows, fun and good times! Pretty much all dues have been paid, yeah we are doing good. The 50/50 is a big hit, especially with the winners donating back to the club. Thank you Dave (this month’s winner). New business: The website will be www.spacecoastmustang.com. Rich will be setting it up. It is cheaper and we can keep the .com. Check it out, should be good to go before the next meeting. Thanks Rich! You are the man! The newsletter will be available on the website and emailed, unless you have specified otherwise. Rich will put classified ads on the website so forward them to him if you have anything you want to try to sell. We will also include a copy of our application in the newsletter, for when we distribute them at shows. The t-shirts will be men’s and women’s, ash gray, and $15-$20 each. We are checking out one more guy to price shop. Also, getting more research and information on flags and decals. We discussed upcoming shows and caravanning. Brought up implementing a road captain. It was men-tioned that we need to schedule a board meeting to establish that position in addition to the Sergeant at Arms position. Hank Kral resigned from the club so we had a vote on replacing him as a board member and Ernie Place was voted in. Our show in November at Palm Bay Ford will be $20 registration fee or $10 registration fee and an unwrapped toy. We will start incorporating an address change to Melbourne/Palm Bay as supplies run out. Ted said he would start paperwork to have it done by next year. Rob Palumbo won the member raffle, but he was not at the meeting so it will go back into the pot $40 next meeting. Must be present to win! Come on its fun and everyone wants to see you there! No program this meeting. Hopefully that will change soon! We are looking for ideas for speakers and programs. Any ideas ware welcome!
Thank you for making this the best Mustang Club! Our members Rock!!-Kim .
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MINUTES FOR 2/22/11 CLUB MEETING
Ted Ostovich Secretary
-Meeting was closed
Profile: 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Designer Darrell Behmer
Darrell Behmer, chief designer of the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302, wants his new cre-ation to be respectful of its heritage.
“We approached this as curators of a legend,” said Behmer. “We’ve taken design cues from the ’69 Boss street car and the menacing Bud Moore/Parnelli Jones race cars and carefully updated them to give the 2012 the proper bad-boy attitude that is unmistakably a Boss Mustang.”
The original Boss 302 Mustangs, first offered in 1969, were designed to dominate SCCA Trans-Am racing with a high-revving small-block V8 and outstanding road-holding capability.
Driving the 2012 Mustang Boss 302 was intended from the outset to be a visceral experience, packed with raw, unbridled performance across the spectrum.
That emotional connection extends to design as well.
To set Boss apart, each car will have either a black or white roof panel, coordinated to the color of the side C-stripe. Available exterior colors are Competition Orange,
Artical was proved by:The Sta� of The Mustang News
www.themustangnews.com
The Man Behind The Boss
Performance White, Kona Blue Metallic, Yellow Blaze Metallic Tri-Coat and Race Red.
Inside, a unique Boss steering wheel covered completely in Alcantara® suede complements the standard seats, which are trimmed in cloth with a suede-like center insert to firmly hold occupants in place. Boss customers who want the ultimate seat-ing experience can select a package that includes Recaro buckets, designed by Ford SVT in cooperation with Recaro for high-performance Mustang models, and shared between the Boss and GT500.
A dark metallic instrument panel finish, gauge cluster and door panel trim also differ-entiate Boss from the standard Mustang, while a black pool-cue shifter ball and “Pow-ered by Ford” door sill plates further remind customers they’re in a special car.
Sebastian Elks Show 2-13-11
Meet the MillersYour not going to believe this.
Consider the strange story of Alex and Imogene Miller of East Orange, VT. They eked out an existence on a small farm. Alex would scrounge rusty nails from burnt build-ings to repair his roof. He drove a ratty VW Beetle, and when it died, he found another even more ratty, and another...the rusting carcasses littered his yard. Alex died in 1993, and Imogene died in 1996. The local church took up a collection so they could be buried in the churchyard, and the state began the process of taking the farm for taxes. That would have been the end of a sad story, except.....
Forget the VW: a '28 Franklin ($4500US) and a '23 HCS($14,500US)lurk inside. While preparing the estate for auction, the sheri� discovered a cache of bearer bonds taped to the back of a mirror. That triggered a compre-hensive search of the house and outbuildings. The estate auction would eventually be handled by Christies, and it would bring out collectors from all over the world.
AK Miller's Front Yard
1913 Stutz Bearcat went for just $105,000 US.Must have been the badtire. It seems that AlexMiller was a Rutgers grad,son of a wealthy �nancier. He lived in Montclair, NJ,where he founded Miller'sFlying Service in 1930. He operated a gyrocopter(look it up, it's too muchof a digression) for mail and delivery servicethrough the 30's. But theMillers had a secret, and they moved from Montclair when they needed room for it.
Step behind the wheel of a 1916 Stutz Bearcat. ($155,000 US) Choosing to live low pro�le, and paranoid about tax collectors, Miller moved to the farm in VT, and took his collections with him. Most of his cash had been exchanged for gold and silver bars and coins, which he buried in various locations around the farm. He carefully disassembled his gyrocopter, and stored it in an old one-room schoolhouse on his property. he then built a couple of dozen sheds and barns out of scrap lumber and recycled nails. In the sheds he put his collection.
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Have to remember to clean that '20 Bearcat out of the shed. ($50,000 US) Alex Miller had an obsession with cars. Not just any cars, but Stutz cars. Blackhawks, Bearcats, Superbearcats, DV16's and 32's. He had been buying them since the 1920's. When Stutz went out of business, he bought a huge pile of spare parts, which was also carefully stored away in his sheds.
A Spring�eld Rolls Picadilly Roadster ($115,000US). Made in Illinois. Sometimes, he would stray, and buy other "special cars", including Locomobiles, a Stanley, and a Spring�eld Rolls Royce. He never drove them. He'd simply move them into his storage sheds in the middle of the night, each car wrapped in burlap to protect it from any prying eyes. Over the years, the farm appeared to grow more and more forlorn, even as the collection was growing.
A snappy car: 1921 Stutz Bearcat. ($58,000 US) Occasion-ally he would sell some parts to raise cash. Rather than dipping into his cache, he would labor for hours making copies of the original parts by hand.
Stutz factory spares. Cylinders and pistons from a brass era Stutz in forground. Collectors knew him as a sharp trader, who had good merchandise but was prone to cheating. His neighbors had no clue at all, they thought Alex and Imogene were paupers, and often helped out with charity.
Wheelbarrow blocks a '28 Stutz Blackhawk Boattail Speedster ($78,000 US) The auction was a three day circus, billed as the "Opening of King Stutz Tomb". It attracted celebrity collectors, as well as thousands of curiosity seekers. The proceeds were in the millions, some items went for far more than their value in the frenzy. In the end, the IRS took a hefty chunk of the cash for back taxes, which proves the old adage about the only two sure things in life...
. A vanilla '31 SV16 Stutz Sedan ($10,000)
Bargain of the show: a '29 Stutz Blackhawk sedan for $7000 US
A beautiful Stutz DV32 Sedan ($27,500)
Anyone need a new Stutz engine? Still factory fresh.
A'23 HCS ($12,000 US) lurks in the darkness of the barn
A '27 Stutz AA Sedan for $6500US
A Lebaron dual-cowl Stutz from 1929 ($68,000US)
1925 Stutz Speedway Six ($9000 US)
T-Head engine in a '21 Bearcat
Build a '22 Stutz touring car from this pile of parts for just $10,000US
Cocoa - 4th Sunday each month, 1-5PM, Fast Eddie's Cruise at Advance Auto Parts on Dixon Blvd.
Kissimmee - Every Friday, 5-9PM, Old Town Shopping Center, U.S. 192, 1964 to 1979 cars
Kissimmee - Every Saturday, 5-9PM, Old Town Shopping Center, U.S. 192, pre1974 cars only.
Melbourne - Every Wednesday, 5-9PM, Tony’s Hotrod Hoagies & Grill, Corner of NASA BLVD and Wickham Road
Melbourne - 4th Thurs each month 6-9pm Mustards Last Stand (downtown)415 New Haven Ave 793-7363
Melbourne - 3rd Sat ea month at City limits (ShoreLanes) 4851 Dairy Rd Rich 321-795-7363
Melbourne - 4th Saturday each month, 6;30-9PM, Sarno Business Complex, pre1979 cars only.
Merritt Island - 2nd Saturday each month, 4PM-?, Kings Duck Inn, 4155 Courtney Parkway.
Merritt Island - 3rd Saturday each month, 6-9PM, Beef O’Brady's, 1450 N. Courtney Parkway.
Merritt Island - 4th Saturday each month, 5-9PM, Hooters, 125 N. Sykes Creek Blvd.
New Smyrna Beach - 2nd Saturday, each month, 5-9PM, downtown old New Smyrna Beach.
Palm Bay - every Tues 5-8pm Long Doggers rest Minton Rd & Palm Bay Rd 795-7363
Palm Bay - Five Guys Burgers & Fries, Every 3rd Thursday 5-9pm
Palm Bay - 4th Sat ea month at Beef O'Bradys (Kmart Plaza) Babcock St Rich 321-795-7363
Sebastian - every Thursday, 6-9pm, Checkers on US1 and Roseland Road
Titusville - 1st Saturday on odd months, 4-8PM, in downtown Titusville.
Vero Beach - 3rd Monday each month, 6-9PM now meets at K-Mart Plaza, US 1 and 15th St. pre 1980 vehicles only.
West Melbourne - Every Fri 6-9pm County Line Saloon, US-192 & I-95 733-7326
WEEKLY AND MONTHLY CRUISES
Updates or additions please e-mail to:[email protected]
2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Bill Miller ------------------------(321) [email protected] Kim Vipperman ----------------(321)[email protected] Rich Novak --------------------(321) [email protected] Ted Ostovich ------------------(321) [email protected] Dave Roe -----------------------(321) [email protected] Ron Sliment --------------------(321) [email protected] Earle Timothy -------------------(321) [email protected] Place ---------------------(321) [email protected]
Officers and Board Members
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Palm Beach Auto Auction at Palm Beach Convention CenterPinellas Park, FL Mustang Show at Town Square Plaza ParkClub meeting at Mee Maw’s in Palm Bay Daytona Speedway Spring Car ShowMUSTANGS & MUSTANGS, FANTASY OF FLIGHT POLK CITYmeet at 7AM McDonald’s Rest. I95/Rt520, Cocoa, Dept 7:30AACA car show at Burton Smith Park in CocoaPatrick AFB “Grindin Gears” car showClub meeting at Perkins in SuntreeSilver Horse Racing Open HouseBEACH BLAST Car Show, Intl. Palms Resort, Cocoa BeachMUSTANG CLUB OF AMERICA NATIONAL, JACKSONVILLEClub meeting at Mee Maw’s in Palm Bay2011 Track Guys Sebring Sensation www.trackguys.comFord Nationals Carlilse, PA POWER TOUR COCOA BCH TO DETROITClub meeting at Perkins in SuntreeClub meeting at Mee Maw’s in Palm BayClub picnicSturgis SD Mustang RallyClub meeting at Palm Bay FordClub meeting at Perkins in SuntreeAnnual club car show at Palm Bay FordTurkey Rod Run at Daytona SpeedwayClub Christmas Party at Doubles
Space Coast Mustang ClubP.O. Box 867Cocoa, Fl 32923
Today’s Hoof Beats, Tomorrow’s ThunderFirst Class Mail
Waterford Lakes Feb 26th We went to the Waterford Lakes Mustang & Ford Car Show Sat Feb 26. We had a caravan of 15 cars and 3 other members at the show for a total of 18 cars & 26 members.We also had a police escort for 1 exit on I-95 that was real cool. Plus we did really well with awards we had 8 members win Gold, They were Kurt Hueber, Steve Anderson, Ernie & Pam Place, Kim & Blaine Vipperman ,Keith & Sue Dodson, Rich & Anna Peek, Tony Kopp & Rich Novak.
The Mid-Florida mustang Club did a spectacular job as always, it was very well organized especially for a 350 car show, with a nice vendor section and all the stores and restau-rants made for a great day with the weather being great
RICH NOVAK
