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1 April 2007 Vol. 27, Issue 04 Rocket City Mustang Club RocketCityMustang.com P.O. Box 5486 Huntsville, AL Club Officers President: Vice-President: Ralph Bischof (256) Michael Liston (256) Treasurer: Chad Whisnant Secretary: Bill McEwen Webmaster: Keith Kucera Board of Directors Michael Gosch Mark Dorner Mike Foley Ken Gullatt Billy Hammonds Eric Kaempfer RCMC Web Site Our web site is: RocketCityMustang.com. If you would like to put information on our web site please contact our webmaster Keith Kucera at Pictures of club member cars in whatever condition are always welcome.

2 Officer s Note Flyers are now made up for our 27 th annual May show. The link to the flyer is here - Please think about printing a few out and distributing it around your workplace, your church, your grocery store, and anywhere else that you can tack up a notice. Woody Anderson Ford will again let us put cars into their showroom floor, PLUS even throw us a cookout! I don t know if you made the last one, but it was definitely fantastic! On Friday May 4 th, we will be able to bring our cars and put about 10 of them in there. Then we will stuff our bellies. We will be able to take them back out on May 10 th. This should allow time to get the fingerprints back off of them. Speaking of the show, Mike Liston is the Show Chairman this year. He is asking for help and volunteers for several Chair Heads. Please or call him. His contact information is above. Also, please drop in your membership dues. This will be the last notice of the newsletter for unpaid members. Club Notes Meeting called to order at 7:04 PM Presided over by Ralph Bischof President Guests: Terri Schmitt, Paul Casey, Paulette and her grandson Josh Bell Old Business Treasurer s report read Club roster 34 paid members Stickers have arrived T-shirts have been ordered and will be in by next meeting New Business Gary Dempsey is now MCA Regional Director Show o Need volunteers for build-up and tear-down o Need volunteers for sponsors and advertising o Received checks from Woody Anderson Ford and Joe Sartain Ford o Mike Liston suggested we all wear name tags o Gary Dempsey talked about judging o Club approved allowing active military one free entry Trivia by Ken Gullatt won by Ralph Bischof with 6 of 10 correct! Did You Drive Your Mustang? Bill Tucker did ($30) and the next pot is $10. Adjourn at 8 PM

3 Meeting Attendees Edward Morfenski Mike Foley Ken Gullatt Paul Casey Rick Underwood Gary Dempsey Charlotte Dempsey Paulette Bell Josh Bell Skip Hamer Patrick Turner Michael Gosch Billy Hammond Bill Dunwoody Stuart Howe Bill Tucker Terri Schmitt Bill McEwen Andra McEwen John Wade Carolyn Wade Mike Liston Ralph Bischof Lona Bischof Birthdays Happy Birthday to members and their families: April Jim Barrett Bill Cabaniss Dale Culpepper Beri Fraley Greg Gullatt Billy Hammonds Edward Hodges Diane Howard Catherine Kucera Bill McEwen Bailee Purdum Elle Kyle Purdum Jep Purdum Bill Ruffer Jackson Sellers Caley Stewart Daniel Thibodeau Allison Underwood

4 Upcoming Events (Send notices to **April Oklahoma Centennial Mustang National Mustang, OK Hosted by the Oklahoma Mustang Club at Wild Horse Park. Host Hotel: Clarion Meridian Hotel & Convention Center, (405) April 21 - Army Emergency Relief (AER) Charity Car Show Huntsville, AL All proceeds to the AER. Sponsored by Vets with Vettes and Corvette Owners. Will be held at the Huntsville War Veteran s Museum on Airport Road. Open to all special rides and motorcycles. $20 registration fee for judged vehicles in 10 classes. Tommy Mac DJ will be playing music from 10AM on throughout the day. Military equipment displays. Sponsor product displays. Arts and crafts vendors. Food vendor. Door prizes. 50/50 raffle. April Walter Mitty Vintage Races at Road Atlanta Atlanta, GA This is touted as the biggest car club and vintage racing event of the east coast. You can see the commercial that is being shown on the Speed Channel by downloading the file listed in the URL. BE WARNED!!! It is more than 6MB! - April 28 2 nd annual Pineview Baptist Church car show Toney, AL Registration is 9AM to Noon with awards presented at 2PM. The RainDate is May 5 th. There will be awards for the top three in several classes incuding Muscle Cars and Classic Cars, each broken down by years. All proceeds for this show go to church youth to help fund mission trips. The church is located at 5624 Highway 53 in Harvest out by the dragstrip. For more information, please contact Steve Burch at , to steve.patti@yahoo.com, or call the church at May th Annual Mustang and All Ford Show Huntsville, AL This is our show! Held at the Sears parking lot in the Madison Square Mall. Rain or shine. Registration is $20 with a $5 discount if received before April 15 th. Registration opens at 8AM, Judging starts at 12PM, and awards presented at 4PM. We will have 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd place in Modified MCA classes. There will be goodie bags, door prizes, 50/50, vendors and car parts. For more information, write Mike Liston at vice-president@rocketcitymustang.com **May Mustangs Unbridled Louisville, KY Hosted by Derby City Mustang Club on the Masonic Homes of Kentucky Campus, 3701 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY. Host Hotel: Holiday Inn Hurstbourne, (800) or (502) June st Classic Car Show & Auction Athens, AL Many prizes, free food, lots of fun. At Dealers Auto Auction. For more information, please contact Roger Fields at or him at rfields@dealersauto.com. **June Wild West Mustang Nationals Concord, CA Co-hosted by Bay Area Mustang Assoc. & Diablo Valley Mustang Assoc. Host Hotel: Crowne Plaza, (800) or (925) **July Prairieland Roundup Springfield, IL Hosted by Central Illinois Mustangers at the Crowne Plaza Convention Center. Host Hotel: Crowne Plaza, (217) ***August 31- September 2 Southern Exposure Grand National Augusta, GA Hosted by Central Savannah River Area Mustang Club at the Augusta Richmond County Civic Center. Host Hotel: Marriott Riverfront Hotel, (706) ** - Denotes an MCA National show *** - Denotes the MCA Grand National show

5 Classifieds Any RCMC member who wishes to place a free ad in the classified section, please send information to president@rocketcitymustang.com. Ed Morfenski Mustang Coupe, $11,000. Ed Morfenski. 289 V-8, Automatic, power steering, factory A/C, deluxe interior, new paint, new vinyl top, new tires, excellent conditions, complete maintenance records. Contact Ed phone , morfenskie@bellsouth.net. Holly Peck Shelby GT 500 Chrome Rims & Tires, 5 months old..18x9.5 5 lugs. Excellent shape no scratches or curb rash or chips. Fits a mustang from $ " chrome Axis GTR wheels with BF Goodrich KDW T/A tires..less than 5,000 miles on them. I paid a little over $3,500 for the setup. Asking $2,000 Demolet cold air kit for a 05 GT Mustang. Demolet carbon fiber tube w/k&n filter asking $150 Stock GT rear spoiler screaming yellow Make me an offer! MGW chrome turn signal cover- make an offer in good shape for show fits MGW chrome ebrake handle- make an offer in good shape for show fits UPR cup holder bezel- make an offer its in fair shape. fits Autometer Phantom Air/Fuel ratio guage brand new NEVER installed- $30 Also looking for any used 03/04 cobra parts. Steeda billet tweeter covers. Paid $150 for these then spent $50 to have them polished out to show finish. Asking $50 in mint condition. Fits mustangs with the mach sound system. I can be reached at or ed at GrabberBlue02@aol.com 1966 Mustang Coupe. Daniel James restored original 6 cyl. auto. 45k miles, copper with tan interior. Show winner $ obo appraised $ day time night ask for Daniel

6 Chad Whisnant - Set of 289 heads (large valves) ready to bolt on. $ Coupe back glass. $ Mustang front bench seat. $200 Ford 8 rear end (5 lug). $ Mustang hood (small dent in center). $150 Stock 289 heads. $100 Front and rear (coupe) window chrome. $75 C4 Transmission (may need rebuild). $75 Stock 289 cast manifolds. $ front bumper. $ Crankshaft (ground undersized). $50 Contact Chad Whisnant (256) cawhiz@charter.net for all these parts Fiberglass Shelby style front valance. $100

7 Above car and 67/68 Cougar Parts, via Steve Spatola 1. 2 hoods, very good shape, one has a slight dent in the nose. 2. XR7 right door. You can tell because of the door panel. 3. Three stainless wheel mouldings, need to be reconditioned RH Fender and one other RH fender with 6.5 Liter logo attached 5. 2 rear bumpers, straight 6. 3 front bumpers, straight 7. 4 lower valances for front end with parking lights, slight damage on them but easily repaired 8. 3 complete front grills with vacuum reserviors, and 1 RH half of a grill sequential lite box. Unknown of its operability pair of rear lights 11. 1` ignition swith, no key pair of front R&L brake drums and shoes. He converted his Cougar to disc brakes rear decklid with XR7 badge. Good condition, no dents hood latch assembly. this is what is between the grills front headlight ballast.

8 Tidbits Skip Hamer recently lost his brother Daid Hamer. Please keep Skip, Deb, and their family in your thoughts and prayers. Also keep Mike Liston s family in your prayers. He has had several matters touch him here lately that has him needing our thoughts. On our website, Mark Dorner and Greg Gullatt are posting journals on their projects that have undertaken. Go take a look and see how these guys work hard at the hobby they love. Speaking of Mark, I understand that his ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) is kickin in high gear. Ask him about his latest trip over to Georgia when you see him. If you happen to see Patrick Turner out-and-about driving his car again, ask him about it to see if he gives a little thanks to a few guys for coming over and showing him why saving weight off the front of the car is not always a good thing! Patrick s 2001 GT used to have the factory plastic intake before it decided to show Patrick what burnt coolant smells like. Now it sports a pretty aluminum piece. Oh, and Patrick when test driving a car, please do not hit 4 th when you meant to hit 2 nd! The new GT500KR has been announced! Thanks to Gary Dempsey and Bill Tucker for pointing me to some of the information on this. See the pics that I have included. Also checkout Ford Shelby GT500KR Specifications and Design Highlights 5.4-liter supercharged V-8 producing an estimated 540-horsepower and 510 ft.-lbs. of torque Ford Racing Power Upgrade Pack featuring revised calibration and cold air intake system 6-speed manual transmission with 3.73:1 rear axle ratio Ford Racing performance exhaust system Unique performance suspension tuning: springs, dampers, and stabilizer bars Shelby-designed GT500KR 20-inch wheels (18-inch version for production) Ford Racing short-throw shifter and front strut tower brace Unique carbon composite hood featuring classic Shelby KR design Front brake cooling ducts Shelby lettering across the front edge of hood and rear decklid 40th Anniversary badges on the front quarter panels Carroll Shelby signature embroidered headrests and floor mats Official Shelby CSM 40th Anniversary GT500KR dash plate Some of my s that I wanted to pass along Diana Leslie ( ) let me that there is a car raffle for charity presented by CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). Check out the website at I am told that 87% of the funding goes to help children while the other 13% goes for wage and office expenses. KnA Quality Products, LLC, is having a Super Clearance Sale. You may visit them at I did and only found one thing for Mustangs. Cat Parker ( ) works for Quality Car Mats ( If you visit their website and insert Cruise In as the promotional code when ordering, you should receive a discount Until next time!

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