www.michigantbirds.org April, 2017 Volume 37 Issue 4 UPCOMING EVENT Saturday April 22, 2017 from 4:00pm 6:00pm Bathe City Bistro 75 Macomb Mt. Clemens, MI Lunch will be served at Bathe City Bistro May 20, 2017 Milan Industries and Dundee Tour Further details to follow Other Events May 21 st T-bird Appreciation Day (see pg. 2) July 30 th Southern Ontario T-bird Regional Car Show Aug. 29 th Sept 3 rd ITC Convention, Fort Wayne, IN Our March event to the Meurer Collection in Farmington Hills was well attended. Everyone enjoyed this fabulous car collection and the antiques on the mezzanine. Thanks to Wally Wigand for arranging the visit to Meurer s and the great food at Moe s on 10. A fun afternoon of Feather Bowling is scheduled for Saturday April 22 from 4:00 to 6:00 at Bathe City Bistro, 75 Macomb, Mt. Clemens. Typically played in teams, the game will encourage camaraderie and competition as the wooden discs roll from side to side of the angled lane to their final feathery destination. The object is to roll the disc at the pigeon feather at the other end of the trough shaped lane and land the disc as close to the feather as possible. The cost of $11.00 per person will be collected by the club upon arrival at Bathe City and will include the Feather Bowling, Pizza and Salad. Please call or text JoAnn Rodriguez at 248-719-0160 or e-mail joannbill801@comcast.net by Wed April 19. The Southern Ontario Thunderbird Club will be hosting a Regional All Thunderbird Car Show on Sunday July 30, 2017, 11:00 to 3:00 at the Canadian Transportation Museum & Heritage Village, 6155 Arner Townline, County Road 23, Kingsville, Ontario. This is a free event and is about 25 minutes from the bridge in Windsor. Website: www.sotbirdclub.org. This is not a planned WWTC event but we have received a special invitation to attend and should be a very enjoyable day. As a reminder you need a pass port or an enhanced driver s license to cross into Canada. Looking forward to a beautiful spring and getting behind the wheel of our 70 T-bird. JoAnn Rodriguez President
WWTC Board Members P.O. Box 2597 Taylor, MI 48197 Bathe City Bistro, Mt. Clemens Michigan is the only place in the United States where the game is played. Feather bowling originated in Flanders Belgium JoAnn Rodriguez, President 1517 Farmington Rd. Garden City, MI 48135 248-719-0160 Joannbill801@comcast.net George Roscoe, Vice President 19257 Hannan Rd. New Boston, MI 48164 egroscoe@charter.net Nancy Seyfarth, Secretary 4717 Maddie Lane Dearborn, MI 48126 Ed Sikora, Treasurer 9854 Laurence Allen Park, MI 48101 Nams57@att.net Jim & Marie Brucker, Membership 191 Liddy Dr. Brighton, MI 48114 810-227-5379 m.brucker@comcast.net Dave Lau, Tech Advisor 6870 N. Territorial Rd. Plymouth, MI 48170 toomanycars@charter.net Advisor: Larry Seyfarth 313-436-8327 Bob Smillie 248-910-8031 May 21 st Ford T-Bird Appreciation Day Your Thunderbird is unique in all the world and we want you to share it with the world. So on May 21 st, 2017 each of the three large Thunderbird clubs are asking members and non-members alike to take their T-birds out of hibernation and someplace for the world to enjoy. Work or church, diner or coffee shop, on a family picnic, it doesn t matter. Use your car like it was used when it was brand new. Let others see it, ask questions about it. It s going to be all about the Thunderbird on May 21 st! This is not a WWTC event, but the three large T-Bird clubs CTCI (Classic Thunderbird Club International), VTCI (Vintage Thunderbird Club International) and ITC (International Thunderbird Club) are encouraging there members to participate in T-bird Appreciation Day. Get Those Thunderbirds out and show them off.
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March 2017 Event Meurer Collection On March 18th our members went to the Meurer s Collection and then to Moe s on 10. What a beautiful collection and a huge thanks to Ed Meurer for letting our club visit and view this wonderful collection. Photos provided by JoAnn Rodriguez
Save the Date 2017 January 21 st Michigan Firehouse Museum, lunch to follow at the Side Track Bar, Ypsilanti February 11 th Antique Restorations Specialist for tech talk session lunch at the Box Bar, Plymouth March 18th Ed Meurer Collection followed by lunch at Moe s on 10 April 22nd Bathe City Bristo, Mt. Clemens Feather Bowling May 20th Milan Industries and Dundee Tour June (date TBD) Fort Wayne July 16 th WWTC Annual Picnic Edward Hines Park August 5 th Milan Backstreet Cruisers Car Show August 13 th Pre-dream Cruise September 17 th All T-bird Day October (date TBD) Edward Hines Fall Color tour Dinner to follow at Courthouse Grill, Plymouth November 11 th Planning Session for 2018 events and chili pot luck December 3 rd WWTC Annual Christmas Party Water Wonderland Thunderbird Club P. O. Box 2597 Taylor, MI 48180 Newsletter Editor: Denise Sikora