April 2021 P.O
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2021 Board of Directors Paula Goodrich 636-625-1064 Jerry Grimmer 314-739-7491 Dennis McBee 636-230-0804 Dan Kelly 314-276-2288 John Walling 314-791-0667 Editor-Bob Layton Publishers-Bill & Barb Giese Car Show Chair-John Walling Treasurer-Paula Goodrich Points Chair-Dennis McBee Merchandise-Deb McBee 314-330-5013 Membership Chair-Rich Sutorius Web Master-Scott Lewis & Keirsten McDaniel OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR CLUB [email protected] April 2021 P.O. Box 1282, O’Fallon, MO 63366 www.fordsunlimited.com ED IT M LI N U S D R FO By Dennis McBee and Bob Layton ur first Board hand sanitizer is still some of the requirements meeting of for COVID. Certainly, with COVID numbers drop- O 2021 was ping, we are hoping that this latest requirement held at McAlister's of restricting the park borders will be lifted by Deli, in Bridgeton, in then. a private side room, on March 15th. Jerry Grim- Finally, we did review our club points rules mer had set this up for the Board. Thanks Jerry! for 2021 and our top 10 winner prizes. Some of We met at noon on that Wednesday and it the points competition prizes were modified was great to see everyone face to face instead somewhat with additional points awarded for of our daily emails for a change. Aside from the working the car show. We hope this will be an Board members, Rich Sutorius and Debbie incentive for our members to work our show and McBee joined us for discussions on the roster give members a chance to catch up on points for and club merchandise. the year end totals. Once Bob Layton gets the Dan started off the meeting discussing the information, he will publish the changes for Mustang EV and the new Mustang Mach I. Dan points and prizes in our May newsletter. met with Kevin Hall and was introduced to Bryan Our first step on getting back to normal, is Shannon, Ameren UE Business Manager to dis- that we are going to reserve the pavilion for the cuss EV cars and the future of these vehicles. April meeting. The meeting will be held at J.S. Our discussion moved onto our clubs MacDonnell Park in St. Ann. We have reserved main event, our annual car show. John Walling the Lindberg shelter (lower pavilion). This is not had received new COVID guidelines require- going to be a normal meeting with the awards ments from St. Louis County Parks and Recrea- being presented and we will have a special guest tion that included how we were going to manage so we felt it would be nicer to have the pavil- the park boundaries. Since we have no means ion rather than sitting in chairs in the trees. Much or authority of restricting of our discussion will be people from entering the our tentative plans for our park, we are at a loss on 2021 car show and other how to accomplish that events that we hope to be requirement. We did ex- able to attend. Even plore alternative ideas HOME OF THE FORDS UNLIMITED CAR SHOW though the COVID num- and John was going to bers are improving, there contact McDonnell park are still different rules for with some of those Missouri and Illinois and ideas. Much of the other different counties in Mis- guidelines are still in souri. Some events are place from last year and still on hold and it may be of course mask and a month to month thing. April 2021 Page 2 s we do each year, we will celebrate the birthday of the Mustang on Saturday, April A 17th. Jerry Grimmer has ar- ranged with McAlister's, located at 11969 St. Charles Rock Road in Bridgeton, to host our event. You don’t have to own a Mustang to come. We have the use of the patio and front lot. The event will run from 3 pm to 6 ish. Bring chairs to gather outside. There is a 20% discount of your meal. Mark your calendars. As most of you know, long time member, Craig Brayton has passed away. Craig’s courageous battle with cancer came peacefully to an end on March 1, 2021. Craig had an obsession for old cars. Later in his adult life he joined the Ford Unlimited Car Club, the Mustang Club of Amer- ica, Show-Me Mustang Club and Route 66 Car Club. Craig and Cally attended car shows and made a lot of good friends in the process. In his Imperial home, he practically lived in his big garage with his prized car, trophies, car posters, pictures from the car shows and massive collection of license plates from every state. Cally will be moving to Kansas to be with her parents and family. A gathering was held at J.S. McDonnell Park to honor Craig and bid farewell to Cally as she starts her new life. April 2021 Page 3 f you go to any of the Kenny Simms and Dale Sciranko. car shows with our The car features a 306 cubic I club, you have seen inch Ford Racing crate engine with this beautiful 1989 Mus- E303 cam, 24 pound injectors, Edel- tang LX that belongs to brock RPM II long time member, aluminum in- Mark Carey. Mark pur- take, 302x chased this completely stock LX in August of aluminum heads, 75mm 1996. He noted that the car got to where it is Accufab throttle body, n o w 77mm mass Air Meter, with the and MAC long tube head- help of ers. This all runs through m a n y a T-5 transmission, 3.73 people, gears with 31 spine axles. but es- You won’t see a nicer pecially FOX bodied Mustang. Info supplied by Bill Bauer e are all aware of what we missed in our car world in 2020, but we have already W missed some events this year; 1. True or False, March. The all you can eat chicken dinner held at The term Pope-Mobile was used by Ford Mo- St. John’s church in Villa Ridge was take out only tor Company to describe the modified 1979 this year. It was a very popular event. Ford Bronco that Pope John Paul II used for April. The Mustang Round-up held at the Trans- transportation needs while visiting the U.S.A. portation is not happening this year. during Sept./Oct. 1979? April. The Horseless Carriage Club’s Easter 2. What does the F.E. stand for on Ford big show has been cancelled. The lower lot show block engines? was moved to the Family Arena in St. Charles. A. Ford Engineering. May. With the difficult COVID rules from St. Louis B. Ford Experimental. County, the Valley of Flowers car show has been C. Ford Edsel. cancelled for 2021. D. Atomic symbol for Iron? June. The Glenview Church of the Nazarene car Bonus points are given if you can name the show held in Glen Carbon, Illinois will be no year the F.E. was introduced. more. Due to the fact of COVID and the death of 3. The 1970 Ford Maverick's nameplate was the chairman’s spouse, there will not be any more stylized to resemble: car shows there. A. Braham Bull Horns. JJ’s of O’Fallon Cruises. Due to the uncertainty B. Longhorn Cattle. of COVID, JJ’s announced that there will not be C. Spanish Fighting Bull. any cruises for 2021. D. Highland Cows. Sadly, I fear that many of the cancelled car shows and cruises may never return. Answers on page 8 April 2021 Page 4 By John Walling our Car Show Committee and BOD’s have Sponsorship Committees to start their tasks. continued to evaluate how the many fac- The Communication Committee, headed Y ets of the pandemic are impacting our by Mike Lechwar, is busy gathering up all alter- area over this past month. Included were where natives for the show to put into a comprehensive are we as: individuals; a Club; and a community, communication that will go out to member- all with respect to the on-going pandemic, the ship. This communication will also be posted on rollout of the vaccines, and traditional websites to advertise the St Louis County Health the show. Finally, a docu- Department’s occupancy re- ment will be made ready for quirements for use of County the salesmen in our club to Facilities. use to sell classes. Thank March 10, we re- you for your patience. We ceived the latest St Louis are hoping in April to supply County Safety requirements more details of what, when for groups planning events at where for the show. County Parks. This document We should be able to is dated March 08, 2021. Very announce a new alliance be- honestly this document’s requirements tween Bommarito, FUCC and a new are as restrictive as they were in June of last partner soon. This new alliance that will help year, if not more so. A complete review of the FUCC achieve our Club’s annual goals. It also FUCC’s written Safety Plan for 2020 is under- adds a new venue to our show! Think Mustang way, We will continue our evaluations on these Mach-E rollout! all facets until a decision is made on the 2021 A note for those who have wanted to sign Show. up to volunteer your services to help for our next Meanwhile; we are continuing to work on Event. We will have forms available at the next the Car Classes for the show.