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The Accelerator lm THE ACCELERATOR VOLUME 41- ISSUE 3 March 2015 Vaughn Gittin Jr. Celebrates The Year Of The Horse In Inner Mongolia Mustang Owners Club of Southeastern Michigan • PO Box 39088, Redford, MI 48239 • www.mocsem.com Figure 1 #001 GT350R Sells For One Million at Barrett Jackson The Accelerator Page 2 The Boss's Corner The Accelerator Content By Mike Rey MOCSEM President The Boss’s Corner ………………...Page 2 About MOSSEM…………………….Page 3 10 years! Can't believe it has been 10 years since I MOCSEM Minutes…………………..Page 4 first joined MOCSEM. What a journey it has been to say the least, life changing to say the least, I can Mustang Member of the Month…..Page 5 honestly say I found a calling in life I didn't know MOCSEM Suggested Event’s.…....Page 6 existed before 2005. Tons and tons of Memories that will last forever. All of the Board of Directors I have Mustang Number One Pass code.Page 7 worked with, sponsors I have met, Mustang Heroes who have become friends, Team Mustang at Ford Ford Donates Shelby GT350R…..Page 8 who have been mentors, and good friends I have met throughout the club! Racer’s Corner……….……….……Page 9 I have to say I am very proud of this club, what we Detroit Auto Show in Review……...Page 10 have grown it in to, the benefits we offer our members, the charities we help and accomplishments we have Interesting Mustang Moment………Page11 achieved! It has taken a ton of work from a lot of people throughout the years to make it all happen. I MOSCESM Summit in Review.…....Page11 am super excited to celebrate our 40 year anniversary as a club this year and very grateful to be a piece of that 40 year history. I am looking very forward to another very successful and fun year of making Mustang Memories! Club season is right around the corner. See everyone soon! Mike Membership Membership dues for MOCSEM are $35.00 USD per year. To join, download the membership form from Newsletter www.mocsem.com or just pick one up at one of our events and send payment to: The Accelerator is published monthly as the official MOCSEM newsletter of MOCSEM and is available on the club’s web PO Box 39088 site at www.mocsem.com. If you would like to receive or Redford, MI 48239 stop receiving a hard copy of the newsletter in the mail, please contact the Editor with your name and address. Classified ads are available to MOCSEM members free of charge and run online and in The Accelerator for 3 months. Articles and classified ads for The Accelerator All correspondence concerning The Accelerator should be must be submitted to the editor by the 15th of the month to directed to the Editor: be considered for publication the following month. Submissions may be edited for content and grammar. Except as noted, all published articles become the Bridgett Davis property of MOCSEM and may not be reprinted without 863.797.3826 permission of the editor. Views and opinions expressed in [email protected] the newsletter are not those of the club, officers, membership, editor or advertisers. MOCSEM, Inc. does not necessarily endorse the businesses and/or services which advertise in The Accelerator. The Accelerator Page 3 About MOCSEM MOCSEM MEMBER OF THE MONTH The Mustang Owners Club of Southeastern Michigan (MOCSEM) was founded in November 1975 by a group of individuals with the desire to protect and preserve the Ford Mustang as one of the most attractive and fun filled cars ever made. We are enthusiasts of all ages with a love affair with the many generations of America’s Premiere Pony Car. Whether it’s a coupe, convertible or fastback from 1964½ to the current model or the 2004 Cobra, we love them all. The mission of club members is to collect, restore, and preserve the history of the Mustang along with the stories of the people and the roles that they played in making this one of the great cars of the 20th Century. Although ownership is not a requirement for membership, your enthusiasm, expertise, and / or love of the automobile are most 1964-1/2 Ford Mustang welcome. Owned by Pete and Sarah Vistakos Many of our club members own one or more Mustangs in varying body styles, models and years. Club members are always exchanging information, Growing up in Dearborn Heights on a street where it providing sources for parts, literature and helpful seemed almost every house on my street belonged hints for restoring or maintaining their Mustangs. Our to a Ford employee, it was inevitable I would one day members are a diverse group of individuals, located have a classic Mustang of my own. My father’s job throughout Southeastern Michigan and all share a with Ford Motor Company of England brought us to great appreciation for the Ford Mustang. Our general the United States in 1965, when I was just a baby. membership meetings are held on the second All my life I dreamed of having a 65 Mustang and on Tuesday of each month. Our monthly newsletter, 3/20/07 I purchased a very original 1964½ Mustang The Accelerator, provides the members with reports Coupe. on club activities, technical information, advertisements and business service locations and My husband and I were out and about one afternoon more. Some club activities include car shows, and there she sat on a corner with a “For Sale” sign picnics, sporting events, cruise nights and technical in the window. Before I knew it we were doing sessions. turning around and talking to the owner of the lot. He was selling it for someone and said it had been General Meetings sitting in storage for the past 8 years and he was actually blowing off the dust prepping it to sell. General membership meetings are held the We haven’t been able to find out too much about her second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm at: history. We were able to track down some previous Warren Valley Banquet Center records and she spent quite a few of her years in 26116 W. Warren Ave. Arizona. My Mustang is a 1964½ 170 6 cylinder 3 Dearborn Heights, MI speed on the floor. This Mustang has an unusual (313) 561-1040 quality in regards to her color, as she is not any of the original Mustang colors. On her VIN tag the color A buffet dinner will be served at 6:30 pm for $13 per- code was intentionally left blank. With much research person which includes beverages. So come early and and a lot of asking around, we have determined her socialize over dinner. The dinner menu will vary every color is a 1964 Ford color called Rose Beige. Her month and will be published on the event calendar at www.mocsem.com. General meetings are open to the unique color draws a lot of attention and is sure to be public and are a great chance to learn more about the a conversation starter. When we are out cruising, we club. frequently have people calling out “cool color” or “what color is that?” The Accelerator Page 4 service extend their hours. Registration for the show will be $30.00 pre-registration and the 1st 1000 pre-registered cars will get a goodie bag. Day of the show registration General Meeting will be $40.00. This will be a non-judged show, instead Minutes we will have “Hero’s Awards”. By Dawn Davis . MOCSEM Secretary Special Guests –Greg Arceri-Clay Modeler at Ford Motor Co. – He became interested in cars as a teenage and when he got out of the service he wanted to work with MOCSEM Membership designing cars. The Unemployment Office sent him to Meeting Minutes Chrysler for a job as a clay modeler. He had no experience 2/10/15 or tools, but was given a test and hired the following day. He learned quickly and his boss at Chrysler told him Board Members Present: Mike Rey, Lonnie Brammer, he would go further if he went to Ford Motor Rich Kocan, Dawn Davis, Craig Zygmunt, Jennifer Smith, Company. He went to the Special Development Studio at Sarah Cassette, Bill Davis, Mike Sove and Tracey Rey Fords. He work for 38 years at Fords with some of the Board Members Absent: Bridgett Davis best modelers in the world. He worked on 4 generations of Mustangs and was in charge of the last two generations he Mike Rey brought the meeting to order and introduced the worked on. He was honored to be recognized by board. He let everyone know that Mike Sove’s new title MOCSEM and thanked Mike Rey for recognizing the clay on the board is Club Ambassador. We will have someone modelers. They had as much to do with the design of the at the March meeting to discuss doing an event at Milan car as the designers did. He told the club he has never Dragway this year. The board overnight was very owned a Mustang, but plans to lease a 2016 Mustang. successful again this year. It was a long day and lots of events for have been planned for 2015. We had two other Member’s Spotlight-Mark Storm – He has been a clubs join us and we talked about joint events with these member of MOCSEM since 1996. He purchased his 1st clubs. Our April meeting will not be at Watson Racing. It Mustang, a 1967 coupe with his paper route money.