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Febuary 1, 2009 The Volume 35, Issue 2 thanks Accelerator Bill & Christina Barne’s 2005 GT Mustang The Accelerator Page 2 Mustang Owners Club of The Accelerator Southeastern Michigan is published monthly and is the Official Newsletter of the Mustang Owners Club The Mustang Owners Club of Southeastern Michigan was of Southeastern Michigan founded in November 1975 by a group of individuals with the desire Founded in 1975 by James Egyed to protect and preserve the Ford Mustang as one of the most attractive and fun filled cars ever made available. We are MOCSEM OFFICERS: enthusiasts of all ages with a love affair of the many generations of President Neil Holcomb 734.459.4704 America’s Premiere Pony Car. Whether it’s a coupe, convertible or V. President Mike Rey 313.304.5244 fastback from 1964 ½ to the new 2005 GT or the 2007 Cobra, we Secretary Kathy Holcomb 734.459.4704 love them all. The mission of club members is to collect, restore Treasurer Sam Marra 313.779.0180 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 Editor: Ken Janus 248.921.0801 cars of the 20th Century. Although ownership is not a requirement MCA Rep: Mike Sove 248.355.1477 for membership, your enthusiasm, expertise and and/or love of the Memberships: Bill Barnes 734.762.7246 automobile are most welcome. Merchandise: Tracey Rey 313.304.0701 Many of our club members own one or more Mustangs in Social Dir: April Zygmunt 734.355.5909 varying body styles, models and years. Club members are always Trustee: Phil Smith 313.295.4912 exchanging information, providing sources for parts, literature and helpful hints for restoring or maintaining their Mustangs. Our MOCSEM CLUB AFFAIRS members are a diverse group of individuals, located throughout PO Box 39088, Redford, MI 48239 Southeastern Michigan and all share a great appreciation for the Internet Web Site: Ford Mustang. Our general membership meetings are held on the http://www.mocsem.com 2nd Tuesday of each month. Our monthly newsletter, The Newsletter Editor: Accelerator, provides the members with reports on club activities, technical information, advertisements and business service Ken Janus locations and more. Some club activities include car shows, 3467 Hickory Nut Hollow, Howell, MI. picnics, sporting events, cruise nights and technical sessions. 48843 Membership dues for MOCSEM are $30.00 USD per year; Home Ph: 517.552.3815 [for ALL MOCSEM members] Cell Ph: 248.921.0801 Email: [email protected] Using the application from the website send payment to: MOCSEM Technical Advisor’s: MOCSEM st 1 Generation – 1964 thru 1973 P.O. BOX 39088 Neil Holcomb : 734.459.4704 Ken Janus : 248.921.0801 REDFORD, MI 48239 2nd/3rd Generation – 1974 thru 1993 General membership meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday Toshi Adair : 734.697.1965 of each month at 7:30 pm, at Phil Smith : 313.295.4912 4th Generation – 1994 thru 2004 Montana’s Steak and Seafood Joe Odine : 734.283.3230 34290 Ford Rd. Westland, MI. th 5 Generation – 2005 thru 2009 48185 Mike Rey : 313.304.5244 Ron Mason : 313.583.0254 Come early and have dinner with your fellow members. Articles must be submitted no later than the 2nd Tuesday of each month in order to be considered for publication in the next newsletter. I prefer Business-Ad Rate (per month) Classified Rate (3 months) word documents attached to the email, because I can cut & paste. Full Page $40.00 Members FREE Submissions may be edited for content, grammar and sentence structure. ½ Page $20.00 Non-Members $9.00 MOCSEM, Inc. does not necessarily endorse the businesses and/or Business Card $5.00 Photo Ads $9.00 services which advertise in the Accelerator. Except as noted, all published articles become the property of If anyone would like to write an article or post something MOCSEM and may not be reprinted without permission of the Editor. in the classified section or just want to offer any suggestions Views and opinions expressed in the newsletter are not necessarily for the newsletter please contact Ken Janus at those of the Club, Officers, Membership, Editor or Advertisers. [email protected] Editors Note: If you happun to run into an mistake or too, please realize that we puttem their on purpose. We strive to print sumthin’ for everyone and they’re always dose who are forever luuk’n fore istakes. ANY SUGGESTIONS WELCOME The Accelerator Page 3 MOCSEM Calendar of January’s Board Meet’g Events Board members present: Bill Barnes, Mike Sove, Ken Janus, Mike & Tracey Rey, Phil Smith, Neil & Kathy Holcomb, April Zygmunt, February and Sam Marra 3 MOCSEM Board Meeting 10 MOCSEM General Membership Meeting – NEWSLETTER: Ken will check at meeting if they want an e-mail reminder; sent 48 Montana’s @ 7:30 pm. 21 Bowling @ 2:00pm-5:00pm – Merri-Bowl Livonia paper copies; we can go up to 20 pages w/o changing the postage 28 Brub & Grins @ 5:30pm-11:00pm Joey’s Comedy Club Neil wants others to contribute to the newsletter; suggestions: sponsor spot-light for Mike Rey, a social director blurb for April, a MOCSEM February’s Birthday’s technical or mod article, merchandise pix for Tracey th 10 Charles Waggoner Bill suggests listing technical advisors for the different generations 14th Ted Frith and also listing sponsors who give MOCSEM discounts together in 19th Tracey Rey the ACCELERATOR 21 st Ed Turbaro th Neil suggests community involvement to bring in youth involvement 24 Michael Bibik th th and increase club and Mustang visibility, especially for the 45 ; 24 Carol Orloff 25th Jodi Holmes e.g.: parades, be at city events, schools, etc. 28 th Alex Orloff We could contact schools to do a presentation for their auto shops We could display at High School Nationals at Milan so they can drag-race their cars HAPPY BIRTHDAY We need a Saturday event at Baker’s or a dedicated spot on a Sunday to celebrate the 45th MOCSEM FYI Center SOCIAL DIRECTOR: sign in sheet data from January’s meeting: January 17 Skatin’ Station at Joy and Haggerty • 75 people February is Bowling and Grub and Giggles • 50 members-count couples as 1 Perhaps plan for movies and slot cars • 5 guests • 15 mca members TREASURER: MOCSEM Cars: As of the turnover date of 12-20-08, the outgoing treasurer’s balance is $22,624.58 Years Members Five checks to deposit, two checks written tonight 19641/2-1966 50 1967-1968 31 We approved Sam’s expense for his materials 1969-1970 21 $21 for 6 months P.O. Box renewal coming due 1971-1973 16 Sam to keep all old paperwork until we get an accountant’s advice on what we can pitch 1974-1978 5 1979-1986 8 1987-1992 27 MEMBERSHIP: 1993-1999 26 Discussed allowing people to reclaim their old member numbers if they were lost in the shuffle 2000-2004 32 2005-2009 79 Phil suggests a change in the By-Laws to allow this to occur This is some older data, just to give yous an idea of what cars we have. Bill working on a list of contact info from all sources (car show, 295 cars in the data base members); perhaps we can send a letter to those who dropped off OVAL REPAIR receives a big OOH RAH!!! active list or ask new people to join We have 317 members th Monday the 19 of January I took my car to Oval Repair for an oil change. We must update the membership app/renewal form Their policy is to inspect the undercarriage for any potential problems. I Bill needs more window clings; Neil or Bob Paul to order 150 went to Mimi’s across the street for breakfast. When I returned to pick up We should make the offer to the club if you need a new window my car I was informed that the vehicle had some excessive end play in the cling, give it to them lower right ball joint. What a surprise, Michigan roads. Phil and Bill suggest a line on app about joining MCA with their web My car is 2008 Mustang with 7100 miles on the speedo. I thanked the guys for the information and drove home. I called the dealer and made an site and also contact info for Mike Sove appointment, took the car in and sure enough the right lower ball joint end Mike Sove makes a motion that the club pays for MCA membership for Board members if they want to join; the motion passed; play was beyond specs. They checked the left side and a problem was found there also. So since the ball joints are not replaceable they had to remember, the club gets $10 for every brand-new MCA member install new lower control arms for the left and right sides. I would like to thank the guys at Oval Repair for finding this problem and MCA REP: The new president of MCA, Steve, wants to get more involved with bringing it to my attention. They didn’t have to say anything because the car is a 08 and under warranty. This type of attention is what makes customer’s the regional clubs and wants more car pictures and articles from confident in the repair shop. So the next time your at Oval Repair and they the clubs for their magazine advise you of a problem, their not just trying to make work for themselves, their looking after their customer’s safety, well being and their ride.