CVMC Gazett April 2008
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The Galloping Gazette The Official Newsletter Of The Central Virginia Mustang Club April 2008 Issue 256 on April 5 at Virginia Center Commons CVMC News Mall. Having you as our guest will help make this years show one of our best ever! CVMC will have Dash Plaques for the first 100 participants, Top 20 Awards for pre 1973 model years, Top 20 for 1973 and later model years, Six Best of Show awards and many fantastic Door Prizes. We look forward to seeing you at the 3 rd Annual April Car Show! Best Regards, George Bobrovsky 3rd Annual Spring Car Phone: 804-658-8173 E-mail: [email protected] Show April 5, 2008 CVMC Presidential Notes CVMC will be hosting our 3rd My fellow CVMC members there Annual Spring Car Show on April 5, comes a time in all of our lives when 2008. CVMC looks forward to folks we need to turn the TV off, get up off coming from all over Virginia. our sofa and come to the aid of our CVMC is always looking for favorite car club. Here's what's up. We people to help with the show. If you have some vacant positions we need would like to help please give George to fill in for our club to remain as great Bobrovsky a call I’m sure he would be as it has in the past. Here are some glad to have your help. examples. Be sure to tell your friends and come on out and support CVMC’s 3 rd 1- We need a chairman of for our Annual Spring Car Show! And now a judging committee. Call it a head word from the 3 rd Annual Spring Car judge or call it a person to work with a Show Chairman. small group of judges. I am open to suggestions on this matter, and will “Dear Car Enthusiast, consider any suggestions. 2- We need a chairperson to The Central Virginia Mustang coordinate our Fall Show. This person Club (CVMC) would like to invite you rd will coordinate with the co- to our 3 Annual April Car Show. chairpersons to help plan and organize CVMC enjoyed having you at our past our Fall Show. shows and looks forward to seeing you 1 3- We need a person to handle our Phone: 804-262-5789 door prizes for our monthly meetings E-mail: [email protected] and our shows. Brenda Jones has been doing this for a long time as wishes to give it up. She can answer any questions you may have about this position. Ladies and gentleman I know we are all busy and it's hard to give up much of our time. However we are a volunteer club. Nothing gets done unless someone steps up. Please understand if no ones steps up these positions will not be filled. Thank you for all your efforts. Now sign up TODAY. CVMC At The President: Gordon Martin National Memorial Day Phone: 804-550-3196 E-mail: [email protected] Parade Washington D.C. May 26, 2008 May 26, 2008 – Monday, Time – Start Time 2:00 PM (tentative) Are you ready for the big time! If you are interested in participating in a nationally recognized parade, travel with us and participate. Who knows, you maybe on national television, I was on NBC National News 3 years ago! We have about 10-12 slots for all Mustang body styles and can exceed that number if we have convertibles CVMC At The that are willing to let a veteran or two “Bon Air Victorian Day (potentially disabled) sit in the back Parade” seat of your convertible. Bon Air, Virginia For 2005-07, we teamed up with a very large and nationally May 10, 2008 recognized veteran's organization, the Marine Corps League. They contacted The annual Bon Air Victorian me and plan to participate with us Day Parade is Saturday May 10 at again this year. 11:00 A.M. We need to meet no later For those thinking about than 10:30 A.M. The parade will begin travelling on Sunday morning, here is this year at Bon Air Baptist Church the hotel I recommend: which is located at 2531 Buford Road. Comfort Inn The parade route is down Buford Road 6560 Loisdale Ct. and disbands at Hazen & Logan. Springfield, VA, US, 22150 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ROUTE IS http://www.choicehotels.com/ NEW THIS YEAR. I apologize for the Phone: (703) 922-9000 lack of information but this is all I have The AAA rate with tax is at this time. Let's go for a big turn out $128.87. this year (I asked for 10-15 spaces reserved for us)! Other hotels in the immediate Llew Stakes area are: Page 2 The Hilton is over $240, ridiculous. The Hampton Inn right next door with AAA is $152+tax. This year’s Sunday DC tour will be Union Station and the U.S. Postal museum. We’ll be very close the Capital and the Mall, if you want to stretch your legs and enjoy the scenery. You could run into someone CVMC At The MCA famous! In 2006, my mom (Patricia), “Buckeye Mustang sister (Karen), and I ran into Gary National” Sinese at the Smithsonian! If you can't or don't wish to Columbus, Ohio spend the night, a group will leave on June 20 -22, 2008 Monday morning. In previous years, they met at Speed & Briscoe Auto CVMC will have a number of Truck Stop at I-95 and Lewistown Rd. club members attending the “Buckeye Time TBD. Mustang National” in Columbus, Ohio To sign up, please contact in June. Kathy McWilliams, cell is 804-512- We will leave Richmond on 7403, email is [email protected] . Thursday, June 19, 2008, for the trip Specific time and meeting to Columbus, Ohio. We will caravan up location information are forthcoming there. and will be communicated to all If you have never been with us participants. on a road trip to a MCA National you To see some of the CVMC are missing a Ton-of-Fun! Not only will members who are going and to get you spend time with your favorite more information go to the CVMC CVMC club members you will also get Forums. Click the following link. to see 300 to 400 of the finest 2008 National Memorial Day Parade Mustangs in the country. Plus it is I HOPE YOU CAN COME OUT never a dull moment! AND CELEBRATE OUR VETERANS!!! If you want to go you get more Kathy McWilliams information on registration forms and Phone: 804-512-7403 hotels in the CVMC Forums. Click on E-mail: [email protected] the following link. 2008 MCA Buckeye Mustang National We will leave to come home after the closing ceremonies on Sunday, June 22, 2008. So far the following people are going, Tony Hall, Dave & Judi Dickey, Kathy McWilliams and her sister Karen. We hope you will join us! Tony Hall Phone: 804-337-4807 E-mail: [email protected] Page 3 CVMC At The “Woodward Dream Cruise” Dearborn, Michigan August 16, 2008 Soon another great year for Car Shows and Cruise In’s will start. The “Woodward Dream Cruise” is an "OFFCIAL CVMC EVENT". We have 2008 Blackstone Cruise In blocked off some rooms at the Red Roof Inn in Dearborn, MI. This is an CVMC club member Mac Extremely fun event and is really Osborne has organized a summer huge. So far w2e have the following “Cruise In” in Blackstone, Virginia. club members going, Rusty Wiseman, Check out the listing in the CVMC Betty Wiseman, Johnny & Joan Forums for more information. Click the McGrath & Tony Hall. We will have following link. more info as it becomes available. 2008 Blackstone Cruise In Please check out Our Forums for more Be sure to check out this information. Click the following link. “Cruise In” when ever you get a 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise chance! If you are interested in attending please send Rusty Wiseman CVMC Website an e-mail. Rusty Wiseman “IMPORTANT” Phone: 804-357-6196 Hey fellow CVMC Members! I E-mail: want to talk to you about the CVMC [email protected] website (click here----->CVMC Website Phone: 804-357-6196 ). By this time next year CVMC will have a totally new look to our website. We will be improving the features we already have and coming up with new features for your enjoyment. We will be talking about those features more in the future. For example we have a totally New Look to the CVMC Forums. You can check them out by… Clicking Here-----> CVMC Forums …In this part of the website you find information about Club Events, Car Shows, Parades, Cruise Ins, Tech Information about 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , and Page 4 5th Generation Mustangs, What’s New CVMC March Monthly in the Automotive World, News about Meeting Minutes New Ford Autos and Trucks, Ford Racing and just plain ole information By Renee Bennett about whatever is on your mind. President Gordon called the This is a great way to share meeting to order at 7:30pm information among CVMC members. New members: Mike and Amy You can also post about your projects Rose 1965 289 convertible welcome to and also upload pictures about your the club. Mustangs, Events, etc. Guest: Tom Bonardo Bruce We know that quite a few of drop shop GT Chris 05 GT welcome all. you already come to the website on a Ron the president of Richmond regular basis but there are way too Ford spoke about how he enjoyed the many of you who have internet access Cruise In there and how they want us but do not come to the website.