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W.M.O.C JAN/FEB 2012 1 CLUB OFFICE BEARERS President: Stuart Smith Ph: 07 827 4261 Vice Pres: Colin Reed Ph: 07 888 6555 Secretary: Murray Stirling Ph: 07 834 4399 Treasurer: Bob Hastie Ph: 07 828 7867 Editor: Murray Stirling Ph: 07 834 4399 Committee members are as above and the following; John Overend Ph: 07 889 1651 Colin Bates Ph: 07 824 2030 Barry Featherstone Ph: 07 829 8736 Mike Mahoney Ph: 07 829 9950 Margaret Mold Ph: 07 862 7543 Kevin Mold Ph: 07 862 7543 Nick Hall Ph: 07 829 7071 Bryce Edmonds Ph: 07 884 9199 Archie Stutt Ph: 07 855 1071 Charlene Sattler Ph: 021 643 455 Malcolm Sankey Ph: 07 888 6045 Craig Leith Ph: 027 496 9026 2 Club Details WAIKATO MUSTANG OWNERS CLUB PO BOX 492 WAIKATO MAIL CENTRE HAMILTON www.nzmustang.com/clubs/waikato.htm BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER: 06 - 0329 - 0727600 - 00 (Please enter your name as a reference when paying by direct banking) MEETINGS: Held every second Wednesday night of each month (excluding January) at 7.30pm at the ‘Top Pub’ Main Road, Morrinsville. BADGES: Order these from the Club Secretary. Badges are $6.00 each. JACKETS: Order these from Malcolm Sankey. Jackets are $130.00 each. After you have given the order to Malcolm, please deposit the money into the club bank account (details above), using your name as a reference. WINDOW SASHES: New members receive them free with new member packs. If you require ex- tras, sashes cost $15.00. Order these from the Club Secretary. WINDOW STICKERS: New members receive them free with new member packs. If you require ex- tras, stickers cost $5.00. Order these from the Club Secretary. 3 From the President How`s everyone doing? Well Christmas has come and gone in the blink of an eye, and I don`t know what happened to summer. To me it seemed to be wetter and colder than normal. We recently had our first club meeting for the year with a large turn out of mem- bers, all were able to catch up after the holidays. This new venue ‘The Top Pub’ is proving very popular for members to come and have a drink or meal which makes for an enjoyable evening. We even have some members take advantage of daylight saving and bring their Mustangs along. There is a lot going on at this time of year and no doubt some events will clash, so keep an eye on your calendars. The club will continue to have at least one or- ganised run once a month with the odd spontaneous run thrown in occasionally. So if anyone has any interesting ideas and/or places to visit, please let us know. Organisation of our Waikato Convention in 2013 is well on the way, with plenty of ideas coming forward. The convention committee will be having separate monthly meetings and I will keep you informed. The next big task for all of you, will be to source the necessary sponsors. Jo O`Reilly is still looking for more people to list their car on our club page of the NZ Mustang Website. If you are unsure, have a look at the web site to see what other people have listed. I look forward to your continued support and contribution to create another suc- cessful year for our club. Cheers Stu. 4 From the Editor Hello everyone, Hope you all had a nice time with your families over the festive season and you managed to unwind a little from the chaos that was 2011. The club has plenty of activities lined up for you this year, so I urge you all to get actively involved in your club and have some fun. I would like more articles for this magazine from you and will be tapping lots of you on the shoulder for your stories about your car. We now have 91 cars in our club and I’m sure there are some great stories about how you came to purchase your Mustang. Believe it or not, other people actually like reading stories about ‘how your dream was realised’. My camera’s been busy over the last 2 months, so there’s a fair bit of photo- graphic content in this issue. If anyone wants any of the pictures I take, just see me at the club meetings or drop me an email and I’ll get them to you. Cheers, Muzz 5 Club Xmas BBQ—2011 A large group of members cruised out to Bob and Deidre Hastie’s ranch for our club Xmas BBQ on Dec 11th. The weather gods were kind to us and everyone had a great time. It was a nice way to end the year, watch Katherine Edwards dis- play her awesome tractor driving skills., help Deidre celebrate her 21st birthday (again) and for Colin Johnstone to show off his awesome 2011 Mach 1 Mustang. What a machine! He’s a very happy man is our Colin. Big thanks must go to Bob and Deidre for hosting us again and to everyone who helped on the day, especially the ladies in the kitchen! 6 7 8 A couple of old swingers ..! 9 10 11 I wonder if they’ll notice I’ve stolen their children..!! 12 CJS DRM Club member Colin Johnstone’s addition to the club is a 2011 Mach 1 GT 5.0 Manufactured at the Auto Alliance International Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan. Brought in from Litho, Texas and purchased locally at 4 Guys Autobarn, Hamilton. The car is powered by a 32 valve 5.0 L 305 cu.in “Coyote” engine ( producing 307kW. 435hp). Coupled to a Getrag-Ford MT82 6-speed auto box. Sitting on the black stuff are 20 inch American racing alloys putting power down through Toyo 255/40R20 front and 275/40R20 rear tyres. 13 14 15 A few club members recently attended the 2012 New Zealand Festival of Motor Racing Celebrating BMW at Hampton Downs. It was a superb day, fine and sunny and lots of horsepower on display. The amount of ‘old’ NZ racing cars on display took us back to our teenage years. It was great to see Jim Richards, Paul Radisich, Paul Fahey, Dennis Marwood to name a few, and to see their old racing cars look- ing as good as they did years ago was a real highlight. There was a big contingent of ‘historic muscle cars’ on display from NZ and Aussie and some amazing BMW’s including the works 3.0 litre CSL 'Batmobile' that was driven by Chris Amon. A feature class was the ‘Group A and Invited Touring Car Challenge’ where classic BMW 635CSi and BMW M3s of the 1980s battled other Touring cars including Ford Sierra Cosworth, Jaguar XJS, Holden Commodore, Rover SD1, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Corona cars. Many of these cars raced in the Nissan-Mobil 500 series at Wellington and Pukekohe in the 1980s and 1990s and it was great to see them all again. I’ll let my camera do the talking ….. Very rare 3.0 litre CSL 'Batmobile' that was driven by Chris Amon. 16 17 18 19 One of NZ’s finest racing drivers—Jim Richards 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Paul Radisich parking the Fleetwood Mustang owned by Neil Tolich. 27 28 Nice little RS2000 Escort 29 Neil Tolich’s nice 1970 Ford Capri Perana V8. Paul Radisich in the background on the left. 30 31 Allan Moffat’s old Ford Cologne Capri 32 33 34 35 V12 Jaguar with 4 turbochargers …!!! 36 37 38 1970 Ford Capri RS2600 39 L to R—Neil Tolich, Paul Radisch & Jim Richards. One of NZ’s best drivers and all round nice guy — Jim Richards. 40 Dale Mathers in racing overalls, to Dale’s right, the great Paul Fahey (in black cap). Paul Fahey’s office in the Bread Van..! 41 Paul Fahey’s Anglia Bread Van. 42 Drivers cooling shirt. 43 44 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO The Ferrari 250 GTO is a GT car which was produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for homologation into the FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring Car category. The numerical part of its name denotes the displacement in cubic centimeters of each cylinder of the engine, whilst GTO stands for "Gran Turismo Omologata", Ital- ian for "Grand Touring Homologated." When new, the GTO commanded an $18,000 purchase price in the United States, and buyers had to be personally ap- proved by Enzo Ferrari and his dealer for North America, Luigi Chinetti. 36 cars were made in the years '62/'63. In 1964 'Series II' was introduced, which had a slightly different look. Three such cars were made, and four older 'Series I' were given a 'Series II' body. It brought the total of GTOs produced to 39. In 2004, Sports Car International placed the 250 GTO eighth on a list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s, and nominated it the top sports car of all time. Similarly, Motor Trend Classic placed the 250 GTO first on a list of the "Greatest Ferraris of all time". From the late 1970s to the late 1980s, classic car values rose rapidly and the 250 GTO, touted as the Ferrari that most successfully embodies the salient traits of the marque, became the most valuable of all Ferraris. A 250 GTO (4757GT) seized by the FBI belonging to the deceased Robert C. "Chris" Murray, a drug dealer who fled the United States in 1984, was sold in a sealed auction in 1987 for approximately $1.6 million.