THE ACCELERATOR VOLUME 40- ISSUE 11 November 2012 In this Issue The BOSS's Corner ................................... 2 About the Club ........................................... 2 MOCSEM Calendar ................................... 4 September General Meeting Minutes ........ 4 Mustang Quiz Answers .............................. 4 Memories Appreciation Dinner ................... 5 MOCSEM Member Saves Life ................... 7 Mike Berardi Mustang Collection ............... 7 California Dreamin' - Part 1 ........................ 9 MOCSEM Special Offers .......................... 11 MOCSEM For Sale / Wanted ..................... 11 MOCSEM Sponsors ................................... 12 Business Card Classified Ads .................... 13 Find more information and past issues of The Accelerator at www.mocsem.com. Mustang Owners Club of Southeastern Michigan • PO Box 39088, Redford, MI 48239 • www.mocsem.com Page 2 The Accelerator The Boss's Corner About the Club By Mike Rey MOCSEM President 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 Well this last month has been quite a month! It the most attractive and fun filled cars ever made. started with an amazing private tour of MOCSEM We are enthusiasts of all ages with a love affair member Mike Berardi's beautiful collection of with the many generations of America’s Premiere almost 40 Mustangs! Mike opened up his collection Pony Car. Whether it’s a coupe, convertible or fastback from 1964½ to the 2013 GT or the 2004 to share with our club, with a personal narration of Cobra, we love them all. The mission of club each and every car! This was an amazing day and members is to collect, restore and preserve the a huge thank you to Mr. Berardi. history of the Mustang along with the stories of the people and the roles that they played in making this Then the following weekend, Ken Janus, Mike one of the great cars of the 20th Century. Although Sové, Craig Zygmunt and I went to Dallas for the ownership is not a requirement for membership, annual MCA Regional Directors Summit. Once your enthusiasm, expertise, and / or love of the again a great and productive time building our automobile are most welcome. relationship with the MCA and other regional clubs Many of our club members own one or more from around the country and helping make positive Mustangs in varying body styles, models and years. changes with our national club. Club members are always exchanging information, providing sources for parts, literature and helpful We then just finished up with our 2012 appreciation hints for restoring or maintaining their Mustangs. dinner! Great night with 170+ members in Our members are a diverse group of individuals, attendance! located throughout Southeastern Michigan and all share a great appreciation for the Ford Mustang. Ken Janus and I are coming up with a few new Our general membership meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month. Our monthly surprises to be implemented in January of 2013! I newsletter, The Accelerator, provides the members am looking forward to a very exciting 2013 for with reports on club activities, technical information, MOCSEM, as we have already picked up our first advertisements and business service locations and new sponsor for the upcoming year! So stay tuned more. Some club activities include car shows, as we continue to excel as a club in 2013! picnics, sporting events, cruise nights and technical sessions. A final note, congratulations to CDC for winning the General Meetings Ford Outstanding Achievement in Design award for their 2013 Ford Fusion Talledaga concept at the General membership meetings are held the 2012 SEMA show. second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm at: Joy Manor 28999 Joy Road Westland, MI 48185 734.525.0960 A buffet dinner is served at 6:30 pm for $11 per person so come early and socialize over dinner. General meetings are open to the public and are a great chance to learn more about the club. Mustang Owners Club of Southeastern Michigan • PO Box 39088, Redford, MI 48239 • www.mocsem.com The Accelerator Page 3 Newsletter 2012 Board of Directors The Accelerator is published monthly as the official newsletter of MOCSEM and is available on the club’s web site at www.mocsem.com. If you would President like to receive a hard copy of the newsletter in the Mike Rey [email protected] mail, please contact the Editor with your name and 313.304.5244 address. All correspondence concerning The Accelerator Vice President should be directed to the Editor: Ken Janus [email protected] 248.921.0801 Gary Brewer P.O. Box 773 Treasurer Lakeland, MI 48143 Rich Kocan [email protected] [email protected] 248.349.2114 Membership Secretary Membership dues for MOCSEM are $35.00 USD Dawn Davis per year. To join, download the membership form [email protected] 313.937.3808 from www.mocsem.com or just pick one up at one of our events and send payment to: Membership MOCSEM Kathy Janus PO Box 39088 [email protected] 734.715.6265 Redford, MI 48239 Classified ads are available to MOCSEM members Social Director free of charge and run online and in The April Zygmunt Accelerator for 3 months. Articles and classified [email protected] 734.355.5909 ads for The Accelerator must be submitted to the editor by the 15th of the month to be considered for publication the following month. Submissions may Web Administrator Craig Zygmunt be edited for content and grammar. Except as [email protected] noted, all published articles become the property of 734.765.8066 MOCSEM and may not be reprinted without permission of the editor. Views and opinions Editor expressed in the newsletter are not those of the Gary Brewer club, officers, membership, editor or advertisers. [email protected] 810.623.1654 MOCSEM, Inc. does not necessarily endorse the businesses and/or services which advertise in The Accelerator. Merchandise Tracey Rey [email protected] 313.304.0701 MCA Regional Director Mike Sové [email protected] 248.355.1477 Trustee Dave Kalinowski www.MOCSEM.com [email protected] 734.464.1682 Mustang Owners Club of Southeastern Michigan • PO Box 39088, Redford, MI 48239 • www.mocsem.com Page 4 The Accelerator MOCSEM Calendar September General Meeting Minutes By April Zygmunt MOCSEM Social Director By Dawn Davis MOCSEM Secretary November 2012 Board Members Present: Mike & Tracey Rey, Ken & Kathy Janus, MOCSEM General Meeting Craig & April Zygmunt, Rich Kocan, Gary Brewer, Dave Kalinowski and November 13, 2012 • 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Mike Sove Joy Manor • 28999 Joy Road, Westland, MI Absent: Dawn Davis December 2012 Mike Rey brought the meeting to order. Mustang Memories Special MOCSEM General Meeting and Kid's Santa Party Edition newsletter is being worked on. If you have any favorite December 11, 2012 • 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm memories since you joined the club, send them to Mike along with the Joy Manor • 28999 Joy Road, Westland, MI year you joined. The presenter of the Dream Giveaway Mustangs will Kids must be signed up by 11-8-12. be Cleo Shelby, Carroll's widow. If there is anything that needs improvement or needs to change, send an e-mail to Mike Rey or Ken Janus. MOCSEM Board members will be going to Dallas this weekend January 2013 for the MCA summit. MOCSEM will be center stage to explain how the MOCSEM General Meeting combo membership helps build the membership numbers. Dave January 8, 2013 • 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Pericak is featured on Jay Leno's garage this week with the Boss 302 Joy Manor • 28999 Joy Road, Westland, MI Laguna Seca Mustang (the link is on the website). Please fill out the whole form that Kathy sends you for membership. This helps with special opportunities. Mike Berardi's tour went very well; this will Mustang Quiz Answers. become an annual event. Mike asked about ideas for club events. What are the model years? There is an article by John Clor in this month's MCA Magazine. Board Reports Ken Janus, Vice President - Nothing Craig Zygmunt, Web Administrator – Nothing April Zygmunt, Social Director – Appreciation Dinner sign up deadline is tonight. There is a sign up for the kids Christmas Party. Hayride/Potluck is $8.00. 1972 1969 Rich Kocan, Treasurer – Balance in account $50,255.40, after paying for Appreciation Dinner. Kathy Janus, Membership -670 active members. Mike Sove, MCA Representatives – Going to MCA Summit this weekend. If you have any questions for MCA send them to Mike and he will present them to MCA. Gary Brewer, Editor – Still doing Mustang Memories posters, $20.00 in advance. September Accelerator had a Mustang quiz-answers will 1965 1970 be in the November Accelerator. Dave Kalinowski, Trustee-Nothing Mike Pelligrini presented Ron Maniaci with a Guardian Angel Award for helping Annette at Bakers. Reon from CDC spoke to the group. Mike dropped off Mustang Memories posters at CDC. Join CDC on Facebook. CDC is now offering lifetime warranties on their products. 2012 1967 We had 3 new members at the meeting. The meeting was turned over to the election committee. All current board members except April Zygmunt ran unopposed. April has decided not to seek reelection as Social Director. Melissa Palmquest was nominated for Social Director and accepted. Melissa also ran unopposed. With all board positions unopposed, there will not be a membership election this year. All board members have been confirmed for 2013. Congratulations. 1987 1994 50/50 Winners 1st Place $50.00 Mike Remischneider 2nd Place $47.00 Ron Maniaci Bucket Winner – Bucket was not returned. If you want any more information on upcoming events please check the website. Thank you Melissa Palmquest for taking the minutes.