Western Wisconsin
Ford & Mustang Club
January 24, 2005
Next Meeting is Thursday, February 3rd, 7:00 pm at Al Belling’s house.
359 Lark Lane, West Salem, WI
Need Directions? Go to http://maps.yahoo.com/ and type in his address.
This is version two of this newsletter. The first version had the address link that may have been incomplete or un-viewable to some readers.
And to all a good night…
The Christmas party was definitely a success. Seven couples attend the event on January 9th at Syl’s Place in Barre Mills. After a few cocktails and watching a portion of the NFL playoff game, we sat down to a delicious supper and good conversation. Several laughs later, presents were opened. Throughout the evening, we had a good discussion regarding the future of the Western Wisconsin Ford & Mustang Club. It was agreed upon that an annual fee of $15 would be assessed to all members for the purpose of sponsoring future events and advertising. This summer will most likely yield cruises twice and month, several cookouts. Details are in the works for an event at Dirk Gasterland’s. A link to his web site is listed below. The March meeting will be held at Paul Thicke’s house and meetings in April, May, and June will be on a Friday night, allowing more members to participate and possible cruises.
Cool Links for you viewing pleasure
http://www.nbc.com/nbc/American_Dreams/ford.shtml
http://www.dirksgarage.net Dirk Gasterland’s collection
http://www.yearone.com/ restoration parts
http://www.stangparts.com/ salvage yard parts
http://store.yahoo.com/boardgames/fomu40ancoed.html check out this very cool mustang monopoly game
http://www.sylvania.com/ new type of halogen headlight and a promotional give-away of 200 Garmin e-Trex Vista GPS units valued at $300 each.
What is your favorite site? Do you know of a site of interest?
Car Shows - Cruises - Poker Runs
· Rudy’s Drive-Inn, La Crosse, WI , 6:00 – 9:00 pm, Tuesday nights
· Lakeview Drive-Inn, Winona, MN, 6:30 pm, Wednesday nights, starting in June
· Sparta A&W, Sparta, WI, starting in May
· Jefferson Spring Car Show & Swap Meet, featuring Mustangs in the show on Sunday, April 23-24
· Help me fill in the blanks!!
Do you have some cars or parts that you want
to part with?
· Smog System for 66 Mustang 289 Randy Rowell 608 486-2905
Tell us about some of those hard to find
parts that you need!
· Clutch equalizer bar for 69 Mustang Nick Duerkop 507 896-3925
Randy’s ’65 Faclon is it’s current state Falcon before surgery!
Randy’s cherry ’84 Mustang
Member Profile
Randy Rowell is one of the founding members of this club. He lives in Rockland with his wife and two children. Kind of a quiet guy with a lot of talent. When finished, his Falcon will sport a modern 5.0 EFI engine and 5 speed transmission.
What to do with that old computer? Put in it the garage. It only takes a few minutes to enter critical data related the repair and maintenance of your favorite ride. There are quite a few companies offering cd’s with complete car structure on them. Even factory repair manuals are available. Do you remember the part number for that pcv or transmission filter? How about the spark plug for your lawn mower? Hooked to the internet? Most manufactures of parts and suppliers have online catalogs.
How about a reward for each new member brought in by a current member?
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