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MUSTANGER Febr uar y 2020

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World Of Wheels 2020 10

Dragstrip Memories 13

* AMAC Gallop 2020 15

Box 36092 Lake View Postal Outlet, Calgary T3E 7C6 www.abmustang.com

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YOUR 2020 AMAC EXECUTIVEYOUR 2020 AMAC EXECUTIVE

President Jim Bateman [email protected]

Past President Scott Thomson [email protected]

Vice President Don Horn [email protected]

Recording Secretary Amanda Butterworth

Treasurer Amanda Carpenter (403)483-8895 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Gary & Cindy Chomiak [email protected]

Membership Ellen Hoard [email protected]

Sponsorship/Marketing Scott Thomson (403)510-1869 [email protected]

Special Events Steve Rubio (403)397-0960 [email protected]

Gary Chomiak [email protected]

Chris Cook [email protected]

Activities Ken Werner [email protected]

Web Master Russ Penner (403)295-6281 [email protected]

Apparel Director Matt Carpenter

International Reps Russ Penner (403)295-6281 [email protected]

Wayne Hume (403)305-8581 [email protected]

Directors at Large Tyrell Scott

Jim Scott

Ian Butterworth

Julie Turcotte

Just a friendly reminder that your 2020 membership fees are now due!


AMAC Brunch Sat. Feb. 8th @ 10 am TBD Watch your inbox

World of

Wheels

February 21st — 23rd BMO Centre Stampede Park

AMAC Meeting Thurs. Feb. 27th @ 7 pm 285 Legion 9202 Horton Rd, SW

AMAC Brunch Sat. Mar. 14th @ 10 am TBD Watch your inbox

AMAC Meeting Thurs. Mar. 26th @ 7 pm 298 Legion 9202 Horton Rd, SW

U P C O M I N G A M AC M E E T I N G S A N D E V E N T SU P C O M I N G A M AC M E E T I N G S A N D E V E N T S


President’s report A.K.A.

Hi all.

Here we are, a new year and a

new Executive team for 2020.

I am having a flashback to years ago when our AMAC membership was much smaller and most of those members owned only classic rides, and I was President of this amazing car club. I enjoyed that time as President and look forward to working with our Executive team

this upcoming year.

I would like to thank Scott Thom-son for his dedication and commitment as President of our car club, and thanks to Stepha-nie in the role of Vice President for her new ideas and many hours of coordinating events. Their leader-ship was certainly appreciated by all. Thanks to our other Executive members that stepped down this year and to the members that have

taken on new roles.

This years Executive welcomes Don Horn as our new Vice Presi-dent, and Julie Turcotte and Ian Butterworth as our new Directors

at Large.

2020....we know that things always change, yet the basic principles remain the same, Mustangs and Fords are our passion. The blue oval line of products that is the glue for our membership and brings together an amazing group of people to share time with and

establish lasting friendships.

Please join me with a big thank you to Cam Clark Ford as they really stepped up as our major sponsor and donated 1600 square feet of flooring for our club World

of Wheels displays.

Many years ago we wanted our World Of Wheels club display to stand out from the other clubs, so we purchased several cases of 1'x1' floor tiles. Wade Besler then made the wooden carry cases for the tiles that we stored in the AMAC shed. Each February we would bring out our strong-est members to load these very heavy boxes into the trailer for the show. Jean-Yves was always more than happy to add to his workout and load these tiles for us, until he moved back to the sunny west coast. We decided that these tiles had to go and they were sold on Kijiji by Ken Werner and funds re-turned to the club. The donation from Cam Clark Ford is now ready to début at our 2020 display, and we look forward to working with

them for years to come.

The World of Wheels is moving along under the direction of Steve Rubio, Chris Cook, and Gary Chomiak. There have been many builds and lots of attention to the theme of this year's display. Steve will be asking for members to volunteer to assist during the show for short shifts from February

21st to 23rd, if you haven't done

this before give it a try this year.

Can you believe that a 52 year old rusty and dented green Mustang sold for 3.4 Million dollars US at Mecum Auction in January? The fact that Steve McQueen sat in this car and drove it without smashing it up like he did the other duplicate car, makes it hard to conceive that someone would actually pay that much money to own it. This is of course is the "Hero car" from one of the greatest chase scenes ever filmed, it was hidden from the public for many decades and con-sidered the Holy Grail of the auto-motive world. The star of the movie Bullet was a 1968 Mustang in Highland green paint, 390 GT V8 power plant with a 4 speed transmission, (No automatic trans-missions here, sorry Gary!!). Steve McQueen as the co-star of this 1968 film (where the best part of the movie is the chase scene) was upstaged by a Mus-tang, ok I can see why it is worth

that much.

Looking forward into 2020, we al-ready have many club events planned for this year and I know we are all hoping for more sunny

warm days than last year.

I am looking forward to seeing you

soon.

Jim


Contact: Lorrie King

[email protected]

181 Cranberry Sq, SE

Calgary, AB T3M 1J6

Phone (403)726-1323

What is the Silver Wheel Plan™?

Our Silver Wheel Plan™ is specifically designed to fill insurance needs of An-tique, Classic and Special Interest automobile owners*.

Special Benefits include:

Plan is available for non-modified vehicles used for hobby and/or collector car activities, and not used for regular transportation, in two Categories: Antique & Classic for automobiles 20 years and older, and Special Interest for automobiles 15 to 19 years old.

No Claims Bonus - 5% per year to a maximum 15%

Automatic coverage up to $25,000.00 on newly acquired and replacement

vehicles (Silver Wheel to be notified within 30 days.)

AMAC is a member of the Specialty Vehicle As-

sociation of Alberta. The SVAA is a lobby group

for the car enthusiast hobby, and they have

spear-headed a number of initiatives that benefit

car collectors. They also now provide AMAC’s

Club Insurance and Directors and Officers cover-

age. SVAA puts out a great magazine every

quarter called “Alberta Rides”.

Check out their webpage at

www.svaalberta.com

http://www.svaalberta.com/index.html


By: Don Horn—AMAC’s new 2020 VP

2016 - Our Fifth Mustang a 1968 GT

Fastback

Bought this 1968 GT Fastback from an

AMAC member in 2016. The car was an

older restoration but was very will done.

We did a little TLC to get it to our stand-

ards. This was a gorges fastback and a

great curser. It was sold to a car guy in

2017.

2016 - Our Sixth Mustang a 2005 GT Convertible

Bought this Legend Lime

GT in the spring of 2016.

The previous owner had

done a lot of mods, so it

was a turnkey for us. We

put over 12,000 km on

her by driving Route 66

from High River to Santa

Monica in the fall of

2016. Great touring car.

Sold the car in 2017.

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Continued from the December newsletter


2019 - Our seventh (& current) Mustang a 2019 Shelby GTH

We factory ordered a 2019

Mustang GT from Ford and had it

shipped to Dale Adams for the

Shelby GTH (Heritage edition)

modifications. This is the first

2019 Shelby GTH in Canada and

since there have been 2 others.

In the USA you can only buy one

from a Ford dealership. Pushing

just shy of 500 horse power with-

out a super charger, she is one

incredible driver.

Big thanks to Don for this fun story, he is one solid Mustang guy!


Our WOW team has

been hard at work to

get our club display

ready for the show

in February.

Thanks to all those

who keep coming

out to help! Thanks

to Jim Bateman and

Scott Hadley for the

use of their garages

for the builds.

Make sure to get down to World of Wheels at the BMO Centre @

Stampede Park and check out the AMAC Display

February 21st to 23rd


1001 Highland Park Blvd NE, Airdrie, AB

AMAC would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Cam Clark Ford for their

continued support of our club.

Please support Cam Clark Ford the next time you are in the market

for a new or used vehicle.


2nd Saturday each

month at 10 AM

Watch your in boxes for

brunch locations


DRAGSTRIP MEMORIES SHOW

HAMILTON ON — Ken Werner

On April 14 I took a red eye flight, leaving Calgary at 12:30 am, arriv-ing in Toronto at 6:30 am local time. I rented a car and drove to Hamilton, arriving at the Warplane Heritage Museum about an hour before the doors opened. I took the time to go and have breakfast

and a couple cups of coffee.

When I finally walked through the open doors, there, front and center was the display I went to see. (insert pic 1) There was the Barrie Poole sitting at a table signing anything anyone wanted. Beside him to his right was the original restored '71 Mercury Coment Pro Stock

car. It is now owned by Ivan Landry From Windsor Ontario.

To Barrie's left is the replica Pinto Pro Stock owned by Bob Maxwell.

I sat and talked to Barrie for about 45 minutes, getting answers to a list of questions I brought with me about the '69 Mustang coupe Su-per Stock car he drove. I also had him sign a couple posters, a T shirt, my Sandy Elliot '68 Mustang die cast, and a '69 Mustang glove box door. He was very accommodating and gladly signed many things for anyone that stopped by. Barrie's wife Alice invited me to come see Barrie's basement with all his memorabilia...including 2

Wallys, next time I get down to Niagara.

In Picture 1, Barrie is seated, Bob Maxwell is in the white T shirt,with

Ivan Landry and myself.


I spent about 4 hours wandering, looking at pics from St. Thomas Dragway, Windsor Dragway(now gone), and

Dragway Park in Cayuga (now Toronto Motorsports Park).

I also met up with Dave "Too Tall" Turner, whom I had last talked to in about 1982 when I was a member of

SAAC. He had his current rife on display, a '72 Mustang.

The show was great and I highly recommend it as well as the

great setting of the museum.

Thanks to Ken Werner for this story


AMAC took home the club participation award in

2008 in Saskatoon. We’re “running back” to

Saskatoon this year, let’s do it again!

Our 2009 Poker Run

was a big event that

year. We had about

30 cars participate.

Our picnic was in

George Lane

Memorial Park.


AMAC received this nice letter from the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter

through our liaison Bob Walker. Bob thought it would be nice to share it with all of

you. This is for the donations made from our Christmas Mixer, AMAC also donated

over $1100 throughout 2019 from proceeds of 50/50 draws and the Presidential

BBQ. Thanks AMAC for your generosity!


The Saskatoon Club is ready for IMM 41 next September.

Their host hotel is:

The Saskatoon Inn

2002 Airport Drive

Book your room now, the hotel is filling fast!

Call 1-800-667-8789

Room Rates (just tell them you are with the Mustang Meet):

Standard 2 Queen $132.00

Standard King $132.00

Corner King Suite $162.00

Registration form can be found on page 22

September 4th to 7th, 2020


CARS FOR SALE:

1969 Mustang Grande, 351W-2V, Au-to. 26,000 ORIGINAL MILES. This car is a TRUE Survivor. We are the second owners. The car is originally from Vancou-ver. We bought it from the owner who or-dered it and have all the documentation. This includes a Dealer Brochure that he and his wife had checked off which op-tions they wanted. Also have the wind-breaker Jacket, still in the bag, never tak-en out, as well as the Bill of Sale from the dealer. It is Original paint (Dark Blue with a White vinyl roof) Chrome etc. which is all in very good condition and shows very well. The interior is the Blue Grande deluxe cloth, and has had no one in the back seats that we know of. Dash pad is perfect which is rare for a 50 year old car. Only changes from original are the exhaust system, water pump and thermostat have been replaced. There are not many Mustangs around in this ORIGINAL condi-tion that are Canadian cars. It has been kept in a heated garage in Alberta for the last 17 years and driven very little. For photos and additional information, please contact the Sellers. Asking $27,000 Cdn. Sean or Jody at [email protected] or (403) 280-6639 .(Jan)

1995 Mustang Convertible, V-6, Automatic. White exterior, Black top. Transmission rebuilt. New convertible top. New brakes, exhaust, tires, coil springs, and emergency brake cables. 172,000 km. Asking $2900.00. Contact Richard at (403) 275-7778 .(Sep)

1994 Mustang Convertible, Automatic. Red exterior, Tan top, Tan leather interior. 38,000 km (summer driving only). Excellent condition. All options. Original owner. Offers over $14,000. Con-tact Jim at (403) 282-3060. (Sep)

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Classified Ads are free to A.M.A.C. club members and $10 for non-members. Ads will run for two is-

sues of the newsletter only. If you would like to place a new ad, re-new an ad or cancel an ad, please

call Neil Burton @ 403-971-4971 or better yet, email me at: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


2002 Ford Thunderbird – 7300 miles - showroom condition. 3.9l V8, auto, all op-tions except for fog lights, Thunderbird Blue (one year only color), full premium package two tone interior, hardtop, chrome wheels. All documentation, window sticker and own-er records since new. Asking $23 500. Please contact Neil at 403-971-4971 or

[email protected] (Nov)

1992 Mustang Convertible - one of only 2,193 “Summer Edition” 1992 convertibles produced with automatic trans-mission. Performance Red, white leather interior has black piping on the seats. Also special to this “Summer Edition” are pearl white powder-coated pony wheels and the trunk lid spoiler in red (no luggage rack). 127K kms, 5.0L, Cruise control, pw, most options. Second owner, regular mainte-nance and upgrades over the years, including new leather seats (2011), totally repainted (2009), new muffler, upgrad-ed audio system. Gorgeous to look at and fun to drive. Car is located an hour NE of Calgary near Linden, AB. Asking $12000. Please call or text Lewis 403-443-1119 rather than

email for faster response, or [email protected] (Sep)

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE:

Collection of Mustang Memorabilia for Sale. Many items, but mostly 1965-66 pieces. Items include: *Mustang Monopoly game*65 Red Mustang Pillow*Book - Mustang Anniversary Edition 64-69*Book - Mustang the driv-ing Legend 64-70*2001 Mustang Calendar Collector Edition*1965 Ford Mustang pocket knife in case Red*1965 Mustang Dollars (2) not legal tender*9 - 1965 Mustang Christmas Cards & Envelopes*1000 Piece Mustang Puzzle*364 Piece Mustang 3D Puzzle*100 Piece Mustang Puzzle (opened)*1-6 scale 1965 Ford

Mustang Dash Board Replica

*PEDAL CARS *64 1/2 Full size never used. No box but still in wrapping Red with white seat *64 1/2 1:3 scale limited edition (10,000) Certificate black steering wheel plus 1 not certified with white steering wheel *64 1/2

1:24 scale Red with white steering wheel

Various die-casts available as well.

Contact Rick at [email protected]

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