GENERAL MEETING 

The General Meeting of the First State Mustang & Ford Club will be held on Tuesday, May 6^th at 7:00 pm, at Damon's Restaurant 13 by the New Castle Airport.The E-Board meeting will be held immediately after the General meeting.

PRESIDENT’S CORNER
                                            By Dave Eastburn

I would like to address a great article in the new issue of “Mustang Monthly” magazine that has been driving me mad for years: Ford dealerships attaching above sticker cost to new and specialized vehicles, then giving it fancy definitions such as “Market Value Adjustment Cost” or “Special Item Transport Fees…” Allow me to clarify these fees and give them a few other descriptions: “Gouging,” and “Greed,” come to mind. What possible reason would dealerships have to do this to a price that has already been set at the top of Ford Marketing? None, plain and simple. But in this politically correct yet common sense lacking world we live in (think Barrett Jackson!) dealerships have targeted those buyers who won’t mind paying an extra upwards of $20,000 on some vehicles – whoa, did I just say TWENTY THOUSAND ?! – because they know these buyers are out there. And what it has done and will continue to do is price out the everyday car guy who has made this hobby strong from day one by making it impossible for him to touch a new Cobra, or new Bullitt model Mustang in the near future. Shame on Ford for allowing this, and they can control it, but they won’t. A 1968 Shelby has earned its worth by time and looks alone; a 2008 Shelby has not, and is grossly overpriced to begin with. Give me a good old fashioned 1966 Mustang Coupe anytime!

Welcome New Members

Marshall & Juanita Shay

 

Our April cruise was a huge success, the weather was great and attendance was close to 100 vehicles. The Charcoal Pit was packed, the music outside with DJ Bob Burke was the best and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. I want to extend a thanks to Vic, Bill, Bob and anyone I may have missed who got things rolling early. It seems that staying on the side of the lot will be our best bet for future cruises, and we will make the best of it there. I’m happy to see some different vehicles coming in, and some younger guys with newer vehicles that may not be the “classics” we are used to, but certainly will be the future of cruising in our area, so we must embrace them. Who knows, maybe we can get them over to the other side one day, away from a 1986 Pontiac and into a classic Mustang…?

Our 1^st Mustang & Ford Spring Show at Sheridan Ford on Kirkwood Highway is set for Sunday, May 18, 2008. The classes will remain as they are for now, trophies have been ordered, as have dash plaques. Rick Langshaw has designed a great flyer for the show which we have been posting everywhere we can. We will do a small newspaper ad for the show the Friday before, as well as Sheridan running a large ad in the paper the Saturday before the show. This should lead to a very successful show as well as what I am hoping is a long run there at Sheridan. Please pass the word to all your Ford friends, and anyone who may have attended the Winner shows in the past. We’ll talk about any show ideas and get everything set at the may meeting, which I’m hoping to see all of you at. Oh! And congratulations to Dave Halliday on his 1970 Mustang Convertible being selected as the Spring Show feature car. See you at Damon’s everyone!

MEMBERSHIP REPORT

                                             Dave Alford 
 50 Paid Members 

TREASURER’S REPORT 

                                                    Kathy Eastburn
         $1510.17 

EVENTS 

May 18        First State Mustang & Ford Club Car Show
                     Sheridan Ford - Wilmington
May 3          Kindle Ford, NJ  Ford Show 
July 12         Glaziers Mustang Barn, Souderton, Pa 
                      Customer App Day 
July 12          Bayshore Ford, NJ  Customer App Day 
Sept 7           Holman Ford, NJ   Ford Show