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A Regional club affiliated with the Mustang Club of America

Monthly meetings are held the first Wednesday of the month at:

Maroone Ford of Fort Lauderdale
1333 Federal Highway North Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304

Meetings start at 7:30 pm.  Directions:  Pull in the entrance next to the service department.  Directly across from the service ramp, make a right and park behind the Autonation Direct building and walk in the rear entrance to the building. 

Please check us out:

• at a sponsored show

• at a monthly meeting

• on this website

• on Facebook

!!!!! 4th Annual Charity Benefit Open Car Show !!!!!! 
==> October 2, 2010 <==
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Maroone Ford of Fort Lauderdale
1333 Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale

for more information

to download the flyer  or here for Black & White

This will be an open car show for all makes and models, including motorcycles.  We will be supporting the Children's Diagnostic and Treatment Center right here in Fort Lauderdale.  Last year the club, along with Autonation, raised $4000 for charity.  Please bring your car, truck or motorcycle out to this event and help this local charity.

Our deepest sympathy to Shirley Lyons and her family on the passing of Bob Lyons.   Bob and Shirley have been members of the Ft. Lauderdale Mustang Club for 15 years, joining the Club in January of 1995.  In 2004 Bob designed and created the artwork for our Club shirts commemorating the 40^th anniversary of the Mustang.  Bob’s support and dedication to the Mustang Club will be greatly missed.

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FLMC PONY SHOWCASE

This month Gene Barineau’s 1966 Mustang is in the showcase!

After wanting a mustang convertible all of my adult life, I finally had the opportunity in 1990 to get one.  At the time I had a 1984 Buick regal and, believe it or not, my mother-in-law put me in contact with this lady who said she had a mustang convertible that was too small for her and she wanted to get something larger.  I immediately made arrangements to go see her mustang and sure enough, it was a 1966 red convertible and just what I wanted. It needed a little work but, all in all, it was in pretty good shape. The top was good; the paint was fair and only three rust spots. The interior needed extensive work with much of it needing replacement.  We made a deal and I became the proud owner of a 1966 mustang convertible with factory air conditioning and a 6 cylinder 2.1 liter engine.  I maintained and drove it until 2006 at which time I had an accident that ruined the front end. While in the shop I decided it was time for restoration. I had the repair shop fix the rust spots and paint it red. Then had the motor rebuilt. With that finished, I then stored it in my garage until 2007 when I started on the interior.   Having no restoration experience, little did I know what to expect. I removed the seats, carpets, air conditioner, glove box, heater box, windshield chrome, rearview mirror and mounting.  From the dash I removed the dash pad, radio, vent and heater controls, lighter, ignition switch, ash tray, instrument cluster, glove box cover, courtesy lights, steering wheel and turn signal switch.  Having torn everything out I started gathering parts for restoration. National Parts Depot in Ocala became my best friend. I soon found out that restoration was like dominos. Once you start something, you find something else that needs to be completed first. After many hours in the garage, many, many bruises and a few more “oh darns” it finally started coming together.  Today, I drive the finished product and have decided that nobody learned more about restoration than I did.

We want to showcase your mustang!

Tell us the story of your pony and how you got involved with the Fort Lauderdale Mustang Club.  Please submit article and picture to Marcia Stringert by using the links on the "Contact Us" page.

DONATIONS NEEDED FOR OCTOBER 2 SHOW!!!!!

We would like every member to solicit prizes for our October 2, 2010 show.  If each member solicited and received one donation each, our raffle and auction will be a huge success. 

The Mustang Fillies will be collecting items at each meeting through September.  Suggestions for donations:

Gift certificates to restaurants

Hotel stays

Car care products

Wine/ liquor/beer

Beauty products

Spa Gift Certificates

Gourmet Foods 

 We also need items to stuff goodie bags – pens, pencils, key chains, product samples, t-shirts, hats, coolie cups.  Donate items with your company logo, and we will stuff them in the bags!  Bring your donations to monthly club meetings, and the Mustang Fillies will handle the rest!    

!!!! NOTICE !!!!

By the end of 2010, the FLMC will discontinue mailing paper copies of the monthly newsletter.  The newsletter will instead be sent out to all members via email.  It will consist of a PDF attachment.  A free PDF reader is available at adobe.com.  The newsletter will also continue to be posted on this website.  If you wish to continue receiving the hardcopy paper version of the newsletter, please contact Marci by using the links on the "Contact Us" page.                               

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