BOP Mustang Owners Club. April 2018

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1 BOP Mustang Owners Club. April 2018 Presidents Report Page 1: Presidents Report Page 2 & 3 All Ford Day Pages 4, 5 & 6 March Club Run Okoroire Pages 6 : Upcoming runs Page 7 What's Happening This months focus for our committee and many of the club is the upcoming AGM. For a club to be successful a solid committee is needed to keep the club moving forward with fresh ideas balanced off with sound and stable management. This takes willing club members and diverse skill across the committee team. This year like others there will be a number of the committee members vacating after completing lengthy terms. Please consider what you could do to help run the club by being part of next years team, this is a great opportunity for you to use your particular skill set to keep the club active and heading in the right direction. The Annual General Meeting is Sunday 15 April at the Tauranga Citizen Club starting at 11.00am Welcome to our new members; Philip and Marie 1966 GT Coupe and 2005 GT Convertible. Jamie and Trudi 1968 C Code Coupe. Robert and Sharlene Roush Stage 3 Paul and Margaret 1966 Coupe. Carrying on from the success of last years All USA Day, New Zealand Classic Car magazine covered the clubs day in the March issue with a brief write up and some good photos. Hopefully this helps to keep our event top of mind when November and the event rolls around again. Extreme Automotive Parts, long time supporter and major sponsor of BOP Mustang Club has moved to a great ne premises at 2 Koromiko Street Tauranga. Always a great range of automotive products and tools, coupled with great service these guys and the new shop are well worth a visit. Extreme Automotive Parts 2 Korimiko St Tauranga Happy Cruising. David Thomson President

2 March Run Reports All Ford Day March 4th All Ford Day is an annual car show day that as the title suggests is dedicated to showing off the Ford in all it s glory with cars from the manufacturer s global range featuring vehicles built in USA, Canada, Australia, UK and South Africa. The hosts of the event are the Tauranga Muscle Car Club and always attracts a massive turnout not only from the Bay but from neighbouring districts also. As usual their were Fords on display in big numbers and the weather Gods were smiling with a very hot and sunny day. This event traditionally has been a well supported day by the BOP Mustang Owners Club as the club was formed by a small group Mustang enthusiasts at the venue in This year again we had a strong turnout with 22 cars meeting in the morning to convoy into Blake Park 5 more members joined us later parking up in the usual corner of the rugby grounds. This year unfortunately although good numbers not enough to keep the run unbroken for the Best Represented Club, after years of trying the Tauranga Ford Club finally took the honours with 37 cars on display. Rob Sperling made his debut outing after a very extensive rebuild of his 66 Fastback. The car looks stunning with the two tone silver and black paint job. The car attracted plenty of attention. Well done Rob the car is certainly a fantastic example. The day was a great opportunity to welcome a couple of new members, Sharlene with her 2017 Shelby Super Snake and Murray with his 1965 Fastback. The BOP Mustang Club acquitted themselves well at judging time. Congratulations to Wayne Hill for taking out 2nd place in the Competition Car section with his 1965 Pete Geoghegan replica race Mustang.

3 Also congratulations Paul Stops for getting 2nd place in the Commercial Vehicle category with his 1956 F100 pickup truck (it s not a Mustang but as Paul is a club member we ll take the placing as a club win) As well as 2nd place for David and Vanessa s 71 Mach1. As always our club put on a stellar display of great looking Mustangs. Thank you all that attended the day and I hope you enjoyed your day

4 Mustang Okoroire Sports Day. And what a day it was! The sunshine was out, convertible roofs down as 20 cars assembled at BP Lakes for the start of the fun day experience. The destination was the Okoroire Springs Hotel for a fun sports day. OKOROIRE SPRINGS MUSTANGS PARKED UP. The five events included golf, wheel nut throwing, soccer, horse shoe pitching, and Pittong. The Okoroire hotel had very kindly donated two trophies for the occasion, these being one for the best scoring female and male. At 11.00am the challenge was on!! Groups of four commenced the events, and twice round the 5 event circuit bought out the cheers, flukes, frustrations and skills with lots of laughs throughout. The hole in one golf event presented a difficulty with no one landing the 9 score, but one or two were close. Maybe we should make the difficulty level easier next time. After the challenges and scores totalled, we all assembled in the courtyard of the hotel for the prize giving and lunch which was served on time and everybody enjoyed their meal.

5 The top scoring female prize went to Wendy Osborne. Congratulations Wendy, your soccer skills won the day. The Top scoring male prize was won by Terry Taylor. The awards were presented by the Manager of the Okororie Hotel who sponsored the trophy s. Best presented car was won by Sharlene Rowling with her new Shelby Mustang convertible Super Snake. This is a 700HP plus white convertible, converted in Australia to the Shelby specification, and the only right-hand drive car of its type in New Zealand. A real girl s car! Sharlene is also a new club member.

6 The dipstick award was won by Rob Sperling. An altercation with his garage door following having his beautiful black Mustang on his hoist for thorough cleaning, led to a little collision of sorts when opening the door for the Sunday morning cruise. The fuel voucher raffle was won Jill and Ray. The Classic car book was won by Dennis and Felicity Street, and since they already had a copy of the Classic Car features, they kindly donated it back for a re-raffle. The eventual winner was Gary Fredericksen. Finally, a big thanks to the Okoroire Hotel for allowing us to have the sports day and the awards. Gary & Maree Fredericksen April 15 BOP Mustang Owners Club AGM. Upcoming Club Runs The AGM is to be held at the Tauranga Citizens Club, the meeting will kick off at 11.00am. Prior to the meeting there will be a short cruise to celebrate National Mustang Day. Join in on the cruise to qualify for your National Mustang Day window sticker. This run is on wet or fine, meeting at 10.15am at BP The Lakes. The Tauranga Citizens Club restaurant will be open to us after the meeting for lunch. Please come along and support your club, there will be positions on the committee to fill as several members are stepping down after lengthy terms. April 29 Tri-Club Run Hosted by AMOC, the destination is the Waiuku Cossie Club for a buffet lunch at $15 per head. If there is enough interest a train ride and tour of the Glenbrook Vintage Railway workshop may be available for approximately $20 pp. RSVP for each to bopmustangclub@gmail.com by 17 April. Future events Any help with or suggestions for club runs is welcomed. If you have a good idea for a club run, contact the club run coordinator Dave Flett Ph

7 39th National Mustang Convention (Napier) 19th - 22nd October 2018 (Labour Weekend) Keep an eye on the NZ Mustang website Manawatu club page for registration details which will be opened up in the month or so. Accommodation options Manawatu Mustang Owners Club have given us are: Te Pania tepania@scenichotels.co.nz or Quality Inn Napier reservations@qualityinnnapier.co.nz. We have been made aware that parking could be an issue at the Quality Inn as there are only 35 car parks available for the 50 rooms they have. There is on street parking available outside the hotel complex. There are plenty of other accommodation options along the Marine Parade if neither of these options are suitable. For all our new members, convention is always held over Labour weekend consisting of: Friday- meet, greet and registration Saturday - Show day Sunday - Cruise and Awards evening Monday - Convention wrap-up. Saturday 7 April Sunday 8 April April What s happening elsewhere Classics at Ohope. Ocean Ford and Ohope Top 10 have created this event held on the beach front. The show will feature classic cars and retro caravans. Ohope Top10 Holiday Park is offering special rates for those wanting to stay overnight. Event is on from 12pm to 5pm Tauranga club members looking to attend this event can meet at Bay Park Stadium at 10.00am for a am departure. Rotorua club members to meet at Brunswick Park on St Highway 30 for a am departure. The groups will meet up at the White House Cafe on the corner of state highway 30 and Thornton Rd to cruise the final leg to the show venue in Ohope. Breakfast with the Cars 8.00am Drivers Bar th Ave Tauranga. Hang Out in Otorohanga Kiwitown Cruisers are holding their annual weekend Rod run. The event starts with a casual evening on Friday, then after breakfast on Saturday, a day of cruising and other stuff. Saturday night dinner and social has a Round the World theme. Sunday is more stuff and prize giving. Entry is $90 per adult. For a registration form or more info kiwitowncruisers@gmail.com Or phone Julie on

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