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UPCOMING EVENTS

February 17th - Club Meeting at Spring Creek in Bedford February 15-17th - Dallas Autorama

March 17th - Club Meeting at Spring Creek in Bedford

7740 N. E. LOOP 820 FORT WORTH, TX 76180

817-276-7700

February 2013 THE STARTING LINE Official Monthly Publication of Cowtown Mopars

Allen Samuels gives all club members discounts on both vehicle and parts. Just be sure to show your annual membership card to the cashier/salesman. Don’t have a membership card? See our

membership director for a card when you renew your membership.

**Employee Pricing when purchasing vehicles** **Cost +10% when buying parts**

BOARD MEMBER NOMINATIONS

A reminder that with the beginning of the year comes nomination and election time. Remember that ALL position are available to anyone that would like to be nominated for the position. To be eligible for nomination, a person must be up to date on their dues and be a member in good standing. Nominations will held in January, February and March, with elections being held at the end of the March

meeting.

FORT WORTH CARS & COFFEE

Cars & Coffee returns to Fort Worth after a test run in November of 2012. It is scheduled to be held every 2nd Saturday at La Grave field just north of downtown

Fort Worth. It is a free event, running from 8 am to noon. All types of cars and motorcycles are welcome. Lets try to get a good regular group of club members

heading out there every month.

Be sure to visit the Facebook page: Cowtown Cars and Coffee

There are many simple joys in life. Your beautiful bride getting to spend some much needed time with her family. Seeing your son mature into a young man. Hearing your dad sing an old song you have not heard in years and spending time with friends. Then there is going into your garage and seeing no less than 3 race cars; A 63 Plymouth Savoy, a 64 Dodge 440 and a 65 Plymouth Belvedere. It's a shame only one of them is mine. We had a great turnout at the January meeting at Spring Creek BBQ. I'm looking forward to our February meeting. Once again this year it will be on the last day of the Autorama. Please come by our display for 2013 and say hey to: Tommy Martin with his 68 Hemi R/T Charger, David Fojtasek with his 68 5.7 Hemi barracuda convertible, Kyle Hill with his 71 Chrysler Town & Country Wagon, Rich Lemmon with his 72 Plymouth Road Runner and my 64 Dodge 440 with the club smoker. See ya soon Mark Buchanan

BY THE MINUTES with Rich Lemmon CMPT Meeting January 20th, 2012 Meeting Start 17:07 1. Mark talks about coming shows, club events, and this year's TMCCC sea-son. 2. Bill Boon gives an update on this year's MATMP. 3. Officer nominations are opened. A. Non-elected positions 1. Kirk Maisenbacher is nominated to assist with the Club Web Site. 2. Mark Buchanan agreed to continue serve as Race Team Coordinator. 3. Ken Angyal agreed to continue as Club Cook. 4. Ken Key and Dave Mandato have agreed to continue serve as Show Team coordinators. B. Elected Positions. 1. Frank Smith was nominated to and accepted the nomination for Membership Director and appointed to serve in Mike Bearce's absence. 2. Dan Robinson was nominated to and accepted the nomination for Club Treasurer. 3. Richard Lemmon nominated to and accepted the nomination for Club Secretary. 4. Susan Brownell is nominated to and accepted nomination for Activities Director. 5. Barry Hanson is nominated to and accepted nomination for Newsletter Editor. 6. No nominations for Vice President were received. 7. Mark Buchanan is nominated and accepted nomination as President. C. Nominations are closed. Meeting End 17:56

This will be my last article in the newsletter. Frank Smith is going to take over my duties until the new Membership Director is in place in April. I have developed Colon Cancer and am go-ing in the hospital for Surgery on Feb. 14th so I will not be able to complete my term at the post. I am confident that I will come back from this and be back with all of you in the near future. The New Year is here and many of you have already renewed their membership in the club. For those of you that haven’t, please send your membership dues to the P. O. Box or see Frank Smith at a meeting or Event. Remember that elections are at the March Meeting and you are not allowed to vote unless your Membership is current. Upon renewal, you will get your Mem-bership Card for 2013 which will allow you to get your parts from Allen Samuels Dodge for 10% over their cost and also allow you to buy a car for Employee Pricing. Thank you Frank Smith for stepping in for me. I hope to see all of you soon.

Single membership New $25 / Renewal $15 Family membership New $35 / Renewal $25

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION Mike Bearce, Membership Director

HALTOM CITY/BISD CAR SHOW FOR THE KIDS

April 6th, 2013 from 10-2p Haltom High School, 5501 Haltom Rd

Registration Fee: $20

This event is to benefit the Haltom City /BISD Back to School Health Fair. There will be kids activities, a bike rodeo and concessions.

For more info contact fburns@haltomcitytx.com or call 817-222-7767

Off The Wing by Barry Hansen Hope you are having a good winter. As I write this it is 68 degrees. Had the top down on the convertible last week. Aren't North Texas winters wonderful? Finally after what seemed like a long off-season, racing is upon us. NHRA WinterNationals, Pomona, CA, Feb 17 (Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock all Mopar defending world champs). Texas Muscle-car Challenge, Kennedale, March 10th (Cowtown Mopars defending champions). American Le Mans, Sebring, FL, Mar 16 and Circuit of the Americas (Austin, TX) Sep 21 (root, root, root for the Vipers). Indy Car, St Petersburg, FL, March 24th. And NASCAR... like, who cares? Next Fort Worth Cars and Coffee will be March 9, 8 am-12 n at La Grave Field (FW Cats baseball field, Main Street just north of downtown and the river). Hosted by Autobahn of Ft Worth. Free cof-fee and donuts. I'll be there about 9am, hate to get up too early on a Sat. Let's make a good Mopar showing. This is right in our backyard. Easy to get to and the price is right. The new car market shares are in for 2012. GM at 17.9% (remember years ago when they had 55%). Ford at 15.4%, Toyota 14.2% and Chrysler 11.4% In comparison, 2011 had Mother Mopar at only had about 5.5% market share. Onward and upward, January sales up 16%. Last year new car sales survey (3-6 months after the sale, “How satisfied are you with your new car purchase?”). Dodge Challenger topped the list with the most satisfied owners. Now, just hurry up and make a Challenger convertible. Only in Charlotte...I have a black team jacket with nothing but a big “40” and a little unreadable sig-nature on the pocket. People try to match a Dallas Cowboy or Maverick player to it. In Kansas City (my “outlaws” live there) they try to fit a Chief or Royals player to the number. A couple of years ago passing through Charlotte, NC. Stopped in a grocery store to buy something healthy (ice cream I think). A young woman passing me in the aisle turned and said “Sterlin' Marlin” and kept on going. She, of course, was right, even pronouncing his name correctly. Spike TV Power Block, Courtney Hansen. Both of us are Hansens (she even spells it correctly). Both of us know and love cars. Both of us incredibly good looking. Must be related. You might be a gearhead if...if you have to stop and think how many cars you have...if you have more clothes for working on your cars than nice clothes...if you believe there is no such thing as “too much cam” only “not enough engine”...if while watching car chase scenes on TV you analyze or criticize the scenes out loud...if your daughter knows more about cars than her dates...if you have ever made a service writer cry (bonus for making a service manager cry). My thanks to CarCraft. So far a mild winter. Here is hoping for a great spring. What? You drive a Chevy...then you must like to walk a lot. Mopar or No Car.

From The Veep’s Desk

I am not much for watching television, but i do like Turner Classic Movies and the History Channel. I like to watch something that I did not study in "Current Events" while in school. Anyway, last Sunday we had a bunch of family over to the house to celebrate a couple of birthdays. The television got turned on to occupy the younger ones, and TCM got selected as the chan-nel. There is very little on cable TV that anyone under 30 should be allowed to watch to begin with, but TCM is a pretty safe bet. The movie showing was "King Solomon's Mines", filmed in 1950, and starring Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger. Just prior to the start of the movie, they ran one of those short film clips that preceded the modern day infomercial. This clip, shot in color, was about the Dodge Power Wagons that were used during the filming, to transport the cast and crew around Africa. The trucks were either '49 or '50 models, painted with the dark green bodies and black fend-ers and running boards that are so common on these vehicles. I counted eight different trucks during the film, with several neat variations. One was set up with a flat bed and gin-pole and winch as a recovery vehicle. Another was set up with a refrigerated box to keep food stuffs cold. Seems Ms. Kerr liked her Coca-Cola ice cold! Three trucks were set up as covered box beds to haul the props. camping gear, and other miscellaneous equipment. Two were set up like short school buses to haul the cast and crew. The last one was a standard long bed Power Wagon used as a pathfinder vehicle. All the vehicles had front mounted winches, and the recov-ery vehicle had an additional bed mounted one. We were treated to several minutes of watching the trucks driving in all types of terrain in Africa, crossing streams, plains, jungle, and even some pretty serious rock crawling. Saw close-ups of gear shifting, PTO engaging, winching (no wenching however), and a couple of major missteps. One during a river crossing, and the other during a rock crawl. Both of those required the skilled use of the recovery vehicle to resolve. The narrator was constantly extolling the rug-ged durability of the Dodge trucks, and how they required only minimum maintenance to keep them running. The trucks were used daily in the African bush for seven months of filming, and were brought back to the states with the cast and crew after the filming was con-cluded. Incredibly, after all of that, the total repair bill for all eight trucks was under $300.00! That is barely more that a tune-up and oil change today. Quite a tribute to the engi-neers and line workers at Dodge. ….Oh, the movie was OK too. Hope to see everyone at Autorama at Market Hall in Dallas, February 15-16 & 17. Ken Key VP

Well the first race at Kennedale will be here soon and I need to get to the track. The schedule is set and there are only a few changes. First all races in pro and super pro will be run 1/8 mile. The race at Dallas Raceway in Crandall all racers will be awarded 2 points for first round elimi-nations at this race. 2013 race schedule: March 10th Kennedale March 24th Ennis April 7th Denton April 21st Crandall May 5th Denton June 2nd Kennedale Sept 8th Ennis Sept 29th Ardmore Oct 13th Redline Oct 27th Kennedale Stay Tuned - Mark

The Go Fast(er) Department Mark Buchanan - Race Team Coordinator

HEY ELEVEN TIME TMCCC CHAMPIONS!!!!

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Images Courtesy Lesa Key

ITEMS FOR SALE AND WANTED FOR SALE from LONGHORN MANUFACTURING CO. 12 small block Chrysler stands 8 big block Chrysler stands 8 early Hemi Chrysler stands 7 early Hemi racing engine stands These regularly sell for $89.00 with casters. They are $71.00 while the supply lasts. We are not planning on continuing these in our line up. Please pass this along to your club members and let them know we are offering a 20% reduc-tion on all items in stock. See www.prorollers.com for more information. JOE WADE 817-688-3867

“In The Works”

Upcoming Club Activities by Susan Brownell

February 14-17 - Dallas Autorama February 17th - Club Meeting February 23rd - Arlington Coffee Clutch (Grand Prairie Airport, Mixed up Burgers) March 9th - Cowtown Cars and Coffee March 23rd - Cruise to Magic Mopars car Show (Shreveport). April 6th - Haltom City/BISD Car Show April 13th - Cowtown Cars and Coffee April 21st - Our car show!! May 11th (Tentative) - Car show at the Chrysler PDC May 18th (Tentative) - Picnic and club meeting at Benbrook Lake June, July, August – We’ll see if it is still cool enough for a trip to Dinosaur Valley. Of course, intermingled will be the races, the car shows and other events that show up during the year.

DEAN ALLEN

972-801-7587

Dean is offering up his years of knowledge to help members with their automotive

questions.

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