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Next MeetingSEPTEMBER 15, 2009Round Table Pizza1769 Leslie RoadRichland, WA

PresidentCheryl Ziemer(509) 627-4570onecool66@aol.com

Vice PresidentJim Compton(509) 946-4555cougarcompton@charter.net

SecretaryDave Lemak(509) 735-9613lemakpd@aol.com

TreasurerKimberly Ziemer(509) 947-9014ziemerkm@aol.com

Membership ChairmanGrant Culley(509) 628-9219A93SVTCobra@aol.com

Spring Show ChairmenChris Wollam(509) 627-0761cwollam@charter.net

Charlie McNiven(509) 628-1467CMcNiven@verizon.net

Fall Show ChairmenSteve Wallner(509) 943-2117onefun70@live.com

Jeff Ziemer(509) 308-2726jzziemer@aol.com

NewsletterJean Anderson(509) 628-2436aljeanT5@charter.net

Kimberly Ziemer(509) 947-9014ziemerkm@aol.com

Webmaster /Event CoordinatorDan Wilson(509) 366-8699Ricohdan@gmail.com

2003 MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE

RANDY & JACKIE SCHNEIDER’S

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MUSTANG OFTHE MONTHSeptember 2009

I consider the Schneider family to be newbies in the Mustang ownership society. We have had “Sunshine”, a perfect namedon’t you think, for five years but we kinda mellowed into the club a few years after we bought it. The other thing is Ireally don’t know for sure if Sunshine is anything more than a standard 6 cylinder Mustang Convertible or even what herpaint color is called. Sunshine works for us and she seems real popular in the parades. That surprised me because at thefirst parade we drove in I looked at all those beautiful, powerful cars the other club members brought to the parade andthought “wow what am I doing here”. Well apparently Sunshine wasn’t intimidated. It seems all of the little girls, prin-cesses of the court I think they are called, were hoping they could ride in the yellow one. Go figure?

So how did we become a Mustang owner? Well in the summer of ’03 we rented a yellow Mustang with a black interiorwhile on vacation in Hawaii. I can’t remember why but in early ’04 it became clear that we needed a new car. After driv-ing a convertible in Hawaii we figured why not get one. So I researched what was out there. No matter what I foundJackie kept pointing me toward a yellow Mustang. I was skeptical because of a review I read which mentioned the fact thatthe car hadn’t seen an upgrade in its steering system since it was first made. I pointed that out to Jackie and she was un-fazed. So a yellow Mustang it was.

But knowing what you want and finding it are two different things. We searched the Tri-Cities and then Spokane. We didfind a yellow Mustang with a white interior but it wasn’t the car we wanted. Finally one April day while Jackie was away ata conference Wendell Ford called and said they had a car. Naturally I had no way to contact Jackie quickly and since I feltcompelled to snap it up I bought it. Now what? Do I tell Jackie or surprise her with it at the airport? I learned that a yel-low Mustang doesn’t hide real well in any parking lot. The minute we stepped out of the airport the cat was out of thebag. Sunshine has given us many fine hours of pleasure and I can’t imagine not having her sitting in our garage promising usmore fun whenever we need it.

Article and photo provided by Randy & Jackie Schneider.

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CAR OFTHE MONTH SCHEDULEOCTOBER - DAVE LEMAK

NOVEMBER - CHARLIE McNIVENDECEMBER - PAUL ZIEMER

A MESSAGE FROMTHE PRESIDENTDear Member:

MUSTANGS, MUSTANG CAR ENTHUSIASTS, WINE TROPHIES, COOL FALL SHOW T-SHIRTS, WINE, GOOD FOOD,GREAT DAY!

I hope to see all of our PNWMC Members at our 23rd Annual Concours d’ Elegance Car Show on Sunday, October 4, 2009.We will have a memorable time exhibiting our Cool Mustangs at Columbia Crest Winery and enjoying all that this unique fallshow has to offer. For everyone who volunteered to assist with the planning and execution of this event, I want to extend mysincere appreciation for all you did to make this a success. Steve Wallner and Jeff Ziemer, our fall show Chairperson and Co-Chairperson, you both deserve a huge THANK YOU!

Shine It Up & Show It Off!

Submitted by President Cheryl Ziemer

UNDERTHE SHADETREEWhere to Start on a New Project or, How to Eat the Elephant

I hate to say it. I looked forward to working on the Ranchero for over a year and now that I have it, I’m having trouble get-ting traction. It’s like eating an elephant - one bite at a time - but where do you start? With the luxury that it’s a pure pro-ject/hobby car there‘s no hurry. The Mustang was intended to be a daily driver all along, so the first thing was to get it run-ning, if possible. Change all the fluids, belts, hoses, battery, and even a new solenoid. Next make it (semi) street worthy:brakes, windows (these were practically falling out), rebuild the carburetor; then it could be driven for body and paint, inte-rior, rebuild the engine and steering, and finally some upgrades: new stereo, three-pint harness, etc. This resulted in manyparts and systems being removed or disassembled multiple times, very inefficient.

The Ranchero is coming apart once and going back together once. Should make things easy right? Somehow, no. One thingall of the car hobby books and articles agree on is, “have a plan.” Some say, “Disassemble one section at a time.” Otherssay, “Work on one type of thing like trim, or electrical, and complete it so it’s ready for reassembly when you are.” Ofcourse they all say, “Document, document, document, photos, tags, notes, etc.” More that one person has encouraged meto, “Just replace the gas and oil and see if it will fire up.” This sounds fun, and there’s not much to lose, because I plan torebuild the engine anyway. But it hasn’t run in over ten years and I feel like [football season analogy here] Woody Haysdescribing the Pass when asked why Ohio State runs so much, “Three things can happen and two of them are bad.”

Not all of this hesitancy is bad. I was ready to start ordering body parts yesterday. I had some time, and project start-upfunds are available. The floor pans are clearly rusted out so that seemed like a good place to start. Dearborn Classics™ hasalmost all of the sheet metal I need so I opened up to the Ranchero pages and called them with a couple questions. That’swhen I discovered that they have answers to questions I didn’t even know to ask. Like, “Which part of the floor pans, frontpan, rear pan, or toe boards?” Uh, probably all of them - maybe? It would be nice to at least get to the point of knowingwhat the questions are. How many of these parts do I want to buy now, and how many can I order “just in time”? Ac-cording to my brother-in-law, (the previous owner) windshields were available a few years ago for $900. A few months agoI found some on the internet for half that. Now it seems they may be hard to find for any price. I’m wishing I’d bought onewhen I found them. Does availability cycle? Are there other parts that are here today and gone tomorrow? How muchspace do I want to devote to storage? I think Mike Little once talked about car parts stored under the bed and behind thecouch.

For now I’m planning a frame-on restoration, stopping just short of pulling the body off of the frame. In the short-term I’llkeep removing and tagging trim pieces and looking for a re-chrome shop. I found a motor at a flea market that I can attachpolishing wheels to for the bright work. Once I determine how much sheet metal needs replaced, my brother has a newwelder that he’d like to try out and floor pans will be a good place to practice. Maybe unknowns are just part of the fun ofthis hobby - like a puzzle. Any opinions and advice will be welcome and considered.

Future Shade Tree subjects will include “Chemical Tools, What’s in your Shop?” and “Batteries, How to Get the Most Outof Them.

Send your comments and ideas to: Chris Wollam; cwollam@charter.net Or 1179 Bridle Dr. Richland 99352

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HORSING AROUNDBIRTHDAYS

Peggy Beeler 9/01Fred Crunk 9/02Maggie Taylor 9/04Deanna Robertson 9/06Leiloni Arbogast 9/12Larry McDannel 9/13Steve Gray 9/14Michal Quigley 9/15Norman Bloom 9/16Jodi Dawson 9/19Alan Anderson 9/23Terri Nicacio 9/27James Boyer 9/28Frank Parriott 10/14Ervin Bader 10/17Linda Smith 10/18Bennie Hodges 10/19Beverly Crunk 10/19

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ANNIVERSARIES

Sheri & Charles Saranto Reiswig 9/06Barry & Becky Long 9/07Roger & Diane Anderson 9/10Chris & Sandy Wollam 9/20Jack & Mary Esther Lippold 9/21Steve & Jean Peterson 9/25Paul & Cheryl Ziemer 9/30Jack & Jimee Hurst 10/02Felix & Sharon Hodges 10/12Jeff & Kimberly Ziemer 10/18

PACIFIC NORTHWEST MUSTANG CLUB 2009 EVENTS LIST

PNWMC EVENTS:Sept 15 Club Meeting, Round Table at Gage and Leslie in Richland, 7 pm.

Please bring your favorite model car and/or Mustang souvenir.Oct 4 Concours d’Elegance, Columbia Crest Winery, PatersonOct 20 Club Meeting, Round Table at Gage and Leslie in Richland, 7 pm.Most Mondays Fall Show planning meetings; see Jeff Ziemer and Steve Wallner for schedule.

OTHER MUSTANG EVENTS:Sept 12 Horsepower at the Harbor, Oak Harbor (islandclassicmustangclub.com)Sept 19 Mustangs Unlimited Cruise, Vancouver (360-817-2573)Sept 20 Ponies In the Sun, Yakima (509-453-2225)

NON-MUSTANG EVENTS:Sept 11-12 Wheelin’ Walla Walla Weekend (509-529-3558)Sept 12-13 Rod Run to the End of the World, Ocean Park (360-665-3565)Sept 13 4th All-Ford Meet at XXX, Issaquah, WA (425-387-9450)Sept 19 VFW Post 5785 Vintage Red, White, and Blue Car Show, Benton County Fairgrounds

Enter from 10th Street.Sept 25-27 Concours d’Maryhill, Goldendale (509-773-3793)Oct 10-11 Monroe Swap Meet, Monroe (360-738-4683)Fridays Still an open show at Wendy’s on Canal Drive every Friday evening. Come on out!

NEW MEMBERS:Les McDannel and Larry McDannel of Pasco

Fred Crunk of Ellensburg and Chris Manolopoulos of RichlandNolan & Maureen Woodward of Kennewick

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MEETING MINUTESAugust 18, 2009

The PNWMC meeting was called to order by President Cheryl Ziemer at 7:00 pm. Members introduced themselves, their cars and shared their favorite dash plaque. Bring your favorite model car next

month. Thanks to Jim Compton for all of the photos he provided for the newsletter. Jim was presented with a medal for 1st

place for Fixer Upper. Minutes for July 21, 2009 were approved by the membership.

OLD BUSINESS

Round Table Best in Show—Presented to Claude Johnson at July meeting. Mariner’s Game—The Indians swept the series and it was a good time had by all. Yakima Speedway Trip—Jeff Ziemer reported that eight cars attended and everyone enjoyed themselves. PNWMC Cookbooks—Cheryl Ziemer announced that we still have cookbooks and they are for sale for $5.00.

NEW BUSINESS

Appreciation Award—Presented to Barry Long for article on the front page of the Tri-City Herald. Fair Parade—Jack Lippold reported we need 13 cars for the parade. Participants are to meet at Hastings on

Clearwater/395 at 8:45am. The parade starts at 10:00am. Fall Concours d’Elegance—Fall Show Co-Chairperson Jeff Ziemer updated the club on the progress of the Fall Show.

We have “Safe the Date” cards available. If you volunteering, please be at the winery by 7:00am. Paul Ziemer askedif there was a way the club could honor Dave Roohr for starting the fall show. The club agreed to do something forDave. The fall show budget was presented and approved by the membership. The next planning meeting isAugust 24th at 6:30pm at Round Table. We will be discussing the t-shirt color and design.

VFW Car Show—September 19th at the Fairgrounds—Proceeds will benefit the 81st Battalion’s Christmas party. Membership Report—82 members Question of the Month—What year mustang won the tiffany gold medal for excellence in design? 1965 50/50 Winner—Steve Peterson AND President’s Prize Winner—Diane Anderson Round Table Pizza 1st Place Car—Jeff Ziemer’s 1967 Fastback Treasurer Kim Ziemer read the Treasurer’s Report. Next meeting is September 15th.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:25pm.

Submitted by Dave Lemak

FOR SALE

Jasper 289. Purchased about 1991, never been started. Used the correct 260 for ourrestoration of our Sunbeam Tiger so this engine is not needed. Out of Jasper warranty, butno known problems. Refund if you have problems in first 30 days. 1965 block and heads,bored over size (not sure how much). Rebuilt with new pistons, rings, main bearings, rodbearings, rebuilt heads. Includes: long block (high quality, correct blue color.) 64 &1/2 intake manifold; balancer; 64 & 1/2 timing cover (with oil fill tubeand cap) $1,500. Pick-up in Missoula, Montana. Call Jim at 406.626.2514 or email @ar3186b@aol.com.

1966 Ford Mustang Coupe Description: Original A code 289 C.U. four barrel,AT “cruise-o-matic”, Factory AC, PS, 10 disc CD changer, Pony Interior, BulletStyle Mirrors, electronic ignition, Torque Thrust II rims, 4 wheel disc brakes, lowmiles, exc. Condition. Serious inquiries only. Contact after 6 p.m. at 582-1848.

LEWISTON’S HOT AUGUST NIGHTS

The weekend’s activities certainly started out hot, but cooled off a bit for Saturday’s big show on August 22nd. It was agreat day for a big show of 331 cars with five of them from the PNWMC. Bennie and Elnora Hodges drove their blue ’67coupe. Steve and Audrey Halterman drove their white ’77 Cobra II. Steve and Terri Boyer entered their ’08 Shelby GT.Loni Arbogast entered her ’07 GT. Jim Compton entered his white ’69 Cougar XR7 coupe. I also saw Phil and PattieEagon’s red ’69 convertible at the Thursday mini-show at Rodgers Toyota, but I did not see either of them there or atSaturday’s show. My apologies if I failed to notice any other club members’ cars at the show. In all, there must have beenclose to 2 dozen Mustangs in the show. Yes, they were all given Save The Date reminders for our fall show. As far as Iknow, none of us won anything.

The Saturday evening concert at Pioneer Park was good, but really LOUD. The speakers were rearranged from yearspast, but we’ve no way to tell if that was the reason for the increased volume or just a coincidence. The featured per-former was Mark Farner, formerly of Grand Funk Railroad. He and his band put on a good show with a mix of GFR’solder hits and some new music unfamiliar to me. The Lost Boyz, last of the 3 lead-in shows, also put on a really goodshow of hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Bennie and Elnora: Tim and Barb Weza thank you very, very much for your concertticket. Tim and Barb own a very nice white ’73 Cougar XR7 convertible.

We really need to get more members to attend this show next year. It’s a great show with plenty to do around Lewis-ton. It’s only 130-140 miles away for most of us (closer, if you’re in the Walla Walla area). The show committee man-ages to get a big name from the past for its concert headliner every year. I only remember it raining once in my 15 yearsof attendance and that rain was not on show day.

Article and photos provided by Jim Compton

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Fall Show T-Shirts will be available to purchase and pre-order at the September meeting!

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