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THE 13th ANNUAL THUNDERBIRD FORD SHOW 2018
The Man and His Lady
Steve & Sherry Siben
Chapter of VTCI Publication of the LONG ISLAND THUNDERBIRD CLUB AUGUST 2018
2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS– CLUB WEB SITE
http://clubs.hemmings.com/longislandthunderbirds/
President
Elliott Weiner
(631) 724-3756
Vice President
Paul Rosina
(516) 859-1653
Treasurer & Membership
Art Fleming
(631) 909-3853
Technical Advisor
Frank Del Rossi
(704) 483-9554
Technical Advisor
Tony Coloneri
(516) 764-4731
Charity Advisor &
Web Master
Ken Weinberg
(631)316-4637
Editor in Chief
Art Fleming
(631) 909-3853
Advertising Director
Peter Lange
(631) 499-5724
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We Kicked Butt and Took Names
Where do I start? 74 pre -registered and 83 day of show! Wait a cotton picking minute that was last year.
We pre – registered 65 and 110 day of show! I‘ll leave Batman out of it for now, but Holy Cow… an un-
believable day, and a great day to be outdoors! Like last year, they just kept coming.
For the first time at KeyFood, we filled the lot. A special thank you to Phil Borzumato from the Mustang
Shelby Club, who has been pro active since early April with his club to attend our show. …from his club
alone - (45) Mustangs. Let us not forget their head guy Rick Wertz, and VP John Dettori.
Now, for the weather: Picture perfect - not a cloud in the sky, and the humidity was nonexistent. I always pick on Mother Nature, but not to-
day. We mixed things up a little today. Dennis Benfante, Art Fleming, and Ken Weinberg worked the tent on the day of the show. The Pre-
registered tent was run by Bruce and Dianne Daly from T.O.N.Y. and some of the other volunteers also dropped by to pitch in.
Our DJ this year was Bob Marketta - AKA Mr. Music. He kept the tunes going all through the event. Bob also pitched in and helped with the
parking as did Paul Rosina, and Frank Skrivanek. Paul also picked the best in show cars from the Mustang Shelby Club and overall from our
show. Part of the crew of volunteers was Joe Marchione, John Cattonar, and Stan and Mindy Matusewitz from T.O.N.Y.
The 50/50 was $488.00 and was won by T.O.N.Y. members – Robert & Katherine Groen. We had many great prizes to raffle off from Advance
Auto, and from Jim Lauvita from Pep Boys, and Angela Slater from Crofgate. Allen Leon from BP donated two $25.00 BP gas cards to be
given to the folks who drove the longest distance to get to us. He also got us two back packs with goodies inside and an outstanding tool kit
also from BP.
Some More Numbers: Thirty four little Birds, and twenty eight BIG BIRDS. …Sixty two in total in a group of one hundred and seventy five,
nice work everyone….
Great News: Because of our success we will be cutting a check this week to Building Homes for Heroes for close to $3,000.00. Put that in
your Funk and Wagnall and smile.
The Not Paying Attention: Since I do most of the ordering for the show in regards to T- shirts, and plaques, I made a critical mistake by not
ordering enough plaques, but we did make a list of all the winners, and anybody we missed, we ordered more awards. When they are ready they
will be mailed or delivered by hand to the recipient.
STEVE SIBEN
All of the above would have not happened if it was not for Steve Siben of Siben and Siben Law Firm. Steve stepped right up to the plate last
year and said: ―I‘m in‖. There are not enough adjectives to describe what he has meant to our show. We thank you…………..
ALLEN LEON
A special thank you again to Alan Leon, our good friend who is Mr. BP on Long Island, and is one of the ‗down to earth‘ guys I know. He has
always been there for us - gracious, supportive, and knows more about gas/petroleum than the Pope. Does the Pope know gas/petroleum? Ru-
mor has it that he is opening a deli at one of his stations. The sign will read: ―Eat Here and Gas Up‖! I love this guy…………..
BEST IN SHOW AWARDS
…went to Joe Nolan with his gorgeous red 1957 Thunderbird
…went to John Fennell with his 93 Cobra R from the Mustang Shelby Club
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CLUB STORE
For Merchandise Call Elliott Weiner
(631) 724 - 3756
Denim Jackets - All Sizes - $40
Pro Mesh Adjustable Hats - $12
Short Sleeve Henley Shirts with Logo
Assorted Colors $15.00
Grey Sweat Shirts Embroidered,
with Club Logo - 9 oz - $15.00
Club Pins - $5.00
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LITC Scheduled Outdoor Meetings 2018
(Rain dates one week later)
Tuesday April 17th-Burger King Farmingdale
Sunday May 20th Thunderbird Appreciation Day
Thursday, June 21th- Kings Park Plaza
July Club Car Show Kings Park
August—Long Island Ducks baseball game
LITC Scheduled Indoor Meetings 2018
Bartucci’s Restaurant 881 Walt Whitman Rd Melville
LITC meets the 3rd Tuesday of Every Month 7:00PM
February 20th 2018
March 20th, 2018
September 18th, 2018
October 16th, 2018
November 13th 2018
Holiday Party January 6th 2018
Nocellos Ristorante of Northport
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
AUGUST
FRANK DEL ROSSI
MIKE RECINE
ROGER STAMILE
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Event Schedule 2018
Breakfast with ―The Boss‖
Sunday March 4th Southbay Diner Lindenhurst
Kings Park St Patrick’s Day Parade– Saturday March 3rd
Easter Parade- Garden City– Sunday, April 1th
Hope For Warriors Miller Ale House –Commack
April 14th Saturday
Empire Galaxie Cruise From Farmingdale to Orient Pt
Sunday April 15th
American Vet Dogs Sunday April 15th
St Patrick’s 12th Annual Car Show-Smithtown-Sunday April 29th
National Thunderbird Appreciation Day
Sunday May 20th
Key Food Shopping Center Kings Park
Westbury Gardens - Sunday June 3rd
Ford Nationals
Carlisle, Pa. June 1-3
N. Jersey T-Bird Show - Sat. June 9th
ST Anthony Car Show Dix Hills Centurion Cruisers
Sunday June 10th
Collector Car Appreciation Day Friday July 13th
Thunderbird/Ford Show
@ Keyfood Shopping Plaza Kings Park
Sun. July 8th
Sayville Street Fest - Sunday, August 5th
Cruzin for a Cure - Sunday, Sept. 16th
Veterans Affairs Medical Center Northport
Wednesday, September 19th
Bagels with the Boss at Lee Myles of Roslyn Hts,
September TBA
Food &Toy Drive—Brookhaven Town Hall
Sunday November 11th
Yaphank Vets Home Sunday December TBA
Cruise Listings
MONDAY
Autofest Cruise night 5;30-9pm Syosset VFW Hall 20 Queens St
Stop & Shop West Islip Union Blvd east of Higbe Lane
Main St East Rockaway @Villa Marcia Restaurant 6pm
Bald Hill Farmingville
TUESDAY
Town of Oyster Bay - Main Street
Yaphank Fire Dept Yaphank
WEDNESDAY
Village of Westbury Madison St parking field #4 5pm to 9pm
Shirley KFC - William Floyd Parkway
Sea Cliff Fire Dept Cruise Night Sea Cliff Ave & Main St starts June 13th
5.:30 to 8:00pm $5.00 car fee
THURSDAY
Downtown Mineola Classic Motor Night Main St 6-9pm 7/7 thu 9/29
Village of Lynbrook - Street Show (Atlantic Ave.)
Lake Grove Houlihan‘s Middle Country Rd 5pm
Kings Park Plaza, Kings Park Indian Head Rd (Key Food) Sponsored by
Kings Park Chamber of Commerce and Kevin Denis of Professor‘s Diner
Room for several hundred cars All Welcome
Wendy's Oakdale - Montauk Hwy & Locust Ave Sponsored by Still Crusin
Car Club contact Ish 631-205-0510 6pm
Riverhead on the water front behind Main St weather permitting including
DJ & Refreshments
Glen Cove School St & Glen St Sponsored by Glen Cove Fire Dept $5 Dona-
tion info Bob Citko 516-676-0366
West Isilp Villa Monaco Restaurant 778 Montauk Hwy 6pm Room for 150
cars food & facilities on site Long Island Road Gents-Ray Rendina 516-523-
7130 or 631-661-3838
FRIDAY
Bellmore train Station Lot Sunrise Hwy & Bellmore Ave Sponsored by
Town of Oyster Bay
SATURDAY
Islip Town Hall 655 Main St Islip 5-9pm
McDonalds Sunrise Hwy West Islip
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Buy & Sell
Parts for Sale: 1964-44 Ford Thunderbird, New Drivers Side quarter repair panel, motor, transmissions, fenders ,trunk
lids, glass, interior, parts bought & sold. Frank Del Rossi (704) 483-9554 1965 Ford Thunderbird Special Edition
Landau NOS Deluxe Spinner wheel covers ( TWO ) with Ford Boxes. $400.00 Firm. Plus shipping. Frank Del
Rossi (704) 483-9554
For Sale: 1965 T-Bird Special Landau (embergio/parchment interior). I have owned the car 8 years and have restored
80%of it myself. Engine compartment, front end, and trunk have been detailed completely. New vinyl top, new tires, new
floor bds. front and rear). Interior redone and original. Front bumper, grill, T-Bird emblems, handles, and rear window
grill all re chromed. 94K original miles. I have the original gate release and build sheet. Only 4500 Specials were built.
the car has many distinct features. Asking $12,500 Call Dennis Terrell (631)888-1446
FOR SALE 1956 T-BIRD White w/white hardtop,black convtop 80K on rebuilt engine many other parts asking
30K Denise Miller 516 825 0735
CLUB JACKETS
SEE ELLIOTT WEINER IF INTERESTED IN ORDERING
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President Message from Page 3
THE WINNERS ARE
First Place Second Place Third Place
Ron Kohlmann Walter Stoeber Peter Lang
John Frisbie Rich Kamin Don Torchon
Larry Northcote Dennis Terrell Bob Marketta
John Biance
Joe Sesack
Frank Skrivanek
A Special Award For This Year’s Show: One of our own LITC members, Larry Werkstell, who at shows we attend together as a group, al-
ways finds himself either parked close to the bathrooms or porta potties, at a show. If you look at some the pictures from our show you will see
him again parked next to the porta potties at KeyFood, so we decided to give him his own piece of the pie. We called it the first and only
―Shittenhauser Award‖.
Our Back of the T-Shirt Sponsors – Now, the shirt people, who appear on the back of our T-shirt, and I know it sounds like something out of
Sesame Street, but these are real people who support us every year: Mike Rau from Tires Inc, Bob Fregenti from Fregenti Insurance, and our
own Bob Ceraso – Legendary Thunderbird Parts & Cars.
OUR NEXT CLUB FUNCTION & MEETING
August Club Outdoor Meeting/Thursday, August 9th at the KeyFood Shopping Center in Kings Park: We are back at KP for a few rea-
sons. The volunteers will be rewarded on this day by having pizza on the house. It‘s our way of saying thank you for their efforts on Sunday,
July 8th. Rather than get creative for August why not return to where our show‘s success was. We cannot buy pizza for everyone like we do at
Bertucci‘s and hopefully nobody will get offended.
Cruizin’ For A Cure/Sunday, September 16, 2018: Our next big September club event will be Cruizin‘ For A Cure on Sunday, September
16th at their new location which is in Westbury, at 1400 Old Country Road, just west off the Wantagh Parkway. With Sandy Kane‘s new venue
you must pre- register in order to guarantee you a spot. As in the past, we meet early, and early is 7:00 AM sharp, and then we caravan over to
the show. Doing this will guarantee that we will be able to park together. This year‘s meeting place will be a TBA. Please go to their web site
and pre- register. www.licruzinforacure.com
One more item before we close - A special ‘Thank You’ to Ray Guarino & Joe D at Motor Mouth Radio – WHPC 90.3 FM, http://
www.motormouthradio.com/ who allowed Dennis Benfante and me to come on their show, Sunday July 1st and talk about our event and as-
sorted items. By the way, if you call 516-572-7440 during a live MotorMouth Radio broadcast you can be on the air stumping Ray & Joe with
your fabulously articulate question.
…and you‘re welcome.
Joe Nolan’s 1957 THUNDERBIRD BEST IN SHOW
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L.I.THUNDERBIRD CLUB NEXT INDOOR MEEING
DATE: September 18th Tuesday 7:00pm
PLACE: Bartucci‘s Restaurant 881 Walt Whitman Rd Melville
Directions: one block north of Northern State Pkwy RT110
becomes Walt Whitman Rd
NEXT INDOOR MEETING: October 16th Tuesday
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Joe Nolan BEST OF SHOW 1957 Thunderbird
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OUR SHOW JUDGES ENDLESS SUMMERCARSHOWSLI.COM
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Preregistered and Day of show and Angela from Croftgate Products
Larry Werkstell with the 1st Shittenhaus Award
Dennis Benfante TONY Message
13th. ANNUAL THUNDERBIRD / ALL FORD SHOW
Holy Cow !! In the immortal words of the late Phil Rizzuto, we hit it out of the park on Sunday July 8th.
As you remember, last year we lost our sponsorship and were in fear of ending our show. But, one of our members, Steve
Siben stepped up to the plate and promised to sponsor us this year. Well, Steve was true to his word. A great big Thank
You to Steve and his lovely wife Sherry. Through the generosity of them both and the Law Firm of Siben & Siben we
were able to have our 13th Annual Show. And what a show it was.
I'm sure the weather helped, it was warm but not stifling hot so that made for a better attendance. We had 175
beautiful automobiles show up. A quick breakdown shows 34 ―Little Birds‖ ('55 to'57) then 28 ―Big Birds‖ ('58 to '97)
And then with to the support of the Mustang Shelby Club of Long Island there were over 40 Mustangs. Due to their ef-
forts and participation we even created special classes and also a special award for the Best of Show in the Mustang cate-
gory. So, basically over 100 T'Birds and Mustangs. The remainder were all types of Fords, Mercury's and Lincolns.
Now back to the show....So many Thank Yous ..to all the volunteers From T.O.N.Y. We had, Bob Ceraso,Stan
and Mindy Matusewitz, Joe Marchione, John Cattonar and of course THE DALYS. Dianne and Bruce are an intrigue part
to the success of the show with their tireless support. Not to mention, how nice Dianne folds the shirts and Bruce's efforts
selling 50/50's
From L.I.T.C Ken Weinburg, Artie Fleming, Paul Rosina Frank Skrivanek our DJ, Bob Marketta, who inciden-
tally donated his time and of course The Man, Elliott Weiner, who without all his time and effort there would be no show.
More Thank yous to our Friend Allen Leon, who donated many raffle gifts and two Gas Gift Cards as an award to
the furthest traveled. Who by the way are Roger Mills from Woburn and Joe Menahan from Franklin both in Massachu-
setts As with any major undertaking there are some bumps in the road. There was some questioning about the judging.
Some cars in some categories were not judged, because the owner was not by the car and or the trunk and hoods were not
opened. We also have to take into consideration the number of cars that showed up. The judges expected up to 130 cars
but as stated earlier there were 175. so lets have some patience and next year we will get it right. .We also had some prob-
lems, we ran out of plaques, so some winners had to wait for their awards to be mailed to them, which were sent out on
Monday July 16th.
Here are the winners from T.O.N.Y
Class ―A‖ 1955 T'Bird Marge Scomello
Class ―B‖ 1956 T'Bird 1st.Place Mike Tinnierello
2nd. Place Ed Correa
3rd. Place Sal Perotta
Class ―C‖ 1957 T'Bird 1st. Place Joe Marchione
2nd Place Dennis Terrell
#rd Place Lou Realmuto
Steve Siben took 3rd place in the Modified Class with his 1954 Ford Crestliner with the half see through hood.
The ―Best in Show went to our own Joe Nolan with his Red '57 T'Bird
But the Biggest Winner is Homes for Heroes. A check for $3,000.00 will be sent by Ken Weinburg to them ASAP.
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GROUP LIFT PURCHASE Is anyone interested in buying a 4-post lift for their garage? I am refurbishing my garage, and have done some research on lifts. I have settled on the Backyard Buddy 7,000lb.
Standard Lift. BYB can store 2 cars in the space of one, requiring just 9' wide, 16' long, 9' ceiling height, and a 120V outlet to store one car above another car, where the lower car is
60" at its highest point or less (e.g. my 1970 Boss 302 on top of my 2013 Boss 302, for ex-ample). The lift is made in Warren, OH, has the best construction & lift locking system in my
opinion, offers jacks, drip pans, and wheels for movement, and offers the best warranty I can find. Go to their website & see for yourself www.backyardbuddy.com. It is also probably the
most expensive 4-post lift at $4,595. But I want one! I would like to assemble a group of 10 or more car guys living here on Long Island who would
like to buy this lift this summer. Then I intend to take the order to the All Ford Nationals (June 2-4), where Backyard Buddy will have a booth. My theory is in addition to the $300 -
400 show special, I can negotiate a volume price delivered to one "area". By negotiating a group purchase discount added to the reduced freight and the show special, I am going to try
to knock $ 500 - 1,000 off the standard retail price of the lift.
Please realize (1) You will still have to pay someone to install the lift at your home ($500 -
1,000), (2) You will have to modify your garage door tracks to clear the lift (~$200), (3) There is no guarantee of the final price; I can only try to get the $1,000 discount I seek. But
10 units should get us some discount; 20+ units will entice the manufacture to give a sub-stantial discount. As an additional incentive, I would invite the Backyard Buddy Marketing
team to come to Long Island and talk to / interview those who participated for their advertis-ing testimonials.
Please contact me by phone or email (below) with any questions, giving me your name, your
email address, phone, and address as confirmation you are willing to spend the necessary funds in June-July. Thank you!
John Dettori
MCA National Director
[email protected] 631 807 1227
