2002 , 2003, & 2004 TMCCC Series Club Champions

COWTOWN MOPARS PERFORMANCE TEAM is a Mopar enthusiast organization with it’s own elected officers and operating treasury. Membership is open to ALL Mopar enthusiasts and owners. You do not need to own a Mopar to join or participate (but all of us will encourage you to own a few….). We are based in the Fort Worth area of North Cen-tral Texas, USA. Currently, we have members from all around the area, even reaching into AUSTRALIA !

Our club address is:

Cowtown Mopars Performance Team

P.O. Box 162413 � Fort Worth, Texas 76161-2413

Our Web Page is:

http://www.cowtownmopars.org

http://clubs.hemmings.com/cowtownmopars/

Our Club Meetings: The Cowtown Mopars Performance Team holds it’s monthly club meeting on the 3rd Sun-day of each month at 5 pm. Meetings are held at:

BILLY BOB’S TEXAS 2520 Rodeo Plaza Fort Worth, Texas ( in the Historic Stockyards!)

Cruise Night at Scotty’s Diner (Loop 820 & Beach, south 1/4 mile)

2nd Saturday of each month at 7 pm GUESTS, including non-MOPARS, are always welcome to join us.

JANUARY 2005

President: Mark Buchanan (972) 617-2068 bbuchanan8@juno.com Vice President: Mike Miller (817) 656-3218 greybeard360@yahoo.com Secretary: Ken Angyal (817) 465-4344 KVJA54@aol.com Treasurer: Dan Robinson (817) 428-8858 derob@charter.net Membership Director: Bernie Powell (817) 246-1600 coyote-dust@sbcglobal.net Activities Director: Gary Bradshaw (817) 759-2974 wedge65@charter.net Newsletter Editor: Steve Wiggin (817)714-3783 wigginfam@sbcglobal.net Webmaster: Mike Miller (817) 656-3218 greybeard360@yahoo.com

Cowtown Mopar Officers

Inside this issue: Page President’s Desk 2

And The VP Says 2

Got a Minutes? 3

Web Site Info 3

New Members 3

Race Team Info 4

Classifieds 5

Events, Shows & Activities 5

Funnies 6

Mopar of the Month 7

Spring Picnic Photos 8

Show Flyers 9—11

Members Business Cards 12

Application 13

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CMPT 20TH ANNIVERSARY 1985-2005

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HAPPY NEW YEAR COW-TOWN MOPARS MEMBERS and HAPPY 20th ANNIVER-SARY! 2004 has come and gone. It seems like just the other day we were planning for the "Y2K" ....scare.... When I was younger hearing peo-ple say "time sure does fly" seemed like a silly statement to me, but as I get older I understand the truth of that statement more

and more. 2004 was a GREAT year for Cowtown Mopars and did it ever fly by! We had awesome cars in the indoor car shows. We had a Great Cowtown Mopars Round-up. We had our first of many joint picnics with the Dallas Mopar Club. We supported numerous local and some not so local car shows. We had a cool poker run and our first scavenger hunt. Gene invited everyone to his shop more then once. We had the MOST DOMINATING year ever in the TMCCC series that we won for the 3rd year in a row. We had our Toy Drive/Car Show at Huffines in early De-cember and gathered 828 toys and clothes along with $141 with the help from the Lone Star Jeep Club among others. To cap the year off we had 78 at our year end meeting and Christmas party. The food was great, the meeting was short and the gift exchange was a lot of fun. I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF SUCH A GENEROUS AND FUN BUNCH OF CAR NUTS. The defini-tion for car nuts in the dictionary is: an affectionate term, "friend". As many of you probably have heard, a group of Mopar guys started meeting in the later part of 1985 and in early 1986 that group elected club officers. That is why we will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Cowtown Mopars in 2005. I hope that

you will join us in making this the best year ever for Cowtown Mo-pars. It is important that we all chip in, do what you can and we can make 2005 be a very special year for all of us. The first two things to pop up on the calender each year is the Dal-las Autorama February 11-13 and the Ft Worth Rod and Custom March 4-6. Please let me know if you are interested in entering ei-ther one of these shows. The first TMCCC series race will be at Kennedale on March the 13th (tentatively scheduled). The 2005 Cowtown Mopars Round-up will be April 9th at Huffines with the rain date being April 23rd. I know it is almost four months away, but it is not too early to start planning. Remember what they say "time sure does fly". We need your help right now gathering spon-sors and door prizes for the show. There will be many other ways you can help and if you are willing to help please let someone know, Thanks. In January, February and March we will be nominating board mem-bers. The best way to get nominated is to not be at one of those meetings, so I'm sure we will have a big turnout at the next few meetings. All kidding aside, if you want to serve as a board mem-ber, want to nominate someone, want to nominate yourself or want to watch people squirm please be at the next club meetings. We will be voting at the March club meeting and the elected officers will take over after the April Cowtown Round-up. See ya soon!

tend. I would also like to thank all of the club members and the other clubs that participated in the toy drive this year. To say the least, we were not prepared for the number of cars in attendance but we managed to make room for everyone. The amount of toys brought in exceeded our expectations and it is a great statement about the members of our club. Mike Miller, V.P. Owner, M.P.A.R.

Vice President... By the time you get the newsletter this month it will be a new year. 2004 was a great year for the club and we anticipate 2005 being even better. We will celebrate the clubs 20th anniversary this year and will com-memorate the year with a special tee shirt for the show. If anyone has any ideas for the shirt please feel free to let us know about them or if you can design a shirt... do it! We are open to all sugges-tions. Congratulations to all of the club members that won races and car shows. Looking at the number of trophies that were brought to the meet-ings, a lot of people did real well last year! The race team won the TMCCC Championship for the third consecutive year and the show team continues winning awards at the shows they at-

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As i write this final message for the calendar year 2004,2005 will have been ushered in. The club has done really well this year and anticipates a better year for 2005. A very positive turn-out with our Dallas neighbors for our spring picnic has more joint events lined up for the upcoming year.The club will celebrate our 20th anniver-sary with a commemorative 20th anniversary t-shirt to be sold to members and guests,starting with our annual round-up in April. The year 2004 had many positives for

the club, including a three time texas muscle car club challenge (TMCCC) championship and an awesome display of trophies and plaques by both the race and show teams won at various events. The final event of the year ,the annual toy drive, was so well attended that it shocked both club members and our sponsor, Huffines Dodge. Expectations were over-whelmingly exceeded which shows to all that not only does our club

have great cars and

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receive friends 5 to 7 p.m. Monday. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lance Armstrong Cancer Foundation in Austin. Mr. Powell was born Sept. 27, 1943, to J.G. and Beulah Irene Boggs Powell, in Parkersburg, W.Va. He graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1962. He delivered papers for the Parkersburg Sen-tinel. He was in the United States Air Force four years and was a 31-year employee of Bell Helicop-ter Textron. He married LaVerna Marilyn Mont-gomery Nov. 12, 1964. Mr. Powell was a coach and manager of several

In Honor of Bernie’s Dad…. Bernard Lee "Bernie" Powell Sr. 1943 - 2004 Bernard Lee "Bernie" Powell Sr., 61, lost his

life after a short coura-geous battle with lung cancer Friday, Dec. 31, 2004. Funeral: 1 p.m. Tues-day at Shannon Rose Hill Funeral Chapel. Burial: Shannon Rose Hill Cemetery. Visita-tion: The family will

I have added a new page to the web site..... finally. I have put a page up with photos that our club member in Australia sent to us. Thanks to Andrew Pana for sending them. I have a lot more photos (3 CD's worth!) and will add a few more photos to the page as time allows. Those guys and gals have some really neat cars down there! The Toy Drive photos will be online in a week or two. I am still waiting for some of them to turn up. I have to re-size them all and get a page started too!...... I must be getting lazy in my old age. Or just too busy!

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Here’s hoping that your Christmas was Merry & you started 2005 with A Happy New Year! This past holiday was the best in many years for me, as I was able to spend great times with Family and Friends in Oklahoma, after sharing the joy of the TOY Drive & Christmas Party with this club! Speaking of family, Dave Maxon will be long gone by the time you read this. All of us at CMPT thank Dave for his work. Thanks, Dave! Also, Thanks to everyone for the HELP with the shop move. Gary Bradshaw is my new ’parts guy’, and together we’ll be able to do more TUNE work and much more. Come by & Say HOWDY! Gene Quick Owner, Gene Quick Motorsports Race Team Coordinator Mickey Thompson ET Street and ET Drag slicks for sale at COST for CMPT Mickey Thompson ET Street and ET Drag slicks for sale at COST for CMPT club meclub members.mbers. 2005 Race Schedule: tentative as of January 4, 2005…… 1st race March 13th at Kennedale 2nd race April 10th at Ennis 3rd race April 24th Rusk 4th race May 8th Red Line 5th race June 5th Thunder Valley 6th race June 19th Denton or Temple 7th race September 11th Kennedale 8th race October 16th Ennis 9th race October 30th Red Line Banquet November 12th

Well, we made it past the holiday season and what a season it was. The toy drive was the best ever and is looking even better for next year. The whole drive was made great for me when Gene and I were leading the caravan on I-820 in Ft. Worth and a lady pulled up next to us on the highway just to say thank you for what we were doing. Her doing that just made my holiday spirit. Thank you to everyone who helped and I know that there were a lot of happy kids because of what you did. The meeting / Christmas party at Billy Bob’s went great also. I believe we had more that 75 people show up and the catered food was delicious. We all had a ball with the Chinese gift exchange. If you needed any bungie cords, that was the place to be. I’m already looking forward to next year. We are now starting to plan for the annual car show at Huffines and the joint picnic with Dallas Mopars. Now is the time for all of us to start asking for donations for door prizes and goody bag items for the show. Also if you know somewhere that we can put a flyer in the window to adver-tise, that would be great also. Stay tuned for more updates on both. Gary Bradshaw, CMPT Activities Director

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⇒ Cowtown Mopars Performance Team Cruise in at Scotty’s is on the 2nd Saturday of the month.. N. Beach street 1/4 mile south of N Loop 820, 7-9 pm

⇒ Drive In Movies Open every Fri & Sat night. www.thebrazos.com located in Granbury, TX 24 hour Hotline: 817-573-1311 Check the website for additional events. Do you know of an event you think other club members would be interested in? Please submit them to the newsletter editor or webmaster.

Many Cruises start in March and are a great way to get together with other car enthusiasts. Your car does not have to be in pristine condition to have a great time. Everyone is welcome!

1st Saturday of each month

Downtown Decatur at the Courthouse Square. (May, June, August, Sept. and Oct.) no cruise in July. Starts at 4:30 pm, awards at 8 pm. $15 entry fee goes to charity. Antique stores and 2 restaurants on the square. They typically get 150 cars every month. Contact Tim Rieger for more info. 940-627-0939 Sonic Drive In. 4050 S & S. Great Southwest in Grand Prairie. First Sat. Vought Car Club, 972-660-6195. North Texas Mustang Club cruise. First Saturday April - October. 5-8:30pm. Cracker Barrel I-35E at Fox Avenue Exit (west side of I35E) Lewisville. $8.00 entry fee. 817-595-6900

1st Sunday of each month Hooters, 2522 N. Beltline Rd. First Sun., March thru September. Jeff, 972-289-4360 or Marvin, 972-617-5393 or Hooters, 972-659-9464 in Irving. Bass Pro Shop cruise. First Sunday April - October. 1-5pm. 2501 Bass Pro Dr., Grapevine. $10 entry fee. Jim 469-366-4350.

2nd Saturday of each month Late Great Chevy Club cruise in old Downtown Carrollton. Second Saturday every month April through Oct. South east corner of Beltline and I-35 around the old white gazebo. limited parking, get there early. $10.00 entry fee. Antique stores and a couple of restaurants in the immediate area. The Cruisers Club of Cedar Hill and Whataburger on FM 1382 and Hwy 67 in Cedar Hill. Second Saturday of each month (March through November). 4 PM to 8 PM. The entry fee is just $10.00 For more info call Bobby Knight at 972-291-3837 or email bkstudio@swbell.net or John Knight, Cedar Hill Cruisers email: jtknight46@hotmail.com (817) 992-6774 Gasoline Alley Car Club and Burger Street team up again. Second Saturday, starting June 12, 2004. Held at the Bedford Burger Street Location at 2902 Highway 121 at the Harwood exit. The entry fee is still only $10 with registration from 5-6p.m. Voting 6-7p.m. and awards will be around 8:30-9:00 p.m. For more info call Jeff @ (972)-289-4360 or Marvin @ (972)-617-5393. Ron's Hamburgers and Chili Restaurant is located at the NW corner of North Garland Ave and Beltline Road in Garland. Second Saturday every month April thru Oct. - 4 to 8 PM. Sponsored by the Boulevard Knights. Hooters, 3902 Towne Crossing in Mesquite, 1-5 PM. Second Saturday of the month Steak and Ale cruise. Second Saturday April - October. 4-8pm. 1957 Northwest Highway, Garland. $10 entry fee. Jim 469-366-4350 The Dallas MOPAR Club & Chuck's Restaurant cruise. Second Saturday beginning March 13 through September. Registration begins 5pm, voting 6:30-7:30pm, awards at 8:30pm. Chuck's restaurant is located on the SW corner of Trinity Mills and Midway in Carrollton.

3rd Saturday of each month Plano Sonic Parker Rd. West @ Coit Rd. Plano, 5-8 PM. Third Saturday. Chuck's Burgers. Southeast corner of Hwy 121 and Preston Road in Plano/Frisco. Third Saturday - $10 entry fee. register 5-7pm, vote 7-7:30pm, trophies 8:30pm. Spon-sored by the Lone Star Performance Buick Club. http://www.lspbc.org Scooter's Good food and good times cruise. Third Saturday April - October. 1-5 pm. 1957 Northwest Highway, Garland. $10 entry fee. Jim 469-366-4350 Christian Classic Cruisers cruise. Third Saturday April - October. 5-9pm. North Hills Mall parking lot Loop 820 and Hwy 26. $10 entry fee. Jerry Hogan 817-944-6615 or http:// www.christian-c-cruisers.com

4th Saturday of each month Monthly Muscle Car cruise in Plano, 4th Saturday of the Month. 6301 Coit Rd., Spring Creek and Coit Intersection. Entry Fee: FREE!!! Time: 5:30 pm All Makes and Mod-els welcome Dates for 2004: March 27. April 24. May 22. June 26. July 24 August 28. September 25. October 23. http://www.monthlymuscle.com KFC car cruise. Last Saturday of every month starting April 24th. Register 5:30-7pm, Trophies 8pm. KFC parking lot 6301 Coit Road, Plano (Spring Creek and Coit). 972-769-0664. SVT Club of North Texas cruise night at Chuck's restaurant. Fourth Saturday April - October. Register 5-7pm, awards at 8:30pm. 1469 Hwy 114 at Hwy 26 exit, Grapevine. Chuck's is in the Target parking lot. $10 entry fee. 817-329-9020

4th Sunday of each month Keller's Hamburgers cruise. Fourth Sunday April - October. 1-5pm. 6537 E. Northwest Highway, Dallas. $10 entry fee. Jim 469-366-4350

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Just what every 40Something should have—Their first race car! Aquired in the Summer of 2004, our newest Mopar addition (to the ‘71 and ‘72 Cudas) is this ‘66 Coronet. We’ve been hooked on racing it ever since with the club. As a rookie, not only is seat time important for the driver, but so is experienced friends/racers, and a supportive family! We’re looking forward to the 2005 season! The car sports an fresh Indy Aluminum headed 499 cubic Inch motor built by M.P.A.R., with Eagle crank, Eagle rods, Ross pistons, Competition Cams Roller cam set-up, a Holly 1050 Dominator with Deadenbear air ram stop, 727 Torqflite automatic, Pro trans-brake, Turbo Action 8 inch 4800 stall, CSI tranny shield, turbo action shifter with Deadenbear air shifter. Year-old paint, fiberglass hood, trunk & bumpers, a 12pt. chrome Moly TIG-welded cage, Dana rear end with 4.88 gears, Moser axles and spool, Chassis works 4 link with 4130 rod ends, 4 wheel disc brakes, 2 inch coated race headers, Borla race mufflers, twin yellow top optimas, and some pretty large Goodyears in back com-plete the car. The car was built in Colorado in 1998. A special word of thanks to my wife, Sheila, and our 12 year-old daughter, Ashley, for their encouragement and support. Without them, NO part of this Adventure would be worth it!!! Also, big-time Thanks! to Mike Miller at M.P.A.R. for the tireless mechanical & fabrication work (and teaching) on a car that seemed not to like him at first (next time use the jack stands!), and to Bill ‘TexasTrailerMan’ Boon for a great car-hauler. Finally, thank you to the CMPT members for making us feel welcomed into the race team, headed by Gene Quick (another teacher)! We’ll also hang out with the CMPT Show Team again in 2005, with this car & the ‘Cudas! Steve Wiggin, CMPT Member, Newsletter Editor

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