BOP Mustang Owners Club. September 2020 - From the President's Desk - NZ Mustang

BOP Mustang Owners Club. September 2020

                                                     From the President’s Desk
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From the President’s
Desk
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                         Hi All,
Your committee
                         Well another month has rolled around and all our planning for what was shaping up to
Upcoming Events
                         be the biggest Tri Club run ever, dashed thanks to Covid19. Fortunately the weather
Pages 3:                 played ball and our alternative run to Anzac Cove at Waihi Beach was a great success .
History of the Tri Cub   Lots a fun, great to see everyone eager to join in the activities, and enjoying each others
Run                      company.
Just a Word from our     For me and I am sure for most of you, one of the main reasons to belong to a Club of
VP
                         any sort is to be able to interact with like minded people, and we have some very inter-
Page 4-8:                esting characters in our Club. So I urge you all, mix, mingle step outside your comfort
August Club Run to       zone and talk to that member that you haven’t chatted to before, that is why you
Athenree                 joined, remember, at least you know you will have one thing in common, Mustangs.
Page 9:                  Well done Wayne and Jennie from Taupo, who drove home with two of the prizes on
Convention 2020          their first outing with the club.
Convention 2021          Well it is also looking like the Henry Ford Day which was to have been our club run for
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                         September could be cancelled. With this cancellation being a strong possibility, we have
                         decided to move the Club run to Sunday the 20th of September, this will give those who
Shelby’s Kiwi V8
                         still want to go to the Henry Ford Day on the 13th September the opportunity to attend
Page 11:                 should it still proceed. After a few urgent phone calls we have managed to secure ac-
Club Man Cave            cess to the Ross Brothers Muscle Car Museum in Cambridge for our 20th September
                         run. This is a private car, vintage trucks and machinery collection that is not opened to
                         the general public, but will be opened for our Club to visit. Three years ago we visited
                         the museum and it was a hit with everyone that attended. This time due to Covid 19 we
                         will not able to have our lunch at the Cambridge Golf Club, but thankfully the Ross Both-
                         ers have agreed to let us have a picnic at the museum, with tea and coffee available on
                         site. Well that’s all from me, happy motoring.
                         Cheers
                         Darrell

Committee 2020
President      Darrell Osborne
VP             Bruce Lewis
Secretary      Philippa Lewis
Treasurer      Julie Flett
Newsletter     Margaret Broadbent
Events         Charles Quintal
Facebook       Paul Bloxham
Clothing       Wendy Osborne
Committee      Paul Broadbent
               Grahame Atkinson
               Pauline Atkinson

                                 Upcoming Events
    13 Sept   The WMOC Henry Ford Day may still be on. Please support them if you
               would like to have a run, but do check to make sure it is still run ning. It
               may not be due to Covid restrictions.
    20 Sept   Ross Brothers Muscle Car Museum, Cambridge. Meet at Tauranga
               Lakes bottom carpark at 10am for a 10.15am departure. Bring your
               own picnic lunch, chairs etc. With Covid restrictions in place we do have
               to ensure that numbers do not exceed 100, so please let Philippa know
               that you are attending via email to bopmustangclub@gmail/com
    October   There will be a run to a car collection early in the month as convention
               is later in the month.
               Labour Weekend is the annual Mustang Convention hosted by CMOC
               this year.
    15 Nov    All USA Day—another watch this space.
    December Christmas Party
    January   Taupo Historic Cars Meeting is on on 22, 23 and 24 January and might
               be good fun for a weekend away—or a day visit. The theme this year is
               Ford and if we play our cards right there might be a little extra for Ford
               owners. Bruce is talking to the organisers now to see how we can be in
               volved, so watch this space and we can start thinking about a weekend
               away maybe?

History of the Tri Club Run
                                   Story by Margaret Broadbent
With the cancellation of this year’s Tri Club Run, I got to thinking about the history of this
run. It started as best as I can tell in 2010. At the time I was serving on the AMOC committee
as Events Coordinator and felt that it would be a good idea to get the three clubs together
once a year at some sort of mid point for all 3 clubs. Fortunately, all 3 clubs agreed and so
was born the annual Tri Club run. Unfortunately, at this point we have not been able to hold
this year’s run, which was our turn to run, due to Covid restrictions. Some things you just
can’t control. Had it gone it ahead, it would have been by far the biggest with around 120
cars and the thick end of 250 people scheduled to attend.
So far, and again as best as I can tell after trawling through both AMOC and BoPMOC news-
letters, this is where each run has gone:
2010          Miranda Hot Pools
2011          Raglan—who could forget those hangi lunches!
2012          Bowentown
2013          Okoroire
2014          Sapphire Springs
2015          Whangamata
2016          Matamata
2017          Gordonton
2018          Waiuku
2019          Matamata
2020          Covid cancellation—would have been Waihi Beach and huge!

                                       Just a Word
We recently had a resignation of a relatively new family membership where the resigning
members cited (amongst other things) that they overheard someone saying that their Mus-
tang which was body kitted & badged “was not of course the real thing or as labelled”
I guess we do need to be quite careful when & how we might “critique” another member’s
“pride & joy” & to always put a positive & complimentary view when discussing an opinion
about a car in public areas or at a park up.
While some of us are fairly thick skinned & can take it on the chin & fire one back in fun with
no offence taken, we do need to remember that members of our club can be like family
members & take offence easily or are having a bad hair day for who knows what reason!
We are getting some very positive feedback on the club wellbeing so let’s all keep making
this great club an enjoyable & fun association, a place where we can look forward to being
with people who do make us feel wanted, appreciated & come away feeling better for the
days experience.
On that note, we thoroughly enjoyed our day at Anzac Bay, great weather, brilliant company,
a lot of fun & a good drive, just what the doctor ordered after the disappointment of what
we had to cancel.
Thanks to the organizing team & everyone who came to have some fun!
We actually got another family membership application on the day as well!
Cheers & can’t wait to roll the roof back & cruise again!
Bruce Lewis
VP, BOPMOC

Club Run to Athenree
                                   Story by Margaret Broadbent
                           Pictures by Phillipa Tapp and Paul Bloxham
With the Tri Club run cancelled due to the Covid levels, the committee decided that we
could still have a run for our club. And that thought was quickly followed by the one that
we shouldn’t let a lot of very good planning go to waste and so Charles quickly recycled
the Tri Club run into something we could make work for us.
We gathered at Tauranga Crossing and made our way via Katikati and Waihi Beach to
Athenree, picking up some others along the way—from memory (which isn’t all it once
was!!) I think there were around 30 cars.
We parked up at Athenree on the reserve area and got into the games straight away.
First up it was driving closest to the cone for the ladies, and driving to a metre away for
the men—with some interesting results in both categories.
After that we had 2 games running in tandem—balancing 3 tennis balls on a racket while
running up to the bucket where they had to be all dropped in—try it, it isn’t at all easy!
As well there was a game of quoits running. It has been many years since I attempted
quoits and my results certainly reflected that!
Games over, we gathered in a big circle for our picnic lunches. I never knew there quite
so many ways to make bacon and egg pie! Perhaps that is an idea for some future
event—a bacon and egg pie-off!
As is our norm, then came the prizes for the day—and the winners were:
      Pre 2000 Kevin Uncles
      Post 2000 Wayne Hills
      Dipstick Ray Sperling
      Closest to the cone—Women
                     Jeannie Duffy—one of our new members—way to make a splash,
                     Jeannie!
      Closest to a metre from the cone—Men
                     Paul Mills
      Tennis Balls—Jeannie Duffy—again for the women. And Adam Tapp for the men
      There was a special award for the most glamourous run to the bucket in the tennis
       balls comp and that went to our illustrious Secretary, Philippa Lewis who indeed
       did it in style!
I think it fair to say that we all had a wonderful day with a good number of our club mem-
bers in attendance. It is looking like Covid may disrupt our plans for the September run
but in our club we don’t let little things like that put us off. We are working on a run as
we speak and by the time you receive this it will be ready for publication.

As always—evidence in pictorial style follows.

Ladies First:

And, now for the blokes:

The games:

The winners gallery:

Convention 2020
CMOC have been in touch with the Club, and Philippa has passed the message on, that
they are waiting again for advice re Covid levels before they can confirm that Convention
can go ahead. A very trying time for them. At this stage, about all we can do is assume it
will go ahead and plan accordingly. We will have 17 cars to represent our club.
Philippa will create an email group and a phone list so that communication is maintained
before and while we are away.
Vicki and Gillian are poised ready to hit the go button on ordering our costumes for Sun-
day night—again just waiting for the covid levels to allow us to go ahead. Remember these
are compulsory wear on Sunday night—and the Club is footing the bill for them.
Also compulsory wear at Convention are club shirts on the Friday night and Monday morn-
ing.
Cars must have club sashes for the Saturday car show.
CMOC always put on a great Convention and BoPMOC are very good at enjoying our-
selves, so roll on the good times!

                        Convention 2021
Convention 2021 Committee Assistance:
Further to the request in last month’s newsletter, we have had no response from anyone
willing to take on the role of Show Day Coordination. We really do need someone to step
and help out with this key role. Please consider it and get in touch if you feel you are able
to help. There is much support already in place so you don’t have to fly alone!
The 2021 Convention Committee currently looks like this:
   Grant Robb: Convener/planning
   Dave Flett: Sponsors, trade stands, guests
   Julie Flett: Treasurer
   Margaret Broadbent: Administration coordinator
   Paul Stops: Cruise Day coordinator
We are now looking for someone to oversee Show Day Coordination. This will involve
working with me to complete the last of the planning with the show venue managers and
then to complete fine tuning to draft in helpers to complete the various tasks that will
need doing on the day. 90% of planning/organizing has been completed. I would antici-
pate a couple of meetings with arena management later this year and then may 3-4 meet-
ings during next year. I can provide more details to anyone interested in this appointment.
We will also later be looking for a Functions Coordinator to complete our committee but
more on that in the New Year (early 2021)

From the NZ Herald’s Driven column:
   Shelby's new Kiwi V8: stunning Ford Mustang con-
                 firmed for our shores

There's yet another new contender on the block for Kiwis thirsty for rear-wheel drive V8
thrills.

Shelby New Zealand has confirmed a new model in its stable (ha, horse pun) in the form
of the limited edition Carroll Shelby Signature Edition Mustang.

Apart from sporting a thick array of visual fruit, like a full Shelby body-kit, 20-inch forged
monobloc wheels, and oodles of Shelby badging, the Signature Edition also features a
hefty power upgrade and some clever trickery for improving handling.
Under the bonnet, Ford's 5.0-litre Coyote V8 gains a meaty 276kW of power, making for
a toal of 615kW. This is via the addition of a supercharger, a Borla exhaust package, and
other adjustments made by the Shelby team.

The big power injection is supported by Shelby's handling pack, and a wider track to aid
stability and allow for thicker rubber. It's worth noting too that the wider track is made
possible with a set of lightweight aluminium wings and fenders all round.

Apart from performance, the Signature Edition also sports a bevy of interior upgrades;
from revised leather upholstery to new sill plates and a barrage of signature insignias on
the dash, floor mats, and more.

Just 50 Carroll Shelbey Signature Edition Mustangs are being produced worldwide, with
New Zealand getting an allocation of three. Those wanting to order one have until June
30 to make themselves known. Pricing hasn't been confirmed, but expect it to be well
into the six-figure range.

Shelby confirmed its New Zealand adoption in late 2019, as another option for current
and future Mustang owners wanting something extra to separate their pony car for the
next.
“The even better news for New Zealand Shelby fans is that the cars, parts, accessories
and merchandise will not only be offered directly from our Matamata premises, but also
via a number of selected Ford dealers throughout NZ,” said Ross Prevette, Operations
and Sales Manager for Shelby NZ.

“Shelby has been recognised globally as the premium upgrade for Ford Mustangs since
1965, and 55 years later the iconic brand still remains very much in a class of its own,”
added company owner Malcolm Sankey.

Club Man Caves
Starting a new feature, which will be included as often as I get material. This one’s up to
you, club members! Send me 3 or 4 pics of your man cave so we can all experience a little
envy!
To kick us off, here is the man cave belonging to our fearless leader, Darrell: