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Chapter of ITC, VTCI Publication of the LONG ISLAND THUNDERBIRD CLUB June 2007

NO Internet access? Call 1.888.ANTIQUE (1.888.268.4783)

Frank Del Rossi

(704) 483-9554

e-mail: Fdelrossi1@aol.com

2007

(516) 764-4731

e-mail: e1noloc5@aol.com

(516) 764-4731

e-mail: e1noloc5@aol.com

Web Master

Gary Weiner

(631) 321-3205

e-mail: Gary@ hatrack.net

Art Fleming

(516) 790-2696

e-mail:

flemingarthur@yahoo.com

Charity Advisor

http://www.litb.org

YES FOLKS IT’S SHOW TIME

Our Thunderbird/Ford Show on Sunday July 22, 2007: Again,

we have done our job, and now it is your turn. We need your sup-

port in the form of your car, and your check for the pre-registration

fee of $15.00. This year part of the proceeds of the show will go to

CTF = Children’s Tumor Foundation. Please make your check

payable to Dennis Benfante, and mail it to him at 15 Foxcroft

Lane East Patchogue 11772

Show Footnote: The first to pre-register this year is Tony

Eppolito, and his 05 retro bird. Also as of the writing of my month-

ly President’s message we have (20) cars in the bank. Last year

we had (137) cars, at the Sayville show, and this year our goal is

try and get to (200).

Also if anyone is interested in ordering extra t-shirts from the show,

the cost will be $10.00 per unit. We will also be ordering golf, and

sweatshirts with the show theme art work (see logo below-right) on

it. So if you are interested in any of these items please call me now

to reserve your purchase.

Lastly we need volunteers to help with the parking, 50/50 raffle,

and other stuff. If you are interested it will be a full day starting at

about 7 AM, and in turn you will get a show staff golf shirt to wear

for the day, and keep forever.

Saturday April 14, 2007 at Auto Mat in Hicksville: Before I tell

you who showed, you missed a great session on interior, exterior,

and mechanical restorations done by Auto Mats owner Tim

Browner.There were eight of us, including yours truly. Tim walked

us through his shop in stages. Carpet, mats, seats, vinyl/convert-

ible tops, custom, and original work, and showed us some the

vehicles that were being worked on by his staff. In attendance:

Tony Coloneri, John Fresbee, Ed Mirabella, Will Pearson, Sal

Pirello, Bill McGarry, Sal Furnari, and the Chief.

On a footnote for April 14, 2007: I put this together month’s ago,

and put all the info in the last two newsletters. Even with all that

visibility we only get eight members to attend with a roster close to

seventy. I had a good time, so did the guys who showed, and I

don’t want to hang a cloud over this with my pessimisms, but I do

this stuff for you guys.

Our Own Web Site: Thanks to my oldest son Gary, we now have

our own site - www.litb.org. Starting with April of 07, you can go

and read old newsletters.

Note all the buttons, and functions. It is still in its growing

stages, but soon will have pictures of events, has our show flyer,

and it is printable off the site. Stay tuned for other good stuff

Thursday June 21 Outdoor Meeting/Wendy’s in Oakdale: Just

to give you a heads up. This is a very popular cruise night. The

reason I mention this is because if you don’t get there early, you

may have trouble parking. I usually get there around five ish, and

by six it is almost full.

New Member: Welcome Dave & Simone Levinson of

Southampton and their 62 Bird.

Bellmore Presbyterian Church Car Show/Sunday July 8, 2007:

The Super Cruisers Car Club is having their tenth annual car show

at the Bellmore Presbyterian Church on Sunday July 8th

Charlie Veith one of our club members, and a parishioner at the

church thought it would be a good idea for us as a group to attend.

The cost is $10.00, and there is a DJ, 50/50 raffle, food vendors,

trivia contest, dancing in the streets (one of my favorites, as

opposed to dancing in the aisles).If you interested in going, please

contact Charlie directly at charliev36@att.net or by phone 516 826

3561

Pictures of Your Car: We still need photos of your car for the front

page of the newsletter.

Brooklyn Cyclones Classic Car Show/Saturday July 21 @

KeySpan Park: I recently received a letter from the Brooklyn

Cyclones which is a Met affiliate inviting us to participate in their

car show on July 21.Show times are 3:30 - 5:30 with these two

packages:

1. $20.00 package which covers car registration fee, parking,

security, and 1 Bleacher seat to the 7/21 game that evening.

2. $25.00 package which covers same as above but 1 box seat to

the game

If anyone is interested in going I have the blank registration form,

just call me, and I will get it to you.

Traveling with Both Presidents’: On Saturday May 6, 2007,

Dennis Benfante and I traveled to Freehold New Jersey for the

North East VTCI Regional convention. I took Big Bird, and Dennis

played Tonto. I was really disappointed at the amount of birds that

were there for a convention, maybe twenty if there were that many,

After attending most of the ITC conventions, I guessed I’m a little

spoiled. Even at a small turn out which was in Ohio a number of

years ago, there were still at least fifty birds. In attendance was a

1967 Thunderbird Apollo. For those who do not know this car. In

1966 Abercrombie & Fitch ordered five special 1967 Ford

Thunderbirds to be used as displays in their stores. Detroit Steel

Tubing Company took delivery of the Thunderbirds hardtops; all

painted a special Apollo Blue Metallic, and loaded with options.

The cars were changed into Tudor Landaus, complete with just

about everything you could possibly imagine being installed on an

automobile in 1967.

Here is Something to Think About: GM has spent the last thirty

years moving all its factories out of the US, claiming they can’t

make money paying American wages. Toyota has spent the last

thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US. The

last quarter results: Toyota makes 4 billion in profits while GM

racked up 9 billion in losses. GM folks are still scratching their

heads?

Don’t even think about Ford

Peace

President’s Message by Elliott Weiner

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CLUB STORE

For Merchandise Call Elliott Weiner

(631) 724 - 3756

Club Jackets - Teal Satin w. Logo Front & Back

- $95 Pre-Order

Denim Jackets - All Sizes - $40

Cotton Twill Adjustable Hats - $15

Pro Mesh Adjustable Hats - $20

Short Sleeve Henley Shirts with Logo - Assorted

Colors - $20

Ceramic Mugs with Club Logo - $3.50

Grey Sweat Shirts Embroidered,

with Club Logo - 9 oz - $15.00

Club T-Shirts - $10

LITC Scheduled Outdoor Meetings

2007

Saturday, April 14th - Auto Mat Interiors,

Hicksville- 9:30 AM

Monday, April 16th - Bertucci’s

Tuesday, May 15th -Farmingdale Burger King

Thursday, June 21nd- Oakdale Wendy’s

Tuesday, July 17th - Bald Hill

Monday, August 6th -West Islip Mc Donald’s

Wednesday, Sept. 19th -Bagel Biz

LITC Scheduled Indoor Meetings

2007

LITC meets the 3rd Tuesday of Every Month

7:00 P.M.

Bertucci’s Restaurant and Pizzeria

January 16th, 2007

February 27th, 2007(4th Tue of Feb.)

March 20th, 2007

October 16th, 2007

November 13th, 2007 (2nd Tue. of Nov.)

2007

Holiday Party

Date & Location TBA

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2700 LONG BEACH ROAD

OCEANSIDE, NEW YORK 11572

(516) 766-4411 SUSAN & JIMMY C

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Event Schedule

2007

Easter Parade, Garden City - Sunday, April 8th

(Contact - Nick Matteo (516) 524 - 9163)

Ford Nationals

Carlisle, Pa. June 1st - 3rd

(Contact - Elliott Weiner (631) 724-3756)

Westbury Gardens - Sun. June 3th

(Contact - Elliott Weiner (631) 724-3756)

N. Jersey T-Bird Show - Sat. June 9th

(Contact - Elliott Weiner (631) 724-3756)

Thunderama - Sunday, June 24th, 2007

New England Thunderbird Club

(Contact - Elliott Weiner (631) 724-3756)

Crossbay Cruisers Classics and Able Ford & Mustang

Showdown

Sunday, July 8th (Rain date July 15th)

Thunderbird/Ford Show

@ Syosset Ford

Sun. July 22rd (Rain Date July 29th)

Sayville Street Fest - Sunday, August 5th

Copiague Show - Sunday September 9th

ITC Convention - Leigh Valley, Pa.

September 10th - 17th

(Contact - Elliott Weiner (631) 724-3756)

Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Northport

Wednesday, September 26th

(Contact - Elliott Weiner (631) 724-3756)

Bergen Point Boat Basin - TBA

Tanger Outlet Cruise - Riverhead TBA

“All Car Friendship Meet”

Sponsored by the Town of Oyster Bay

Marjorie R. Post Community Park

Saturday, October 6th

LITC Holiday Party

Date to be Announced

Cruise Listings

These are car club gatherings in various locations on Long Island.

(Spring - Summer - Fall)

For more information call Elliott Weiner (631) 724-3756

MONDAY

Long Island Road Gents

Stop & Shop - Union Blvd. E. of Higbe Lane

West Islip

TUESDAY

Town of Oyster Bay - Main Street

Bald Hill - Farmingville

WEDNESDAY

KFC - William Floyd Parkway - Shirley

THURSDAY

Oakdale at Wendy’’s on Montauk Highway

Village of Lynbrook - Street Show (Atlantic Ave.)

King Kullen Shopping Center - Rt. 25A, Wading River

FRIDAY

Bellmore Train Station Parking Lot

Sunrise Highway & Bellmore Ave. to Bedford Ave.

Massapequa RR Station (Sponsored by Town of Oyster Bay)

SATURDAY

Holtzville - PAL Complex

Kohls Shopping Center - Deer Park

SUNDAY

Captree Boat Basin

AM Cruise

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Philip Meliot - 1 Jun

Andrew O’Conner - 9 Jun

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Buy & Sell

Parts for Sale: 1964-44 Ford Thunderbird, New Drivers Side

Quarter Repair Panel, motors, transmissions, rears, fenders,

hoods, trunk lids, glass, interior. Parts bought and sold.

Frank Del Rossi (704) 483-9554

For Sale: 1962 T-Bird, 58,500 miles, 390 cubic in. engine, auto-

matic, ps, pb, Ivory Quartz White with turqoise vinyl interior, AM

radio, almost new paint, rebuilt engine and transmission, wife’s

nice car.

Make an Offer Jay (516-294-9160)

For Sale: 1955 T-Bird, pw st, pw seats, pw w, pw brakes, V-8,

Auto, 6V Bat, Robin’s egg blue. Runs well once started, Good

condition. Needs interior work and cosmetics. Car can be seen

in Rockville Center. 81,000 actual miles.

$15,000 e-mail adinorth@aol.com or call (646)-387-9826

For Sale: 1971 Thunderbird, Metallic Brown, 4 door, 429 cu.

in. engine, PS, PB, Auto Trans, AC, Vinyl Top, Leather Interior

$4,500 Rudy Bauer (516) 489-4924

For Sale: 1964 Thunderbird, Original Engine Professionally

Rebuilt, Factory AC (needs R-12 Charge) New Carpets and

Headliner, needs brake booster, Paint good,minor touchup nec.

$5,500 or best offer Bob Tanner (631) 495-7888

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April Meeting Report

Our first out door meeting and the weather was nice, 60 degrees

and clear. Eleven members attended with 8 T-birds, 5 Retro Birds,

2 Big Birds, and 1 Square Bird. Club members attending where

Elliott Weiner, Rudy Bauer, Art Fleming, Ed Mirabella, Pete Lange,

John Nardozzi, Dennis Benfante, John Frisble, Charles Veith, Sal

Fabozzi and Nick Matteo. The club supplied the pizza and soda

and we all had good time. . Our next meeting will be Tuesday, May

15

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@ 7:00pm at the Farmingdale Burger King on routet110.

Hope to see you there.

Art Fleming your secretary

Webmaster’s Corner by Gary Weiner

Hello club members. This is your new webmaster speaking.

I just wanted to drop you all a line about The Long Island

Thunderbird Club’s new web site.

Until recently, the club web site has been hosted for free by

Hemmings Motor News. While we appreciate the free serv-

ice from the good people at Hemmings, there were issues

with that site. The web address was long, complicated and

pretty hard to remember. When people would ask where the

site was, the best we could do was tell them to go to

Hemmings.Com, click on clubs and search for us.

The new site is a lot easier to remember, easier to tell

people about and easier to put on a card or poster. The

address is www.litb.org. I invite everyone to type

www.litb.org into their web browser and have a look at the

new site.

One of the main features of the new site, besides the

easy-to-remember address, is that it will allow club mem-

bers, once they register, to interact by posting comments

on the various articles. Members who have editorial priv-

ileges will be able to post new information to the site with-

out having to know any web programming or other fancy

stuff.

The site is built on a WordPress back end, which is a very

popular piece of software used for blogs and other types

of web communities. If you (or your kids) know about this

sort of thing, you can use an RSS feed reader to keep

track of the site and be automatically informed of new arti-

cles or updates.

Right now, the site is very plain looking. There will be

graphical and design upgrades in the near future, but all

the functionality is there, so surf on over, register and start

exploring the site.

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Insurance Companies Represented

Grundy, American Hobbyist Ins. Hagerty, JC Taylor, American Collectors

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L.I. THUNDERBIRD CLUB

Date: Thursday, June 21, 2007

Rain Date: June 28th

In case of inclement weather call:

Elliott Weiner - (631) 724-3756 (after 4:30 PM)

Time: 7:00 P.M.

Place: Wendy’s in Oakdale

Directions: Sunrise Highway to

Oakdale/Bohemia Road, South to end.East on

Montauk Highway, Wendy’s on left side.