July 2015 Club Founded in 1997

Newsletter published monthly for

MUSTANGS & FORDS OF THE

DAKOTAS Car Club.

Meetings are held 4th Sunday of

the month, 7 p.m. Unless noted in the newsletter or otherwise.

President:

Mike Conmy 224-0169 503 Birchwood Dr Bismarck, ND 58504

Vice President:

Amy Jose 2997 123 Ave NE Bismarck, ND 58503 Myloveforcocoa@yahoo.com

Treasurer:

Patty Owens 391-9158 3042 Deer Lodge Drive Bismarck, ND 58504 patiosjunk@hotmail.com

Editor:

Dave Owens 701-527-2063 dpowens@bis.midco.net

Club Sponsor

MFD Car Show Time!

How can this be? It seems like just yesterday we were waiting for the

weather to warm up and now here it is almost August and time for our

annual car show. Between going to the lake and car events I still haven’t

started many of the projects I had planned to complete last spring.

In June Patty and I joined up with others from the Pioneer Auto Club and did

the Motor to Medora in the Model A. The weather was perfect and the

people great. The Model A’s all made it to Medora under their own power

and 4 won awards including ours. The show was a first rate affair. Mike

drove up the morning of the show in his Falcon. Steve & Ginny brought their

Cobra, took 1st place in their class and received the trophy on the stage at the

musical. After the show we joined in on a parade through town with Patty

manning the “ahooga” horn. Finishing off the day we drove the A to the

musical then to a few local saloons.

Last weekend I joined up with members of the Roughrider Chevy club and

took in the Street Machine Nationals in St. Paul, MN. I planned on driving

the rat rod as I did in 2013 but unfortunately the car stalled just outside of

Bismarck. Not knowing what was wrong I swapped it for the Mustang.

Turned out to be a good decision as it rained for 200 miles of the trip and the

rat rod has no roof or side windows. We met up with others from Iowa,

Minnesota, Illinois and North Dakota as in past years. The cars bring us

together but it is the people that keep us coming back year after year. I’ve

included a story I wrote in 2013 about the show and maybe will do another

next month. One thing was clear from the show, what was respectable

horsepower for a muscle car is now considered tame. A few years ago

magazines commonly running stories of 400 hp small blocks., and if they still

are, not for long. Ford has changed the entire scene with the twin turbo

Club Website http://clubs.hemmings.com/mfd

MFD on Facebook! Search for Mustangs & Fords of the Dakotas.

Upcoming Events August 2nd MFD Car Show – Bismarck, ND August 16th Northwest Tire Classic Car Show – Bismarck, ND September 4th – 7th Motor Magic- Minot, ND September 12 Hazen Car Show Tuesdays 1st Tuesday each month - Cruise Night Bismarck Main St – MFD members usually gather at Scotty’s 2nd Tuesday - Rides Auto Show & Shine 5pm 2nd & 4th Tuesdays each month Bismarck Eagles 4:30pm – 9pm Wednesdays Scotty’s Cruise In - Bismarck Thursdays Burger King Cruise In - Mandan

Ecoboost. Now street driven cars with 1,000-2,000 hp via V8 engines & twin

turbo setup is common place.

Club business - The calendar shoot went well at the Capital in June. We have

some new member’s cars to showcase. Thanks Amy for taking pictures and

Bryan, Ginny, Steve, Kelly and Eileen for putting the calendar together. It is

at the printers. Thanks Bryan for getting the dash plaques and trophies

ordered for next week’s show.

This month’s meeting will be Sunday July 26th @ 7pm, Mandan’s Burger King.

Steve signed them up as a new sponsor. Good work Steve! Agenda is to

finalize plans for the coming car show. We will be giving away door prizes at

the show so bring some stuff if you can to the meeting or the show.

President Mike will host us after the show at his place same as years past.

Tentative plan (need to vote) is for the club to provide pizza with members

bringing salads, chips, deserts & refreshments.

See you Sunday.

Call or email Dave Owens for any information on the upcoming events.

701-527-2063 or dpowens@bis.midco.net

Patty & I dressed in 30’s style up for “Motor to Medora”

Get Us You Car Stories We need stories for the newsletter. Get us information on your rides. How did you got it, driving impressions, stories, restoration pictures, places you have been, shows you have been to, etc.

Editor:

Dave Owens 3042 Deer Lodge Dr,

Bismarck, ND 58504

or email to dpowens@bis.midco.net

A few of our cars are parked in front as we get our groups huge tailgating canopy setup. A short time later coolers of beer were opened & bugers were cooking on the grills. Try that at Buggies and Blues. This year about 7,000 cars and 100,000 people attended.

Car Craft Summer Nationals 2013 ( reprinted ) For the past few years my neighbor Donovan had been telling me about Car Craft and saying I need to come

along with them next year. Last year I had plans to attend but work got in the way. At the time though I

assured Donavan I would make it to the next one. The next one was last weekend and was it fun!

The Car Craft Summer Nationals is a Hot Rod show held annually at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds in St.

Paul Minnesota. It is a huge car show with thousands of cars, acres of vendors, displays, food, bands, etc.

There was even a bunch of stuff I never had time to see such as racing events, burn out contests, dyno’s, bikini

contests, autograph sessions and more. It is just too big to see and or do everything.

Car Craft is nothing like the car shows around here. Where shows like Buggies and Blues are very structured

with vehicles parked in lines and roped off, Car Craft is the exact opposite. At Car Craft you park where ever,

whenever and however you want to. Cars are parked on the streets, parking lots, lawns, etc. Any place a car

could be parked, cars were parked. Nothing is roped off, not even the million dollar builds. There is a

constant line of cars being driven down the fairgrounds streets with people coming, going or simply looking

around. Basically a 3 day never ending car parade.

Donovan and his son Shane have been going to this show for the past few years. They learned that even

though the show does not start till Friday many show up Thursday evening and “reserve” prime spots by

roping off areas to park and tailgate. We planned to do the same. We loaded up Wednesday evening to be

ready to leave early Thursday. Unfortunately I had a meeting I needed to attend so I did not get out of

Bismarck till noon and missed caravanning with the group.

Against all rational judgment my plan was to drive the ABird. The ABird is a Frankenstein car made of parts

from a Ford Model A, 87 Thunderbird, parts from the Agnew ranch and hardware from Mac’s. It was built

with the purpose to allow Dennis’s grandparents to have something in the Braddock Centennial Parade. With

very questionable build quality and no spare tire, I plugged in the Ipod, turned onto I94 and set the cruise at

77. There were plenty of strangle looks and a few thumbs up as I passed others.

Thursday was very hot with temps in the 90’s. The ABird has no roof, bare metal floors and catalytic

converters right under your feet. I was so hot I dumped a bottle of water over my head and tee shirt to stay

cool. I really was worried to ABird would over heat but the gauge never made it past half way. Mechanically

things could not have gone better and I made it to the hotel in Roseville, MN by 7pm.

With our group still at the fairgrounds setting up I quickly checked into my room and returned to the parking

lot. I unloaded my cooler, setup a lawn chair and enjoyed a cool one while visiting with those who stopped by

to check out the car.

At 9pm the group pulled in and as Donovan was parking the high pressure power steering hose ruptured on

his 58 Chevy. As a trained car guy the first order of any hot rod repair is to have a beer. While we were

looking at the car a group from Minot came over and looked at the ruptured hose (had a few beers) with us

and discuss probable causes. After a few more discussions we were convinced of the cause and determined a

new hose was needed. We decided to go for dinner and discuss where or how to get a hose.

At around 11pm a game plan was finalized and it was time to go grocery shopping for tomorrows tailgating.

After getting lost trying to find the big store that was “right here” last year we resorted to technology and

asked the Iphone directions. Yep we were way off. After shopping, a stop for more beer was made to refill

and it was time for bed.

I met Okie (from Oklahoma) in the lot at 7am and we jumped into the ABird an off to O’Reilly we went to find

a hose. They could not make a hose but gave an address of a store that could. After getting back to the hotel

we regrouped. Shane and Oki would use the truck to get a hose and repair the 58 while the rest of us would

head to the show. We had one more person than car space and while trying to figure that out Donovan was

offered and got a ride from a stranger who was staying at the hotel and happened to be looking at the cars.

After checking in to get wrist bands and window decals into the show we drove. I was expecting parking lots

with cars lined up but instead we drove into organized chaos. Cars were parked all over, crowds of people,

canopies and lawn chairs setup anywhere there was grass. Everything from Pro-street drag cars, restored

muscle cars, low riders to big diesel trucks were everywhere. Pure hot rod heaven.

The guys got the car fixed and made it to the show. Shane drove his truck in with the coolers and food. After

some burgers and beer it was time to start looking around. A couple of hours later we were joined by some

folks from Illinois that some in our group had met the year before. We had reserved a spot for them. While

they got something to eat another group from Bismarck found us, visited for a while and rested their feet.

After they left it was determined more beer was needed.

The 1st day flew by and before I knew it was 8pm and time to leave. We packed up the coolers and food,

roped off our spot for Saturday, and then headed for the hotel. The tailgating continued in the hotel lot soon

after our arrival. Our group expanded when Nudie and his brother pulled in with their cars. Two groups from

Minot joined in our circle of knowledge and this continued till midnight. I was brushing my teeth for bed when

I got a call from Donovan “pizza’s ordered come to my room”. I finally made it to bed around 1:30am. What a

fun day it was.

We met in the lobby for breakfast at 8am and then headed for the show. While driving over I noticed I needed

gas so pulled into a station while the others kept going. After filling up I drove toward the fairgrounds only to

run into bumper to bumper hot rods waiting to get in. The entrance was on the west side but traffic was

backed up several miles all the way to the east side which is where I was at. I could see the VIP / Vendor

entrance ahead so I quickly devised a plan. When clear I pulled out of line and headed for the entrance. A

policeman yelled at me “no, no, no, get back in line, you need to go around”. I yelled back “I’m overheating

and if I break down nobody will go anywhere and everything will stop”. He immediately waved his arm and

yelled ”go in, go in”. A hated to fib to a cop but there were cars and vendors that need visiting and driving in

this entrance just made sense.

I got the ABird parked, went and picked up a free tee shirt and hat from some vendors and started to look at

cars. About 45 minutes later the rest of the group finally made it in with the exception of the 87 IROC. It

broke down on the west side of the fairgrounds. I told them the story of how I got right in and they called me

a few names many ending in the word hole. Plans were made to get an alternator for the Camaro while the

rest of us went to look at cars.

The day was spent like the previous, look at cars for a few hours then regroup, eat, then back at cars. We took

turns driving the ABird around the fairgrounds with two inside and two on the rumble seat looking at the cars.

That was a lot of fun.

After the day it was back to the hotel for more tailgating. The lot is large and by the end of the night it seemed

like most staying there had done at least one burn out and some several. The party continued into the night

and I made it to bed around 1:30 am.

For me Car Craft turned out to be the best show I’ve ever attended. Fantastic cars, of every type, few

annoying rules (not even sure there are rules), and great people. It has been years since I have laughed that

hard and long. I left for home Sunday morning determined to be back again next year!

FROM THE BARRETT-JACKSON AUTOMOTIVE EXPERTS:

Kevin Marti compares two Boss 302 Mustangs that

crossed the auction block July 6, 2015

Written by Barrett-Jackson

and Kevin Marti

The highly collectible Ford Mustang Boss 302: What makes one more valuable than another?

At the next Barrett-Jackson auction, hundreds of great automobiles will be available for purchase. Some will sell for tens of thousands, while others will command prices in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Why such a difference?

I’m often asked what makes one car more valuable than another. There isn’t a simple answer. Curb appeal, rarity, aesthetic beauty and general appeal are factors. Paint color can greatly

influence price. Authenticity is important to many people. Cars with a proven pedigree of originality will command higher prices than a car cobbled together from a few donor cars, no matter how well-restored.

Let’s look at one of most well-known collectible performance cars, the Boss 302 Mustang. The Boss 302 has such a storied history that Ford even resurrected the moniker to be used on some 2012 and 2013 Mustangs. But we’ll focus on the classic 1969 and 1970 models. Because of what these ponies were built for, they were often run hard and put away wet. Many of the engines blew up with only 30,000 miles showing on the odometer. Survivors are rare.

There are always a few Boss 302s sold at a Barrett-Jackson auction. At the January 2015 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction, there were several. For example, an Acapulco Blue 1969 Boss 302 (Lot #2049) was sold for over $148,000 while a Grabber Blue 1970 (Lot #540) went for $77,000. Both cars were painted with very popular colors. Both cars had good curb appeal. On the surface, the restoration of each vehicle seemed meticulous. Let’s examine how two nearly identical cars could have such a gap in value.

When I am asked to review cars like these, I start by studying two very important databases. I have a relationship with the Ford Motor Company that gives me access to production records of over 120 million Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles produced since 1967. In addition, I have a relationship with the National Motor Vehicle Title Information Service (NMVTIS), a government organization that is tasked with post-production record-keeping. This information is indispensable in my quest to get to know the cars. At the beginning of each auction cycle, the serial number from certain Ford-produced vehicles to be sold at the upcoming Barrett-Jackson auction may be given to me for review. Where applicable, a Marti Report is run on those vehicles, which essentially is a summary of data pertaining to each vehicle as it was produced by the factory.

In the case of both of these Boss 302s, Marti Reports were requested and run to determine if the descriptions provided by the consignors were accurate. This is done to help protect the consignor from any misunderstandings with a potential buyer. Of course, buyers can benefit from a Marti Report as well. They can have an added assurance that the description they read about the car portrays the pedigree of the vehicle as accurately as possible.

This 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Fastback (Lot #2049) sold for $148,500 at the 2015 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction.

The 1969 Boss 302 was restored to its original production configuration. That is, an examination of the Marti Report showed that the options listed for the vehicle in the description matched how the car was originally built. Although the 1970 Boss 302 had a few options like the rear spoiler and sport slats, studying the Ford production records revealed they were not originally installed on the car. Further, this Mustang went through a color change. The original color of the car was White, not Grabber Blue. These changes diluted the collectability of the vehicle.

The consignor of the 1969 Boss had us search all Boss 302 production records to see how unique his car was. As a result of my research, he was able to make a claim in the description that his car was a one-of-one. Further enhancing the desirability of this Mustang was the claim that it had a matching-numbers drivetrain. Although technically Ford did not stamp serial numbers on all of their drive train components, they did have some components serialized and had casting dates for all major components.

This 1970 Ford Mustand Boss 302 Fastback (Lot #540) sold for $77,000 at the 2015 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction.

A week before each Barrett-Jackson auction begins, the consigned vehicles start arriving at the auction site. At that point, these specific Boss 302s were reviewed by me to help verify the claims made in the descriptions. When the 1969 Boss 302 was reviewed, it was determined that the casting numbers and date codes were correct for the vehicle. A Boss 302 with matching parts is very rare indeed. A significant number of Boss 302 Mustangs have service engine blocks installed, which is to say the original block no longer resides with the vehicle.

Further examination of both vehicles showed a significant difference in restoration. The 1970 Boss 302 was equipped with an aftermarket power steering pump. The battery was an off-the-shelf unit from a chain auto supply store. The 1969 Boss had been accurately restored to Mustang Club of America standards, including the correct battery, correct tags and production markings. These particulars matter to individuals looking to add one of the meanest muscle cars ever produced to their collection.

“The devil is in the details,” as the saying goes. In this case, there is something heavenly about putting forth the extra effort in those details. It is the difference between a good selling price and a fantastic selling price.

Kevin Marti of Phoenix, Arizona, whose Marti Reports of Ford vehicle authentication have become an industry standard, is known as the world’s leading authority on anything built by the Ford Motor Co. He has been part of the Barrett-Jackson team for several years.