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·Cathy and I recently moved back to St. John's, Newfoundland and it seems everywhere we turn there are Mustangs from Classics to Late Models. We are both totally amazed at the number of Mustangs we have seen on the island, especially in St. John's and surrounding area.
Several Saturdays ago, I met up with a fellow AFMer on Kenmount Road. Did not know Mitch (92greenstang) at the time but after he pulled up by the side of me in his 1992 Mustang 5.0 coupe and we had a few fun races, we pulled over and started to chat. Mitch and his girlfriend Louise were from Gander and in town for the weekend. When I mentioned AllFordMustangs Mitch said he was a member and started to list off a bunch of members including Denny (eagleautosport), Mark(stlwagon) and Ronda (whiteangel). Seems Mitch and his buddies in Gander are regular members on AFM.
Anyways, after we chatted it up some, we ended up taking some nice pictures of his Mustang with both Mitch and Louise. Louise wanted to wear her bikini for the shoot but Mitch would have nothing to do with it.
You can check out the pictures in Mitches Gallery.
The next day, on Sunday, we took a drive out to Carbonear and ended up hanging out with a bunch of Mustangers in the Walmart parking lot. While we were there I did a few more photo shoots on three more Mustangs (pictures coming soon) and then we headed off to the local Tim Horton's Coffe shop for the local Sunday night car meet. I wasn't at all surprised to find quite a few Mustangs in the mix. After hanging out with them for awhile, we all hopped in our cars and headed over to the Tim Hortons in Bay Roberts where we hooked up with even more Mustangers and car guys.
Last Thursday night, Cathy and I decided to drop by the weekly car meet at A&W on Kenmount Road. It was packed with everything from classic cars to the latest Shelby GT500 Mustangs. Got to talking with a few of the Mustangers there who expressed a strong interest in having some type of local ALL Ford Mustang event be it a Mustang car show at one of the dealers, an All Ford Mustang cruise across the island, to having a weekly Sunday Morning Mustang Meet at one of the local restaraunts. By the end of the night, we had somewhere between twenty and thirty Mustangers signed up.
Believe me, there is no shortage of Ford Mustang enthusiasts and Mustang owners in Newfoundland, especially in the St. John's and surrounding area.
So whats next? Well thats a good question and one I am asking all of you.
Suggestions so far:
1. Mustangs and Ford Car Show at Dealership (possibly Avalon Ford). Not sure if there is still time to organize this for this year but if the interest is there, we can definitely look into it and see if we can make it happen.
2. Mustang Meet and Greet Island Cruise.
The idea here is that we organize an overnight cruise from St. John's, stopping in Clarenville, Gander and Corner Brooke, where Mustangers across the island would have a chance to meet and hookup. We would work on getting sponsors to provide meals and a reduced hotel rate for cruise members.
3. Sunday Morning Mustang Meet.
Having a regular weekly Sunday Morning breakfast meet where Mustangers can meetup to have breakfast and then head to the parking lot to lift a few hoods, kick some tires and chat. Suggested locations so far is
(a) Don Cherry's on Freshwater Road.
Has a nice dining area with an outside patio and huge parking lot, all of which we could most likely reserve. They also serve a nice breakfast brunch.
(b) Tim Horton's on Kenmount Road.
Big parking lot and hot coffee, etc. Only drawbacks is that they may not have enough inside sitting area for everyone and Tim's tends to be overly busy.
(c) Cross Roads Motel Restaraunt.
Central location, easy access for most people and plenty of parking.
There has been interest expressed in have a separate "Newfoundland" forum here on AllFordMustangs, where Newfoundland Mustangers could hang out and communicate with fellow Ford Mustang owners and enthusiasts here on the island. If there is enough interest in having a "Newfoundland" forum, we can easily make that happen. Just let us know.
Are you interested in seeing some type of All Ford Mustang event here in Newfoundland? If so, what type of event or meet would you like to attend?
How about sharing your opinion on the suggestions so far, or posting any ideas you may have. Calling all Newfoundlanders! Speak up and lets here what you all think?
Cheers,
Several Saturdays ago, I met up with a fellow AFMer on Kenmount Road. Did not know Mitch (92greenstang) at the time but after he pulled up by the side of me in his 1992 Mustang 5.0 coupe and we had a few fun races, we pulled over and started to chat. Mitch and his girlfriend Louise were from Gander and in town for the weekend. When I mentioned AllFordMustangs Mitch said he was a member and started to list off a bunch of members including Denny (eagleautosport), Mark(stlwagon) and Ronda (whiteangel). Seems Mitch and his buddies in Gander are regular members on AFM.
Anyways, after we chatted it up some, we ended up taking some nice pictures of his Mustang with both Mitch and Louise. Louise wanted to wear her bikini for the shoot but Mitch would have nothing to do with it.
You can check out the pictures in Mitches Gallery. The next day, on Sunday, we took a drive out to Carbonear and ended up hanging out with a bunch of Mustangers in the Walmart parking lot. While we were there I did a few more photo shoots on three more Mustangs (pictures coming soon) and then we headed off to the local Tim Horton's Coffe shop for the local Sunday night car meet. I wasn't at all surprised to find quite a few Mustangs in the mix. After hanging out with them for awhile, we all hopped in our cars and headed over to the Tim Hortons in Bay Roberts where we hooked up with even more Mustangers and car guys.
Last Thursday night, Cathy and I decided to drop by the weekly car meet at A&W on Kenmount Road. It was packed with everything from classic cars to the latest Shelby GT500 Mustangs. Got to talking with a few of the Mustangers there who expressed a strong interest in having some type of local ALL Ford Mustang event be it a Mustang car show at one of the dealers, an All Ford Mustang cruise across the island, to having a weekly Sunday Morning Mustang Meet at one of the local restaraunts. By the end of the night, we had somewhere between twenty and thirty Mustangers signed up.
Believe me, there is no shortage of Ford Mustang enthusiasts and Mustang owners in Newfoundland, especially in the St. John's and surrounding area.
So whats next? Well thats a good question and one I am asking all of you.
Suggestions so far:
1. Mustangs and Ford Car Show at Dealership (possibly Avalon Ford). Not sure if there is still time to organize this for this year but if the interest is there, we can definitely look into it and see if we can make it happen.
2. Mustang Meet and Greet Island Cruise.
The idea here is that we organize an overnight cruise from St. John's, stopping in Clarenville, Gander and Corner Brooke, where Mustangers across the island would have a chance to meet and hookup. We would work on getting sponsors to provide meals and a reduced hotel rate for cruise members.
3. Sunday Morning Mustang Meet.
Having a regular weekly Sunday Morning breakfast meet where Mustangers can meetup to have breakfast and then head to the parking lot to lift a few hoods, kick some tires and chat. Suggested locations so far is
(a) Don Cherry's on Freshwater Road.
Has a nice dining area with an outside patio and huge parking lot, all of which we could most likely reserve. They also serve a nice breakfast brunch.
(b) Tim Horton's on Kenmount Road.
Big parking lot and hot coffee, etc. Only drawbacks is that they may not have enough inside sitting area for everyone and Tim's tends to be overly busy.
(c) Cross Roads Motel Restaraunt.
Central location, easy access for most people and plenty of parking.
There has been interest expressed in have a separate "Newfoundland" forum here on AllFordMustangs, where Newfoundland Mustangers could hang out and communicate with fellow Ford Mustang owners and enthusiasts here on the island. If there is enough interest in having a "Newfoundland" forum, we can easily make that happen. Just let us know.
Are you interested in seeing some type of All Ford Mustang event here in Newfoundland? If so, what type of event or meet would you like to attend?
How about sharing your opinion on the suggestions so far, or posting any ideas you may have. Calling all Newfoundlanders! Speak up and lets here what you all think?
Cheers,
