September 13th Marjorie Post Park, Unqua Road, Massapequa, 7pm (business meeting). Refreshments will be served. (click for map)
September 15th Hauppauge Palace Diner, 7pm. Located at the corner of Rt. #111 and eastbound side of Rt 347 in Hauppauge. (click for map)
Upcoming events:
Sunday, September 12th Bright Bay All Ford, Lincoln and Mercury Fall Spectacular MSCLI is excited to announce that a fall show has been scheduled. The show will be an All Ford show, so we hope to see not only lots of Mustangs but also Cougars, T-Birds, Galaxies and anything else Ford. The show will be on Sunday, September 12 at Bright Bay Lincoln-Mercury on Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore, New York. The rain date will be Sunday, September 26. Click here to see the show flyer. Please tell all you Ford friends!
Sunday, September 19th Cruise to the 10th Annual Orchard Beach Classic Car & Motorcycle Show The club will be cruising to the 10th Annual Orchard Beach Classic Car & Motorcycle Show, Orchard Beach Parking Lot, Orchard Beach (Bronx), NY. There are normally 500 to 600 show cars (open to all years) and 200 to 300 motorcycles with live musical entertainment, a live radio broadcast and this year former Yankees players including Reggie Jackson. Entry fee is $20.00 and includes the car, driver and one passenger. We will meet at our usual location, the park and ride at Route 110, exit 49 of the LIE (north service road between Pinelawn Road and Rt 110) departing at 7:30 AM. We will also stop at Little Neck Parkway and the LIE (exit 32) to meet up with those of you from Nassau and NYC who want to cruise together to the show. There is a shopping center on the northwest corner of the LIE Service Road and Little Neck Parkway – we will depart from there at 8:15 AM. See www.orchardbeachcarshow.com for more details.
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Past events:
Saturday, August 28th Annual Mustang event at Port Jefferson Village Center With a peak of about 50 Mustangs on display and crowds of spectators throughout the entire day this 3rd annual event was the best attended yet. Club members got to display their cars at an incredible venue, right on the harbor, while enjoying everything that the Village has to offer as groups of club members got together for lunch and dinner in the Village. Congratulations to Frank & Donna Lynn Saladino on the purchase of their 1966 Mustang coupe which was picked up that morning in New Jersey and driven to Port Jeff to be displayed.
Sunday, August 15th Nassau County Cruise To The Show Parade & Car Show
Saturday, August 21, 2010 Woodward Dream CruiseFrom Cruise Director John Olesuk: For the club members (myself included) that went to Detroit for the Woodward Dream Cruise all I can say is WOW! The cruise and in particular Ford & Mustang Alley exceeded all expectations. Ford has gone above and beyond in its participation and support for this event. With a tour of the Auto Alliance Plant on Thursday where we got to see Mustangs fabricated and assembled; to a day at Ford’s Dearborn Proving Grounds on Friday where we did laps in our own cars on the test track before being treated to high speed laps in Ford supplied vehicles like a new GT350 with Ford test drivers and a hands on, butt in the seat, introduction to the new Mustang Boss 302 Leguna Seca Edition; only to be topped off by Mustang Alley on Saturday with 500+ Mustangs in attendance – taking over downtown Ferndale (even though it rained most of the day). This is a must event for every Mustang enthusiast. Those of us that went can’t wait to go back again.
Saturday, August 14th The Beach Hut Cruise Night at Cedar Beach, Ocean Parkway (Fire Island), Babylon, NY Some members cruised together and others met up at Cedar Beach. We had somewhere between 15 and 20 members, families and cars make the trip out to Cedar Beach for cars, music, food and fun.
Sunday, July 18th Cruise to the LI Thunderbird Club Show at Syosset Ford A group of cars met up at the Syosset Library to cruise to the show. More members met up with the cruising group at the show for a total of 15 members. Many of the attending member cars won trophies!
Monday, July 12th Annual MSCLI BBQ Around 75 members and their families turned out for our annual BBQ during the monthly business meeting at Marjorie Post Park in Massapequa. Food and drinks were be provided by the club, cooked and served by your board members. All on hand had a good time!
Friday, July 9th The Beach Hut Classic Car Cruise Night, Meschutt Beach, Hampton Bays, NY A small group braved the threatening weather and made the trip out to The Beach Hut in Hampton Bays. It was a fun time until the skies opened!
Monday, July 5th Port Jefferson Independence Day parade Port Jefferson, NY 15 cars came out to show the club's colors in the Port Jefferson Independence Day parade. Thanks to all who braved the heat!
Sunday, June 27th Sunday morning cruise-in, OBI Parking Lot, Ocean Parkway A weekly destination for many of our club members is the Sunday morning cruise to OBI.
Sunday, June 13th MSCLI / Lucas Ford Mustang and Steeda Stampede MSCLI's first show of the season saw 127 cars brave some early morning showers to attend the Fourth Annual Lucas Ford Mustang and Steeda Stampede. Thanks to member and club sponsor Howie Lucas for being a gracious host, as usual. Thanks also to the many volunteers who helped to make the show a success. Next time we are going to have great weather and 200 cars!
Sunday, June 13th Crusin' to the Stampede 52 cars total cruised to the 4th annual Lucas Ford Mustang and Steeda Stampede. 24 cars met up at the Park and Ride at exit 49 and cruised out to exit 63 where 28 more cars joined the cruise out to Southold. What a great turnout!
Sunday, May 16th Cruise to Car-B-Que 15 members cruised to the car show sponsored by the LI GTO club at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport, NY. We had 12 trophy winners!!!
Sunday, April 18th Spring Dust-off Cruise We headed off island to the Spring 2010 Show & Swap Meet at Englishtown (Raceway Park) in Englishtown, New Jersey.
Saturday, January 29th Karts Indoor Raceway Our annual return to Karts. Seven members plus friends and family enjoyed close quarters cart racing. Mark this on your calendar for next year - it's a blast!
Saturday, January 9th Annual Holiday Dinner Party at Milleridge Inn, Jericho, NY 60+ attended the annual formal dinner. The food was fantastic, the Inn was fully decked out for the holidays and all had a great time. Join us next year!
Sunday, November 8 Cruise to Montauk The final cruise of the season to "The End" saw over 30 cars (and their owners) meet up at the California Diner in Patchogue for breakfast and then head out to the lighthouse. It was a glorious November day; it was best weather we have ever had for the Montauk cruise! It was great to end the cruising season on such a high note after all the problems we had with rain this year.
Sunday, October 25 Second Annual MSCLI Poker Run 27 "players" in 21 cars joined in on a spectacular late October day. Stop one was Caliber Collision where Andy provided bagels and coffee. Stop two was L & B Lincoln Mercury. Stop three was Appel Auto Service where Kevin and Kathy provided coffee and awesome homemade cookies in the shapes of diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades. Stop four was Mike G's Perfection Auto Body where there was more coffee and donuts. Nobody was falling asleep at the wheel today! Stop five was Lucas Ford where we had a nice lunch an awards ceremony and everybody left with a pumpkin courtesy of Howie Lucas. Tommy @ T.J.'s Auto Body could not participate as a stop at the Poker Run but graciously donated two $50.00 gift cards.
The winners were: First place ($135) - Eric Crespolini with a flush Second place ($50 gas card from T.J.'s Auto Body ) - Zachary Zwerin with three Aces Third place ("needs resto" Boss 302 diecast donated by Mike G's Perfection Auto Body ) - Ken Walsh with three deuces
Wild card winners: Rick Wertz - L&B donated "rebate card" Carl Vosen - $50 gas card from T.J.'s Auto body Mike Basile - Appel Auto Service oil change gift certificate
High Count - Rob Crespolini (69 Shelby diecast donated by Mike G's Perfection Auto body ) and Steve Applebaum (L&B "rebate card")
Low Count - Mike Walsh (Appel oil change gift certificate)
Most money spent with Lucas Ford in the last 24 months - Mark Zwerin (Appel oil change gift certificate )
Sunday, October 18 MSCLI cruise to the OBI
Sunday, October 4th L & B Lincoln Mercury MSCLI Mustang Show West Babylon, NY 60 plus cars came out on a glorious October day after the show was moved to the October 4 rain date. Thanks to all who attended, a big thanks to L&B Lincoln Mercury and thanks to all the volunteers who make these shows work.
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