JUNE 2015 - Connecticut Street Rod Association

JUNE 2015
NUT MEG MOTOR NEWS
CONNECTICUT STREET ROD ASSOCIATION
P.O. BOX 1517
WALLINGFORD CT, 06942
203-697-9113
ESTABLISHED 1967
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015
PRESIDENT:
VICE PRESIDENT:
TREASURER:
SECRETARY:
DIRECTOR:
DIRECTOR:
John Jarush
Tom Falconieri
Dennis Dagliere
Paul Benoit
Anthony Perrone
Greg Piesyna
860-284-0090
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NSRA SAFETY INSPECTOR:
NSRA STATE ADVISER:
Sally Benoit
Armand Couture
Tom Falconieri
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Foose told us, “I am so excited about the parts that MMD
810 HORSEPOWER 2015 MUSTANG
and I have been working on for the 2015 Mustang. They
TO GIVE AWAY
really enhance the factory styling while keeping that classic
If you’ve never heard of Chip Foose, you really need to
Mustang look. We started by looking at the factory design
crawl out of your cave and start paying attention. Foose is
language of the car itself and I really wanted to translate
the automotive designer and hot rod builder that is now a
that into all of the parts that I designed. I didn't want them
household name, staring in the Overhaulin’ TV show and
to look like an afterthought or obviously an aftermarket
winning every significant car show award, including the
part, but something you could get right from the factory.
Ridler. So he was a natural choice when Modern Muscle
Design (MMD) wanted to partner with someone to build the
AmericanMuscle’s Justin Dugan added, “We are very
company’s latest giveaway car, this 2015 Mustang. We
excited to work together with MMD and legendary designer
were there for the debut at Foose’s Huntington Beach,
Chip Foose to debut the MMD by Foose Mustang to the
California shop to see what all the fuss is about, and we’re
world. We are thrilled to be able to offer fans a chance to
here to tell ya’, the winner is going to be one lucky SOB.
win such a unique Mustang at our car show this summer.”
That’s right, starting today and through August 3, 2015,
fans can enter online up to once a week to win the MMD by
Foose Mustang. AmericanMuscle will fly the winner to its
2015 Mustang Show in Mohnton, PA and Foose will be onhand
to deliver the keys to the lucky winner on August 15.
As with most Foose projects, it all started with a sketch he
did of a ’15 Mustang, incorporating his signature design
The show benefits the Make-a-Wish® Foundation and is
aesthetic into every part of the car, designing and helping
expected
to draw more than 10,000 spectators and more
create new MMD by Foose parts that will be available as
than
2,500
Mustangs to Maple Grove Raceway.
stand-alone parts you can buy later in 2015. MMD took
Fooses designs and 3D-printed the prototype parts to, as
You must be 18 or older to enter and a resident of the
they say, “become seamless additions to the Mustang’s
United States. For more information about the sweepstakes,
factory design.” These prototype parts are being further
please visit:http://www.americanmuscle.com/foose.
refined to ensure world-class OE-level fitments and will be
Enter, and if you win we want a ride in it!
sold
exclusively
through www.AmericanMuscle.com,
include a chin spoiler, hood scoop, tapered rocker panels,
quarter window “louvers,” side scoops, and a rear spoiler.
The car would be just a showpiece without some thunder
under the hood, so they took care of that with a Whipple
2.9-liter twin-scroll supercharger, a tuneup, and Magnaflow
exhaust that makes right around 800hp at the crank, and
roughly 650 at the wheels (depending on fuel quality where
you live). Those wheels are 20-inchers from Foose Designs
with Pirelli tires, and the perfect stance comes courtesy of a
Vogtland Sport Suspension.
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