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46 Cobra
04-26-2004, 11:17 AM
Griffin Ford will host the Wisconsin Chapter of SVTOA for its 3rd Annual Ice Breaker. New this year will be a combined SVTOA & Northwoods Shelby American Automobile Car Show from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 22nd. According to Vilas Rasmussen, General Manager at Griffin Ford, this event is geared to the automotive performance enthusiast. More than 300 enthusiasts attended last year’s event.

Wisconsin Special Vehicle Team Owners Association is the local chapter of SVTOA, a grass roots enthusiast organization supported by the Special Vehicle Team unit of the Ford Performance Division. The Northwoods Shelby Club is a top of the line enthusiast group. It is dedicated to the preservation, care and enjoyment of cars from Shelby American, such as the Cobra, GT350, GT500 and GT500KR, as well as others like the GT40, Tiger, Pantera and all models of Mustangs from 1964 to the present.

In past years a prototype of the then-to-yet-be introduced 2003 SVT Mustang Cobra was displayed and last year a Stage 3 Boyd Codington Mustang from Roush Performance was featured. This year along with along with many SVT and other Ford powered performance vehicles of special interest the world’s only 6-Speed manual SVT Lightning will be displayed. All owners of SVT and other Ford performance vehicles are encouraged to participate in the car show at the event.

In attendance will be driving instructors for SVTOA On-Track events and Northwoods Shelby Club Open-Track events. Track cars will be displayed and car preparation and event logistics for a “typical” On-Track road course event will be discussed. Other guest speakers will provide insight on how to prepare your vehicle (and yourself) for an On-Track experience or a drag racing event. In addition, Ford Master Mechanics will be on hand to answer questions and discuss the details of SVT and other Ford powered vehicles.

The Griffin Icebreaker and Car Show event is free and open to anyone interested in performance cars and trucks. Food and drinks will be available with all proceeds to be donated to America’s Second Harvest of Wisconsin the states largest food bank. With warehouses in Milwaukee and the Fox Valley it distributes more than 12 million pounds of food a year to more than 1,200 pantries, meal programs and other nonprofit agencies. These serve nearly 300,000 people on a daily basis in Wisconsin.


For more details on the Icebreaker:

EVENT FLYER (http://www.wisvtoa.com/04icebreaker.doc)


You may contact Peter Tagtow, Griffin’s SVTOA advisor, at (262) 542-5781. Information about Wisconsin SVTOA is available at www.WISVTOA.com. For vendor information contact Mike Tagtow 414-221-0399. For information on the national organization, or SVTOA, see www.SVTOA.com.

Griffin Ford is located at 1940 East Main Street, one mile east of I-94 on Highway 18.

DOHC 281
04-26-2004, 09:36 PM
:hrs:

Nice job on the flyers Mike! :beer:

I see Northwoods has the notice posted on their web site as well. Now with a car show, this event should really get popular.

:thumbs:


Now, volunteers will be requested. Stay tuned...

:)

xbnch
05-05-2004, 02:10 PM
Will there be special parking for WISVTOA members again as in the past? Would like to attend again as it is a great day.

46 Cobra
05-05-2004, 02:31 PM
Parking will be available but due to the car show may be limited. Of course for $5 you can enter your car and we hope being a member you would.

This year with the participation of the Northwoods people and weather being good were looking for record participation. We will have some special cars displayed including a Aston Martin DB7 (James Bond's favorite car),a Formula Ford, and track prepared Cobra "R".

skrilla187
05-17-2004, 09:20 AM
Would my 1998 Contour SE be welcomed at this event? I don't really have anything under the hood, just a intake and true duals. My cars lowered though with 18's and a SVT bodykit. I also have a custom paint job and a nice system.

46 Cobra
05-17-2004, 09:43 AM
Any Ford powered vehicle is welcome to participate.

BlueOvalBolt
05-17-2004, 11:40 AM
Originally posted by skrilla187
Would my 1998 Contour SE be welcomed at this event?

Welcome? Heck, if you come all the way from Hancock, MI to attend the Ice Breaker, I'll buy you lunch Saturday. :thumbs:

skrilla187
05-17-2004, 01:34 PM
Okay I'll go then.

animal
05-21-2004, 10:08 AM
What if we're coming all the way from greenfield? Will that get us a free lunch chris? ;)

BlueOvalBolt
05-21-2004, 10:18 AM
Wow, all the way from Greenfield? Well, I didn't ever buy you lunch when you can all from South Milwaukee so probably not. :wzup:

animal
05-21-2004, 10:19 AM
Haha. Hey it was worth a try, it'll probably cost a lunch worth of gas just to get out there with these prices :)

jerrymjr
05-21-2004, 01:40 PM
I drive up from Burlington/Rochester....
Can I get a bag of chips?

monsterpost
05-21-2004, 08:21 PM
Hey I'm comming alllllllllllllllllllll the way West Bend, how about filling up my tank before I go back:thumbs:

xbnch
05-22-2004, 10:03 AM
Will it ever stop raining? Looks like more today.

DOHC 281
05-23-2004, 11:34 AM
Regarding talk about driving a long distance for our Ice Breaker... the award went to Kelly Balko, from Cumberland Wisconsin. I recall that she said that her early morning trip was over 320 miles. Our Chapter awarded her with a Ford duffle bag, a $40 retail value.

Thanks to all that came to our event, despite the early morning weather conditions.
:cbra:

BlueOvalBolt
05-25-2004, 08:15 AM
Well, in spite of the weather, it was a pretty good turn out on Saturday. Although we didn't have the number of cars originally expected for the car show, there was a good amount of spectators that attended. A big thank you to all who brought their cars to the show and to the Northwoods Shelby Club for organizing the car show and providing trophies for the winners.

With proceeds from food, sales, purchases of T Shirts, Caps, and other items along with the car show entry fees America's Second Harvest of Wisconsin will be able to acquire more than 3 1/2 tons of food which will yield almost 8,000 meals. From Second Harvest warehouses in Milwaukee and Appleton that food will be distributed to local food pantries thoughout southeastern Wisconsin and the Fox Valley. Special thanks go to Griffin Ford which donated the food, facilitated the food preparation and provided there facilities for the event.

Thanks to our speakers Bob Bennett, Gary Hammann, Greg Angeli, Bruce Cameron, Marv Zuidema and Curt Sorweid. You all did a great job!

By the way, we are holding 3 trophies for some who left before the trophy presentation. Dick Jeffords for 3rd place in the Lightning class, Tom Hodges for 1st place in Other Ford and entry #28 (sorry didn't have your name on the list) for 2nd place in 94 to 98 Mustang class. See Pete at Griffin Ford to pick them up.

And last but not least, thanks to all club members who volunteered their time to make this event happen. Your efforts were very much appreciated.

See you next year! :)

ac427cobra
05-25-2004, 03:14 PM
Marv and Curt the answer men! :beer:

ac427cobra
05-25-2004, 03:15 PM
Bennett Coachworks display

ac427cobra
05-25-2004, 03:16 PM
Pantera, "Real Deal" Cobra and Cobra "R"

ac427cobra
05-25-2004, 03:17 PM
Seeing double Yellow Iron

ac427cobra
05-25-2004, 03:30 PM
The hard working Crew!

ac427cobra
05-25-2004, 03:31 PM
Look at that paint!!:allhail:

Yellow Iron
05-25-2004, 06:22 PM
Nice Pics!!! Thanks Bruce!!! Marv Z:beer:

347Cobra
05-26-2004, 12:11 AM
Here's a slideshow of pix from the Icebreaker...

CLick me (http://www.wisvtoa.com/photopost/slideshow.php?photo=204&sort=1&cat=3019)