November Pony Tales

20 Ford Mustang Prototypes Considered For Production But Never Made It

Dear Golden Hills Mustang Club,

On behalf of the American Legion, I want to extend our heartfelt thanks to each of you for your incredible participation and support during this year’s Veterans Day celebration.

Your presence brought energy, pride, and unmistakable Mustang style to the event — and it didn’t go unnoticed. The sight of your beautifully maintained cars rolling through the parade was a highlight for many attendees and a powerful tribute to the spirit of American craftsmanship and community.

We deeply appreciate the time, effort, and enthusiasm you brought to the day. Your club’s commitment to honoring veterans and engaging with the local community is truly commendable, and we’re proud to have partnered with you for such a meaningful occasion.

Thank you again for helping make Veterans Day 2025 unforgettable. We look forward to future opportunities to collaborate and celebrate together.

David Johnson

Adjutant, Reams Post 182
USMC 0331 – Gulf War Era, OIF & OEF

The American Legion
📍 Veterans Memorial Building
427 Main Street, Suisun City, CA 94585
📞 (209) 304‑6676
✉️ Contact@reamspost182.org  |  reamspost182@gmail.com
🔗 ReamsPost182.org

Hello GHMC Members,

We have a Wonderful opportunity to get our club noticed and spread some Christmas cheer! Our club will be buying and decorating a Christmas Tree this year at the Ford Fairfield Dealership. We will have a 7-foot tree dedicated to our club next to the customer waiting area in the lobby. Ford Fairfield and GHMC are both excited about this opportunity.
The decorating will happen on Tuesday, November 25th, at 4:00 pm, before the monthly meeting. Watch for an email reminder.
In addition to decorating the tree, we are looking for club members to create the ornaments, the more personal to your Mustang and family, the better. The internet has many ideas on how to make them. This should be a good way to let other Mustang owners know about our club.
If you can't make it to the dealership on the 25th, please give your ornament to another club member who can.
Contact Jerry Lamphiear at 707-227-4829 or lamphiear@yahoo.com <mailto:lamphiear@yahoo.com> if you have any questions.
Hope to see everybody there!

Hello GHMC members,
In case you missed these important events on the calendar in the latest newsletter, here is what is happening:
Please read the three attached flyers for more info. 

Judy Davis Memorial CHP Toy Drive is Saturday, November 22nd, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. 
Placer Title has again given us the venue in Judy's memory. Please set this date aside and plan to be there. 

Tree Decorating at Ford Fairfield, Tuesday, November 25th at 4:00 pm
Please read the attached flyer and come to the meeting to find out more about this fun project. 

Hello GHMC Members,

We have some remaining cases of engine oil available.
 
Chevron Havoline Full Synthetic 5W20          6/1qt          $25.50/case

Chevron Havoline Full Synthetic 5W30          6/1qt          $25.00/case

Chevron Supreme 10W40 Conventional      12/1qt          $35.75/case

If you are a DIY'er this is a chance to get really great high quality oil for extremely low pricing. Call Paul now!
 
Please contact Paul Troxell at 707-301-9213 if you are interested in taking advantage of this.

All money will go to GHMC.

Hello GHMC Members,
The following is a request from Pat & Frank, who organize our Pony Express for the Troops donations. Please read! 

Nick Loya brought the following items for the troops, LOTS of them, to Frank and Pat's house, (2611 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, 94534) So, while I am encouraging you to bring items for the troops (see if We can match Nick!), please bring items that are different than the following items that Nick brought: combs, sanitizing wipes, baby wipes, toothbrushes and floss, pens (208 of them!), powdered energy drink (108 packets), eye glass lens wipes, lip balms, pencils, envelopes, disposable razors, playing cards, travel size mouthwash, sunscreen packets, lined writing tablets, batteries.

Some suggestions are: Snacks or nuts of any kind, granola or power bars, hard candy, gum, Top Ramen, hot sauce packets from Taco Bell, single-serve packaged food (e.g., tuna, chicken, ham, etc), high-quality socks, foot powder, personal hygiene items, and items specific to women.

GHMC has always been the most generous club. 
Thank you all in advance.
Pat & Frank

 Air Wick stick-ups
 After shave lotion
 Baby wipes
 Beef jerky or beef sticks
 Batteries
 Breakfast bars, Granola bars, power bars
 Cheese spread (no spray cans)
 Chips (in cans)
 Condiments (non-glass bottles)
 Disposable cameras
 Dixie cups
 DVD's (not violent movies)
 Eye drops
 Eyeglass cleaner wipes
 Flavor packets for water (ice tea, etc.)
 Foot powder
 Gel insoles
 Gum
 Hard candy (not chocolate as it melts)
 Instant coffee
 Instant meals in a package:
 i.e.; cup of noodles, soups, pop tarts, etc.
 Lip balm
 Long distance calling cards
 Magazines
 Mouthwash
 

 Nutella
 Paperback books (not violent ones)
 Peanut butter & jelly (non-glass jars)
 Pens/Paper and envelopes
 Pocket electronic games
 Potted meats
 Razors
 Shampoo/conditioner
 Shaving cream
 Small battery operated fan or light
 Small board games
 Small sewing kit
 Soap
 Sunblock
 Sunflower seeds
 Tea bags
 Toilet paper
 Toothbrushes and toothpaste
 Tuna (small easy open can or soft package)
 T-shirts/underwear/socks
 Vicks Vapo-Rub
 
Keep in mind that items must fit in a 12” x 12” x 5 ½” Box

A Thank you from our Troops

From Ashley Nolan:

We received your care package and wanted to send a heartfelt (and excited!) thanks your way. We appreciate your support!!
Here is a photo of us out on the flight line between missions. I'm the female on the right.
Thank you for all you do!
Ashley Nolan

From Matthew Brown:

Mr. Banovitz,

I wanted to personally thank you for the care package the Golden Hills Mustang Club sent me.  I personally took the girl scout cookies for myself but handed out the remainder of the package to one of my
squads.  They were very thankful of the socks and magazines as entertainment runs short out here.

Please give our thanks to CrossFit Solano as well.

Again, thank you for  your support.  It is received well by me and my Platoon.

Matthew Brown
1LT, AR
Platoon Leader

From: Josh Johnson

How's it going Sir,
 
Just wanted to let you know from me an my platoon that we were very grateful for the package you sent SFG Gorbet he was quick to pass out a few things to us an share the love lol. I had to acknowledge the fact you went out of your way for us. Being on the other side of the world away from family gets rough sometimes. But just small kind gestures like that make it slightly better. I really appreciated it.


Thank you,
       PV2 Johnson

We just received your care package here at the Pedro compound. We appreciate your recognition, thanks, and the especially the Girl Scout Cookies!

From all of us here at the 26 ERQS Pedros a big thank you. Please let us know if there is anything we can do for you.

Scott Stewart, MSgt / USAF

HH-60G Flight Engineer

26th ERQS / MEDEVAC

FPO AE 09372

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