05-01-05 : Even with a rainy start to the day - the Late Model Mustang Club of CT 's spring cruise was an amazing success!  Despite morning showers, over 50 cars and more than 100 people came out to enjoy the day.  People came from as far as NY and MA down to the Berlin Turnpike for a ride in the CT countryside to the UConn Dairy Bar, and then to XXTuning for a cookout as well as a demonstration of how the Dynapacks work - and a 1/4 mile pass on the Mustang dyno by a 2003 Cobra!

We met again at the Toys 'R Us parking lot and due to the volume of cars, we were able to get a police escort out of the parking lot - my thanks to 5-0 Vic for making the arrangements with the local police department!  After a great scenic cruise we ended up at the UConn dairy bar where members took pictures, got time to chat with other members, and then the club treated all of the members to ice cream for the day.  The ride out to Uconn and back was full of people staring, turning their heads in amazement as the pack of horsepower went by - one girl even picked up the phone and called someone and was pointing to all of the cars as they went by....a very cool thing.

Once back at XXTuning the weather began to break in time for Chris and the guys in the shop to give an instructional tuning session on a 2001 Cobra - explaining how the Dynapacks operate and what is changed during a tuning session (the cobra netted over 30rwhp as well!).  Next up was a spin on the Mustang Dyno where you can simulate your time down the dragstrip - a very cool option of the Mustang Dyno!  The 03 Cobra easily spun the rollers to a 12sec ET - spinning like crazy with the tires fighting to get traction.

After the demonstrations, everyone enjoyed a nice barbecue which ended with a special surprise for one of our sponsors - Jamie from Corky's Auto Parts who celebrates his birthday this week so it was cake for everyone!  The event was exclusive to club members - but a select few potential new members were welcome to join us and all seemed to have a great time and have discovered the benefits of being a LMMC-CT club member - your membership $ goes a long way!!

My thanks to everyone who assisted during the day and to all of the club members for making it such a successful event!