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Speaking of questions, Red's "speech" at the Carlisle banquet will primarily be a Q&A session regarding Merkurs and the Merkur program in general. Some of the questions include:
1) What would the 1990 Merkur XR4Ti have looked like?
Want to find out the answers to the questions above or ask your question
in-person? You'll need to be at the dinner banquet at the Hotel Carlisle
Saturday night. Tickets will NOT be sold at the door and must be
pre-purchased. The cut-off date is May 26th, so the time to act is NOW!
The on-line order form is
just a
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 30 March 2006  .
Get ready for the bumper 10th
Anniversary of Merkurs at Carlisle! The
event planning pages are now
online to help you make the necessary reservations, learn more about what is
planned and coordinate your weekend with other attendees. In addition, a
Frequently Asked Questions section will help both new and regular attendees of
this great event. This site will evolve over the next few months, so
please ensure you check back regularly. All changes will be easily
accessible by clicking the
'Site Updates' quick-link button.
Help make this the biggest and best event of
the year by planning ahead and sharing your past experiences in the
Carlisle
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 6 February 2006.  The
Merkur Club of America would like to congratulate Valerie Delligatti on being
our 200th member. Valerie writes: My Merkur XR4ti was my first car. It was given to me by my uncle so I could get my drivers license. At first it was just a car. Then after I had owned the XR4ti for a year, I came to better appreciate the car and did more research on it. It then transformed into MY car, and I was hooked. I wanted to modify it badly. The exhaust was falling off and the automatic transmission did not fully satisfy my desires for a car that was quick and enjoyable to drive. In my search for parts to mod it, I met Jeff Herson of Merkur Parts Midwest. He has everything a Merkur owner would ever need. Through him I met Jim Wichert, who is the Midwest's ace Merkur mechanic. With their help I got new 3" exhaust and did a T5 transmission swap. They are two great guys that helped keep my car running and my obsession going. In fact, I love Merkurs so much, I bought a second one recently. It feels great to be part of the MCA and I look forward to meeting many fellow Merkur owners at Carlisle 2006. Once
again, congratulations Valerie, and we look forward to meeting you at Carlisle
2006, June 2-4th. |
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6 February 2006  .
We're less than FOUR months away from
the big annual Merkur gathering at the
Carlisle All-Ford Nationals on June 2-4th, 2006The Merkurs at Carlisle 2006 On-line Planning Site will go live soon, but in the mean time please visit the Carlisle 2006 portion of the Merkur Forum for all details regarding registration and hotel reservations.
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 30 December 2005. 
Member Peter Cipolla recently had the
opportunity to visit the
Roush Racing museum in Livonia, MI. This museum is only open to the
public on a limited basis, so the pictures posted here provide a rare glimpse into Merkur racing
history. Thank you Peter for providing these.Click here for further details of Peter's trip and a Racing History of these fast fords. For those of you that do not know, Peter owns another piece of Merkur racing history - a 1985 IMSA-IS XR4Ti Race Car.
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 28 August 2005.  The
Merkur Club of America and OPMD.com
is proud to announce that we will once
again be sponsoring and participating in the "Bottle Hill Day Festival
& Car Show" in Madison NJ.
The show will be held from 9AM until 4PM on October
1, 2005 (rain or shine). To learn more about Madison NJ and Bottle Hill Day, just click here to download the show flier and application form. To register for the show (it's cheap!), just complete the registration form at the bottom of the flier and submit it by September 23th. Free prizes, goody bags, awards, trophies, and a grand prize will all be given away. Merkur owners have won the grand prize twice! This is typically the second largest gathering of Merkurs in the country. Don't miss this one! Any questions, contact Brad Anesi or Phil Dorsey Check out the Bottle Hill Day forum page if you have any questions. |
 8 June 2005.  It's official!
The big Carlisle 20th anniversary celebration is over and we assembled the largest collection
of Merkurs and their owners ever! 236 was the official count. Thanks
to everyone that made this possible. The time, effort and money involved
was breath-taking. Row after row of XR4Ti and Scorpios exceeded the
allotted show-field space and spilled over into an adjacent area! Continue
celebrating the 20th anniversary at other events planned throughout the year and
be proud of your
Merkur's heritage.Thanks to all the vendors that donated first class Merkur products for the Awards Dinner, but especially our Gold sponsors BAT, Hartwood Automotive, Meguiars, OPMD and Rapido for the first class awards dinner donations and congratulations must go out to Jason Liss who won the Carlisle Events 1986 car give-away and Morgan who won the Hartwood Automotive/MCA give-away car. |
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The Merkur Club of America is a nationwide, independent,
non-profit association of owners and enthusiasts dedicated to the preservation, and
enjoyment, of the Merkur Scorpio and XR4Ti automobiles. Webmaster's note: If you have any comments or suggestions about this site, please contact me. Paul Contents Copyright 2005, 2006, 2007, Merkur Club of America, Inc.
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As previously announced, we have
arranged for a special guest appearance at this year's banquet, a former Product
Manager directly involved with the Merkur program, known to most as The Red
Baron. Well, we thought it was high time to start revealing his actual
identity, so we provide this picture of "Red" getting into his red Fokker
Tri-plane, completing the pre-flight checklist prior to his trip into Carlisle.
The only question is, where's Snoopy!?