MCOC MEMBER PROFILES: 1964 1/2 - 1973

64 1/2-73  |  74-78  |  79-93  |  94-98  |  99-04  |  05-09  |  2010+

 
1965 COUPE

Name: Joe Kirby
Car Year:   1965
Car Color: Burgundy & White 
Car Style:  GT350
Transmission: Manual
Vanity Plate: JoeKirby 
Car Modifications:
 289 Hipo
Future Plans For Your Ride:  A new paint job down the road, but trying to keep it to original as possible, and a full tune up.
 

 
1966 CONVERTIBLE

Name: Bill Haubert
Car Year:   1966
Car Color:  Tahoe Turquoise with 20oz of Pearl just to make it pop
Car Style:  Convertible
Transmission: 4 Speed Automatic
Car Modifications: Completely rebuilt 289 motor, a rebuilt C-4 transmission and a ton of body work.
Future Plans For Your Ride:  Want to add Disc Brakes and Flaming River Steering.
Car History: This 66 started life as a six banger. When I got the car it was school bus yellow, painted with a brush.

 

 
1968 COUPE

Name: John Soto
Car Year:   1968
Car Color:  Wilmington White
Car Style:  Coupe
Transmission: 3 Speed Automatic
Car Modifications: Original 289 V8 2BBL. engine and C-4 transmission
Future Plans For Your Ride:  The stang needs a total restoration. I intend to keep it mostly original, except for things like air intake, steering wheel, exhaust, tires and rims. The color will be cherry red or fire engine red with black stripe and the interior seats will be red on black. The color will be in honor of the Firefighters.
Car History: This stang has been sitting on someone's front lawn, about 1 1/2 miles from my home, for about 17 years with no movement.. Summer, Winter, Spring, Fall...sunny, raining, snow..you name it. I know because I have passed it going by everyday for the past 17 years. I must have driven by about 1000 times. Then the "stang bug" hit me hard...My quest was to go look for a stang like my old one..a 1966 Mustang Coupe, 289. Boy did I love that car.

I had witnessed a motor vehicle accident about 3 years ago, on my street in which the driver passed away. The driver was a volunteer firefighter and had lost control of his vehicle while responding to a call. About May of 2008, I was driving past the 1968 stang and something, someone, a feeling, hunch or whatever you may call it..I felt compelled to back up my vehicle and drive up the driveway where the stang sat and rang the front doorbell. I asked if the stang was for sale and was told that numerous people had asked the same question and the answer given was always no. This time, I was told to come back another day so that we can talk about the mustang since she felt that now was the time to "let it go". I visited her another day and we spoke about her husband and the stang and how he always tinkered with it. She told me that she has no paper work or does not know where it is in the house. I told her that I would help her out with the paper work, all I needed was the VIN numbers. Took me about a month of tracking down prior owners. I started with vehicle made and sold in New Jersey. Sold and transported to Florida, registered in Florida, sold again and transported to New Jersey.

The "owner" of the 1968 stang called me so that we could talk about the car and settle on a price for it. I told her that I was able to trace prior ownership of the stang and needed her help if I bought the car. She told me how she found an envelope by her fridge and when she opened it she found the registration from New Jersey with the "sold to" section left blank. That's when she told me that her husband was the volunteer firefighter that had passed away in that vehicle accident on my street 3 years ago. She also said that since she saw that I have a passion for the stang, she was going to give it to me as a gift. I am forever grateful for this gift and will restore it. Her only request is to see the stang when I finally finish it.

What made me back up my car and drive up that driveway? Why did I witness that accident? Why the sudden Stang bug? Could it be that for most of my life, I was also a community volunteer. I am forever grateful for this gift.
 

 
 
1965 FASTBACK

Name: John Kahrs
Car Year:   1965
Car Color: N/A 
Car Style: Fastback
Transmission: N/A
Vanity Plate: N/A
Car Modifications:
 N/A
Future Plans For Your Ride:  N/A
 

 
1966 CONVERTIBLE

Name: Bill Haubert
Car Year:   1966
Car Color:  Tahoe Turquoise with 20oz of Pearl just to make it pop
Car Style:  Convertible
Transmission: 4 Speed Automatic
Car Modifications: Completely rebuilt 289 motor, a rebuilt C-4 transmission and a ton of body work.
Future Plans For Your Ride:  Want to add Disc Brakes and Flaming River Steering.
Car History: This 66 started life as a six banger. When I got the car it was school bus yellow, painted with a brush.

 

 
1968 GT

Name: Zach & Ed Kohler
Car Year:   1968
Car Color:  N/A
Car Style: GT
Transmission: N/A
Car Modifications: N/A
Future Plans For Your Ride: N/A
Car History: N/A

 

 
1968 COUPE

Name: Bob Murphy
Car Year:   1968
Car Color:  Gulfstream Aqua
Car Style:  Coupe
Transmission: 3 Speed Automatic
Car Modifications: Original 289 motor and C-4 transmission rebuilt in 2006/2007.
Future Plans For Your Ride:  Hope to take car to MCA National Show in 2008.
Car History: The car was built in Metuchen, N.J. and shipped to N.C. It sat in a barn in S.C. for 15 years. I am the 3rd owner. The original mileage is currently 80,000. Total restoration took 2 yrs. and many overtime hours.

 

 
1970 FASTBACK

Name: Gerrit Overeem
Car Year:   1970
Car Color: 
Calypso Orange
Car Style:  Fastback
Transmission: Automatic
Car Modifications: 
Mach 1 accessories, 302 Engine
Future Plans For Your Ride: 
351 Engine, Power steering, disc brakes, suspension upgrades and new wiring.
Car History:
Car was a 6 cylinder that was restored by an owner in Maine. The owner traded it to a dealership in Massachusetts.  I found it and purchased it over EBAY.
 

 

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