Always wondered who ended up with my GT500 KR

[pmustang]

Hello Folks

Peter the American living in the UK 

So approx circa 2002, I purchased an Acapulco blue 1968 GT500 KR a few months after Carlisle, It was for sale at Carlisle by a Ford dealer, the salesman said if the car sells the owner is buying a Navigotor from him.

Car was $25,500. I went over and under the car with Peter Geisler on the phone in Florida at the Carlisle show to determine what we had. Car looked stunning, I believe it was a PA car or found in PA and had one repaint. Miles were lowish and the body was superb with no accident or rust history

I didn't buy the car at the show and it haunted me. I finally called the seller and bought the car at $25,500

I took it to a few shows and used to call it the thousand dollar car as it would always do something that cost me a thusand bucks when I took it out. Breakdowns.

A few details on the car. I (don't kill me!!!) used POR 15 inside the rear quarters and distinctly remember somehow getting it very far into the front of the quarters with a brush and my young body was able to contort to do so.

I also bought, at carlisle, ar restored and correct carb for the car for under $500, it may have been $450 when installing it, one of the stud mounts was stripped and I used two part epoxy to set it in place. Never was an issue

I still have the scars from replacing the top rad hose that was insanely tight to fit.

I put a ton of money into the car over the months and when it broke down on me again in florida I decided to sell the car.

Orlando Mustang brought the car to the Charlotte auto fair and I spent days speaking toa zillion people about the car and someone finally came up with $48k to buy it.

Had a lovely batch of paperwork and a few bits that had been removed and saved

I am pretty sure he was a dealer and later resold the car.

I am sorry, I can't remember the cars number

I did send info into the Registry and remember it was a rambling story so I will cringe when I see what I reported if they received and posted it to the books.

Acapulco blue. Sold in Sepulveda Calif, 428 CJ/Auto, Very very solid car, Had ten spokes installed.

At one of the first shows I attended in Florida where I was living I met a guy named Mark, had a Boss 302, may have been yellow and a Black Gt350 with a Paxson. I believe he passed or at least sold the Gt350 as saw someone had bought it a few years bakc.

Photos on my drive in Windermere Florida

In some ways I miss it and in others I don't.

I am now selling classic Mustangs in England so I never learned my less. Hundreds imported and sold

Thanks for reading   

Sorry for any memory blips, this was quite some time ago

[SHELB66]

Thanks for spending the time to share your story.  That was one of my better reads in quite a while!  You still remembered quite a bit and I have a feeling that you'll be adding to this as more memories pop into your mind.  I have a similar story regarding a '67 GT500 that I purchased back in the late 70's.

Craig R.

[pmustang]

I now have had well in excess of 300 Mustangs and a few Shelbys, My 66GT350 went back to America and is with Paul Fix. It allowed me to build my business building which was great and Paul wanted a Blue one.

I get so many stories with these cars and its lovely to try and add a bit to the one I sold

It did have a Calif Plate SPCLKR when I bought it which was sold a few years after the sale. I do wish I held it and got it the current owner of the car now.

[Coralsnake]

Car #2928

[pmustang]

Car #2928

Thank you Pete

I remember I was looking under the car after purchase and one of the washers was missing from the steering box bolt

The one with the flat edge

I looked in the triangular brace below the box and it was sitting in the dust on the ledge

I installed it

A very unmessed with car