DMC HorseTales June 2013

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JUNE 2013
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Denver Mustang Club
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One-off 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake sells
for record $1.3 million at Mecum
Reminders
Back in March, mustangsdaily.com told us about a one-of-one 1967
Shelby GT500 Super Snake that would be crossing the block at Mecum’s
Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis, and now the results are in. The
very special Shelby commanded a high bid of $1.3 million (plus a seven
percent seller’s commission), making it easily the highest grossing car at
the auction and the most expensive Ford Mustang ever sold. Our records
indicate that the previous number stood at just under $1 million with the
sale of a 1965 Shelby GT350R back in August.
JUNE CLUB MEETING
Friday, June 7th
Phil Long Ford of Denver
7887 W. Tufts Ave.
2nd Floor Meeting Room
7:00 PM
BRING YOUR MUSTANGS!
So what makes the 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake so valuable? As we
mentioned before, it’s the only one in the world, but it’s more than just
that. It’s also the most powerful and fastest Mustang produced by Shelby
in the 1960s, packing a 427 cubic inch V8 from a Ford GT40 race car
under the hood. A production run of fifty cars was planned, but the $8,000
price tag, an astounding amount at the time, led to little interest from
customers.
You can see the one-off 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake in more detail
in the gallery at http://mustangsdaily.com/blog/2013/05/20/1967-shelbygt500-super-snake-sells-1-3-million-mecum.
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AFTER CLUB
GATHERING WILL
BE @ SONIC
7561 Shaffer Pkwy
(C-470 & Ken Caryl)
Littleton, CO
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Board Members
President: Jim Cosper
VP: Lenny Baca
Secretary: Sam Mazzucca
Treasurer: Jeff Jacobucci
Membership: Tammy Cosper
Newsletter: Lisa Castillo
RMMR: Joe Dietz
RMMR: Terry Lewand
Public Relations: Brett Grooms
Event Coordinator: Tim/Marylee
Merchandising: Sam/Colleen
WWAF: Ken Smith
WWAF: Jerry Jones
WWAF/Trustee: Mike Rhynard
Trustee: Gary Coop
Trustee: Lary Coop
Trustee: Ernie Sotolongo
Trustee: Jerry Penberthy
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JUNE 2013
JUNE’S MESSAGE - FROM THE PRESIDENT
Hello DMC Members!
Hope everyone has a great summer. Let’s all get
together and enjoy some car shows this
summer. If you have a car show or benefit that
you would like the group to attend, let us know
and we will notify all DMC members. Please
make sure whatever events you attend this
summer you are safe and courteous to others.
The Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup is June
13th through 16th in Steamboat Springs. Please
make sure that you sign up and volunteer to
help at the RMMR and the WWAF car shows.
Artwork for the WWAF car show is finished and
you can see it in the membership area of this
newsletter. I would like to thank Ken Smith and
the rest of the WWAF committee for their hard
work. This years t-shirt will be awesome, they
really raised the bar on the design.
We are currently at 34 pre-registered cars for
WWAF. That is 34 more than we had last year at
this time.
Phil Long car show will be July 20th this year,
make sure you save this date. Phil Long does
a lot for our club and for WWAF. I would like to
see the DMC have every car in our club at their
show this year to show our support.
If anyone has any questions or information that
they would like to bring up at the meeting or to
the board members, please send me an e-mail
at [email protected] .
Please bring all of your ideas to the upcoming
June meeting, Friday 6/07 at 7:00 PM at Phil
Long Ford.
Hope to see you there!
--Jim
The Shelby American
Collection, located in
Boulder, CO, is raffling a
GT500 to help raise money
for the non-profit museum.
The car is a 2014 Sterling
Gray and comes with dual
black stripes, leather
Recaro seats, SVT
Performance Package and
the SVT Track Pack.
You can buy as many
tickets as you want. The
drawing will be held and
the winner announced on
September 14th at 6:00pm
during The Shelby
American Collection
Annual Fundraising Party.
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JUNE 2013
Membership Update
By Tammy Cosper, DMC Membership Chair
Sneak Peek at WWAF Artwork
June Birthdays
6/2
6/2
6/3
6/4
6/4
6/12
6/12
6/14
6/20
Cinde Lewand
Marylee Wilson
Bill Anderson Jr.
Carrie Jacobucci
Michelle Morris
Patti Auten
Joyce Barnes
Sandi Rhynard
Carolyn Woods
Welcome New Members
Dan Burke
Dan & Tammy Ezra
Gary & Judi Jacobs
Maurice & Rebecca Romero
Curt & Linda Wheeler
Current 2013 Membership
82 paid members/families
Car Brochures/Ads
This is really cool. Find your first car or the one you
drove to high school or college; hopefully your car
brochure is available.
This has to be one of the neatest web sites whether
you have gasoline in your veins or not.
This is a website featuring the original factory
brochures for nearly every American car you have ever
owned.
Pick the manufacturer, the year and the model.
www.lov2xlr8.no/broch1.html
Submitted By DMC Member: Ken Roth
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AmericanMuscle.com Discount Code
DMC Members get a discount at American
Muscle. Please use this coupon
code at checkout: clubsi84xf
Please note that this discount code is for
Denver Mustang Club members only.
Safety Moment
Grill safety. If you are having a BBQ/event,
please make sure you keep the grill under
control. Watch out for flare ups and keep the
cooking temperature down.
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JUNE 2013
GONE IN 60 SECONDS ELEANOR HERO CAR SELLS FOR COOL $1 MILLION
Perhaps no other Mustang has been replicated as much
as the “Eleanor” from “Gone in 60 Seconds,” the 1967 Shelby
GT500 becoming an instant classic thanks to the movie’s
famous car chase scene. Officially licensed versions sell well
into the six figures, so we were wondering what this real
version – one of eleven built and just three surviving – would
go for at Mecum’s Original Spring Classic auction in
Indianapolis, IN. While we expected a hefty sum, weren’t
prepared for the final hammer price – an even $1 million.
For comparison, another genuine Eleanor Mustang was
sold at Barrett-Jackson in 2009 for a “mere” $216,700.
Granted, this example is the “Hero Car” used in the movie
poster and promotional materials and is undoubtedly in the
best condition, but we didn’t expect it to break the seven
figure mark. Amazingly, it wasn’t even the highest priced
Mustang at the auction with the one-off 1967 Shelby GT500
Super Snake selling for $1.3 million. (FRONT PAGE)
Full vehicle description: Fans of the Touchstone Pictures
2000 remake of the 1974 cult movie “Gone in 60 Seconds”
will recognize this as the original Eleanor, the modified 1967
Ford Mustang piloted by retired master car thief Memphis
Raines, played by Nicholas Cage. Several cars were built to
handle various duties during the filming of Gone, but this is
serial number 7R02C179710, the “Hero” car driven by Cage
during filming and used in movie close-ups, posters and
promotional materials, in the process launching a whole new
trend in Resto Modding. Built by Cinema Vehicle Services
(CVS), the design of the car is a work of art, literally. Wellknown hot rod designer Steve Stanford sketched out the
original concept drawing for the car before the vehicle was
brought to life by CVS. The builders were able to mock up
Eleanor’s body pieces on a Mustang using clay and wood.
Molds were then made to produce a new fiberglass front end
filled with high-powered PIAA driving lights, new fender
flares, side skirts and scoops, hood and trunk lid. The front
suspension was replaced with a lowered and reinforced
coilover spring arrangement with power rack and pinion
steering; 4-wheel disc brakes were installed and Goodyear
Eagle F1 tires mounted on Schmidt 8×17-inch Cobra-style
wheels. To give the car big-screen performance, it was
treated to a 351/400 HP Ford crate engine, which shares
room under the modified hood with a front subframe body
brace by Total Control Products, LLC. This progenitor of
the Eleanor revolution is relatively untouched inside with the
exception of an Autometer Sport Comp Monster tach, fire
extinguisher, Go-Baby-Go shift knob button for Line Lock
and a switch for activating a nitrous injection system. Being
offered directly from the original builder Cinema Vehicle
Services, this is the car that jumpstarted the Eleanor resto
modding craze.
source/photos: mustangsdaily.com
A few
Texas
Mustang
clubs got
together to
help this
person
propose!
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---- ITEMS FOR SALE ---EMAIL YOUR ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SELL TO: [email protected]
(1) - 69-70 fold down back seat with hatch and panels. Has correct part #s
(1) set of 69-70 driver and pass, bolt on window mounting brackets.
(1) - 69-70 small block shock tower. (1) - 70 MACH 1 NOS honeycomb rear panel (1) - new, never used, parts cleaner tank. Make an offer, call Steve 303-435-2377 1966 Mustang Coupe
about 99% restored
If interested, contact Mike @
(303) 944 2363
JUNE 2013
SCHEDULE
OF EVENTS
•6/7 - DMC Meeting @ Phil Long
•6/7-9 - Good Guys Car Show (Loveland)
•6/8 - Wilderness on Wheels Car Show
•6/9 - Concours D’Elegance @ ACC
•6/13-16 - RMMR (Steamboat)
•6/15 - Cruizin’ Havana
•6/21 - Club Clash @ Bandimere
•6/23 - Fun Ford Weekend @ Bandi
•6/27 - DMC Board Meeting
•7/4 - Car Show@Northglenn Marketplace
•7/5 - Club Clash @ Bandimere
•7/6 - All American Car Show (Loveland)
•7/6 - Golden Super Cruise
•7/12 - DMC Meeting @ Phil Long
•7/20 - DMC Show @ Phil Long
•8/1 - DMC Board Meeting
•8/2 - Club Clash @ Bandimere
Foxbody Parts 4 Sale
Driver Side Front Fender, Passenger Door, H-Pipe, Dashboard, GT Taillights
Pics at http://denver.craigslist.org/pts/3764424156.html
•8/3 - Horsefeathers Car Show
•8/3 - Golden Super Cruise
•8/9 - DMC Meeting @ Phil Long
89 Toyota Pickup 4x4 Xtracab SR5
3.0 V6, 5-speed manual, 70,500 miles
8K miles on 32-11.5-15 Goodyear MT/R
Original owner, paint and stripes - All original glass
AC, Power windows & locks
Full maintenance records & Pro shop manual set
Bed mat (no scratches in the bed!)
Everything works and looks like new, No rust or body damage
Never been off road, one of a kind in this condition
$10K OBO Terry 303-550-6014
•8/10 - KBPI Car Show @ Bandimere
•8/17 - Car Show @ O’Meara
•8/17 - Car Show @ Front Range Airport
•8/25 - Firefighters Car Show
•9/5 - DMC Board Meeting
•9/6 - Club Clash @ Bandimere
•9/7 - Golden Super Cruise
•9/13 - WWAF Setup @ Clement Park
•9/13 - DMC Meeting @ Clement Park
•9/14 - WWAF @ Clement Park
•9/20 - Club Clash @ Bandimere
For more info on these events,
Visit the Calendar Section of:
www.denvermustangclub.com
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—— Events ——
Please go to the DMC website for the complete calendar and
event details for 2013! www.denvermustangclub.com
Founded in 1965, the Denver
Mustang Club is the oldest
Mustang club in Colorado.
Club activities include car shows,
swap meets, picnics, autocross
events, drag racing, the Rocky
Mountain Mustang Roundup and
our own annual Wild West Auto
Fest car show each September,
featuring a large display of all
types of vehicles — cars, trucks,
& motorcycles.
Denver Mustang Club
P.O. Box 621111
Littleton, CO 80162
www.denvermustangclub.com
Club Sponsor
Phil Long Ford of Denver
7887 W. Tufts Ave.
Denver, CO 80123