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50th Charlotte Story #30 Mustang Monthly prices rising 10 dollar for a vintage Mustang Monthly? Some of us just threw them in the bin (not me) but I know a few. These here were offered for 10 dollar a piece in Charlotte. I saw some guys trying to get hold of the last MM that Donald Farr edited and get it signed by him. Be smart and make sure you have all of Donalds Mustang Monthly edited magazines. They are already a collectors item and they will certainly be soon at auctions and with a reserve price on ebay. Am I serious? Well, yes with a smile. But be smart and don't say I did not tell you in time. |
 Sure I know these were some of the early ones, but expect also the 90ies, 00 and 10s soon to be in this box. |
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50th Charlotte Story #29 The secrets of Mustang development It sometimes is just a matter of time and location, if you hear something new about Mustang history. This time the location was the press room at Charlotte and Art Hyde's presentation about the Mustang profitability. Actually he made a somewhat overheard statement during the narration, which caught my attention. The words on the right are not an excact quote, but listen yourself to his words in my recorded speech from Art. Click on the picture to follow to my last youtube adventure. |
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50th Charlotte Story #28 Where are all the past SEMA cars? I sometimes wondered what became of all those SEMA Mustang specials. Then I spotted this shiny one at Charlotte, though it did not really stand out from the row initially, it caught my attention. Actually on sale for roughly 149.000 Dollar or best offer. It was one of the 2012 highlights the G.T.K 950 R. Looks like they are actually driven later on, but to keep it shiny it certainly needs discipline of the owner. Chip Foose obviously liked it.  |
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50th Charlotte Story #27 Thumbs up by the Mustang girls. Some of the european Editors got unnoticed, but certainly not Manuela Mancini, here with Marcy Fisher from the Mustang design team posing in the restricted press stage area. It was nice to shake hands with colleagues from all over the world. Manuela is the PR responsible of the Mustang Club of Italy. With at least a dozen foreign Mustang club officials (Italy, France, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Netherland, Australia, Brasil.... you name it) there was plenty of room to stumble over each other. See you next time, mates. |
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50th Charlotte Story #26 Catch the spirit of the event in just one picture? I tried that seriously as you can spot in the above panoramic views. Judge youself wether I succeeded. Click on the 2 available here to see a bigger file. |
Panorama1 Inside field Panorama 2 Rare Tents display and Motorspeedway Panorama3 Sitting on the fence |
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50th Charlotte Story #25 Larry Cornwall made an outstanding video at the 50th in Charlotte. We pulled him some foreigners to his lens and Holly Clark. Though not everything made it into the movie, it catches the essence of the big and successful Anniversary there. Not many complained in Charlotte in contrary to Las Vegas. So this is your chance to get the insight into the Charlotte spirit and the charisma of the Mustang icon. Watch the 47.33 minutes video here |
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50th Charlotte Story #24 "The Bullitt 2001 never got an official approval" says Art Hyde at the Mustang Moments session. If you did not know yet, Charlotte was the place where the bomb was dropped by Art Hyde. One podium member (name withheld) was almost asleep, but Art Hyde made them awake later with a long kept secret. Watch my video report exclusively here on youtube. |
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50th Charlotte Story #23 The Blender - Faded outside..but wait until you get a look under the hood This 1964 early Pony deserved a second look. The owner had a lot of fun in surprising interested bypassers, who gave comments on the faded paint and "neglected" or "project" status of that car. Once he opened the hood, it became obvious that this Mustang was well preserved as found or as it just survived. The engine bay and engine itself was detailed in all aspects. See the lower pic. Many an onlooker as well as the owner had a good laugh and was envious about this showstopper. Good one! |
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50th - Charlotte Story #22 Interview of a SPEEDGUY Larry Cornwall with Holly Clark Charlotte was a good place for Holly to tell her story of her finding her fathers design artwork in the attic back then in the 80ies. The documentation video done by Larry Cornwall will be published soon and cover numerous interviews and takes of the 50th in Charlotte. Here is a backscene recorded video of Holly narrating the complete story. This was jthe first of the two full length interviews. In the story no. 25 you will find the second much shorter version, but we think the ful story is worth to watch. Enjoy here at YOUTUBE |
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50th - Charlotte Story #21 How the production version of the Mustang started life. This at Charlotte displayed graphic planning schedule shows a clear timeline as of June 1962, when production planning entered the scene. Note that the actual public introduction was planned first on the 22nd. of April 1964. A very good performance looking back. |
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50th - Charlotte story #20 Cool down Ponycars after a hot lap? One thing you don't really need after a hot lap on the Motorspeedway track is a cool down zone like this. Some of the returning Mustangs underestimated the pool and got a real wash-down of their engine. No good for a Motorspeedway and such a pool area in a pit stop entrance track is certainly a NO-GO for racers. I assume some drivers got a real heart attack here being forced on the right lane entering a pool area without the typical yellow warning hat "Cleaning in process". Actually this 429SCJ equipped Mach 1 is shipped downunder to Brisbase. Owner Ed C. contacted us in May and this pic will soon displayed in his garage. A nice follow-up story on top. |
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50th - Charlotte story #19 Mr. Georgia Shaker himself SOCH Mustangs have ever been the peak performers in history. Its riders as well. Keeping such a beast under control requires experts in terms of acceleration and coolness factors. Hubert Platt was and still is one of them. The Ford Drag Team book on the right is available since 2011 with lots of historic information, yet the saying is the print of the pics could have been better. Do another run, Hubert. With him was a Ford Drag Team Mustang restored and owned by Bob Perkins. Want to know more about him? See his Facebook site and "like" him. |
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50th - Charlotte story #18 The 1967 GT500 that was garage kept and stored away for more than 40 years It wasn't there on Sunday afternoon anymore, but we heard it did not sell. Even for 112.500 Dollar for such a project car obviously there is a market for collectors. Guys were crawling all over the car to find the tidbits of costly restoration work and there certainly is. The lot was next to Mustang Masters btw. 67402F4A00733 was the VIN and it tells us this might be legit car, though of course buyer needs to be accompanied by an expert. THE SAAC BOOK tells us it was originally bought by Kent Fellows in 67 in CA and history and whereabouts not known yet. Well, you will certainly hear about it soon, some day it will shine like in the glory days. |
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50th - Charlotte story #17 Spectacular view! The ladder placed at the main entrance offered the best lookout over the original owner Mustang display at Charlotte. The queue got bigger, but I was fortunate to have only one guy in front of me. Great show for lovers of these one owner or one family cars. Well done, thanks. |
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50th - Charlotte story #16 Wrong Place, wrong time! This guy in the modern build of a Daytona wanted to steel the show. Most bystanders laughed and said "Wrong place, wrong timing". Well, at least he succeeded to get to the Charlotte Motor Speedway visitors parking lot and that was as close as he could get. Good one and aren't Mustangers really tolerant. Sure! |
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50th - Charlotte story #15 Ever seen the Ranchero Emblem on a Mustang? We have collected since 1993 about 10-12 of the special Ranchero builts. This was a really nice sample with lots of documentation on site in Charlotte. Hope you did not miss it. |
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50th - Charlotte story #14 What year was the last GT 350? Though a bigger number was built, you see these not very often. The 1984 GT350 Anniversary.  |
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50th - Charlotte story #13 David Turnbull announced that this was his last bigger Ponydrive Not that he did not have fun with the participants, but some things must have went wrong with the cooperation on site. He was not really amused, yet kept his well-known humour. Members of the Ponydrive family however will be happy to hear that he continues to do smaller local Ponydrives. Lets keep his good mood up and thank him for everything that he did for the passionate drivers. We don#t know what his doggie thinks about all this, but be sure David will let us know. Cheers David. |
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50th - Charlotte story #12 Ouch - Competition model 5R002 clone racer bangs a guard rail Damage on a rare car catches typically a lot of attention. The owner was not too happy about the new damage, yet they were built for this and have seen way more damage in their heydays. He gave a huge number of interested parties a ride around the track. So what embarrassed the owner more ..were the smiles in some peoples face for the owner. Better to feel the pain with him. |
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50th - Charlotte story #11 Rare Tents display - A blast The collection composed by the initiative from Ed Meyer and his mates was the biggest highlight of the 50th in NC. Most insiders hang around these cars for hours and took lesson after lesson about history and details. Thanks to the guys who made this happen. My friend John from Norway had a "bubbling brain" after going through the restoration plans for his ARI Pace Car convertible with some more knowledgable petrolheads.  |
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50th - Charlotte story #10 Meeting Greg Meindl and his treasure Gregory Meindl did it - he finished his original ivy green K-Code Coupe just in time for the big show and drove it to Charlotte without a drop-out. His wife and kids with him. We shook hands, because I helped him once to find previous owner Karl Bergman of his T/A race car. Greg got later interviewed by a camera team and will certainly appear with his high revving action scenes in a 50th Charlotte documentation.  Thanks, Greg for the nice welcome. |
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50th - Charlotte story #9 Original owner cars display I wanted to talk to the owner of this outstanding Mach 1 which was on display in front of the Stadium. It caught my eye instantly, because my Dad had exactly one of those with the Dog Dish caps. If you know the owner, pass a line to yours truely. This one had a 351cui engine and caught the attention of many. Big bodies in the hand of their original owners are quite rare. First time I saw one in that league, at least at larger shows like this one. |
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50th - Charlotte story #8 How to embarass a proud 1968 1/2 R-Code original owner? The owner of 8F02R135037 was excited first, when Edsel Ford passed by in his golf cart and jumped out of it to have a look at this stunning R-Code 1968 1/2 with the Rye Ford stickers. He knew obviously it was something special. But he asked: What is it? The owner started a few bits of the history..and the response came quickly. "Oh nice, didn't know we build 'em" and vanished. Now look at the right picture again, while Edsel preferred to do autographs for onlookers.  |
Vinnie Lyons purchased the car in 1969 after racing it for Rye Fords back then for one year. The car has just 762 original miles on it. And then this.... another genuine Ford boy ruined Vinnies day in a second. |
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50th - Charlotte story #7 Stephanie S. was one of the most photographed Mustang girls aside from Courtney Barber (Team Mustang girls) at the Charlotte show. Here she poses at the Scott Drake booth for the Ponysite.de readers dressed up in 64 colours. Wonder why nobody yet thought about a similar paint job on a Mustang. Thanks to her for making this spot a little bit brighter and nice talking to her. This 64 1/2 car will be auctioned off and the money be donated. |
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50th - Charlotte story #6 Steve Prewitt - Thank you! A number of visitors were somehow disappointed with the outcome of the 50th. But they tend to forget the engaged people that volunteer to make these things happen. They deserve all our respect. Steve Prewitt seemed to be overlooked in all the media fuzz of the Grand opening. See the media people who immediately pulled over the known Mustang Team members to the back for individual interviews. Steve was suddenly on his own.. and next to me by coincidence. I pulled him over to the 2015 since whithout him and his team there would have been actually nothing at this location. He was the Man behind the "Machine". Mustang blood in his veins. The rest is metal and engineering. |
 Thanks Steve for organizing this great show. There was still enough for us insiders and most of the novices to the Mustang passion. |
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50th - Charlotte story #5 When you think you know a person, you're still surprised sometimes about their habits. While strolling around with my friend and T-5 registry founder Gary Hanson, he got so excited about Dr. Mansells #100004 in the special display room, he remembered having been at the 1964 Worlds Fair and taking a ride in this Mustang most probably or another of the Magic Skyway. Plus that he had a camera with him and took absolutely no photo of the Ford display. Instead he has a few of the then new IBM ball print head that was shown the first time. |
 Gary could not believe this was the original Magic Skyway Mustang he probably sat in in 1964. Now what was he exactly looking for here? Of course the special bracketry that hold the big plate, which was needed for the rubber drive wheels on the Skyway. Back then he had no chance to do it. After 50 years it was finally worth to take a second look and he got his camera out this time. |
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50th - Charlotte story #4 I always like the red Big Bodies. This one catched my eye and it turned out owner Richard was one of our few engaged Ponysite.de readers. He even called yours truely a celebrity. Well finding and chatting with one of our hidden online readers was a real pleasure and like the Oscar to me. Thanks Richard and enjoy the 72 Mach 1. It looked outstanding and sorry for interrupting the detailing process for a moment:-) The best moments at shows are the ones chatting about the history of their cars and how the Mustang accompanied them. |
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50th - Charlotte story #3 The Brits join their mates Many US Mustangers still think, it's a long drive from UK to the US (insider). Well it still was for the Brit that joined the 50th in Charlotte. He bought this car however on the westcoast, drove it with the MAA caravan and displayed it with its new licence plate. The transfer to Great Britain is another story worth certainly for the MOCGB. You can follow his story on the MOCGB forum online. |
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50th - Charlotte story #2 One of the more emotional moments Holly Clark meets Jack Telnack, the former Ford Designer. He recognized immediately his old friend Phil Clark on the book title and Phils daughter Holly again after some years. It was good to see friendships never fail. |
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50th - Charlotte story #1 Many might have seen the Fast and Furious Mustang #14 on Sunday. One of them was the owner of the second surviving F&F Mustang...from Norway. Both Arild and Brian met up and exchanged information on their cars. Brian did a lot on his beaten up car to make it a real beauty. Took out the roll cage and turned the dashboard into a Shelby stylish variety. A new Roush 347 engine now sits in the engine bay, because the original engine indeed had big holes to get it cold while doing the stunts. Not good for driving it on the streets. We will feature it on a special site as well as Arilds car, that was in the Volo museum for quite a while. |
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