Diane – 1968 Fastback Owner: Dominick Desiato Photography: Monica Gardner
I purchased my Mustang in 1976.
Originally, it was a standard 1968 Fastback with a 302 cubic two barrel engine and a three speed automatic transmission. The engine was changed to a 289 high performance and the transmission was rebuilt with stronger internal components and a higher stall speed converter.
The body was changed with Eleanor look-a-like parts over a two year period working on it on random weekends. I liked the look of Eleanor from the movie Gone In 60 Seconds. It is not a full body duplication of Eleanor but I like the way it turned out. Mustang purists may not like it but I often get compliments from the general public. I named the car "Diane" after my wife. That stopped the usual question: "Is that Eleanor?"
- Dominick Desiato
Wild West Adventure Mike Hickey
Built the engine in my garage and took it off the dyno at 6 pm Tuesday, April 6th making 760 rwhp with 91 octane fuel and 20 psi boost but ran out of time to change fuel and retune. Left for my cross country trip on Wednesday, April 7 at 3 am from Toronto area with two other Shelby owners crammed into my car for the 50th Anniversary bash in Las Vegas, Nevada. Made it to Flagstaff, Arizona on Friday and after a tour of the Grand Canyon made my way to the Mojave Desert. Raced the Mojave Mile on Saturday, still with the same 91 octane tune and did a 156 MPH qualifier and then 169 and 175 peddling in fifth gear (breakout was 180 mph). Good way to break in the new engine!
Left for San Diego that afternoon and toured the USS Midway on Sunday, then left for Palm Springs to start the Team Shelby event and had dinner at Amy Boylan’s (Former CEO of Shelby Automotive). Met up with 100 or so Shelbys in Palm Springs and was a pace car for the poker run to Vegas. Went to the grand opening of Shelby's new center, cleaned up the car, and won a trophy for my class. Moved to Mandalay Bay for the MCA event and raced the outside track at Las Vegas speedway. Left from the Hoover Dam on Saturday and stopped in Grand Junction, Colorado for the night. Hit 11,000 feet through the Rocky Mountains and after passing through a tunnel, hit snow, black ice, and more than fifteen cars in the ditch but steered through with race tires (2mm left) without incident (must have been the Canadian driving skills). Made it home Monday night after 6000 miles on the engine. Tried 100 octane but ran out of fuel pressure so a new fuel system and nine inch diff have been delivered but not installed yet (it did make 560 rwhp and 758 rwtq at 3200 rpm when we shut it off ). One heck of a trip and one way to break in a new motor on a classic piece of American muscle! - Mike Hickey
2014 Shelby GT500 Owner: John Carson Photo: Jon Scott & Greg Howe
The Best of Everything A Very Unique1968 Custom Mustang :
Owner: Shaun Miller
Modifications: 2014 aluminator 2014 vmp 2.3 supercharger Custom tuned by Lund Racing 2012 head light assembly 2005 sequential tail lights 1972 exterior door handles 1970 rear view mirrors 1967 GT 40 Mota Lita steering wheel 1968 Fastback conversion panels Smoked glass all around except for the windshield 1967 Shelby tail lid 1967 Shelby hood Heidts pro G front suspension Heidts 4 link rear suspension Tremec T 5-6 wide ratio transmission Double disk clutch A1000 fuel pump with 1/2 fuel lines Front wheel line lock 12' Wilwood front and rear disc brakes Kustom Classics signature leather 67 seats front and back Custom TMR interior throughout the car Custom control panel mounted on the molded headliner All electronic gauges 20' Forgestar wheels front and back
This list does not include all of the custom modifications that originated in our shop. I'm sure that you will be able to see the features that are exclusive to this vehicle only, such as front and rear grills, steering column, interior quarter panels, exterior vents, A frame modifications and rear axle modifications. The front grill area was especially challenging, as you can imagine. - Shaun Miller
1965 Mustang Coupe Owner: Tim Thonet Photo: Joris Pelsmaekers Photography
1992 and 1993 Limited Editi
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There were 2,193 Special Limited Edition "Feature" or "Summer Special" LX 5.0L co
interior and top combination. These cars had special rear decklid spoilers, color k Wheel Company in Kansas created these wheels for the Feature car by applying ba seats with black piping, black carpet, an ebony dash, and a black Lori cloth headli
There were 3,003 Special Limited Edition "Feature" LX 5.0L convertibles produced black or white interior and top combination and chrome wheels. Another 1,500 wer wheels. These cars had rear decklid spoilers and 16-inch 5-spoke Pony wheels. The
ion Mustang Convertible LX
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onvertibles produced in mid 1992. They were all painted Vibrant Red with a white keyed side moldings, mirrors, door and window trim, and white wheels. The Superior aked-on opal pearlescent paint over silver. The interior featured white leather iner. The "Feature" option was an additional $850 over the base LX price.
d in 1993. A quantity of 1,503 were painted exclusive Canary Yellow with either a re painted Vibrant White with a white interior and top combination and white e front seat headrests and floor mats have a Pony embroidered on them.
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The Ford Mustang SSP was a lightweight police car package based on the F
a speedier option for police departments in lieu of other full sized (and hea Victoria). The SSP abbreviation means Special Service Package, a special Fo the taglines used by Ford to help sell this car was "This Ford chases Porsch
The units served a number of uses, and were often customized to suit each l from municipal to government agencies bought nearly 15,000 examples of t enforcement, from display cars to DARE cars, or in the hands of collectors from using the manual transmission stick so that they could use the hand fo find 5 speed manual as well.
During the Monster Mash Car Show in Long Island, NY, I did what I always d admiring my favorites and talking to the owners. But when I saw the SSP, I s around, looked in the window, and in the trunk. I started taking pictures. I her owner who was in full Highway Patrol uniform. What a better way to s know how he came about acquiring the car. I started to ask him some quest
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Ford Mustang produced between 1982-1993. The car was meant to provide avier) sedans on the market at the time (Ford Fairmont and the LTD/Crown oxbody Mustang trim made exclusively for law enforcement use. One of hes for a living..."
law enforcement agency's particular needs. Law enforcement agencies these units. Many still exist today, either still in some role of law rs and racers. Many SSP's had 4 speed automatics to free an officers hand or other duties, such as speaking on a radio. But it was not uncommon to
do. I walked around taking in all the beautiful cars, snapping pictures, stopped in my tracks! Wow, is all I could say, she was beautiful. I walked was very fortunate to see one of these rare beauties. I started to talk to show your SSP car at a Halloween Car Show then in uniform. I just had to tions but maybe it's best if he just tell the story:
n Miami as a Interceptor, traffic enforcement, and drug runner primarily.
The car was used from 1993 until 2001 and taken from service as the last Marked SSP unit from ACTUAL service duty.The car was then decommissioned and stripped of all its police equipment and sold at auction, sparing only the A-pillar spot light. The car was purchased by a Richard Resk who lived in Florida, and restored the car back to "ALMOST" in service look for a restoration project, which almost landed him in jail, due to regulations about having paint colors or SSP units driving around impersonating true units. With this said, FHP was forced to speak to R Resk, and gave him an alltermatum: He had to sell the car or the FHP was going to repossess the car and it would be destroyed. So he did what any good Mustang owner would do, he sold it to a home where she could run free. The car made its way to California, to a SWAT Commander's collection of other SSP's and other types of cars and was shown often. One day I was looking to purchase a new pony and acquire something special to have for wedding pictures so I put a post on a forum about it. I got a few offers of people offering to loan me their cars for the day at pretty high prices until one day after a bad day at work, I had a response from Don Fallon, The SWAT Commander in California stating, He had the car that I was looking for. It is the Last marked unit from actual service duty and he thought it would be a perfect wedding gift (for a price of course). He sent pictures and we corresponded back and forth and a deal was made, sight unseen, and if I didn't like the car upon delivery, I could put it back on the truck and he would pay to have it shipped back to California. How could I go wrong? The car was shipped and when the truck pulled up, I was as giddy as heck. When I heard the car fire up inside the enclosed trailer and then come out to me, I was taking pictures like crazy. The car was everything I wanted and then some so right away I began getting everything back to working order, getting all the lights re-wired, and having a main switch under the hood in case of police curiosity and being pulled over due to NY statutes. So now, the car has been in my possestion for over seven years now, showing it almost every year since 2008 and taking numerous awards, plaques, and even a small debut in Mustang Monthly and Newsday. I have taken it to the NYC Antique Police Car Show at the USS Intrepid and continue to get tourist exposure. Its nice to know that people really respect and cherish the Mustang and as for me, I found a true love for an automobile, an SSP ( Special Service Package ) Interceptor and when people and spectators a like view the car, I am always eager to tell them how this FHP police car made its way right here to NY. - Joe Davidson Thank you Joe Davidson for sharing your car and your story with us, it was a great pleasure. I'm certain Mustang enthusiasts near and far will continue to admire and appreciate your rare beauty.
2014 Mustang 5.0 Owner: Josue Acosta Photo: Josue Acosta
2014 Mustang GT Premium Owner: Mathew Uzzan Photo: Mathew Uzzan Photography
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Photos: Daniel Ramey, Stephanie Behrle, Kristy Thomas
Mustang Picnic and Cruise to Letchworth State Park Lara Giallombardo Photography: Lara Giallombardo
On a bright Fall day on September 28th, Mustangs from
across New York State met at Letchworth State Park for the 6th Annual picnic and cruise. Before starting the twelve mile drive through the park, all Mustangs came together at the Mt. Morris Dam for a cruise in and meet and greet. After leaving the dam, a line of more than sixty Mustangs took the windy road through the park. Nothing beats the sound of Mustang exhausts echoing through the "Grand Canyon of the East". Finally meeting at the Archery Field in the park, the Mustangs lined up for a final photo shoot. After the photos were completed, the group headed back to the Highbanks picnic area. Members of the group enjoyed good food and great friends.
Props & Ponies Car Show Owner: Stacy Smothers Photo: JB Photography
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I am a member of Northwest Mustangs and Classic Fords Car Club in Vancouver, W
park on the air strip and show our cars during the air show. We had several cars s the day watching all the acrobatics the planes did and we also had the Canadian F P-51 Mustangs and two Harriers. Our club has been invited bac
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Washington and our club member Mark Wickham made arrangements for our club to show up and even had a few from Empire Mustangs of Portland, Oregon. We spent Forces Snowbirds at the show. After the show, we got to do a photo shoot with two ck next year and we look forward to seeing The Blue Angels.
2015 Mustang GT Owner: Chris Jeansonne Photo: Chris Jeansonne
Super Cruise - 50 Years of Mustang Lara Giallombardo
An event which had been planned out since April, took place on September 14, 2014.
NewYorkMustangs.com joined together to celebrate 50 years of Mustang by doing a The club also designed special t-shirts in honor of this event. Mustang owners met u Crossgates Mall in Albany, New York for a brief cruise in and car show. There were Mustangs in attendance. The Super Cruise itself was to have club members cruise the Albany to Prospect Mountain at Lake George. It was quite a site seeing more than sixt cruising down the highway to the Mountain from Albany. Upon reaching the parking a of summit, the cars got in place for a group photo. Once the group photos were finish coordinators held a raffle with various Mustang prizes. It was a long day with many by all, but what a better place then to see sixty Mustangs near the top of a mountain Lake George.
. Members of a Super Cruise. up at the over sixty eir cars from ty Mustangs area at the base hed, the club miles traveled n overlooking
2004 Mach 1 Steeda Owner: Tony Earle Photo: Tony Earle
Great Pumpkin Show - Mustang II Al Miranto
The Mustang II has been considered a step child in the Mustang
chain, however, this beautifully restored Cobra spent its life in Long Beach, California until the new owners rescued and worked to make it "new again".
Bringing this stang back to Phoenix, Arizona, the tedious task of making it new began. We found this beauty at the Great Pumpkin Show in Mesa, Arizona. The best suprise was the interior with the seats, door panels, and everything shining in perfect condition. Having only 90k miles and a 302 was icing on the cake. A black on black with gold paint theme makes this one a diamond in the rough. Pictures do not give justice to this snake but seeing this gleaming black Cobra as it passes you is a sight not to forget.
In Loving Memory of John Sioch
h, STANG Magazine Michigan Rep
2014 Mustang 5.0 Owner: Stephanie Peterson Photo: Stephanie Peterson
Photography 101 Brandon Perron Photos: Daniel Ramey 1: Fill the frame and don’t just dead center the subject in the photo with equal negative space around it. 2: Stray away from tilting shots, it should only be use sparingly. In my opinion, never used. 3: Try to minimize distracting elements. You have control of what gets into the photo. Sometimes just moving to the left or to the right or even closer in can dramatically reduce distracting elements. 4: Do your best to get it RIGHT IN CAMERA...“fix it in post”, should NOT be your mentality. 5: Photoshop actions and manipulation are not fixes for terrible photographs. They should be used to enhance photographs. 6: Learn the rules of photography: rule of 3rds, aspect ratio, leading lines, etc... I could spend days on the rules, but googling will yield lots of information. 7: Failing to succeed... I will not go into that here, but if you want to read my article speaking specifically to this, please read it at http://www.slrlounge.com/failure-breeds-successtry-fail-order-succeed 8: Learn how to use your histogram on your camera 9: If you are in AUTO mode, move away from it and learn to work in manual mode on your camera. Learning what ISO, aperture, and f/stops do and how to manipulate them will improve your photography dramatically. 10. Have fun
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