Re: Street Racing Articles
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Rifkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tom thank you for taking the time to return this car back to it's original state. I remember reading the articles about that car when it was first built and fell in love with it.
Imagine how I felt when I saw it years ago for sale at the Atlantic City auction in such horrible shape. I guess it sold during the auction and I lost track of the car until a year or so later when I saw it parked in front of a freight service company on Delilah Road in Egg Harbor Township, NJ with a for sale sign in the window. (I can get the name / number of that company for you if you'd like to try and contact someone there)
Keep the pictures coming of the project; looks great so far. </div></div>
Dave,
I'm the same way, I remember reading that Sudden Death article in high school and never forgot it. For some reason, there is something about this car that just stuck with me all these years. I just thought it was the coolest Ford I'd ever seen!
Sounds like it was in poor condition when you saw it at auction. Do you remember what year that was? I'm guessing 1997? The car had been in Fort Wayne, Indiana in early 1997 being prepped for auction at a shop there. I wasn't able to get an ID on an owner though. I've already been through title history attempts, but unfortunately, Florida, Michigan, or Indiana do not keep title histories over 10 years, so I came up empty handed. I'm thinking of trying a private investigator in NJ to see if he can get me records, since being out of state, I can't access them there.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Will do on pics!
Tom
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Currently restoring the Gapp and Roush - Ruggirello Mustang II known as "Sudden Death" from the April 1977 issue of Hot Rod Magazine.
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