Hello everyone,
I've been lurking on this forum for the past couple of days since I found it. I've been a fan of the '68 GT/CS my whole life, literally. In fact, it was a GT/CS my dad drove home with me and mom after I was born. Another reason I joined was that I had entered the VIN of this car in the registry and found it! Luckily, I had the old owner's manual with my parent's address and also the embossed plastic warranty card. According to the registry, it was recently owned by Mr. Wayne Rupp in Nebraska and he is known here as RUPPSTANG.
VIN# 8R01C143536
Paint: "X" Presidential Blue
DSO 72
Mr. Rupp, if you could PM me, I can give you more history on the vehicle and answer any questions you may have. That is, if you still own this car or if it even still exists.
My father was stationed in Pearl Harbor, HI when he purchased this car from Honolulu Ford on 3-15-1968, on my mom's birthday. It was a plain C code 289 2bbl w C4 auto, plain hub caps, but came interestingly enough as a heater delete model. When my dad's military obligations were done in March 1970, he had this car shipped to Fullerton, CA where my family is originally from. My dad was a police officer back home and it was his daily driver until my mom started driving it as her car. That is until a drunk and uninsured driver smacked the left front fender and core support in 1975. My dad bought her a new Torino and the GT/CS was parked in the backyard to rot. When I was older, I tried to "rescue" it as I was about to get my driver's license but being a kid, I just tore it apart and got an old truck to drive. I eventually moved out of state and reluctantly sold the car (actually, a rolling shell at this point) to a hot rod shop in 2001 who in turn, re-sold it. Even though it pained me to sell it, it did help pay for the down on my first house.
Anyways, I'm glad to have joined this forum. I'll have to search but I know I have some pictures of this car. I'll post them once I find them.
Best regards,
J
I've been lurking on this forum for the past couple of days since I found it. I've been a fan of the '68 GT/CS my whole life, literally. In fact, it was a GT/CS my dad drove home with me and mom after I was born. Another reason I joined was that I had entered the VIN of this car in the registry and found it! Luckily, I had the old owner's manual with my parent's address and also the embossed plastic warranty card. According to the registry, it was recently owned by Mr. Wayne Rupp in Nebraska and he is known here as RUPPSTANG.
VIN# 8R01C143536
Paint: "X" Presidential Blue
DSO 72
Mr. Rupp, if you could PM me, I can give you more history on the vehicle and answer any questions you may have. That is, if you still own this car or if it even still exists.
My father was stationed in Pearl Harbor, HI when he purchased this car from Honolulu Ford on 3-15-1968, on my mom's birthday. It was a plain C code 289 2bbl w C4 auto, plain hub caps, but came interestingly enough as a heater delete model. When my dad's military obligations were done in March 1970, he had this car shipped to Fullerton, CA where my family is originally from. My dad was a police officer back home and it was his daily driver until my mom started driving it as her car. That is until a drunk and uninsured driver smacked the left front fender and core support in 1975. My dad bought her a new Torino and the GT/CS was parked in the backyard to rot. When I was older, I tried to "rescue" it as I was about to get my driver's license but being a kid, I just tore it apart and got an old truck to drive. I eventually moved out of state and reluctantly sold the car (actually, a rolling shell at this point) to a hot rod shop in 2001 who in turn, re-sold it. Even though it pained me to sell it, it did help pay for the down on my first house.
Anyways, I'm glad to have joined this forum. I'll have to search but I know I have some pictures of this car. I'll post them once I find them.
Best regards,
J
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