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  1. Midnight Special

    1968 Neil Hoppe

    With sincere condolences and fondest memories of Neil's fatherly influence and integrity. :-(.
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    . Mike Jewell

    Shocking indeed. Neil, Mike was a faithful catalyst and contributor more than most people will ever know. His genuine love and support of these cars and people was second to none... :-(
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    1968 Black GT/CS

    Hi Marty! All of them are gone except for one S-Code now . I never had any for sale, but kept getting offers from people who knew about them while waiting for the values to climb much like Neil did. The "Midnight Special", and another 4-speed went to a father with couple of young sons in the...
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    1968 Black GT/CS

    Congratulations Neil! Both my black one and the red S-code sold today...
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    Highland Green Desk

    ...And for the shop, why not include a Highland Green belt sander with Stripe! ;-)
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    Shop cars

    ...Indeed! :-)
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    Shop cars

    Neil, I bought this one in '05, flew to Los Angeles and drove it 480 miles home in the same day. It was already in this color, so never had the paint code. Non-factory as the color was - it garnished many wonderful compliments! I loved driving this car! Yet with so many in the herd, sold...
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    Another new "vintage" hobby...

    ...Running and maintaining an 1889 Porter steam locomotive with its original boiler. Great fun if you ever get to Nevada City, CA. :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vOPLhgeuuc&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0YklrJPh96kRZPwb6QXP7TfMewtgSM4avOeNUoZIoGcSYFpwp2VCvhWTw
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    Shop cars

    Neil, is that my old "Cranberry" in there? ;-)
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    1968 One of our fellow members lost his C.S. in the Paradise fire

    So Very sorry to hear this :-( Let's all rally for Roy's rapid recovery with blessings on all fronts. <3
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    1968 Black CS Project

    ...Arlie is correct and the odometer still goes backwards ;-) The car was originally C-code, Sunlit Gold with black stripe that was redone Black/Gold with 302 4-spd. before I bought it. I had the entire suspension rebuilt to include heavy sway bars, re-gearing the diff. etc... to make sure...
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    1968 Little Red Found in Texas

    ...Amazing detail pics here...> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cCpl5RvGfYxI55MLnTGNoMLaXxG81w
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    1968 Little Red Found in Texas

    Early photos had no reflectors, but the rear mounted antenna is present. This will be a fun project to watch.
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    1968 Little Red Found in Texas

    ...'I don't know why, but I always had a feeling "Little Red" was still around & would show up some day... In fact I used to dream of being the one who found it ;-) https://shelbyprototypecoupes.com/
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    For the history buffs...

    ...learning how to shoot 50-cals and drop bombs the "old school" way ;-)
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    1968 GT/CS painting

    Wow! Very nice, Gary! :-)
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    1968 Grass Valley BBQ Video

    ...Mike hosted two 'record' gatherings. One in '06 and another '07. The much smaller one at my house was in honor of Cory Gouldiing's new book, "California Special Way of Life".
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    1968 Happy birthday

    Nice! Thank you Neil, Rob and Steve! 'Still have four GT/CSs, three Machs and a growing family with three wonderful grandkids! :-) The cars are all stored these days with a pass time shift to co-organizing and announcing three NorCal air shows over the past two summers. Renee (PonyGal) and I...
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    Scary close!....>

    'Glad you like them Jon & Marty. 'Thought I'd share some of the other Mustangs I get to hang with including this one whose pilot has an S-code GT/CS, well as Shelby, 67 GTA and big block Cougar... Best of both worlds ;-)
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    Scary close!....>

    ....to 400+ mph "flying" Mustangs for the airplane buffs ;-)
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