Bringing our Ford Brothers home


Rockstar

GT Owner
Jun 30, 2009
139
Golden, Colorado
In a nut shell I was contacted by a gentelman over in Belgium. His brother passed away and was fond of Americam muscle cars. The family was fighting over the cars so it was decided to sell them and split the money. I hopped on a plane and found myself in an old wherehouse in a town called Turnhout. Here sat 4 Shelby mustangs, a Mach 1 and a Pantera :eek. I climbed into the cars, evaluated them and made an offer. They accepted, I worked on the cars for three days to get them ready for transport :ack. Some times you never know when you get the call and you have to hit the ground running. There were two other guy's in the wings waiting to hear if I had purchased, but I beat them to the US steel for a reasonable undisclosed amount. They will reach American soil in the first part of August.
Welcome home Boy's :biggrin
 

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Empty Pockets

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Well done, Rock'! :thumbsup:thumbsup :usa
 

FrankBarba

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Oct 16, 2005
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Harrisburg, PA
Great Find...Congrats...
 

ObeyMyFast!

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May 5, 2009
407
San Diego
Congrats! I need to see more of that green GT500

:drool
 

Kingman

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Surf City, USA
They are ALL Bad A$$. Well Done!
 

BlackICE

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Nov 2, 2005
1,416
SF Bay Area in California
What a catch!!!

So it is true,

"The early bird catches the worm."

"If you snooze, you lose."
 
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STORMCAT

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Nice !!!!
 

GTFUN

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Aug 19, 2009
271
Atlanta,Ga
What a gold mine!!! CONGRATS!!!
 

JKR

GT Owner
Nice Find, Way to go ! !
 
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HHGT

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Congrats....Are you keeping them all?
 

Rockstar

GT Owner
Jun 30, 2009
139
Golden, Colorado
Congrats! I need to see more of that green GT500

:drool

Here are a couple more of the 67 GT 500
 

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Rockstar

GT Owner
Jun 30, 2009
139
Golden, Colorado
Congrats....Are you keeping them all?

I am for sure keeping the 1970 GT 350 convertible they only made about 60' some. and not sure which other one I will add to My collection.
 

MNJason

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May 14, 2010
2,097
San Diego
Wow!
 

Gierkink

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Oct 5, 2005
672
Wellington, FL
In a nut shell I was contacted by a gentelman over in Belgium. His brother passed away and was fond of Americam muscle cars. The family was fighting over the cars so it was decided to sell them and split the money. I hopped on a plane and found myself in an old wherehouse in a town called Turnhout. Here sat 4 Shelby mustangs, a Mach 1 and a Pantera :eek. I climbed into the cars, evaluated them and made an offer. They accepted, I worked on the cars for three days to get them ready for transport :ack. Some times you never know when you get the call and you have to hit the ground running. There were two other guy's in the wings waiting to hear if I had purchased, but I beat them to the US steel for a reasonable undisclosed amount. They will reach American soil in the first part of August.
Welcome home Boy's :biggrin

Do you know what happened to the dark red Vette in one of the pictures?
 

Copenhagen GT

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What! Next, you´ll all be coming over here to steal our girls .... stop it :biggrin:rofl

Congrats on the purchase - nice bunch of cars. The 69/70 convertible, is that one rare "sold as new in europe" ones - the ones with some special features?

:cheers
Anders
 

steved57

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Awsome find ! Way to go !
 

Team Jeff

GT Owner
Sep 8, 2007
561
Awesome!! Thanks very much for sharing the story & photos!
 

Rockstar

GT Owner
Jun 30, 2009
139
Golden, Colorado
What! Next, you´ll all be coming over here to steal our girls .... stop it :biggrin:rofl

Congrats on the purchase - nice bunch of cars. The 69/70 convertible, is that one rare "sold as new in europe" ones - the ones with some special features?

:cheers
Anders

Yes, the 70 GT 350 convertible is verry rare. I think only about 60 some were made. It was sold in the US and has traveled around Europe to a couple of diffrent ownes. And yes your Girls are extreamly pretty! We wre comming back over to get some of them next :biggrin
 

robt777

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Jun 28, 2010
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Florida & Ohio
Way to go. Great find. All it takes is nads and a some loot.
 

AtomicGT

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Los Angeles
Did you consider buying the 64 vette? Did Shelby produce automatic GT500s?
 
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