Don Hughmanick says, “Randy Kuhn was the additional client and bought it from Rothrock Motors in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1979. He assured afterwards all these years that his plan to restore the car was added of a dream than a reality. He just capital to advertise it as a activity car, for parts, or just yield it to the atom yard.”
In July 2015, Don got an email from Judy Kuhn, the wife of the car’s owner, advertence that her bedmate was accessible to advertise his old Mustang. Judy’s mission was to acquisition out the car’s amount and acquisition a buyer. In her analysis she stumbled aloft Don’s website adherent to the Limited Copy 600 Mustang, limited600mustang.net.
Oddly enough, neither Judy nor her bedmate knew the car was a Mustang appropriate edition. Her seek included the hoodscoop, awe-inspiring blooming paint, the DSO amount of 162787, and added oddities that affiliated her keystrokes to Don’s Limited Copy 600 website. Hughmanick is a longtime client of a 1969 Flower Power Red Limited Copy 600 SportsRoof that Mustang Monthly ran a affection on in 2010. At that time, Don explained that 600 was the amount of Mustangs the Philadelphia sales commune would advertise as allotment of their civic “Mustang Stampede” in the bounce of 1969.
Standard appearance were either the Flower Power Red (WT5185) or Groovy Blooming acrylic (MX8241928), a different ancillary stripe, abounding caster covers, whitewall tires, a hoodscoop, a chrome limited driver-side mirror, an AM radio, and appropriate “600” fender emblems. The 200-1V was standard, with the 250-1V and 302-2V optional. Incredibly, Randy Kuhn’s Limited Copy 600 was in Lehighton, an hour and a bisected arctic of Don’s home in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. Don said he ability be a client and asked Judy if he could attending at the car. Of course, he is aswell the arch able in the apple on this appropriate edition, so if he didn’t buy, he ability be able to abetment in a award the appropriate buyer.
Judy agreed, but didn’t get aback to him until two weeks afore Thanksgiving 2015. By then, Don had a Marti Report so he already knew the car’s ancestry afore his trip. He was absorbed that the car awash new from T.F. & Leh, Incorporated, a actual baby dealership in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. He wondered how abounding humans accomplished there were dealerships in those canicule that captivated just a few cars in their showrooms.
Don begin what he alleged “typical rust” in one quarter-panel, while the added was OK, but dented. The framerails were appealing good, and alone the driver-side foreground attic pan bare to be replaced. One foreground fender and the commuter aperture had been replaced aboriginal on, as was axiomatic by the ancillary band and a repaint to those panels. Don begin the aboriginal physique blade tag with the acrylic cipher mix amount for the special-order Groovy Green. Overall, the car was complete with the aboriginal engine and transmission, biconcave hood, and autogenous intact, admitting the banal driver-side mirror was continued gone. Don acquainted the car had not been “bastardized” and was able-bodied account saving. He had consistently anticipation it would be nice to accept a Groovy Blooming 600 to accompaniment his Flower Power Red 600, both SportsRoofs. The run of 503 cars consisted of SportsRoofs and hardtops. They didn’t end up authoritative 600, apparently.
Don wasn’t ever afraid to buy, so he did not chase up from the beforehand emails. The agent was still accessible to sell, but Judy had waited four months to accomplish that aftereffect call. “First of all, they asked me what the car was worth. I said it was account anywhere from 15 to 22 plus. They capital to apperceive how abundant I would pay.”
Don’s 15-22 refers to $15,000 to $22,000-plus for a adequate six-cylinder 600. Client and agent adjourned what Don feels was a actual reasonable amount for the Mustang in its accepted condition, but aback this 1969 SportsRoof was allotment of Randy’s boyish years, he begin it a little difficult to let go. As allotment of the sales agreement, Randy capital to see the car if Don accomplished the restoration. “Heck, I’ll even let you drive it,” Don said. With that, the accord was sealed.
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