Can I find a lost GT500?

[TGL]

Alrighty, so I got more info: It was a 68 GT500, Acapulco blue and was actually purchased in New Hampshire, not Maine at Nashua Ford. It had No A/C, and no power steering. He said the no P/S was Shelby's mistake and he was told they would pick it up from him and install it but he didnt want to waste the time. Also, he said the clutch was a POS and the spring mechanism never worked and half the time he had to use his toe to pick the clutch pedal back up after shifting. He retains no paper work on it and does not know the VIN.

What can we do with that info?

[Coralsnake]

So, the non franchise dealership is hard to trace. Once it left a franchise dealer the cars were not always kept track of...

I do see one sent to "Auto City" in Portsmouth, NH. The first known owner was a guy named Paul Hooper, Steve's name is not in the record

[98SVT - was 06GT]

I remember turning 16 in January of 1975, my Dad had saved a 1960 1/2 ton pickup truck from his racing team support vehicles. It needed brakes, the fuel system rebuilt, the transmission and clutch needed rebuilt of course the suspension and all of the other things needed rebuilt as well. He told me here is YOUR truck.

Now that's benevolent. I had my 28 Dodge that I had traded my 1/4 midget for in 8th grade. It was still needing work when I was able to drive so I swapped it to my dad for his 59 Ford Ranch Wagon. While I was rebuilding its engine he let me rebuild the engine in his 59 Anglia. He taught me how to pour bearings on that one. Drove the wagon until I bought my 54 Vette.

[shelbymann1970]

Parents gave sister and I each a gas card. ....................

That would have been the day in our home. We were more of the can't pay for it - you don't need it sort of education

Don't recall my parents ever having credit cards until the 80-90's And working at a gas station while in high school credit cards were a rarity though maybe three or four in a whole business day

Same here. I remember having wads of cash and depositing some of  it as the day went on into the safe. Rarely did I get more than a few credit cards in a shift. I'm 62 and have NEVER paid interest on a credit card in my life but have gotten a lot of $$$$ back from using my cards over the years.

[shelby69]

Hi. This is what I did to track down old cars I owned. If you know what the license plate number was or have a picture of the car and you can see the license plate number in the photo. You can have the DMV do a search on all your cars with that plate number. The results will bring up plate number and the vin # . I went to the DMV website and filled out the form , I think my state was $15 ,  printed out the form and mailed it in , a month or two later got all the info in the mail. I don't know how far they can go back in the records , but I got back to 1982 on mine .  Once you have the vin#  you will be able to do a lot more. I'm from New Jersey and this is what I did. Hope it helps.

[capecodmustang.com]

Alrighty, so I got more info: It was a 68 GT500, Acapulco blue and was actually purchased in New Hampshire, not Maine at Nashua Ford. It had No A/C, and no power steering. He said the no P/S was Shelby's mistake and he was told they would pick it up from him and install it but he didnt want to waste the time. Also, he said the clutch was a POS and the spring mechanism never worked and half the time he had to use his toe to pick the clutch pedal back up after shifting. He retains no paper work on it and does not know the VIN.

What can we do with that info?

I had a 68 GT 500 a couple years back...
Bought it in Maine but it had NH history...

Car # 729...
Blue/4 speed with no AC

[capecodmustang.com]

Photo of 68 GT 500 that I owned about 18 months ago..

It had NH history..

[Grumpy]

Grappone in Concord NH. Was a dealer in NH. Use to go up there a lot as a 16 year old kid.