Vehicle Description
1965 Ford Mustang - Terlingua Race Team!
What appears before you is among the coolest 1965 Mustangs around.
This car is incredibly nice and if you don't believe it can turn
heads you must have skimmed right over the pictures. The original
1965 Fastback was entirely restored as a Terlingua Racing Tribute
car making it on of the toughest looking muscle cars on the road.
What the heck is Terlingua you ask? Well in addition to being a
small Texas town the history is quite interesting. Check out the
following excerpt from http://terlinguaracingteam.com to give you a
bit of a history lesson on the Terlingua Race Team:
In the Beginning...
The Terlingua logo is black and yellow, with a rabbit holding its
paw in the air. How it came together is quite a story. The whole
thing actually got started when a group including Carroll Shelby,
Dave Witts, Tom Tierney, David E Davis, Jr. and myself (Bill Neale)
would go down to Terlingua to hang out, hunt deer, ride
motorcycles, have some drinks and eat real well. Usually these
trips would last anywhere from four to five days. We would get down
there in many different ways, but most of the time we flew down on
Shelby's DC-3 which he would bring to Dallas from Los Angeles. We
did this two or three times a year.
After purchasing the more than 200,000 acres that made up the
Terlingua Ranch, and while trying to decide what to do with the
land, Shelby and Witts decided to do something to benefit the
Terlingua community by developing a technical school for young men.
Brewster County is a very sparsely populated area, and these young
folks couldn't afford to travel the nearly 100 miles to the nearest
schools. There were literally more goats living in and around
Terlingua than people. The boy's technical school effort got off to
a good start, but later fell apart for many reasons, most of them
political.
While we were working on the school idea, Tom Tierney came to me
and said "Bill, wouldn't it be nice if you designed a Terlingua
Ranch logo?" Tierney was a public relations man who worked with
Ford Motor Company. We met early one morning for breakfast at the
Rafter's Club on Northwest Highway in Dallas. The first logo was
drawn on a paper napkin, and we chose the colors, which were to be
yellow and black. Tom is the man responsible for really promoting
the first Terlingua chili cook off in 1967. At that time, the logo
consisted only of the rabbit, the sun and the three feathers.
The Team is Born
After the Terlingua Ranch logo was created in the mid-1960's,
Shelby said, "You know, it would be kinda neat to use this as a
racing team logo too! If you will figure out how to do it, we'll
use it on some of the GT350-R models I'm developing." Shelby
brought the first car to Green Valley Raceway near Dallas on
February 14, 1965. Ken Miles drove the car, designated 5R002. It
was white with blue stripes and the first "R" model Shelby Mustang
ever to race. I said, "Shelby why don't we put our first Terlingua
logo on there?" The logo by now had "Terlingua Racing Team" on it
and he said "let's do it!" That car won the race that day and has
been documented in a lot of magazines, various books and so on.
Mr. Shelby had his name paired with some of the coolest cars out
their and the Terlingua Race team is no exception. Looking over
this 65 closely there is no doubting it is a race car because it is
much more than a slick paint job with some racing decals. The car
was completely frame off restored and transformed into the car you
see here. From removing the window components to relocating the
battery everything has been done in the vintage racer fashion with
only the best components out there. The paint on the car has a
beautiful finish and is done in a combination of White and Blue.
All of the glass has been replaced with a polycarbonate in an
effort to lose as much weight as possible. Features like the vented
rear window and sealed quarter vent really show the level of detail
that went into this car. Grey Rev wheels sit nicely under each
fender and are wrapped with BF Goodrich Radial T/A tires.
Powering the car is a high performance 289 that runs just as well
as it looks. It has been topped off with aftermarket Cobra power
valve covers and an edelbrock manifold. The engine compartment was
extremely well done with everything having a clean look. As it sits
the car is show ready and it looks like the restoration was just
completed yesterday. The original style strut brace and Monte Carlo
bar have been powder coated a dark Silver. The motor delivers an
awesome sound and is routed through pipes that dump out of the
sides just in front of the rear wheels. The sound definitely
matches the look. The level of detail is extremely high quality and
is very evident when viewing this car in person. You will note that
the bottom surfaces of certain chassis components were painted
White with the tops painted Black so that everything has that clean
matching look. Backing up the motor is a 5 speed manual
transmission that moves through the gears just as smooth as your
modern daily driver. The car is extremely comfortable to drive so
don't be scared off by the racecar theme. It may be a racecar, but
its one anybody could easily drive.
The interior of the car is Black and done in a combination of
original style and aftermarket components. A roll cage has been
added as were high back Procar seats with racing lap harnesses. To
cut down on additional weight things like the window cranks, window
hardware, rear seat and radio were all removed. Custom door panels
were made from the car as well as custom window frames to
facilitate the new windows. A strap set up was installed and
reflects what you see on early racers. A Shelby woodgrain steering
wheel sits in front of the driver as well as aftermarket gauges
which were installed into the original style bezel. The trunk has
been finished out just as nicely and houses the battery and billet
gas inlet.
Look around all you want but you won't find another Mustang like
this one. It will stand up next to any Mustang out there and even
next to million dollar Shelbys this car will draw a crowd. It is
destined to end up in a museum someday or with a serious
collector.
Add this piece of history to your collection for $105,000.00!
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