SPENCERVILLE — Mustang owners are members of an unspoken club.
Not long ago, Nick Huber, 58, of Spencerville, decided he wanted to become a member of that club. He began that search on Craig’s List.
When Huber finally located the 1994 Ford Mustang Coupe he is now the proud owner of, it likely was not the car he had envisioned in his dreams.
Locating the vehicle in West Virginia, he bought the vehicle from a son who had bought the vehicle from his father. The car was seldom used by the first owner, used only for golf trips. He would put the golf clubs on the passenger seat, the trunk of the car had never even been used.
After buying the car from his father, the second owner drove it for a short time and parked it for what seemed like may be its final resting place.
“It was just sitting there, with 10 layers of dirt on it,” Huber said. “It had a bicycle sitting on top of it.”
Despite the problems, Huber saw a nice cruising machine underneath the dirt and made the purchase. He picked the car up in Dublin, where the son of the original owner lives.
The car now serves as Huber’s “sunny day driver,” just for fun cruises when the weather is nice.
The Ford Mustang is one car that is always on top of most car enthusiast’s must-have list. Ford Vice President Lee Iacocca and Carroll Shelby, a chicken farmer from Texas, came together to create a stylish car that was fun to drive and affordable, and they created the Ford Mustang. It was first released in 1964.
The 1994 model year marked the debut of the fourth generation Mustang. The new design was based on a heavily modified version of the third generation’s Fox platform that Ford dubbed the Fox-4. Ford poured $700 million dollars worth of research and development into creating the new design that included upgrades to the suspension system, drive shaft, brakes and engine calibrations as well as the new exterior and interior designs. It also was the first time since 1986 that a V6 engine was used in the Mustang.
Nick Huber, 58, of Spencerville shows off his 1994 Mustang.
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Nick Huber, 58, of Spencerville shows off his 1994 Mustang.
By Lance Mihm
lmihm@civitasmedia.com
Mustang Trivia:
Wilson Pickett’s version of Mustang Sally is one of the most notable songs to mention the Ford Mustang.
Mustang is the world’s most-liked vehicle on Facebook.
The Mustang has appeared in two James Bond films – Goldfinger (1964) and Diamonds are Forever (1971).
Bullitt (1968) has been acknowledged to be the most popular Mustang movie of all time.
The famous chase scene in Bullitt (1968) lasts 9 minutes and 42 seconds. Charlie’s Angels (1976) is credited to booting Mustang sales. In the show, Farrah Fawcett’s character drove a white-with-blue-stripes Mustang II Cobra II.
Mustangs were built at Dearborn Assembly Plant for every model year from 1965 through 2004.
The all-new 2015 Mustang comes with thee engine options – 5.0-liter V8, 3.7-liter V6 and a 2.3liter EcoBoost engine.
In 1982, Mustang advertising proclaimed that “The Boss is Back!” with the return of the Mustang 5.0-liter V8.
More than 9 million Mustangs have been produced and sold year to date.
The “Fox Body” Mustang platform was on the market the longest in the nameplate’s history, 1979 through 1993.
Mustang has won Motor Trend’s Car of the Year award twice, the 1974 Mustang II and the 1994 Mustang.
Mustang sold its first 1 million units in 1966. When first sold in Germany, the Mustang was badged as the T-5.
The 1974 Mustang II is the only Mustang not to have a V8 engine option.
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