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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 02:19 PM
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Rare Mustang Collection - II Many (Hey Arin!)

One Man's Collection Of 14 Rare Mustangs

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl...ion/index.html

February, 2010
By Wes Duenkel
Photography by Wes Duenkel



St. Killian, Wisconsin's Jeff Scherger may not actually own all the remaining Mustang IIs, but he does have 14. A collector of orphans, Jeff is Dearborn's Angelina Jolie. It seems he won't stop until each of Ford's forgotten offspring that hasn't been poached of its front suspension is in his custody. Jeff's family ranges from a few parts-only hulks to a concours-ready '78 King Cobra. The grabber blue '74 Mach 1 under Jeff in the photo is his first car, while the red one directly behind features a healthy engine and killer suspension. We'd go so far as to call it cool. The black King Cobra in the foreground was purchased in New York two days before our photo shoot. It even came with a trailer carrying a go-kart dressed as a miniature version of itself. Oh, the irony.


And this one looks amazing in motion!!
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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Holy crap!!!


This man obviously needs to be institutionalized.

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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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That is awesome!
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 03:16 PM
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Where is Arin at? He would love this thread. They do look good tho!
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 04:32 PM
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i had hoped ( i mean ) thought we had forgotten about those
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 05:00 PM
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ah yes... the Pintostangs...
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Evil_Capri
This one doesn't look too bad.
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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Am I crazy or did this appear in hotrod some years ago? It looks SO familliar!, but then again I am on heavy flu medication :s
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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Nice collection there...
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 08:10 PM
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Am I crazy or did this appear in hotrod some years ago? It looks SO familliar!, but then again I am on heavy flu medication :s
I remember in some mustang magazine a few years ago, there was a guy with three IIs.
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 08:36 PM
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Ok good I'm not losing it! Those hoods look so trippy, I've never seen a king cobra in real life.
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 09:03 PM
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I'm completely jealous. Want.

/first car and all...
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 05:00 AM
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Originally Posted by kjacobson351
Am I crazy or did this appear in hotrod some years ago? It looks SO familliar!, but then again I am on heavy flu medication :s
The above photos and article are from the Feb. 2010 issue. However, he could have been in a past issue as well . . .
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 07:20 AM
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cool idea, needs to find a different model to collect though!
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 08:08 AM
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The owner of the shop that I go to has 25 Mustangs in his collection. Danny Walker from Mid-Cities Mustang. Here's the vid.

http://www.mustangtv.com/archives/tv_player.php?vid=17


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cool idea, needs to find a different model to collect though!

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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 08:29 AM
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If Arin had not fallen off the face of the Earth. Him and this guy would already be best friends by now.
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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I think I've just gotten a glimpse of what heaven looks like


so many king cobras...
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 04:31 PM
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theres arin!! hmm the 5.0 name goes back to the mid 70s? asking because i see 5.0 on the hood scoop of two IIs
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 04:40 PM
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Yep, the King Cobra was the first Mustang to use the 5.0L designation for the 302
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 04:56 PM
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nice...kudos to ford for not making the II without a V8 ('74 i know)
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