The idea of getting your Mustang stolen is tough enough to swallow, but the idea of having a ’66 model taken from you that you’d planned to hand down to your five-year-old grandson makes it even tougher to swallow.
Saying that Lynda Alsip is having a good day is probably making an understatement. The Californian, whose 1967 Mustang was stolen 28 years ago in the city of Salinas, finally re-took ownership of the classic car.
“Shorty” is about as rare and coveted as they come in the world of American muscle cars. So coveted, that the concept spent most of its life in hiding from Ford Motor Co., which is why experts predict that it could go for as high as $600,000 when it crosses the block this March.
There are Mustang enthusiasts, and then there’s Adelbert Engler, who in forty years of collecting Mustangs, has amassed over 5,000 scale models and other rare Mustang memorabilia.