Shelby Shelby Terlingua Mustang Convertible cars for sale in Texas

Shelby : Shelby Terlingua Mustang Convertible Terlingua 2009 shelby terlingua mustang convertible grabber orange signed by bill neale

$62,000

Houston, Texas

2009 Terlingua Mustang Grabber Orange, Black 09TRT0021 CSM This is Number 1 of 2 Convertibles Terlingua Mustangs built This is 1 of approximately 39 Terlinguas known to exist 2009 Convertible Terlingua Mustang (1 of 2) · Shelby Terlingua Performance Package Shipping is Free Delivery to shipper in Houston, or Free Local Pickup $1000 deposit due at end of auction via PayPal within 3 days and remainder of payment in certified cashier check or cash verified by Texas Bay Area Credit Union within 7 days unless agreed to in advance. Shelby Terlingua Performance Package o Paxton supercharger o Shelby gauge pod with boost gauge o Shelby by Borla side exhaust o Ford Racing short-throw shifter o Ford Racing performance suspension Baer six-piston brakes o American 20-inch Razor wheels 255/35-20 tires o Shelby deep draw hood o Shelby Performance front fascia o Black mesh grille o Shelby Terlingua billet rabbit logo o Shelby Terlingua hood pins o Flat black striping kit o Terlingua sticker package with hood and fender logos o Ford V-6 rear deck spoiler o Shelby GT500-style rear fascia o CDC rear deck lid cover o Shelby Terlingua shield logo o Terlingua Side scoops o Sequential taillights o Shelby Terlingua hub center covers o Shelby rocker sill heat shields o Momo Super Cup racing seats with Terlingua logos o Shelby doorsill plates with Terlingua Racing Team logos o Shelby floor mats with Terlingua logos o Shelby Terlingua Racing shift knob o Shelby numbered center dash plate o Ford GT-style start button o Shelby numbered engine plate o Shelby Terlingua key chain o Shelby Terlingua engine caps o 3.73:1 rear axle upgrade o Front brake ducts o Terlingua shield gas cap cover o Terlingua alloy pedal covers · 375 HP V6 Engine with Paxton Supercharger · Factor Tune and Diablo Tuner come with the car · VMP Tune and SCT X4 Tuner (The original tune ran rough) is on the car now · Frame has Shelby bracing welded and bolted in place – this was unique to the convertibles · Suspensions is Shelby upgrade on all 4 corners Estimated value is $75,000 based on condition and previous sales, but I was able to buy the car at a reasonable price and will be selling the car for a reasonable price to facilitate a Ford GT Purchase. “Buy it Now” price is $62,000 and all reasonable offers will be responded to. Cash sale with no to low hassle for me will yield a lower price but this is a unique car with good provenance so expect a competitive price to be required to make the purchase. Provenance and General History: · Best in Show by category at the 2014 Shelby Bash · Dash has been signed by Bill Neale creator of the Terlingua Rabbit and also one of the founding members of the Terlingua Racing Team. Pictures of the Autograph session included. · All Previous owners are known and documented and those documents accompany the sale. · Listed in the Shelby Registry · Pictured in the Mustang 50th Registry book · Pictured in the Mustang 50th Registry II book · Pictured in the 2014 Shelby Bash Souvenir Booklet · Participated in the Mustang 50th Anniversary event in 2014 and Pictures of the car at the event are included · Photographed by Jerry Heasley for Mustang Monthly at the Terlingua 2013 event and was a part of a feature article in Mustang Monthly for the 2013 event. · Included in the Shelby 2015 Annual Magazine · Participated in the 2014 Shelby Bash in Las Vegas · Participated in Mustangs Across America and has a MMA number associated with that trip as well as pictures to be provided with the sale. · Participated in the 2013, 2014, and slated to participate in the 2015 Terlingua Mustang Annual event in Terlingua Texas. · Featured in Pony Power Calendar for 2013 Terlingua Annual Event Every year there is a group of Terlingua Mustang Owners and Mustang Enthusiasts that meet for a 4-5 day weekend the first week of October in Terlingua Texas, the purchaser will be provided with the contact info to establish the opportunity to join the event – it is sold out each year. What is a Terlingua Mustang? (as told by Bill Neale) 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. We did this two or three times a year. 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 Terlingua Ranch logo has this rabbit which looks like what you would see on a European coat of arms. Originally I sketched some ideas using various other critters that lived in the area around Terlingua and the Rio Grande River. Among the other critters that I tried on the first design was a buzzard, which was pretty neat. But then I thought, the jackrabbit is really more of a Texas critter…and the design just naturally developed. His ears have a classic look and he has fur up around his neck. Many people wonder why he’s holding up his right foot, but the reason is simple. He’s saying, “No more peppers in my chili please!!!” The three feathers underneath the rabbit represent the three Indian tribes that populated the area prior to the days when cinnabar ore was mined to produce mercury. The three Indian tribes were the Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche. The tribes gathered in an area around the only source of water, now called Terlingua Creek, and while living together they developed one language. The name of the region comes from these three languages or “Tres Lingues”, later adapted as “Terlingua”. Also on the logo is the sun, which I included primarily because it is so bloomin’ hot down there! Midday temperatures of 110º-115º are typical. I picked the color yellow because it just seemed appropriate for that area. In the upper left hand corner there is the date 1860. In the mid 1800’s, mercury or “quicksilver” mining made Terlingua a boom town. 1860 was the date of the first race ever held in the Terlingua area. That first race was between two mercury (ore) wagons pulled by 6 mules each and it was held on the road which is now the center of Terlingua. When I told that to Shelby he said, “Neale, that’s a hell of a story. Where did you find it? What book was it in?” And I said, “Shelby, I didn’t read that in a book. I made it up!” The Terlingua Racing 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. The Terlingua Racing Team logo was later used on the 1967 Jerry Titus car, which raced in the Trans-Am series. This is one of the original cars Shelby asked me (Bill Neale) to design graphics for. He said, “Let’s use a color that will make it different and show up real well on the Trans-Am grid.” I immediately thought of the Terlingua yellow and black. It made the Terlingua Racing Team one of the more popular logos of the day. Hey, What Are You Sticking On My Car??? Now many people have asked, “How did you manage to get all that publicity for such a mark?” It is really fun to see all the various places where the Terlingua Racing Team logo has appeared. We have seen cars at Le Mans with the logo and we have no idea how they got the decal. The logo has also been on some cars Shelby campaigned in Europe…some of which were sponsored by Ford Motor Company, so we had to be very careful where we put those logos. The Terlingua Racing Team logo has also appeared on airplanes, boats, and someone even sent a picture of a camel in India with the logo on the chair where riders sit. Once I walked in to a men’s restroom in Geneva, Switzerland, and the gentleman that hands you the towel had a little desk there. On a bulletin board above his desk, there was a Terlingua Racing Team logo! Of all the fun we had putting it on various things, none can hold a candle to the time Shelby and I were walking down the starting grid prior to the 1966 Indy 500. When no one was looking, we very carefully applied Terlingua Racing Team decals wherever we could on the race cars, mixed in among the decals representing companies that had spent a lot of money for that privilege. We thought we had made it to the end of the line, putting at least one of TRT decals on each car and felt kind of smug and proud of ourselves. But as we were heading to our seats we realized we had missed one car, and of course, that was the car that won the race! You know, that little logo has really created a lot of good times, and a lot of fun, for a lot of people. Chili­ Heads, Hollywood Stars, Race Car Drivers, Monks and Politicians Shortly after the TRT logo was created, the first chili cook-off was held in 1967 and TRT logo was used extensively there. That event also lead to the development of “official” positions in the fictitious Terlingua City Council, or as it was commonly known, the “Terlingua Municipal Board”. We came up with lots of positions and titles that involved some really famous people from that time. The Terlingua Municipal Board initially started with David Witts, Carroll Shelby, Wick Fowler and me (Bill Neale). Wick Fowler had created a chili mix called “Two Alarm Chili” still available in stores today. Soon afterwards we added more titles and more Board members: Well that’s the story, and most of it’s true. As for the Terlingua Racing Team logo, heck it’s been everywhere ­and who knows where you’ll see it next! How did the modern Terlingua Come to Be? Carroll Shelby and Ford had a long history where they were often at odds. The 2005 Mustang was a throwback to the original Mustangs and Shelby once again became involved with the Mustang and Ford Motor Company. The CS6 and CS8 were cars that many will describe at the precursor for the Terlingua Mustang. 2006 was when the first Terlinguas were being designed and 2007 through 2009 the Terlingua mustang was sold as an add on package – post title through the Las Vegas Shelby plant. The number sold is in question but somewhere around 39 cars were built and the sales abruptly stopped in late 2009 and production was complete somewhere around early 2010 – all of this is a little fuzzy and the reason for the program to stop is held tight to the vest by the Shelby folks.

Trim Terlingua Performance Package w Deluxe Interior