1968 Special day!...

[Midnight Special]

...Happy Birthday to Registrar, Mike Jewell !
Anyone who can make "this" from "that" has to be "somethingspecial"!

 

[CALIF GIRL]

Have a wonderful birthday, Mike

 

[Ruppstang]

Happy Birthday Mike! Thanks for all you do with the registry.
Hope you have a great day. Marty

 

[Mustanger]

Happy B-day to you ... and many more!!! Enjoy the cake :thumb: ...

 

[somethingspecial]

Thanks Guys

I had a wonderful B-day. My family took me to Monterey for the weekend. Great fun, great food, and best of all, great company. I even squeezed in an inprompto visit to a man who has a GNS, now painted red and wearing GT/CS graphics. It is in the registry and one brought to my attention by Rob. He was not home at the time, but I left a card with his wife who showed me what she could of the car. It was covered up with a tarp that was tied down. The VIN is C124554. I got home last night and he was on my machine. I will call him today. Another GNS wearing CS parts not showing the CS option on the Marti.

I am getting off thread. Thanks again for the GREAT B-day wishes from GREAT folks here.

 

[stangfan]

Belated Happy Birthday wishes Mike! Thanks for all your great work around here!! :grin:

 

[Midnight Special]

.... Another GNS wearing CS parts not showing the CS option on the Marti.

I am getting off thread. Thanks again for the GREAT B-day wishes from GREAT folks here.

...Not off thread at all! You just made it a "Gold Nugget Special" day ;-)

 

[robert campbell]

I had a wonderful B-day. My family took me to Monterey for the weekend. Great fun, great food, and best of all, great company. I even squeezed in an inprompto visit to a man who has a GNS, now painted red and wearing GT/CS graphics. It is in the registry and one brought to my attention by Rob. He was not home at the time, but I left a card with his wife who showed me what she could of the car. It was covered up with a tarp that was tied down. The VIN is C124554. I got home last night and he was on my machine. I will call him today. Another GNS wearing CS parts not showing the CS option on the Marti.

I am getting off thread. Thanks again for the GREAT B-day wishes from GREAT folks here.

Mike,
This is Janice Brulics car. I talked to this guy one time, but can't remember his name. The standard Marti report is on page 4 of our Marti report sticky on the site.

I have a couple old pictures of this car . Janice got it from her uncle who restored it a bit in the 1980’s. She remembered specifically that he knew that it was painted an odd color called “anniversary gold”. He knew it was not sunlit gold. This color is also noted in the first book as a possible color for some GNS cars that were send to the North West with GT/CS stuff on them to promote the GT/CS.

My car was built on 2 January and the one you saw on 4 January. I thorough inspect by someone like yourself may bring to light some facts about these early cars. The both went to DSO 74 Seattle.

My guess is you will find it to have Ford fiberglass, and not repop. The correct wiring harness and so on. My car does. Two GNS cars, built within two days of each other, wearing the the proper stuff. One thing to look for is any evidence of a GNS “plaque” above the radio. All real GNS cars were supposed to have a plaque with the buyers name on them. Of note the GNS promotion was before the GT/CS debut. So the San Jose line would have had them coming down it. A perfect couple cars to remove from the line and store for a GT/CS finishing.

Ordered as a GNS. Finished as a GT/CS in GNS colors??? The mystery continues....

Rob

 

[franklinair]

Mike,
Glad you had a great Birthday, and wishing you many more.

Neil

 

[clubpro]

Happy belated birthday Mike! What a great way to celebrate a weekend in Monterey. Thanks for all that you do.

Cheers,

Ron

 

[rvrtrash]

Happy birthday Mike!

Steve

 

[gt/csj4]

Mike,

Hope you had a great birthday!

 

[classicsguy]

Have a great Bday Mike....make it Something Special!!