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Originally Posted by Dr. Eric M. Schiffer
That is great. You should post the pictures of what Joe Ruggirello's old Mustang looked like from the time you got it, right up to current condition. After all Joe and this car are a great part of Detroit's street racing history. Not just a flash in the pan.
If you look back through this post I have some pictures of the thursday night High End gathering almost a year ago to honor Joe's 80th birthday. Joe has a CTSV prepared by Lingenfelter. But his daily driver is a MKS.
If you have some of the old magazine articles of the car that would be great too. It would help people understand the types of cars that raced the streets of Detroit and as part of the Thursday night High End Club.
I hope we can see the car at this years Dream Cruise too.
I can't wait to see it. By the way has Joe ever returned your calls?
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Eric,
Here is the second appearance of the car in Super Stock and Drag Illustrated really giving details on how they built the car. The engine really was a mild setup considering how radical they could have gone. Likely, with the light weight of the car, it was thought to be plenty
An amazing amount of fabrication went into creating it though. The more I've worked on and under this car, the more I find they did to create it.
I've spoken to the author of this article, Michael Uno. He said he was sent up to the Gapp and Roush shop to do a story on them and took quite a bit of film on this car while there. Mr. Uno is now a professor of cinema at USC!
