Ron D’Agostino, better known as Vic,
decided the time was right to buy a new
Mustang. It was January, and what better
way to ring in the new year than with a new
Mustang GT convertible? Vic popped into
Bob Bell Ford in Glen Burnie, Maryland
(Baltimore area), sat down with a salesman,
and special ordered a Medium Canyon Red
Metallic GT convertible and a few choice
extras:
• seats, leather articulated Sport
• air conditioning, manual
• AM/FM stereo/cassette
• windows, power side
• premium sound system
• Light/Convenience Group
$ 415
$ 762
$ 300
$ 282
$ 138
$ 55
He decided against cruise control because
he didn’t like that big, two-spoke steering
wheel that it required.
The weeks came and went with no
Mustang. March, April, still no Mustang.
Finally in May, Vic got a call to come and
pick up his car. Turns out there had been a
hold on five-speeds due to some production
problem.
But spring in the nation’s capital from the
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seat of a new Mustang was surely a blast.
While Vic’s young son Ron was deep into
hot-rodding his ’84, Vic was treating the
new ’85 with the utmost of care. It wasn’t
driven in bad weather. It stayed in a garage
and only came out occasionally for a few
recreational miles.
In the back of his mind, Vic remembered
a very nice Jade Green ’69 Mach 1 351W
that his wife, Vicky, drove. It was her daily
driver, but she didn’t like that it didn’t have
air conditioning, so in 1976 it was sold
and replaced with a new, air-conditioned
Cougar. But Vic missed that Mach 1. He kept
his eyes open for a replacement but never
found just the right car. So the ’85 became
that replacement and received the benefit of
the generous TLC Vic could no longer lavish
on the ’69.
The car was relocated to their vacation
home in Florida, but after a couple of close
calls with tourists, he brought it back to
Maryland where it enjoyed the best of care.
Ron, Vic’s son, became the owner of the
still-pristine Mustang 13 years ago.
“My dad passed away in 1999,” Ron says.
“I’ve been storing the car, and it has not been
tagged since then.”