CAR OWNER

CAR NAME–YEAR & MODEL INFO

LUCKY 27 - 1968 MUSTANG DELUXE

COUPE

MEMBERS OF THE STANG MAG FAMILY ARE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT FUN AND INCLUSION THAN THEY ARE THEIR CARS AND THAT SAYS A LOT!

IT WAS ALWAYS MY DREAM TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE.

My passion for the mythical Mustang began in 2002 when I was still living in Venezuela. My best friend’s father bought a 2002 Mustang GT and from that moment I fell in love. I began to look for information about Mustangs and fell in love with the 67 and 68 model. It was always my dream to have one of those. In 2017, I bought my first Mustang and it was a 2003 GT convertible like my friend’s dad’s, but always keeping my dream of owning a classic.

If you asked me if I thought I’d be writing an article for STANG Magazine for my car this time last year I would’ve said no. If you asked me if I would be writing it about a different car than the 2005 Roush Mustang I had I would’ve said hell no. I loved that car but acquiring this one reinvigorated my passion for car shows and events!

Back in 2021 after many searches, saving money and seeing many classics, I found a hidden diamond in Fort Myers FL. I traveled to see it in person and it was love at first sight. In very good condition sitting in a old barn, a car that came original from Connecticut. A tall man in his mid 80s told me that he is selling it because he can’t drive it anymore and as soon as he saw me, he asked me how old I was. At that time I was 27 and he told me “why do you want a classic like this? You are a young man you can have a 2020 or better” to which I replied “1968 is my favorite model and this is the car of my dreams” and he replied the following “when I bought this car brand new in 1968 I ordered it from the catalog and all the options in the car was my decision. I waited three months for it and when I signed for it at the dealer I was 27 years old.“ To make history more special, the day I bought the car from him was July 27, 2021, that’s why I say it is called “Lucky 27!”

I met Daniel Ramey at a Beltway Mustang show and won my spot with STANG Magazine in their Carlisle Ford Nationals display. Needless to say I wasn’t sure what to expect being that I didn’t know the people attending and was going by myself.

I am the second owner, and these last two years I have restored the life that this beautiful classic deserves. Little by little restoring it and returning it to its old glory, it has many options, luxury interior, bottom and top console, air conditioning, the very rare tilt away steering wheel not very common in Mustang but a very incredible function, the original 289 with 2-barrel carburetor and many other things that make me fall in love more every day with this amazing piece of history!

The STANG Mag family welcomed me in from the very start and made me feel like one of their own!

Members of the STANG Mag family are more passionate about fun and inclusion than they are their cars and that says a lot! I can’t wait to see what’s to come in 2022!

Check my car Instagram @68Mustang289.

DEKETT