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Auto Ambush: Rare Gold Nugget Special 1968 Mustang

Imagine restoring a car and striking gold!

Auto Ambush: Rare Gold Nugget Special 1968 Mustang

Imagine restoring a car and striking gold!

AUTO AMBUSH. I BOUGH TTHIS WHEN I WAS 16 IN LEWISTON, IHODA, IT WAS PAINTED RED FOR 1,200 BUCKS BACK IN 19 83. PRISCILLA SEVERSON. GOT THE MUSTANG OF HER DAMRES FROM 1987 TO 2017. THIS CAR TOOK A 30-YEAR NAP, BUT PRISCILLAND A HER HUSBAND DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO RESTORE IT AND THEY FOUND DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE WHEN WE WENT TO RESTORE IT. IT ACTUALLY HAD A DIFFERENT VIN NUMBER AND WHEN WE RESEARCHED THAT WE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A SPECIAL CAR AHAND TT THEY HAD ONLY MADE 481 OF THESE A RARE GOLD NUGGET SPECIAL THEY FOUND OUT A SPECIAL EDITION PACKAGE LIMITE TDOUYER BS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST STATES OF OGOREN SHWAINGTON AND ALASKA. THIS CAR WAS ALSO HIDING ACCIDENT DAMAGE, WHICH WASN’T FOUND. UNTIL THEY TOOK IT APART, BUT THE DECISION WAS MADE TOAK ME IT. PERFECT NO MATTER WHAT IT COST. I SPENT 75,000ES RTORING IT IT TOOK TWO YEARS, BUT FOR THAT KIND OFON MEY Y DOUO GET PERFECTION EVERY NUT BOLT SCREW PART SCKTIER EMBLEM IS BETTER THAN BRAND NEW AND PRISCILLA JUST GOT BACK FROM THE SPIRIT OF THE WEST NATIONAL MUSTANG SHOWING TUCSON WHERE HER GOLD NUGGET SPECIAL WON THE FIRST PLACE. AWARD EVEN THOUGH ’T'S RESTORED AT THIS LEVEL. MY PERNASOL OPINION IS THAT THESE CARS ARE MADE TO DRIVE AND HIBEND THEHE WEL THE 16 YEAR OLD KID INSIDE COMES OUT. I GETOT LS OF WAVES I GET THUMBS UP AND G IET A LOT MORE ATTENTION WHEN I DRIVE I TTHAN MY HUSBAND DOES ON THE AUTO AMBUSH ERIC GREEN KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS PRISCILLA SAYS SEE AND HER HUSBAND MAY DO ANOTHER JUDGE SHOW IN THE FUTURE, BUT THEIR MAIN FOCUS IS TO ENJOY THE CAR AN D DRIVE IT AROUND KNOWING THEY’LL PROBABLY NEVER SEE ANOTHER ONE. I LOVE THE COLOR COMBINATION KELLY IT REALLY MATCHES. WELL, IT’S SO SHINY. LOOK AT THE RLEEFCTION OF THE YEAH, JUST THE GOLD NUGGET TITLE. YEAH MATCHES IT PERFECTLY NOW MUCH BETTER THAN THE RED THAT IT WAS WHEN SHE FIRST GOT IT. SOEA YH, I’M SURE SHE DRIVES THAT SHE GOT
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Auto Ambush: Rare Gold Nugget Special 1968 Mustang

Imagine restoring a car and striking gold!

Digging for treasure and striking gold! That's what brought so many to the Rocky Mountain west generations ago.Now, imagine restoring a car and striking gold. It may sound odd, but it happened for one Albuquerque woman.Watch the video above as Eric Green gives a closer look at her jackpot-of-a-car.

Digging for treasure and striking gold! That's what brought so many to the Rocky Mountain west generations ago.

Now, imagine restoring a car and striking gold. It may sound odd, but it happened for one Albuquerque woman.

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Watch the video above as Eric Green gives a closer look at her jackpot-of-a-car.