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Title: Solved: Allemano's № 862 - Ford Mustang Mach I by Staten Medsker, Summerlin Body
Post by: Allemano on January 21, 2013, 06:10:28 AM
A new bunch of puzzles.  :)

Name the car and say who made it look like this.

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Title: Re: Allemano's № 862
Post by: Allemano on January 27, 2013, 05:45:45 AM
Experts!
Title: Re: Allemano's № 862
Post by: RayTheRat on January 27, 2013, 07:29:29 AM
1965 Mustang Mach I Concept?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 862
Post by: Allemano on January 27, 2013, 08:27:46 AM
It's based on a Mustang Mach I, but that's not enough for a point...
'Concept' is not the right term here I think.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 862
Post by: RayTheRat on January 27, 2013, 12:26:38 PM
Since a search for the "usual suspect" kustomizers didn't turn up anything close, how about a wild guess of a Mustang Mach I by Dave Kindig?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 862
Post by: Allemano on January 27, 2013, 12:29:22 PM
Quote from: RayTheRat on January 27, 2013, 12:26:38 PM
Mustang Mach I by Dave Kindig?
Not by him, but I think it's indeed a custom rather than a 'concept'
Title: Re: Allemano's № 862
Post by: Bizzarrini Rossa on January 27, 2013, 03:38:22 PM
1972 Mach One custom built by Staten Medsker with Summerlin Auto Body in Las Vegas ,USA. Medsker later founded the Culebra International/SCM Motors.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 862
Post by: Allemano on January 28, 2013, 10:48:52 AM
I don't know how you find it with the little info given ::) ... but nevertheless it's the correct car.
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 862 - Ford Mustang Mach I by Staten Medsker, Summerlin Body
Post by: dzima1985 on January 28, 2013, 11:03:53 AM
A front view:
Title: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on January 27, 2025, 06:45:27 PM
Please identify this car for a point.
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on January 30, 2025, 03:21:50 AM
Up
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: Alfa_Japan on February 01, 2025, 10:36:05 AM
Modified Ford Mustang Mach 1?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: D-type on February 01, 2025, 12:30:14 PM
Australian?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on February 01, 2025, 02:33:20 PM
Quote from: Alfa_Japan on February 01, 2025, 10:36:05 AM
Modified Ford Mustang Mach 1?
The base/donor was a Mustang, most likely from 1969-73. I don't know anything else about the base/donor car.
Quote from: D-type on February 01, 2025, 12:30:14 PM
Australian?
No
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on February 14, 2025, 06:09:00 PM
Up
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on March 26, 2025, 03:39:55 PM
Open to all.
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: Oguerrerob on March 26, 2025, 05:04:29 PM
Was it built by an individual?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on March 26, 2025, 05:30:49 PM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on March 26, 2025, 05:04:29 PM
Was it built by an individual?
Built by a shop, which was owned and operated by an individual.
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: oko94 on March 27, 2025, 05:02:19 AM
Modified in the seventies ?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on March 27, 2025, 04:10:55 PM
Quote from: oko94 on March 27, 2025, 05:02:19 AM
Modified in the seventies ?
Yes
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: oko94 on March 27, 2025, 04:31:50 PM
Modified between 1970 and 1975 ?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on March 27, 2025, 06:10:58 PM
Quote from: oko94 on March 27, 2025, 04:31:50 PM
Modified between 1970 and 1975 ?
Modified in the late 1970s.
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: oko94 on March 28, 2025, 01:52:30 AM
1977 ?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on March 28, 2025, 01:58:37 AM
Quote from: oko94 on March 28, 2025, 01:52:30 AM
1977 ?
The source was not sure of the year, but I estimate it to be around 1978.
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: Oguerrerob on March 31, 2025, 05:34:53 PM
Is it from Texas?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on March 31, 2025, 06:36:43 PM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on March 31, 2025, 05:34:53 PM
Is it from Texas?
That's the car, but not from Texas. (That's not a Texas plate. ;))
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: Oguerrerob on April 01, 2025, 12:10:50 AM
Modified in US?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on April 01, 2025, 12:35:26 AM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on April 01, 2025, 12:10:50 AM
Modified in US?
Yes
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: fromwien on April 17, 2025, 01:41:52 PM
Any Paul Farago connection?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on April 17, 2025, 11:55:30 PM
Quote from: fromwien on April 17, 2025, 01:41:52 PM
Any Paul Farago connection?
No
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: fromwien on April 18, 2025, 05:30:43 AM
Was the individual, who operated the shop, well known for custom cars?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on April 18, 2025, 06:41:31 AM
Quote from: fromwien on April 18, 2025, 05:30:43 AM
Was the individual, who operated the shop, well known for custom cars?
Not well-known, but known to some AutoPuzzlers. ;)
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: Oguerrerob on April 18, 2025, 07:54:05 AM
Know for other cars?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on April 18, 2025, 08:48:45 AM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on April 18, 2025, 07:54:05 AM
Know for other cars?
Yes
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: fromwien on April 19, 2025, 05:33:21 AM
Doug Thompson?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on April 19, 2025, 08:20:57 PM
Quote from: fromwien on April 19, 2025, 05:33:21 AM
Doug Thompson?
No
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: fromwien on April 20, 2025, 03:22:24 AM
Harry Bradley?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on April 20, 2025, 05:53:39 PM
Quote from: fromwien on April 20, 2025, 03:22:24 AM
Harry Bradley?
No
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: fromwien on April 26, 2025, 03:28:01 AM
Marcel De Ley?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on April 26, 2025, 03:30:19 AM
Quote from: fromwien on April 26, 2025, 03:28:01 AM
Marcel De Ley?
No
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: oko94 on April 26, 2025, 04:25:30 AM
Was the individual who operated the shop known for other modified Mustangs ?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on April 26, 2025, 05:26:13 PM
Quote from: oko94 on April 26, 2025, 04:25:30 AM
Was the individual who operated the shop known for other modified Mustangs ?
Not that I'm aware.
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on April 26, 2025, 05:28:12 PM
Quote from: gte4289 on February 01, 2025, 02:33:20 PM
Quote from: Alfa_Japan on February 01, 2025, 10:36:05 AM
Modified Ford Mustang Mach 1?
The base/donor was a Mustang, most likely from 1969-73. I don't know anything else about the base/donor car.
I just found another source that identifies the base car as a Mach 1.
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on May 30, 2025, 07:58:39 PM
Quote from: gte4289 on March 31, 2025, 06:36:43 PM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on March 31, 2025, 05:34:53 PM
Is it from Texas?
That's the car, but not from Texas. (That's not a Texas plate. ;))
By the way, the exact location of your photo can be determined with some investigation. In addition to the registration plate, note in the background: a) the building (a city landmark at the time, but unrecognizable today), b) cars of a particular brand, and c) the street sign in the upper right corner (difficult to read, I know).

Along with my earlier hint (https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/master-autopuzzles/gte-760/msg657673/#msg657673), this puzzle shouldn't be difficult to crack.
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: oko94 on June 02, 2025, 05:49:00 PM
Was the building the headquarters of a Cadillac dealer ?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on June 02, 2025, 07:26:40 PM
Quote from: oko94 on June 02, 2025, 05:49:00 PM
Was the building the headquarters of a Cadillac dealer ?
The lot in the foreground was a Cadillac dealer. However, the building in the background--larger than it appears--was unrelated to the dealership.
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: Oguerrerob on July 19, 2025, 06:56:40 AM
Washington State car plate?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on July 19, 2025, 12:08:58 PM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on July 19, 2025, 06:56:40 AM
Washington State car plate?
Yes
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: Oguerrerob on July 21, 2025, 05:23:55 AM
Staten Medsker, Sr. from Seattle?
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on July 24, 2025, 05:24:29 PM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on July 21, 2025, 05:23:55 AMStaten Medsker, Sr. from Seattle?
Yes!

I seem to have lost the ability to award points after the recent upgrade, but I'll do so as soon as the issue is fixed.
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: gte4289 on July 24, 2025, 05:28:45 PM
By the way, the photos (front and rear) were provided by Medsker's son and were taken at Cadillac Square in Seattle in the late 1970s.
Title: Re: Solved: GTE 760 - Ford Mustang Mach I by SCM Motors (Staten Medsker), Seattle ca. 1978
Post by: sichel on July 24, 2025, 05:39:55 PM
Good Job!!
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 862 - Ford Mustang Mach I by Staten Medsker, Summerlin Body
Post by: gte4289 on July 24, 2025, 05:48:35 PM
Merged
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 862 - Ford Mustang Mach I by Staten Medsker, Summerlin Body
Post by: Oguerrerob on July 25, 2025, 12:48:39 AM
Thank you!!
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 862 - Ford Mustang Mach I by Staten Medsker, Summerlin Body
Post by: gte4289 on July 26, 2025, 05:42:04 PM
Quote from: gte4289 on July 24, 2025, 05:24:29 PMI seem to have lost the ability to award points after the recent upgrade, but I'll do so as soon as the issue is fixed.
Point added