Rare Pony: 2006 Mustang Stampede Edition

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This blog documents the changes and modifications I've made to this car since purchasing it in June of 2006 as well as maintaining my "Modification List", a listing of shows I attended and awards received.

Please note the "Thank You..." in the side bar. These are the businesses I've purchased products from in the process of modifying my Stampede. You will find links to their websites and or products on my Modifications List.

The Stampede Mustang Registry is located at http://StampedeMustangRegistry.com.

**As of the end of May 2009, 61% of the shows I've participated in have resulted in an award.**

Monday, October 19, 2009

OMG, she's CLEAN again!!!

It took one very nice power washer, a couple hours, a muscle relaxer and a pain pill but I got my baby washed for the first time since Memorial Day weekend just prior to my surgery. Pictures were taken in the neighbor's driveway... our grass was being mowed and I didn't want the car getting dirty again...

I'll admit that once I had her all cleaned up that the urge to show her started pulling at me again. I can't wait until next Spring. Maybe then I won't need medicine just to detail my car.

Looking hard at replacing some audio pieces... A friend has an X pipe and duals on his V6 which got me to thinking again about putting those on Trinity. Would have to get a GT bumper though... don't want to cut mine.

I can't believe the car is now over 3 years old but just rolled over to 21K miles this weekend. I can't remember ever keeping a car this long. OMG, it's actually out of the standard factory warranty and into the extended warranty now! LOL!

Hmmm.... what else can be done to this car that is "bolt on" and would be easy to remove later when I want to return to stock? Has to be tasteful and classy...

Monday, August 24, 2009

2009 Season...

The surgery went well and I'm doing good but I am out of the rest of this season meaning I will *not* be showing my car in any shows. Right now my car is DIRTY. The emphasis on dirty is because I can't believe it! I am looking forward to being able to participate in next year's season and, as such, I have been limiting my activities.

Today is the beginning of week 12 post-surgery. The incision sites (about 5 inches in front and 5 inches on my back) are healed and the muscle spasms are not as bad but the bone is still in a fragile state. We aren't talking a fracture or break here... we are growing new bone... fusing two parts of my spine together with new bone that my 43 year old body is trying to create. I have to remind myself of that often. I feel good, hell I feel great, but I know that I can screw it up if I am not careful.

The bills are coming in now and I can tell you that I'm thanking the LORD that I have my job and my insurance!! We would never have been able to afford the hospital room alone without it. I have been very blessed to have Dr. Scott Wieser on both my surgeries but specifically on this one.

Folks, there is no way to make anyone understand the pain of 4 pinched nerves for 3 years, the feeling of bone on bone when you moved and the sharp pain when a nerve got "caught" in the process. No way I could express the pain, frustration, tears, and heartache it took to get to the point where someone finally did the MRI. And during that time... 2006-2009 I've been showing my car because that car has a special connection to my Dad who died in 2006. It is for him that I show it. Next year I'll be able to continue showing the car with my Dad's memory close in heart.

I look forward to seeing some of you at the shows next year! Especially Yellow Rose!

Stampede Edition?

The 2006 Mustang Stampede Edition is a Ford factory built regional special. The "Stampede Edition" is clearly denoted on the original Ford window sticker and not an add-on sticker as with dealer created packages. We know that there has been a 2005 San Diego Special (SDS) built on the Sport package but it is not clear if this was offered only to San Diego or to a larger market area. In 2006 three regional specials were released - the California Limited Edition (CE), the Southern California Special (SCS) and the Stampede Edition (Stampede). All three are essential the same vehicle; all were built on the new Pony Package with the same key items (colors, stripes, features, etc.) although they carry different badging and, depending on the special, were created in different unit amounts. The CE was limited to 400 units, the Stampede to 500 and the SCS did not have a X of X badge. The Stampede Edition was announced by Ford during its "Expanding The Breed" press release which also announced the return of the California Special (GT/CS) in 2007. The SDS, I believe, was advertised in its local area via print and television advertisements. The CE and SCS Mustangs had brochures. The Stampede did not have either. A 'hero card', or dealer info card, was issued to the participating 300 dealerships in the Oklahoma and Texas market. These have been nearly impossible to locate and only by chance has one fallen into my hands. It gives us the same basic info we already had as well as additional info we were unaware of such as the exact colors and the available options (manual vs. auto, cloth vs. leather, etc.) that were available. All the Stampedes were created in March of 2006, delivered in April, announced in May and sold in the summer of 2006. My Stampede was built 3/30/2006, delivered to my dealership by 4/17/2006 (date of registration) and sold to me on 6/19/2006. There is still a lot of things we don't know about the Stampede which is why we've started a registry for them. So far we have located two of them in Torch Red... a color that, according to the Hero Card, was not part of the Stampede Edition program... I have also spoken with other Stampede owners who agree with me that there is something else different about these cars. The rake is sharper, the feel while driving it is tighter, it sits lower, and it just sticks to the road better than a standard Pony Package Mustang, which has the same wheels and same sway bars. (We have a 2007 Pony Package and a Stampede and they are night and day.) The Stampede does have Traction Control and ABS but it is more than that... My 2002 GT with TCS and ABS didn't stick like this... I just haven't figured it out yet and no one at Ford is talking.

Rare Pony: 2006 Mustang Stampede Edition

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