I didn't know that Ford built Mustangs in Peru. Did you?
Sure it makes sense, save on shipping cars to South America, but this is the first I've heard of it, unless I've forgotten it.
So this car was owned by the wife of a car racer, who was the son of a car racer... and she'd been driving it for 4 years when her husband decided to send it to North Carolina, in crates, so that Holman & Moody would make it a full crazy race car.
It was then that the military dictatorship running Peru became a problem to be avoided. As it was when trying to ship the car back to Peru after it was upgraded and tested at Road Alanta
upgrades included a full period TA-spec rear clip mated to a period NASCAR super speedway front clip, Holman-Moody Talladega Super Speedway front suspension with 3.5 inch wide drum brakes and dual shocks, Bud Moore Nascar heads, and whatever else H&M could throw at it.
Toughness and reliability were paramount, as evidenced by multiple shocks on each corner, easy-to-service four-wheel drum brakes, supremely heavy-duty bits like double-center wheels, and stout coolers for the gearbox and differential.
When the car was completed, Galjuf flew to Road Atlanta for a shakedown test with the H&M crew (bill was even held onto...!)
Once the Mustang was shipped back to Peru and reassembled, Galjuf raced it extensively and successfully for a few years in Peru, Mexico, and Argentina
All of this came to an end, however, when his friend was killed in a similar car. He parked it, then sold it to another racer, after that, it was in the Museo Del Automovil Colección Nicolini in Lima Peru, the biggest car museum in South America and where 97% of the cars were obtained in Peru, which also has a workshop and restoration dept, a staff of 10, and one detailer that services 3 cars a day, so ech car is detailed once every 6 weeks
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