Greater Pittsburgh Mustang Club

01/21/2025

Another sad notice...Hal Sperlich passes away at 95:

Chief Ford Mustang architect Hal Sperlich has passed away at the age of 95 following a long and influential career in the automotive industry.

01/18/2025

Some of you may have heard about John Kraman's passing. I first heard about it watching Mecum's Kissimmee auction the other day for the first time. Below is the complete story:

John Kraman, well-known in collector car circles as "The Professor" on Mecum auction TV broadcasts, has died at 68.

01/16/2025

Any Mustang owner out there with a vintage Cobra Jet engine will find these video deep dives, quite interesting:

The Cobra Jet engine was produced from 1968 to 1970. Anghel Restorations has documented the key differences between each model year.

01/06/2025

Well folks, it look like our club made the list yet again! Although they forgot the "h"...

12/28/2024

Those of you that have, or have owned, an S-197 Platform Mustang, (2005 - 2014), will certainly want to listen to the Chief Engineer of that vintage, and his inside perspectives of that particular Mustangs development. Check out John Clor and Mike Rey's interview with Hau Thai-Tang on the Mustang Owner's Podcast!

Podcast Episode · Mustang Owner's Podcast · 12/27/2024 · 34m

12/28/2024

This article is very comprehensive in explaining storage battery maintenance. The solution is not just taking the battery out of the car, as you'll soon read. Check it out:

Maintaining batteries properly means more than hooking them up to a charger to start the vehicle. Proper voltage is also important.

12/21/2024

Happy Holidays!

12/21/2024

Something funny...

Nailed it.

12/21/2024

A thank you from Tracy at the Pennsylvania Hot Rod Company to club members attending their open house yesterday.

12/10/2024

Ford Mustang GTD First American Car to Break Nürburgring Record!

The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD is officially the very first vehicle from an American brand to complete a lap at the Nürburgring in under seven minutes, as Multimatic Motorsports driver Dirk Müller piloted the pony car to a certified lap time of 6:57:685. That’s also the fifth-fastest time posted by a stock production sports car at the track, according to official records, and the GTD is just the sixth vehicle in that class to break the seven-minute barrier as well. The Ford Mustang GTD managed to set this lap time in bone stock form, albeit with mandatory safety gear on board including a five-point harness and roll cage.

This monumental achievement comes after two years of testing and relentless work by a small team of engineers and designers, a process that Ford documented along the way. That story will now be told to the masses via a documentary dubbed "The Road To The Ring", which one can watch below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuxuSLB1hg8

The film features Ford CEO Jim Farley, Muller, Multimatic Chief Technical Officer Larry Holt, Mustang GTD Chief Program Engineer Greg Goodall, and Mustang GTD Design Manager Anthony Colard, as well as other members of the Ford and Multimatic team. As Farley noted, this won’t be the final lap record attempt for the Ford Mustang GTD, either, as the automaker plans to give it another shot in 2025.

“The team behind Mustang GTD took what we’ve learned from decades on the track and engineered a Mustang that can compete with the world’s best supercars,” Farley said. “We’re proud to be the first American automaker with a car that can lap the Nürburgring in under seven minutes, yet we aren’t completely satisfied. We know there’s much more time to find with Mustang GTD. We’ll be back.”

Only five production sports cars have achieved a sub-7-minute lap at Germany’s notorious Nürburgring. It’s 12.94 miles of hard bumps, blind turns, elevation ...

12/04/2024

Another attempt at being one of the fastest cars in the world. Mustang GTD. Look for it on December 10th:

The Ford Mustang® GTD was built with a clear mission: Take Ford where no other North American automaker has been before. Road to the Ring. Dropping December ...

12/03/2024

Club members, Mark, Nicole, Jason and Vytas accepting our club participation award for the 2024 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix last evening at the DoubleTree Hotel in Cranberry Township.

11/28/2024

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

11/23/2024

Check out this latest edition of the Mustang Owner's Podcast with Mike Rey & John Clor:

John and Mike discuss the ins and outs of what it takes to get involved in the Mustang hobby.

11/15/2024

It was great year for our favorite pony car in the racing world! Check out the list below. Our local racing talent Luca Mars features prominently:

https://performance.ford.com/enthusiasts/media-room/2024/11/ford-reaches-50-mustang-wins-in-2024.html

11/08/2024

A nice story piece submitted by our friend John Clor of Ford Performance who visited our big annual All Ford Powered Show for it's 40th installment this past September. Thanks John and Jenny for spending some time with us and our guests!

https://performance.ford.com/enthusiasts/quick-look/2024/11/gpmc-at-shultz-ford.html

11/08/2024

Mustangs take it all in Trans Am this year! Read more about the running horse's dominance in this race series!

Three Ford Mustang race cars won at the Trans Am Series-sanctioned races at COTA over the weekend of November 1st, 2024; the Ford of Paul Menard won the title.