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Just practicing sending pics. Here’s a couple that would be hard to duplicate as they’re both one of a kind. This only took Me an hour.
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That is a beautiful Cased Extra Heavy 94!!! How long did it take you to find that? And where?
I purchased that piece at the Cody show in July. It was expensive but I still have both My arms and legs.
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Henry Mero said
I purchased that piece at the Cody show in July. It was expensive but I still have both My arms and legs.
I’d need a 5 year lay a way plan and the loss of a kidney! Very Nice 94, Henry!
January 26, 2011
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Harry,
Beautiful rifles. I looked at the Ex. Heavy at Cody as well. Russ comes up with some great pieces, for sure. Glad to see you bought it. I’m sure you looked at the other Cased ’94 on Randy’s table as well. That’s was a good one too and fun to see more than one at the Cody show. You might as well buy that one and then you’d have three of the 155 made in the letterable range. Just sayin……
~Gary~
Henry Mero said
Is that a Canadian Mustang? You have come a long way in just a couple of days. Pics came out great. Now you need a smart phone.
I know this is not a car place, I got the picture in by mistake, but here’s the story on the Mustang. It is a California car that was painted a non Ford color {gray} at the factory in San Jose April 20 1967, and has no paint code in the v.i.n. # . According to the Marti report it is the only one factory painted that color that year. The car is all original showing 29000 mi. and remains untouched. The rumor was that the car was ordered for Joe Namath but I have not substantiated that. The car was shipped to Golden Bear Motors in Berkley Ca. under special order #2290, with some very interesting options. I owned the car a long time ago then sold it to a friend with the understanding I would have dibs to buy it back if He ever wanted to sell it. Well Larry up and passed away on Me and it took Me 3 years to get the car back from his estate for a lot more than He paid Me for it. However it’s here and it is one of a kind and like some of My firearms I am partial to unique items. And yes Russ Day comes up with some great pieces, both of them case colored ’94’s come from Him. Like many of our fraternity he is honorable and a gentleman and a pleasure to do business with.
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Henry Mero said
I know this is not a car place
Not so sure about that Henry! Nothing wrong with a Mustang pic or two! Nice colour mate! Any special order paint is rare! Those 1894s are also very, very nice. The extra heavy makes my mouth water….
Here is my ’70 Mach 1 and dads ’60 T-bird. Mine is still a work in progress 6 years in!
Chris
A man can never have too many WINCHESTERS...
Nice Fords Chris I also have a ’55 T-bird fully restored in T-bird blue
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Wow Harry, some great guns. No wonder I can’t find a case colored one. You got them all!
Al
Henry Mero said
I know this is not a car place, I got the picture in by mistake, but here’s the story on the Mustang. It is a California car that was painted a non Ford color {gray} at the factory in San Jose April 20 1967, and has no paint code in the v.i.n. # . According to the Marti report it is the only one factory painted that color that year. The car is all original showing 29000 mi. and remains untouched. The rumor was that the car was ordered for Joe Namath but I have not substantiated that. The car was shipped to Golden Bear Motors in Berkley Ca. under special order #2290, with some very interesting options. I owned the car a long time ago then sold it to a friend with the understanding I would have dibs to buy it back if He ever wanted to sell it. Well Larry up and passed away on Me and it took Me 3 years to get the car back from his estate for a lot more than He paid Me for it. However it’s here and it is one of a kind and like some of My firearms I am partial to unique items. And yes Russ Day comes up with some great pieces, both of them case colored ’94’s come from Him. Like many of our fraternity he is honorable and a gentleman and a pleasure to do business with.
Do these cars have the warranty plate on the door jam? That is where all the info usually is.
November 7, 2015
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Chuck said
Do these cars have the warranty plate on the door jam? That is where all the info usually is.
That’s correct, the color code is on the plate, along with the body style (66?) build date, rear end ratio code and the interior trim code. Some fleets had a special color with no Ford color code but in nearly 40 years of selling Ford and GM parts I never saw a Mustang with no color code. I know they’re out there but very rare.
And yes, gun nuts are often car nuts. Thankfully I’ve only succumbed to the gun disorder.
Mike
Henry – thanks for posting the photos of your case hardened 94’s. I have never owned one and don’t think I have ever seen one except in pictures. I have drooled a little today looking at the photos. The 32-40 is my favorite 94 caliber and looking at yours reminds me of one I have – mine is not antique or case hardened like yours. I was looking for similarities on the museum letters for both guns because I have always been interested in the ledger notes. For instance, both guns are noted as checkered but not as to style – mine is H style and yours is I style. Both guns note a pistol grip with yours stating plain pistol grip whereas mine just notes it as pistol grip. Mine has a cap on the pistol grip and yours does not so that must be the difference in the annotations. Neither of the letters note sights so I guess that must mean the sights were standard on the model 94 at that time. I don’t think workers putting the notes in the ledger thought about collectors over a hundred years later going over their notes and wanting precision. There has been a lot written about that and lots of opinions.
Beautiful rifles Henry, especially the extra heavy. Is the California full buckhorn original to this rifle?
AG
Burt The 32-40 does have a grip cap, I believe that plain pistol grip means that the wood has no extra grain as most deluxe guns do, or finish and thank You for the comments. AG as far as I know the sights are original to the gun, but then without them being “lettered” how would one say for certain. F.Y.I. here’s the info plate on the Mustang body- 63B, color——-, trim-6U, schedule for build-24D, DSO-722290, axle—–, Trans.-A—W, and ser#7R02A200552. DSO item 1718, Dealer Golden Bear Motors Berkley Ca. 94704. To Me it’s a very special car as My first new car was a ’67 Mustang coupe, I couldn’t afford a fastback, that I could hardly afford at the time,{$3250.00}. I was working in a welding shop 25 miles away, just married with a new kid and I had to get to work to make ends meet. Times were different then ,but We made it.
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Henry Mero said
Burt The 32-40 does have a grip cap, I believe that plain pistol grip means that the wood has no extra grain as most deluxe guns do, or finish and thank You for the comments. AG as far as I know the sights are original to the gun, but then without them being “lettered” how would one say for certain. F.Y.I. here’s the info plate on the Mustang body- 63B, color——-, trim-6U, schedule for build-24D, DSO-722290, axle—–, Trans.-A—W, and ser#7R02A200552. DSO item 1718, Dealer Golden Bear Motors Berkley Ca. 94704. To Me it’s a very special car as My first new car was a ’67 Mustang coupe, I couldn’t afford a fastback, that I could hardly afford at the time,{$3250.00}. I was working in a welding shop 25 miles away, just married with a new kid and I had to get to work to make ends meet. Times were different then ,but We made it.
I will PM you if I can find out what the 1718 or 722290 means.
Henry Mero said
Not sure if you realized that your extra heavy barreled 1894 is featured in an article in the Fall 2017 Winchester Collector magazine:
https://winchestercollector.org/magazines/201709/52/index.html
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