Some Mustangs Are Just Meant to Stay in the Family

Family man’s concern with selling his beloved ’67 classic has an interesting twist.

If you have to part ways with a classic beauty, there’s nothing like finding a great home for it – especially if it stays in the family.

Such is the case with this 1967 High Country Special Mustang. Leroy Mohorich owned it for nearly 50 years, as detailed in a Mustang 360 report. Mohorich actually purchased the fastback brand spankin’ new at a dealership in Denver, after driving hundreds of miles with his father while hunting for a Mustang.

Mohorich vividly recalls how excited he was when he would drive his High Country Special, with that 390 under the hood.

“When I drove the car around town, my chest was puffed out because nobody else had a car like that where I grew up,” says Mohorich.

But over the years, as kids came into the picture, Mohorich’s High Country Mustang was forced to take a backseat to his growing family responsibilities.

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Still, it wasn’t until recently that Mohorich actually started considering parting ways with the classic. But he had one major concern: making sure that the fastback would wind up with someone who could really appreciate the car. He even shared his dilemma with his sister-in-law, Pat, whose son Greg is a diehard Mustang fan.

Mohorich eventually wound up selling the Mustang through a broker. What he didn’t know, though, was that Greg had already pulled together the money to buy the car. In fact, Mohorich didn’t actually find out his nephew had purchased the car until it was already sold.

For Mohorich, it was the perfect ending after a bittersweet farewell to his beloved Mustang, knowing that it’s still very much part of his family.