The Sonny & Cher Ford Mustangs are up for sale again next February, 2009. I’m so glad they never split up these two cars into separate foster homes. But I could swear I’ve seen them come up for sale before, maybe twice – hmmm – maybe it’s the toy model versions I’m thinking of.
Anyway, if during this depression you find yourself with disposable cash for Cher stuff, please give it to Detroit car companies instead or save it to substitute for the next car loan you probably won’t get. Then again, these cars are symbols of The Great American-Made Car. Okay, go ahead and buy them if you must. But only as a political statement.
The car stats:
These cars were customized by George Barris in 1966 and “are rolling tributes to the over-the-top style of the 1960s.” Groovy! You supposedly see them in Good Times but I can’t recall where.
From http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=136629:
“The Sonny car has an eye-opening Murano Gold Pearl exterior color, dark brown side panel and orange-and-gold "fadeaway" color treatment on the wheelwells and grille. The Cher car is a Hot Pink Pearl and Candy Red blend with deep red side panels. Should that combination seem too staid, a look at the interior should seal the impression of rococo '60s splendor. Sonny's Mustang has bobcat fur, buffed leather and "rustic suede" trim inside. Cher's is dripping with white ermine, hot pink suede and "Scottish leather" upholstery. Did we mention the 3-inch-long Mouton carpet — gold in the Sonny mobile and pink for Cher's car?”
How to get them:
The cars will go on the block at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center over the weekend of February 6-8.
More on the mustangs: http://www.themustangnews.com/people_08/1208-sonny-cher-mustangs-chambers-133.htm (aww look! They got snowed on!)
More on the model kit: http://www.hieroglyph.net/chermodelkit.html
M: I’m such a loser. I DID read your preceding post about the Mustang on the CD cover, but on a different day… which means it quickly exited my teeny mind.
R
R – you read my mind. But not my preceding next post. 😉
Hey, Mary. If I were Cher (which, contrary to rumors, I most certainly am not), I’d buy these two babies back.
Then again, didn’t she just unload a bunch of personal stuff in that auction a few years ago?
RP
lol. that mustang could have been yours and only the edgar winter dog would have been able to fit himself in that tiny backseat.
Mary, what would it take for you to leave the lot with those mustangs TODAY?