Holy crap, this must be the universe telling me to shut up...

"BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion" (pbs) 08/06/2014 at 20:51 • Filed to: None

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Some 14 years old kid in Não me Toque, which is ten minutes away from my hometown of Carazinho, didn't just dream about getting a Saleen Mustang as his first car, he actually got lucky and found one.

I'd be as skeptical as anyone, if I didn't know every inch of Não me Toque, including the service station where these pictures were taken. The details of the find are a bit grim though... The car was aprehended by the border police trying to cross into Brazil from Rivera, Uruguay, and auctioned off. The car was reportedly purchased for 10 thousand reais (!!!), but the kid's father wants to sell it off after it's been legalized to run in Brazil. I've no idea how they'll go about it though, as far as I know, you can't import any used cars with less than 30 years, but I'm no specialist, so I figure there must be a way... Anyways, whatever comes of it, I hope the kid gets to keep the car, and that he's responsible with it. This is the kind of story pretty much every enthusiast dreams about and some lucky kid from a tiny little brazilian town is living it. Epic!

offroadkarter > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 08/06/2014 at 20:58

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holy shit, someone ship that thing back to the States pronto

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > offroadkarter 08/06/2014 at 21:00

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Not before I get to ride in it!

Telumektar > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 08/06/2014 at 21:09

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A Saleen Mustang from Uruguay?!

I've lived there/here all my life and I never ever heard of any such car around these parts. That Mustang gen. in particular never made it to these lands, never mind a Saleen. A SALEEN!!!

But Rivera is a weird chunk of land, full of people that would do anything for the right sum and grey market stuff abounds... sooo I'm not that surprised.

That car screams black market though.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Telumektar 08/06/2014 at 21:10

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Thats what I'm thinking, specially considering how it was impounded and auctioned off by customs.

Telumektar > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 08/06/2014 at 21:16

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I'm thinking it could have been stolen in Argentina (where Ford is BIG and they get rare editions and all), then "imported" into Uruguay (read: someone handed some nice bribes at the border) and then tried to pass it through Rivera/Livramento's dry border... with less luck/money

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Telumektar 08/06/2014 at 21:18

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Could be, but the american plates, from Massaschussets to be precise, make me wonder if it wasn't stolen a bit farther north... Your general idea is pretty much right, I guess!

Telumektar > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 08/06/2014 at 22:22

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oh, I thought it was just some random Saleen Mustang photo from the web, not the same car. Like you were showing the difference between a nice example and what the kid got

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Telumektar 08/06/2014 at 22:24

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Nope, those two are actually the same car, before and after a nice wash at the same place I wash mine when I'm in Carazinho. :]

Telumektar > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 08/06/2014 at 22:28

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Well, that thing looks pristine :)

...American plates, not even embassies use those. That HAS to be stolen

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Telumektar 08/06/2014 at 22:35

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And I might get to ride it, if the kid can hold on to it until summer :p