Our good friend and Team Member, Jason Thompson, has sold his prized and beautiful 1969 Banjo Mathews Ford Talladega Prototype. However, as of this date he doesn’t know how much he sold it for! It is on the docket for Saturday’s Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ. Provided below is the official information for the car and the auction. Tune into the Speed Channel and see what one of the very best Talladega’s in the World will sell for.
Barrett-Jackson Lot: 1286 – 1969 FORD TALLADEGA PROTOTYPE
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| Lot Number: |
1286 |
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| Auction: |
SCOTTSDALE 2012 |
| Status: |
AVAILABLE |
| Sale Type: |
NO RESERVE |
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| Year: |
1969 |
| Make: |
FORD |
| Model: |
TALLADEGA |
| Style: |
PROTOTYPE |
| VIN: |
9H42R109943 |
| Exterior Color: |
RED |
| Interior Color: |
MAROON |
| Cylinders: |
8 |
| Engine Size: |
428 |
| Transmission: |
3-SPEED AUTOMATIC |
| Summary: |
The only Ram Air Talladega built by Ford. The only red Talladega. This is the earliest prototype Talladega known to exist. |
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This is the earliest prototype Talladega known to exist. It is the only red, Ram Air Talladega built. It was ordered as a special purpose vehicle by Ford Motor Company Administrative Services. The car was built with the options that was not available to any production Talladega, such as 428cid 4V Cobra Jet engine with Ram Air, C6 Cruise-O-Matic transmission, rim blow deluxe steering wheel, air conditioning selectaire, AM/FM stereo radio, rear seat speakers, tinted glass complete, deluxe belts and warning light, tachometer, dark red vinyl bucket seats and Candyapple Red paint. Here is where the prototype comes into play, once at Ford Administrative Services the transformation began. The rocker panels were hand modified to lower the car and the front fenders were hand modified for aerodynamics. They removed the hood latching mechanism and installed hood pins as the only means to hold the hood shut. The car came with a white C stripe that was modified in the front for the longer nose and at the rear a piece stripe was added to cover the holes in the quarter panel where the Torino emblem used to be. The Ford T plate is also unique in the material it is made of and its placement on the doors. The tail panel was painted black, but still has the GT lower moldings on it. The hood, hood scoop and wiper panel were all painted flat black, not egg shell. When all that was done, they then fitted the car with chrome styled steel wheels and Goodyear white letter tires with GT caps. The car was used in some photo shoots and was seen in Stock Car Racing Magazine in April of 1969. Ford owned the car for almost four years before selling the car to NASCAR Hall of Fame legend Banjo Matthew in March of 1971. This car has the documentation including a copy of the original title in Ford’s name, registration card in Ford’s name, a loan contract, invoice and receipt from Ford to Banjo Matthews, a release agreement from Banjo to Ford and a Marti Report.
 
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Our good friend and Team Member, Jason Thompson, has sold his prized and beautiful 1969 Banjo Mathews Ford Talladega Prototype. However, as of this date he doesn’t know how much he sold it for! It is on the docket for Saturday’s Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ. Provided below is the official information for the car and the auction. Tune into the Speed Channel and see what one of the very best Talladega’s in the World will sell for.
I HATE to see it go.I just hope the new owner is as GUNG HO as Jason has been with increasing the awareness of our cars.I hope that it doesnt get stuck in a garage/museum and never taken out.It should pull a good number.
Jason’s car is a beauty. It just is NOT the only ram air Talladega. Ralph Moody’s black R code car certainly was a ram air Talladega.
I think that what was being pointed out By Jason was that the Ralph Moody car wasnt built by Ford,it was done by Holman Moody.I am not sure just observing.The key to what was said about the red car was the phrase “BUILT BY FORD”.Was the Moody car a Lorain car or an Atlanta car?I cant remember.I dont have my registry in front of me.Did it come from its plant as a RAMAIR car or was it converted by HM.If we only knew????
Pretty sure the “R” in in the serial number Mr. Moody’s car didn’t get installed at H&M. Nor was the car “bucked” there. I have seen that car (When Mr. Moody still owned it, in the 80s) and it appears to be, in every way, down to the “pie cut” hood with scoop, a ram air car. This takes nothing away from Jason’s car. I saw the red car when it was languishing behind Banjo’s shop in the late 80s. It was so rusty, that I really thought it could not have been restored. Jason and his Dad did an incredible job in bringing that car back to life. I am sure that the sale amount is, at best a break even price for the car. It should have brought much, much more in my opinion.
We will be doing an update on the Moody car in a week or so. Interesting stuff. For more current info on the car just check out our site at under the “Significant Cars” button at the top of this page. The Moody car is an “R” code but was not finished by Ford. What does that mean? Not sure, Ford started the car but didn’t finish it. That is what makes this all so much fun; there is always another question that needs an answer!
I believe that the buyer actually paid $137,500 for this car (including the auctioneers fees). You may want to reflect that on the previous screen.