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Wauseon Man Shows Off Exotic Car To Archbold Rotarians

June 11, 2023Updated:June 11, 2023No Comments3 Mins Read

The black with blue competition stripes 2019 Ford GT turned more than a few heads while it was parked outside The Barn Restaurant while its owner, Michael Murray, was inside telling Rotarians stories about his life and a few of the experiences that he has had over 78 years.

Michael Murray right had an exotic ride from his Wauseon area home to a recent Archbold Rotary meeting where he provided the program Michael and Rotarian Bill Rufenacht who arranged the program stand behind Michaels 2019 Ford GT perhaps the most desired GT around as it is the only black 2019 GT with blue competition stripes The car cost just over $600000 new when purchased directly from Ford but is now valued at $12 million because of its rarity The car has 650 horsepower and seven different driving modes It turned more than a few heads when parked next to The Barn Restaurant Michaels story on how he came to own his 2019 Ford GT was just one of the many stories he shared with Rotarians about his life growing up in a lower middle class family in Toledo and his varied professions including time as a sports car racing driver sign painter and real estate agent

Many of those stories are included in his recent book — “Biker Tales…and we don’t eat our young.”  It’s a collection of 82 short stories (most are one or two pages long) that he wrote in 82 days.  It’s available online from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Growing up in a lower middle-class neighborhood in Toledo with seven other brothers and sisters, Michael worked any job he could find as a kid to have a little spending money.

He explained that in school he loved art class and eventually learned to paint racing stripes on his friends’ bicycles.

Eventually, he became a sign painter and moved briefly to California to paint motorcycles and designs on racing cars.

He said he even painted stripes on the oldest Ford Motor car in existence, a 1903 #30 that is showcased in Ford’s world headquarters.

Later, that paint striping job opened up numerous experiences and opportunities with the Ford family.

It included invitations to auto races as part of the official Ford entourage as well as his interest in owning Ford GT autos.

He also became interested in motorcycles and founded the first Harley Owners Group chapter in Toledo in 1993.

He also told about the time he attended his own “funeral.” Friends and colleagues planned the event to celebrate his 50th birthday.

(PRESS RELEASE / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)


 

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