Gateway Classic Mustang Owners To Attend Breakfast Optimist Club Cruise-In Sunday
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Jason and Lonnie Childress, owners of Gateway Classic Mustang in Bourbon, Mo., will show off two of their vehicles in the Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club Cruise-In Sunday in downtown Warsaw. Registration is from 1 to 4 p.m. and judging will start at 4 p.m. The awards ceremony is at 5:15 p.m. and the escorted cruise to Winona Lake at 6 p.m. The Childresses have been regulars on shows that showcase vehicles including “Overhaulin” and “Hot Rod TV,” and will star in their own Primetime TV Show “RestoMods” airing this fall on the History Channel. Their cars, a yellow 1968 Ford Mustang coupe and a Burgundy 1966 GT fastback featured and driven by Jason and Lonnie Childress, will be in downtown Warsaw on the Courthouse Square Sunday. The Childresses are guests of Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club members Rusty and Tammy Meier of Surefire Digital Advertising, Warsaw. Several GCM restorations have been featured for magazine cover stories and television productions, ultimately landing them a deal in 2006 to build the “Red Rocker,” a 1967 Ford Mustang fastback to highlight the 60th birthday rock ‘n’ roll tour for Sammy Hagar. The build was featured on an episode of “Hot Rod TV” on the Speed Channel in which they partnered with Meier to do the conceptual design and development of the composite body components. This project secured their popularity as go-to personalities in the aftermarket automotive industry. Recently, GCM has been part of several noteworthy projects such as the Woods Brothers/David Pearson project to benefit the Darrell Gwynn Foundation and the Auto Trader Classics “1969 Boss 302” powered by Ford’s new and soon to be legendary Coyote 5.0. The 1968 Mustang fastback built for Chad McQueen, son of legendary Steve McQueen, who starred in the 1968 movie “Bullitt,” was featured in a two hour mini-series aired on the D.I.Y. network in early 2009. The Childress brothers were also featured in multiple races on the SPEED channel’s “R U Faster Than A Redneck?” where classic American muscle car owners were challenged to race with late model import owners for a prize of $10,000.
