Visit to the Berardi Car Collection
by Dean V. Ricci

September 26, 2015 --  A collection of Mustangs, and a few other vehicles owned by Mike Berardi resides in a building in an industrial park in the city of Taylor, Michigan.

The collection spans from an original 1964 1/2 Mustang Indy Pace Car to modern day Bosses and Shelbys. He has several Boss 302s and Boss 351s, but currently no Boss 429 in his collection.

Penske Shelby? No. Roger Penske wanted to produce a run of Hertz cars that could be rented at airports.
These cars were built by Roush Industries for Penske / Hertz.

a Daytona 500 Pace Car

1984 20th Anniversary Mustang Convertible

Special Edition Mustang from the 90s

1993 Cobra R model, still with plastic covering the seats

1970 GT500 in Black with Gold Stripes. This is not an original paint color, the paint code on this car is Acapulco Blue from the factory.

1966 Shelby / Hertz GT350H

1969 Shelby GT500 in rare Yellow paint

1969 Boss 302 in "God-awful" Yellow with Black stripes

Original 1964 1/2 Mustang Indy Pace Car. All 3 of the Mustang Indy Pace cars from the 3 different years are part of the collection

A 2016 Shelby GT350 from Ford

John Clor's Ford Transit in "Team Cobra Jet" Livery