All of the 1st Generation Special Edition Mustangs in 1 video

[@Hiazhunter]

I had purchased a 72' sportsroof Sprint Edition back in 1983. 6 cylinder, 3 on the floor. It was fairly beat up when I bought it. I drove it for a year or so and sold it. Couple years later purchased another Sprint from a salvage yard. I didn't do anything with it. I wouldn't mind those two car's today.

[@stoneimage666]

Great review of the specials that were available back then. Don is a great guy and very knowledgeable about Mustangs.

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Thanks and yes if not for Don this video would not have been possible.

[@thebionicbassplayer]

Very well put together documentary. As a child, I distinctly remember someone owned a Mustang down the street from us that had a "California Special" badge on the rear quarter and it had quad taillights and a unique front end. Looking back on that, being in Detroit, I suppose people could pull strings and order hard to get models.

[@rescuedandrestoredgarage]

Love our 71 Mustang mach 1 351C C6 M code fastback car. Some sweet rides there great information, brother.

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Thanks 👍

[@rescuedandrestoredgarage]

@@TonysFordsandMustangs my pleasure 🙏.

[@413x398]

Excellent video. I was aware of some of these, but not others. When the GT/CS came out, a neighbor a couple blocks away bought one and parked it in his driveway. I saw it every morning when I pedaled my butt to school (Special Edition Stelber Charger with 3-speed hand grip shifter; try finding info on THAT). I loved that Mustang, and I swore I would buy a new one in a few years. Of course, it was one year only, and I was bummed. However, in August of 1973 a CS showed up in the local paper, being sold by the original owner who had purchased it from local Ford dealer Galpin, which was heavy into performance stuff those days. It was dead stock, C-code 289-2V, 4-speed with P/S, PDB, Sunex glass and deluxe full wheel covers. The seller, in his 20's, almost backed out because his girlfriend was crying her eyes out over the sale of that car. This was during the heyday of the Van Nus Blvd cruising/street racing culture, and I put an 8500 rpm 289 in it and lived the life. I have billions of stories. Anyway, it eventually got parked in the garage. Now, it is still with me, and restoration is underway. It will be a Day Two car with one of the six 427's I have. Never rust, never dinged, never in the Registry. I still have the blue plastic warranty card with the original guy's name on it. I wonder if he is still alive...

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Thanks for the kind words and for sharing your story! Now if someone in the registry reads this they are going to be commenting I'm sure. Good luck with the restoration!

[@413x398]

Let me add a Google Giggle I just remembered. There was a guy in the GT/CS web forum who Googled his VIN and got a hit saying it was "probably" a special edition Mustang. This was in the early 2000's. I did the same thing with mine and got the same return. I thought this was interesting as it was "just" the VIN, not a mention that it was a Mustang or any car for that matter. I just did that again now and got nothing, nada, zip. I own 61 cars at the moment, but that VIN is the only one I have permanently emblazoned in my cranium. Sadly, Google just doesn't have as strong a memory. :)@@TonysFordsandMustangs

[@talldude5841]

1990 7-Up edition. Great story about that.

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

I may do a another video on the later editions at some point. These videos take quite a bit of research and time to put together. Thanks for watching!

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Very interesting.. Quite a few versions I was never aware of!!

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@donhugnmanick4454]

Very informative video Tony. Glad I could be of help to put this thing together. I want to see a part 2 that include the newer Mustangs. Thanks for the shout out.

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Thank you Don! You were one person I didn't want to disappoint. :)

[@victorxavier9977]

Always a good time watching Tony's videos! 😎👍

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

You rock Victor!

[@SmackeysGarage]

Very cool video. I never knew there were that many special edition mustangs. Thanks for you two doing all this research and sharing it!

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Glad you enjoyed it and I really didn't know there were that many either!

[@Wooley689]

So many different specials, dang, who would have thought.

[@darylthomas4676]

I'm from Indianapolis Tony and those pics and film on the track was pretty cool. I have one of those pace cars! IN A DIE CAST!🤣I'm very fond of the CaliforniaSpecials so thinks for covering the history on them. Have a good one Tony and thanks again. 👍

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Thank you sir!

[@wesd2845]

Great video! Very informative! 👍

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

[@armandopatane5343]

Most interesting= thank you

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Glad you think so and thank you for watching!

[@LICobra]

At 12:06 I never saw a Sports Roof Mustang with a Vinyl Top before , was that factory ??

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Yes I believe it is

[@stephenholland5930]

Wow, I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@mxfxsr]

Definitely pics out there for the Mustang E and the 69 Going Thing

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

I have seen one copy of the Mustang E just one, Never a Going thing and I am in PA. Thanks for watching!

[@2rgolf]

You always do great informational videos ! Like when you did Granadas my Dad had a 76 coupe with a 302 brought back some dating memories! Keep the videos coming. I am surprised your following is not way larger considering all of the info you provide . I sold a 2008 gt Ca Special a year ago and bot a 21 CA Special Keep up the great work.

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Thank you very much!

[@jeffschwartz5199]

Keep them coming 👍

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Thanks Jeff! You keep on watching and I will.

[@johnrossi6212]

What an awesome video. They need to do stuff like this again.

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Thank you!

[@waderayford8224]

Very informative. I didn't know there were so many special addition Mustangs. It so happens I have a '71 Sport Coupe. Some years back I had the good fortune of seeing Kevin Marti at a Mustang show at the Ford World Headquarters and obtained a Marti report on it.

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

71 is a great year to own. Thank you for watching!

[@jimlafreeda43]

Another awesome video.... never knew all these. Living in near Valley Forge, surprisingly no Spirt of 76 edition in 1976 .

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Thank you and this was only the First generation Special Editions. So there might be a sequel. :)

[@GarveyMustangMan]

If I could have one rare Mustang, it would be the twister special orange Mach 1.

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

That's a great choice but there were only 96 of them so the prices are a bit steep if you can find one.

[@GarveyMustangMan]

@@TonysFordsandMustangs I bet lol!

[@GarveyMustangMan]

The Cobra R would be rare but that’s obviously not a gen 1.

[@dannymusgrave4516]

Would like to see about the V6 pinto

[@arliemoses4272]

Kevin Marti shows 4,118 GT/CS and HCS cars, but there were a couple dozen early cars that are not in his database. We (GT/CS Registry) estimate the total production to be around 4,150. Included in those numbers are 12 R-Code 428CJ cars.

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Thank you for the information! It is appreciated!

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Watching this one for the third, maybe fourth time start to finish again maybe do a version two? Or a similar one like Mustang and Torino special additions I think even just uploading this video again Garner more views for an episode that deserves it!

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Thank you very much for your kind words. I have tried different thumbnails & titles for this video however I have yet to get much traction. I give it another shot this week and see how things go. Thanks for watching!

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

@@TonysFordsandMustangs maybe do one with all the mustang special edition from 64 1/2 all the way to 93 or Mustang lI and Foxs? All I know is I think the special edition videos are super interesting and you did a great job bud

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

@@CoastalAutoReactionCAR thank you again and a fox one may be coming down the road 😉

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Wicked!

[@davidschluter6639]

Can we add the T 5 Mustang and was there any special editions in Australia?

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Export additions would be a completely separate video. I do have video coming out on Saturday that deals with an Australian legard so let's see how that goes. If there is enough interest I could do something with the export cars however it would take some research time time to put something like that together. Thanks for watching!

[@davidschluter6639]

@TonysFordsandMustangs the 78 Falcon Cobra would be great.

[@armandopatane5343]

Omg those commercials were pitiful = lol = no wonder why they didn’t sell well

[@georgeburns7251]

FORD says it all. Just like today.

[@gang22BHveteranojj]

Eu tenho um MACH 1 aqui no Brasil, com entradas de ar na lateral e capô com SCOOPEER.........BELO VIDEO..

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Carro incrível! Eu também possuo um 70 Mach 1. Obrigado pelas gentis palavras e por assistir

[@gang22BHveteranojj]

@@TonysFordsandMustangs A plaqueta de chassi do meu indica RAH 8 F , O AMIGO não consegue detalhar as origens do meu MACH 1???? OBRIGADO...

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

@@gang22BHveteranojj me dê o número de identificação do seu veículo com pelo menos os primeiros cinco dígitos.

[@gang22BHveteranojj]

@@TonysFordsandMustangs ok, vou copiar lá e te envio, obrigado por isso...

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

@@gang22BHveteranojj Os primeiros 5 vin podem dizer muito. A partir daí você precisa decodificar a etiqueta da porta

[@ChrisCouch-iq8pz]

Just came across your video, unless I missed it, have you heard of the 1968 Cardinal edition?

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

I have only because my source noted it. Could not picture or an advertisement about it anywhere

[@ChrisCouch-iq8pz]

@@TonysFordsandMustangs 99.9% of everyone I’ve asked never heard of the Cardinal edition. The only reason I know is because I have recently purchased a 1968 Cardinal edition from a family member. You could say it was a “barn find”, the car was sitting in a barn on flats in the mud. I nor the family member had any idea what it was, when first seeing the pictures of it I seen the Cardinal emblem behind the door and started investigating.

[@williamimperatore5212]

Hey Tony! Hope you are doing well! Im William and I’d like to ask you something. I have a 2015 Mustang GT 50 years edition, 6 speed manual transmission, with 43.800 miles. I’ve noticed power loss in 4th gear - when it's 55 mph. There’s nothing wrong with transmission or gears. Have you seen this kind of issue before? Cheers

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

Hey William I'm sorry I really I have no idea. Normally something like that would throw a check engine light if it were related to a misfire or an ignition problem. To answer your question I have not had reports of the 15's losing power in 4th gear. I would think it's worth running by a mechanic. Normally anything engine related that could cause that type of issue would throw a light. That said lights can flash for a second and go out. That would be recorded in the cars computer. I would at minimum get a code reader on it and see if anything is recorded. Best of luck!

[@brandonlisenby6752]

I’ve got my grandfather’s 67 mustang it came with the 320 horse 390 and he had a 200 six installed at the dealership when he purchased it new I now bassackwards from anyone else but he loved a straight six I’ve got the original engine and transmission still new no mileage on it was wondering how to decode the vin number it’s all original springtime yellow five lug with the 14 chrome wheels and beauty rings center console deluxe door panels just curious if maybe he changed any of the interior parts before his passing in 93. Thank you in advance if you could help me figure it out.

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

There are several VIN decoders on the Internet. That said you might want to spend a few dollars and hit up Kevin Marti for one of his reports and that will give all the information on the car and then some. www.martiauto.com/martireports.cfm

[@ecc5119]

Unique but not fan of special run vehicles. Always gives thoughts of half efforts on standard models.

[@armandopatane5343]

You might be as knowledgeable as JERRY HELMLEY ON KZbin = I think that’s his last name correct

[@TonysFordsandMustangs]

On this video I can't claim the credit for a majority of the information. That all came from Don Hughmanick who has a TON of information on special editions.