The 5 Rarest Mustangs You've Never Heard Of

[@rarecars3336]

This is my first video like this - primarily because there isn’t much exiting footage/pics of these cars. Let me know if you enjoyed it or if you prefer the single car videos!

[@stonemichaels1774]

Great video.

[@cetyner]

😅​@@stonemichaels1774

[@ajchrome3239]

This video was awesome. Just foud the channel from it and subscribed

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

I thought this was a great video. Also, the ‘88 Mustang T-top is pretty rare car too. ‘87 was to be the last year of the t-top but Ford built more t-top shells than they sold so the leftover bodies were built & sold in/as ‘88s. They wanted to push the units out so instead of cutting hardtop door window frames, ford used convertible doors so ‘88 t-top cars have flag style side view mirrors instead of the ones that stick out from the front corner of the window. I’ve tried to figure out actual build numbers for these cars but I’ve found a lot of different answers. One said as little as 281 t-top Mustangs were made for 1988 & I’ve seen that number span up to 10,001.

[@stephenjones2751]

You buried the Lead....Whatever happened to those two FR500 beasts ? Are they sitting in someone's garage or parked next to the SR-72 in a desert in Nevada ?

[@TheEclecticHandyman]

One that probably should of made the list: a Mustang prototype by John Coletti from 98' named, 'The Super Stallion' A 5.4L modular blown engine making 500+ HP

[@kennethross786]

Coletti was also the Ford exec behind the BOSS 10L Mustang.

[@Kool-Papa-Rell]

Both were amazing cars.

[@coolguyjack11]

I remember driving the FR500 a ton in Ford Racing 2, that and the FR200 Focus were some of my favourites in that game!

[@THRASHDEATH1995]

Ah the ford racing games. My favorite was the third one.

[@MuscleCarsLoveMe]

The FR500 was my favorite car on Ford Racing 3 for the PS2

[@Insert.anger50]

I have Mustang the legend livez forever and fr3 on ps2 still playing and uploading in 2024 July

[@ChrisSpatz]

That and the V10 did awesome burnouts and donuts

[@Graves-81_69]

I still have the VHS of the 95 Boss 429 Boss. The 427 Camaro was no slouch either. And I completely forgot about the FR500! Thanks for the memories!

[@Sir.VicsMasher]

Me too, my GF at the time sent away for it as my birthday present.

[@notagain2856]

Nice video. Of the 5 Mustangs mentioned, i only know about the 10L Boss.

[@MachineintheMonkey]

The FR500 with 5 extra inches out front, I’ve heard that 5 inches is about average length…

[@rarecars3336]

LOL fantastic comment!

[@MachineintheMonkey]

@@rarecars3336thanks for the great content too mate 👍🇦🇺

[@BlackandWhitecustoms]

Why did this remind me of South Park episode 😂

[@evansolomon169]

I always loved the FR500. Had the wheels and steering wheel on my 02 GT. The subtle nod to the Fox was a nice touch

[@alrio8102]

Nowadays, a rare Mustang is one that hasn't been driven into a ditch. 😂😂

[@rarecars3336]

Hey now, shots fired LOL

[@kennorr82]

Nowadays? It's been like that since 1996😅.

[@PACKERMAN2077]

The rarest ones are the ones that have no body count attached to them like a murder weapon

[@foxbodyblues6709]

Or it hasn’t crashed into opposing traffic coming out of cars n coffee.

[@D3VIOUS24]

Best comment I've seen today 😂🎉

[@c-moneycantrell]

Awesome video, brings back memories and helps me absorb more information!!!

[@mrnobodz1]

people forgot that Kenny Brown also did a few special editions of the Ford Crown Vick and Mercury Marauder.

[@earlrichardson385]

I remember that Car and Driver “test” between the Boss Mustang and the Camaro. It was supposed to be drag testing and handling. The Mustang won the drag race but they hurt the engine doing it so it only made one lap around the road course. There’s video out there of this.

[@mchristr]

The Boss engine was eating pushrods. You'd expect better from a Roush product but perhaps they hurriedly threw it together.

[@lukeknezevic7267]

I recorded the episode on VHS 😂. It's on you tube if you look. John Colletti was the man in that generation! SVT!!!

[@gsdfan8455]

I do have a faint memory of seeing a Fox body gt350

[@midnight347]

They came out in 84 it was just a graphics package nothing special about it.

[@gsdfan8455]

@@midnight347 yeah, it was a long time ago but the picture stirred up a memory.

[@knightwalkr]

They werent even rare.

[@WyteLOC]

I’ve seen one at a car show in the late 90s

[@Jett-Crash]

@@midnight347it was Ford’s 20th anniversary tribute to the original car

[@benjaminsmith6063]

1st car was a 1990 LX 5.0 hatchback . Bought in 1993 for $5700. Back when 225 horsepower was a lot. Don’t think you can buy a 3 year old 5.0 mustang for less than 25-30K these days .

[@luckymanham302]

This is exactly why I’m never selling my 90 GT Vert. Paid $3200 for it 10 years ago, and it had 51k orig miles with a Tremec 3550 in it…

[@Arayig1982]

The G.T. 350, a name made famous in the 60's by Ford and Carroll Shelby, was given new life in March of 1984 with a production run of 5,261 cars. As a result, Mr. Shelby sued Ford Motor Company in April of 1988 for using the stripe and name.

[@ColonelMustard]

"As it sits today in 2024, The Ford Mustang is officially the last remaining naturally aspirated V8 powered car with a manual transmission that is on the market today." really hits hard... 😕

[@ДжонПартлов]

What about a Camaro??? You can get it with a naturally aspirated v8 and a 6 speed… did someone forget this?

[@cmkm54]

​@@ДжонПартлов it's been discontinued

[@FuryThehutt3]

​@@ДжонПартловrecently discontinued

[@revanevan]

Thanks for the mention, interesting video.

[@thebionicbassplayer]

You did a good job on this. An occasional list video would be nice. I saw one of these Lee Ioccoca Mustangs for sale at American Jewelry and Loan aka Hardcore Pawn,which I found curious to say the least.😮

[@Sir.VicsMasher]

The Iacocca 45th Anniversary Mustang is why I ordered my 2011 GT500 in silver with stripe delete.

[@lillexus5589]

There must be a body shop out there that can replicate the Iacocca exterior

[@satansnarwhal]

@@lillexus5589pretty much any fabricator and body man worth their salt could do it if you got enough money lol

[@TommyRibs]

The Composite Quarterhorse is one of the coolest concepts that they ever made.

[@OnEst_Opinion]

Be dope if they made a modern day Terminator. A mustang with two things in its mind, making power and an insane whine while it does it.

[@mchristr]

One of rarest Mustangs is the Saleen (pronounced Suh leen') wide-body from 1997 (not the S351). I know of only two produced: the Mystic example sat in the Irvine showroom for years, and the white example was parked outside the Saleen-Allen pit at Laguna Seca. It was also featured in their parts catalog.

[@rarecars3336]

Yes those i think are the SR technically which they also made in the new edge generation and they are WILD

[@mchristr]

@@rarecars3336 The New Edge was a later version. In 1997 I talked to the Saleen crew at the racetrack and, if I recall correctly, the car had a 351W, a tight-fitting roll cage, Alcon brakes, and an IRS. At the time you could order the carbon body panels (fenders, quarters, hood, etc.) through Saleen.

[@iamgriff]

August 1998 Car and Driver did an article about the Kenny Brown 289RS. They have 1/4 mile times, 150mph times, and a pretty unimpressive zero to 60 time. That car is very well known, and has been for a couple of decades

[@spowe3867]

Great video! Very Informative...for me, Great - with what you gave!!

[@rarecars3336]

Hey thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

[@alexordonez6494]

That 10l mustang was built by John coletti not roush one of those pictures is also of a Shinoda boss.

[@mchristr]

Colleti was the boss at SVT but they farmed out a lot of work. I remember the magazine article and the engine was Roush built (and kept eating pushrods).

[@theflash1425]

In terms of rare cars, please consider doing videos of the OTAS (some versions known as the Lombardi SS or the Abarth Scorpion) and the ASA 1000. I doubt one person in 10,000 has ever seen or heard of these two.

[@19Newby81]

All these rare Mustang videos I have watched not 1 talks about the Super Stallion, SAAC Snakes or the 1988 built by Roush with a 5.8l twin turbo that produced 400hp.

[@TypeZero31]

The body lines of the Iococca Mustang is what I had envisioned the “new” Mach 1 should have been…..a genuine FASTBACK.

[@kennethross786]

Back when I read Motor Trend pretty regularly, they did a full story about the BOSS 10L Mustang, but that was the only one I knew about. Technically, Roush bored out the 429 block to 9.9L, but Coletti (the Ford exec behind the project) engaged in a bit of "creative" rounding (like when the 4942cc (302) V8 is rounded up to 5.0L) and christened it the BOSS 10L. And apparently at the end of media day at the track (and quite a bit of very hard driving by automotive journalists) the C6 transmission died. Ford just didn't have an "off-the-shelf" transmission that could handle that monster under the hood for long.

[@jesseswalters]

I had a very rare Mustang. It was a 1978 Mustang 2 Fastback hatchback. 302 Cleveland, automatic with a shifter lever on the floor that looked like a jet plane accelerator. We put a cobra ram air on the hood to house the larger custom Holley carburetor. Wood Steering wheel, slightly dark red on the bottom, cream white on top, red leather seats, and bigger, fatter tires on the back. It was pretty fast and very loud, but got fairly decent gas mileage at around 20 mpg average (as long as it wasn't all city driving and I didn't gun it too much).

[@glennkreisel7943]

If the m81 isn’t in this video I’m disappointed.

[@billmadison2032]

The only car I was not aware of was the fr500, not a bad video though keep up the good work

[@SmallDawgLexi]

It's been 9 days and I ve watched this 4 times. And yet for some reason every time I see the thumbnail, I think it's a crown vic.

[@themonchlife]

6:35 all that came to mind when he opened the hood is "i get 7 miles to the gallon in this hog" 😂😂

[@rarecars3336]

LOL

[@Lucerd127]

I miss the mustang Code Red. This is a 1300hp Mustang with V8 from the 2022 generation.

[@JimF1981]

The 10L was not a Roush motor, IIRC it was a Jon Kaase racing motor.

[@Pwj579]

When the Iacocca Mustang came out, I totally wanted to mod my 08 BULLITT to incorporate the front and rear improvements to make it look even more like a 68 fastback. Unfortunately, parts weren’t made available for customers outside the Galpin sold complete vehicles

[@anthonyfrench3169]

This was a good video and very much filled of nostalgia for me! I'd like to see maybe a Camaro version

[@rarecars3336]

Glad you liked it - definitely have a Camaro version planned!

[@anthonyfrench3169]

@@rarecars3336 awesome sauce bud. Keep up the good work!!

[@holmeslyb]

Nice video. I am very familiar with the mustang's mentioned. Also wanted to let you know as slow as the 1984 1/2 GT350 it's still popular and a good collector car due to its low production of 5200 units. Now lastly 11 of those were given to fords upper corporate guys. Very rare 11 cars.

[@jangles1839]

I actually had an '83 GT350! It was my first car when I turned 16 in '86! I also bought an '86 GT convertible in '88 with a blown engine that my dad & I turned into a street eod! 💙👊🏼

[@PakanaHerruus]

Used to work for the shop that helped build the Iacocca Mustang GT. They are quite stunning, especially the dark red/maroon one. They were sold with a Brake upgrade kit, and Whipple Supercharger but weren't installed immediately, as it was up to the customer if they wanted to add it.

[@0990ftn]

If you’re including one-offs, you forgot the 1999 Boss 351 V10.

[@TripleBlack331]

I heard of the 289RS and the FR500, but didnt know about the others.

[@tonytbird9457]

Galpin Ford still has a IACOCCA in the showroom

[@Mr.Guild1971]

Liked the format.Like everything on this channel !

[@emaro6095]

I think the superstallion should have made this video. That thing is a beast!!

[@erichaley6776]

Great Video. I would add the V10 sn95 mustang and saleen Parnellli jones 5.0 litre 3V

[@tomdell9836]

I still remember the Jan 2000 Car & Driver with the Boss 10L & Zl1 side by side.

[@randybrown6709]

Nice video - I remember all of those cars. My first car was a red 1984 Mustang GT. It had the red interior also. I think it was called canyon red - it was the brighter of the two exterior reds. Your engine images for the FR500 are incorrect and maybe you knew that. The DOHC engine picture is actually a SOHC engine. I had two IROC-Zs after the 84 GT, an 85 5.0 TPI and then an 87 5.7 TPI and both were yellow. The 85 was of course stolen and the 87 replaced it. After that came two LX 5.0 coupes, both bright red with black, 5-speeds. One was a 91 model that I eventually totaled unfortunately. I replaced it with a 93 and had that one for about 12 years. I had a red 97 GT after that and then a yellow 98 Cobra which I owned for 8 years. Those were the automotive glory days, ha.

[@christophersheetz1920]

what about the 2003/4 Mustang BOSS 351 concept? 351cid V10 mated to a manual, looked just like a stock mustang except for the cobra r hood

[@rarecars3336]

Did a whole video on it!

[@andrewguzman2991]

Can you make a video about Roush mustangs , lots of cool cars there with limited production and especially the super charged, California special , Boyd coddington edition

[@dpeezy1k]

Fr500 always been my favorite

[@solitivity]

Videos like this make you hate the bean counters even more. 😂

[@woofinity]

that gt350 is so clean

[@RBA_R]

Another Mustang that not that many people know about is the s197 gt350

[@cliveharman7762]

Im surprised the mystic cobra mustangs are not mentioned.

[@rarecars3336]

I gotta do a followup video with some other ones!

[@1youwatch]

Wow! I didn't know the FR500 used 2 valve covers, small block Chevy cylinder heads and a Harley Davidson Evolution camshaft.

[@JustATakit]

The Iacocca Mustang is a damn nice ride! To bad they are so expensive because I would love to have one of them.

[@ratty2012]

I’m not a huge Mustang guy, I like my imports, but that Iacocca Mustang is one of the best looking cars I have ever seen.

[@rarecars3336]

The Iacocca car is beautiful I agree, just the right amount of changes!

[@miked240]

Pro video! Interesting good content! Credit due!

[@stevenwilliams1805]

The FR500 is very intriguing considering I've been thinking about what would it take to extend the wheel base of my 2001 Mustang.

[@holeefok3158]

Lacocca edition has the 2010 front and the 2005 rear. nice car

[@deadpoet415]

Wow. Good stuff bro. I thought I knew my Mustangs. I guess not.

[@Damons-Old-Soul]

Really enjoyed the video. A look at various Shelby vehicles or Saleen vehicles that were not Mustangs, could be another specialty video.

[@craiggaulzetti2255]

Do the JBA Mustang Dominator GTA and GTB.

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

Great vid,,,watched all the way through, Because i'm a ford guy

[@BadApe351]

Great video. Love Mustangs. Just some of the editing during the FR500 seemed not on point unless those other models were early versions. That would have been an iconic model if Ford had released it.

[@roberteardley2754]

I worked for Mclaren Engines in Livonia Michigan when they were working on the FR 500 there's a good SEMA story on the show car. there were 3 cars 2 test cars and 1 show car the show car was 480hp.

[@hoffa2586]

Were you there for the M81 program engines? Anything you can share about them?!

[@roberteardley2754]

@@hoffa2586 I worked there from 99 to 01 so only two years I was the parts clerk for the Cadillac program during the time i was there.

[@martinvincent6381]

Was the second test car black and how similar was it to the white one? I've never seen any pictures of the black one. I got FR500 wheels for my 2002 GT and learned a lot about the FR500 project from the web and the 02/2000 issue of Car and Driver.

[@DnD_Adventures6966]

NUMBER 6 lives in the basement in Flat Rock Michigan and was supposed to be the new mustang but instead became the Ford Probe. One model only is in the axle dept basement with Mustang Badging and all the bells and whistles.

[@avgFloridian]

The FR500 was epic. It's the only new edge Mustang that I liked. If I could get a replica body kit (minus the extension) I'd probably keep my $500 car. I had a plastic model of the Boss, and the Super Stallion. I didn't know about the Iacocca car. That's neat. Part of the reason for the low 1984 GT350 production numbers is because Shelby called up Ford and told them to knock it off. 😆

[@robertbarnes9662]

One great thing about the FR500 was Ford Racing parts. I have a true FR500 cat back exhaust on my 2004 Cobra.

[@spartanpatriot3163]

Why does everyone forget about the SR widebody?

[@philipbrady-u2t]

The 2000 Cobra R should have been included

[@ReggieRtMopar]

I'm a big mess thing fan and it's safe to say that I didn't know about a lot of these cars very special video here

[@john-vy1ml]

Great video

[@dzdhandzcan816]

I own 3 one is a identical home improvement Tim Allen, & the other 2 are convertibles one is the same as married with children & the other is a white with red interior white top 🏆

[@raymondcastillo7243]

The cobra hardtop convertible from 95’ is a rare one with only 499 made

[@lacrosseguy108]

huge mustang fan... love the gt500 but just learned theres a difference in the super snakes and regular gt500s? pretty surprised i didnt learn that before lol. i thought the gt500s were called super snakes not knowing the super snakes are like a premium model of the gt500s with more power?

[@powertothesheeple5422]

I'll never understand why car companies build awesome cars like the FR500, then say "well it will take away sales from the other cool cars" when they could just make the FR500 the next cool car in the line up 🙄

[@dumpsterstu4474]

Man i want tk build something like the FR500 it would make a sweet Drift car. It has independent rear suspension and a 50 50 weight distribution and a badass manual transmission!

[@brunotamez2962]

the fr500 also appear in the s197 generation, some of them came with rear and front bumber from the GT or the front bumper of the shelby, as i know they made them for track use only

[@nathanowen3717]

What about the Dugan racing project super viper? Hands down the sickest 5.0 fox body ever.

[@jameshatton4211]

List video was great. Really liked the capturing of vehicle heritage encapsulated "rare" as it says on the label. No BS just a concise equality distributed content per list entry, free of bias (bias over time as technology increases means we can't compare apples with apples but you've gone about this in a way that seems fair and just. Well done. I enjoyed this compilation. Maybe perhaps you could branch out and look at the craziest performance shop after market deliveries of vehicles? Your mention of the Mustang Saleen or the Shelby SSC as whole episode focal points, perhaps? Maybe you've already done segments doing exactly that and I've just watched them yet? Otherwise awesome auto doco

[@sheivacdl]

Fr500 is a beauty

[@jonathanjones1814]

I'm interested in that 1993 zl1 Camaro😮

[@alandanielsaucedo5066]

Are s197’s with glass roofs rare? I recall that being an option but I’ve never actually seen one.

[@cylux9008]

I want to add the Mustang Shooting Brake and the Mustang ST

[@scottjs5207]

Trying to name all of the OE and OE adjecent Mustang concepts is like trying to count the grains of sand on a small beach... There are at least 4 mid-engine concepts alone.

[@lenadroks]

o FR500 segue sendo meu Mustang favorito. Uma lástima que nunca tenha sido produzido

[@johnrossi6212]

I must be old. I remember all of them 😂

[@kjeezers]

2000 Saleen SR would have been another good one for this list 😊

[@daneblack2593]

I think you did a great job for this video but I was looking for a special mustang some kid in my neighborhood had it I think I said coyote on the side and it was new

[@DurangoBango]

9:22 looks like an early 90s dx hatch with a kit😅 10:09 looks like an early 90 hf crx with a kit 😅 Edit: Great video, btw. Not a lot of times I click on a video that says, "that you've never heard of.." that I actually haven't 👏

[@greenlavaproductions]

Did Lee sell more Mustangs or K cars? I have a feeling it’s pretty close.

[@matthewbeito1431]

That FR500 looks a hell of a lot like a Lumina...

[@s550racer]

So 5 mustangs I have already heard of.

[@DuelingForce]

1983-1984 mustang GT turbo 2.3L turbocharged same engine as svo, RARER!

[@TapoutT]

As a longtime camaro owner. It's time to switch over and support the automaker that keeps the v8 alive.

[@johnboettger864]

Watched it to the end.

[@donaldlester1997]

Well done