Mustang II up for the Ridler award. Probably the most expensive Mustang II ever built (thank you Marc!) built by Rowe's Rod & Custom with bumpers from a ‘67 Mustang and a Shelby-style roll bar

 for the other Ridler Great 8: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2023-autorama-great-8-finalists/george-conrads-1978-ford-mustang-ii

https://www.motortrend.com/events/detroit-autorama-2023-great-8-finalists

seen on tonight's walk

The above is neatly photogenic, which, I must say, is far easier to see in full screen than thumbnail

 

I think this is the 1st Mustang II I've seen that wasn't at a car show, in at least 10 years

What do you think, Torino, or Falcon? I'll be over on that side of the street soon to get some close ups

There's something about the VW Westy owners that causes them to have three or more... every time I see one, I see 2 more nearby. I shit you not. https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/04/i-didnt-see-much-on-todays-walk.html

Today's installment of "what's under the car cover"

Ranch Wagon Custom 500

original owner, original paint, and 5 of the original design engineers have signed the car.

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=631690551287872&set=p.631690551287872&type=3

full pro street mid 70s Mustang... that's pretty uncommon

 

There are some crazy things that get mentioned in the letters to the editor, in magazines

a young woman who needed a car for grad school was lucky to have a local county sheriff for a dad.

He sourced a Mustang II that was headed for auction, and it was problem free... but the young woman hated it because it was gutless, and got passed going uphill, by semis.

She finally complained about it so bitterly that her dad traded it straight across for a riding lawn mower.

Yep, a used Mustang II was no better in a trade, than a good riding lawn mower.


That is pathetic

the Mustang II, a Cobra, that Ford paid Carroll Shelby 5 dollars a car for naming rights

I bet Shelby spent the money on hard liquor to wash away the taste of that ignominious selling out.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/09/john-clor-buck-mook-and-howard-payne-are-not-at-all-ashamed-of-the-mustang-ii/

1976 Mustang II market research vehicle designed to sell management on the idea of marketing a "Western" Mustang II

Some of the design features of this "Western" Mustang II include: unique half roof similar to Ghia with tooled "leather" wrap and special western medallion; unique interior with tooled "leather" seats, door panels and dash; special steering wheel insert featuring the Mustang II symbol; unique shift knob and emergency brake handle; and special wheel inserts.

http://www.mustangii.net/western_ii.asp

Looking at the Mustang II Ghia, Donna knew that Rick wasn't compensating for anything.

Hooniverse is having a weekly caption contest
http://hooniverse.com/2014/02/11/classic-captions-the-1978-ford-mustang-ii-ghia-edition/

1974 Ford Mustang II Mach 1... what a waste of design and advertising

"the best news from Detroit in 9 1/2 years" really? What a gross overstatement. Obscenely ridiculous... what drugs were those advertisers doing on their lunchbreak?

1975-76 Mustang II advertising