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Old 07-01-2007, 11:29 AM
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Could anyone help me find the truth about a Mustang I had? When I was a teen I bought a mustang as a basket case and rebuilt it. I no longer have it but for the past 15 years I've been trying to find a pick of one like it. Some people tell me it was a rare prototype for the 1971 -1973. To best describe it. It was titled as a 1970 1/2 Ford coupe, It had a 351CLE, 3 speed manual trans, 4:10 possi rear end. Some things that make me wonder if it was rare is trying to buy headers I had to have them custom made because no factory ones would clear the "Z-bar" for the clutch and factory paint job I've never seen anywhere else. The paint was white with two almost burgundy racing stripes running from nose to trunk lid. Some other details are it did have the RAM-AIR ducts in the hood, it had a flat(up and down) back window , a trunk deck instead of a hatchback, to blow the horn you squeezed a rubber ring on the inside of the searing wheel, the hood pins were a push in and twist type. I have no pics of it(was a teen and dumb).

The reason I would like to know this is because I have missed this car for years(wrecked it). And when I grew up I wanted to get one just like it but could never find one.

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Old 07-01-2007, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by phoenyix
Could anyone help me find the truth about a Mustang I had? When I was a teen I bought a mustang as a basket case and rebuilt it. I no longer have it but for the past 15 years I've been trying to find a pick of one like it. Some people tell me it was a rare prototype for the 1971 -1973. To best describe it. It was titled as a 1970 1/2 Ford coupe, It had a 351CLE, 3 speed manual trans, 4:10 possi rear end. Some things that make me wonder if it was rare is trying to buy headers I had to have them custom made because no factory ones would clear the "Z-bar" for the clutch and factory paint job I've never seen anywhere else. The paint was white with two almost burgundy racing stripes running from nose to trunk lid. Some other details are it did have the RAM-AIR ducts in the hood, it had a flat(up and down) back window , a trunk deck instead of a hatchback, to blow the horn you squeezed a rubber ring on the inside of the searing wheel, the hood pins were a push in and twist type. I have no pics of it(was a teen and dumb).

The reason I would like to know this is because I have missed this car for years(wrecked it). And when I grew up I wanted to get one just like it but could never find one.

Thank You for your time
This might help you out, finding out what your ride was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang
 
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Old 07-02-2007, 08:20 AM
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Default I found it :) :(

Thank You MattJ.

Well the good news is I did find it the bad news is I'll never be able to get one again. After fallowing your link I was able to fallow other links to locate the car. It was a prototype of sorts. In early 1970 1000 cars were manufactured 861 of them were sold to the public. The body became the mustang coupe, the hood design and engine package was integrated in to the Mach 1, and the paint scheme later was used on the 1972 mustang sprint. The reason I had to have headers custom made was because the clutch design was scrapped before the 1971 final production run.
 
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