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autoevolution 29 Apr 2021, 15:02 UTC ·
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The first-generation Ford Mustang was one diverse pony. It was redesigned three times in only nine years, and it grew larger and heavier toward the end of its life-cycle. Ford also offered increasingly bigger engines, ranging from the lazy 2.8-liter Thriftpower inline-six to the mad 7.0-liter Super Cobra Jet V8. Something for everyone, right? Well, not if you want a Tangerine-painted model, but this is where this restored 1968 Fastback comes in. 13 photos
The Mustang you see here started life as a Wimbledon White fastback in the late 1960s. It retained its original color for a few decades, but it went into a long restoration process sometime in the early 1990s. In 2013, the current owner decided that white isn t vivid enough and repainted the car orange.
autoevolution 28 Dec 2020, 14:41 UTC ·
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People living in Kansas in the late 1960s were treated to a special breed of the Ford Mustang: the limited edition Twister Special Mach 1. It was the local variant, if you like, of the Mustang California and High Country Specials the Blue Oval was selling elsewhere. 16 photos
Ford’s local Kansas dealers found the idea so exciting that they went on an expanded it onto Torinos. Hence the Torino Twister Special was born, limited to just 90 units back in 1970, and selling for big bucks presently at auctions across the U.S.
One of those 90 Torino Twisters is part of the Mecum Kissimmee auction in early January, and as a true rarity, it is expected to fetch up to a quarter of a million dollars. The car is one in just 30 to have been made with a 4-speed manual transmission, and according to Mecum, one of 29 presently listed in the Torino Twister Registry.