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(from page 16 of the 1968 Collection)
This Lime Gold 1968 Mustang GT California Special hardtop was our Attitude Of The Week for December 1st, 2007. The California Special options group included a Shelby style decklid with a spoiler, unique taillights, and a blacked-out grille with out Mustang identification. In the CS option the GT was purposely missing from the normal GT wheelcovers. A similar option package was available in Colorado called the High Country Special.
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(from page 17 of the 1968 Collection)
Passionate Pink 1968 Mustang hardtop sent to us by Scott from Stanton, California. It was originally aqua blue. Scott explains, "I bought it in 1988. In 2006 my daughter turned 16. I had it painted original Ford Passionate Pink, and gave it to her for her birthday."
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(from page 17 of the 1968 Collection)
Lime Green 1968 Mustang Shelby GT-500KR with the original GT-350/500 stamped steel mag-style hubcaps. KR stands for "King of the Road" which used the new 400hp, 482ci, Cobra Jet V8 engine.
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(from page 17 of the 1968 Collection)
Check out this 1968 Mustang Shelby GT-500KR. It's painted a special order shade of orange. It's pictured here with the owner. KR stands for King of the Road. It has the big 428ci Cobra Jet engine and a manual transmission.
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(from page 17 of the 1968 Collection)
Wimbledon White 1968 Shelby Mustang GT-500KR with a black interior and dual blue racing stripes. It's dataplate says 63B for fastback body style, M for the Wimbledon White paint, 5AA for the black interior, 18U for the 18th of July, and U for the C-6 automatic transmission.
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(from page 18 of the 1968 Collection)
This is a Flower Power Red 1968 Rainbow Of Colors Mustang convertible. It is owned by Don Croft. This was our featured Attitude Of The Week for the week starting January 30, 2011. The Rainbow Of Colors promotion ran on the west coast on 1968 and 1969 Mustangs. They featured special paint offerings in all colors of the rainbow. This one was sold new at Highland Park Motors Inc. in Los Angeles, California. Don tells us, "I bought it back in 2004, and was told by the previous owner it was 'Grabber Orange'. I knew at the time this wasn't correct as Grabber Orange was a '69 color, and bit lighter than the shade of my Mustang. I had wondered since about the correct color, until last year when I stumbled onto your website, which encouraged me to run the Marty Report..." Besides the special order paint, the Marty Report listed the following options: 289-2V Engine, Parchment Power Top w/ Glass Backlite, C-4 Cruise-O-Matic Transmission,
F70X14 Wide Oval Tires, White Sidewall Nylon Tires, Air Conditioner - Selectaire, AM/8-Track Stereo Radio, and Tinted Glass
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(from page 18 of the 1968 Collection)
Candyapple Red 1968 Mustang convertible, high left front view. Everything is red on this one. The interior is red and so is the convertible boot cover.
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(from page 18 of the 1968 Collection)
Check out this blue 1968 Mustang hardtop. Lyndon Hartz had it on display at the 8th Annual Main Street Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis Car Show in Princeville, Illinois. He drag races it! It has a roll cage, a turbo charged 302ci V8, and an automatic transmission. Last year he ran the quarter mile at 11.25 seconds and 121 miles per hour.
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(from page 18 of the 1968 Collection)
Gray 1968 Eleanor Shelby Mustang fastback with Maier racing eleanor body kit. Sometimes called a Shelby GT 500E, the Eleanor is inspired from the Nicolas Cage, 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, where a 1967 Shelby GT-500 was modified with a body kit, a billet grille, side exhaust, and custom wheels from PS Engineering, in gray with black Shelby stripes.
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(from page 18 of the 1968 Collection)
This is a special Cardinal Edition 1968 Mustang. A limited number of these were built for Virginia and North Carolina areas. The Cardinal is the state bird of Virginia. They are all hardtops and came with Cardinal emblems, flip-open chromed gas cap, black interior, black side "C" stripe, wheel lip moldings, wheel covers, 200ci inline six cylinder engine, and special paint. The Cardinal Red paint is actually Candyapple Red, a standard 1968 Mustang paint.
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(from page 19 of the 1968 Collection)
Meadowlark Yellow 1968 Mustang GT fastback with a rebuilt S-code, 390ci, V8 engine and aftermarket wheels. The door data tag of this car reads: 63A 2+2 fastback with standard interior, W Meadowlark Yellow exterior paint, 2A black crinkle vinyl and black kiwi vinyl standard interior, 18U assembled on July 18th, 1968, 53 ordered in the Kansas City area, 7 with a 3.25:1 conventional rear axle, and U C6 automatic transmission.
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(from page 19 of the 1968 Collection)
Red 1968 Mustang hardtop owned by George Leftwich from Texas. It has a 302ci V8 engine and an automatic transmission. George tells us, "This was my first car. I got it in the summer after high school. Working on it little by little. I've had it for some three years now. Thinking about painting it Midnight Blue."
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(from page 19 of the 1968 Collection)
Raven Black 1968 Mustang hardtop with a base 115hp (at4400rpm), 200 ci, 1 barrel, in-line 6 cylinder engine.
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(from page 20 of the 1968 Collection)
Lime Gold 1968 Mustang hardtop owned by Mark Sommers from Broadmeadows Vic, Australia. It has a C-code 302 4V V8 engine with tri-y headers feeding dual Flowmaster mufflers. It has an automatic transmission. Mark adds, "It was imported into Australia January 2010. It was purchased by me September 2010. It's only travelled 3000 miles since full restoration - the last owner (in America) owned the car since 1987. It has GT pack on board but not a factory addition."
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(from page 20 of the 1968 Collection)
Medium Blue 1968 Mustang Shelby GT-500KR fastback in its original paint and a restored 400hp, 428ci, 4 barrel, Ram Air, Cobra Jet, V8 engine. The GT-500 King of the Road was introduced midyear and used Mustang's Cobra Jet engine but modified by Shelby to put out 65 more horse power. This photo is available in two wallpaper sizes; 1024-768 wallpaper and 2048-1536 wallpaper.
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(from page 21 of the 1968 Collection)
This 1968 California Special Mustang GT is owned by Amy Moores of Washington and is our Attitude Of The Week for the week starting May 15th, 2011. We photographed Amy's car at the 2011 Spring Mustang and Cougar car show sponsored by the North Olympic Mustangs and Cougar club in Port Angeles, Washington. Also check out the Ford designed GT/CS newspaper advertisement we just found looking though tons of newspapers.
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(from page 21 of the 1968 Collection)
This is a Highland Green 1968 Mustang California Special hardtop. They are also called GT/CS cars. Steve McQueen drove a Highland Green 1968 Mustang GT fastback in the movie Bullitt. This one is an original code-R Highland Green Mustang, with code 2A black interior, date code 29C March 29th 1968 build, ordered by code-71 Los Angeles district, code-2 rear end with 2.79 gears, and a code-W C-4 automatic.
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(from page 21 of the 1968 Collection)
Check out this blue 1968 Mustang GT hardtop owned by Shaunn Fullmer from El Dorado Hills, California. This is our featured, Attitude Of The Week for the week starting September 11, 2011. Shaunn shares, "An original CA Black Plate Car. San Jose plant built and has not left NorCal since. Third owner with 65K original miles. Mild mods to engine include ceramic headers, Flowmaster exhaust, Edlebrock intake and carb, MSD wires, braided hoses, and Pertronix coil and igniter. She's a blast!"
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(from page 22 of the 1968 Collection)
Karen Rose in Raleigh, North Carolina owns a very rare Madagascar Orange 1968 Mustang. This car was originally ordered by her grandma Frannie in California, who picked out one of the special factory colors advertised in the "Rainbow of Colors" Ford promotion between 1968 and 1969. Karen writes, I still drive this car regularly, but it could use some restoration, most pressingly a new hard top. I've been scouting around for a good body shop in the Raleigh NC area if you know of one. Thank! And you don't even want to see photos of my engine, it's not a pretty sight, but at only 160k, garaged most of her life in California, I'm still able to keep her going replacing part for part as they wear out. She's a good gal at 40. A larger wallpaper view of this car is also available. There are others: check this out.
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(from page 22 of the 1968 Collection)
Jim Foster shares photos of his black 1968 Mustang. It has it's original 289ci V8 and an automatic transmission. Jim tells us, "This is my first car, 'DABEEST'. I have owned it since August 1976. It was my daily driver for the first 30 years. During the time I have had the car, I have put over 500,000 miles on the original engine and it has not been rebuilt. On May 26, 2006 it was totaled in an accident. I took the money I got from the insurance company, cashed out a 401K, and restored my car. Two of the following pictures are of the accident. Since the restoration, I have entered it into numerous car shows/events and have won numerous trophies/awards and several honorable mentions. It was also used in the music video 'The One that Got Away, by Katy Perry. 'DABEEST' can be found on the web."
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