19 pictures (9 cars) found: photo type of "restoration", exterior color of "orange"

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Show Year: [1966] [1968] [1969] [1970] [1974]

(from page 34 of the 1966 Collection) Here it is before restoration. Or probably after one of the started restorations.

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(from page 23 of the 1968 Collection) We received this email of a second special orange/red Mustang with DSO 710777. This one is under restoration along with a possible other special order Mustang. The owner writes, I have recently bought a 1968 Mustang and discovered the original color was a unique orange. After searching the VIN I discovered your site. I have DSO 710777. If you look closely at the picture you can see the original color of Madagascar Orange where the drip rails where removed. Also the trunk have never been touched and is the original Madagascar Orange. I am excited to re-store her one day and preserve Mustang history. Yet another twist of fate! I also owned a 66 Mustang for over 10 years and finally began to sand her layers of paint. Well as I began to remove door panels, and look in places I found a Bubble Gum color pink. Long story short, we believe this Mustang to have been originally painted Playmate pink which was only a special order in 66 and not officially offered. So I am honored to have 2 rare painted Mustang and hope to be able to save up to restore them to their original glory!

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(from page 51 of the 1968 Collection) Check this one out. It's a Madagascar Orange 1968 Mustang hardtop Rainbow of Colors. It was sent in by Bryant Hatfield from Palmer, Texas. Bryant tells us, "It was owned by my friends father. It was buried in a garage for years. His father had passed away so I have no story on the car. Kinda upsetting, but I had noticed the car had no paint code and I started researching and found your site and one other that showed 1187 as my DSO code which states it was a special order orange." The car came with a 289 V8. It now has a 351w V8 engine.

(from page 51 of the 1968 Collection) We know of two other Madagascar Orange 1968 Rainbow of Colors Mustangs ordered under the 71-1187 order district/DSO. This one appears to have had a vinyl top.

(from page 51 of the 1968 Collection) Looks to be little rust. Or the fenders have been replaced.

(from page 51 of the 1968 Collection) Nice solid Texas Mustang.

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(from page 56 of the 1968 Collection) Josh sends us this photo of a car he just found, a 1968 Rainbow of Colors promotional Mustang hardtop in special order Madagascar Orange. It has the louvered hood option, side stripe, possibility a vinyl roof, and special order paint. The Rainbow of Colors promotion offered special paint on baseline and heavily optioned Mustangs in the California and Utah areas.

(from page 56 of the 1968 Collection) Here is the door data tag for Josh's 1968 Rainbow of Colors promotional Mustang. It reads, 65A hardtop body style, blank color for special order, 2A black standard bucket seat, 16B build complete scheduled for February 16 1968, 721187 ordered in the San Jose area with special order 1187, 2 2.79:1 standard differential axle, and 5 4-speed manual transmission.

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(from page 9 of the 1969 Collection) Here is the car jsut after fresh paint and a polish.

(from page 9 of the 1969 Collection) Check out the huge number of parts that need to be assembled onto the car.

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(from page 2 of the 1970 Collection) Here is a shot of Rick's 1970 Mustang Grande with a fresh coat of Calypso Coral paint on it.

(from page 3 of the 1970 Collection) And the next steps were to put the car back together. Here is a shot of the front end before the grille was installed.

(from page 3 of the 1970 Collection) In this shot, you can see that most of the interior has been installed. Those are Vermillion/Houndstooth seat covers.

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(from page 8 of the 1970 Collection) Check out this 1970 Mustang fastback that Dominic Napolitano picked up! Dominic tells us more, "It has a 302 with 3-speed, but not sure if its factory. The car spent most of its life in Texas, but enough time in Michigan to develop a little cancer. I have most of the sheet metal to restore her. Its a Father-Son Project (mostly father, Son is 4). I have a 95 Lightning engine for it and shopping for a T5. Its definitely a 'barn find' - only gave a thousand for her. "

(from page 8 of the 1970 Collection) It looks to be Calypso Coral (a shade of orange) to me. That's if it's a factory color. Doesn't appear to be dented too bad.

(from page 8 of the 1970 Collection) Front end view of Dominic's project 1970 Mustang fastback.

(from page 8 of the 1970 Collection) The Mustang rolls into the shop. Dominic checks what's under the paint in a few areas with an orbital sander.

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(from page 20 of the 1970 Collection) Here is the restored original Super Cobra Jet engine which came with this car, ready for installation.

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(from page 2 of the 1974 Collection) Here is the unrestored photo of the car. Bobby writes, I saw a picture of a copper color 74 Mustang mach 1 that I liked, it looked like it was in a wrecking yard. The picture was just on the internet with no information on the location of the car. In the July 2015 issue of Mustang Monthly there was an article on how to buy a classic Mustang. Many of the pictures on information for for the article came from Mustangs ETC. In Van Nuys, CA. In one of the pictures there was a green 69 Mustang coupe project car, Just behind this car I could see the front bumper and header panel of a copper 74 Mustang. I knew that in the other photo I had found of the 74 Mach was the same 69 Mustang. I contacted Arnold Marks at Mustangs Etc. He said he the 74 Mach 1 had been in his storage yard for since 1986. It was parked because of a broken off bolt in the crank shaft. The picture I had found on the internet of the car was old. Since that picture more parts had removed from the car. All of the body side molding had been sold. I bought the car after seeing new pictures of it. Arnold had the car shipped to me. When the car arrived at my house 4th of July weekend 2015 I was able to finally see it in person. The car had 150K miles on it, the the original 2.8L V6 had been replaced with a newer 2.8L and was missing many parts. The drivers side 1/4 panel was full of body filler and had many holes from a dent puller. The right side rocker panel was crushed and the car had many sun damaged parts. The good news was the car no rust other than the battery tray. I love the color of the car and had been wanting a Mustang II Mach 1 for many years. Because the original engine was missing I decided to make the car the way I would have ordered it new in 1974. I added and deleted options to get the car the way I wanted it. Here a are the cars original options and it's new options:
- California Emission
- Testing
- CR70X13 White Sidewall Radial Tires
- Power Steering
- Power Disc Brakes
- Bumper Protection Group
- Air Conditioner
- Manual
- AM Radio
- Tinted Glass
- Complete Body Side Moldings
The cars new option list is:
- California Emission Testing $19
- Credit For 2.3 Liter Substitution On Mach 1 $229
- CR70X13 Raised White Letter Tires $17
- Power Disc Brakes $45
- Battery, Heavy-duty $14
- Suspension-Competition $149
- Bumper Protection Group $37
- Appearance/Protection Group $41
- Steering Wheel/Leather Wrapped $30
- Clock,Digital Quartz Crystal $36
- Console $53
- Radio With Tape Player AM/FM Stereo $346
- Tinted Glass-Complete $39
- Body Side Moldings $50
I've just finished restoring the car and I did all of the work myself.

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