(from page 5 of the 1979 Collection)
Lajos Recskó shares additional shots of his Dark Jade 1979 Mustang fastback. In this shot, the sun roof is open.
(from page 5 of the 1979 Collection)
Dark Jade 1979 Mustang Ghia fastback, front end view.
(from page 6 of the 1979 Collection)
Dark Jade 1979 Mustang Ghia fastback, right side view. It has the 2.8L emblems on the front fenders and 14-inch Turbine wheel covers.
(from page 6 of the 1979 Collection)
Around the back is one tail pipe. It has a wiper on the rear window. This was an option in 1979.
(from page 6 of the 1979 Collection)
This 2.8L emblem is for the 6-cylinder engine.
(from page 6 of the 1979 Collection)
There is a tri-color Mustang emblem on the hood.
(from page 6 of the 1979 Collection)
The interior is nice. It's light tan in color.
(from page 7 of the 1979 Collection)
Page 9 of the 1979 Ford Mustang promotional booklet shows a Medium Gray metallic 3-door luxury Ghia Mustang hatchback with wire wheels, body side molding, and pin stripes. The 1979 Ghia options package came on either the 2-door coupe or 3-door hatchback body style.
(from page 8 of the 1979 Collection)
Repainted Medium Vaquero Glow 1979 Mustang Ghia hatchback with aftermarket wheels/rear spoiler and a 5.0L V8 engine. Unfortunately the body side molding, front grille and headlight molding have been painted over. They were probably all originally black, still a very nice car, and wait till you see the interior.
(from page 8 of the 1979 Collection)
Side view of a Medium Vaquero Glow Mustang Ghia hatchback with aftermarket wheels/rear spoiler, sun roof, and a new paint job.
(from page 8 of the 1979 Collection)
Here is the amazing luxury Ghia leather interior, for 88,000 miles its in pretty good shape.
(from page 8 of the 1979 Collection)
Those are leather seats and electric door locks. Looks just like the luxury interior of the 1979 Ford Mustang promotional booklet. Nice!
(from page 8 of the 1979 Collection)
A very nice original looking dash view of a 1979 luxury Ghia Mustang. Question: what's all the buttons for on the steering wheel?
(from page 8 of the 1979 Collection)
Only 88,000 miles on this 5.0L V8 engine.
(from page 8 of the 1979 Collection)
Medium Vaquero Glow has a Ford paint code of 5W and is mistaken for Medium Chestnut (5M) in many Mustang books. In the door well, you can see the original glow color, pretty close to the new color.
(from page 8 of the 1979 Collection)
Here is something you don't see often. Its a build sheet for this Medium Vaquero Glow (5W) 1979 Mustang Ghia hatchback.
(from page 2 of the 1980 Collection)
Bright Red 1980 Mustang Ghia hatchback owned by Dwayne McCracken from Washington, Missouri. Dwayne adds, "I bought this Mustang Ghia in 2005. I seen it and I liked the red with all of the chrome on it. When I lifted the hood I knew I wanted it. It was clean and had almost as much chrome on it as the exterior. I just recently found out it was a special 1980 Mustang model. It is a Ghia, a luxury package Ford offered that year. The interior and exterior had been stripped if any evidence of the Ghia model on it. The previous owner had replaced the emblems with Cobra decals and emblems. I found out when I ran the VIN number on Mustang Attitude's, VIN number decoder. I have been trying to replace all of the missing Ghia emblems whenever I can find them. This car came out of the factory with a 255 V8 automatic transmission. I think that was Ford's biggest mistake in 1980. As people bought them, they were disappointed in the lack of power and the poor performance of the 255 engine. Luxury or not the 1980 Ghia was doomed from the beginning. As about everyone who as ever owned this car did, the previous owner had the 255 bored to a 302, When I bought it all of the receipts from everything from emblems to mechanical had been left in the console with the original owners manual. He spent much more on changing it than it was worth at the time. It also came with two boxes of trophies from car shows. I haven't driven it much in the last 5-6 years. It has Historical plates on it and I just recently took an interest in again. It still needs a new paint job but the engine only has 41,000 on it and runs great. Getting it back in shape after letting it sit for so long is a project that will keep me busy for awhile. Since I retired two years ago, I
definitely have the time. I wouldn't consider selling it because I love these older models and Mustangs have always been my favorite cars. This 1980 joins a 1986 GT hatchback and a 2003 GT coupe."
(from page 2 of the 1980 Collection)
The blacked out hood scoop looks good with the black grille and wrap-around vinyl trim. I don't think the chrome wheel opening trim is stock, but it looks great.
(from page 2 of the 1980 Collection)
Bright Red 1980 Mustang Ghia hatchback, right side view.
(from page 2 of the 1980 Collection)
Rear end view of Dwayne's Bright Red 1980 Mustang Ghia hatchback.
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