Cardinal Edition
The 1968 Cardinal Edition limited edition Mustang is a Virginia and North Carolina territorial special. They are all hardtops and came with Cardinal Special rear quarter panel emblem, flip-open chromed gas cap, black interior, black side "C" stripe, wheel lip moldings, wheel covers, 200ci inline six cylinder engine, and special paint (Candyapple Red and possibly Wimbledon White).

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Examples of a 1968 Cardinal Edition Mustang
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1968, Cardinal Red, Cardinal Edition, hardtop
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.

1968, Candy Apple Red, Cardinal Edition, hardtop
This is a newspaper advertisement for the 1968 Cardinal Edition Mustang. This is a Ford ad where dealerships could insert their name and address at the bottom. We found this ad for the Cardinal Special Mustang at Petersburg Motor Company in the March 22nd, 1968, edition of The Progress-Index of Petersburg, Virginia. The photo shows the rooftop Cardinal Special emblem, flip-open chromed gas cap, black interior, GT stripe, wheel lip moldings, wheel covers, 200ci inline six cylinder engine, and special paint (Candyapple Red or possibly Wimbledon White).