Twister Special
The 1970 Mustang Mach 1 Twister Special was a promotional special model sold only in the Kansas City area. The promotion was limited to 96 cars and all were Grabber Orange Mach 1 Mustangs with either the Super Cobra Jet Ram Air engine or the new 351ci Cleveland 4 valve V8 engine, Drag Pack suspension, a tornado decal on the rear fender with the words Twister Special, and all obviously for a special price.

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Examples of a 1970 Mustang
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1970, Grabber Orange, , fastback
This is a 1970 Mustang Mach-1 Twister Special. This was a local promotional special model sold only in the Kansas City area. They were all Grabber Orange Mach-1 Mustangs. Only 96 units were produced. There is a tornado Twister graphic on the rear fenders.

1970, Purple, , fastback
Did Ford really make a Purple 1970 Mustang Twister Special Mach 1 Mustang? Well, at least a 1/18th scale, die cast model was made of one. We are looking into the references (Mustang 1964 1/2-1968 by Tom Corcoran, page 96) of a 1967 Twister Special Mustang offered in the Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana area. If you have more information on this toy or a purple Twister Special, let us know.

1970, Grabber Orange, , fastback
This Grabber Orange Twister Special Mach 1 Mustang was at the 2010 MCA Grand Nationals. 96 of these specially ordered, sequentially numbered, Mach 1's were part of a special promotion in Kansas City featuring high performance cars.

1970, Grabber Orange, , fastback
Check out this Grabber Orange 1970 Mach-1 Twister Special fastback. It was on display at the 2010 Mustang and Ford car show at Uftring Ford in East Peoria, Illinois on September 19th, 2010. These are pretty rare cars. It was under the roof of the dealership.

1970, Grabber Orange, , fastback
This is an excellent Ford promotional photo of a Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang Mach 1 Twister special. Featuring a tornado Twister graphic on the rear fender, only 96 units were produced.

1970, Grabber Orange, , fastback
This amazing Grabber Orange 1970 Mach 1 Mustang is a Twister Special replica. I was driving through Bellevue, Washington and couldn't believe what I saw for sale at a local car dealer. So I went right home to get my camera, and it was our Attitude Of The Week for the week starting August 7th, 2011.