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Front grille view of a Bright Yellow 1969 Mustang Shelby GT-350. In 1970 this color was offered by Ford as Grabber Yellow.
    
Bright Yellow 1969 Mustang Shelby GT-350, front left view.
    
Left side view of a 1969 Mustang Shelby GT-350 in Bright Yellow exterior paint.
    
Rear left view of a 1969 Mustang Shelby GT-350 in Bright Yellow exterior paint.
Close-up of the 1969 Mustang Shelby 5-spoke, 15 inch wheels; and GT 350 side stripe.
    
mustang Ford promotional photo of a Wimbledon White 1969 Mustang fastback with red interior, color keyed mirrors, and full wheel covers. Not quite sure what the lady in the background is doing.
    
Ford promotional photo of a 1969 Mustang Mach 1 in what we think is Champagne Gold exterior paint. It has Argent style GT wheels, hood scoop, hood pins, and a blacked-out hood.
     
Photo set of a Gulfstream Aqua 1969 Mach 1 Mustang with blackened hood, hood scoop, hood pins, side scoops, and sport wheels at the 2012 Mustang Roundup car show in Bellevue, Washington. This is our Attitude Of The Week for the week starting July 30th, 2012.
    
Right front view of a 1969 Mach 1 Mustang in Gulfstream Aqua blue exterior paint.
    
Cool right side view of a Gulfstream Aqua blue 1969 Mustang Mach 1. It was a little over cast this day and not all the Mustangs showed up, but this was one of my favorites. The color is really deep and almost green under these lighting conditions. Very cool car.
View of the black interior with red stripe, high back seats.
Close-up of the Mach 1 side stripe and sport wheels.
This is an early example of a series of National Pop Option advertisements enticed new and existing Mustang owners to buy a car with popular options at a special price. This ad shows Pop-Options such as wheel covers, rim blow steering wheel, vinyl interior, body side moldings, whitewall tires, V8 tinted glass, and air conditioning. This ad was placed by Van Steen Motors in the January 2nd, 1969, edition of the Appleton Post-Crescent of Appleton, Wisconsin.
Pop Options on this Mustang from Weed Man Motors of Beaver Dam, Kentucky, included simulated hood air scoop, special E78 whitewall tires, dual racing mirrors, pin stripes, and wheel covers. The Pop Option sale included Fairlanes at this dealership. This ad was placed in the January 23rd, 1969, edition of The Ohio Country Times News of Hartford - Beaver Dam. Kentucky.
This was the most popular National Pop-Option advertisement which ran till spring in many areas on the SportRoof or Hardtop Mustang. Popular options described here include dual racing mirrors, tape stripes, hood scoop, wheel covers, and low-profile whitewalls on either a sports roof or hardtop. This ad was placed in the February 11, 1969 edition of The Daily Times of Salisbury, Maryland.
Here is a cool variation of the Pop-Option Sale for dealers in Michigan. It was placed by Ashley Ford Sales and Richard Ford in the February 21st, 1969, edition of The News - Palladium of Benton Harbor, Michigan.
In this Pop-Option sale on 1969 Mustangs, the options are listed as hood air scoop, special E78 whitewall tires, dual racing mirrors, accent stripe, and wheel covers. This ad was placed by Weedman Motors in the Feb 20th, 1969, edition of The Ohio Country Times News of Hartford - Beaver Dam. Kentucky.
This is how the Pop-Option Sale advertisement looked like on the west coast. Same popular options of Special Mustang Whitewalls, Wheel Covers, Dual Racing Mirrors, Hood Scoop, and Accent Stripe. This ad was placed by Hayward Motors in the February 28th, 1969, edition of the Daily Review of Hayward, California.
Pop-Option sale and Pop-Option trade in specials are shown in this advertisement from Parsons Ford of Glens Falls, New York. The Pop-Options are listed as those from the Sports Appearance Group which includes hood scoop, wide oval whitewall tires, wheel covers, and racing mirrors. This is added to a White 1969 Mustang hardtop with six cylinder engine, standard transmission, power steering, radio, and heater. This ad also shows a "Pop" musical group which of course was popular at the time. We found this ad in the February 24th, 1969, edition of The Post-Star of Glens Falls, New York.

Mustang E was aimed at the Economy minded customer. This newspaper article was published in the November 17, 1968 edition of the Independent Press Telegram from Long Beach, California. The article takes many quotes from John Naughton, Ford's vice president and general manager. The article is very similar to those published in many other newspapers around the same time. John Naughton is quoted, "The new Mustang ‘E' will meet the limited, but particular, requirements of customers who want sport car appearance and handling combined with outstanding economy. This new Mustang will provide up to 15 per cent greater fuel economy than Mustangs equipped with similar drivetrain components." It states that the economy is mostly due to the 2.33 rear end and larger than stock torque converter.
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