Tag: Mustang II

  • 1978 Mustang II Sleeper

    1978 Mustang II Sleeper

    The poor, pinto-based Mustang II is the butt of many jokes inside and outside the Mustang community, given its radical departure from the late 60s/early 70s muscle Mustang formula, but it was right for its time, which is to say the Mustang was a victim of the Malaise Era.  Interest in a few of the…

  • Don’t Forget Me.  I’m a Mustang, Too.

    Don’t Forget Me. I’m a Mustang, Too.

    For the 1974 Model Year, Ford went from borderline land yacht sized Mustangs to a true compact for the fuel crisis era.  Thus was born the oft-maligned Mustang II. I, your humble host, had a 1970 Mustang as my first car and I own one again.  Growing up a Mustang guy (later branching off into…

  • Just Another Kit Car, but Great Advertising

    Just Another Kit Car, but Great Advertising

    This is a replica of a Mercedes SSK, though in small scale.  The basis seems to be a Mustang II.  There’s nothing altogether too unusual or exciting about that, but the seller does a great job with this one, what with the ‘vintage’ photography, Gatsby references and careful mention of “1974 Mustang”, as opposed to…