1968 Ford Mustang California Special 289 Auto ORIGINAL California Car SOLID!!

You are looking at a VERY RARE and SUPER SOLIDORIGINAL 1968 Ford MustangCalifornia Special. This carwhile needinga full cosmetic restorationisaSolidCalifornia/West Coast Carandwould make for a very straight forwardresto. It is a GREAT car in a GREAT color combination!!

This is an ORIGINAL1968 Ford Mustang California Specialthatspent it's early life inthe Southern Californiaarea hailing fromLos Angeles, California originally. From the L.A. areathis car found it's way up the coastto Santa Cruz, California; then a little further up the coast to Beaverton, Oregon where I found the car and brought ithere toAtlanta, Ga.This carhad been adriver for a number of years before beingput away and a restoration started on it.Thiscar is justwaiting forthe nextMustangenthusiast to come along and finish restoring this car to its former glory!!

For those who may not be familiar with a California Special I will give a brief rundown here; for those who are in the know please feel free to skip this section and read on.

The Western Region Ford Dealer's wanted to develop a Promotional Mustang to boost sales and they decided to be cost effective touse things they already had on the shelf to do this. They took standard Hardtop Mustangs and used off the shelf 1968 Shelby pieces to make the California Special a reality (Back in the day we used to call them the Poor Man's Shelby) for the Western Region Dealers with Ford building 4,118 units. With the California Special package you got the following Shelby Pieces added to a Mustang Hardtop. Functional Hood Pins, Lucas Fog Lights, Fiberglass Side Scoops, Fiberglass Trunklid, End Caps, and Tail light Panel with Shelby Tail Light Treatment. These cars could be had with any engine/transmission combination from the Miserly gas sipping200CI 6 Cylinder up to the Mighty R-code 428 Cobra Jet Ram Air V8 and everything in between.

This car was aStock Order at Coberly Ford in Los Angeles, California. It was ordered in theLos Angeles District 71 DSO inthevisually stunning and very desirableT-codeCandyapple RedHue withWhite GT/CS Stripes and amatching Red Bucket Seat Interior.

ThisCal Specialwas furtherspec'd outwith a C-code 289-2V,C4 Automatic Transmission, and a 2.79 geared conventional rear end!

This '68 Mustang California Special per the Deluxe Marti Report was originally ordered as follows:

California Special Package

289-2V V8 Engine

C-4 Cruise-O-Matic Transmission

F70x14 Wide Oval WSW Tires

Power Steering

AM Radio

Tinted Glass

Heavy Duty Suspension

This car was originally equipped with 14 inch Steel Wheels; but now rides on a NEW Set of 15 inch American Racing Torque Thrust Wheels with a NEW set of BF Goodrich Radial TA's on it.

Overall this is a very decent running and driving 1968 Mustang California Special thatis a supersolid restoration candidate.There are lots of picked over,rusted out carcasses out there; but decent do-able cars such as this that are not rusted to death and missing everything don't come along very often.This car has a clean open transferrable title in the prior owners name and is ready for transfer. If you have been looking for aSolidCal Special to restore then don't hesitate on this one; as is it may be some time before anothersolid resto projectsuch as this comes along again!