The 1967 Twister Special was offered in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. These Specials were offered in either Cajun Red or Lavender exterior paint and would more than likely have a six digit DSO code starting with 64 for New Orleans. The six digit DSO code, on the data plate, is almost always a good indication of a non-coded exterior color paint.

Any one out there in M&M have any other information on these 1967 Mustangs???

Thanks!

Dave & Terri

This Terry Fritts from the Twister Special Registry.

To my knowledge, after 35 years of research, 1970 and 1985 were the only production years for the Twister Specials.

When I get a chance, I will check with my Ford source who worked in Sepecial Promotions department.

My new Twister Web Site is www.twisterspecialregistry.com if you wish to check out the facts on the Twister's.

I brought this Topic up since I came across some special paint codes while researching about the "Special Paint of Month" Promotion Ford ran in early 1968. While looking at the 1967 Paint Codes, I found the Cajun Red and Lavender were ear marked for Twister Specials. Wow. Where did these come from. Never heard a word about them. So now I'm looking into it. I would add a scan of the paint codes, but I'm at work today. Maybe Sam can add it to this thread since I sent him the same info. I look forward to hearing what your Ford Source may have to offer on this topic. Thanks again.

Dave & Terri

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Sam

http://www.geocities.com/mustangs68.geo/67_Paint_Codes.html

Terry,
Pull up the Paint Codes, using the link in Sam's Post, and take a look at the Cajun Red and Lavender. Both of these paints have a (T) after them. Then look at the list of Keys to Promotional Colors. The (T) is for Twister Specials. This is what got me to question/ask others for more information. Does it mean that Ford did them. It's possible or was it something Ford was going to do and didn't??? It has my curiousity up to say the least.

Dave & Terri

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I do have some pictures of a '70 Twister Special that was in Pensacola for a MCA Show. I also have some info at the house with a starting and ending Vin #s in it, if you would like me to e-mail them to you. You will have to wait until tomorrow though. I'm at work today.

Dave & Terri

Yep, the paint chart shows Twister Special alright. I'll ask my Ford source later this month about it. Will send him the link to check out. I promised to leave him alone until after the first of the year. He's retired from Ford now and I just relocated him back in October. Am currently working with him on the ARI Pace car Mach 1's. I have the VIN's for them and copies of 4 of the 5 cars. Am awaiting a search to see if I can locate any of them before posting to my web site.

Dave & Terri

I'll await your search.

The following is from Mustang Production Guide, Volume 2, by Jim Smart and Jim Haskell:

1970 Pace Cars
QUite a few of thses former American Raceways, Inc. high performance Mustangs have surfaced throughout 14 years of research. Two Michigan International Speedway 1970 Mustang Pace Cars have surfaced in Detroit. Yet another surfaced in Atlanta. Still two more have surfaced in Texas. (Sounds like you already know about these five Terry)
The 1970 Mustang pace cars were casualties from the American Raceways deal with Ford that went sour at that time. This failure eventually led to the 1970 Twister Specials.

Sounds like you already know all about this Terry. Especially after reading all the info on the Twister Specials, from you, in this book.

Dave & Terri

Thanks, I had prviously accounted for all 5 of the ARI convertible pace cars. Have had their invoice copies from Lois Eminger for years. It's just in the last 2 weeks with the help of Kevin Marti that we discovered the 5 Mach 1 VIN's and the 4 invoice copies. I understand that 2 of the convertibles are in Europe, one in Florida, one in Michigan and one very rough one in California. There have been some Mach 1 replica pace cars show up in Michigan and Texas. According my Ford source, they were built strictly as promotional cars with most having 351 Cleveland engines. The search for the real Mach 1 pace cars continues. If anyone has or knows of pictures of the 5 pace car convertibles similar to the Mach1 's on my web site I would love to hear from them.

Yes, I have seen that site before and the info on the ARI's and Twister Specials is totally wrong. My Ford source who was in charge of both the ARI's and Twister's has seen two of these type articles and flatly stated that there were only 10 ARI pace cars produced. 5 Mach 1's and 5 convertibles and that the Twister's were not made from any "left over" ARI's. I have contacted these sites to correct their info to no avail. Guess they must think they are more correct than the man who made them and the person how has researched them for 25 years.

Terry

Dave & Terri

Dave & Terri

Never mind. The link is wrong. Now I have to go back and find it.

Dave & Terri

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The Twister’s were a Kansas City District Special, DSO 53, but all cars were specially produced as strictly muscle cars. All 428 SCJ cars were drag pack, Detroit lockers with 391 gears in the automatics and 430 gears in the 4 speeds. The 351C 4V cars were very early versions with 11.7:1 compression ratio and anti-pump-up lifters, later on used in the 351 CJ’s, with 350 gears in both automatic and 4 speed cars. The only non-performance options were tinted glass and an AM radio. The Mustang’s are sequential in serial number, which we all know doesn’t mean they were produced one after another, in Dearborn. The Torino Cobra Twister’s were produced in two serial sequences in Atlanta with all having 429’s, a mix of both CJ and SCJ engines

The cars were all shipped to the outbound shipping lot at Claycomo, MO, a suburb of Kansas City, where the stripes and decals were applied by a firm under contract with Ford. It was the shipment to the “outbound only” lot that lead Lois Eminger to find all the invoice copies for me back in 1983. She said something was up when she found cars being shipped to an outbound only lot.

Just the opposite occurred with the Twister’s. Many people asked the dealers to remove the stripes and decals before they bought them. The only installed by dealers were wreck repairs including one factory reps Twister that was actually hit by an airplane !!

Terry

takes you there. Terry is and was already in touch with us (John Bakke and myself). I pointed him to this posting.

Dave & Terri

See my post of 1/4 above. These cars were not dealer applied stripes only. It was strictly a KC District Sales Office(DSO 53) special car done in the pattern of the ARI's.

The production and everything was handled by Special Promotions Department in Dearborn after the district had requested a special promotion and a "Total Perfomance Day" presentation by Bob Tasca.

The 351C 4V cars would turn in the upper 13's with street polyglass tires and the 428SCJ automatic cars in the low 12's with open headers and drag slicks. Not your normal run of the mill 351C.

The info I have has come from both Lois Eminger and Kevin Marti. Have known and dealt with Kevin for 12 years. Have known and worked with Lois for 20 years.

Dave & Terri

Thanks for the clarification there. I would too be interested in anything on a 1967 Twister Special and since my man that was in special promotions back then has nothing on them, if they were actually done then you are correct in thinking the 1967's may have been a dealer applied option. It's just very curious why Ford would list then in the color chart. But then again, we all know Ford to well !!!

Dave & Terri

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