1970 Mustang

The 1970 Mustang was manufactured with the hope that sales would again begin to pickup, as the executives at Ford began to fear that their cash cow was beginning to lose some of its appeal on the marketplace.

The thing was that in 1968 the executive of General Motors, Mister Semon Bunkie Knudsen who was the one behind the Pontiac project regarding the revival of the brand, was now the president of Ford. He also brought some of his assistants with him including Larry Shinoda (a stylist) who worked on the Z28 project which dethroned the 68 and 69 Mustang Trans AM.

Thus the new Mustang Boss was built in order to be qualified as a Trans AM road racing machine. When it came to the type of engine this model used, it was the 302 CID V8 which was modified to a higher degree of performance, featuring big port cylinder heads which were also used in the amazing Cleveland 251. Thus the 1970 Ford Mustang used the biggest carburetor which was ever to be designed by Ford and this carburetor was the 780-cfm Holley 4 barrel. When it came to how much power this would stack, it was underrated at just 290 BHP, the same as the Z28 302 model. What else came standard with this model was the Hurst shifted 4 speed and also 3.50:1 gears. On top, as optional choices, you could go with the 3.91:1 and Detroit Locker 4.30:1 cogs.

Despite the changes, production was reduced from just over 300,000 units in 69, to a little over 190,000 units in 1970.