Vehicle Description
This vehicle is being sold as Lot No. S120.
- True R code car
- Started life as an S Code 390 body and converted at the factory to a 428
- Believed to be 423 original miles
- Special order Lightweight Mustang built on March 22, 1968
- Raced by 'Wild' Bill Ireland
- Northwest Ford Dealers sponsorship
- 428 CI V-8 engine
- 390 GT camshaft
- Canadian C8OE J code heads
- 4-speed manual transmission
- Hurst shifter
- 1 of 1 special order 1965 Mustang Poppy Red exterior paint
- Black interior
- Original traction bars, roll bars and driveshaft loop
- Stainless steel tubular headers
- Hood scoop
- Bucket seats
- Tachometer
- Comprehensive restoration by Randy DeLisio of Lyons, New York
- Extra parts included
- Vintage magazines included
- Ownership history includes Bill Ireland, Gordon Apgar and Gary Barnes
- Don Fezell purchased the car from Gary Barnes in 2001
- Car appeared at the 40th Anniversary Mustang Celebration in 2004
- Extensive receipts and paperwork
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