 
(from page 5 of the 1970 Collection)
1970 Grabber Orange Mach 1 Mustang with functional Super Cobra Jet Ram Air hood scoop.
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(from page 17 of the 1970 Collection)
Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang Shelby GT350 fastback with a 300hp (at 5400rpm), 351 cubic inch, 4 barrel, V8 engine. The 1969/70 Shelby was the first Mustang to use Grabber Orange paint. This Shelby was also our featured Attitude Of The Week for December 23rd, 2007.
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(from page 17 of the 1970 Collection)
Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang Shelby GT350 fastback, right front view.
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(from page 17 of the 1970 Collection)
Rear left view of a Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang Shelby GT350 fastback.
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(from page 19 of the 1970 Collection)
Check this one out! It's a Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang fastback with the Grabber Package. Paul, the owner, shares, "I ordered it in December of 69 and picked it up May 1st of 70 for my last month of senior high. I saved my paper route money for 8 years and payed $2700 cash. It listed for $3200. That 1 picture is the only picture I have of when it was new. I have drag raced it, ran it at Bonneville twice and road raced it which is it's current form. It's a streetable road race car so it's not full road race." This Mustang was optioned with the "Grabber Special Value Package" which included; the special "C" stripe which is similar to the 1969 Boss side stripe but without the lettering, the F-code 302ci 2bbl engine, body colored side mirrors, blacked out rear taillight panel, and 14-inch wheels with dog dish plain hub caps.
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(from page 19 of the 1970 Collection)
Check out the modifications Paul made. Paul says, "Here's another picture from 1979 when I was a corner worker at the road races up at Brainerd International Raceway in central Minnesota."
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(from page 19 of the 1970 Collection)
Another shot of Paul's 1970 Mustang ready to race.
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(from page 19 of the 1970 Collection)
Paul's Mustang was featured in the March 1989 edition of "Fabulous Mustangs and Exotic Fords". The text states, "Even though car enthusiasts can be as different as the vehicles they build and drive, most of them fall into two groups. The build 'em and sell'em group who are always trading cars and working on a new project, and the "I'll keep it forever" crowd who have had the same car for as long as you've known them. Paul belongs to the later category. When Paul was 17 years old, he took the savings from his paper route ($2750) down to the local Ford dealer and ordered a brand new 1970 Mustang Fastback. Eventually the time came to increase performance and Paul knew exactly what he wanted to do. Six years as a corner worker at Brainerd International Raceway had him hooked on road racing, and now he wanted to play too. Wanting a 7000-rpm redline, Paul had a truck block bored 0.010-over, and filled the holes with 10.5:1 TRW pistons. Topping the bores are ported, polished and cc'd 302 heads with 1.94 and 1.60-inch swirl polished valves that are controlled by an Isky cam with a 0.476-inch lift and 290 degrees duration. An Edlebrock F4B dual plane intake distributes fuel from a 780-cfm Holley carb, while a Jacobs electronic ignition, wires and coil fire the plugs. Headman headers clear the leftovers into a pair of Califorina Turbo mufflers. An oil cooler helps the bearings survive long races..."
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(from page 19 of the 1970 Collection)
Black 1970 Mustang fastback, left rear view.
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(from page 21 of the 1970 Collection)
Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang Boss 302 fastback with a 290hp (at 5800rpm), 302ci, 4 barrel, V8 engine. This is the first year for Grabber Orange as a standard Mustang production color. This color was first introduced to the Mustang line a year earlier on the Shelby Mustang. Check out all the Boss Mustangs on this site including the 2012 Boss 302.
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(from page 21 of the 1970 Collection)
Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang Boss 302 fastback, front end view.
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(from page 22 of the 1970 Collection)
Left front view of a Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang Boss 302 fastback. The door data tag of this car reads: 63A for the fastback/sportsroof body style, U for Grabber Orange paint (Ford #6166-A), BA black vinyl seats, A 3.00:1 rear axle ratio, 5 four-speed wide ratio manual transmission, and 65 ordered in the Oklahoma City area.
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(from page 22 of the 1970 Collection)
Right side view of a Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang Boss 302 fastback.
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(from page 22 of the 1970 Collection)
1970 Grabber Orange Mustang Boss 302 fastback, rear left view.
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(from page 22 of the 1970 Collection)
Rear view of a 1970 Mustang Boss 302 fastback in Grabber Orange paint. The rear taillight panel on a 1970 Boss is blacked out. Even the taillight surrounds are black. Compare to the rear view of a 1970 Mach-1 or a 1970 Regular Mustang.
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(from page 30 of the 1970 Collection)
This is a 1970 Mustang Mach-1 Twister Special. This was a local promotional special model sold only in the Kansas City area. They were all Grabber Orange Mach-1 Mustangs. Only 96 units were produced. There is a tornado Twister graphic on the rear fenders.
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(from page 30 of the 1970 Collection)
Engine choices on the 1970 Twister Special were between the Super Cobra Jet Ram Air or the new 351ci Cleveland 4V V8. It's hard to tell which this one has, but it seems to have the Ram Air intake.
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(from page 31 of the 1970 Collection)
Take a look at this awesome Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang Mach-1 on display at the rainy 2009 All Ford Show at Uftring Ford in East Peoria, Illinois. It was starting to rain harder here, check out the rain drops hitting the pavement in the lower left corner of this shot.
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(from page 32 of the 1970 Collection)
Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang Mach-1 fastback, front end view. This one has the turn style hood locks.
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(from page 32 of the 1970 Collection)
Grabber Orange 1970 Mustang Mach-1 fastback, right side view.
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