On the back is information on the 3rd generation Mustang based on the Fox platform for 1979 to 1986. The text reads, On the new Fox platform, the 1979 Mustang was four inches longer than a Mustang II, but some 200 pounds lighter, its angular, wedge-shaped design was in no way reminiscent of the original; it was a new Mustang and a new direction. The array of engines included an inline 4, a V6, an inline 6, and the 5.0-liter V8 with 140hp. A more fuel efficient, 4.2-liter version of the 5.0, with 120 hp, became the V8 option for 1980 and '81. Mustang's real performance revival began in 1982 with the new Mustang GT. Its "High Output" 5.0 V* produced 157hp, the most of any Mustang since 1971. V8 sales soared. The next year, Mustang became available as a convertible model for the first time in a decade. That same year a 4-barrel carburetor helped raise the 5.0 V8's output to 175 hp. Ford's new performance division, Special Vehicle Operations, launched the Mustang SVO in 1984. This true "driver's car" had a 2.3-liter turbo engine with 175 hp, 210 lb.-ft. of torque, 4-wheel disc brakes, racing-engineered suspension, and some functional and distinctive aero treatments. It received critical acclaim, but lack of success in the showroom ended the Mustang SVO's run in 1986. Another era ended in 1985, when the last Mustangs with carburetors were produced. Sequential port fuel injection was available for the 5.0 V8, which also got a roller-cam valvetrain, and its output went up to 210 hp.

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