Category: 1974-1978 Mustang II

We know you love your Mustang, but sometimes wouldn’t it be better to be driving a beater?

There’s probably no greater honor bestowed on a Mustang than this one, which was auctioned off to help raise funds for a local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

Irvine, California is home to one of the best and biggest private Mustang collections in the country, the Segerstrom Mustang collection.

Despite the Mustang II’s bountiful rap sheet, we’ve managed to dig up five things about the pitiful pony that demonstrate why it still deserves your respect.

Here’s a helpful video to ensure you get the very best from your new crate engine.

If your Mustang is an automatic, it has a torque converter. And that converter can make or break acceleration at launch.

There’s nothing like building it yourself when it comes to making a personal statement with a Mustang. Just ask Tom McJunkin of South Carolina, who owns this heavily-modded 1974 Mustang II Mach 1.