Junkyard Find 1. Ford Mustang Coupe. The Fox Mustang replaced the much reviled but big selling Pinto based Mustang II for the 1. Fox based SN 9. Fox. Dark Arcana The Carnival Torrent. Todays Junkyard Find, spotted in Denver, is a triple rarity its a first year Fox Mustang, its a notchback, and it has the 2. Lets take a look. The base engine for the 1. Ford Tempo Gl Manual Muscle StrengthThe Fox Mustang replaced the muchreviled but bigselling Pintobased Mustang II for the 1979 model year, and production continued through 1993 or 2004. The 1 resource for Ford 060 quarter mile times offering a comprehensive index of Ford specs including Ford GT, Mustang, F150, Focus, Escape, Thunderbird more1993 Ford Tempo Gl Manual Muscle TestingMustang was Fords ubiquitous Pinto 2. Performance minded buyers could get a 1. Windsor V8, also rated at 1. The middle of the road engine option was a 2. Cologne V6, already familiar to Americans as the engine used in the 1. Capri Ford ran out of the Colognes late in the 1. Thats the engine we see in this car. Ford Tempo Gl Manual Muscle Grades' title='1993 Ford Tempo Gl Manual Muscle Grades' />A few years later, Ford sliced two cylinders off this engine and created the HSC, which powered Tempos, Topazes, Tauruses, and Sables. The future was closing in fast in 1. Mustang buyers could get this optional science fictiony Graphic Warning Module in their cars. I bought this one, for use at my next Junkyard Boombox Building Party. This car got most of the medium grade options, including the automatic transmission, blacked out trim, pinstripes, air conditioning, the Interior Accent Group, and these Turbine wheel covers on 1. The true high rollers got the Cobra or Ghia versions, adding the leather and vinyl interior and a more powerful engine. Most of the early Fox Mustangs were hatchbacks the notchbacks are a bit lighter and thus more desirable for the multitudes who want to build race cars. This one isnt rusty, but good sheet metal wasnt enough to save it from a junkyard fate. Its time to fall in love again, with a beautiful new breed of Mustang. True enough. Note the slightly Muzaked version of Swingtown by the Steve Miller Band, the use of which probably cost Ford a few bucks.