1979 Ford Mustang Indy Pace Car "Festival Edition" Rare hot rod project
1979 Ford Mustang
This auction is for a 1979 Ford Mustang Indy Pace Car Project. This is a rare classic car with a unique silver and black exterior color scheme for Indy pace cars. It is one of 50 made as "Festival Edition".The car has a clean title and it is a running car, it has a build 351w engine,RPM tack, headers, MSD, holley 750, and a 5 speed top loader.Strong running car.The car is a hatchback model and is perfect for anyone looking for a vintage car to have great fun with.Hello Racer.The car has a “festival 500” decal on the fender. Very few of them produced and highly sought after, more so than the standard pace car. The decals are originals along with your low production vin # (xxxxxx055), there is a pretty good chance it’s one of them. Only 50 or so believed to be produced (no official production #). It could be much more valuable than a regular pace! Good luck!Please bid to own to to view.Here are a few information on these Indy Pace cars.1979 Mustang Pace Cars for Sale to the Public
The 1979 Mustang Pace Car replica was available to the public at a base price of $9,012 and $9,953 fully optioned. The car was only available as a hatchback (standard trim – non Ghia) and offered a choice of two engines and transmission options. The 302ci 5.0L was carried over from the Mustang II and available with a 4-speed manual or 3-speed automatic transmission. The 5.0L V8 produced 140 hp and 250 ft-lbs of torque. New for 1979 – the Mustang Pace Car was also available with the 2.3L Turbo four-cylinder using the 4-speed manual transmission. This combination provided 131 hp and 142 ft-lbs of torque. All Pace Cars used a 3.45:1 rear ratio 7.5” differential without trac-loc.
Chassis and SuspensionThe pace car rode on 15.35” (390mm) forged aluminum wheels wearing 190/65R Michelins. Suspension goodies included the rest of the TRX performance package – HD front and rear sway bars plus special shock-valving. Braking was provided by 9.3” front discs (10” on V8 cars) and 9” rear drum brakes. Polished stainless steel tips peeked out from behind.
InteriorRecaro seats were standard on the 1979 Pace Car and available in many different trims – the most awesome being the Houndstooth. Nothing said “Farwell 70’s, it was groovy knowing you” quite as well as this seizure inducing pattern.
1979 Pace Car Production NumbersDearborn Michigan Production Numbers5.0L w/SROD 4spd manual——-1809
5.0L w/C-4 automatic———-1445
2.3L Turbo 4cyl w/4spd manual-4380
Dearborn Total Assembly Plant—7634
- Make: Ford
- Model: Mustang
- Type: Hatchback
- Doors: 3
- Year: 1979
- Mileage: 11552
- VIN: 9F03F480055
- Color: Silver/black
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Transmission: Manual
- Interior color: red/black
- Vehicle Title: Clean Want to buy? Contact seller!
