This page contains the names and descriptions of all articles published in Mustang Illustrated during 1999; It does not contain the text of the articles — rather, it is a guide to assist you in locating which back issue might contain the information you need.
Mustang & Fords – January 1999
Muscle Mustang Showdown
- Rubber meets the rollers as we dyno-test eight Mustang musclecars
400hp Stroker Small-Block
- Coast High Performance’s 427 Windsor stroker
Bulletproof 8-Inch Rear
- Going from eight to great with an 8-inch rearend buildup
Star Headliner
- How to make your Mustang’s headliner a feature attraction
Kurke’s Law
- Restomod is the jurisdiction far this ’66 GT fastback
Sohc Hop!
- Brute 427 performance in a sleeper Fairmont package
Pseudo Shelby Stew
- A ’66 Mustang fastback that looks the ’67 Shelby part
Venomous Performance
- Rick McIntyre’s Mach 1 is a Cobra Jet with a Shelby twist
40 More Horsepower!
- Bolt on 289 performance with Edelbrock aluminum heads and induction
A Touch Of Glass
- Improving your Mustang’s view with a new windshield and backlight
Dash Dress-Up
- Completing our Pony Interior with a deluxe dash and new carpet
Triple Threat
- In 1963, tri-power turned the T-bird into an M-bird
Shelby Parts Buyers’ Guide
- The latest parts for GT350s, GT500s, and Cobras
From Dust To Thrust
- Terry Wittenberg has put this R-code Galaxie back on track
Wheel Polishing Made Easy
- Bringing out the beauty in a set of vintage-style wheels
Bringing Up The Rear
- Get a handle on handling by rebuilding your rear suspension
Rare Finds
- Cloth Seat ’65 Mustang
On The Market
- What’s your Ford’s investment rating?
Mustang & Fords – February 1999
Bosses All Three
- A trio of high-revving Boss Mustangs
Boss Power!
- The best and wildest Boss Mustangs
Mustang Rear Disc Brakes
- Discourse on installing rear disc brakes
Build A Better Small-Block
- Hotter performance is easier to achieve than you think
Forever Young
- David Walker’s ’67 Mustang GT 390
1999 Event Guide
- The best places to check out Ford restomod and performance action
Prepared For Flight
- Tim Wickmann’s restomod ’57 Thunderbird was built for fast flying
’99 Mustang
- The last Mustang of the 20th century has arrived
Trick Big-Block Hop-Ups
- Ford’s FE big-block is still a strong contender
Whoooosh!
- Radical road action in a blown Shelby GT350
Improved Vibrations
- Great music for vintage Fords with Custom Autosound’s USA-5 system
Low-Buck Paint And Body Tips
- It isn’t hard–or even expensive–to make your Mustang shine
Special K’s
- Unleashing 289 power with “K-code” 289 High-Performance exhaust manifolds
Sub Merging
- Rid the twist with subframe connectors for your vintage Mustang
Colossal Crate
- 514 inches of 460 big-block — right out of the box
Rare Finds
- The former Tasca Ford/Bill Lawton ’68 Cobra Jet Mustang
On The Market
- The Mexican Market
Mustang & Fords – March 1999
Wild Street Trans-Am Mustang!
- Rick Titus builds a ’67 Mustang tribute to his father and former Trans-Am champion, Jerry Titus
Mustang Performance
- Modern mods with vintage ’65-’73 Mustang looks
No Cutting Required!
- Better braking for vintage Mustangs with a compact power brake booster
Interior Beginnings
- Starting from the bottom up on our Fairlane interior disaster
Today’s Hot Alternative
- Refined street performance in a way-cool ’63 Fairlane
Rear Slats For Fastbacks
- Going for the Boss look on ’69-‘7O Mustang SportsRoofs with rear window slats
Enter The Dragon
- Shelby’s Dragonsnake Cobra slithered in a straight line
Q’s For Two
- Camille and David Lashlee’s awesome Q-some twosome Mustang Cobra Jets
Install A Rear Sway Bar
- No more sway with Canadian Mustang’s Suspension Handling Kit
Best New Parts For 1999!
- Checking out the latest new performance parts for restomod Mustangs and Fords
Aod Swap
- With a four-speed Overdrive automatic conversion, our ’64 Fairlane is ready for the fast lane
Ford Aluminum Head Guide
- Taking advantage of modern head technology for vintage Mustangs or Fords
Reincarnation
- Defining Mustang restomod with a tri-powered 289 hardtop
Rare Finds
- $600 ’66 Mustang Convertible, $1500 ’65 Fiberfab GT Fastback, Promo Pedal Fords
On The Market!
- Station What?
Mustang & Fords – April 1999
Gt For Action
- Ford never built a 427 Mustang GTA, so Steve Aughe did
Best Bolt-Ons!
- Easy hop-ups for restomod Mustangs and Fords
Sleeper Six
- Sam Marano would rather not have a V-8
Street 289 Low-Buck Buildup
- Building a Summit Racing/Valley Head Service small-block
Modern Rally Pak
- Fit your restomod with a most desirable Mustang option
Better Than Remembered
- Old looks with modern muscle
Gripping Information
- Getting power from the crank to the rearend begins with the clutch
35th Mustang Anniversary Celebration
- Official Souvenir Program
Mustang Power Window Install
- Installing Haneline’s power windows in a vintage Mustang
Long-Taled Cat
- Fred Iannotti’s ’70 Cobra Jet Eliminator comes full circle 4000-series Cobra
9-Inch Rearend Buildup
- Preparing for higher performance with a Currie 9-inch rear end
Black Velvet Brute
- The ’65 427 Galaxie
Engine Dress-Up Tricks
- Parts, accessories, and finishes for your engine compartment
Rare Finds
- Ultra-rare 7.0L Dual-Quad 427 Found; 7.0L Galaxie Convertible Found!
On The Market
- Daytona Coupes, Divorce Fords, R-models, and Trucks That Can Turn a Profit
Mustang & Fords – May 1999
Jet Setter
- Frank Tripepi’s 428 Cobra Jet Mach 1 is dressed to impress
Silver Streak
- Herb McMaken’s super-slippery, mighty-sexy Mustang roadster
Windsor Wagon
- With a ’55 Ford like this, who need’s a minivan?
Fuel-Injected Big-Block
- Speed Pro’s Sequential Fuel Injection for 390’s and other Ford engines
Mustang Spoilers
- Bringing back the spoilers for ’69-’70 SportsRoofs
Small-Block Intake Guide
- A closer look at what’s available for Windsors
Retro Restomod
- Mark Marks’ “Day Two” ’66 Fairlane GT 390
Alternative Ford Performance
- Your next Ford project doesn’t have to be a Mustang
Back For More
- An original ’68-1/2 Cobra Jet Mustang returns to the dragstrip
Underdrive Pulleys
- Grab some free ponies with underdrive pulleys
Superior Interior
- Restomod enables us to take a Mustang’s inner world a step further
Way Cool
- Step up your cooling status with a custom radiator
Console Me
- Adding extra style to a ’71-’72 Mustang interior
Tales From The Vienna Autobahn
- And you thought keeping a 427 running in the U.S. was expensive?
Feeling Frisky
- This ’62 Galaxie runs faster than ever thanks to a mix of modern and vintage
Mustang & Fords’ Best Catalogs
- With over ’65 Catalogs listed, the tough part will not be finding the part you need, but figuring out whose catalog to order from.
Rare Finds
- Shelby de Mexico Found: Miquel Romero’s 1971 GT 351; Banjo Matthews’ ’68 NASCAR Winner’s Jacket; Mickey Thompson’s Bonneville-Record-Setting Cammer; Year 2000 Mustang?
Mustang & Fords – June 1999
Never Lift!
- Front line ’65 Mustang performance from a back-street guy
Best Mustang To Modify!
- Build ’em Hot! Fast!
Big Boys’ Toys
- Everyone should have full-scale, full-power Mustang and Comet playthings
Dyno Tuning For More Hp!
- It’s back to the Dynojet with two of our musclecar Mustangs to see if we can tune in more power
Vintage A/C Conversion
- There’s more than one good reason for switching from R12 to modern 134a Sanden A/C
Parts & Services Directory
Easy Fuel-Injection Swap
- How to upgrade your vintage Ford to modern EFI performance
Power Down Under
- Easy-to-install power steering for Mustangs, Falcons, and Comets
Restomod Sound System Guide
- Dreamspinning a great sound system for your classic Mustang or Ford
Driving The Texas 1000
- Riding ’em hard and putting ’em away wet in the first-ever Texas 1000 road rally
Ready To Bite
- With Boss 302 muscle, Peter Bulcock’s Cobra II strikes hard and fast
No Sway
- Addco sway bars turn our Fairlane into a handling machine
Rare Finds
- ’69 Grande What?: Jeff Krueger located an original billboard; Fuelie Shelby Intake: Dale Jacobson finds a sample of a UK prototype considered by Shelby.
On The Market
- Breaking the Bank at Barrett-Jackson
Mustang & Fords – July 1999
Driven To Be Driven
- High-tech performance in a classic ’67 Mustang coupe
50 Hot Performance Tips & Tricks
- Half a hundred ways to improve your Ford’s performance
New Small-Block Tri-Power
- Pony Carburetors’ Tri-Power setup is the ultimate small-block bolt-on
Daring To Be Different
- Jim Menke took the difficult road to rebuild his ’66 Mustang convertible
Overdrive For Vintage Fords
- Gear Vendors’ bolt-in Overdrive infuses efficiency, strength, and durability
Mustang Power Door Locks
- Power door locks, with keyless entry, bring vintage Mustangs and Fords into the ’90s
Boss X 2!
- An orange twist on a pair of Calypso Coral Boss 302s 46
Out Of This Galaxie
- Gene Robinette’s ’63 Galaxie combines 427 SOHC power with modern luxury
Stormy Forecast
- Terry Zimmerman’s Mercury Cyclone offers plenty of extra twist
289 Power Build-Up
- Bolting new performance technology on top of a vintage small-block
Brake & Handling Upgrades! — Brutal Binders
- Stop on a dime with Wilwood Engineering’s disc brake kit
Brake & Handling Upgrades! — Gt Barnstorming
- We throw the performance handling book at a ’66 Mustang GT
Rare Finds
- Mac Tools comp prep SVO racer found
On The Market
- Building Wealth Via the Upgrade Principle.
Mustang & Fords – August 1999
Shelby Double-Take
- One’s real. One’s not. Can you tell the difference?
Return Of The Trojan Horse
- Modern supercharger and fuel-injected technology in a big-block ’68 Mustang
Hot Shelby Mods
- Shelby’s Mustang mods from the ’60s still make great performance tricks today
35th Anniversary Mustang Show
- The Mustang Club of America celebrated the Mustang’s 35th with a gigantic bash
Blown 289
- Paxton puts some punch into a vintage small-block
Clearly Superior Steering
- Get confident steering with Flaming River’s all-new steering box
Five-Speed Swap
- Everything you need to swap a five-speed into an early Mustang or Cougar
Beating The Heat
- Keep your Ford running cool this summer
Anchors Away!
- This ’69 Mach 1 helps shed the 390’s image as a boat anchor
Cammer Maverick
- Jack Pruitt’s 427 SOHC Maverick looks like your basic ’74 Grabber — until you open the hood
Best Restomod Bolt-Ons
- We show you how to build it bolt-on
Wheel And Tire Guide
- Make sure you’re in shape where the rubber meets the road
Restomod Steering Wheel Guide
- A look at aftermarket steering wheels for your vintage Mustang or Ford
The Wheel Deal
- Install a Shelby-style wheel from Tony D. Branda
Rare Finds
- Found! Fred Lorenzen’s ’65 Galaxie!
On The Market
- $1.7 Trillion Ahead? With their $1.7 trillion of inheritance over the next 10 years, look for baby boomers to buy Mustangs like the small-block ’69 Mach 1 with air conditioning.
Mustang & Fords – September 1999
Little Boss Coupe
- You don’t know what it’s got — until you look under the hood
351 Engine Swap
- Here’s what you need to know to install a 351 into a vintage Mustang
Peculiarity
- The weird tale of a ’70 Medium Lime Metallic 428 SCJ SportsRoof
Hot Six Hop-Ups!
- Bring your in-line in line with performance pieces from Clifford Performance
Low-Buck 390
- Tips for building a poor-man’s big block
Your Greatest Fan
- Join the electric fan club with a Flex-a-lite Black Magic
289 Roller Cam
- Crane’s Retro Roller conversion brings vintage valvetrains into the modern performance age
Digital Gauges
- How to install a Dakota Digital instrument cluster in a ’65-’66 Mustang
Time Machine
- Paul Ingram stayed in the ’60s with his restomodded ’67 Mustang GTA
Bird Of A Different Feather
- Thunderbird isn’t the only Ford nameplate known to fly
Rack-And-Pinion Steering
- Bolt-on, no-nonsense, power rack-and-pinion steering for classic Mustangs
Mustang Traction Bars
- Traction Master helps your Mustang hook
Overdrive Sensation
- For outstanding freeway performance, nothing beats Overdrive in a vintage Mustang or Ford
Windows Of Opportunity
- Let the sun shine into your ’65-66 fastback with Shelby quarter windows
Rocking Cleveland!
- Don’t discount the 351 Cleveland because there’s lots of “twist” waiting inside
Black Plague
- Mercury’s humble-looking 427 Comet had a way of making the competition look sick
25 Big-Block Performance Tips
- Make the most of your fat-block’s potential
Rare Finds
- Cammer follow-up, ’67 Full-Size Ford Registry, GT-X Mustang?
On The Market
- Father/Son Restorations, Shop Costs, K-Code Automatics, and More
Mustang & Fords – October 1999
Ready To Rock
- Rocking and rolling with a ’66 Shelby replica
Retro Speed
- Jim Smith’s ’68-1/2 Mustang is a lot more than stock
Hottest Swaps!
Fuel-Injected 5.0
- Dropping a late-model 5.0 into an early Mustang or Ford
351 Windsor
- Plug more than 400 ci into your Ford compact or intermediate
429/460 Big-Block
- Basics for swapping big-blocks into popular vintage Fords
Make Mine Overdrive
- All the parts for swapping an AOD into a vintage Mustang or Ford
Doing It In Fifth!
- Five-speeds are easy to install in vintage Fords
9-Inch Rearend
- Swapping in a stout Ford 9-inch rearend
Solid Protection
- A Rear Seat Barrier for Mustang Coupes
Small-Block Stroker Build-Up!
- Big-block power in a small-block package
427 Cyclone!
- Was this Comet a factory-prepared 427 Cyclone drag car?
Reloaded For Goat
- David Boling is looking for Tri-Power GTO’s in his ’64-1/2 Mustang Hi-Po coupe
The Fridge
- But don’t call Jeff William’s ’64 Galaxie a grocery-getter
Wheel/Tire Sizing Made Easy
- Performance wheel and tire information you can use
Four-Wheel Disc Brakes
- Slowing down our Mustang’s go with slotted four-wheel discs
Gripping Grabbers
- The Mustang and Maverick Grabbers were spicy salsa on a mild chicken taco
Ridin’ The Range
- Mustangs In Motion’s coast-to-coast cruise
Super-Stiff Subframe Connectors
- With these new subframe connectors, chassis stability is an afternoon away
Opening New Doors
- Auto Krafters makes Mustang door panel refurbishment easy
Rare Finds
- Ford performance intakes; Interchangeable 351 Cleveland; 429 CJ Tri-Power; ’71 Boss 302 Intake
On The Market
- Rumbling Changes: ’67-’73 Ford Production Data from Marti Auto Works
Mustang & Fords – November 1999
Waiting To Exhale
- This ’69 Mach 1 will leave you breathless
Dealer Gt
- The ultimate “dealer-installed” ’66 Mustang GT
Reality Strikes
- Too good to be true — until Mike McLaughlin got it home
The Truth About Nitrous
- How much power do you really get with nitrous oxide?
Early Mustang Sound System
- Blasting Mustang sound into the new millennium
Q For Quiet
- Silence the noise and deaden the vibrations with Q-pads
Sea Of Fords
- If it was Ford, you could have found it at the All-Ford Nationals
Advance Education
- Recurve your distributor’s spark curve for better performance
New Dimension Suspension
- Rack-and-pinion steering from Rod & Custom Motorsports
Budget Brake Buildup
- Building performance into vintage Ford drum brakes
They’re Hot! ’62-65 Fairlanes
- A retrospective look at Ford’s ’62-’65 midsize
Classically Refined
- Mike Johnston’s ’63 Fairlane gets better with age
Drivetrain Buyer’s Guide
- Make your drivetrain as stout as your engine
Rare Finds
- Ted Cain’s 1955 Police Interceptor Crown Victoria
On The Market
- To restomod or not to restomod, that is the question
Mustang & Fords – December 1999
Thoroughly Modern Mustang
- A combination of vintage Mustang, new Cobra, and street rod
Exotic Plus
- Tom Taylor’s blown 4.6 DOHC Pantera is a restomod beast
New Vs Old: Small-Block Heads
- Flow testing vintage cast-irons against the new aluminums
A Change In The Weather(Strip)
- Tight-as-a-drum feeling with new weatherstrip
Mustang Dual Exhausts
- A Flowmaster dual exhaust system for vintage Mustangs
Fly-Boy Toy
- A ’67 Mustang GTA is this pilot’s earthbound “wing(g)s”
Meetin’ In The Middle
- There was something for everyone at the Mid-America Shelby Meet
Giant Killer
- The Boss 351 was capable of slaying the Big Ones
Long Time Coming
- Duane Wissmann’s ’67 Fairlane 390 GT was worth the wait
40 More Hp! Small-Block Efi Upgrade!
- Edelbrock adds some serious muscle to our EFI Fairlane
Getting Shafted
- What you need to know about driveshafts
Budget 460 Big-Block
- Put together a mighty 460 with PAW’s ready-to-build kit
Exhausting Possibilities
- With today’s coatings, there’s no excuse for ugly headers
Slug Fest
- Choosing pistons and rings for thundering rotary motion
Undercover Dash
- Save your dash with a Palco DashTop from Auto Krafters
Rare Finds
- Rare ’69-’70 Models: ’70 R-Code Coupe; ’69 GT Fastback; ’69 428 CJ Sportsroof–Not a Mach, Not a GT
On The Market
- What’s My Car Worth?