1992 – Mustang Illustrated


This page contains the names and descriptions of all articles published in Mustang Illustrated during 1992; 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 Illustrated – February 1992

Saxton’s Sensational ’65

  • This low serial number GT-350 is expertly restored.

Team Bain

  • Dan and Julie Bain have all their bases covered.

Tilt To The Hilt

  • An aluminum tilt column for early Mustangs.

Canadian All Ford Weekend

  • Great cars, great people, what more can you ask for?

The Mustang Svo

  • The “Ultimate BMW Killer” from Ford.

Artist’s Profile –

  • Let George Do It! George Trosley cartoons America’s Favorite Pony Car.

The Oklahoma Missile

  • It may look stock, but guess again.

Red Riders From The Rockies

  • Two of Colorado’s finest.

Steeda-Mania

  • Big things are happening down in Pompano Beach.

5 Easy Pieces

  • Aero Windshield Wiper Blade Install

5 Easy Pieces

  • Replacing Trim and Rear Cap Moldings, 1967 Fastback

5 Easy Pieces

  • SVO Cowl Support Installation

Zeke, Zeke, The Four-Speed Freak!

  • Automatics are strictly for sissies.

Carbone’s Candy Apple Cruiser

  • This Mustang is definitely a real “show-horse.”

Neet Eh? You Bet!

  • This Canadian Fairlane runs as good as it looks.

Stylin’ Out With Dr. Xenon

  • Here’s the latest in Fox Mustang styling kits!

Club Profile

  • The Rocket City Mustang Club. Twelve years old and still going strong.

Shop Tour

  • Kaufmann Products, Inc.

A Pace Car For Natalie

  • Natalie inherited a love for Fords from her dad.

A Pair Of Tough Old Birds

  • There’s a lot of “Thunder” left in these two ’55s.

5 Easy Pieces

  • Locking Gas Cap Installation

5 Easy Pieces

  • Porcelain Plug Wire Boot Installation

Retrospect — The Mustang 1:

  • A car that was definitely ahead of its time.

Genuine Ford People

  • Rick Kopec

Genuine Ford People

  • Donna Keffeler

Chun’s Chariot

  • Built his Pro-Street ’70 coupe in his car port!

Mustang Illustrated – April 1992

War Horse:

  • This 1965 Mustang coupe was the winner of The Texas Dealer Challenge.

5 Easy Pieces

  • Early Mustang Door Handle and Window Crank Replacement

5 Easy Pieces

  • Late Model Aero Headlight Bulb Replacement

5 Easy Pieces

  • 1984-95 Headlamp Cover Installation

5 Easy Pieces

  • CPC Pony Corral Replacement, 1965 Mustang

Color Me Yellow:

  • And, color me rare!

Extrude Honing For Power:

  • Abrasive flow machining goes where no head porting specialist has gone before!

Tracktime!:

  • Fulfill your fantasy of becoming a “Legendary Race Car Driver.”

Attention Grabber:

  • Late-model Mustangs look pretty good painted Grabber Blue, don’t they?

The G.T. 350 From Hell!:

  • That’s what the guys from G.T. Racing call their Willow Springs Super Production racer!

The End Of The Rainbow:

  • While the rest of the country was bracing itself for winter, the car show crowd was still going strong out in California!

The Sign Of The Cat:

  • Lincoln-Mercury Division turned up the heat in 1967 with the all-new Cougar.

Narrowed Minded:

  • A look at narrowing the nine-inch Ford rear end for Pro-Street, the Currie Enterprises way.

Genuine Ford People

  • Fran Kress

Genuine Ford People

  • Gil Pepitone

Gibbs’ Boss:

  • Chris Gibbs’ recaptures his youth with this Calypso Corral 1970 Boss 302.

Button-Down ‘Stang:

  • How to install power windows and door locks in an early-model Mustang.

The Flying Brick:

  • Evidently, no one told Richard Holder that LX two-doors weren’t supposed to run 175 mph!

5 Easy Pieces

  • 1967 Instrument Lens Replacement

Driving Impression:

  • COUGAR XR/7 – The second best high performance bang for the buck?

Torino ‘D Elegance:

  • Take a look for yourself. It’s a real beauty, eh?

Mustang Illustrated – June 1992

Here Come Da Judge:

  • It’s judge Thomas Scuccimarra’s Springtime Yellow 1966 GT fastback.

Hertz So Good!:

  • NorCal Shelby Club member Don Shinn Jr. builds an NHRA-legal Super Gas G.T. 350-H.

Tag Team:

  • Digital laser “surgery” for worn Mustang data plates.

Big Wheel Deal:

  • Elite Wheel Company executive Chuck Blayney built this slick 1965 convertible.

Genuine Ford People

  • Patti Sankey

Genuine Ford People

  • Terry “Wizard” McConnell

A Windsor For The Nineties:

  • Part One: Installing SVO’s new GT-40 EFI intake onto an 1969 Ford 351 Windsor engine.

Muscle Men!:

  • More multiple-Mustang and Shelby collections from California, Iowa, and Texas!

Thrush Cats:

  • Bolt on between 25 and 40 EPA/CARB-legal horsepower on your late model Mustang.

Kondo’s Koupe:

  • Maurice Kondo believes that if you can’t drive it, why have it?

You Cant Keep A Good Name Down:

  • Ford’s new Special Vehicle Team (SVT) brings the Cobra name out of mothballs for a special new Mustang!

Cole Black:

  • Ford street rod “nut” Rich Cole switches to Shelbys.

Fiercely Independent:

  • Chris Mott and R.J. Simrock swap a Mustang Il/IFS underneath an 1966 convertible.

Tire Tech Talk:

  • Do you know what “Plus Zero, Plus One, and Plus Two” mean? You will after reading this story.

Artistic Endeavor:

  • Canadian artist Kelly McAndrew found restoring ’em a bit harder than drawing ’em!

5 Easy Pieces

  • Radiator Bracket Insulators

5 Easy Pieces

  • Door Latch Repair Plate Kit

5 Easy Pieces

  • Hatchback Strut Replacement

5 Easy Pieces

  • Early Mustang Trunk Lock Replacement

5 Easy Pieces

  • Quick Engine Compartment Detailing

Haulin’ Glass Ii

  • Here’s some real “Hosspower”!

M.I.’S ANNUAL CAR CLUB DIRECTORY:

  • If it isn’t here, it probably doesn’t exist!

Hot Franks:

  • It’s Gene Frank and his Pro-Street 1969 Sports Roof!

Mustang Illustrated – August 1992

Down On The Farm

  • Knott’s 7th Annual All Ford Day.

Shop Tour

  • Racer Walsh Co.

The Road Apple

  • This Colorado-based ’69 Mach-1 used to be home for field mice!

Sweet 16

  • A pretty four-cylinder Mustang convertible for a pretty lady!

The Border Bandits Revisited

  • Ford of Canada’s winningest Super Stock racers, twenty years later.

Right Again!

  • It’s SAAC’s new MKII convertible.

Cover Car! Pink Obsession

  • This ’66 is painted Playboy Pink, everywhere!

Hot Tamales

  • Mexico City’s Carlos Henkel has these two “Red Hot Chili Peppers” in his collection.

A Race Car Named Desire

  • A Shelby R-Model worth roughly the price of a nice house!

Cross Country Cop Car

  • The Antioch, Illinois PD enters the “Race-A-Cop” arena.

8-Is Great!

  • Roush Racing wins the Rolex/Daytona 24-hour for the eighth, and perhaps last, time!

A WINDSOR FOR THE ’90s

  • Part II: Hooking up fuel lines, accessories, and that scary wiring harness!

Out To Launch

  • Straight and true with KPI’s “Launch Kits”.

The Search For The Mysterious “Flying Shelby”

  • Naah, they really didn’t do that, did they?

5 Easy Pieces

  • Early Mustang Spare Tire Mounting Kit Installation

5 Easy Pieces

  • Shipping Tie Down Bracket Installation

5 Easy Pieces

  • Early Mustang Glove Box Replacement

5 Easy Pieces

  • Hatchback Sun Visor Installation

5 Easy Pieces

  • 1968 Shelby Flip-Style Door Handles

Under The Lights In Fort Worth

  • Ford’s at Will Rogers/Amon Carter Exhibition Center.

Slack Attack

  • Or the “Crashmobile” to some.

An Ex-Sept-Ional Deuce

  • It’s Steve Sept’s Canadian Mustang II Cobra.

Mustang Illustrated – October 1992

The Boss Is Yella

  • And we aren’t talking about his employer.

Mustang Mistress

  • That’s what Bennie Mills’ wife Donna named their ’67 GTA coupe.

Cold Storage

  • Just because it’s locked it up, it isn’t necessarily safe!

Showtime ’92–Special Double Coverage!

  • The Rocky Mountain Mustang Round-up and The Ford Motors port Nationals all at once!

The World’s Fastest And Quickest

  • This street driven 1967 Mustang is a pony with wings.

Stylin’

  • How to attach a Shelby-inspired “light bar” to a late-model ragtop.

Fahrvergnugen T-5

  • They didn’t call them Mustangs over in Germany.

Tuff ‘N Nuff

  • This slammed and supercharged ’70 is one “Bad Boy!”

The Zonker

  • A blown Pro-Street Falcon from New York!

5 Easy Pieces

  • Air Conditioning Tag Replacement

5 Easy Pieces

  • Timing Tape Installation

5 Easy Pieces

  • Early-Model Battery Holddown

5 Easy Pieces

  • Early-Model Accelerator Pedal/Return Spring Replacement

5 Easy Pieces

  • Serpentine Belt Replacement

Regal Blue Desire

  • This treat for the eyes, was painted by the “Velvet Hammer .

The Outcast

  • A blown, Boss-Powered, Pro-Street ’68.

What’s A Pro-Lane?

  • It’s a homemade Pro-Street ’63 Fairlane, that’s what!

A WINDSOR FOR THE ’90s

  • At last the moment of truth arrives! No lie!

The Name Game 1992

  • Can you say it in seven letters or less?

Bonneville Salt Traps

  • Tourists Beware! Before trekking across the famous salt be sure to have a lot of chain.

Retrospect

  • Tasca Ford Where the term “Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday” originated.

T-Bird Terror

  • A big-block stuffed into a late-model ‘Bird. Now that’s a car!

Probe Driving Impression

  • The all-new 1993 Ford Probe. Its second verse is better than the first!

The Best Of Both Worlds

  • Art Carr mates a GM 2004R to a late-model Mustang, with awesome results!

Beautiful In Basic Black

  • A pair of Canadian ’67s that blister the pavement!

Mustang Illustrated – December 1992

Slack Attack:

  • Also known as the “Cash-mobile” to some!

Holiday Parts House:

  • ‘Tis the season, and we’ll help you with the shopping.

Pro-Tang:

  • Here’s a Pro-Stock-inspired Indiana Mustang II!

The Summer Of 92:

  • Coverage of SAAC-17 Portland, and the MCA Nationals in Indianapolis.

Light Headed Fat-Block:

  • Part One — Building a 429 Fat-Block with a set of SVO aluminum heads.

Mi’s 1993 Calendar Girls!:

  • Back by popular demand!

5 Easy Pieces

  • 1964 1/2 to 1966 Fastback Fold-Down Rear Seat Support Kit Installation

5 Easy Pieces

  • 1964 1/2 to 1966 Mustang Headlight Switch Replacement

5 Easy Pieces

  • 1965 Mustang Ignition Switch Replacement

5 Easy Pieces

  • Quick ‘n’ Dirty Fuel Line Vapor Lock Prevention

5 Easy Pieces

  • SAACPARTS Brake Cooling Duct Installation

Blue Demon:

  • It’s owner chased down parts all across the Southwest!

Pro-Snake:

  • Steve Greebeck and the SAAC Car Co. enter the Pro 5.0 wars with this late-model Mustang.

The Yellow Rose:

  • Of Texas, where else?

Tasca’s Ford:

  • Like grandfather, like father, like son.

Genuine Ford People

  • Fernando Rivera

Genuine Ford People

  • George Porubski

In The Cards:

  • Mustang collector cards, the latest craze!

A Touch Of Insanity:

  • This Indiana fireman turns up the beat with his ’70 Mustang bracket racer.

A Treatise On The Versailles:

  • Currie Enterprises “bullet-proofs” the disc-braked nine-inch Lincoln Versailles rear end.

A New Angle:

  • Saleen Performance Parts puts back in what you took out of your Fox’s front suspension when you modified it.

Deck The Halls:

  • These two Mustang coupes are painted the right color.

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