1969 Ford Mustang 428 Cobra Jet "the quickest standard passenger car through the quarter-mile we've ever tested" Cars Life May 1969
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@Classof6710 жыл бұрын
I actually remember seeing this commercial on TV back in '69. To a 17 year old teenager, this was bigger than life. So many Muscle cars to choose from and so little money to buy one...
@lancelot195310 жыл бұрын
Hi, I remember that commercial too, and shortly after... getting your draft card! Those were the days, Ciao, L
@Holiday480006 жыл бұрын
Dan Samson... But they were cheap to buy, this 428 Mach 1, Mustang could of been purchased for around $4,300 back in the day.
@MisterMikeTexas3 жыл бұрын
@@Holiday48000 But that price was probably like $40,000 is today.
@d23g329 жыл бұрын
I was a Chevy guy in HS back in the days when your family's car brand affiliation was generational and almost like a religion. I drove a '69 L78 SS396 Camaro, but one of my best friends grew up in a Ford family (gasp) and drove a '69 Mach One with a 428 Cobra Jet under a "Shaker" hood. I would still prefer my Rat but that CJ sure was sweet, too. In retrospect it's hard to believe that 17 year olds were lucky enough to have such now-classic and very valuable muscle cars.
@Ohaielaine16 жыл бұрын
Love the old commercials an avid fan of Classic Mustangs cant beat the sound of the engines.
@aristotlehernandez47676 жыл бұрын
This Mustang is by far the best muscle car ever
@paulsmit96811 жыл бұрын
I spent a lot of time riding shotgun in the 70s and never saw the 428 CJ beat. We raced them all from souped up Cameros, ROADRUNNERS, even stockcars on the fairgrounds and this car always left me astonished....the squeel off the line made in lag but when the rubber grabbed the road it was always over.
@Rumble6258 жыл бұрын
The Mach 1 was everything they said it was, the quickest car I ever owned, it had the 428 cj 4 speed. The only other car that I drove that could stay with it was a 454 ci stingray, but it was dangerous, at 130 plus mph if you had to lift off the gas quickly the rear end jumped up and was trying to come around on you. You had to slowly lift on the gas or you would go out of control, something the mustang didn't do. Two small things I didn't like about the Mach 1, was the troublesome electric choke, (keep hanging up) and trying to change spark plugs, almost impossible to get to. Cost of the brand new Mach 1 was around 3,500 bucks.
@ahoorakia8 жыл бұрын
+Rumble625 there was no 454 in 69,first 454 was introduced in 1970! how ever it was called LS5 on corvette in 1970
@Rumble6258 жыл бұрын
+ahoorakia Right, the 428 cobra jet was in my 1969 Mach 1 mustang, later on I bought a 1972 corvette that had the 454 4-speed. Just comparing the performance between the two, both were really strong but the corvette seemed to have a slight edge on the Mach 1.during acceleration. The handling of the corvette was tricky as could be at 130+ to be downright dangerous while the Mach 1 was much more stable at the top end. Being able to own and drive both cars was something.
@leibstandarte1stSS7 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes he spark plug change . Nearly impossible
@gpdude224 жыл бұрын
Bullshit. Your post shows your ignorance.
@chisel95413 жыл бұрын
Man commercials back in the 60's felt like they were 5 minutes long!
@DONDIVA196914 жыл бұрын
Out of the box the 428 CJ Mustang was probably the quickest regular production option you could buy.
@MachSCodefe10 жыл бұрын
0:31 I never knew Austin Powers did Ford Commercials
@QuadMochaMatti5 жыл бұрын
Maintaining the "International Man of Mystery" moniker.
@markdemell60873 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahahahahahaha ,Mike Myers must have seen this commercial. Good one dude.
@Maximaniac7210 жыл бұрын
Imagine walking into a Ford dealership in 1969 looking over the 428 Cobra Jet, then saying, "I like the Grande better, I think I'll take THAT one!"
@d23g329 жыл бұрын
Not everyone wanted to drive a muscle car or wanted to (or could) spend the extra $$$, which is why then and now the Big Three sold (sells) millions of six cylinder Mustangs, Camaros, Challengers, etc. The Grande was aimed at customers who liked the Mustang image but wanted more of a "personal luxury" car. The Cougar filled that niche under the Mercury brand but some of it leaked over to Ford, and that segment of the market expanded in the '70s. In fact, the non-muscle segment of the pony car market has always accounted for the most sales.
@5769JJ8 жыл бұрын
+Maximaniac72 You could get the Grande with the 428 CJ, 4 speed, Detroit locker rearend, and shaker hood scoop etc. Any Mustang could be ordered with any Engine available....exception of course the BOSS 429.
@JRC994 жыл бұрын
I just can't understand who the hell would choose the coupe over the Sportsroof.
@Edwark1210 жыл бұрын
A commercial that much more interesting compared to today.
@PUBNave8 жыл бұрын
My dream car. I love the groovy music too.
@jcglessner11 жыл бұрын
428 cobra jet......my first love. My dad got her new off the show room floor and handed her down to me on my 18th birthday :)
@danpolk14 жыл бұрын
I can't believe commercials like this cut the mustard back then.
@kevindavid99483 жыл бұрын
America always gets the good stuffs when it comes to cars.
@lorenzomaximo18185 жыл бұрын
I worked at a Ford dealer in 1969 and 1970. Oh what a time it was. I was 18 and 19 at the time. Went to Vietnam. Came home in 1973 bought a 70 Mach 1 351 Cleveland 4 speed with a Shaker scoop. I still own the car today it runs like a Swiss watch. Still Sports a factory original paint job. 75000 original miles. I don't know if I'll ever sell it it's been a great car. I also remember my best friend and I went into another Ford dealer in April of 69. And they're on the floor was a black 69 Boss 429 with Magnum 500 Wheels. $5,500 was it sticker price. I thought damn that's a lot of money about shit my pants. But nothing compared to what they bring today
@Birdgame2k1013 жыл бұрын
25,000 stangs sold in mid 64 thats a great sales record for only half a year and a brand new car
@thatps2guy4457 жыл бұрын
This was the point at which the Mustang transformed from a true pony car, to a true muscle car
@kascnef5 жыл бұрын
Kinda like camaro and challenger
@chuckselvage31573 жыл бұрын
The Cobra Jet was released in early 68 it was eating Chevs and Dodges for at least 12 months.
@paulmarclalonde38343 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@paulmarclalonde38343 жыл бұрын
Except they sent muscle cars They are wanna be sports cars now The only true muscle car left Is the Dodge Challenger Facts
@59isfine10 жыл бұрын
It showed the Boss moving but the rest of them were inching along. Favourite year. I node ring if they ran 5 minute commercials.
@GT4viper13 жыл бұрын
A new 250.c.i. V6 that goes like an 8! On v6 economy! Didnt I just see this on tv yesterday? Things never change do they.
@halon74768 жыл бұрын
Life was good then.
@Classic6314 жыл бұрын
Man this brings back so many memories.
@C0LM4N13 жыл бұрын
I am 15 and this makes me want one :D Mind me I am huge Ford fan :D
@cobrajetter13 жыл бұрын
Good thing they have that Mach One going flat out on a very long straight. These cars don't handle too well in the turns at speed!
@briantracy132411 жыл бұрын
428cj was strong , mine was a 351c '70 bought in 1979 ,, my competition was mainly Buick 6's ... I could take the early turbo's easy but the GSX's rocked...
@SeattleSportsFanic10 жыл бұрын
I gotta say. The 428 Cobra Jet is a really nice looking car. It's a damn shame they don't make 'em like this anymore. I'm always a big fan of all the classic muscle cars. I think this and the Boss 302 are the nicest looking Mustangs from '69.
@ThePaperSun10 жыл бұрын
They're definitely great-looking, but I'm a fan of today's as well. As for '69, they came a long way from the original '64 1/2.
@SeattleSportsFanic10 жыл бұрын
Don't get me wrong. I love the newer models, but I've always got a place in my heart for classic muscle cars.
@ThePaperSun10 жыл бұрын
I'm the same way.
@SeattleSportsFanic10 жыл бұрын
It's just like the 50s, big fins, and bigger taillights. They had style....lol
@ThePaperSun10 жыл бұрын
Haha, no doubt. Having a car from that era with the driveability of today's performance cars would be a lot of fun.
@billbagwell11053 жыл бұрын
That 428 Cobra Jet was powerful
@frankdenardo86844 жыл бұрын
This was on the FBI during the commercials. Quinn Martin which was the shows sponsor and corporate tie in aired this commercial during the 1968-1969 season.
@KridkornTangthanasirikul15 жыл бұрын
This "exclusively for Ford" song can be heard in both NA and AUS.
@nxne7516 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Not only do they not make cars like this anymore, they also don't make commercials like they used to anymore.
@MrDjh6610 жыл бұрын
I was only 3 then you were very lucky to remember that I dident get my 69 judge till 1990
@cobrajetter13 жыл бұрын
The 428 has piston sleeves the size of coffee cans. No replacement for displacement, and no school like the old school. I love embarrassing the rice burners at the stop lights.
@greenjeansmjr14 жыл бұрын
4:52...A car that actually STOPS at a stop sign! Ahhh, those were the days
@Cash211215 жыл бұрын
A friend in H.S. had a Jade Green '69 Mach 1, 428 SCJ, 4-Speed Toploader, 3.91 Detroit Locker, Shaker, Slats and Magnum 500's. Hedman headers w/ Cherry Bombs bolted to the collectors was the exhaust system. Sideways at any speed. He restored it, still has it and its worth close to $100K today. He'll probably be buried in it.
@shathorne15 жыл бұрын
Whoa, it's the Hullabaloo show in a Ford dealer showroom! I love it. What a great commercial.
@SiliconSam42815 жыл бұрын
I had one of them, a '69 428CJ with Lime Gold paint. Been gone but I still remember the s/n 9F02R149xxx
@YouScroob11 жыл бұрын
The singing group was known as "The Going Thing", did ads, toured out to dealerships etc. A brother / sister group originally signed to be "The Going Thing' in 1968 but then backed out to continue under their original name, "The Carpenters". The woman on the very right was Janis from the original "Brazil 66" of the sixties.
@mbrawthen3 ай бұрын
I know these Mustangs were called Mach 1, but I never knew they could actually travel at Mach 1, the speed of sound! 🤔😂😂😂😇
@Bronson910013 жыл бұрын
the past seems so bad ass
@nfelvis6811 жыл бұрын
I love this car...if only I had the money!
@Thomas63r22 жыл бұрын
As much as I enjoyed my Acapulco BlueR-code 428 CJ 4 speed '69 Mach 1 - those Grande versions were everywhere. The Mustang could be optioned for anyone's needs/tastes.
@musclecarluvr113 жыл бұрын
Had i started saving money to buy this car when this commercial started....I probably would've had enough to buy it when it ended. :)
@shathorne15 жыл бұрын
Y'know, 40 years of technology hasn't made the new Mustangs better than the good old '69 Mach 1. The new little 4.6 is not a 428 Cobra Jet / Toploader equivelant. If only we could buy this car new today.
@morini2913 жыл бұрын
must beautiful car over the world !!!
@soiledrug57175 жыл бұрын
These kind of cars want my German ass to be born in the US. It's literally impossible to get one of these beauties here :(
@yomommaahotoo2646 ай бұрын
Best ever year.
@sidescrollin15 жыл бұрын
back when we used to actually make cars.
@wheeler880115 жыл бұрын
yea, I got a 72 Mach 1 and standard price was $3,003, but mine had a 351 and a deluxe interior which would raise the price a bit
@DONDIVA196911 жыл бұрын
"the quickest standard passenger car through the quarter-mile" Yes the 428CJ Mustang was. I saw them run on the street back in the day. In street stock form nothing could touch it.
@maximogfe8 жыл бұрын
Good times for those people.
@oikyle13 жыл бұрын
And i though that commercials were long today.
@Xsis72013 жыл бұрын
@sunnymuffins13208 no, the horsepower for the cobra jet was rated at 335, which sounded like a dissapointment but the people who actually bought the 428CJ found that ford lied about the true horsepower number. the actual horsepower number was somewhere over 400
@onlyrock114 жыл бұрын
they probably should bring this commercial back, just updated for the 2011...
@SAMPLETEXT2856 жыл бұрын
They don't make car commercials like this anymore it sucks
@HocusFocusProductions11 жыл бұрын
Except for the 250 V6 they mention. I can't get over how the rear-ends were sagging even when the cars were new. I grew up thinking that happened as they got older.
i love when he says "performance striping" haha of all the things that car has to offer the "PERFORMANCE" striping really tops it all off hahaha
@wanderleyrosa8124 жыл бұрын
ford mustang the best car made in ford.
@charlesvan1316 жыл бұрын
I used to have one that looked just like the white fastback model at the end. It only had a small block and a 4-speed. But that was more that sufficient. Because it didn't have catalytic converters and other crap that newer cars have that slows them down.
@crazymusiclunatic13 жыл бұрын
@GT4viper dude they didnt have v6 back than, they were all straight, in-line 6s
@magilla_guerilla14 жыл бұрын
2:45 - 2:53 i think was all the commercial needed to get people to buy it
@The74Daniel10 жыл бұрын
I HAVE A 2001 MUSTANG GT IT'S BEEN A GREA4T FAST CAR THANK YOU FORD CO.
@Manintoga5 жыл бұрын
Did anyone warn the lovely people in the choir that there was a SPOOK behind them throughout the whole commercial?
@dudubrodie13 жыл бұрын
i cant wait for buying one!
@Cloudstrrifeee15 жыл бұрын
they made it look reeeal good
@CamaroAmx13 жыл бұрын
@mustangfan41 the javelin ended in 74, around the same time the mustang became a Pinto. AMC was bought out in 1987. The challenger bowed out in 73 and returned (as did the charger) as an economy sports car in the late 70's-80's. the camaro ended in 2002 and returned in 2010, 8 years gone. The mustang outsold its competitors most of the time, but rarely out performed them. My 93 Z28 was rated at 275hp. It took mustang until 2005, discounting "special editions", to meet or exceed that rating.
@TKJWVU14 жыл бұрын
Ford Mustang is my favorite car ever, but these commercials were the definition of cheesy lol.
@krillin87615 жыл бұрын
look at the difference now, some one making 12k could buy something for 4k and that 30 year old is making 40k but the car is 40 k
@jfsssp11 жыл бұрын
Great post thanks. My first car was a '69 GT500. Same basic car. Engine was just too much for it. Small-block pony cars are much more fun to drive.
@Cyonide910 жыл бұрын
Awesome Car!
@shathorne15 жыл бұрын
That's right, Ford HAD a better idea. For some reason they ran out of them by '73.
@karznboats14 жыл бұрын
@buttnut1080 Hey! I was around in 1969. I bought a 69 Dodge Charger new. I am not dead or dying. I am in the process of restoring a 69 Mach 1 now and I'm gonna drive the wheels off it!
@jerryolson37466 жыл бұрын
Still a Groovy commercial
@pearclips14 жыл бұрын
@therandomguys10001 yah right up to the point when the pontiac motor blows a rod!
@arios21113 жыл бұрын
That only thing that sucks is that you cant see the colors.
@MrCleanPolo13 жыл бұрын
Best cars ever made.
@cleatrampler15 жыл бұрын
People crave cars like this, otherwise they would be worth more now than they were new. Ford's "new" mustang was a hit, why cannot other companies go a step farther and bring back a classic. Chrome is better than painted plasticrap.
@Teankun12 жыл бұрын
1:00 How fast is that sweetheart going? From what I can tell from the lines on the road it is going faster than most highway speed limits.
@JD2CYLINDERNUT3 жыл бұрын
For those of you that no habla espanol grande is Spanish for........grande...
@djkaseone16 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@SteveRood110 жыл бұрын
The 1969 Boss 429 was introduced on January 5, 1969 Before the BOSS 302, wich was launched in March 1969
@itmcbhpbgf.63749 жыл бұрын
i drive the 1969 BOSS 429 as my signature car.
@SteveRood19 жыл бұрын
oh really ?...
@itmcbhpbgf.63749 жыл бұрын
yeah.
@SteveRood19 жыл бұрын
What KK Number ?
@itmcbhpbgf.63749 жыл бұрын
i'm keeping that a secret, because there could be pro car thieves out there.
@vampyros113 жыл бұрын
@neatoauctions You know, anyone looking to critique a commercial from this era with the eye of a cynic with regard to less than precision point synchronization of dance choreography, shot-angles, etc. CLEARLY misses the point. If what you need is the sterility of low-end thump pumping out of 5.1 sound and razor sharp editing bereft of any soul, there are plenty of contemporary ads to direct your pseudo-elitist scrutiny towards.
@MisterMikeTexas4 жыл бұрын
Did the Wrecking Crew play the instruments in this jingle?
@Yamaha310hp11 жыл бұрын
I had one in 74 .
@saikhmalik13 жыл бұрын
ohhhhhhhhhhhh saw this on tv last night
@195531298 жыл бұрын
Hot Stuff ,Go Go Go!
@nicholassheffo5723 Жыл бұрын
Is that Toni Basil singing and dancing too?
@antonioederlopezlopez73415 жыл бұрын
Is still available on the dealership today?
@flako154014 жыл бұрын
Hey one is still alive!!
@paulmarclalonde38343 жыл бұрын
Found on road dead still applies to this day Junk
@thewhofan9913 жыл бұрын
"longer by almost 4 inches" that's what she said. no, but seriously mustangs are the shit
@MrMustangnate13 жыл бұрын
@sunnymuffins13208 not really just a big block with an upgraded intake for a little more power
@Godzukidan13 жыл бұрын
Only Mustang tops Mustang ! O yea baby
@Datsrboi15 жыл бұрын
Wow....... Thats a long commercial.
@RadicalAwesomeness11 жыл бұрын
No, this isn't creepy at all. Definitely.
@merlewarmington92722 жыл бұрын
THE BEST
@xsonz212 жыл бұрын
"a 6 that moves like an 8" HA
@Rotzloeffi15 жыл бұрын
Well, screw me, but I say the Mustang is the one of the pony cars that sux hardest. I mean, it's the less rarest one. And my little cousin, age 4, wants already one. If you own a Mustang, maybe you're fast and all. But you don't give proof of classic taste. At least if you're not older than 60 years.