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...

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.

Love the old commercials an avid fan of Classic Mustangs cant beat the sound of the engines.

This Mustang is by far the best muscle car ever

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.

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.

Man commercials back in the 60's felt like they were 5 minutes long!

Out of the box the 428 CJ Mustang was probably the quickest regular production option you could buy.

0:31 I never knew Austin Powers did Ford Commercials

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!"

A commercial that much more interesting compared to today.

My dream car. I love the groovy music too.

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 :)

I can't believe commercials like this cut the mustard back then.

America always gets the good stuffs when it comes to cars.

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

25,000 stangs sold in mid 64 thats a great sales record for only half a year and a brand new car

This was the point at which the Mustang transformed from a true pony car, to a true muscle car

It showed the Boss moving but the rest of them were inching along. Favourite year. I node ring if they ran 5 minute commercials.

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.

Life was good then.

Man this brings back so many memories.

I am 15 and this makes me want one :D Mind me I am huge Ford fan :D

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!

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...

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.

That 428 Cobra Jet was powerful

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.

This "exclusively for Ford" song can be heard in both NA and AUS.

Awesome. Not only do they not make cars like this anymore, they also don't make commercials like they used to anymore.

I was only 3 then you were very lucky to remember that I dident get my 69 judge till 1990

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.

4:52...A car that actually STOPS at a stop sign! Ahhh, those were the days

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.

Whoa, it's the Hullabaloo show in a Ford dealer showroom! I love it. What a great commercial.

I had one of them, a '69 428CJ with Lime Gold paint. Been gone but I still remember the s/n 9F02R149xxx

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.

I know these Mustangs were called Mach 1, but I never knew they could actually travel at Mach 1, the speed of sound! 🤔😂😂😂😇

the past seems so bad ass

I love this car...if only I had the money!

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.

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. :)

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.

must beautiful car over the world !!!

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 :(

Best ever year.

back when we used to actually make cars.

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

"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.

Good times for those people.

And i though that commercials were long today.

@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

they probably should bring this commercial back, just updated for the 2011...

They don't make car commercials like this anymore it sucks

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.

Nice piece of history

R-code '69 Mach-1 "Drag-Pak" resto-mod owner, BABY!

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

ford mustang the best car made in ford.

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.

@GT4viper dude they didnt have v6 back than, they were all straight, in-line 6s

2:45 - 2:53 i think was all the commercial needed to get people to buy it

I HAVE A 2001 MUSTANG GT IT'S BEEN A GREA4T FAST CAR THANK YOU FORD CO.

Did anyone warn the lovely people in the choir that there was a SPOOK behind them throughout the whole commercial?

i cant wait for buying one!

they made it look reeeal good

@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.

Ford Mustang is my favorite car ever, but these commercials were the definition of cheesy lol.

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

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.

Awesome Car!

That's right, Ford HAD a better idea. For some reason they ran out of them by '73.

@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!

Still a Groovy commercial

@therandomguys10001 yah right up to the point when the pontiac motor blows a rod!

That only thing that sucks is that you cant see the colors.

Best cars ever made.

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.

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.

For those of you that no habla espanol grande is Spanish for........grande...

Thanks

The 1969 Boss 429 was introduced on January 5, 1969 Before the BOSS 302, wich was launched in March 1969

@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.

Did the Wrecking Crew play the instruments in this jingle?

I had one in 74 .

ohhhhhhhhhhhh saw this on tv last night

Hot Stuff ,Go Go Go!

Is that Toni Basil singing and dancing too?

Is still available on the dealership today?

Hey one is still alive!!

Found on road dead still applies to this day Junk

"longer by almost 4 inches" that's what she said. no, but seriously mustangs are the shit

@sunnymuffins13208 not really just a big block with an upgraded intake for a little more power

Only Mustang tops Mustang ! O yea baby

Wow....... Thats a long commercial.

No, this isn't creepy at all. Definitely.

THE BEST

"a 6 that moves like an 8" HA

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.

Looks like Austin Powers @00.30