The OFFICIAL 20th Anniversary Mustang Website and Registry

5-21-04
The brand new CLASSIFIEDS area is now up and running!

5-16-04
NEWSFLASH! Scott Moen is new President of the Registry!

5-14-04
STAY TUNED! The NEW Official Website is about to Debut!

4-21-04
NEW Temporary GT350 Owners DATABASE is now up and running!

9-1-98
The GT350 Mustang internet e-mail list is now available!
Click here for information on how to join.

Ford celebrated the Mustang's 20th Anniversary in 1984 by issuing a limited-edition GT model under the designation GT-350. The GT-350 name had not been used since the last Shelby Mustang was produced in 1970.

The GT-350 could be ordered in either a hatchback or convertible body style driven by either the high performance 302cid V8 or the 140cid Turbo four. All came in white with special stripes and lettering while inside, SVO style seats were a feature of the all red interior.

The 1984 20th anniversary edition GT sported a whole new look for Mustang, including the white monochromatic paint scheme and bold "GT-350" Striping. These Stripes are very reminiscent of the classic Shelby Mustangs Produced in the 1960's.

· One big mechanical revision for the Anniversary Mustang involved the GT's suspension. This revision was introduced as a running change early in 1984 to ALL GT Mustangs. The rear control arm pivot points were lowered 1/2-inch on the upper end and 1/4-inch on the lower end for improved suspension geometry. In addition, quad shocks replaced the old-style traction bars and the rear anti-roll bar diameter increased to 0.79 inches compared to 0.67 inches in 1983.

· Another newcomer in 1984 was the introduction of an Automatic Over Drive (AOD) Transmission. This combination could only be purchased with a 302 utilizing a Throttle Body Fuel Injection (TBI) system, also called Central Fuel Injection(CFI). The optional 165 horsepower 5.0L engine with CFI and the 4-speed AOD transmission package was offered with a 3.27:1 axle ratio. The 175 HP 4V version carried over from 1983 was available only with a T-5 manual transmission. The 4V 5-speed was available with a 3.08:1 axle ratio.

· The 20th Anniversary Edition GT350's were produced during 35 days of production. The entire production is believed to have been done in 35 batches starting March 5th, 1984 and ending in April of 1984, there was one final Anniversary Mustang Convertible (TBI/CFI Automatic) Produced on June 12, 1984.

· There was NO official 25th Anniversary model from Ford in 1989, even though this was looked into with several designs on body and performance modifications. All that Ford ended up doing was installing a running horse badge on the passenger side of the dash board, stating "25 Years" on the bottom of the badge. These badges were installed beginning in April of 1989 for one year, until April of 1990, the Anniversary model year. I have no exact start or stop dates on the badges. After April of 1990, Ford kept the badges in place, but they were now blank at the bottom, so only the Mustangs built within the Anniversary model year will have the "25 Years" on their badges. Ford also had a "25 Years" water mark on the window sticker with the running horse badge during this time period. That is the whole history of the 25th year of Mustangs from Ford. Unfortunately, we had to wait five more years for some celebratory support from Ford, but again NO official "Anniversary model" from Ford, not even for the 30th model year.

In 1999 Ford did finally introduce an OFFICIAL 35^th Anniversary Model and an OFFICIAL 40^th Anniversary Mustang was introduced for the 2004 model year.

President - 20th Anniversary Mustang Owners Association
anvpny@execpc.com - Scott Moen
Or call (262)-567-2622 (between 6:30 - 9:30pm EST M-F or anytime on weekends)

Webmaster - The official 20th Anniversary Mustang Website & Registry
mpeters@corral.net - Mark Peters

Forums Moderator - gt350rgt@hotmail.com - Lewis Lukanc

Database Maintained by - jnagelhout@yahoo.com - Joe Nagelhout

Web Links Maintained by - harley@onvideo.org - Harley