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| The 1970 Sidewinder Special is one of the remaining mysteries of the Mustang history, but we are pretty sure that this website will help to gather information. We encourage those amongst you who have heard or know anything about the Sidwinder, to contact us and share your
knowledge. Research in 2002 from Kevin Marti (www.martiauto.com) about the known VIN's of the registered Sidewinders has not brought up the necessary proofs from the FORD files to identify a real Sidewinder. They have the obvious common 351/4V engine, all are Sportsroofs and built in Dearborn. Provided with the known available colours, Kevin could limit the possible DSO related cars down to 40. Unfortunately the database does not proof anything about the true existence of a Sidewinder Special. Despite this David Charlier is pretty sure from original pictures and many Ford people he talked to, that the Sidewinder Special was a FORD promotion, not a dealer only gimmick. An original owner has told him that the stripe kit box - with a Ford part no. - came with the car in the trunk and dealer body men confirmed the mounting of Sidewinder stripe kits. Read through these pages to get all the details. I have absolutely no doubts in these facts and we hope that we can find as many as possible Sidewinder Specials out of those about 40 1970 Sportsroofs. We have eliminated the complete VINs in order not to provoke any fakes. Editors note: We feel a bit sorry about the book authors and other websites that meanwhile simply copy or use our content without giving proper credit. It seems they don't know any better than doing this in their research. David has been the only one who did his homework and Ponysite.de the first website that dedicated extra space for his research aside from Mustang Monthly magazine. | ||
1 of at least 6 surviving '70 Sidewinder Special Mustang Sportsroof - owner David Charlier
VIN 0F02M153xxx | ||
   Original picture from 1970 when the car was 2 weeks old |
David tells us, what he knows about the Sidewinders:The Sidewinders were all Dearborn built in the 152,000 to 156,000 range, sent to the Omaha district sales office (DSO 54), so any dealer in the district could have one sold.The cars seem to be sold at dealers in Iowa and Nebraska that would be a hell of a group. Why do the stripes look like the twister stripes? I have yet no answer. Anyway they certainly could have picked a better design. My invoice shows that it was delivered to a company called BREDA Autocompany in BREDA, no street or postal code. The others do not show the same delivery location. I have heard from another original owner that the sticker kit was delivered with the car in the trunk and that the dealer had to apply the stickers himself. The customer could opt for the stickers to be installed or not. Dealer body men confirmed this to me. There are 6 of these cars left and one of the grabber green cars still has the original owner and paint. Unfortunately he opted not to put the stripes on back then and gave them to a friend with a maverick back in the early 70s. My car was featured in the feb/march 96 issue of muscle car review, 95 Mustang Times, and a black and white small rear quarter shot in a 96 Mustang Monthly. What options were there on Davids Sidewinder Sportsroof 351?The invoice shows:
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