Factory Production Statistics

428 CJ and SCJ Mustang Production by Model Year and Plant

Serial numbers and statistics courtesy of Marti Auto Works

Year and Plant Earliest VIN Latest VIN Total Production
1968 Dearborn 8F02R135007 8F02R220813 1,128
1968 San Jose 8R01R158074 8R02R172223 171
1968 Metuchen Shelby 8T02R199216 8T02R216332 *1,571
    Total 1968 (with Shelby): 2,870
    Total 1968 Mustang: 1,299
       
1969 Dearborn 9F02R100002 9F02R222884 5,449
1969 Dearborn Shelby 9F02R480003 9F03R483289 1,402
1969 San Jose 9R02R100002 9R02Q193141 3,004
1969 Metuchen 9T02R100003 9T02R218827 4,808
    Total 1969 (with Shelby): 14,663
    Total 1969 Mustang: 13,261
       
1970 Dearborn 0F05R100002 0F05R206571 1,758
1970 Dearborn Shelby 0F03R480909 0F02R483295 *470
1970 San Jose 0R05R100040 0R05R165298 320
1970 Metuchen 0T05R100003 0T05Q168867 1,411
    Total 1970 (with Shelby): 3,959
    Total 1970 Mustang: 3,489
       
    Total Mustang: 18,049
    Total Shelby: 3,443
    Total: 21,492

*Note that all 1968 Metuchen Cobra Jet production was Shelby GT500KR. Statistics provided courtesy of Marti Auto Works and the Shelby American Automobile Club.

*Note that all 1970 Shelby Mustangs were actually left-over, unsold 1969 models that were re-numbered and modified slightly for sale in the 1970 model year.

428 CJ and SCJ Mustang Production by Body Type

Statistics courtesy of Marti Auto Works

Year Coupe Convertible Sportsroof Total Production
1968 Mustang 221 34 1,044 1,299
1968 Shelby   518 1,053 1,571
Total: 221 552 2,097  
      Total 1968: 2,870
         
1969 Mustang 243 122 12,896 13,261
1969 Shelby   245 1,157 1,402
Total: 243 367 14,053  
      Total 1969: 14,663
         
1970 Mustang 70 47 3,372 3,489
1970 Shelby   90 380 470
Total:   137 3,752  
      Total 1970: 3,959
         
      Total Mustang: 18,049
      Total Shelby: 3,443
      Total: 21,492

428 SCJ Mustang Production by Body Type

Statistics courtesy of Marti Auto Works

Year Coupe Convertible Sportsroof Total Production
1969 Mustang "V" 35 11 2,089 2,135
1969 Mustang "W" 17 3 1,026 1,046
1969 Shelby "V"   21 145 166
1969 Shelby "W"   1 25 26
Total: 52 36 3,285  
      Total 1969 Mustang: 3,181
      Total 1969 Shelby: 192
      Total 1969: 3,373
         
1970 Mustang "V" 6 7 620 633
1970 Mustang "W" 9 2 331 342
1970 Shelby "V"   21 98 119
1970 Shelby "W"     6 6
Total: 15 30 1,055  
      Total 1970 Mustang: 975
      Total 1970 Shelby: 125
      Total 1970: 1,100
         
      Total Mustang: 4,156
      Total Shelby: 317
      Total: 4,473

You may be wondering where these figures came from, especially since they aren't the same numbers that you may have seen published in books and magazines over the years. These figures were collected from official Ford production records through the courtesy of Marti Auto Works! Please note also that the 1969 Dearborn production total is 470 units less than published in Kevin Marti's book Mustang . . . by the Numbers. It was discovered too late that Ford double counted the 1970 Shelby production by also including all the records in the 1969 data since these cars were all originally 1969 cars. Figures shown here are the true quantities as corrected by Kevin Marti.

Here are some additional production statistics describing body style, engine, and transmission combinations gleaned from reports produced by Marti Auto Works. There are still some holes to be filled in here, so please consider sharing a copy of your Marti report if you have statistics that aren't listed here:

1968 R-code fastback with manual transmission: 1,236
1968 R-code Mustang GT fastback with manual transmission: 706
1968 R-code fastback with automatic (code U, C-6) transmission: 860
1968 R-code Mustang GT fastback with automatic (code U, C-6) transmission: 337
1968 R-code fastback with automatic (code W, C-4) transmission: 1
1968 R-code Mustang GT coupe with manual transmission: 102
1968 R-code Mustang GT coupe with automatic transmission: 119
1968 R-code convertible with manual transmission: 278
1968 R-code Mustang GT convertible with manual transmission: 11
1968 R-code convertible with automatic transmission: 274
1968 R-code Mustang GT convertible with automatic transmission: 23

1969 Q-code sportsroof with manual transmission: 1,485
1969 Q-code sportsroof with automatic transmission: 1,274
1969 R-code non-Shelby sportsroof: 10,130
1969 R-code sportsroof with manual transmission: 6,473
1969 R-code non-Shelby sportsroof with manual transmission: 5,853
1969 R-code sportsroof with automatic transmission: 5,192
1969 Q-code coupe (including Grande): 105
1969 Q-code Grande with automatic transmission: 28
1969 Q-code Grande with manual transmission: 9
1969 Q-code coupe (including Grande) with automatic transmission: 62
1969 Q-code coupe (including Grande) with manual transmission: 43
1969 R-code coupe with manual transmission: 86
1969 R-code GT coupe with manual transmission: 48
1969 R-code coupe with automatic transmission: 52
1969 R-code SCJ coupe with manual transmission: 34
1969 R-code SCJ coupe with automatic transmission: 9
1969 Q-code SCJ coupe with manual transmission: 8
1969 Q-code SCJ coupe with automatic transmission: 1
1969 428 CJ GT sportsroof: 384
1969 R-code GT sportsroof: 278
1969 Q-code GT sportsroof: 106
1969 R-code GT sportsroof with manual transmission: 158
1969 R-code GT sportsroof with automatic transmission: 120
1969 SCJ GT sportsroof: 110
1969 SCJ GT sportsroof with manual transmission: 59
1969 R-code SCJ GT sportsroof with manual transmission, V- or W-code axle: 50
1969 R-code SCJ GT sportsroof with automatic transmission, W-code axle: 11
1969 Q-code convertible: 50
1969 Q-code convertible with automatic transmission: 30
1969 Q-code convertible with manual transmission: 20
1969 Q-code SCJ convertible with manual transmission: 5
1969 Q-code GT convertible: 30
1969 Q-code GT convertible with automatic transmission: 21
1969 Q-code GT convertible with manual transmission: 9
1969 R-code GT convertible: 58
1969 Q-code Mach 1 SCJ: 368
1969 Q-code Mach 1 SCJ with automatic transmission and W-code axle: 32
1969 R-code Mach 1: 9,573
1969 R-code Mach 1 with automatic transmission: 4,053
1969 R-code Mach 1 SCJ: 2,501
1969 R-code Mach 1 SCJ with automatic transmission: 769

1970 R-code Mach 1 sportsroof with manual transmission: 1,371
1970 R-code Mach 1 sportsroof with automatic transmission: 1,130
1970 Q-code Mach 1 sportsroof with manual transmission: 320
1970 Q-code Mach 1 sportsroof with automatic transmission: 364
1970 Mach 1 sportsroof with SCJ engine: 857
1970 Mach 1 sportsroof with Detroit Locker differential: 64
1970 non-Mach 1 sportsroof with SCJ engine: 198
1970 non-Mach 1 sportsroof with Detroit Locker differential: 254
1970 R-code sportsroof (non-Mach 1) with SCJ engine: 170
1970 Q-code sportsroof (non-Mach 1) with SCJ engine: 28
1970 R-code sportsroof (non-Mach 1) with SCJ engine and manual transmission: 103
1970 R-code sportsroof (non-Mach 1) with SCJ engine and automatic transmission: 67
1970 R-code sportsroof (non-Mach 1) with SCJ engine, manual transmission, and Detroit Locker: 15
1970 R-code sportsroof (non-Mach 1) with automatic transmission: 247
1970 R-code sportsroof (non-Mach 1) with manual transmission: 249
1970 Q-code sportsroof (non-Mach 1) with automatic transmission: 29
1970 Q-code sportsroof (non-Mach 1) with manual transmission: 42
1970 Q-code Grande with automatic transmission: 13
1970 Q-code Grande with manual transmission: 1
1970 Q-code coupe (including Grande) with manual transmission: 10
1970 Q-code coupe (including Grande) with automatic transmission: 21
1970 R-code coupe (including Grande) with manual transmission: 16
1970 R-code coupe (including Grande) with automatic transmission: 23
1970 Q-code convertible with manual transmission: 5
1970 Q-code convertible with automatic transmission: 9
1970 R-code convertible: 123
1970 R-code convertible (non-Shelby): 33
1970 R-code convertible (non-Shelby) with automatic transmission: 18
1970 R-code convertible with manual transmission: 51
1970 R-code convertible with automatic transmission: 72

Note: there were no R-code Grandes produced in 1969 or 1970.