69 "The Going Thing"

[xrayrob 10]

i have a 69 that was grabber blue and its called "The Going Thing" it was a promotional thing for ford in the cleveland area, if anybody has any info or pictures of what these cars looked like e-mail me xraymurphy@yahoo.com thanks Rob

[bswor 73]

Hrmm cant say I myself know anything of it, but thats not saying much heh heh. Can anyone else chime in and help rob out?

[mymach 0]

All I know is that "The Going Thing" was Ford's tag line for their advertising in 1969. I've seen it in ads for Mustangs, Fairlanes, and Torinos. If they made a special model called that, I'm unaware of it.

[xrayrob 10]

marti report says it was part of a local promotion called "the going thing", it was painted grabber blue(which wasn't available in 69) also no color code on door tag dso # is 322249 which was a special production car, i think there were promotional cars that were going on at the same time like "muscle parts", "the ford drag club" and "the streep scene", (thats spelled correctly)the guy i bought the car from said he seen a painting of the going thing, which was grabber blue and it had a big ford logo on the trunk deck lid

[Pakrat 1,043]

Well, it's totally new to me and I have not personally seen, read or heard anything about this before but that certainly does not make it any less real with Ford. It could have been so small that it garnered no real attention like other local promotion cars but I would think that just makes it potentially more rare. This guys website has a little info on alot of unique models long since forgoten, I would consider contacting him: http://www.limited600mustang.com/ and you may also want to look around the Mustang Source and talk to Brad the owner, he has tons of vintage info on his site and old ads and what not. Believe me I wish we had the answer here and I don't want you to really go elsewhere but I'm curious what you might be able to dig up. Good luck.

[bnickel 10,004]

the Ford drag team in 69 had a car called the "The Going Thing" it was a 69 fastback and i'm pretty sure Hubert Platt drove the car. try doing a google search for 69 ford drag team or something

[69mach1t5 104]

marti report says it was part of a local promotion called "the going thing", it was painted grabber blue(which wasn't available in 69) also no color code on door tag dso # is 322249 which was a special production car, i think there were promotional cars that were going on at the same time like "muscle parts", "the ford drag club" and "the streep scene", (thats spelled correctly)the guy i bought the car from said he seen a painting of the going thing, which was grabber blue and it had a big ford logo on the trunk deck lid

May we see the Marti Report,Id love to look into this but a Marty report will help me.

[bswor 73]

Yeh if you scan the marti report or take a picture, i'd love to see it myself.

[AutoFix 10]

There is a guy close to where I live that has one of these. He bought the car new and it has been going through a complete nut and bolt restoration. I believe he recently finished it and I think he has it at Carlisle this weekend.

[AutoFix 10]

There is a guy close to where I live that has one of these and he bought it brand new. It has been going through a complete bolt and nut restoration and I believe it has been recently completed. I believe he took it to Carlisle this weekend.

[rwcstang 201]

http://www.dearbornflashback.com/69dragteam.asp found a link with pics, hopefully that helps.

[Max Power 74]

Cool site. They call that Grabber Blue, but it looks more like Acapulco.

 

I didn't know they made special editions for the street.

[buening 63]

Here is an old thread on the VMF, with some phone numbers and email addys for people that have info: http://forums.vintage-mustang.com/vintage-mustang-forum/580234-1969-going-thing-mustangs-info-request-2.html

 

Here is a nice list of those special edition mustangs: http://www.mustangmonthly.com/featuredvehicles/mump_1210_special_edition_ford_mustangs/viewall.html

[Pakrat 1,043]

It may take us 7 years or so but eventually we come up with the answer on everything '69 & '70! LOL

 

Too bad the original poster hasn't been back since, maybe he'll get a reply prompt in his email and wonder WTF is going on. :w00t:

[69RavenConv 286]

It may take us 7 years or so but eventually we come up with the answer on everything '69 & '70! LOL

 

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing :detective:

 

But if Autofix is still reading this thread, I'd be interested in hearing more about the car you mentioned. I think they were only sold through the Cleveland DSO and specifically at Thompson Dragstrip. I would love to see one up close and personal if the guy ever shows it or cruises it.

[GT350R 10]

This is the car Autofix was talking about.......

 

[GT350R 10]

You guys might remember my thread I made when looking for more info. I found these guys. One owns the car above and one owns the blue one that posted in my Vintage Mustang thread that someone linked above.

 

http://www.1969stang.com/mustang/forum/showthread.php?t=9626

 

This is what mine would have looked like.

 

 

This is the other blue one. SO far just a couple found.... When you compare them to the Twister Mustangs of 1970. Its amazing, how different they turned out. Same history , being sold at the track. Same numbers sold (100). One the first, one the last offering. Yet, there are TONS more twisters surviving.

 

[Max Power 74]

I thought they made far more Twisters than 100, but in researching, I am wrong.

 

There is a local guy that just picked one up, almost a barn find, and suspected it would be a twister by the color, but didn't know until he ran the Marti. The KC DSO sold them to all parts in the region, and many of the people in Kansas and Oklahoma would remove the Twister decals. Apparently, tornadoes are not a frivolous matter in Tornado alley, and some of the new owners didn't see the humor in it.

 

I am working on producing a history of Tasca Ford right now, and Bob Tasca had a huge hand in making the Twisters even exist.

[harlan69mach 21]

From Mustang Monthly

 

http://www.mustangmonthly.com/featuredvehicles/mump_1210_special_edition_ford_mustangs/viewall.html

'69 Going Thing

 

 

In May 1969, Ford held an All-Ford Performance Day at Thompson Dragway in eastern Ohio to showcase Ford's performance cars, the Ford Drag Team, and the region's new special edition Mustangs and Torinos. The "Going Thing" Mustangs were painted Grabber Blue (which didn't become readily available until '70) with white stripes similar to the Boss 302 C-stripe but with "The Going Thing" reversed out along the bottom. They also included the Mustang's top performance packages with 428 CJ and 351 four-barrel engines. It has not been determined how many were built. They can be identified by a blank color code and a DSO code of 32-2249. They may have been available in red as well, but that has yet to be confirmed.

 

 

Read more: http://www.mustangmonthly.com/featuredvehicles/mump_1210_special_edition_ford_mustangs/viewall.html#ixzz2ful1hzOx

[GT350R 10]

 

I am working on producing a history of Tasca Ford right now, and Bob Tasca had a huge hand in making the Twisters even exist.

 

 

Tasca was at this event. There are pics of all the "big guys" there.

 

 

The Mustang was written before they knew about the Red and white cars. The red and white cars being harder to verify since they were not a special order paint code.

 

FWIW.... there were also Cobra's (Torino) in the same package.