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| Happy 30th
Anniversary to Mustang Monthly.
Still serving the Mustang
community with distinction. |
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| The Mustang Grabber
Registry expresses it's sincerest
thanks to those of you who have
provided information about known
Grabbers that have been sold in
the past and lost to history, up
for sale on other websites, or
are now otherwise out of service.
With the serial numbers of these
Grabbers in the Registry
database, they will at least be
recorded for history. A special
thanks to Canada and Norway for
their contributions to the
Registry database. The
expressions of interest and
positive comments from all over
the world about the Mustang
Grabber Registry and it's efforts
is greatly appreciated. |
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What
exactly is a Mustang Grabber?
There has been some confusion at
times about Mustang Grabbers.
Please note the following
clarification. A Mustang Grabber
is a 1970 Sportsroof, or
fastback, that was ordered with
an option called the Grabber
Special Value Package. It is this
option that designated a Grabber.
Mustang Grabbers were painted in
Grabber colors as well as
Vermillion, or Calypso Coral, and
Bright Yellow, often referred to
as Grabber yellow but this is not
the correct name for that yellow.
The Grabber colors were available
for all 70 mustangs however not
all Mustangs painted Grabber
colors were Mustang Grabbers.
This seems to be where the
confusion comes from. Only a
Marti Report or an original
invoice listing the "Grabber
Special Value Package" can
verify a 70 Mustang is a Grabber.
Hopefully this will clarify any
confusion. A more detailed
explanation can be found on the Introduction page . |
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How
many Mustang Grabbers are left?
The answer to this question
is....who knows? An Ebay auction
for a Mustang Grabber posed the
theory that, because there were
30 Grabbers registered in the
Mustang Grabber Registry at the
time, there are less than that
still out there. Whether this was
a sales pitch or an honest
assumption, noone, including the
Registry, knows how many Grabbers
may still be out there. Please do
not assume that the Mustang
Grabber Registry ever has ALL of
the known Grabbers registered. A
few Grabbers are currently known
to the Registry in various
conditions that are not
registered. These are owned by
people who chose not to register
for personal reasons but wanted
the Registry to know of their
existence. If anyone has a
question about the authenticity
of a Mustang Grabber, the best
way to authenticate it is to get
a report from Marti Auto Works
and verify the options. The
Mustang Grabber Registry will be
happy to state if a car is
registered or not through
inquiries to the webmaster. The
Registry will acknowledge only
that the car in question is
registered and no other
information will be given out
unless approved by the owner of
the registered car. |
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| If
anyone has an authenticated
Grabber and they are going to use
it to clone something else such
as a Boss 302 or if they have
already changed it's Grabber
appearance, please consider
registering the car with Registry
anyway. It's a personal choice
what you do with your car.
Registering it here however will
keep track of it's true history
and whereabouts. All information
about the car will be kept
confidential and even off of the
public members list if that is
your wish. |
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| If any registered
member of the Grabber Registry is
also a member of the Mustang Club
of America, please inform the
webmaster. Being a member of any
club is not a requirement to
register your Grabber. The
Mustang Club of America is
interested in knowing who might
be a member of their club and who
has also registered with the
Registry. |
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| It
is happening so often that the
Mustang Grabber Registry feels
compelled to point out that there
are ....SIGNIFICANT....
differences between the 1969 and
1970 Mustangs. Ebay parts are all
over the place described as
"1969/1970" including
steering columns. THIS IS NOT
TRUE!!!!!! The Registry page Differences 1969 1970 showcases just some of
the differences. Steering
linkage, interior components, and
brake components are just some of
the differences. When you are
looking for parts for your car,
please DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Make
sure the parts you are acquiring
will fit your year of Mustang.
The Vintage Mustang Forum , as well as other
Mustang forums will help you
along with the Mustang Grabber
Registry. |
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| Donald
Farr of Mustang Monthly
is looking for anyone with a nice
restored Grabber who would like
to have their car featured in an
upcoming article about the
Mustang Grabbers. If you are
interested, please contact Donald
Farr at Editor Mustang Monthly . |
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| ***
EXTREME EBAY WARNING *** |
| Emails
are being sent out that are
supposedly from Ebay and/or
PayPal requesting updates on your
account with them. In the email,
a link is given to click on to go
to a page to update your account.
In some cases, the emails will
tell you that your account may be
suspended if you don't click on
the link in the email and update
your account information. DO
NOT DO THIS. This is a scam to get
your account information. If you
have a question about your
accounts, log in to your accounts
as you usually do and check your
information that way. These
emails will even come from email
addresses that look like Ebay or
PayPal. NEVER click a link in an
email of this type. Ebay and
PayPal fraud has increased
dramatically. Please Be aware of
this tactic. . |
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| **BEWARE** |
| There are instances
where someone will use pictures
of other people's Mustang and
present it as their own,
sometimes at a rediculously low
price. Beware of this practice.
The internet can easily be used
to falsify just about anything. |
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| " Found Another
One! " |
| A 1970 Mustang
fastback owner who, upon reading
the Registry introduction,
wondered if he just may have one
of the Grabbers "lost to
history". He obtained a
Marti invoice for his Mustang and
found on the invoice,
"Grabber Special Value
Package". Exactly as is
suspected with many Grabbers, his
car had been repainted over the
years, even a color change, and
the stripes were not replaced.
With the invoice being the only
way to verify the Grabber option,
he, and the Registry, might never
have known. Thanks to Marti Auto
Works, another lost
Grabber was found. Who knows how
many other Grabbers are lurking
beneath a paint job? The Registry
expresses it's thanks to Kevin
Marti and the owner of this lost
Mustang Grabber. |
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| Regarding
Cougar Eliminators |
| With Cougars being a
sister car to the Mustang, here
is some information to pass along
to Cougar Eliminator owners or
potential buyers. Like the
Mustang Grabber, the only way to
guarantee that a Cougar you may
be considering is really an
Eliminator is to check its
pedigree by ordering a copy of
the car's original invoice or its
production information. Check out
this link, The
Eliminator Registry , to learn
more about it. There are many
clones out there so it's
"Buyer Beware" when
searching. |
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| Special
Notice : Grabber with Serial number :
0F02F162792 |
| Bill
Hamilton purchased this car new
and owned it from Nov 1970 until
1992. The car had been damaged at
one time and was repainted as
shown in this picture. The last
known location was in the state
of Georgia. If you are the owner
of this car, you own a Grabber
and the Registry would like to
hear from you. Please contact the
webmaster at webmaster@1970mgr.org |
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