The "hockey stick" stripes were standard on all BOSS 351s ( 71only), and optional on 71-72 Mach 1s, and were included in the "spring special" hardtop package on late-year 71 ( or was it '72?) hardtops.
The fat, straight stripes were standard and only available on '73 Mach 1s.
There were a handful of '73 coupes that had factory-applied 71-72 style "hockey sticks", but the new 73 bumper design neccesitated some dodgey-looking mods to make them look somewhat correct. Even so, they never looked right to me on a 73.
The 1971 Mustang Spring Special was a promotional trim package that added Boss stripes, a color-keyed Mach 1 bumper; aka 'spoiler/bumper', dual color-keyed racing mirrors and a non- functioning color-keyed (no blackout) ram air hood all to help sell more of the base model hardtops. I have never seen any documentation of any kind to substantiate the same or similar package for 1972 or 1973 model years.Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I remember someone knowledgeable saying awhile back that the Hockey Stripes could be ordered as an optional trim item on the '73 'verts as well.
Do you have the window sticker/invoice or the Marti report??? Or is current owner on her and do they???My old 73 Sportsroof, photo from November 1978.
I was the second owner, and as far as I knew back then the hockey stripes were always on the car.
In the 73 Brochure it mentions that the Coupes and Verts could be ordered with stripes as a option with the décor group.Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I remember someone knowledgeable saying awhile back that the Hockey Stripes could be ordered as an optional trim item on the '73 'verts as well.
that is a very nice looking coupeA real 71 sport coupe, factory paint and stripes.
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