West Valley Mustang
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- 1972 Convertible Survivor
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As a new owner of a 1972 convertible, I am learning what I can about the car. I have seen various places that the same number of convertibles (6,121) were made in both 1971 and 1972. This information is on the Mustang Data tab (then 1971 Info and 1972 Info sub tabs) on this site and multiple other internet sources. It seemed unlikely to me that the same number of convertibles would be produced in two consecutive years. I have also seen a number of 6,401 for 1972 in a few places. I found under the Mustang Data tab (71-73 Buyers Guide tab) the production of convertibles was 6121 for 1971 (679 with I-6 and 5,442 with V-8 engines) and 6,401 for 1972 (565 with I-6 and 5,836 with V-8 engines. (See below table copied from the Buyers Guide.) This higher number is not reported nearly as often on the internet search results as the 6,121 number is. I looked on some of the Marti reports posted on this site and found in the statistics section on some of these reports that 2,681 of the 1972 convertibles were "With Black Power Top w/Glass Backlite" and 3,720 of the 1972 convertibles were "With White Power Tops w/Glass Backlite." This totals to 6,401. I see the same 6,401 number on classicponycars.com.
So is the 6,121 number for 1972 just a typo that has been copied from source to source? It looks that way to me, but figured someone else had figured that out long before today.
From Buyers Guide
Production Mustang I-6/V-8*
1971
Coupe -- 12,181/53,521
Sportsroof -- 1,296/22,659
Convertible -- 679/5,442
Grandé -- 568/16,838
Mach 1 (Sportsroof) -- 36,498
Boss 351 (Sportsroof) -- 1,806
1972
Coupe -- 8,137/49,213
Sportsroof -- 614/15,008
Convertible -- 565/5,836
Grandé -- 465/17,580
Mach 1 (Sportsroof) -- 27,675
So is the 6,121 number for 1972 just a typo that has been copied from source to source? It looks that way to me, but figured someone else had figured that out long before today.
From Buyers Guide
Production Mustang I-6/V-8*
1971
Coupe -- 12,181/53,521
Sportsroof -- 1,296/22,659
Convertible -- 679/5,442
Grandé -- 568/16,838
Mach 1 (Sportsroof) -- 36,498
Boss 351 (Sportsroof) -- 1,806
1972
Coupe -- 8,137/49,213
Sportsroof -- 614/15,008
Convertible -- 565/5,836
Grandé -- 465/17,580
Mach 1 (Sportsroof) -- 27,675
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