Ford Mustang · 1969–1973

Grandé

The luxury Mustang of 1969–73: a hardtop with a softer ride, extra insulation, wood-grain trim and, from 1970, a vinyl roof.

The story

The Grandé was new for 1969, Ford's most luxurious Mustang, and it came only as a hardtop.12

It was never rare. Its weakest year was 1970, with 13,581 built.234

It stayed in the range until the end of the first generation in 1973.2one source

How to spot a Grandé

Hardtop only

Every Grandé is a hardtop.12

A vinyl roof with Grandé script

On the 1971–73 cars a vinyl roof and Grandé script on the rear roof pillars set it apart from the plain hardtop.15

Wood-grain inside, extra insulation

Inside it has simulated wood trim, and it carries extra sound insulation.16

The door tag

The body code on the door tag is 65E on a 1969–70 Grandé and 65F on a 1971–73.256

Production by year

How many Grandés were built each model year.

1969
22,182
1970
13,581
1971
17,406
1972
18,045
1973
25,274
As a table, with notes
YearBuiltNote
196922,182267
197013,581234
197117,40628
197218,04529Ruling
197325,274210

Where the sources disagree

Every conflict behind the figures on this page. All rulings.

Settled

1972 production

Our ruling: We use 125,093, the sum of rows that each have at least two independent sources: 6,401 convertibles and 15,622 fastbacks (CJ Pony Parts and Over-Drive), 18,045 Grandés (Maine Mustang and CJ Pony Parts) and the hardtop and Mach 1 figures, which Maine Mustang, CJ Pony Parts and Over-Drive all give. 6,121 is exactly the 1971 convertible figure, and 16,622 is 1,000 too high, the same slip as the 1965 hardtop figure. 125,093 is also MustangSpecs' 125,903 with two digits swapped. MustangSpecs' rounded 28k Grandés and 33k fastbacks fit none of the lists.

What each source says (5)
  • 6,121 convertibles and 16,622 fastbacks; total 125,813911one source
  • 125,813 (US sales)12one source
  • 125,903 in total; 6,401 convertibles; «Grande versions (28k units)»; «The Fastback as base and Mach 1 sold about 33k units»13one source
  • 15,622 SportsRoofs and 6,401 convertibles; the rows add to 125,0932one source
  • 15,622 SportsRoofs, 6,401 convertibles and 18,357 Grandés; no total5one source

Settled

1973 Mach 1 and Grandé production

Our ruling: We use 35,440 Mach 1s and 25,274 Grandés, which Maine Mustang, CJ Pony Parts and MustangSpecs give alike. Over-Drive's figures stand alone.

What each source says (2)
  • Mach 1: 35,440; Grandé: 25,27421014
  • Mach 1 «quite popular with 35,490 sold»; Grandé 27,27415one source

Sources

  1. Ford Mustang (first generation) Wikipedia · read 2026-10-10
  2. 1965-1973 Mustang Production Numbers CJ Pony Parts · read 2026-10-11
  3. 1970 Mustang Technical Data Maine Mustang · read 2026-10-11
  4. 1970 Ford Mustang Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11
  5. 1972 Ford Mustang Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11
  6. 1969 Ford Mustang Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11
  7. 1969 Mustang Technical Data Maine Mustang · read 2026-10-11
  8. 1971 Mustang Technical Data Maine Mustang · read 2026-10-10
  9. 1972 Mustang Technical Data Maine Mustang · read 2026-10-11
  10. 1973 Mustang Technical Data Maine Mustang · read 2026-10-11
  11. Timeline: 1972 Mustang The Mustang Source (Internet Archive copy, 2016) · read 2026-10-11
  12. Ford Mustang Wikipedia · read 2026-10-10
  13. 1972 Ford Mustang Production Numbers MustangSpecs · read 2026-10-11
  14. 1973 Ford Mustang: Ultimate In-Depth Guide MustangSpecs · read 2026-10-11
  15. 1973 Ford Mustang Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11

Year by year

The Grandé in each model year.

1969Ford MustangA longer body and four new names: Mach 1, Grandé, Boss 302 and Boss 429.299,824 built1970Ford MustangThe second and last year of the Boss 302 and Boss 429, and a fall to 198,239 cars.198,239 built1971Ford MustangThe biggest first-generation Mustang, and the year the Mach 1 made up almost a quarter of production.151,484 built1972Ford MustangThe first year of net horsepower ratings, and a production total that Maine Mustang and MustangSpecs both get wrong.125,093 built1973Ford MustangThe last first-generation Mustang, and the first rise in production after six falls in a row.134,867 built