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1985 Twister II's came with the following:

Exterior "Twister II" decals – consisting of a large set of black stripes with the cut-out words "TWISTER II" running the length of the rocker panel below the rub strip on each side of the car and a smaller black "tornado with eyes" decal directly in front of each rear wheel (above the embossed "GT" on the rub strip).  These decals were not applied at the factory, rather they were all applied at the Claycomo Ford plant transport lot near Kansas City, MO.


Bronze dash plate - this plate reads "1985 Limited Edition TWISTER II, Kansas City District, October 1984" with a running horse emblem/tornado design in the center and was to be placed on the passenger side dash.  Many Twister II's do not have these as the plates were shipped separately to the dealers and unfortunately, it is believed many of them ended up in the hands of salespeople or other dealership personnel as keepsakes instead of being placed on the cars.


Alabaster coaster - this reads "1985 Limited Edition TWISTER II, Kansas City District" with a running horse emblem/tornado design in the center.  This was to be given to the new owner of the car upon purchase, however, as with the dash plates, these often found their way into the hands of dealership personnel instead of the new owner.


Press package - this featured a press release about the 1985 Twister II and a picture of the Twister II along with the original 1970 Mach 1 Twister Special.  Similar to the coaster, this was supposed to be given to the new owner of each Twister II, but, in many instances, the owners never received one.


An authentic 1985 Twister II must have ALL of the following (in addition to the items described above):

DSO code of "53" (Kansas City District Sales Office) - this code can be found on the middle/lower right side of the certification label (aka driver's door tag) - this code can also be found on the original window sticker, owner's warranty card or build sheet if the door tag is unreadable or unavailable.  The "53" DSO covered dealerships in large parts of Missouri and Kansas.


Scheduled build month of October 1984 -  this can be confirmed by looking in the upper left corner of the driver's door tag - it should say "Date: 10/84" (note: the "actual" build date such as on the owner's warranty card may be late September).


VIN in a certain number range - while the 90 1985 Twister II VIN's are not consecutive like the original 1970 Twister Specials, the last 6 digits of their VINs do fall within a few certain number ranges - the last 6 digits of the VIN must fall in the following ranges 109800-109899, 110300-110399 or 112200-112299. (NOTE - other non-Twister II Mustangs do fall within these ranges so a VIN number in these ranges alone does not positively confirm a car is a Twister II, it should meet all of the other criteria listed also).  The VIN numbers can be found in a number of places on a car and they should be compared to ensure that they all match (for example, sometimes the driver's door is replaced with one from a different car and the door tag would therefore show the incorrect data for the car).  The VIN can be found in the following places:  metal tag on driver's dash at the base of the windshield, driver's door tag (middle of tag) and buck tag (last 6 digits only).


Limited exterior paint colors - the vast majority of Twister II's were Jalapena Red (aka Bright Red) (2R), however they were also produced in only three other colors - Oxford White (9L), Medium Canyon Red Metallic (2A) and Silver Metallic (1E) - the original paint color can be verified by checking the code on the middle/lower left side of the driver's door tag - this code can also be found on the original window sticker, warranty card, build sheet or buck tag if the door tag is unreadable or unavailable.


Since Twister II's were a Kansas City Sales District promotional car, there was nothing on the window sticker indicating it as a Twister II.  There are also no distinctive markings on the driver's door tag, buck tag or buildsheet that identify the car as a Twister II.  We have heard that some dealers added their own additional window sticker to mark up the price of the Twister II over the standard GT price (per the original owner of a Twister II convertible, the dealer charged an extra $85 for his Twister II over a regular '85 GT).

Meh...it's a Mustang....

Are you sure you can afford it?I thought you were in wicked need of money just a couple of days ago.I guess the answer isn't up to us and what we think,it's up to you and your budget.