Independent Mustang guidance without the sales pitch.
67Mustang.com is built for buyers, owners, and restorers who want fewer expensive surprises. The site is still deepest on 1967 Mustangs, but the same standard now carries across the broader first-generation portal.
Editorial standard
- Be useful before being clever.
- Be specific before being polished.
- Be skeptical before being enthusiastic.
- Do not overstate certainty.
- Do not pretend the site has firsthand data unless it explicitly documents it.
- Do not turn the site into sales copy.
- Keep the site independent, practical, and buyer-protective.
How the site should read
The copy should stay skeptical of glossy paint, vague seller stories, cosmetic-first project planning, and sweeping value claims. A good Mustang still has to earn its reputation through shell condition, documentation, safety, reliability, fit, and total project burden.
Pricing and market commentary are decision support, not an appraisal. Tool outputs are there to help a reader screen a car or a project, not to replace proof.
How recommendations are chosen
- Useful references and vendors are selected for fitment clarity, documentation quality, support, enthusiast usefulness, and project-stage relevance.
- Vendor mentions are not endorsements and do not replace part-number verification, return-policy checks, title review, inspection by a qualified shop, or in-person rust and structure checks.
- Values, availability, and restoration costs change. When the site does not have firsthand evidence, it should say so plainly.
Visuals and evidence boundaries
Photos and visual examples on the site are there to help readers compare body styles, spot common problem areas, and plan questions. They should never be treated as proof of a specific car’s history, condition, or originality.
Affiliate and link disclosure
Some outbound links may become affiliate links, which means the site may earn a commission if a reader buys through one of them. That does not change the standard. A link still has to be useful, relevant, and tied to the decision on the page.
Corrections and updates
If a spec, vendor, page link, decode rule, or recommendation needs correction, send the page URL and the best supporting source. Corrections should make the site more useful for the next buyer or owner, not more promotional.
Editorial standard
The site is here to make the next Mustang decision calmer.
The about page should show the same practical standard as the guides: inspection, verification, restoration order, useful corrections, and portal expansion from a strong 1967 base toward 1964.5-1973 coverage.
Editorial review
How we check this page
These pages are reviewed to stay useful, specific, skeptical, and buyer-protective. If something is not documented, the site should not present it as firsthand fact, and it should not read like sales copy.
67Mustang.com
June 23, 2026
The editorial standards page is reviewed for clear ownership of recommendations, affiliate-readiness disclosure, correction routing, practical buyer usefulness, and the independent 1964.5-1973 portal standard.
Source and verification notes
- Editorial standards are cross-checked against the site privacy policy, corrections page, affiliate-resource registry, and public resource guidance.
- Recommendation language is kept independent of affiliate status so pages remain useful without a purchase.
- Corrections, source suggestions, and disclosure changes are routed to the public corrections page and tracked in GitHub.
Send corrections or better sources through the contact/corrections page.