OVERVIEW:
Fabulous Mustangs and Exotic Fords (FM&EF) was published by Argus Publishing Corporation in Los Angeles, California. Argus also developed and/or acquired such titles as Street Rodder, Popular Customs and Popular Hot Rodding.

George Elliott was the publisher and editorial director, and the first editor was Pete Pesterre. Other editors included Jeff Tann and Matt Hardesty.

The magazine began as an annual publication, went to quarterly, then became bi-monthly in June, 1984. Similar to Mustang Monthly, it had very strong restoration content. But it also included modified Mustangs and featured other Ford powered vehicles like Cobras, GT40s, etc. The magazine had excellent technical and how-to articles, and like all automotive magazines included feature articles and vehicles.

It is uncertain why the magazine folded in 1993. Ford was on the cusp of introducing the SN95 Mustang to replace the Fox body, and competitor titles saw the opportunity to embrace the new Mustang in their content. There is no publishing data to prove this, but we suspect the other Mustang titles -- Mustang Monthly, Mustang Illustrated, Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords and Mustang & Fords -- were all financially stronger.

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PUBLICATION DATA:
The publisher provided net paid circulation data to Oxbridge Communication's The Standard Periodical Directory from 1988 through 1994 (for the 1993 reporting year). Annual print volume ranged from 128,000 to 143,100.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 65 issues were printed from 1981 through December, 1993. All cover images are complete.

1981 No 1
1981 Annual
1982 No 2
1982 Annual
Spring 1983
Spring 1983
Summer 1983
Summer 1983
Fall 1983
Fall 1983
Winter 1983
Winter 1983
Spring 1984
Spring 1984
July 1984
July 1984 Vol 4 No 2
Sept September 1984
Sept 1984 Vol 4 No 3
Nov November 1984
Nov 1984 Vol 4 No 4
Jan January 1985
Jan 1985 Vol 5 No 1
Mar March 1985
Mar 1985 Vol 5 No 2
May 1985
Apr 1985 Vol 5 No 3
July 1985
July 1985 Vol 5 No 4
Sept September 1985
Sept 1985 Vol 5 No 5
Nov November 1985
Nov 1985 Vol 5 No 6
Jan January 1986
Jan 1986 Vol 6 No 1
Mar March 1986
Mar 1986 Vol 6 No 2
May 1986
Apr 1986 Vol 6 No 3
July 1986
July 1986 Vol 6 No 4
Sept September 1986
Sept 1986 Vol 6 No 5
Nov November 1986
Nov 1986 Vol 6 No 6
Jan January 1987
Jan 1987 Vol 7 No 1
Mar March 1987
Mar 1987 Vol 7 No 2
May 1987
Apr 1987 Vol 7 No 3
July 1987
July 1987 Vol 7 No 4
Sept September 1987
Sept 1987 Vol 7 No 5
Nov November 1987
Nov 1987 Vol 7 No 6
Jan January 1988
Jan 1988 Vol 8 No 1
Mar March 1988
Mar 1988 Vol 8 No 2
May 1988
Apr 1988 Vol 8 No 3
July 1988
July 1988 Vol 8 No 4
Sept September 1988
Sept 1988 Vol 8 No 5
Nov November 1988
Nov 1988 Vol 8 No 6
Jan January 1989
Jan 1989 Vol 9 No 1
Mar March 1989
Mar 1989 Vol 9 No 2
May 1989
May 1989 Vol 9 No 3
July 1989
July 1989 Vol 9 No 4
Sept September 1989
Sept 1989 Vol 9 No 5
Nov November 1989
Nov 1989 Vol 9 No 6
Jan January 1990
Jan 1990 Vol 10 No 1
Mar March 1990
Mar 1990 Vol 10 No 2
May 1990
Apr 1990 Vol 10 No 3
July 1990
July 1990 Vol 10 No 4
Sept September 1990
Sept 1990 Vol 10 No 5
Nov November 1990
Nov 1990 Vol 10 No 6
Jan January 1991
Jan 1991 Vol 11 No 1
Mar March 1991
Mar 1991 Vol 11 No 2
May 1991
Apr 1991 Vol 11 No 3
July 1991
July 1991 Vol 11 No 4
Sept September 1991
Sept 1991 Vol 11 No 5
Nov November 1991
Nov 1991 Vol 11 No 6
Jan January 1992
Jan 1992 Vol 12 No 1
Mar March 1992
Mar 1992 Vol 12 No 2
May 1992
Apr 1992 Vol 12 No 3
July 1992
July 1992 Vol 12 No 4
Aug August 1992
Aug 1992 Vol 12 No 5
Oct October 1992
Oct 1992 Vol 12 No 6
Dec December 1992
Dec 1992 Vol 12 No 7
Feb February 1993
Feb 1993 Vol 13 No 1
Apr April 1993
Apr 1993 Vol 13 No 2
June 1993
June 1993 Vol 13 No 3
Aug August 1993
Aug 1993 Vol 13 No 4
Oct October 1993
Oct 1993 Vol 13 No 5
Dec December 1993
Dec 1993 Vol 13 No 6
Last issue