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I have included a photo of my 72 Mach 1 before I began the teardown for a complete nuts and bolts restoration. This was my first car, bought it for $900 when I was 15 years old. It was a basket case when I bought and everyone told mne it was a mistake, but I have never regretted it and will keep her forever. My wife and I dated in this car in high school. Well, now 27 years later, two kids, multiple moves back and forth across the country, I am taking the time and money to do a complete restoration and not just one to make it look presentable. I will post another photo of the bare shell getting ready to go to Atlanta for metal work. It was a Utah car that made it to the midwest prior to my purchaseing it. Lets just say the salt one the battle. I never did get the underside of the car cleaned up while in high school and even though it has always been stored in a garage the rust has done its damage. The restoration will not be cheap and will take several years, but I am ready and committed to getting it done right. Someday, I hope to give the car to my son to take care of. Wish me well as I head down this long road, and know that sometimes memories mean more than resale value.
My factory Build Sheet and Eminger Invoice for the car

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Looks great right now! But giving this its due is a great thing as well!!
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Love Eleanor in the back ground!

SSig_nicethread Goodpost
here is a picture of my real Eleanor. I guess another reason I am ready to do the resto is that I can drive my 67 while working on the 72.
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Wow very nice!!! Jam
Wow! I wish my '71 was in that good of shape before I started tearing it apart. Nice ponies!
Nice looking OEM spare tire on the left year. Goodyear Polyglas small letters original tires are worth their weight in gold.Wow
vamach1,

Thank you for noticing that. It was stuffed in the trunk of the car when I acquired the car in 84. I decided to keep for it because of its originality. I mounted it to get an idea if I wanted to go back to that size when the restoration is done. Jury is still out on that. I want to enjoy driving it, so I have my reservations on going to bias-ply Wide Ovals as it was originaly equiped. I am sort of a junkie for all of the history and originality I can locate.
Boy, if my '72 looked like that I'd stop now and be very pleased.
I haven't done much to mine in a long time, too many projects that seem to take priority.
(11-17-2010, 09:52 AM)Chip Wrote: [ -> ]Boy, if my '72 looked like that I'd stop now and be very pleased.
I haven't done much to mine in a long time, too many projects that seem to take priority.

SSig_agreed
[attachment=2921]Thank you all for your comments. Believe me, if I did not have to rebuild her I would not. The rust and the rott on the underside, makes the car unsafe to drive. Honestly, I feel the front rails could have split just being up on jack stands. Much like veryone else, I have plenty of other projects and not enough money to keep me from embarking on this path. My goal is to restore her back to as close to original as possible. Below is a car very similiar to what she will look like in the end. One year color of Medium Lime Metallic (4F).
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