hi all..new to site and pics of my old mach 1
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hello all...nice to see a mach 1 site!!....below should be posted a pic of my 1973 mach 1 that i have had sence i was a teenager...got the car off my dad and never let go..lol...glad i didnt...few years ago i decided to take it too a local mustang car restore guy..his cars have made it too barretts and won many shows...he is known for prefection..which my car hardly is..lol...but i figured he could give me some info about it...i pulled up..and he came out and looked inside of it..and he says right away...mmmm power windows...tack...looks in the door..says..q code...he finds the orignal tag under the fender and says..ok..you need to get a report done on this car...he says he never seen a car with that many codes..it has to be a showroom order car he thought...

well comes back..it was made 14 days behind sced.....they was building mustang 2's when it rolled out...so it couldnt be a showroom car..it came back one of a kind on the report...very odd being orderd with so many options so late..over 20 options...and it has a code on the order plate that marti cant tell us what it is..which is wild too...its a mysterious j code stamped on it..its not suposta be there.... know one knows why..lol..ill take some pics of it later and add..and see if any of you have the same...lol...glad i hung on to that old beast..sure turned out too be a unusual mach 1..and its still a mystery i mite never find out completely..lol.....and here she is...my old red beasty


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#2
Welcome to the site. Will be interesting to see if anyone on here knows what the "j code" means, specially if Marti couldn't decode it.
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#3
Welcome to the site! Welcome

Not sure if you already knew this or not, I did a search regarding "J" code Mustangs and found some of your other posts.

Have you contacted Ford?

Build Sheet Information Request by Ford, for free

1-800-392-3673

Not sure if it will tell you more than the Marti Report but with it being odd maybe it could be explained better by Ford.
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#4
Welcome to the Club. Intersting information about all the options. The wheels are definitly the 1973 "only" style. Sounds like your Mach is a great candidate for restoration.
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#5
yes..rims are still the originals orderd with the car...thank god alot of it was still found to be original..original motor...c6 transmission with the original stock 3,000 rpm torque convert in it...even the radiator is matching still...i even found a nice powersteering cooler under the steering pump..all still original from 73...and the plastic fan guard is still original...good thing i didnt go crazy and rip all that stuff out..including the powerwindows..even got a old 1973ish alarm system installed in the trunk..lol

as for the j code....it was on my waranty plate..so it was somthing that was paid for and under waranty...marti cant give us a anser on it..neither ford so far...i was hoping too find some info online..but im sure marti and ford cant tell me..i mite never know...but going to keep my eyes peeled...lol

ya i posted before on a few mustang forums..in hopes some one had a little info on it..but no luck..and its ok..i love that car..and wouldnt sell it no matter what code was on it..hehe..but it is fun decoding your old ride you had for 20 years..lol
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#6
Great story and car to go with it, and you get to keep searching for the answer to your mystery. Amazing how you would think everything is documented and then you ask one simple question. I hope its something that blows your mind when you find out what it means.
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