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**RocketFoot** · 08-20-2010, 02:32 AM

Howdy folks! I'm an official member of the Mach Club now!

I'm still restoring a 72 Coupe, but decided to get something a little more complete to toy around with while the restoration crawls along. So here she is!

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1971 Mach1 with a 306cid and a C4 tranny. It already has a few nice mods like Global West tubular upper control arms and coils, Edelbrock intake, Holley 600cfm carb, chrome headers...more to come, right now I gotta get out there and install a new Pertronix Ignitor II Billet Distributor and Flame Thrower epoxy coil. It currently runs good but I just want a little more bang for the buck!

***Mach 1 Club*** · 08-20-2010, 02:39 AM

Looks good man! Only thing however, is you need to replace that front bumper to be a truly correct Mach 1.

I also like the placement of the antennae.

Has the front end been lowered?

**RocketFoot** · 08-20-2010, 02:50 AM

(08-20-2010, 02:39 AM)1972 Mach 1 Wrote: Looks good man! Only thing however, is you need to replace that front bumper to be a truly correct Mach 1.

I also like the placement of the antennae.

Has the front end been lowered?

I think the coil springs are a little shorter, the front is pretty low! LOL

If I recall correctly, isn't the 71 Mach 1 the only year that did have the chrome bumper?

***Mach 1 Club*** · 08-20-2010, 02:59 AM

The chrome bumper was for the Boss Mustangs. It also was on the regular sportroof. Many people switch over to the Chrome bumper for cost.

Finding a poly urethane bumper will be expensive and difficult to find. I needed one for mine and it cost me 550 off ebay and then I still had to have it redone.

Only the Mach 1 had the Poly Urethane bumper.

Heres a good article.

**RocketFoot** · 08-20-2010, 03:51 AM

(08-20-2010, 02:59 AM)1972 Mach 1 Wrote: The chrome bumper was for the Boss Mustangs. It also was on the regular sportroof. Many people switch over to the Chrome bumper for cost.

Finding a poly urethane bumper will be expensive and difficult to find. I needed one for mine and it cost me 550 off ebay and then I still had to have it redone.

Only the Mach 1 had the Poly Urethane bumper.

Heres a good article.

Good to know but I am happy with the chrome bumper! I love the look of the chrome over the poly bumper. It's actually one of the reasons I settled on this car! LOL (No offense to anyone! I just have a thing for chrome! Haha) It's not the original engine so I could never do original class or anything. I consider this a restomod Mach1.

***Mach 1 Club*** · 08-20-2010, 03:59 AM

Gotcha! That's the beauty of these cars you can make them anything you want.

**RocketFoot** · 08-20-2010, 06:25 AM

(08-20-2010, 03:59 AM)1972 Mach 1 Wrote: Gotcha! That's the beauty of these cars you can make them anything you want.

I forgot to mention that it used to be a show car for Cyberdyne Gauges...it is custom fitted with all digital gauges! I gotta get some good pics but the dash in this thing is amazing!

**machme** · 09-09-2010, 06:57 AM

Wow! With that car it seems hard to restore a coupe.
Beautiful car- I like the antennae in the back too. I like the chrome bumper. I have a 72 Q code and I will have a chrome bumper... eventually HA!
I would love to see the dash- I am overhauling mine and would really appreciate seeing what you have done.

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