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Hello all,
Just picked up a new project. It is a 1973 Mach 1 Q code that has been beefed up a bit. Forged pistons, rocker rollers, solid cam, 3.88 gears reverse valve body and 2500 stall converter. I was told it is producing over 400 HP. Got lots of restoring to do to get it where I want it. I'm sure I'll be asking a lot of questions. Just sent off for the Marti report.
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Welcome to the club from Kansas. We are about 50 miles north of Manhattan. Thinl you will find this is a great site for information and help. The 71-73 Mach1s are popular here.
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Welcome to the site from Virginia! Looks like a good project. Ask all the questions you like, no such thing as a dumb question here!
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Welcome from another 73 Yellow (original color) Mach 1 owner. Glad to have you here with us and we will be looking forward to your participation.
How does your 400 HP drive?
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It looks like all it needs is maybe a front bumper painted and some driving done with it....hehe
For some reason there are more 71-73 mach 1 cars and members than 69-70 mach 1 members.
You should have all the helpful information than you can handle Id bet.
Enjoy.
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Welcome from iowa.We make a road trip to kansas once in a while.maybe we can meet up at a show.
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Thanks!
I don't yet know what 400 HP drives like, because so far I've only driven it in and out of my garage, but it sure sounds awesome. I was told the car was taken to the track and would do high 9's low 10's.
Here is the car that got me started in rescuing these old classics. It was a 1970 Mach I bought for $1,000. Got it home, adjusted the distributor and started driving it while restoring it. Won 14th in best in show at the 2006 Dodge City Days Classic Car Show.
This is what it looked like when I bought it. You can see some of the original color (Calypso Coral) on the bottom.
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Here it is when done.
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Welcome to the site! Thanks for sharing the video and pictures!!
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(11-06-2011, 07:52 PM)DCDetector Wrote: Won 14th in best in show at the 2006 Dodge City Days Classic Car Show.
Well Done! The results speak for themselves.
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