Car of the (End of the) Week: 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1

[mongooz]

Back on the morning of June 13, 1998, when we still checked the local newspaper classified ads for antique and classic cars for sale, I found “it” in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Just an hour’s drive away in Coopersburg, Pa., there “it” sat: an unrusted, unmolested, one-registered-owner 1973 Mustang Mach 1 that had been stored for the last 10 years. The seller’s phone was ringing off the wall so after a quick, on-the-spot negotiation, it was mine. Great, but it was dull green with the usual assortment of minor dings from parking lot encounters.

read more: https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/features/car-of-the-week-1973-ford-mustang-mach-1

 

[DinoMikeSr]

Many hated it but I just thought it was the greatest looking car on the plane at the time.

Then the Mustang II came out and I vomited.

 

[Knox in Box]

Loved the looks, not die if it was that good of an actual car.

 

[mongooz]

Loved the looks, not die if it was that good of an actual car.

a buddy of mine in the AF had one, not a Mach, but with the 302, and it ran very well. not like the big block stuff, but it ran nicely.

 

[Lerxst]