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Pastel Blue
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Interesting original '73 vert. I have never seen seats like this. Looks like the real deal.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/381882695557
http://www.ebay.com/itm/381882695557
Besides the claimed low mileage (which I have no reason to doubt at this time based on my observations), the seats are the main draw to this car. Not my taste, but an awesome reflection of the early '70s styling and thinking. It is an awesome find and if I had the space would be added to my stable...Nice looking car, to bad the dealer puked on the seats though.
The blackout hood on this car is original... a tell tale sign the car has not been repainted. Having said this, my vert was repainted twice, but they never redid the original blackout = el cheapo paint job.Impressive. I really want to believe this is all legit. Seats upholstery added as we all agree. I think the shifter ball is not original. It should be the plain black one. I have saved every pic. Great reference - especially like the hood blackout. Would love to see invoice and Marti report!
Ray
Yes, the black looks correct for the Decor option treatment. The pictures with the open doors show the correct location for the black out.Neat car, and I'm 53 so the seats don't bother me too much. I think my parents had a couch like that when I was a kid. This is a time capsule survivor type of car, which I'm assuming means no repaints. Should the black on the rockers go up to the door sills? I want to say "no" but I'm not sure if this is a '73 thing. The whole dirty car in overloaded garage with old man "barn find" picture seems very staged, but who am I to say. It sat in the garage since '83 yet there are no leaks? I'm just a skeptic by nature with these sorts of things. Nice to see the 302-2V / 3 speed manual drivetrain still in place.
Not to beat a dead horse (pun intended, ha) but do you mean this is how a non-Mach 1 with the Decor option would look, with the black all the way up to the aluminum "Ford" door sill plates? On the Mach 1's I have seen, including my own (all repainted however), there is a strip of the body color between the blackout of the upper rocker panel and the aluminum door sill plates. Pastel mentioned the guy sprayed Armor All in the engine bay, and it looks like he hit the tires (no biggie) and the convertible top with it as well.Yes, the black looks correct for the Decor option treatment. The pictures with the open doors show the correct location for the black out.
Here are some pics before my restoration. I have owned this car since 74 and my girlfriend at the time bought it new and I helped her pick the car out at the dealership so I know it is the original paint.Not to beat a dead horse (pun intended, ha) but do you mean this is how a non-Mach 1 with the Decor option would look, with the black all the way up to the aluminum "Ford" door sill plates? On the Mach 1's I have seen, including my own (all repainted however), there is a strip of the body color between the blackout of the upper rocker panel and the aluminum door sill plates. Pastel mentioned the guy sprayed Armor All in the engine bay, and it looks like he hit the tires (no biggie) and the convertible top with it as well.Yes, the black looks correct for the Decor option treatment. The pictures with the open doors show the correct location for the black out.
71 the black out went straight across, leaving body color between the sill plate and black out.Not to beat a dead horse (pun intended, ha) but do you mean this is how a non-Mach 1 with the Decor option would look, with the black all the way up to the aluminum "Ford" door sill plates? On the Mach 1's I have seen, including my own (all repainted however), there is a strip of the body color between the blackout of the upper rocker panel and the aluminum door sill plates. Pastel mentioned the guy sprayed Armor All in the engine bay, and it looks like he hit the tires (no biggie) and the convertible top with it as well.Yes, the black looks correct for the Decor option treatment. The pictures with the open doors show the correct location for the black out.
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