Higgins56
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- Joined
- Jan 2, 2012
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- Location
- Finland
- My Car
- 1971 Mach 1 Fastback now with 503 CID 4 bolt block with AFR Bullit heads , Edelbrock Performer RPM AirGap intake and ProSystems carburettor 1050.
4 sp Toploader with 9" Wavetrac rear.
Caltracs and shocks at the rear.
HI Guys,
I am a new member far in the North of Europe - in Finland. There are ab. 30 Mach 1:s here - I was told....
I have been hobbying cars and especially British classics since 1990.
However now something different - for me at least - a true American car classic - the Mustang.
The car is 1971 Fastback and I bought it here in Finland as it is now - dismantled but with motor and running gear installed. Body is totally restored to high standard - one could say a real ground up restoration. Bad thing is that I have not dismantled the car by myself so I may need some advice from you who have done it already.
I have recognized that for ex. the left hand quarter panel and the panels behind the quarter panels , some vacuum components for the AC/ heater are missing... just to name a few items...
The motor and gearbox have been changed to a 429/4sp toploader combination from 302/ 3sp maual. This was done in the US in the mid 90's by the prevous owner and the car came to Finland late 90's.
I am waiting for an interesting journey with this car project - I hope not too challenging especially regarding the availability of some parts...
It is great that there is a website like this specialized to the real Muscle car final era of the classic car industry! I think this helps us a lot to get easily to the Mach 1 related topics as the Mustang series 1 is so huge scene to find Mach 1 related things there.
I am a new member far in the North of Europe - in Finland. There are ab. 30 Mach 1:s here - I was told....
I have been hobbying cars and especially British classics since 1990.
However now something different - for me at least - a true American car classic - the Mustang.
The car is 1971 Fastback and I bought it here in Finland as it is now - dismantled but with motor and running gear installed. Body is totally restored to high standard - one could say a real ground up restoration. Bad thing is that I have not dismantled the car by myself so I may need some advice from you who have done it already.
I have recognized that for ex. the left hand quarter panel and the panels behind the quarter panels , some vacuum components for the AC/ heater are missing... just to name a few items...
The motor and gearbox have been changed to a 429/4sp toploader combination from 302/ 3sp maual. This was done in the US in the mid 90's by the prevous owner and the car came to Finland late 90's.
I am waiting for an interesting journey with this car project - I hope not too challenging especially regarding the availability of some parts...
It is great that there is a website like this specialized to the real Muscle car final era of the classic car industry! I think this helps us a lot to get easily to the Mach 1 related topics as the Mustang series 1 is so huge scene to find Mach 1 related things there.