Here on our site according to the registry, the youngest car belongs to Steve, the original poster above. Congrats Steve!
Thanks for checking the registry Don. I have had the car since 1980. It will be back to original condition when it comes out of the shop next month. I will post pics then (Blue glow/argent stripes). Can't wait to get it on the road again!
Posted Marti report
Where is it posted? I couldn't locate it.
6/8/73 here. I beat you by 2 days. Hey, sometimes you have to take your victories where you find them.
Mine is on page 6 - just above Ole Pony's convertible.
Interesting - my Blue Glow paint option was listed as a $34.90 option with the tutone hood paint priced at $18.00. The priciest option on mine was the C6 automatic at $203.73. MSRP for my car was $4,278.42. I will pay way more than that just for the new paint job!
Maybe I'm dense but I still couldn't find it. Is it posted in the Marti report sub-forum? http://www.7173mustangs.com/forum-marti-reports
It is in the Marti sub forum, posted 5/30/11. It has 318 views, no comments. The photo shows a red Mach 1 ("before" picture). Again, go to page 6 in the Marti sub forum, about the third entry down.Maybe I'm dense but I still couldn't find it. Is it posted in the Marti report sub-forum? http://www.7173mustangs.com/forum-marti-reports
BTW, I'm really looking forward to seeing the blue glow paint.
It would be interesting to learn when each year's models' production lines were changed over to the next. Maybe using Marti's?
Yes, that would be interesting Ray. It seems like when I was a kid I remember the new models coming out in August so I would guess that production would have changed over some time in July. Probably not much tooling change between 71, 72, and 73. I was wondering if they shut the 1973 line down earlier than normal to re-tool for the Mustang II. That would have been a large effort since everything was different. You would have to use production dates as opposed to serial numbers though. I think I read somewhere about how Ford used the last 6 digits in the VIN numbers sequentially for all of their models - not just Mustangs. So the VIN numbers on two Mustangs with similar production dates may be far apart.
I just found some old photos of my green Mach 1 (3F05H253351). I bought this car in December 1977 while still in high school. It had 33,000 miles at the time. I added the 3 gauge panel/tach, parking brake warning light, courtesy lights, map light, tilt wheel, and console from a donor Mustang. I learned a lot working on that Mach 1. I sold this car in Anaheim California in 1986 to a guy that worked at Villa Ford in Orange. The last photo is right after I installed the front spoiler but before I added the Magnum 500s.
