My 72 Mach I Project

1973machi · Jul 25, 2023

I've been working on this car for a little over a year and thought I would show some pictures of the progress. It will have a crate Gen II Coyote in it with a 6R80 transmission. It has the Rod and Custom front cross member with coil over suspension and rack and pinion steering. I used the Chris Alston coil over kit in the rear. I can't take credit for all the metal work. I have a small town shop that is very talented doing that.

c9zx · Jul 25, 2023

It should be an amazing car. Your metal guy is amazing, he deserves a bonus. Chuck

Cleveland Crush · Jul 25, 2023

Wow! That's a wild setup!

tpj71mach · Jul 25, 2023

It is looking great so far, your metal fabricator is really doing some nice work!

72MustangSprint · Jul 25, 2023

One word.......impressive

rio1856 · Jul 26, 2023

This is going to be fun!

bkdunha · Jul 26, 2023

very nice! My compliments to your vision on the car and your metal fab person. Will be nice to see this one progress along. Keep us posted.

1973machi · Jul 26, 2023

I'll pass on the compliments to the shop. The same shop did my 73 Mach I body and paint 21 years ago and it still looks great. My goal is to have it on the road early next summer. I have a lot of work to do before then. It will be painted the Mustang deep impact blue. I think we are going to ghost in the stripes on the sides, trunk and hood.

1973machi · Jul 26, 2023

Here are a couple of pictures of the Chris Alston/Total Control Products rear suspension. Rod and Custom also makes a rear coil over kit but this one seemed a little more installation friendly.

Cleveland Crush · Jul 26, 2023

Nice.
Can you supply a close-up photo on how the strut rod bracket/mount is tied into the body structure at the rear of your car. Thanks.
Chris

Mark Jones · Jul 26, 2023

What a fantastic looking build. Should be a lot of fun when it's done.

1973machi · Jul 26, 2023

Cleveland Crush said:
Nice.
Can you supply a close-up photo on how the strut rod bracket/mount is tied into the body structure at the rear of your car. Thanks.
Chris

I can see if I have one. It is actually a cradle that is located and bolted through the factory shock bolt locations through the floor. There is a front piece that is welded and bolted to the pinion snubber and the back of the cradle is welded to the rear frame rails. I like that it was located with the shock holes.

1973machi · Jul 26, 2023

Picture of the cradle for the rear suspension. You can see the upper mounts for the coil overs.

1973machi · Jul 31, 2023

Pictures from Friday. We removed the lower turn signals and cut out a piece of honeycomb to fill in the lower gap. We are going to modify the factory lights in the grille.

1973machi · Aug 9, 2023

The recessed hood pins are finished. Car should be in epoxy primer early next week.

1973machi · Sep 27, 2023

Updated pictures. The car is in primer. The gaps and lines are really good. Also a picture of the custom coil covers.

midlife · Sep 27, 2023

Coil or valve cover?

giantpune · Sep 27, 2023

midlife said:
Coil or valve cover?

Pictures earlier in the thread looked like the coils were mounted on the valve covers. So coil covers on the valve covers?

mach71351c · Sep 27, 2023

Oh wow! This one is going to be over the top.

1973machi · Sep 28, 2023

Correct, the coils on the coyote mount on top of the valve cover. The fabricated aluminum valve/cam covers just left them exposed. I wanted to cover the coils up.

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