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thanks ive been working on an options list, from what is there, although after 50 years some things could have been changed.

Yes, rear sway bar

Excellent

thanks all for your replies and assistance. since this has wandered more into trying to figure things out and away from if a marti report can be generated from the 8 digit vin i think it is time to start a more appropriate thread in another forum section. thanks again to all who joined in

looks like them except for the rust-crust

ahh, makes sense. too rusty to read anything on them, and haven't researched them yet.

this whole thing is for trying to figure out what this car was originally. if it tells you something about this car i don't consider it a hijack.

i see what your talking about, the curved thing to the right of the wheel and above the leaf spring.

not sure. the fuel tank strap is hanging on the left, the air supply for the goofy shocks is going to the shock housing, and i think some wiring harness is attached to the axle housing. ill have to look for a sway bar/link next time i can get under there. new strange things to look for.

oh yeah. they are staggered front and back. so that was a factory option. q code would be good. i just hadn't heard of the air adjust shocks (which isn't saying much) and thought that might be some aftermarket thing. thanks

Staggered rear shocks and some kind of air adjust it looks like. Not a factory option I don't suppose.

thanks, i wondered about the difference in the two sides. drivers was definitely a hack patch job, but good to know the passengers looks original.

That gives me hope I'll eventually find out what this was originally. Got the rear quarters stripped and it looks like the whole fastback part was added or replaced. Not sure now if it even was a fastback in the beginning Sigh 🙄

man, wish i was closer, i might be able to use the fenders but probably a bundle to ship them to colorado.

thanks, that gives me hope of eventually figuring out what this originally was. new twist on that, now that im stripping down the rear where there was a rusted seam i thought was from a lower quarter rust out ive stripped off bondo all the way up to the roof and there are weird patches welded...

pretty sure one is in front of the axle and one behind. i assume that means staggered, just trying to remember from pulling out the gas tank. ill have to double check. the diff isnt a locker, just standard open, i did look at the tag on it a bit ago.

It is 3f so it is a 73 from Dearborn from what I have found which statistically leans to mach 1 since that's supposedly where they were made and there were 3 times as many produced as standard fastbacks

It has a title with the 8 digit vin The dash is from another car none of the numbers are the same. Haven't found any other stickers or tags yet with even a partial. I'm stripping off the old body work and I've found up to 8 layers of primers and various Bondo and paint. Literally a quarter inch. 🤮

that was what i was hoping. unless i misremember there should only be f,h,and q for engine codes, but that may have only been mach1 options. standard fastbacks may have had other options. then as you said the 0 and either 2 or 5 for fastback or mach1. the year and build location with the...

I have read in online searches that a marti report can be generated from the fender vin. does anyone know if this is true. their web site won't accept anything under 11 digits. I tried emailing and calling and they don't seem to answer the phone or emails. Starting on a mostly stripped body...