Machlovin
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Hi everyone,
I recently purchased a 1973 Mustang Mach 1 and realized a childhood dream. I've been wanting this car since I was about 10 years old (I'm now close to 30). I first saw this car on a kids TV show growing up called Degrassi High. One of the main characters bought a '73 Mach 1. I don't know why, but I thought it was the coolest car ever... and my passion for Mach 1's and classic cars in general was ignited.
I promised myself that in 2012 I would buy a muscle car. I had a large camera collection that I accumulated over the years. I still love photography, but when I realized I could have a muscle car for the value of the collection it was no contest.
I didn't have anything really in mind. I just had a price range... and most Mach 1's (actually all) were out of it. All except one that I passed up last year. It was for sale locally for a reasonable price. However financially it wasn't a good time to buy, and I let it go. I regretted not buying it... to the point that I would randomly think about that car and why I passed it up.
Regardless, I put up a posting on a classifieds website in January, saying that I was looking to buy a muscle car in the spring and if anyone was planning on selling one, to let me know. I got several responses. But the one that interested me the most was regarding a '73 Mach 1 someone was selling. They were thinning out their collection and were going to be selling it in the spring. It was the SAME Mach 1 that was for sale the year before... and they were selling it for the same price!
After many conversations with the owner, and a few visits inspecting and photographing the car (for inspection purposes), and sleeping on it that one last night... I bought it!
Right now I have the interior gutted because I'm putting in a new carpet. The car has all original sheet metal and it is in great shape. There is some surface rust on the floorboards which I am taking care of now as well (with POR15). I was going to wait until winter to do the work, however I figured that I might as well take care of it now.
Here are a couple pics of my car from a few weeks back. I will post some pics of the work to the floors later. Oh, and I put the rear spoiler on the right way when I realized it was on backwards in the pics...
I recently purchased a 1973 Mustang Mach 1 and realized a childhood dream. I've been wanting this car since I was about 10 years old (I'm now close to 30). I first saw this car on a kids TV show growing up called Degrassi High. One of the main characters bought a '73 Mach 1. I don't know why, but I thought it was the coolest car ever... and my passion for Mach 1's and classic cars in general was ignited.
I promised myself that in 2012 I would buy a muscle car. I had a large camera collection that I accumulated over the years. I still love photography, but when I realized I could have a muscle car for the value of the collection it was no contest.
I didn't have anything really in mind. I just had a price range... and most Mach 1's (actually all) were out of it. All except one that I passed up last year. It was for sale locally for a reasonable price. However financially it wasn't a good time to buy, and I let it go. I regretted not buying it... to the point that I would randomly think about that car and why I passed it up.
Regardless, I put up a posting on a classifieds website in January, saying that I was looking to buy a muscle car in the spring and if anyone was planning on selling one, to let me know. I got several responses. But the one that interested me the most was regarding a '73 Mach 1 someone was selling. They were thinning out their collection and were going to be selling it in the spring. It was the SAME Mach 1 that was for sale the year before... and they were selling it for the same price!
After many conversations with the owner, and a few visits inspecting and photographing the car (for inspection purposes), and sleeping on it that one last night... I bought it!
Right now I have the interior gutted because I'm putting in a new carpet. The car has all original sheet metal and it is in great shape. There is some surface rust on the floorboards which I am taking care of now as well (with POR15). I was going to wait until winter to do the work, however I figured that I might as well take care of it now.
Here are a couple pics of my car from a few weeks back. I will post some pics of the work to the floors later. Oh, and I put the rear spoiler on the right way when I realized it was on backwards in the pics...
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...Btw...Got to ask.. do you know what code she is? and what motor?..and did you get a marti report?...Got to know the details..hehe
