Just got the Marti for my '73 Mach 1

[73mach1whiskey]

Thought I'd share my Marti since I just got it. Some of you have probably seen my post of my looking like a fool thinking I had a 351M. Although, I'm happy to look a fool knowing it's a 351C not an M.

Anyway, my Marti is below.

I always thought it was odd to not have the Mach 1 seats but it appears it came w/o.
I was surprised that the Ram Air was not listed but I suppose back then it could have been easily added afterwards. I imagine it would have required a hood swap maybe?
As I learned if it had been equipped with Ram Air from the factory it should have different gearing so it appears it was certainly not factory.
Not sure I have ever seen a Sportsroof with a vinyl roof but this one originally had one.

Overall nothing incredibly "special" with the car but it does help answer some questions. have a good Sunday all

 

[72MustangSprint]

Blue glow with black interior and fold down rear seat is pretty special

 

[Steve73QMach1]

That’s one of the earliest 1973 Mustang serial numbers I’ve seen. The Mach 1 Sports Interior was a separate option and many Mach 1’s were built with the standard interior. Also non Ram air Mach 1’s got the scooped hood but with plastic plugs installed with standard air cleaner assemblies. I haven’t seen any blue glow Machs with the vinyl roof and as the Marti indicates, there weren’t that many. I’m kinda partial to the blue glow cars!

 

[Vicus]

My first Mustang, purchased in 1987, was a late 73 blue glow Mach1 and it was equipped with a vinyl roof too. VIN was 3F05F260352. Interior was white and it had no fold down rear seat.
Cheers Frank

 

[73mach1whiskey]

Blue glow with black interior and fold down rear seat is pretty special

I always assumed the fold down was standard on the Mach 1. Pretty cool to know that it was an option. Ha, I agree blue on black is pretty special!

 

[73mach1whiskey]

That’s one of the earliest 1973 Mustang serial numbers I’ve seen. The Mach 1 Sports Interior was a separate option and many Mach 1’s were built with the standard interior. Also non Ram air Mach 1’s got the scooped hood but with plastic plugs installed with standard air cleaner assemblies. I haven’t seen any blue glow Machs with the vinyl roof and as the Marti indicates, there weren’t that many. I’m kinda partial to the blue glow cars!

Pretty good information to know! Thank you. I wish I had a picture of it with the vinyl. The car entered the family in 86 and it was already gone by then. I hadn't realized it was an early number. Thanks for the info.

 

[mjlan]

It is an early build. Sequence numbers for the MY start at 100000, so yours is the 5917th unit (Mustang and Cougar) built...