My 72 Mach I Project

[1973machi]

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]

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

 

[Cleveland Crush]

Wow! That's a wild setup!

 

[tpj71mach]

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

 

[72MustangSprint]

One word.......impressive

 

[rio1856]

This is going to be fun!

 

[bkdunha]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[1973machi]

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]

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

 

[1973machi]

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]

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

 

[1973machi]

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

 

[midlife]

Coil or valve cover?

 

[giantpune]

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]

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

 

[1973machi]

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.