New Member from FL

[eddyw]

:welcome2: from Belgium

 

[ITMike5.0]

Welcome from Old Heidelberg in Germany ::welcome::

Duck

NICE! I've been to Heidelberg! ::beer::

 

[ITMike5.0]

Welcome to the forum from North Carolina. Like stated the best info available is a Marti. I checked in his book Mustang by the numbers and can report the following.

The book does not break out Mach 1 from Fastback both are together.

For cars with 9A white paint codes the following was listed.

Need to know you interior code?

AW white vinyl with black vinyl (161)

GW white comfort weave (198)

Looks like the white was not too popular. With a white interior the following should be black, carpet on floor, bottom of door panel carpet, console, dash and pad, steering wheel and column, the two panels on each side of the rear if it has fold down. Not sure on without fold down.

The really rare color interior with white exterior is GR which is Med. green knitted vinyl only 22 of them.

Cool, thanks for the info! Either way...with numbers in the 100's it seems like a rare color indeed. Here are some pics...

 

[bkdunha]

Welcome from West TN. Do some research on the car before tearing it apart. Is it a Mach 1 or Sportsroof (3 & 4 digits in the VIN will be 02-Sportsroof 05-Mach 1).

 

[ITMike5.0]

05 - Mach 1, 351 CJ - Q code

 

[73pony]

Here is some info from your door tag. You can also go to the link below.

http://www.mustangdecoder.com/decoder.html

 

[bkdunha]

Didn't type quick enough

 

[bkdunha]

Talk about coast to coast. CA to FL in its lifetime.

 

[ITMike5.0]

Here is some info from your door tag. You can also go to the link below.

http://www.mustangdecoder.com/decoder.html

Cool, thanks for the info!

 

[ITMike5.0]

Talk about coast to coast. CA to FL in its lifetime.

Yes and I think it was in Michigan most of it's life until the previous owner drove up there recently to purchase it. It had been sitting in a garage with a dirt floor since 1994. Being a Michigan car it does have some rust. I will more than likely have someone do a dustless blasting job on the entire exterior and possibly the engine bay and underside. Then I'll see what I'm dealing with and get a body shop involved.

 

[Carolina_Mountain_Mustangs]

I would be cautious on blasting except the door jams, cowl, trunk and areas that are not in the body that show. A person can warp the panels and cause you lots of pain later. You can pretty much see what is bad although the car has been painted and that can hide some sins also. I myself prefer to use stripper and then only blast the areas with rust to be sure no warping.

I had one guy tell me he could blast and not warp so gave him a flat piece of metal painted and told him to remove the paint the flat panel curled up.

Also know of a 1964 1/2 fastback, very rare, that got screwed up bad at the blaster. I have talked with one painter that had issues with a car that was soda blasted. They did not wash enough and they had to strip and start all over.

Be cautious when taking the interior out. I do not know if you know about the Build Sheet. That tells everything on the car as it came down the assembly line. They tossed them inside the car sometimes under the back seat, under the carpet or sound deadening and even tucked into the seat reinforcement. It is a great document to have. There is also the Buck tag that should be behind the L.H. head light bucket attached to the radiator support with a phillips screw. It tells all the options that changed any sheet metal like air cond. mirrors anything that has to have different holes for attachment.

I know several have cautioned you do not toss anything and take lots of pictures as you go. A restore can take some time. Look for paint markings, inspector stamps, chalk or grease pencil marks and take photos.

The car right now looks pretty good for a rebuild. The seat covers you might have to get the material and have them sewn. I do not know if they repo with such low numbers. You were one of 198 fastback and Mach 1 with that interior and color combo.

I attached a picture of a perfect build sheet most are stained, missing half or it or like my 73 California vert only about 2" of a corner left.

 

[jpaz]

Very cool car, great find & a Q Code. Good luck with rebuild!

 

[ITMike5.0]

Tha

I would be cautious on blasting except the door jams, cowl, trunk and areas that are not in the body that show. A person can warp the panels and cause you lots of pain later. You can pretty much see what is bad although the car has been painted and that can hide some sins also. I myself prefer to use stripper and then only blast the areas with rust to be sure no warping.

I had one guy tell me he could blast and not warp so gave him a flat piece of metal painted and told him to remove the paint the flat panel curled up.

Also know of a 1964 1/2 fastback, very rare, that got screwed up bad at the blaster. I have talked with one painter that had issues with a car that was soda blasted. They did not wash enough and they had to strip and start all over.

Be cautious when taking the interior out. I do not know if you know about the Build Sheet. That tells everything on the car as it came down the assembly line. They tossed them inside the car sometimes under the back seat, under the carpet or sound deadening and even tucked into the seat reinforcement. It is a great document to have. There is also the Buck tag that should be behind the L.H. head light bucket attached to the radiator support with a phillips screw. It tells all the options that changed any sheet metal like air cond. mirrors anything that has to have different holes for attachment.

I know several have cautioned you do not toss anything and take lots of pictures as you go. A restore can take some time. Look for paint markings, inspector stamps, chalk or grease pencil marks and take photos.

The car right now looks pretty good for a rebuild. The seat covers you might have to get the material and have them sewn. I do not know if they repo with such low numbers. You were one of 198 fastback and Mach 1 with that interior and color combo.

I attached a picture of a perfect build sheet most are stained, missing half or it or like my 73 California vert only about 2" of a corner left.

Thanks for the good information and that build sheet would be a very cool find when I pull the interior. The carpet isn't in good shape so it definitely is all coming out and hopefully they put this build sheet in a safe spot and not under that carpet. As for the seats do you think they are salvageable? They don't seem to have any rips or tears surprisingly. The color may not be what it used to be of course and I'm not sure how much you can clean vinyl w/out further degrading it. So I may have to find that material as you suggested.

Also thanks for the warning about the blasting. I've heard only good things about dustless blasting so far but I will definitely be much more cautious now.

 

[ITMike5.0]

2F05Q225596_dlxrpt.pdfJust got the Marti report...

 

[mach71351c]

Welcome from San Diego.

72 Q code is a worth wild project.

It looks like your car came with tape stripe.

As for the gas cap. the flip open gas cap only came on the 71 Mach 1. 7273 all sheared the standard cap.

 

[ITMike5.0]

Welcome from San Diego.

72 Q code is a worth wild project.

It looks like your car came with tape stripe.

As for the gas cap. the flip open gas cap only came on the 71 Mach 1. 7273 all sheared the standard cap.

The standard cap being this one?

 

[mach71351c]

Yes that is it. This is the 71 Mach 1 cap.

 

[Pegleg]

Hello & Welcome from across the pond in the U.K

 

[bkdunha]

Here is the standard cap installed.

Disregard that terrible tailpipe install that has been fixed.

 

[ITMike5.0]

Did all 72 Mach 1's come with the rear honeycomb panel in between the taillights? Also my Marti deluxe report shows that my 72 did have the side tape stripe originally. What about the rear decals and the hood decal...was that standard? Would it help if I purchased the original invoice from the Marti site as well? Maybe that would show more details and also I will know whether or not my wheels are original? I'd like to keep this as stock as possible so anything I can find would be very helpful. I would be amazed if I could find the build sheet under the carpet or seats.

As for the gas cap and other items on the car...is it best to look for NOS items are go with reproduction so you can get that new look? Also how about body panels? Replace or fix what is already there even if some fenders and other items are relatively cheap to buy reproductions?