New Member in AZ, Joined to try and put together a Build plan for a 1973 Mach 1 that is in need of total restoration, trying to keep it simple cheap
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70 Mach 1 M-code
Well, that's a mess!
Seriously, welcome to the forums and howdy from Texas! You'll find plenty of helpful advice and encouragement from the members here.
What do you mean by total restoration? Are you looking at taking it down to a bare shell and bringing it back for a concours level restoration, or are you thinking more of a mechanical and cosmetic restoration for a cruiser, cars and coffee car? If you cruise through the build threads in https://7173mustangs.com/discussion-forum/mustang-registry-project-build-threads.78/ you'll get some good ideas. You can ask questions of those that have been down that road before you. Check @tpj71mach for a recent build.
It looks like your 73 has the competition suspension, is it a Mach 1? Tell us more about your car and post more pictures of it when you can.
Seriously, welcome to the forums and howdy from Texas! You'll find plenty of helpful advice and encouragement from the members here.
What do you mean by total restoration? Are you looking at taking it down to a bare shell and bringing it back for a concours level restoration, or are you thinking more of a mechanical and cosmetic restoration for a cruiser, cars and coffee car? If you cruise through the build threads in https://7173mustangs.com/discussion-forum/mustang-registry-project-build-threads.78/ you'll get some good ideas. You can ask questions of those that have been down that road before you. Check @tpj71mach for a recent build.
It looks like your 73 has the competition suspension, is it a Mach 1? Tell us more about your car and post more pictures of it when you can.
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Hello and welcome from SW Ontario, Canada.
You'll get lots of help here, so ask questions before discissions are made would be my advice.
As for cheap, well that depends on where you want to go with this project. It's the little stuff that costs most oftentimes.
Good luck and please post more pics.
You'll get lots of help here, so ask questions before discissions are made would be my advice.
As for cheap, well that depends on where you want to go with this project. It's the little stuff that costs most oftentimes.
Good luck and please post more pics.
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Welcome from Fort Mohave Az and So Cal. Where are you in Az? That diff looks like the dust on all of my Az patio furniture. Yes, tell us your build plan and more pics. I assume someone replaced the rear end to get rear disk brakes? Welcome!
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71 XR-7 hardtop
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65 hardtop
That's bizarre. The WER rear axle was used in the full size Fords as the "light duty" axle. Had no clue that they also used it in the Granada/Monarch line - yet there it is.
