Finmach
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- Joined
- Jul 10, 2012
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- 241
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- Location
- Finland
- My Car
- '72 Mach 1. Ford Racing 460+TKO600+Moser M9 4.11 DL
Hi folks!
I am Jari from Finland. I decided to join in since I just found your fabulous web-pages dedicated for the big ponies. My first car was a '65 Fastback Mustang with 289 2bbl+4 spd. toploader, loved the car. Currently I have a '72 Mach 1, has owned it for 9 years, since that it's been restored and modified by the owner. Car spent it's teens in Florida and after that it was brought to Finland. Yes Sir, it was a genuine "Florida light weight" with serious rust issues. I believe that she has spent her teens very close to the sea. Car's licence plate was a Florida plate and with "1972", I tried once to chase the original owner of the car to send him/her pictures where she's now - no luck. It's original 351c+auto+aircond.
Everything rusted was cut out & welded together and the car was ready app. three years ago. Engine was made from brand new Ford SVO M-6009-C460 assembly with out of the box A429 heads and Ford Racing G429 intake (vic. jr). It was dissassebled, balanced and blueprinted to the factory specs by R.T. from Tennesee. Transmission is manul TKO600 and the rear is new Moser with their back braced M9 housing, it's got 4.11 gears, detroit locker, 35 splines axles and Mark Williams pinion support. Driveshaft is also from MW as are the 1350 yokes. Drivetrain is built to take some punishment - ready for the future upgrades!
At the moment the A429 heads and the intake are in the hands of a cylinderhead porter. Can't wait to get them back. Should make a difference. I am also going to change the mufflers to a Dynomax Ultra flows to be able to drive it without an earmuffs.
Here are two shots from few weeks ago. Car was actually painted in 2006 and since that it's been washed twice and but never waxed... I think that the waxing the poor thing would make it shine. You either like or dislike the hood scoop, I hate it only when driving the car and need to turn right...
I hope you enjoy the pictures.
I should have washed the car before shooting the pictures, you can clearly see dusty trunklid. Trunklid was open all winter in my carage and the dust has landed to the upright area of the lid...
I am Jari from Finland. I decided to join in since I just found your fabulous web-pages dedicated for the big ponies. My first car was a '65 Fastback Mustang with 289 2bbl+4 spd. toploader, loved the car. Currently I have a '72 Mach 1, has owned it for 9 years, since that it's been restored and modified by the owner. Car spent it's teens in Florida and after that it was brought to Finland. Yes Sir, it was a genuine "Florida light weight" with serious rust issues. I believe that she has spent her teens very close to the sea. Car's licence plate was a Florida plate and with "1972", I tried once to chase the original owner of the car to send him/her pictures where she's now - no luck. It's original 351c+auto+aircond.
Everything rusted was cut out & welded together and the car was ready app. three years ago. Engine was made from brand new Ford SVO M-6009-C460 assembly with out of the box A429 heads and Ford Racing G429 intake (vic. jr). It was dissassebled, balanced and blueprinted to the factory specs by R.T. from Tennesee. Transmission is manul TKO600 and the rear is new Moser with their back braced M9 housing, it's got 4.11 gears, detroit locker, 35 splines axles and Mark Williams pinion support. Driveshaft is also from MW as are the 1350 yokes. Drivetrain is built to take some punishment - ready for the future upgrades!
At the moment the A429 heads and the intake are in the hands of a cylinderhead porter. Can't wait to get them back. Should make a difference. I am also going to change the mufflers to a Dynomax Ultra flows to be able to drive it without an earmuffs.
Here are two shots from few weeks ago. Car was actually painted in 2006 and since that it's been washed twice and but never waxed... I think that the waxing the poor thing would make it shine. You either like or dislike the hood scoop, I hate it only when driving the car and need to turn right...
I hope you enjoy the pictures.
I should have washed the car before shooting the pictures, you can clearly see dusty trunklid. Trunklid was open all winter in my carage and the dust has landed to the upright area of the lid...
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