What do you say when asked if it's a Mach 1, but it's not?

[The Heff]

with a little touch of the 69/70 rear lights

 

[Sheriff41]

with a little touch of the 69/70 rear lights

Some monster Hoosiers on there!

Were the orange lenses from an export 69 Mustang? Only red lenses on US sold cars.

 

[TheDude]

I am just happy when guys like our cars.

If we are being technical, wasn’t the “fastback” term phased out by Ford after ‘68 or thereabouts and replaced by the term “sportsroof”?

Yes of course, but I'm not going to tell someone who's already a little confused and try and explain that my car that isn't a Mach 1 also is a fastback to most of the car world, but not for ford for those particular years. So it's a fastback, but not a fastback but yes it's fastback.

I have gotten the Camaro comment a few times as well. The fact is, 71-73s do share some stylistic cues with the first-gen camaro (front end… maybe due to the Bunkie Knudsen connection?) and some from the challenger (like the speed-line/crease going down the side). Take a look at this pic below of a 67 Camaro and a 71-72 Mustang convertible (with 73 grille) and one can see why the untrained might be confused when seeing a vert:

On the convertible, the thing that really jumps out at me is those raised rear hips. That body line from the side is miles different than the non vert models and very much like the lines on the 67-69 Camaro.

 

[72MustangSprint]

Try explaining what a “Sprint “ , you will probably blow their mind . I’ve done this before.

 

[Lazarus]

Yes of course, but I'm not going to tell someone who's already a little confused and try and explain that my car that isn't a Mach 1 also is a fastback to most of the car world, but not for ford for those particular years. So it's a fastback, but not a fastback but yes it's fastback.

I know it’s silly brother! My point was that if you think about it super-technically… if Ford made zero “fastbacks” those years (specifically calling them sportsroofs) but did make many Mach 1s, in a way a person calling it a Mach 1 is closer to correct than a person calling it a fastback.

Now I actually don’t know for a fact that Ford never once called them fastbacks. It would surprise me if the term didn’t slip into the marketing somewhere (like at a random dealership or something at least); I am just going by what fellas a lot more knowledgeable than me say. I also know that “fastback” has come to mean a more general body-style in car parlance. My point was just that whatever our response, we should be gracious about it so someone trying to make a connection doesn’t feel like they got their nose slapped. That’s all I was getting at.