Thread: Junkyard leida: 1974 Ford Mustang Mach 1

Olgu, Mustang II eksperte, Im kavatse alustada kohe öelda, et Pinto Mustang ei ole numbrid sobitamine tõeline Mach 1. Võib-olla on FrankenMustang, mis paistab olevat Mach 1 Valikud nõuetekohast kogumist. Mõlemal juhul, see peen vaevus ajastu masin — mis ma leidsin San Francisco Bay Area purustamine õue paar nädalat tagasi — on põnev muuseum auto ostukottide ees seisvate Ameerika ajalugu sünge jooksul vähenenud autotööstuse ootuse.


Mach 1 74 kaasas vägev 105 hobujõudu. Ei, tõesti.


Tänu Lähistel Euroopa operatsioonid, väga kompaktne 2. 8 liitrine pushrod V6 oli saadaval Mustang II. Kui Ford edasimüügilepingu müüa Mercury autod, leitud Kölni powered Capris sama müügisalongi.


See auto sai paks värvikiht, mis näib olevat halli lateks house paint, ilmselt just enne kui ta võttis selle lõpliku puksiirauto sõita auto Doom ja avaratele hotellidele.


Koos tehase tahhomeeter automaatkäigukast! Jah, see on 5000 RPM redline väidetavalt sportlik V6.


Remote reisijate-side peegel!


Tõeliselt hämmastav vinyl-kohta-vinyl-kohta-pleather PetroPolstery ™ istmed!


Kas originaal ostja selle auto cheaped läbi ja sai $61 AM raadio asemel $346 8-track player (see on $1,634 Tänane dollarites, neile, kes naerukoht, et teie Bluetooth-toega asuva üksuse maksab liiga palju), või see on mõne järelturu Philco, mis asendas stereo ülemäära Seconal hullunud junkie varaste poolt 1976.


Youd kunagi näha pre-1974 Mach 1 ühes nende madala-buck iseteenindusega purustamine meetrit, sest selline auto oleks murduvad palju rohkem kui junkyard ketid ostja oleks kunagi maksma enampakkumisel. Kehv unloved Mustang II!

All right, Mustang II experts, Im going to start right off by saying that this Pinto Mustang might not be a numbers-matching real Mach 1. Maybe its a FrankenMustang with what appears to be the correct collection of Mach 1 options. Either way, this fine Malaise Era machine— which I found at a San Francisco Bay Area wrecking yard a few weeks back— is a fascinating museum of the diminished automotive expectations faced by car shoppers in a grim period in American history.


The Mach 1 for 74 came with a mighty 105 horsepower. No, really.


Thanks to Fords European operations, a very compact 2. 8 liter pushrod V6 was available for the Mustang II. If a Ford dealership also sold Mercury cars, Cologne-powered Capris could be found in the same showroom.


This car received a thick coat of what appears to be gray latex house paint, probably just before it took that final tow-truck ride to the Parking Lot of Automotive Doom.


Automatic transmission with factory tachometer! Yes, thats a 5,000 RPM redline on an allegedly sporty V6.


Remote passenger-side mirror!


Truly amazing vinyl-on-vinyl-on-pleather PetroPolstery™ seats!


Either the original buyer of this car cheaped out and got the $61 AM radio instead of the $346 8-track player (thats $1,634 in todays dollars, for those of you who scream that your Bluetooth-enabled head unit cost too much), or this is an aftermarket Philco that replaced a stereo ripped off by Seconal-crazed junkie thieves in 1976.


Youd never see a pre-1974 Mach 1 in one of these low-buck self-serve wrecking yards, because such a car would be snapped up at the auction for much more than the junkyard chains buyer would ever pay. Poor unloved Mustang II!