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So... Aquarius is her name....smok'in tires is her game!
 
Starting to make some progress so the project progress begins. She is a rough but solid and rustfree, She came to me with 3,100 original miles and came very complete and original. She is an original triple black Mach 1, 428CJ coupled with a close ratio 4 spd. I am leaning toward Gulfstream Aqua though, especially since she gets hot without AC and after reading an article about how the ford designers never intended the 69 Mach 1 to be black (hence the reason black was a special ordered color), Their vision was to have the black accents highlighted by bright colors. 
 
Pictures are courtesy of the Tachman (Gary). He went through everything. Calibrated and repaired everything. 

Can anyone supply dimensions to the bottom support angle bracket? I need to get a few of these made up.
 
Thanks,
Dave

I have the same gut feeling to tell you the truth. You can see the low point to the top right of it. Didn't really have that close of a look until I blew these pics up and then went back to look.
Looks like it is just another reason to bight the bullet and strip it right back. So much for the "finished project" I purchased in hope of driving straight away.
Still, looking on the bright side, I'm learning every square inch of my car. I'm gaining something out of it at least.

It's been almost a year now since I purchased my 69 428CJ R-code. I've been floating around this forum for a little while, but thought it time to share and to keep a bit of a log with my car.
 
Ever since I was a little kid, all I have ever wanted is a 69/70 Mach 1. In February 2011 I flew to the USA, met up with a guy who I had been talking to for a few months, and purchased his 69 Mach 1 R-code 428 Cobra Jet with a 4 speed close ratio transmission and 3.91:1 traction lock diff.
 
Here's some pics of it during the purchase process:
 
The pics that were emailed to me when I found it
 

 

 
Coming back from my first drive in Louisiana. It was the first time I had ever driven a Mustang, first time to drive a LHD manual (the day before was the first time to drive a LHD car which was the hire car) and also the first time I've driven a big block. So it was a very quick learning curve.
 

 
It loaded up to go meet the truck for delivery to Los Angeles
 

 

 
Waiting 4 hours in a Wallmart carpark, the truck was extremely late even though we were told they would be 20mins after we arrived. Standing in that carpark was an eye opener on its own. Many people stopped to take photos which was awesome! And many others stopped to buy drugs from someone dealing not far from where we were. I've never seen anything like it.
 

 
Going onto the truck in Lafayette to make the journey to L.A.
 

 
After arriving in L.A. and giving it a wash
 

 

 

 

 

 
And me with my new toy, extremely over whelmed and extremely exhausted from all the travelling and lack of sleep.
 

 
I'm was so happy with my purchase, I couldn't describe the feeling. It's the one and only car I have ever really wanted and the one car I will never sell. EVER!!
 
I finally got word of it arriving in May and was quickly down to pick it up. Here she was waiting for me. Unfortunately it was running like shit! It wasn't running great when we dropped it off to the exporter but knew it had a few things needing attention.
 

Let's kick off 2017 with a medium length run from L.A. to Palm Springs on Saturday January 28th, 2017. Meet at California Mustang in City of Industry at 8am. Leaves at 9am, and should wrap up by 2pm. We will stop for lunch around noon. Not only will we have prizes for the fastest car to each check point, but we will be doing our first ever Poker Run. There will also be a scavenger hunt. Many different ways to win prizes. We will finish up in Palm Springs where we could unwind and have some refreshments. Not sure how to post a picture of the rally on here but you're welcome to visit the page Classicstangs on both Facebook and Instagram hope you guys can make it

Just saw an ad for a '69 R code shaker repro. Ad claimed all metal as per original, can't tell from original....and priced as if it were an original...lol.
I've always cringed at the price of shakers. Knowing there are as many, or more, 351w cars out there, I would think the market would be there for that part at a fair price point. They currently sell for more than the original price of the whole car.

I am very new to this classic car restoration, I inherited a 69 mustang coupe and am currently in the process of restoring and repairing.
 
My problem is I dont have a good idea of what the original should look like at times due to jerry-rigs and hack-fixes all over the car.
 
I need to find a good classic mustang or car shop in the Seattle area to come running to with my various questions on looks, parts, installs etc. Anyone know the area well enough to shoot me some names?

Switching to TKO 5 speed...70 Mach1

Hi All,



New to this forum we've been on several forums for boats just sold our Sea Ray several months ago the time, money and maintenance just got to be to much, started a search for a muscle car several months ago finally found one several weeks ago we liked 2 owner 61,000 miles with all documentation from delivery to present. I'm going to order a Marti report even though I have the hand written original order from Harrold Ford in Sacramento it's hard to read it states order with Specific GT Package options, Air Conditioning, Handling Package etc. So I'm confused if it's a true GT build but it really doesn't matter to me either way at this point.



69 Mustang Coupe 351w 290hp automatic front discs engine has a mild cam, Holley Street Avenger & Dominator manifold, new gas tank. Needs some small things done but in overall good condition NO Rust.



We've owned many muscle & race cars over the years hope to turn this one into a nice weekender.
 
Some history of cars owned and raced.
 
I've been into cars since I was 12 yrs old first car was a 40 chev with a built 283 in it that I sold to buy a 47 Fiat Topolino with a 288 cu in sb that ran 10.38 141 mph in B/A holding the mph NHRA speed record in 1967 sold that and starting racing funny cars, top fuel dragsters and SS/A & SS/AA Plymouth Cuda's & Challengers. Have also done a couple body off restorations but have no desire to do another one.
 
 

 

I am finally replaced my grant steering wheel with my original restored version.
 
In the center of the turn signal switch is a plastic circle with a spring pin. It is right around the steering column shaft. It will spin freely. (A) is it supposed to and (B) should it be clocked to a certain position.
 

I'm slowly tracking down and fixing all the rattles in my car. I noticed the cowl panel rattles where it goes under the windshield trim, guessing I'm missing some hardware. Looking online all I can find are the screws that hold the cowl down at the front in the engine compartment. What am I missing?
Thanks,
Matt

Hi all, I found a few people who have some dimensions for the aprons, however they have shock towers and i wont have them.
Problem is there are no real reference points to measure from.  I need the Inside dims and length. all I have found is where someone measured from the apron bolt holes which really wont give me a good starting point.
 
 

Brand new TKO 500 22 tooth 10 spline input shaft and bearing....$75  plus shipping....e-mail me....njjoeh@optonline.net

Getting very close to painting my mustang. Going with gulfstream aqua as this is the original colour. So i have a couple of choices with the stripes. Black with gold or gold with white. Can the stripe colour be found on the build sheet. My build sheet is in pretty poor condition , hard to make out some info.
Any advice on what colour stripes i should go with.
 
Cheers Mark.

Brand new TKO 500 22 tooth 10 spline input shaft and bearing....$75  plus shipping....e-mail me....njjoeh@optonline.net