MorganLeBlanc
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Vic, thanks, I plan to hang onto the hood. Maybe down the road have it stripped at blasted. The hood shows some minor accident damage that looks like it would be difficult to repair.
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I moved to the area were the battery was located only because I needed to hook up a trickle charger to it. Next thing you know I am stripping, sanding and painting the metal in the area and installing freshly zink plated screws and bolts in that section.
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Hey Casey, Have you made any progress on the root cause of the back firing?
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The hood on the Mustang Mach 1 was rusted and really beyond repair. I dreaded installing an after market hood. Low and behold I found a factory hood that was perfect. It was taken off of a Mustang because they did a 69 Shelby GT-350 replica. Thankful that this part is rust free and dent free. The guy met me in a small town North of Bakersfield and drove up from Palmdale which is in the CA desert.
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Hi Casey, I would check the timing again. Initial should be around 12 and total around total 32-34. Do you have another carb you can swap on it to see it makes a difference?Mine is also a 69 S-Code with 4 speed. I am running a Holley 750 Double Pumper. Also check to make sure the sparks plugs wires did not get cross and the boots are all the way on the plugs.
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It took me a long time to decide between the Magnum wheels or American Racing Torque Thrust D wheels. In the end I believe that the Torque Thrust D is a better performing wheel for handling and ride quality. Summit Racing is right down the street from where I work so it was easy to buy them there and the distributor a Tire Rack is 15 miles away. So I bought the Cooper Tires there. 235's in the front on 7" rims and 255's on 8" rims in the rear.
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While I was under the car I decided to install the Tie down brackets I purchased from DeadNutsOn. So at this stage I have cleaned and underneath and painted it. The Mustang was built in San Jose so the underneath is painted black from firewall back. I have restored three 67 Mustangs and I have never seen the amount of undercoating that I have seen on the Mach1. I also found some factory exhaust hangers and had the silver sink coated.
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I used an LED bulb in the trunk light but still need to come up with a clip and staple where the wire drops down into the trunk.
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On the outside original much like the interior with suspension upgrades and Torque Thrust Rims. So it should handle and ride much better than stock. I purchased the tie downs from Dead Nuts On along with a few other small parts.
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I rebuild the rear drum brakes and replaced the brake lines.
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The underneath was covered with surface rust and the brakes, shocks and springs needed replacing. Here is where i decided to go on a separate path. I installed 1" mid eye drop springs and QA1 adjustable shocks.
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Before reinstalling the interior panels I laid down sounds deadening mat.
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All interior panels were cleaned and the rear carpet on the fold down was replaced.
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We removed the rear seat and fold down which was sun faded from the 19 years of sitting outside. The floors like the trunk was solid and just needed a good cleaning.
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I pulled the original floor mat and scrubbed it for a few hours. The floor and quarter panels are in great shape and just needed a good cleaning, I saved the original tire and rim and my friend Bob Gaines had a date coded jack for a great price. I also found an original 69 trunk light
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Since the car had been sitting for 19 years so I replaced the fuel tank, sending unit and fuel line.
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When I got the Mach1 home i replaced the battery, oil, filter and plugs then tried to start It. At one point they had installed an alarm system that was a complete wiring disaster. I work in Sparks NV for an Aerospace Company so I turned the Mach1 over to my friend Mark who owns Mustang Ranch. He went through the electrical system and got it sorted out. Another friend in the Davis CA area offered up parts he was not using, A Police Interceptor Aluminum Intake and a 750 Holley and a few other parts. We rebuilt the Holley and put in a new coil and Pertronix. After sitting for 19 years it runs actually very well, no smoke and no leaks on mostly original parts from 1969. #ford #fordperformance #390fe #69mustangmach1 #1969mustang 1969mustangmach1 Mustangrunning.html
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Well here my story of a barn find in San Lorenzo CA. This nice lady at the young age of 25 walked into Bill Bland Hayward Ford in the fall of 1968 to test drive the all new Mustang Mach 1. So the salesman put her in the seat of a Cobra Jet equipped with the 428 and 4 speed transmission. She said this the minute she let out the clutch, it left rubber on the pavement. She knew then that she wanted a new Mustang! So she ordered Mach 1 with a 390, with a four barrel carb and equipped with a 4 speed in black jade. AM/FM, power disc brakes, and black interior. She drove the car a few miles each day to a school were she worked as an assistant. The years from the exposure to the moisture of the air in the East Bay Area and constant sun exposure took its toll so she decided to have it painted black. Then as she got older the clutch became too difficult to work. So she parked it for 19 years where it sat under a car cover in her front driveway Yet JoAnne always kept it registered and insured. On September 28, 2019 the next owner came along and here is where the next chapter begins. I plan to restore the Mach 1 to its former glory with a few upgrade here and there. Definitely a long term project.
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Hi Bob, If you are ever back in Fresno. You are always welcome to stop by.
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No staggered shocks or sway bar.
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Thanks! If you are Facebook you can also friend me and follow the build there. The original owner is following along and excited to see her original car come back to life. The Shelby Cobra was build at the old Las Vegas factory. It was the last Cobra built there before attempting to have them built in Mexico. The 427 side oilers was put together by a friend and myself using a Pond Aluminum block that was stoked to 482 ci which I purchased from Keith Craft. The edge rock heads have been extensively worked over and it runs a Blue Thunder intake with an 850 Holley DP carb. It produces 605 HP. The suspension was set up by Tom Barnard who is a skilled master at setting up Cobra's for track use with custom valves shocks and springs. It has won many awards and has appeared in magazines and in Calendars.
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I ended up finding a new hood since the original is a rusted mess! The hood came off an original restored 70 Mustang GT that they converted to a Shelby replica.
