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 MACH1
History
The Ford Mustang was introduced 38 years
ago and has earned its place as a true American legend. From its inception,
Mustang took the automotive world by storm, spawning fan clubs of
enthusiastic baby boomers that were just coming of driving age in the
mid-1960s. It seemed everyone wanted a Mustang and Ford was all too happy to
provide one.
In the first year, Ford sold more than 600,000 Mustangs. Derivatives came
quickly as customers wanted to personalize their Mustang. There were
numerous body styles, from coupe to fastback to convertible, and scores of
powertrain and styling packages.
The original Mach 1 was introduced in 1968 as a concept car with a
hatched fastback, aggressive hood and side scoops and a unique paint scheme.
In 1969, the Mach 1 was one of three new Mustang models that made it into
production. It featured the familiar fastback body with simulated side
scoops high on the quarter panel, an aggressively raked air dam on the front
and a spoiler on the rear, “comfort-weave” leather seats and the now famous,
“shaker hood scoop” mounted directly onto the carburetor and fitting through
an opening in the hood.
Underneath, the 1969 Mach 1 offered a 250-horsepower 351 Cleveland V-8 or
a 335-hp 428 Cobra-Jet mill. Mach 1 and its stablemate, the Boss 302
Mustang, reenergized the fastback, tripling sales of the body style in 1969.
The much smaller Mustang II model, introduced in 1974 as a response to the
nation’s “energy crisis,” was the weaker sibling to its older muscle car
brothers. The 1974 Mach 1 featured a 2.8-liter V-6 with dual exhaust while
the other Mustangs of the period carried 2.3-liter I-4s as the base engine.
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