1971 Mach 1 value?

[Baron Von Crowder]

Only 1 year off from looking so much better.

You mean 72, right?

[CexMashean]

Fuck no.

[GrayStangGT]

Only 1 year off from looking so much better.

and a lot more expensive

[CexMashean]

and a lot more expensive

There's a reason!

[GrayStangGT]

I'm not saying a 70 doesn't look better than a 71-73, but I've never understood the hate for the later ones. They are still a cool car. Now 74, that is a whole other story.

[CexMashean]

The backs got a little fugly, and the front got a whole lot of fugly on the 71-73.

[Rreemo]

Let me make the one above look a lot better for everyone. Almost looks like an El Camino had sex with a Torino!....

[Baron Von Crowder]

I'm not saying a 70 doesn't look better than a 71-73, but I've never understood the hate for the later ones. They are still a cool car. Now 74, that is a whole other story.

I was given a Mustang coffee table book for christmas one year, and it has a lot of commentary from a guy from Ford that was in the mustang project for years. Back in the late 60's, everything was getting bigger, leading into the 70's boats. The 71-73 cars didnt sit right with mustang buyers, they wanted smaller and more nimble cars, so they designed the Mustang II.

From Wiki:

The first generation Mustangs grew in size; the 1973 model had become markedly larger than the original model. The pony car market segment saw decreasing sales in the early-1970s "with many buyers turning to lower-priced, fuel-efficient compacts like Ford's own Maverick - a huge first-year success itself."[3] The Mustang was growing to become an intermediate-sized sedan, "too big and alienated many in its customer base."[4] The allure of the original Mustang was its trim size and concept. The automakers in Detroit had "begun to receive vibrations from the only source it really listens to — new-car buyers... The message: Build smaller cars" as customers stopped buying and the inventory of unsold new cars climbed during the summer of 1973, and there were already positive market expectations for the new downsized Mustang.[5] Automakers were "scrambling" by December 1973 as "the trend toward smaller, less extravagant cars to surge ahead faster than anyone had expected."

[cool cat]

Let me make the one above look a lot better for everyone. Almost looks like an El Camino had sex with a Torino!....

[IMG]black thing[/IMG]

It is ugly, but I like the 70's street machine look.

[46Tbird]

Only 1 year off from looking so much better.

I love the '64-70 cars - a lot - but the '71-73 fastback body style is incredibly handsome in my opinion.

Yes it's a huge, bloated car compared to the '65 fastback, but this car more than holds its own in the styling department - especially the '71 in Boss and Mach 1 guise. The '71 Boss 351 was the quickest Mustang of all time until the '95 Cobra R.

And to be fair, the Mustang wasn't the only car saddled ugly bumpers and weak performance for '72.

[Cooter]

I'm not saying a 70 doesn't look better than a 71-73, but I've never understood the hate for the later ones. They are still a cool car. Now 74, that is a whole other story.

I've always hated them, but I may be softening on that stance after looking at DJ's pics

[cool cat]

I love the '64-70 cars - a lot - but the '71-73 fastback body style is incredibly handsome in my opinion.

Yes it's a huge, bloated car compared to the '65 fastback, but this car more than holds its own in the styling department - especially the '71 in Boss and Mach 1 guise. The '71 Boss 351 was the quickest Mustang of all time until the '95 Cobra R.

And to be fair, the Mustang wasn't the only car saddled ugly bumpers and weak performance for '72

(Cough) cougar (cough)

Though I like the 71 - 73 rag tops.

[Broncojohnny]

I always liked the 71-73 cars for some reason. They do have the biggest engine bay of the classics too. A lot of the older big block cars were a bitch to work on. I like the australian cars of that vintage a lot more.

[Jewrrick]

My buddy is looking at one that his great uncle or someone extended family has and needs to sell it pretty quick.

he's the second owner, 98k miles on it, mach 1, 351 cleveland, automatic. Original condition, one repaint factory color roughly 12 years ago. Ive yet to see it in person, supposed to run and drive well, its been kept in the garage and driven lightly the last 10 or so years. What is a roundabout number on what these are worth? I've honestly never paid any attention to the 71-73 cars.

pics:

If he isn't going to make a move on it I am interested. My wife gave me the go ahead.

[Baron Von Crowder]

If he doesnt, for some reason, Ill shoot you the guys info. He's pretty gung-ho about it, so I feel pretty sure that it's coming home with us Sunday. The real question will be how long he keeps it.