1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 429 Cobra Jet Four Speed For Sale

1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 429 Cobra Jet Four Speed For Sale

Offered for sale is my 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 equipped with the highly desirable 429 Cobra Jet engine and four speed top loader transmission. I recently had the opportunity to purchase a Shelby and I'm selling this car for funds to put towards the Shelby. I purchased this Mach 1 from a dealer in December 2014 with the intention of keeping it long term however a Shelby convertible that I had been looking at became available so I need to part with the Mustang. The history of the car prior to my purchasing it is unknown. I've driven the car briefly and everything is in good working order. Since I have owned it it has always been garaged and covered. The odometer reads 69474. Unknown if this is the actual miles. The car was recently repainted before I purchased it. The body appears laser straight to me and the paint has a deep wet sanded and buffed finish. The blacked out hood and lower body side are finished in the correct satin black finish.

There is no rust in the car that I know of. All chrome and stainless trim is in excellent condition and the window glass is free of scratches. The interior is very nice and appears to be mostly original with no rips or tears. The door panels are free of splits and the seat upholstery is in excellent condition and a reconditioned rim blow steering wheel was recently installed. All lights and gauges are in good working order. The power windows are in good working order and operate smoothly. The radio does not have audio output but it seems to be in working order as you can hear the motor for the tape running when a cartridge is inserted. This is probably an issue with the speaker wiring that would need to be addressed. The engine bay is very nicely detailed with correct hoses belts battery etc. All surfaces appear to have been freshly refinished in their correct colors with appropriate markings. The restrictive quadrajet carburetor was replaced with a Holley 4150 with manual choke. The quadrajet will go with the car in the trunk to the new owner. The air conditioning is in place on the car but needs to be charged with refrigerant. I do not have the tools or experience to perform this so the new owner would have to address that issue. The engine runs strong with no smoking or unusual noises. The top loader transmission operates and shifts smoothly and is equipped with the original Ford Hurst shifter.

Feeling replenished, we ended day one just North of Atlanta at the humble abode of my life-long buddy Steve 鈥淪olly鈥?Solomon, who put us up for the night. There was little time for rest, Eric and I were back in the GT at sunrise, and after a day of driving we rolled into Tampa鈥攅xhausted鈥攂ut ready to hit the track. We didn鈥檛 have to wait long to get numbers, as a friend had a track rental at Orlando Speedworld, the very next morning. We swapped our road bags for helmets, some car care products, a tire pressure gauge and headed over bright and early. Once at OSW, we unloaded our gear from the GT and popped the hood to let the engine cool. Track prep was already underway, which included sweeping the lanes and laying down about 300-feet of traction compound. Our plan was to run the Mustang in 100-percent stock trim, the only thing we manipulated was tire pressure and launch rpm. Ford engineers told us the 鈥楧rag Mode鈥?would produce the quickest elapsed times because it has the most aggressive shift strategy, and it鈥檚 the least intrusive as far as managing torque on upshifts.

In order to protect the driveline, most new cars use some form of computer controls to manage torque by actually closing the throttle and/or reducing ignition timing on wide-open throttle upshifts. Ford鈥檚 Drag Mode (with stick or auto) is designed to maintain peak (or close to peak) power to provide the best possible acceleration. With the track prepped, Eric set the front tire pressure to 45 psi to reduce rolling resistance and the rear to 28 psi for improved traction. I hopped in, donned my helmet, fired the engine and selected Drag Mode using the toggle switch located at the bottom of the IP center stack. Track, Drag and Mud/Snow. Next, I deactivated traction control (which has its own toggle) and headed to the burnout box. I backed into the box to prevent dragging up any water with the front tires and got the tires warm with a short burnout.