The
Mustang Mach 1 started with the
fastback "Sports Roof" body and
added several visual and performance enhancing items such as matte black
hood and optional spoiler, hood pins, chrome gas cap and wheels, chrome
exhaust tips (optional), chin spoiler and a 351 Windsor motor as base with
either a two barrel or four barrel carburetor. A 390 CI four barrel as well
as the huge
428 Cobra Jet were also available engines. Standard on
Mach 1 s was a fierce but cosmetic hood scoop that had integrated
turn-signal lights mounted in the back. A more functional option was the
signature "
Shaker Hood", an air scoop mounted directly to the top of the motor, used to
collect fresh air and so named for its tendency to "shake" above the
rumbling V-8 below. The interior came complete with teak wood grain details,
full sound deadening material and high-back sport bucket seats. The name Mustang Mach 1
mustang could not have been more appropriate as in 1969, Performance Buyer's
Digest put a new Mach 1 through its paces at Bonneville, breaking some 295 USAC speed and endurance records.
Ford kept the
Mach 1 alive into
1970 and little changed outside the visual.
New Mach 1 specific
bucket seats, Magnum 500 wheels, recessed taillights on a black honeycomb
rear panel as well as new side and rear badging and striping were the main
visual differences. Outselling the base
GT model,
Ford
canceled the
GT altogether to make the Mach 1 the primary street
performance
Mustang.
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