Which of these would you sooner rock (70 vs 03 Mach 1)

[s197richie]

Born in '76 so don't know anything about carburetion. These seem to be the pros and cons of the '70:

Pros:

A real Mustang unlike anything 71-up (a fat pig, a Pinto, a Fairmont, pretty close retro, and two Camaros)
How much could possibly go wrong outside of a tune-up and a carb rebuild or swap-out

Cons:

351 is pretty slow even with short gears compared to modern Mustangs
Might not start all the time due to carb

TIA preesh

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[AZ_Ryan]

The '70 Mach 1. And it not even close.

Im not sure what im more shocked by, the fact that you were only born in '76, or the fact that you dont know anything about carburetion.

 

[s197richie]

The '70 Mach 1. And it not even close.

Im not sure what im more shocked by, the fact that you were only born in '76, or the fact that you dont know anything about carburetion.

My father has a vw-audi shop and they were way ahead of the curve regarding the swapover to FI. All my early-mid 80's cars already had it whereas the domestic changeover was around '85.

 

[BuckeyeBOSS]

The 70 by a mile.

 

[24GTBadlands]

I still like the older sound, in this case a 429

 

[s197richie]

Slight problem; the '70 has no air conditioning and I'm in FL. It looks like you can buy a complete a/c kit for a classic tho.

When I was 22 my first Mustang - a 90 GT - didn't have working air but I considered myself too hardcore to use it as it pulled power. At 49 there's no chance; I'll literally die.

1970 Ford Mustang Air Conditioning System | 70 Mustang AC Kit

 

[AZ_Ryan]

Slight problem; the '70 has no air conditioning and I'm in FL. It looks like you can buy a complete a/c kit for a classic tho.

When I was 22 my first Mustang - a 90 GT - didn't have working air but I considered myself too hardcore to use it as it pulled power. At 49 there's no chance; I'll literally die.

1970 Ford Mustang Air Conditioning System | 70 Mustang AC Kit

Plenty of Mach 1's came with AC.

And for the record, carburetors aren't scary. People just don't understand them. I rebuilt mine myself after watching some you tube videos. Once you understand how they work and how to adjust them, the old Autolites are actually pretty reliable. Having said that there are plenty of EFI kits for classic cars.

 

[LouG]

Carbs are OK as a rule. But I wouldn't sell my soul to satan in order to learn how to set up Webers.

 

[Paul's stable]

Born in '76 so don't know anything about carburetion. These seem to be the pros and cons of the '70:

Pros:

A real Mustang unlike anything 71-up (a fat pig, a Pinto, a Fairmont, pretty close retro, and two Camaros)
How much could possibly go wrong outside of a tune-up and a carb rebuild or swap-out

Cons:

351 is pretty slow even with short gears compared to modern Mustangs
Might not start all the time due to carb

TIA preesh

Now if it was a 70 Boss 302 with the Shaker hood option. I would go with that. When you try to compare a base model to a top performance car for that year is silly.

 

[s197richie]

Now if it was a 70 Boss 302 with the Shaker hood option. I would go with that. When you try to compare a base model to a top performance car for that year is silly.

Yeah I'm thinking in terms of what x dollars will buy, i.e. if you allotted yourself say $50k you should be able to track down a good-condition Termi but how much 64.5-70 will that buy you? Not much more than a restored run of the mill V8.

 

[Paul's stable]

Yeah I'm thinking in terms of what x dollars will buy, i.e. if you allotted yourself say $50k you should be able to track down a good-condition Termi but how much 64.5-70 will that buy you? Not much more than a restored run of the mill V8.

Well next time explain the rules before we can play.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

Now if it was a 70 Boss 302 with the Shaker hood option. I would go with that. When you try to compare a base model to a top performance car for that year is silly.

Which one is the base model?

 

[AZ_Ryan]

Yeah I'm thinking in terms of what x dollars will buy, i.e. if you allotted yourself say $50k you should be able to track down a good-condition Termi but how much 64.5-70 will that buy you? Not much more than a restored run of the mill V8.

Depends if the motor is built or stock. I know lots guys with stroker motors in their classics that are far from run of the mill.

And you will probably hate this, but coyote swapping is all the rage right now.

 

[Yamazuki]

If they're doing a Coyote, they're probably doing a lot of other stuff too.
Modern chassis, retro shell; sounds like fun!

Plenty of Mach 1's came with AC.

And for the record, carburetors aren't scary. People just don't understand them. I rebuilt mine myself after watching some you tube videos. Once you understand how they work and how to adjust them, the old Autolites are actually pretty reliable. Having said that there are plenty of EFI kits for classic cars.

And no, carburetors are not scary. They got us by for 100+ yrs.
Something one of my mentors said to me that I'll never forget.
"How you gonna fix it if you don't know how it's supposed to work?"

 

[s197richie]

Depends if the motor is built or stock. I know lots guys with stroker motors in their classics that are far from run of the mill.

And you will probably hate this, but coyote swapping is all the rage right now.

If it's the F-150 Coyote with the proper firing order it's fine. Otherwise yes I'm dropping my campaign to spread awareness of Hurst shifters being available for the MT-82 now that I've realized MGW is the superior choice, and in place I am beginning a "just say no to Coyote swaps" crusade.

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