BOSS HOGG ; Here's something that might make you whimper a little more. Notice the shock towers are modified at the factory. Why? Boss 429 that's why. Never made production. :(..
@@cobracharmer6178 The shock towers don't need to be modified for the 429 Cobra Jet Engines, they drop right in. Only the Boss 429 Engines, they are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT then the regular 429 or 460 Engines, Especially the Cylinder Heads.
@@badass6.0powerstroke10 ; Read again what I typed. "Notice the shock towers are modified at the factory. Why? Boss 429 that's why." The 71-73 Mustangs wouldn't have to go to KarKraft for shock tower modifications. So that tells you, Ford had planned to install the Boss 9 on the assembly line. Unfortunately, Ford cut deep into the racing program, and there's no recorded factory 1971 Boss 429. Next time you're at a car show and see ANY 71-73 Mustangs, look at the shock towers and you'll see they look like the 69-70 shock towers of the Boss 429. Have a great Thanksgiving. John :)
Don’t cry too much; they make engines more economical with smaller displacements that would blow this car off any track. And they handle much better because of a better weight balance.
Watching this again 5 years on... I have a '71 429 myself built for export as it has been in the UK since 1971 (still LHD). Came to the UK as a 351 4V but I put a rebuilt, modified 429 in it running 360bhp and 500lb ft. Now midnight purple and 90% ready to get back on the road after 30 years off it.....wow, my last comment was 5 years ago, how time flies.
My name is Ewerton Saavedra. I have a 1971 Mustang Mach 1 original 429 SCJ in Brazil. My car is the one of one Mustang 429 SCJ in my country, Brazil. My car was bought and imported to Brazil in 1971 and was on the cover of the most popular automotive magazine here, called 4 weels (4 Rodas), in the May 1971 issue. I bought the car after finding it abandoned in the back of a workshop in year 2001 for R$1,500.00. That's the current equivalent of only about $350.00. At the time, here in Brazil, nobody wanted these types of cars. I got lucky.
This was such a streetfighter back in the day with a set of craigers, sticky mickeys, and a few bolt-ons. Today, this is such a valuable example. Glad to see the last one produced on this channel.
Still interesting that ford could/should of got this motor up to the 450 HP range. I'm sure it wouldn't of taken much, and would of been as gutsy as Chev's 450 hp 427 Yenko's.
Carat Cranker They were underrated like many were back in the day they actually made more like 425-450hp, in a 4000lb Torino they ran high to mid 13's at 101-103 mph stock on street tires.
@@lewisshepard9239 Actually in the 1/4 the 429 SCJ Models were a tick quicker than the Boss 351,s. And in any other type of racing the Boss 351 would easily perform better than the 429 cars, the Big Blocks were very nose heavy, the Clevelands weren't the lightest engines out there either with those Huge Cast Iron Cyl. Heads, but were still lighter than the 429,s. The 71 Boss 351 is one of the quickest Mustangs off the showroom floor, Definitely it's highest performing Cleveland Powered Mustang, and probably my Favorite Mustang from the Early years, but the 71 Super Cobra Jet Mustangs are right behind them in 2nd Place in my book. Definitely two of my Favorites. The FE Big Block Mustangs were a little before my time, But I've always liked the 68,s with the 428 Cobra Jets definitely Fastbacks. I was Never a fan of the Coupes, bought the only one i would consider owning would have to be a 68, 428 Cobra Jet, when you got that Monster under the hood, it definitely offsets the look of the Coupe for me.
Right? It's been up a year now. Too many people don't like cool cars. It's like a secret club. I love old revolvers from Smith & Wesson and Colt and though they have a following, many people don't like them. Another secret club for cool people lol.
Just seeing this video now, I have a 1972 Grande "H" code, I pulled the 351 Cleveland and dropped in a balanced and blueprint 429cid with a mild built C6 and 4:11 posi. It's a blast to say the least lol. I bought the car when I was 15, I'm 50 now and hopefully my son takes it now.
I bought one brand new in 1971. I ordered it with the Drag Pack, which included the 429 SCJ with ram air, and a 411 Detroit locker rear. The Drag Pack was over $700 of the $4,800+ price.
You found the secret elixir to long-lasting! You don't look your age, sir. I was born in 72 but park in handicapped zone now! You knew what to order back then. How long did you own it?
1971 was and will always be the pinnacle of the Mustang design. Best looking, most refined and just an amazing car. I'll take a nice M-Code 351 with 14x7 steel wheels and trim rings any day. No hockey stripes either.
Yes, the 14x7 and the 15x7 rings cap look is iconic. Shame more cars don't wear them today. It's rather frustrating that GM and Dodge owners of the era have repops of the wheel trim rings. Ford owners of this era? Good luck! NOS or used. You don't want to know what a set of those 15x7 steel wheels and NOS trim rings and 10.5" hubcaps go for. It'll shock you.
When I was in high school thirty-plus years ago '65-'70 Mustangs were already classics and I felt embarrassed for anyone driving around in one of these land yachts. Now I look at the '71-'73 and I really dig it. It has to be the right one though. A ''71 Grande with bumper guards and a vinyl roof will still garner my pity. It's got to be optioned just so - blacked out hood with scoops and pins, body colored bumpers and Magnum 500s. Back in the day I saw so many of these fastback (SportsRoof?) models with louvers I assumed (until now) they were a FoMoCo option. Thank goodness 60's musclecars were still affordable when I turned 16. My cherry '69 Acapulco blue on black 351w 4v Mach 1 with hi back buckets, console, power everything and dealer installed rear window louvers set me back in 1981 a cool $2750. I bought it from a divorced stewardess that lived in our neighborhood. Yes, it was an automatic. She called it a "Ford". It must have been settlement booty along with the house.
The Grande with vinyl top was just a conservative car for the performance lover that wanted to drive a sleeper and go to work in an office. My father was such a guy. He always tapped on the throttle only and not until I was given the car did I discover it could drive much faster although it did bog badly from a stop while racing, in 302 guise.
Since these cars are getting so rare in factory type condition it would be really neat to do a 5-10 second idle clip just to hear how these cars sounded imo
Always wanted a 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler 429 SCJ/4 speed Drag Pack. My favorite Ford from the true muscle car era besides the super rare and super expensive 1966-67 R-Code 427 Fairlane. Also love the 1969 428 CJ/SCJ Fairlane Cobra Fastback.....Ford's answer to the Plymouth Roadrunner/Dodge Super Bee
Jeremy Thompson; The 1969 Roadrunner went to about 80,000 homes. As for the 1969 Cobra, about 18,000. I own a 69 candy apple red fast back, 4spd. Take it easy. John
This is an interesting fact: the 429SCJ was only available in The Mustang in 1971, but the Torino, Mercury Cyclone, Falcon, and Thunderbird all had this engine as an Option in 1970 ! The fact that only 1.318 429 Cobra Jets were made in 1971 says something about the pricing and styling if the 1971 Mustang (Generation 1B). Ford were struggling with the emissions in 1971, the Mach 1 was now standard with the low compression F code 302 2V V8, but the 351 4V Cleveland cars were still the Best buy. For 1971 Ford also had the Boss 351, as a High performance Car which was a One Year model Only. The Holy Grail for 429 Ford Mustang Owners are now the Super Rare 429 Cobra Jet Coupe's and Convertibles 😎🇺🇸
Stefan Rood ; You could still get the 429scj in the 1971 Torino GT and Cobra. For 71, the 351 Cleveland hi-po became standard in the Torino Cobra. And as far as I know, there wasn't a Boss 351 option for the Torino. There were no small block Fairlane/Torino Cobras in 69-70. From 67-70, Shelby Mustangs could be ordered with 351 or 428. The 1970 Falcon, which was just a standard Torino 500, had EVERY engine option. Falcon was retired after 1970. Never ever heard of a Cobra Jet powered T-Bird.They were 429 Thunder Jets. I was at Ford Nationals in Carlisle, Pa. I was looking at a 1971 Mach 1 with the 351 Cleveland. The 1st time in 40+yrs, I noticed the shock towers looked exactly like the shock towers in the 69-70 Mustang Boss 429. Were there plans for the Boss 429 in 71? This would've saved time and money to drop a Boss 429 in the Mustang on the assembly line. 1968-71 Fairlane/Torino shock towers were pretty much the same.Which probably means, Ford had no intention for a Boss 9 Fairlane/Torino. I find it hard to believe you couldn't order the Boss 9 in 71. John
429 CJ was available in the 1970 Mustang. Odd but the end of FE motor series 428CJ was offered alongside the more sophisticated canted-vale 429 in the same car.
71 the year that I was born and my big brother had a 71 black 4 speed that I remember because he still had it when I was 6-7. I think that car is one of the coolest looking Mustang ever build. The car is gone and so is my big brother but I can still remember that big beautiful black mustang and the was she roared when he would step on that gas pedal.
I have a 351 '71 Mach1 here in the UK; but as I'm restoring it, am replacing the engine with a modified 429, updating the interior in a modern retro style, changing the colour and wheels. It is my dream car...that I will never sell.
I owned one of these 1971 429 cobra jet Mach I Mustangs and it was stolen. I had no idea that Ford made so few of these. There will never be another Mustang like the 429 cobra jet. Thank you for a great review.
One of these was the first mustang I ever saw that blew me away. There was a yellow Mach I, (71-73 not sure what year) in the parking garage at Disney World in FL when I worked there. I was floored. I didn't like Mustangs at the time because I didn't know about the older ones when I was 19 back in 2000. It was so cool and had such a huge ass to it that I fell instantly in love.
The fit of the front spoiler looks a little funky, I had a 71' Mach 1 351C 4-V Ram Air Hurst 4 speed, with the argent front spoiler, it did not dip up in the center like this one.
Yes I am a fan anything muscle car I love it, although in that time in error I was around I was too young to participate in it, it's been said that the muscle car era came and went but it is back with today's muscle cars the kinds of performances vehicles that are there out today is phenomenal I'm glad to participate the second time around but I can't help but to say that the first muscle cars of the 60s and early 70s were fantastic machines, keep doing what you guys are doing thumbs up.
Always loved this model and year. And I am saying this as a Camaro purchaser from the 68 to the 82 and 89 models I have owned. I will never forget that a buddy of mine let me take a blond Chic out for a concert in a 1969 Boss that he let me borrow in 1974. Now that was a true friend to let me do that and I will never forget him or that Car or the Chic for that matter. As a Camaro lover, I have always admired and respected the Mustang even as a GM employee up until 2008 when I retired. Now I drive a Caddy ATS V which is faster than all those old mussel cars of that era.
You have the smoothest voice of all the auto reviewers. You’re voice inflection when describing the bland hubcaps tells us everything we need to know about your opinion of them, without sounding overly harsh or judgmental. You’re a talented narrator!
I Love the 71-73 Mustangs, more so the 71-72 Models, like that grill better, but 71 was probably the Best Performance wise, with the Awesome Boss 351, and the 429 SCJ Models, both were 71 Only. When it comes to Mustangs both those 71 Models are my favorites, when it comes to early Mustangs, Would Love to own both of them, a Boss 351, and a 429 SCJ, with Top Loaders in Both ! I know it's mandatory on the Boss. For 1971 the Mustang was one of the Quickest Muscle/Pony Cars for that Model Year. You either Love the 71-73,s or you Hate em, and i Definitely Love em. And when it comes to "Boss" Mustangs, the True Boss was produced in 1971 in my book. And the 72 R Code Low Compression Cleveland is one Rare Mustang with only a couple hundred being made, was basically a Low Compression Boss 351 Engine, that you could've gotten in a Coupe, Convertible, and also the Mach 1 body style, such a Rare option for the 72,s.
Great video on a great car, a lot of good information. However one bit of information is incorrect, the 385 motor was available on a 69 and a 70 Mustang because the 429 boss was available in both of those cars, though the boss was very different from the Super Cobra Jet they were still based on the same 385 429 block with some exceptions in the machine work.
I just ran across a 1972 Mach 1 w/351 Cleveland / 4 speed hurst shifter, white w/blk interior original matching #’s car/ air conditioning deluxe interior straight body too... any idea on production #’s for this car without having the vin # yet? Thank you
One of the best! 429SCJ wow., I have a 1972 fastback with green mach 1optioned interior! 1 of 2 made per Marti report..treat to see the 613th last one made mach 1 429 cool indeed!
The 71 mach 1 cobra jet is a cool design, don’t try and change my mind, I love the big ass fast back. I have a pewter one that I’m currently building a 429 for it. This car always reminded me of pony car Meets classic Italian supercar design. The back end looks like it was inspired by the DeTomaso Pantera
The advertising for the 71 clearly targeted the stylish European buyer. I have a convertible 71 thats a Boss 351/Mach 1 tribute. Where did you find the 429 cobra jet motor?
I’ve been a Ford nut (Mustang specifically) for more than 33 years, but I don’t recall ever hearing of a Torino Twister, only the 1970 Mustang Twister. A quick google search shows me what I’ve missed!
I always liked this body style.... Almost bought a 71 Mach 1 about 25yrs ago, but the clutch was going out and I decided I didn't want to mess with it.... Got a 67 Galixie instead.....!
I had a 71 Mach 1. I was the second owner, the guy I bought it from told me that when he bought it, the dealer had 2 on the lot, the 351C2v and a 429SCJ. Sadly he chose the 351 because he didn't like the nose heavy handling of the big block Mach.
It’s one of my all time favourite mustangs ever the ‘71....but I love every year as well , those wheels and hubs with trim beauty rings and Firestone wide O are my all time favourite wheels for Ford muscle cars as well !
I had the very last one off the line (certified through Marty Auto Works, and with Marvin, the 429 registry holder) I still have a copy of the Marty Report. Looks like her. IF the last 3 digits of the VIN are 304, it IS my old car, and the last off the line,429SCJ-R Drag-Pack. Named her Brickhouse. If the last 3 of the vin is NOT 304, you all may want to revise the statement, as the above car is not the last off the production line with a 429. Remember, just because the last in sequence vin is out there (and also documented with Marvin), the final build date/release date can be verified, as was Brickhouse. Brick house was bucked 7/22/71, and finish being built 8/05/71. Please let me know, she is the correct color.
THAT MUSTANG IS BEAUTIFUL !!!! I HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT THE 71 BOSS 351 WAS THE FASTEST MUSTANG ... I GUESS THEY COULDN'T FIND A 69 BOSS 429 PROPERLY TURNED UP
Correction. The 385 series engine was installed in a 1970 also. Known as the Boss 429. The quickest mustang I believe was the 1968 428SCJ drag pack. A 4 speed with 4.30 Detroit locker rear. 10s in the quarter were not uncommon.
@@alexhuevera939 If you think this is the worst designed Mustang, WHY did you even click on the thumbnail to view it, or anyone else's comments??? And why did you choose to reply to my comment instead of ANY of the other comments??? You do know what they say about opinions, right??
A good friend had one of these & it was the baddest car in town at the time. However, my 68 GT 500KR (which he helped me build) beat his Mach-1, but not by much. Traded my 68 for a 70 Cougar Eliminator that had the 428 SCJ. That car was an absolute beast. Sold it it for $500 in 1976 when I went into the Army.
Stefan Rood Yeah, the Magnums, while they do look good, can be "over used". It's not like the manufacturers didn't offer other wheels/hubcaps. There's a video of another one of their cars on here, a '70 Torino, that has the hubcaps/trim rings, and it looks good.
Red 13 exactly. The only stock Mustang which had the Magnum 500s was the Boss 429. Personally i think the style, color and Engine sets the tone for What Rims look good
It's a damned shame the automakers bowed down back then & gave up on the big horsepower engines! Restrictions are tighter than ever now & we've got more horsepower than ever now.
I could give two shits about emissions. Idiots like Tree Owl Gore caused that useless Bullshit! I'm waiting for our Great Wonderful President to cut the balls out of the Useless EPA! They were implemented to only protect waterways & streams and NOTHING more!!! Mr. Trump did free our much-needed coal mines from a lot of the evil useless EPA Bullshit rules! We need coal badly for electricity generation!!!
Steve Holsten....see that I wouldn't know nothin about, as I am exceedingly ANTI-Bowtie...owned only 2 Garbage Motors products in my 44yrs on this planet, a 327 in my 57 Willys Cj-5 (come out of a 67 vette) and a POS 1994 Z-71....never again will I own any product that has anything to do with GM.....
I have always loved the 1971 Mach 1. This is the first one I have seen with rear windows that would roll down - any idea how many 1971 Mustangs had roll down rear windows?
@@everettblack4719 That's a surprise to me, I had a '72 Cougar, the rear windows rolled down, a true hardtop like the Mustang. Was it an option or part of a trim package on the Mustang? Anyone know?
@@RootsandTendrils I am glad this discussion set me to looking, check this link out: www.7173mustangs.com/thread-1971-1972-1973-mustang-fastback-wind-down-quarter-window-conversion-tutorial
My (adopted) dad owned one of these Mach 1 w/ 429 V8 Mustang and it was the same color as this (grabber blue) and he bought it new. Until he died in 1991 he would tell me that he regretted to have loan it to his brother who got drunk and parked the car on the beach in florida by the next morning the car was up to its axles with sea water and unfortunately within a year the car rotted out and was destroyed. Such a beautiful car, I can still see the pictures he had of it.
I guess I'm an oddball but this was always my favorite Mustang and definitely my new favorite childhood car remember seeing it in the showroom and I couldn't see over the dashboard but there's something about this style in the colors that speak early 70s ,,Partridge Family, Brady Bunch, Nanny and the professor, if anyone remembers that one LOL
I was born in 72. I can remember being two or three and hearing a Corvette with a chambered exhaust wind out on an interstate that I gives near by. I was born late to the muscle car game. I remember hearing the last salvo.
Has anyone else heard that the '71, 2 and 3 Mustangs were called the Clydesdales? You know, big ponies? In 1971 I got a copy of Look magazine in September to preview the new model reveals which was a big deal then. I thought that the then new Mustang was the coolest and most bad-assed iron that I had ever seen. I dreamed of owning one even though I was only twelve. I own two of them now. I display them on my nightstand.
I wrote a tutorial on the 7173 Mustang forum for how to do this: www.7173mustangs.com/thread-1971-1972-1973-mustang-fastback-wind-down-quarter-window-conversion-tutorial
I never understood why Ford didn't put a 460 in the Mustang's the 72-76 torinos got them and I've seen a ram air 460 in a 73 it was put in by the owner and it was a terror.
My guess would be that the insurance companies were hammering away on the muscle car / pony car, which was hurting sales of those that had high performance V8's. The 1973 oil crisis didn't help either. Pontiac was the last one to offer a high displacement V8 (the 455) in their Trans Am and so on.
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Last big block in a Mustang...enough to make a grown man cry.
BOSS HOGG ; Here's something that might make you whimper a little more. Notice the shock towers are modified at the factory. Why? Boss 429 that's why. Never made production. :(..
@@cobracharmer6178 The shock towers don't need to be modified for the 429 Cobra Jet Engines, they drop right in. Only the Boss 429 Engines, they are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT then the regular 429 or 460 Engines, Especially the Cylinder Heads.
@@badass6.0powerstroke10 ; Read again what I typed. "Notice the shock towers are modified at the factory. Why? Boss 429 that's why." The 71-73 Mustangs wouldn't have to go to KarKraft for shock tower modifications. So that tells you, Ford had planned to install the Boss 9 on the assembly line. Unfortunately, Ford cut deep into the racing program, and there's no recorded factory 1971 Boss 429. Next time you're at a car show and see ANY 71-73 Mustangs, look at the shock towers and you'll see they look like the 69-70 shock towers of the Boss 429. Have a great Thanksgiving. John :)
Don’t cry too much; they make engines more economical with smaller displacements that would blow this car off any track. And they handle much better because of a better weight balance.
Watching this again 5 years on... I have a '71 429 myself built for export as it has been in the UK since 1971 (still LHD). Came to the UK as a 351 4V but I put a rebuilt, modified 429 in it running 360bhp and 500lb ft. Now midnight purple and 90% ready to get back on the road after 30 years off it.....wow, my last comment was 5 years ago, how time flies.
My name is Ewerton Saavedra. I have a 1971 Mustang Mach 1 original 429 SCJ in Brazil. My car is the one of one Mustang 429 SCJ in my country, Brazil. My car was bought and imported to Brazil in 1971 and was on the cover of the most popular automotive magazine here, called 4 weels (4 Rodas), in the May 1971 issue. I bought the car after finding it abandoned in the back of a workshop in year 2001 for R$1,500.00. That's the current equivalent of only about $350.00. At the time, here in Brazil, nobody wanted these types of cars. I got lucky.
Lucky i know of Colombia import too 1971 Shelby De Mexico
Did you fix it?
This was such a streetfighter back in the day with a set of craigers, sticky mickeys, and a few bolt-ons.
Today, this is such a valuable example. Glad to see the last one produced on this channel.
Still interesting that ford could/should of got this motor up to the 450 HP range. I'm sure it wouldn't of taken much, and would of been as gutsy as Chev's 450 hp 427 Yenko's.
Carat Cranker They were underrated like many were back in the day they actually made more like 425-450hp, in a 4000lb Torino they ran high to mid 13's at 101-103 mph stock on street tires.
The thing that was funny is,it’s baby brother,Boss 351 was quicker in the quarter.
Actually the post-1970 Mustangs were never valued until recently and only because 1965-70 cars became too expensive.
@@lewisshepard9239 Actually in the 1/4 the 429 SCJ Models were a tick quicker than the Boss 351,s. And in any other type of racing the Boss 351 would easily perform better than the 429 cars, the Big Blocks were very nose heavy, the Clevelands weren't the lightest engines out there either with those Huge Cast Iron Cyl. Heads, but were still lighter than the 429,s. The 71 Boss 351 is one of the quickest Mustangs off the showroom floor, Definitely it's highest performing Cleveland Powered Mustang, and probably my Favorite Mustang from the Early years, but the 71 Super Cobra Jet Mustangs are right behind them in 2nd Place in my book. Definitely two of my Favorites. The FE Big Block Mustangs were a little before my time, But I've always liked the 68,s with the 428 Cobra Jets definitely Fastbacks. I was Never a fan of the Coupes, bought the only one i would consider owning would have to be a 68, 428 Cobra Jet, when you got that Monster under the hood, it definitely offsets the look of the Coupe for me.
I can’t believe this channel doesn’t have more views.
It's a secret channel only for smart people.
Right? It's been up a year now. Too many people don't like cool cars. It's like a secret club. I love old revolvers from Smith & Wesson and Colt and though they have a following, many people don't like them. Another secret club for cool people lol.
The dumb cunts are on Facebook. We ARE the smart folk here.. rare breed.
Just seeing this video now, I have a 1972 Grande "H" code, I pulled the 351 Cleveland and dropped in a balanced and blueprint 429cid with a mild built C6 and 4:11 posi. It's a blast to say the least lol. I bought the car when I was 15, I'm 50 now and hopefully my son takes it now.
My Dad bought a 1972 red Mach 1. He saw the Diamonds are forever movie and fell in love with the car.
I’m a huge fan of the 71-73 Mach 1 looks and performance. The 69 Mach 1 is also a beautiful car.
For me the 70 👍🏻
Thanks for posting. When I was 16 in 1971, a HS friend's older brother had a new silver Mach 1 just like this one - 429CJ, 4-speed. I loved it.
I bought one brand new in 1971. I ordered it with the Drag Pack, which included the 429 SCJ with ram air, and a 411 Detroit locker rear. The Drag Pack was over $700 of the $4,800+ price.
You found the secret elixir to long-lasting! You don't look your age, sir. I was born in 72 but park in handicapped zone now! You knew what to order back then. How long did you own it?
I've had one since 1972 (48 years) and still love it.
My uncle since 1970 got in new when it came out for 1971 model
They are unique mix of good handling and good ride. No other car feels the same from driver's seat huh?
Loved my 73 Mach I 351 CJ Don't need to see out the rear window anyways, although it still did it's job. Keeps the tailgaters out of mind too.
Kevin, There is no debate: You are the most talented auto reviewer ever. Really like your work...
I love these cars. I have 1 now. And I'll always have it.
1971 was and will always be the pinnacle of the Mustang design. Best looking, most refined and just an amazing car. I'll take a nice M-Code 351 with 14x7 steel wheels and trim rings any day. No hockey stripes either.
Kevin, you do a great job, and speaking of jobs, you have the dream job that I always wanted.
Thank you Richard!
Always been a fan of the Clydesdale Mustangs. This one would be a blast to drive.
love the 71... one of by bucket list rides.
I had a 1973 with the 351 cleavland..
It was so awesome!
For me it’s the most beautiful design from the 70s looks exotic and very fast standing still .
2:55 I really don't think the Hubcaps look boring at all, they look awesome!
Yes, the 14x7 and the 15x7 rings cap look is iconic. Shame more cars don't wear them today. It's rather frustrating that GM and Dodge owners of the era have repops of the wheel trim rings. Ford owners of this era? Good luck! NOS or used. You don't want to know what a set of those 15x7 steel wheels and NOS trim rings and 10.5" hubcaps go for. It'll shock you.
When I was in high school thirty-plus years ago '65-'70 Mustangs were already classics and I felt embarrassed for anyone driving around in one of these land yachts. Now I look at the '71-'73 and I really dig it. It has to be the right one though. A ''71 Grande with bumper guards and a vinyl roof will still garner my pity. It's got to be optioned just so - blacked out hood with scoops and pins, body colored bumpers and Magnum 500s. Back in the day I saw so many of these fastback (SportsRoof?) models with louvers I assumed (until now) they were a FoMoCo option.
Thank goodness 60's musclecars were still affordable when I turned 16. My cherry '69 Acapulco blue on black 351w 4v Mach 1 with hi back buckets, console, power everything and dealer installed rear window louvers set me back in 1981 a cool $2750.
I bought it from a divorced stewardess that lived in our neighborhood.
Yes, it was an automatic. She called it a "Ford".
It must have been settlement booty along with the house.
The Grande with vinyl top was just a conservative car for the performance lover that wanted to drive a sleeper and go to work in an office. My father was such a guy. He always tapped on the throttle only and not until I was given the car did I discover it could drive much faster although it did bog badly from a stop while racing, in 302 guise.
Since these cars are getting so rare in factory type condition it would be really neat to do a 5-10 second idle clip just to hear how these cars sounded imo
Want to hear it? I got a 429 mach 1 with flowmasters
Always wanted a 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler 429 SCJ/4 speed Drag Pack. My favorite Ford from the true muscle car era besides the super rare and super expensive 1966-67 R-Code 427 Fairlane. Also love the 1969 428 CJ/SCJ Fairlane Cobra Fastback.....Ford's answer to the Plymouth Roadrunner/Dodge Super Bee
Jeremy Thompson; The 1969 Roadrunner went to about 80,000 homes. As for the 1969 Cobra, about 18,000. I own a 69 candy apple red fast back, 4spd. Take it easy. John
This is an interesting fact: the 429SCJ was only available in The Mustang in 1971, but the Torino, Mercury Cyclone, Falcon, and Thunderbird all had this engine as an Option in 1970 !
The fact that only 1.318 429 Cobra Jets were made in 1971 says something about the pricing and styling if the 1971 Mustang (Generation 1B).
Ford were struggling with the emissions in 1971, the Mach 1 was now standard with the low compression F code 302 2V V8, but the 351 4V Cleveland cars were still the Best buy. For 1971 Ford also had the Boss 351, as a High performance Car which was a One Year model Only.
The Holy Grail for 429 Ford Mustang Owners are now the Super Rare 429 Cobra Jet Coupe's and Convertibles 😎🇺🇸
I'd have thought the Boss 429 would be the holy grail.
They didn't make Boss 429s in 1971 but a Boss 351 would be more rare for 72 which is my favorite Mustang from 71-73
Stefan Rood ; You could still get the 429scj in the 1971 Torino GT and Cobra. For 71, the 351 Cleveland hi-po became standard in the Torino Cobra. And as far as I know, there wasn't a Boss 351 option for the Torino. There were no small block Fairlane/Torino Cobras in 69-70. From 67-70, Shelby Mustangs could be ordered with 351 or 428. The 1970 Falcon, which was just a standard Torino 500, had EVERY engine option. Falcon was retired after 1970. Never ever heard of a Cobra Jet powered T-Bird.They were 429 Thunder Jets. I was at Ford Nationals in Carlisle, Pa. I was looking at a 1971 Mach 1 with the 351 Cleveland. The 1st time in 40+yrs, I noticed the shock towers looked exactly like the shock towers in the 69-70 Mustang Boss 429. Were there plans for the Boss 429 in 71? This would've saved time and money to drop a Boss 429 in the Mustang on the assembly line. 1968-71 Fairlane/Torino shock towers were pretty much the same.Which probably means, Ford had no intention for a Boss 9 Fairlane/Torino. I find it hard to believe you couldn't order the Boss 9 in 71. John
The 429 was too wide to fit in the 69-70 model years.
But I think the 351C might have been a better engine for a smaller car.
429 CJ was available in the 1970 Mustang. Odd but the end of FE motor series 428CJ was offered alongside the more sophisticated canted-vale 429 in the same car.
71 the year that I was born and my big brother had a 71 black 4 speed that I remember because he still had it when I was 6-7. I think that car is one of the coolest looking Mustang ever build. The car is gone and so is my big brother but I can still remember that big beautiful black mustang and the was she roared when he would step on that gas pedal.
Kevin got me downright emotional with his eulogy , Excellent video.
I have a 351 '71 Mach1 here in the UK; but as I'm restoring it, am replacing the engine with a modified 429, updating the interior in a modern retro style, changing the colour and wheels. It is my dream car...that I will never sell.
I owned one of these 1971 429 cobra jet Mach I Mustangs and it was stolen. I had no idea that Ford made so few of these. There will never be another Mustang like the 429 cobra jet. Thank you for a great review.
I know where one of these cars is sitting and in need of restoration.
My daughter's found the car while bicycling our small California city.
One of these was the first mustang I ever saw that blew me away. There was a yellow Mach I, (71-73 not sure what year) in the parking garage at Disney World in FL when I worked there. I was floored. I didn't like Mustangs at the time because I didn't know about the older ones when I was 19 back in 2000. It was so cool and had such a huge ass to it that I fell instantly in love.
The fit of the front spoiler looks a little funky, I had a 71' Mach 1 351C 4-V Ram Air Hurst 4 speed, with the argent front spoiler, it did not dip up in the center like this one.
Spoilers don't help performance. They increase drag.ever see spoilers on a cop car?
Yes I am a fan anything muscle car I love it, although in that time in error I was around I was too young to participate in it, it's been said that the muscle car era came and went but it is back with today's muscle cars the kinds of performances vehicles that are there out today is phenomenal I'm glad to participate the second time around but I can't help but to say that the first muscle cars of the 60s and early 70s were fantastic machines, keep doing what you guys are doing thumbs up.
Beautiful mustang!
Always loved this model and year. And I am saying this as a Camaro purchaser from the 68 to the 82 and 89 models I have owned. I will never forget that a buddy of mine let me take a blond Chic out for a concert in a 1969 Boss that he let me borrow in 1974. Now that was a true friend to let me do that and I will never forget him or that Car or the Chic for that matter. As a Camaro lover, I have always admired and respected the Mustang even as a GM employee up until 2008 when I retired. Now I drive a Caddy ATS V which is faster than all those old mussel cars of that era.
I always liked them and never understood all the people that poo-pooed them.
yep me too, always been one of my favourites, and this ones perfect with the big block and dog dishes
What are dog dishes?
the standard hubcaps ( instead of mags)
Izaak Rios what rich dogs eat out of.
@@GRIANMEDIA Dishes your dog uses on mag wheels.
I love those Hurst Shifters! Only have see them in '70-'71 performance mustangs and GTOs the same years. All factory installed!
I remember looking inside those cars at a young age. And thinking how cool they looked and wanting to shift it!
Fabulous awesome thanks
my friend had one back in the day. it was like sitting in the cockpit of a spaceship. plus it hauled ass!
The last one talk about going out with a bang!!! Nice one Kevin I enjoyed that👍👍👍👌👌👌
Thanks for the share! no Ford guy here but love that pony!
Roger Holloway that makes you a ford guy my friend.
I dig the look of the trim rings/dog dish combo.
You have the smoothest voice of all the auto reviewers. You’re voice inflection when describing the bland hubcaps tells us everything we need to know about your opinion of them, without sounding overly harsh or judgmental. You’re a talented narrator!
I drove a 429 scj with a C6 - was very fast and a lot of fun - getting 6 mpg wasn't a problem back then as gas was 35 cents a gallon
We had a 71 Boss 351. Love the body of this car.
front spoiler most under rated item to add to any car, run much cooler and steadier at speed.
i got one just like that one, boiught back in 84, 50,000 miles now, came with 429 scj 4 speed 411 and optional power windows
I love this Mustang, want to own the exact same car someday, God willing!
I Love the 71-73 Mustangs, more so the 71-72 Models, like that grill better, but 71 was probably the Best Performance wise, with the Awesome Boss 351, and the 429 SCJ Models, both were 71 Only. When it comes to Mustangs both those 71 Models are my favorites, when it comes to early Mustangs, Would Love to own both of them, a Boss 351, and a 429 SCJ, with Top Loaders in Both ! I know it's mandatory on the Boss. For 1971 the Mustang was one of the Quickest Muscle/Pony Cars for that Model Year. You either Love the 71-73,s or you Hate em, and i Definitely Love em. And when it comes to "Boss" Mustangs, the True Boss was produced in 1971 in my book. And the 72 R Code Low Compression Cleveland is one Rare Mustang with only a couple hundred being made, was basically a Low Compression Boss 351 Engine, that you could've gotten in a Coupe, Convertible, and also the Mach 1 body style, such a Rare option for the 72,s.
Huge fan 71’ Mach 1 is by far my personal favorite type of mustang
I know where two 1971's are sitting and in need of restoration in our small city.
Love this beautiful car!
Great video on a great car, a lot of good information.
However one bit of information is incorrect, the 385 motor was available on a 69 and a 70 Mustang because the 429 boss was available in both of those cars, though the boss was very different from the Super Cobra Jet they were still based on the same 385 429 block with some exceptions in the machine work.
Have the same car and color, only difference is mines a 351
351 is the small block right ?
I just ran across a 1972 Mach 1 w/351 Cleveland / 4 speed hurst shifter, white w/blk interior original matching #’s car/ air conditioning deluxe interior straight body too... any idea on production #’s for this car without having the vin # yet? Thank you
One of the best! 429SCJ wow., I have a 1972 fastback with green mach 1optioned interior! 1 of 2 made per Marti report..treat to see the 613th last one made mach 1 429 cool indeed!
My favorite is the '66 fastback, with the 289 hi-po and 4 speed manual...the '71 to '73 look good too - just different 😉
The 71 mach 1 cobra jet is a cool design, don’t try and change my mind, I love the big ass fast back. I have a pewter one that I’m currently building a 429 for it. This car always reminded me of pony car Meets classic Italian supercar design. The back end looks like it was inspired by the DeTomaso Pantera
The advertising for the 71 clearly targeted the stylish European buyer. I have a convertible 71 thats a Boss 351/Mach 1 tribute. Where did you find the 429 cobra jet motor?
Drove mine to school every day in 1975...
One of my favorites. Love to have a silver one with black stripes
that's my favorite Mustang David John had one rent 1358 automatic thanks for your service happy Fourth of July
Beautiful car ,love the Mustangs and the Torino twisters
I’ve been a Ford nut (Mustang specifically) for more than 33 years, but I don’t recall ever hearing of a Torino Twister, only the 1970 Mustang Twister. A quick google search shows me what I’ve missed!
I love every and all episodes. Keep up the great work and so many awesome cars.. thank you, Amazing channel
I always liked this body style.... Almost bought a 71 Mach 1 about 25yrs ago, but the clutch was going out and I decided I didn't want to mess with it.... Got a 67 Galixie instead.....!
I had a 71 Mach 1. I was the second owner, the guy I bought it from told me that when he bought it, the dealer had 2 on the lot, the 351C2v and a 429SCJ. Sadly he chose the 351 because he didn't like the nose heavy handling of the big block Mach.
Very cool!
Awesome! Here in Brazil, a neighbour has a 1971 Mach1 with 302 (3 speed manual) from factory and without NASA hood. Could be an entry-level Mach1
I had the same car color except it was a 429 CJ Auto. Not SCJ. And it had A.C. Drove it across country. Nice car !
Thank you for the very informative video, I am a big fan of Mustangs particularly the Snakes and Super Snakes..
It’s one of my all time favourite mustangs ever the ‘71....but I love every year as well , those wheels and hubs with trim beauty rings and Firestone wide O are my all time favourite wheels for Ford muscle cars as well !
Thank God it has a 4sp Trans. Love the Dog dish caps and beauty rings on the wheels.
What a beautiful car, how could people criticize it when it came out? Wow.
what a beautyfull blue dream car !
i love it !.
Is that a scuff mark on the drivers door or a reflection?
Always enjoy seeing the hot Mustangs!
My friend/neighbor had one with the 351 Cleveland. Black w gold stripe. The ONLY Mustang I ever cared for. Space age looks , realistic price.
I had the very last one off the line (certified through Marty Auto Works, and with Marvin, the 429 registry holder) I still have a copy of the Marty Report. Looks like her. IF the last 3 digits of the VIN are 304, it IS my old car, and the last off the line,429SCJ-R Drag-Pack. Named her Brickhouse. If the last 3 of the vin is NOT 304, you all may want to revise the statement, as the above car is not the last off the production line with a 429. Remember, just because the last in sequence vin is out there (and also documented with Marvin), the final build date/release date can be verified, as was Brickhouse. Brick house was bucked 7/22/71, and finish being built 8/05/71. Please let me know, she is the correct color.
I had a same color 71 with 351 4v & 4 speed , saw a picture of it at a mall, it was smashed , I knew what I made , he lost his MOM in it R I P
That is my old car. Glad she''s in a good home.
Stunningly beautiful. Remember this era very well, and I was a Chevy guy back then.
THAT MUSTANG IS BEAUTIFUL !!!! I HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT THE 71 BOSS 351 WAS THE FASTEST MUSTANG ...
I GUESS THEY COULDN'T FIND A 69 BOSS 429 PROPERLY TURNED UP
The Boss 351 was the quickest 0-60 and quarter mile, but the 429 would beat it in top speed.
@@MrJett1971 you are exactly right. Boss 351 was a beast.
Correction. The 385 series engine was installed in a 1970 also. Known as the Boss 429. The quickest mustang I believe was the 1968 428SCJ drag pack. A 4 speed with 4.30 Detroit locker rear. 10s in the quarter were not uncommon.
The 71 through 73 fastback is my all time favorite Mustang body style, and this particular one has to be in the top 3 cars for that group.
what have you been drinking or who are you stroking? WORST DESIGN
@@alexhuevera939 If you think this is the worst designed Mustang, WHY did you even click on the thumbnail to view it, or anyone else's comments??? And why did you choose to reply to my comment instead of ANY of the other comments??? You do know what they say about opinions, right??
A good friend had one of these & it was the baddest car in town at the time. However, my 68 GT 500KR (which he helped me build) beat his Mach-1, but not by much. Traded my 68 for a 70 Cougar Eliminator that had the 428 SCJ. That car was an absolute beast. Sold it it for $500 in 1976 when I went into the Army.
that's one cool car.last of the line of big block mustang muscle.
One of the Baddest Mustangs ever!
While I'm not usually a big fan of plain hubcaps, the trim rings help.
Red 13 personally I think the trim rings and Hub caps look way better than the always present Magnum 500s
Stefan Rood Yeah, the Magnums, while they do look good, can be "over used". It's not like the manufacturers didn't offer other wheels/hubcaps. There's a video of another one of their cars on here, a '70 Torino, that has the hubcaps/trim rings, and it looks good.
Red 13 exactly. The only stock Mustang which had the Magnum 500s was the Boss 429. Personally i think the style, color and Engine sets the tone for What Rims look good
A clock in place of the tach on a 429scj...weird. It should have been standard and not an option with that engine.
It's a damned shame the automakers bowed down back then & gave up on the big horsepower engines! Restrictions are tighter than ever now & we've got more horsepower than ever now.
Steve Holsten....technology is why we have the high hp, low emissions motors today...
Branon Fontaine The Consumer should still have the right to buy a big block; at least we still can with Chevy.
I could give two shits about emissions. Idiots like Tree Owl Gore caused that useless Bullshit! I'm waiting for our Great Wonderful President to cut the balls out of the Useless EPA! They were implemented to only protect waterways & streams and NOTHING more!!! Mr. Trump did free our much-needed coal mines from a lot of the evil useless EPA Bullshit rules! We need coal badly for electricity generation!!!
Steve Holsten....see that I wouldn't know nothin about, as I am exceedingly ANTI-Bowtie...owned only 2 Garbage Motors products in my 44yrs on this planet, a 327 in my 57 Willys Cj-5 (come out of a 67 vette) and a POS 1994 Z-71....never again will I own any product that has anything to do with GM.....
Branon Fontaine these new crate engines like the 572 and then then Vette & Camaro LT4 Engines are extremely well built nowadays for sure.
Sooo bad-ass!
Cool Kevin
I have always loved the 1971 Mach 1. This is the first one I have seen with rear windows that would roll down - any idea how many 1971 Mustangs had roll down rear windows?
All of them man.
@@RootsandTendrils I know that is not accurate, ours did not.
@@everettblack4719 That's a surprise to me, I had a '72 Cougar, the rear windows rolled down, a true hardtop like the Mustang. Was it an option or part of a trim package on the Mustang? Anyone know?
@@RootsandTendrils I am glad this discussion set me to looking, check this link out: www.7173mustangs.com/thread-1971-1972-1973-mustang-fastback-wind-down-quarter-window-conversion-tutorial
My (adopted) dad owned one of these Mach 1 w/ 429 V8 Mustang and it was the same color as this (grabber blue) and he bought it new. Until he died in 1991 he would tell me that he regretted to have loan it to his brother who got drunk and parked the car on the beach in florida by the next morning the car was up to its axles with sea water and unfortunately within a year the car rotted out and was destroyed. Such a beautiful car, I can still see the pictures he had of it.
Beautiful car. I had a school bus deep yellow. Mach 1 trim in black.
I guess I'm an oddball but this was always my favorite Mustang and definitely my new favorite childhood car remember seeing it in the showroom and I couldn't see over the dashboard but there's something about this style in the colors that speak early 70s ,,Partridge Family, Brady Bunch, Nanny and the professor, if anyone remembers that one LOL
I was born in 72. I can remember being two or three and hearing a Corvette with a chambered exhaust wind out on an interstate that I gives near by.
I was born late to the muscle car game.
I remember hearing the last salvo.
The last of the very Last !
Wow. Its gorgeous!! They must be asking close to 100,000 for it.
Has anyone else heard that the '71, 2 and 3 Mustangs were called the Clydesdales? You know, big ponies? In 1971 I got a copy of Look magazine in September to preview the new model reveals which was a big deal then. I thought that the then new Mustang was the coolest and most bad-assed iron that I had ever seen. I dreamed of owning one even though I was only twelve. I own two of them now. I display them on my nightstand.
Wow. Al that makes this a very rare Mustang.
I noticed that it's quarter windows have manual cranks, that's not stock! Finally saw how it looked like with that modification.
I wrote a tutorial on the 7173 Mustang forum for how to do this: www.7173mustangs.com/thread-1971-1972-1973-mustang-fastback-wind-down-quarter-window-conversion-tutorial
there is an export mustang for the japanese police. is supposed to be a 73 429 pre emission specs engine is on a museum
nothing wrong with those hubcaps , Ford just went cheap with only 7" rim !
I had a 71, coupe 302ci auto in the floor, Bucket seats.
Headers, glass packs ect,,,,
I never understood why Ford didn't put a 460 in the Mustang's the 72-76 torinos got them and I've seen a ram air 460 in a 73 it was put in by the owner and it was a terror.
My guess would be that the insurance companies were hammering away on the muscle car / pony car, which was hurting sales of those that had high performance V8's. The 1973 oil crisis didn't help either. Pontiac was the last one to offer a high displacement V8 (the 455) in their Trans Am and so on.