I had a 71 Mach 1. Got it when it was 3 yrs old. by 76 it was showing rust
Spring of 75, my 12 yr old brother smashed the farm pickup truck into a concrete draft horse water trough. While it was in the shop, my Mach 1 became the pickup during the day, going up and down the gravel roads to and from the various farm related jobs. I had to wash it every night before heading to town to impress the chicks. LOL
My Mach 1 had the 351 Cleveland; one night about 2 a.m. I took it out on I 465 to see what it could do. Back then 465 at 2 a.m. was three lanes of empty asphalt. I got it up about 115 or 120, and the tach showed it had a lot more to give. But the aero and steering were so bad it was drifting across the lanes and that was good enough for me so I backed it off. While it was showing some rust, I was gonna keep it. Unfortunately the Chicago criminal element had other plans. Stolen June 23 1984, four weks later I got a call from Chicago PD that they’d found the frame.