69 Mach I 428 Cobra Jet
 

In a major deviation from the norm, we have taken on a 69 Mustang Mach I 428 CJ all the way from Tucson, AZ. The owner has been waiting over a year to get a slot in the shop and we finally made room. As much as I would love to restore this car (virtually everything on it is as born with including the exhaust) we are only rebuilding the entire drivetrain and brakes, cleaning the interior, doing some minor ding repair and a total buffing. The owner just wants to drive his old car again as it has been parked since the mid 70's and has virtually NO interest in muscle cars! NO, he will NOT sell the car as he inherited it from his father! One very cool ride though. I hope to document every marking on the car. Looked for a buildsheet but so far nothing. San Jose cars are not known for having them like the other plants. A/C car, Ram Air, positraction, fold down rear seat, but missing virtually all of the engine bolts and much of the peripherals such as, distributor, starter, etc and the owner has no idea where they are. Those will not be easy items to find.

As Always, Very Nice Rick, very neat car!!

Gregg

Cool car.

If anyone can do it, it's you, Rick!

Order the Marti report for it.

A cool fun project Rick!! Should clean up well!!

And some of you guys thought Charley went over to the dark side.

Rick, when you finish it, you need to post a pic of Darth Vader in the driver's seat! At least photo shop it.

Already in the works but I will likely be the one paying for it because he could care less. Sad but its his car.

Major deviation from the norm, I guess! Not trying to be a smart ass, but with an owner as relatively disinterested as this one seems to be, does it really make sense to take on such a project? I would think you'd have a tough time dialing down your normal pursuit of perfection.

The Marti Report won't tell you much more than you already know...the cylinder heads as pictured are CJ heads (4 exhaust manifold bolt holes per cylinder).

I had the 4 speed version of the Mach I back in the day and have a '69 428 SCJ 4 speed Ranchero GT is in my garage now.

Call or text me any time Rick if you want any 428 CJ info...

Cheers
Cal

I am doing it more as a favor to my brother and his friend than anything else. I love all muscle cars so I have no issues working on it. Since it is not a restoration but rather he wanting it to get up and running I have no problem doing it though it will be hard to keep from going above and beyond.

Well, he cares enough about it to have one of the best musclecar restorers in the world get it back on the road, so I'd say the car is still with the right owner.

Agreed:headbang:

How many Ranchero GTs had the Drag Pack in 1969?

The first area of perfection to get over may be in finding the missing parts that "work" for the application without spending countless hours looking for code and date correct items, the owner isn't going to care...:dunno:

Wish it were going to look like when we were done as it would be the perfect restoration candidate but he will not do it. Clean it and get it running is all. Such a shame but it is his car so who am I to say.

Rick FYI:

https://johnsmustang.com/?gclid=Cj0K...saAk0XEALw_wcB

https://www.classicindustries.com/sh...mustang/parts/

http://mustangparts.aapd.net/

Not really a shame, Rick. The car should be in good driver condition for the next owner and maybe they will bring it back to you for that full resto...:dunno: