Hello to our followers, as well as our NEW friends, finding Buy Gone Classics for the first time.  We're incredibly excited to offer an unrestored, 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1 California project car. This is a factory Medium Bright Yellow paint, 351 Cleveland car, showing 37,841 miles. According to the Deluxe Marti Report, this is just 1 of 1,170 cars for 1973! 

For those who are used to our listings having 8-10 videos, and 350+ photos, this listing is a little different. While this Mach 1 is in line for paint correction, getting it running, etc, we thought we'd toss a For Sale sign in it for our friends who may want get this fastback back on the road themselves. 

Our understanding is this car was sold new at Tuban Ford in Mountain View, California in February, 1973. Sometime in the late '90s, the car was brought to Minnesota, and the owner then brought the Mach 1 to Wisconsin with her in the early 2000s. In 2005, the car was purchased by the most current owner, and driven sparingly until 2008. As life got busy, the Mustang sat in dry storage from 2008, until seeing sun again in 2024.  This is a dry, honest car, with nearly no rust showing, and a smooth, rust-free undercarriage.

Receipts for the Mach 1 show 29,325 miles in 1997, 32,023 in 1998, and 36,769 miles in 2003. Receipts show a rebuilt automatic transmission in 2003, as well as a re-cored radiator, new master cylinder, and other odds n ends. 

From the best we can tell, it appears the Mach 1 has had 1 repaint, sometime prior to the last owner's purchase. Otherwise, it appears unrestored. At this time, the 351 Cleveland is loose, but has NOT been started. Once we begin that process, the price of this car will adjust accordingly. Again, this type of listing is unusual for us, but we thought the new owner may enjoy bringing this one back to life and cleaning it up themselves! 

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