Re: [Classic Mustang] Looking for 71 mach 1 parts

Er, make that "with a chrome bumper".

At 12:10 PM 12/22/2008, Dan O'Reilly wrote:
>You're dealing with a '71 Mach 1 on which somebody replaced the original
>bumper with a urethane bumper. All 71 Machs had a urethane bumper, so far
>as I know. The regular Boss, sportsroof, convertible and coupe generally
>had chrome bumpers, but late in '71 Ford made a "Sports Hardtop" package
>available on the couple that also gave it a urethane bumper (along with a
>couple other things like Boss stripes, a NACA hood, Mach 1 grille,
>etc). The '73 Mach had to conform to new fed requirements and so had a
>bumper that was a bit different than the 71/72 bumper.
>
>At 11:56 AM 12/22/2008, Ray Davison wrote:
> >Ray Davison wrote:
> > > Dan O'Reilly wrote:
> > >> The trick there is that you need a REALLY good body man to rework
> > >> these (I happen to have one, and he did a great job) as they can be
> > >> prone to cracking paint, etc..
> > >
> > > I have two 73 M1s, and they both had front bumper damage. I repaired
> > > them with silicon and multi-stage urethane with a flex additive. One
> > > was ten and the other twenty years ago. They look and have held up just
> > > fine. I have more recently seen repair kits.
> >
> >I may have misspoke. Dan said urethane front bumper and I went off on
> >that. But the question was about a 71. My 71 M1 has a chrome front
> >bumper. So what are we dealing with?
> >
> >Ray

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Dan O'Reilly
1971 Bright Red Mach 1
2002 Black Deluxe Convertible
Colorado Springs, CO

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