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Jeeesh. That last picture makes me think it might be cheaper to buy another Mach 1 and keep this one for "parts"
They say everything happens for a reason.
For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.
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I was watching one of those car shows on TV this AM, and there was a Mach 1 Mustang (69) that some guy was selling at an auction. It looked very similar to what Dave's working on. Same color, even.
The guy said he had $200K in the restoration, TWO HUNDRED FREAKING THOUSAND DOLLARS!
The car sold for $47,000 dollars..................
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
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Jeeesh. That last picture makes me think it might be cheaper to buy another Mach 1 and keep this one for "parts" Are there any good parts on it?
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I gotta give you credit for having GRIT Dave.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Yeah Dave, the people who make sandpaper have got to be loving you 
Please don't feed the trolls!
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Dave, do you get to keep all the scrap or the car owner for recycling? you need a big metal dumpster there. Looking good though. how about the other projects? havent see no fort in the sky lately!
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait!
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I was watching one of those car shows on TV this AM, and there was a Mach 1 Mustang (69) that some guy was selling at an auction. It looked very similar to what Dave's working on. Same color, even.
The guy said he had $200K in the restoration, TWO HUNDRED FREAKING THOUSAND DOLLARS!
The car sold for $47,000 dollars.................. Yep! He watched too many auction shows. You don't actually get to drive the cars that sell for several hundred thousand dollars or more.
Camp is where you make it.
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I'd describe that car as "rust holding hands".
It will be nice when it is done, but I sure hope it had some sentimental value or is a "R" code car or something…….
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I was watching one of those car shows on TV this AM, and there was a Mach 1 Mustang (69) that some guy was selling at an auction. It looked very similar to what Dave's working on. Same color, even.
The guy said he had $200K in the restoration, TWO HUNDRED FREAKING THOUSAND DOLLARS!
The car sold for $47,000 dollars.................. Yep! He watched too many auction shows. You don't actually get to drive the cars that sell for several hundred thousand dollars or more. What I want to know is, how the hell do you get into $200K into a restoration on a car that only cost$3k to begin with? How many cars could you buy for that.
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
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Restorations are a labor of love. Since you can no longer buy a brand new car that was made in the 60's and 70's, you either have to live with them as they are, or if for some reason you really want one that is as close as possible to driving it off the showroom you go for a full on restoration. They are working pieces of history.
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If you do it right, (like my customer is doing) the car is worth what you have into it at the end.
What he will have invested in the car is about exactly what he COULD sell it for. But that's not what his plan is.
His plan is a million times cooler than that.
A guy with 200k wrapped up into one of these that sells for 47.... deserves to get 47 for it.
lol
Something clever here.
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I was once many years ago the proud owner of a 1970 Mach I, it had the 428 Cobra jet which included the optional drag pack, it was yellow with black window louvers and spoiler. I sure wish I still had it.
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What he will have invested in the car is about exactly what he COULD sell it for. But that's not what his plan is.
His plan is a million times cooler than that.
Secret?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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What he will have invested in the car is about exactly what he COULD sell it for. But that's not what his plan is.
His plan is a million times cooler than that.
Secret? I'll have to think about it. Lol.
Something clever here.
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We're saving about 23" of the original frame. ![[Linked Image]](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/northerndave/69%20mach%201/IMG_20150604_121908905_HDR_zpszdlwrz1u.jpg)
Something clever here.
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What he will have invested in the car is about exactly what he COULD sell it for. But that's not what his plan is.
His plan is a million times cooler than that.
Secret? I'll have to think about it. Lol. I know what it is! I know what is! lol And yes. It is very cool
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
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You're drunk big jelly, go lay down.
Lol!
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The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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I wish, taint even Friday yet. 
Something clever here.
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