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Item No. CT589
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Mueller, Mike, author.
Title: 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 in Detail: no. 9 / Mike Mueller.
Description: Forest Lake, MN: CarTech, [2018]
Identifiers: LCCN 2016053001
Subjects: LCSH: Mustang automobile--History. | Sports cars.
Classification: LCC TL215.M8 M835 2018 | DDC 629.222/2--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053001
Written, edited, and designed in the U.S.A.
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Cover: An attractive combination of sporty impressions and decent muscle in base small-block form, Ford’s first Mach 1 Mustang became a real jet-setter in 1969 when fitted with the optional 428 Cobra Jet big-block. (Photo Courtesy Tom Shaw)
Frontispiece:
A blacked-out hood with tie-down pins was standard up front for the 1969 Mach 1 unless a customer opted to delete the latter items. Included with the Ram-Air 428 CJ, Ford’s familiar Shaker hood scoop also could be installed atop both available 351 small-blocks (2- or 4-barrel), as well as the optional 390-cube big-block.
Title Page:
Dearborn’s new-for-1969 SportsRoof body, with its low lines, ducktailed deck lid, and non-functional rear-quarter air intakes, excited horse lovers enough on its own. Additional standard Mach 1 exterior upgrades (tape stripes, dual racing mirrors, competition-style gas cap, and chromed styled-steel wheels) enhanced the attraction sky high.
Contents Page:
Mach 1 customers in 1969 could chose between 16 regular-production paint choices. Or they could special order any one of about 250 Ford fleet colors, as demonstrated by this radioactively yellow example. Meadowlark Yellow, 1969’s officially listed W-code Mach 1 finish, paled noticeably in comparison. (David Newhardt photo, Courtesy Mecum Auctions)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Fastback History 101
Journalists Sound Off
FE Family Ties
Lightweight From Windsor