I went to a Classic & Collectiable Car Auction in October and seen this car go up for auction. I went just to look around, with no intentions to buy a car. But I knew I loved this car when I seen it, it went up and the car sold. My dad and I kicked ourselves for not having a bidding number and bidding on the car. But ohh well, we both have a car sitting at home that is stored for the winter so there isn't any room. But we ended up getting a bidding number anyway. As the stories go on... the car went back up for auction, apparently the winner of the bid before never had a bidding number so it had to go back up for auction. The car recently had a ground up restoration. It has a 302-2v in it, with a 3 speed automatic transmission. It's not the fastest thing, especially for the engine size. Although it is a fairly rare car.
Production Figures
A total of 10,478 replicas were built for sale to the public. The production breakdown is as follows:
5,970 with the turbo-4 (all 4-speed manuals);
2,402 with the 5.0/4-speed manual; and
2,106 with the 5.0/3-speed automatic combination.
Out of those, only 405 were designated for export (i.e. Canada).
Production information courtesy Indy Pace Car Registry of 1979 Mustangs and Ford Motor Company.
Well as I know had to Mustangs, and I was quite in debt, I had to get rid of one. Which sadly had to be my Mach 1. I was aware prior to purchasing this vehicle it had to go though. That is why I purchased this one.
This is my car at the Internation Centre (Auction). It was a pretty cool experience buying the car and looking at it, and knowing it's yours. I was just looking the car over, as I did buy it from an auction and didn't have much time to look at it. I got lots of postive comments on the car, which is quite reassuring when you debate with yourself on if you should of bought it. But I still believe it was a very good purchase. Ohh.. yeh, that guy getting in the car is me, the other guy is a Mustang Collector. He was orignally going to buy my Mustang. He owns a 1969 Shelby GT500 'Vert. I'll try to find a picture of it after.
