Mine since '76

My 1971 Ford Mustang

Advertisment from a '71 LOOK magazine that's framed in my office

Vital Statistics:

Standard 2-door hardtop
Los Angeles DSO
302 cid 2bbl V8
210 horsepower, 296 ft lb torque
3 spd manual transmission
3.00:1 axle
Exterior/Interior -- bright blue metallic / medium blue
Manual brakes and steering
AM radio
Chrome hub caps with trim rings

Dealers invoice price: $2716.10

Mine is an early '71, the 2437th off the Dearborn line. As you can see, this is a plain Jane pony. The only options on this baby were the V8, the hub caps, and the AM radio. I've had it since I was a senior in high school and I guess I'd better keep it at this point. I'm at about 140,000 miles on the clock now.

(3/96) Recently I've hit the wrecking yards a bit, and I have a few things sitting in my garage to make it a bit more comfortable. I have a complete air conditioner (which will require dismantling the interior to about the last screw for installation). I have finished installing the original AM/FM radio, though it has a bad stereo decoder chip. My friend Corey bypassed the chip so I can have FM mono at least, and I found a guy on the web (listed below) who repairs old car radios and who told me what chip to use as a replacement. My center console is installed and I think looks pretty good. And the clock works!

(6/96) The latest addition is a freshly rebuilt engine. When it came back from the shop it did not have a working distributor vacuum advance, but now that I replaced that it seems to run pretty well. It got a new radiator (I guess that is no suprise after 25 years), a rebuilt carburetor, and a new clutch. I'm pretty happy about the whole thing. Next I have to save up some money to get some body work done.

My 1971 Ford Mustang

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