My 72 Mach 1 Resto-Mod
12-21-2010, 08:50 AM
#8
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 10
I asked the same thing when I bought it.
The answer is, the car went through several owners who used and abused the hell out of it. The body is almost completely new and for one reason or another, when the front end was replaced they threw a 73 on. The rest of the car is 72 (verified by VIN) but just for some reason it has the 73 front.
Since I'm doing a resto-mod I'm not sweating the details. Right now I'm just happy that it has a front end at all. Maybe down the line I'll find a 72 grill but from what I've read the 72 is a different size than a 73 so it's not an easy swap.
I'll put up a picture of the rear end later today as the previous owner laso put a blacked-out bumper with rubber stoppers on it too. I'm not too concerned about it though. Not a huge chrome fane to being with.
12-22-2010, 01:05 PM
#10
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: OH
Posts: 850
Great question and good eye!
I asked the same thing when I bought it.
The answer is, the car went through several owners who used and abused the hell out of it. The body is almost completely new and for one reason or another, when the front end was replaced they threw a 73 on. The rest of the car is 72 (verified by VIN) but just for some reason it has the 73 front.
Since I'm doing a resto-mod I'm not sweating the details. Right now I'm just happy that it has a front end at all. Maybe down the line I'll find a 72 grill but from what I've read the 72 is a different size than a 73 so it's not an easy swap.
I'll put up a picture of the rear end later today as the previous owner laso put a blacked-out bumper with rubber stoppers on it too. I'm not too concerned about it though. Not a huge chrome fane to being with.
I asked the same thing when I bought it.
The answer is, the car went through several owners who used and abused the hell out of it. The body is almost completely new and for one reason or another, when the front end was replaced they threw a 73 on. The rest of the car is 72 (verified by VIN) but just for some reason it has the 73 front.
Since I'm doing a resto-mod I'm not sweating the details. Right now I'm just happy that it has a front end at all. Maybe down the line I'll find a 72 grill but from what I've read the 72 is a different size than a 73 so it's not an easy swap.
I'll put up a picture of the rear end later today as the previous owner laso put a blacked-out bumper with rubber stoppers on it too. I'm not too concerned about it though. Not a huge chrome fane to being with.
