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This 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1, powered by a two-barrel 351 Cleveland and loaded with comfort options like a cassette radio and tilt wheel, quietly marked the final year of the original first-generation Mustang platform. Ford built fewer Mach 1s that year than any other in the option’s run before downsizing the entire lineup for 1974. Read on to see what made this overlooked model year different.
This 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 looks stock from every angle until you notice its engine bay is empty, because the drivetrain has been relocated behind the driver entirely. The build borrows its ambition from Ford’s own mid-engine GT supercar and applies it to a car never designed for the layout. Read on to find out what it took to make a Cleveland-powered classic work as a mid-engine machine.