Reviving A 1973 Ford Mustang Fastback After 30 Years Of Rotting In Someone’s Yard

Today on Dead Ford Garage, it’s a 1973 Ford Mustang. It might be a Mach 1? Not sure. Don’t care. It’s kinda cool, for a Ford anyway. Anyway, today we turn this poor, rotting, shiftless pile into a… poor, rotting, shiftless pile that runs!

[DeadDodgeGarage]

I AM NOT SELLING THIS CAR. IT WASN'T MINE, AND IT WAS SOLD SIX MONTHS AGO. STOP ASKING k thx bai

[BobMarley-dkhn]

Dude. You make my day. I have depression and suicidal tendencies and you just crack me the hell up. Love the channel dude

[paulwells]

Bondo is only a few letters away from bondage (servitude or subjugation to a controlling person or force, in this case rust) Hopefully the new owner is a Ford fan and will spend the time to get this unit back onto the street. Thanks for the video Jamie.

[anthonyyoung]

Some called this generation a flatback, because rearward visibility was nearly zero. You got me hooked. I will stick around and watch.

[musclecarmitch]

Cool car! I've got a friend who still has his 73 Mach 1, he's had it since 1978 when we were in high school! I remember how proud he was when he put his new Predator carburetor on it, which was state of the art at the time, it still has it on there today! It's the very same color blue as that one! Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[sombra]

I had a 71 Cougar XR7, 351C 2V FMX that was about one step away from the hedge row when I bought it and drove it for another 25K. Had as much rust as that Stang but no bondo. I had fun with it regardless of its obvious death trap status. Nothing flat out on an old rural two lane with the speedo needle bouncing from one side to the other. What I like and out those platforms, Mustang and Cougar, is the way they handle when everything is in harmony and heavier shocks and sway bars are employed. 351Cs always give me a warm fuzzy.

[todddenio]

351 Cleveland's were great engines and with a good cam and an aftermarket 4bbl intake manifold on the 2V engines they were fantastic street stompers with decent drag strip performance. For the most part the factory 4V engines realistically had heads that were overkill for street use or mild to moderate track use because their ports and valves were too big. A 351 CI engine can't realistically utilize ports and valves that are intended for an engine of 429 to 460 CI. A lot if people don't know the heads for the 351C 2V and 4V engines were actually way different from each other, and the 4V actually did have ports and valves that were the size of those on the 429--460 engines.

[puzzlefox.]

Nice video! My Dad has a 1973 Mustang Fastback that he ordered brand new. It sat for about 15 years and I got it running for him again about 7-8 yrs ago. This video got me all amped up about his car again as it is my next project after I get my project car done. It's a pretty rough/rusty MN car. Probably past the point of most people fixing it up...but we have some sentimental value for it.

[maryrafuse]

My first car crush. Maybe even love? In Antigonish Nova Scotia their once was a beautiful lime green 1973 flatback Mustang. It was a beauty and owned by a teacher. Canadian teachers were much better paid than US and could afford such cars. I believe he traded it when the wife and kids came along. Such is the story of our lives. 🙂

[HotRob]

It is not ugly… now you take that back right now!😂

[ssranch]

I've had three of those machines love them all. Better than a Corvette that I had. I think they're beautiful cars. The 71 I had add a 429 Cobra jet man it was fast

[BMan]

it has many layers.. of.. what used to be some type of materials... It Makes Petrol into Noise....to.... "motivate" along the road...

Still amazes me how "big" they got. Also how many body style changes they did back then for almost each year, compared to modern cars.

[rescuedandrestoredgarage]

The wife and I have brought home a 71 Mustang mach 1 351C C6 M code fastback that is in this kinda shape. We need to learn a lot, lol.

[dalecarter]

The body style of the first gone in 60 seconds. Eleanor.

[allanperryman]

"If I die under a Ford, I will be upset" lmao

[conv]

We have to be brothers, I love the Demons and I am actively looking for one, and I am restoring a 1971 Mach 1 right now. A 71 Mustang 351C Sportsroof was my first car and a 1972 340 Demon was my second car.

[ryanmuir]

I took a trip to Lopez Island in Washington to look at a 73 convertible in 2014
Little bit of quarter damage on the driver side where the wheel came off, but the deal breaker was interior repaint work without disassembly.
Dash paint overspray on the buckets, and interior trim overspray on the rear seat, and an issue with the door panel carpet separating.
From 10 feet the car looked amazing, but up close it wasn't a 25K car.

[noneedmen]

Keep looking up vids of other peoples projects as I got mine in final assembly after a couple decades of sitting in my dads garage. Good luck. I can guarantee it’ll take everything to get it it where you want it, but I’m hoping it’s all worth it in the end. Seems only other car guys get what we put into these mean machines.

[bobpickersgill]

Owned and enjoyed my 73 Cleveland convertible from 1987 to 2018

[midnightalley]

Its always a toss up between the 71 and 73. This mustang clearly says "EV MY ASS !"