1971 429 Mustang Tech Forum
1971 429 Mustang Tech Forum
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This message board is maintained as a public service by FoMoCo Obsolete, which has no connections whatsoever with the 'Ford Motor Company, Inc.' ® You're invited to post questions about 429-equipped 1971 Mustangs, but we also hope you will help others by sharing relevant knowledge and experience.
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Actually, only the part after www.shadow.net/ needs to be in lower case.
Most web servers are UNIX machines which is a lot fussier about file names than your typical PC or Mac. A unix machine can have two files with the names File1.txt and file1.txt in the same directory and UNIX considers them two different names.
The first part, www.shadow.net/ is the domain name and it doesn't matter if that's in upper case or not. That part is used to look up the actual address on the 'net for that site. Domain names are not case-sensitive.
In most cases though, everything after the domain name is case-sensitive. The second part in this example ~catalyst/ is the location for this particular site at this domain and the third part mach1.htm is the actual page to load.
Thus, WWW.SHADOW.NET/~catalyst/mach1.htm will work just as well as www.shadow.net/~catalyst/mach1.htm
Class dismissed. ;-)
-Joe
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I am trying to work out if my car came with side stripes &/or hood paint. Anyone got an idea how I can find out?
Nigel, what you're asking brings up the subject of standalone options versus packaged ones. Those famous "swoosh" stripes were available as a standalone option for Mach 1s, only. This required that the salesman check off a box marked stripes. By contrast, these same stripes were included when ordering the Boss 351 model. And based on the scan of your invoice, its clear this didn't happen with your car's order. But blackout hood paint is a different matter. Officially called a "Tutone Hood Treatment", it was part of the Ram-Air option package....which also included unique hood locks and identifying decals, along with the functional components. Obviously, choosing the optional SCJ-R (for "Ram-air") engine invokes all these features.
And while I appreciate your sending that scan of your invoice, might I get a full-size copy instead? Another color scan would be fine, so long as the text is large enough to read without too much squinting. ;-) |
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Anyone going to the All Ford Swap at Columbus this weekend?
Just look for the guy in a (discretely embroidered) "Mr Fomoco" sweatshirt...."medium blue", of course. And my thanks to Ms Fomoco for suggesting this swell accessory. ;-) |
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Looked this up in parts book. `65-`73 did come with the front mounted antenna, except the `69-`70 Shelby had a rear antenna, #C9ZZ-18813-A.
Better check that again - you've cited the plain old Mustang kit. The Shelby unit should be C9ZZ-18813-C. There was a universal electric rear mount antenna for the `67 and up Mustangs, models (65) and (63). It was #C7AZ-18813-C. So it is possible for a `71 to have this rear mounted electric antenna. I would guess that it would have been dealer installed.
Yes, the electric antenna was a DLR, only. But the mass and depth of that unit make its positioning more important than one might guess. For that reason, Ford's instructions included specific measurements for each model and car line. :-) |
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Does anybody out there know the proper location of the radio antenna for a 1971 Mach 1
Ford's assembly documents, promotional photos, etc. are unambiguous in showing the R/H fender as the only "factory" location. And even the dealer's radio installation kit comes with identical instructions, including a 1:1 template for drilling.
However, it should be pointed out that it was possible to order a Mustang sans radio. This also meant "less antenna" and - in at least some model years - the antenna location was not predrilled. In theory, then, the owner of said car was free to have an antenna mounted wherever (and whenever) he desired. :-) |
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You may be right. My car came with a factory radio, I have the original invoice, and it is possible that it was changed by a previous owner. But if it was changed, I cannot find any indication of it being installed on the front fender.
I see your point, but are you sure the fender is original? And when you say "invoice", does this refer to a sheet (in window sticker format) generated by Dearborn, or something on the dealer's letterhead? If the dealer sold a radio from his own stock, then anything's possible. Also, look to see if the antenna cable extension is a Genuine Ford part - the dealer kit came with a standard cable, only. I have also seen some other 71 stangs with the antenna on the rear fender. To date, I've seen three vintage Mustangs on 4 x 4 chassis. I would not be surprised to find there are more, yet I seriously doubt any of them left the factory in that condition. ;-) Also when I entered the International Mustang Meet last year, I was not penalized points for having it installed on the rear fender, I was deducted for the wrong radiator cap, the wrong oil filter, battery cables and the wrong nut on the air cleaner lid. As with the above sightings, this fact is interesting but hardly constitutes credible evidence. There's no guarantee a club's rules will reflect anything more than the wishes & beliefs of the rulemakers. They are independent bodies, rarely forthcoming about the sources for their info....and their rulebooks aren't exactly factory-approved.
This is not to say clubs don't have their place - clearly they do. But it would be circular reasoning to suggest their very existence lends credence to their beliefs. And, please, don't get me started on any specifics or its bound to hurt someone's feelings. For now, I'm content to have laissez faire: they don't tell me what's correct and I don't tell them how to spend all those thousands in fees. :-)
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