1971 Mach 1

$23,950

Marti Report Verified
'05' VIN Mach 1
Numbers Matching 351 4V Cleveland!
Factory Wide Ratio Toploader
Decor Interior
Fold-Down Rear Seat
Rebuilt Front Suspension & Steering
Rebuilt Rear Suspension
Factory Rear Sway Bar


This '71 is a really cool time-capsule from the 80's. From the shadowed hand painted graphics to the super-sexy pinstripes you can feel just how cool this one was on Saturday nights with some Billy Squier 'Stroke' playing on the Hi-Fidelity stereo. Air shocks & N50's would have been a must, no longer there but you know they were. The 80's were the height of the 351 Cleveland reverence. Huge cylinder heads, high compression, big cams, way oversized header tubes and good gas still to be had at the pumps. Soon the 90's would come and kill most of the cruising and good fuel forcing these cars off the road.

Originally bound for the Utah ordering district this Mach 1 spent its life in the dry regions of Utah and Eastern Washington. The floors are some of the nicest originals you will see in this breed. There is some minor rear wheel well rust to be found thanks to the rural nature of its home region, see pics. Overall all though this is a very solid example. Obviously the paint has some age to it with plenty of imperfections. There are no obvious signs of significant collision damage. You could easily drive this one as is or a repaint looks like a straight forward job thanks to an original metal body. 

Inside, the interior has seen some refreshing with new seat upholstery, carpet and dash pad upholstery. It really does look nice and shows very little wear. The 'Decor' interior was an option for '71 in the Mach 1's so many didn't come with it. Also optional is the factory gauge package with center stack gauges and a tachometer.

This Mach 1 started life out as a well optioned boulevard bruiser. The M-Code 351 4-Barrel Cleveland was a well proven motor with potential well beyond most of its competitors. Add in that wide ratio 4-Speed and a 9" with 3.25 gearing and you really had a well rounded performance car for nearly all situations. The 351 is the numbers matching engine, which is quite rare in a 4-speed Muscle Car. The Transmission is the correct RUG-AV1 wide ratio unit and Hurst shifter. The engine revs incredibly smooth and has a mild cam, aluminum intake, long tube headers and sounds amazing. The 4-Speed shifts like butter and the clutch engages nicely. The engine has quite little in the way of grime and would appear to be a low mile engine.

The front & rear suspension and steering were just rebuilt with a long list of new reproduction components including upper and lower control arms, shocks, springs and more. This one drives surprisingly well.



 










VIN: 1F05M214133
 
For Washington State residents only, A documentary service fee in an amount up to $150 may be added to the purchase price or capitalized cost.