Mustang Mach 1 Interview with Ford's Jim Owens - AUTOHUNTER [4K]

[@DWH300]

My first new car before college was a red 290 HP 1969 Mach 1. It had a fixed scoop with a 351 badge. No shaker. Most Cobra Jets and Boss Mustangs had a shaker. The current Mach 1 looks great using just the hood strip and Mach 1 logo. The... Mach 1 with the handling package is heads above the GT in performance and handling. When you review the performance parts used on the Mach 1. It's like driving a Coyote powered GT350.

[@autohuntercinema]

That's quite the first new car! I think that's a great assessment of the new Mach 1. After all, Ford wanted the pinnacle of 5.0 performance!

[@DWH300]

@@autohuntercinema I work nights during high school saving a down payment for my new red $3,100 Mach 1. Worked to pay it off while attending college. I had the engine ported, polished and balanced with several other bolt on parts. After marriage and a baby. It had to go. It will always be my favourite car. I'm now 71 and retired. But I remember filling my bookshelf with trophies I won at the dragstrip running in a stock class in both the NHRA and IHRA tracks.

[@mikehawk120]

@@DWH300 thank you for sharing with us kind sir! I just picked up a used 22 M1. My grandfather had an early 70`s Mach one when he was alive and able to drive. He made a rear seat Delete so he could put him German Shepard named “bunny” in the back and make trips from vermont to phoenix with her. I remember the blue was a darkish ocean blue with a matte finish. Ever since then I always wanted a Mach and felt the 03/04 wasn’t there yet so I never bought that one.

[@OtisSpringerpilot]

Jim O. has said it over and over these last 2 years, "the Mach1 is the pinnacle of 5-liter performance" for Ford. I agree and as such now own a 2023 Mach1, 6spd. I didnt even research these cars, just took Jim's and the Auto-reviewer's words as true. Such a great purchase and so much fun to own and drive. I drive it daily and every other time I am out someone says something nice about it.

[@richardpratts6976]

I love my 71 Mach 1 And it doesn't have the shaker from 71-73 also my dad has a 70 Mach 1 also without the shaker just a fake scoop with light turn signals and we love them both!! 👍😎

[@autohuntercinema]

Can't go wrong with that!

[@timothygonzalez8431]

Not sure this current Mach1 needs the shaker hood! I think it would have been nice if Ford had done a tribute to the 71 Mach1 NACA hood scoop package. With either a complete flat black hood, or at least follow the hood lines with a wider blacked out hood with the Mach1 call out! I ordered a Grabber Blue in May, hope I'm able to sneak in on this production schedule!

[@autohuntercinema]

It does not! Jim did a great job explaining all of the thought process that went in to building this car and the shaker hood. Congratulations on the Grabber Blue order!

[@timothygonzalez8431]

My first car at 17 was a 69 Cobra Jet Mach1! 50 years later my last new car is a 2022 Mach1! Just got my vin # and build date, can't wait!

[@vbadbee9123]

You ask him why it didn't get rear brembos? Even If it doesn't make a difference it is definitely visually worth it. And at its price point.

[@GarveyMustangMan]

Agreed 100% with you, why it has stock brakes on the back for a nearly $65K-70K is insane to me. The Shelby GT 350, GT 350R, and of course te GT 500 have Brembos on all 4 corners. The Camaro 2ss ile has Brembos on all four corners and that car is $50K brand new.

[@GarveyMustangMan]

@D M 100% agreed, the GT 350, GT 500, have Brembos on all four corners. The Mach 1 is an upgraded GT PP2 with the Tremec 6 speed in my opinion with an insane markup being a limited production car.

[@bigmon5870]

3D shaker sticker. Hmmmm.

[@jeffortman6395]

2013-14 stangs look better

[@oinn8003]

These are left over parts from GT350 platform…Bring back GT350!!!

[@mikehawk120]

Do you think they had a few trailers out back and they just said hey, let’s see how this looks? Lol