1978 Mustang II 2+2 Mach1 just 1,351 original miles, still wearing its original tires, factory window sticker, inspection markings, and even the new-car smell. ( I didn't realize the 3rd gen Mustang had a Mach 1 trim line)

factory options include a 302, 4 spd, T-tops, Rallye Package, and rare, white painted, forged aluminum wheels.

  

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1575469921032892&set=a.599724953415017

via https://www.facebook.com/fordmenlegends

Sean Murphy's latest solo project (famous for outstanding comic book illustrations, graphic novels, and Batman) is published SIDEWAYS--a wider format helps capture all the car mayhem!

"In the future of America, cars have been outlawed. The people have gotten use to the comfort and convenience of PODS, giving power and control to the Money Barons who secretly control the cities. The only driver left is a man named CLUTCH--a smuggler (and retired stuntman/race car driver/overall badass) who's forced to get behind the wheel ONE LAST TIME in order to save his granddaughter. What starts out as a simple car chase quickly turns into a political upheaval as onlookers start seeing Clutch as a revolutionary hell bend on regaining the freedom that most Americans have surrendered."

Think "Escape from NY" meets "Vanishing Point".

Also, the book is published SIDEWAYS--a wider format will help me better capture all the car mayhem!

https://www.instagram.com/seangordonmurphy

I posted about Sean last August when I discovered his incredible art  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/08/you-can-be-damn-sure-when-artist-has.html

things from the Swayze/Reeves original Point Break that would be epic to own... the Porsche that Lori Petty's character drove, or the Mach 1 that Keanu's character drove... or the guitar Patrick Swayze was tuning!

This now causes me to wonder, did this result in Keanu asking for his John Wick character to have a Mustang? 

they are still out there, probably because no one who owned them can afford to restore them

https://www.facebook.com/petersonresto/posts/pfbid0Ma2sfw635Lr8mfnoQcyv7J1HjFdudvXnUs1rSu6PX1Y41M75ziRRFxUZJsbmtmMcl

Mach 1 with a stuck throttle... and not enough brakes and traction to prevent a collision with a support beam, at Mecum's auction this week

https://autos.yahoo.com/people-and-culture/articles/another-mecum-crash-indy-auction-203528174.html

a bad shop was busted... Miller Performance and Restoration in Sevierville owner arrested, and the owners of vehicles taken there, years ago, and tens of thousands of dollars ago, got their 56 F-100, 69 Mach 1

In October 2023, the Sevier County Grand Jury indicted Miller on five counts of unlawfully and knowingly controlling personal property, automobiles belonging to three different people, and he was later arrested on felony charges.

https://fordauthority.com/2026/03/1969-ford-mustang-mach-1-returned-after-five-years-of-waiting-video

390 4 speed Mach 1 bought from the original owner in 72, driven until high school graduation in 75, then spun a bearing racing that summer. Parked in the barn from then til now, now, it's getting restored

above is the photo during graduation, below, after 50 years in storage

contents of the arm rest time capsule 

https://mustangcraftsmen.com/

https://www.facebook.com/mustangcraftsmen/posts/pfbid02P5YBQiNS9wAhPRSKbjhRN7Pn4qXWktKZZc1RHhBTqY2qgoPWSaQ11FkAoocB34ANl

Sweet... MT Slicks on the back!

https://www.tumblr.com/coolthingsguyslike

shame this Mach 1 was converted to electric, but at least they didn't change the front license plate

Hell of a great choice of license plates!  

suddenly it's 1975 when I look at this photo

 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1190808103075931&set=pcb.1190808186409256

When your tow car matches the funny car? Maxxed out the wow/cool factor. BB/FC campaigner Royce Taylor's 72 Mach 1 that he's owned since high school. At Spokane's Thunder Nights, 2025.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=29739157979062079&set=gm.1952107135527665&idorvanity=412174856187575

the race doesn't even start til the two minute mark

still loving this 72 Mach 1, from the same wonderful goofballs that made Scraptona. They found this Mach 1 had been stuck in a junkyard for 35 years

https://www.hotrod.com/features/1972-ford-mustang-horse-force-tred-wear-build/
https://www.facebook.com/reel/667517599264328

If you're wondering what was Scraptona? https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-guys-over-at-tred-wear-are-working.html

this is certainly the right guy to be a three-time mayor... amazing that anyone cool ever gets elected, but a muscle car guy? Very rare!

thanks Steve!

seen in traffic a couple days ago, and since I was behind it, I could even smell the exhaust. Nothing else on the road is putting out any exhaust fumes because of their catalytic converters... but wow, it smelled like the good old days!

the Rustang from Full Throttle Garage in the Shop Monkey booth was a hit... seriously great looking start to a 2nd life this car has gotten

69 Mustang Mach 1 Fastback will be at booth #11861, Full Throttle Garage booth, at SEMA

 

Started out looking like this

turned out looking great! 

https://www.instagram.com/shopmonkey.io/reel/DBj7ywpJQ5j/

nice variety of cars used as a backdrop in a scene from Bad Boys 3

Baldwin Motion made 3 1969 Chevelles

 they put 1969 Mach 1 Mustang mirrors on them

Few could afford a Baldwin Motion built muscle car, fewer teenagers could even consider it.

 But 18 yr old Roberto Schneider, in 1968, had a rich Grandpa who owned the largest bank in Mexico.

 A friend with a 435-horse Corvette suggested that a Baldwin-Motion Camaro, with its outrageous guarantee, might be the way to go.

In late 1968, he arrived in Long Island, New York, and after a test-drive, Roberto was convinced that he would need a pair of cars—a four-speed Camaro for his street-racing exploits, and an automatic-equipped Chevelle to use as a tow car. 

Martyn Schorr, editor of Hi-Performance Cars magazine, called the pair "one of the most significant muscle car purchases in Baldwin-Motion history," a fact.

The order for the pair came to an eye-watering $16,692.86 in 1968 dollars,

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2022/06/09/one-of-just-three-69-baldwin-motion-phase-iii-chevelles-built-and-the-only-one-to-lug-a-camaro-around-behind-it

not restored, but not in bad shape either. Just the right size hood scoop

a few interesting things coming to auction from the inevitable liquidation of the Oldham collection in Arizona

1943 White bomb loader COE

1961 Fiat 600

1964 Ford former Chevron airport fuel truck

1970 Mach 1

and this 1972 GMC

Oldham was involved in seven dealerships throughout his career, collected about 900 cars and is auctioning about 100 of the less interesting, less desirable, and certainly not the high demand extremely valuable ones.

Spanning across 37 Acres of Arizona desert, with warehouses that house cars, trucks, 4x4’s and other specialty vehicles that were used to rent to movie studios for use ion films

https://www.bigiron.com/Auctions/Dec_08_2022_10A?groupcode=CC_Oldham_AZ_Collection