Vehicle Description
This Mach 1 Cobra Jet we have at Carlynn Clean Classics is a
pedigreed Mach 1 (with only 31000 miles) that has been correctly
restored where needed, original interior, rebuilt (over $5700.00
spent) engine, and has all the right parts and is not only a
serious investment grade classic, but a fun driver.
It has its original numbers matching 428 Cobra Jet engine and Top
Loader 4-speed transmission.
According to the Build Tag and Marti Report this awesome 1969 Mach
1 was bolted together at Ford's Dearborn, Michigan assembly plant
on February 24th of 1969 and delivered that same month to Brooklyn
Motors Incorporated of Baltimore, Maryland with the following door
data and optional equipment:
Vin.# 9F02R181418
9 - 1969 model year
F - Built in Dearborn, Michigan
02 - Mustang Sportsroof
R - 428 cubic inch 4 valve Cobra Jet Ram Air engine
181418 Build Number for production at Dearborn
63C - Mustang Mach 1 Sportsroof
C5 - Ford #3197-A Black Jade paint with blackout hood treatment
3AA - Black Clarion Knit interior with vinyl Mach 1 Hi-Back bucket
seats
08B - Scheduled for build on February 08th 1969
17 - Cleavland Ordering District
S - 3.50 Traction-Lok axle
6 - 4-speed close ratio manual transmission
OPTIONS:
• 4-speed close ration manual transmission
• Traction-Lok differential
• F70x14 Traction Tires with raised white letters
• Power front disc brakes
• Power steering
• AM radio
This CJ has a correct and glossy coat of Black Jade Green urethane.
Once the cars clearcoat shell was buffed to a brilliant shine,
trademark flat black was re-applied to its awesome shaker hood and
bright gold Mach 1 tape stripes were perfectly aligned on its
fuselage and rear valence.
It is a classic collection of straight and flat body panels,
perfectly ridged character lines, and narrow panel gaps that
combine to create a show worthy muscle car which presents a better
than factory appearance.
The front end of the car has chrome trimmed low beam headlights and
the grille mounted high beam headlights combine with an angled chin
spoiler. The chrome Mustang emblem features a familiar galloping
horse and red, white and blue vertical inlays; and at the edges of
that grille, factory chrome hood pins, and nice front bumper.
Under the blacked-out hood the original 428 cubic inch Cobra Jet
Ram Air engine has been completely rebuilt to its correct factory
specifications and made more potent with updated parts. This was
already one of the hottest muscle car engines ever created. Ford's
big block 428 was advertised at a conservatively rated 335
horsepower, but in reality put out way more! The Dyno sheet in the
pictures show after the rebuild it put out over 400 horse at only
5000 rpm.
At the top of the engine, a Holley 4-barrel carburetor sits under a
correct ram air induction system which draws fresh air from the
cars silver detailed shaker scoop. Other components include silver
finned valve covers, cast iron manifolds, a high performance
exhaust system, decaled satin black radiator sends water, fresh
hoses and correct clamps. The CJ spotless engine bay has the
correct satin black paint and all of the correct components from
the fresh power brake booster and silver shock tower brace to the
correct decals, vacuum hoses and accessory brackets are there.
From the factory, the 428CJ was treated to a set of deep-breathing
heads from the 427 (2.09/1.65-inch valves, combustion chamber
volumes between 73 and 75 cc, larger intake and exhaust ports, 427
valve springs and dampers), a 735-cfm Holley four-barrel carb, and
freer-breathing exhaust manifolds, along with beefier connecting
rods. The 428CJ's actual power output is reputed to be well north
of 400 hp, with its advertised numbers artificially lowered to help
keep the insurance companies from jacking up its rates.
The rest of this Mach 1 has been restored to the same high
standards as its exterior and engine compartment. It has a Top
Loader 4-speed close ratio manual transmission, a durable Ford 9
inch rear end with stout 3.50 gears and Traction-Lok limited slip
differential.
The suspension has all been rebuilt and the optional power steering
combines with optional power front disc and rear drums brakes to
make it ride and stop great. All that power hits the pavement with
14 inch factory steel wheels, chrome wheel covers and a correct set
of F70-14 Goodyear Polyglas tires. The ORIGINAL interior features
the black Clarion Knit vinyl with Hi-Back buckets seats with red
accents. The dash has working gauges which include a factory clock,
and features wood grain trim. The radio works as it should and the
chrome shifter is topped by a correct wood finished Mustang shift
knob in the correct wood trimmed console. Correct seat belts,
chrome accessory knobs, and door panels finish out the interior. A
completely restored trunk includes a correct trunk mat and correct
lid decals.
As far as collectability goes, Black Jade proved a popular color
for '69, but it lasted only one year on the Mustang color chart.
Therefore, it is a very valuable shade of a very collectible Cobra
Jet Mustang!
If you want a museum quality CJ, but one you can still drive and
enjoy, come see and buy this one at Carlynn Clean Classics
today.
Nine of the fastest cars on THE List belong to Ford products, and
this 1969 Ford Mustang 428 Cobra Jet comes in at #46. The 428 Cobra
Jet was developed by Ford's Light Vehicle Powertrain Department
under Tom Feaheny, and it made the 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 one of
the world's fastest cars, and that's why it made THE List.
Even saddled with automatic transmission, Car Life magazine's CJ
Mach 1 took just 5.5 seconds 0-60 mph and flew through the standing
quarter-mile in 13.90 seconds at 103.32 mph. "The best Mustang yet
and quickest ever," said the editors, who also declared it "the
quickest standard passenger car through the quarter-mile we've ever
tested (sports cars and hot rods excluded)."
Yet, Car Life found the CJ Mach 1 to be "a superb road car, stable
at speed, tenacious on corners, with surplus power and brakes for
any road situation. By choosing the optimum combination of
suspension geometry, shock absorbers and spring rates, Ford
engineers have exempted the Mach 1 from the laws up momentum and
inertia up to unspeakable speeds."
That last statement partly references a new suspension wrinkle for
big-block Mustangs devised by chassis engineer Matt Donner.
Starting with the 1967 heavy-duty setup, he mounted one shock
absorber ahead of the rear axle line and the other behind it, which
reduced axle tramp in hard acceleration. Though gunning hard around
corners still induced the same over steer as in previous high-power
Mustangs, the '69 was more easily controlled with steering and
throttle. "The first Cobra Jets we built were strictly for drag
racing," Tom Feaheny recalled. "The '69s had a type of the
competition suspension we offered in '67. Wheel hop was damped out
by staggering the rear shocks. It was not a new idea, but it
worked. Another thing was the [Goodyear] Polyglas tire. I really
can't say enough about this. In '69 every wide-oval tire we offered
featured Polyglas construction."
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