Spitfireace
Well-Known Member
Disc brakes were optional on Mustangs until 1972 when they became standard. So unless you specifically asked for it, your muscle car might not be stopping so fast with drum brakes. As you say also not in a straight line. I had a 71 Mach 1, it was the base model. 302 2 bbl, 3 speed, drum drakes. Had plans for it but ran out of money with too many problems. One was floor pans needed replacing. I did a temporary fiberglass patching. This is in BC, in Ontario there would have been nothing left of the car. I really loved that car, but back when I sold it in the mid-nineties it wasn't really worth the kind of money it would have taken to get it up to the sort of resto mod they do now. Visibility out of those fastbacks made them kind of dangerous to drive as the slanted roof small window angle made it hard to see who is in the lane next to you. I see yours didn't come with a passenger side mirror, which helped on mine.