BACKFIRE
POLARIZING PROJECT
Tell Jeff Koch I said thanks for the heads-up warning about the sacrilege that took place before our very eyes (“The Book of Revvin’Lation,” HMM #217). While the end result is very impressive, it did not justify the “ends to the means.” Sadly, the world forever lost a beautiful Mach 1 to a tribute, restomodded, wanna-be Boss ’9. Oh, I have a friend that did the same thing on a ’70, and it is truly eye candy like this one. However, in the end it will never be a real Boss 429 (though I do like the ghosted ’69 Boss 302 C-stripe) and it will never be a Mach 1 again. All of that fantastic effort could have been done to a Dynacorn body with the exact same result —no harm, no foul. Then someone else could have become the new caretaker of an original, historic Mach 1.
Love your magazine!
Terry Parsons Loganville, Georgia
When we first came across that ’69 Mustang from the feature you are referring to, we didn’t know its history, and finding in Jeff Koch’s story that it had been a well-preserved Mach 1 stung a bit—we had the exact same thought about using a Dynacorn body instead. However, it was the new owner’s choice, and the result grabbed our attention and stands on its own merits. But we’d still get excited about a
