My 1970 Mach 1
On March 17, 2006 we went to examine the freshly paint Mach. The color was just as nice as I had hoped.
One of the bodymen said it was one of the nicest jobs he had seen them do there. I'd have to agree, although I'm biased.
When Pam, Mike and I saw it sitting outside on that brisk day, we all said the same thing: "Is that REALLY our Mach 1?!?"
The car was arrow straight everywhere we looked.
We went around and around the car, even moving it into full sunlight, and we didn't see a single flaw. Magnificent!
Even inside the trunk, where we had repaired the rust hole, was perfect! Can you find where the hole was?
We were all very happy campers! Everywhere we looked we saw clean, straight, beautifully painted steel.
Inside, Ed Polinus was busy colorsanding the hood...
...perfect!
A few days later on March 23 we dropped off the hood stripe stensil from NPD and they got ready to spray the special textured
black paint I had located from a paint supplier in California. This is one of those details that make a Mach 1 a real Mach 1.
Here it is a few days later in my garage. This paint was used on Boss and Mach 1 Mustangs to cut down on glare, and it
has minute glass beads to give it a special sharkskin like texture. Up close it looks so good you could almost eat it!
I really appreciated how Extreme Auto Body picked up and delivered the Mach. It sure made things easier.
On March 28, 2006 it was back at home and ready for assembly.
Here are the three artists/craftsmen {it doesn't seem right to call them bodymen} that did the work on my Mach.
On the left is Ed Polinus, center is Dave Berry, and right is Ray Tourigney. Sadly, none of them work at Extreme Auto Body
anymore, and so when I get my other Mustangs done I will have to hunt them down whereever they are. Talent this good is hard to find.