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Macabobby’s son has plans to pry the Mach 1 away from his collection, but for now, the car will stay in his garage. Macabobby is an active member of the Mahoning Valley Mustangs Club in Ohio, a regional group of the Mustang Club of America. “For straight line performance the Mach 1 wins, for all-around road manners, the '94 gets the pick,” Macabobby said. I asked him to compare his Mustangs muscle. A 1966 convertible with a 289 cubic inch engine and a 1994 GT with a 5.0 engine. Two more Mustangs are in the corral at Macabobby’s home. The twin chrome hood locks, a $25 option when new, sell for $300,” said Macabobby.ġ971 brought a redesigned and much bigger Mustang Mach 1 into the Ford lineup. “If you can find one, they sell for $1,000. This Mach 1’s original owner beams when he points to the rear spoiler. Walking around his car now, Macabobby proudly notes the benefit of his pony car investment. The $85 per month payment was a lot of money for the time. Macabobby thought he must be crazy when he started making payments on the $2,995 Mustang in 1972.
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Rare Grabber Lime paint is hard to miss on this 1971 Mach 1. A Ram-Air air cleaner assembly, four-barrel carburetor and a set of Magnum 500 wheels now complement the FMX automatic transmission, twist hood locks, rim blow horn and Mach 1 decals. The Mach 1 originally had a $4,100 window sticker. The restyled Mustang lacked a few options on his wish list but was a budget buy at $2,995. Macabobby bought the dealer demo model Mach 1 with 5,000 miles in January of 1972. Macabobby pointed out the inspection marks under the hood and the Mustang’s host of options, some original, some not. The blue engine surrounded by lime green is a visual knockout. He obliged and opened the hood to show off the pristine blue, 285-horsepower, 351 Cleveland engine. Macabobby’s Mach 1 looks better than it did when it was new. Macabobby knows Mustangs because he is a Gold Card National Judge in the Mustang Club of America. I couldn't help but notice the attention to detail on every piece of the gleaming green Mach 1. The color was applied to only 663 of the 149,678 Ford Mustangs produced in 1971. The Mach 1’s eye-searing, bright hue is known as Grabber Lime Green paint. I caught Macabobby and his 39,743-mile Mustang in the paddock area of Barber Motorsports Park on an overcast Sunday morning. Not much has changed inside Macabobby’s 1971 Mustang Mach 1 since the Vietnam war. The one-owner Mustang still wears Macabobby’s Vietnam-era dog tags on the rearview mirror. Macabobby, a member of the Mustang army since 1972, hauled the vibrant green 'Stang from his home in Youngstown, Ohio. Decades later, Macabobby and his Grabber Lime Green Mustang attended the Mustang 45th Anniversary Celebration at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Robert Macabobby hung his dog tags on the rearview mirror of a dealer demo, 1971 Mustang Mach 1 when he was 21 years old. Bold new colours include Twister Orange, Grabber Lime Ford Mustang BULLITT production to continue for a second year owing to popular demand for the 460 PS special edition model celebrating the legendary Warner Bros. The new 2020 Ford Mustang arrives this fall.Visible rewards for original-owner of 1971 Mach 1. Mustang 2.3-litre EcoBoost enhanced with Shelby-inspired exterior details and standard Active Valve Performance Exhaust. “Aspirational and confident, they are fun, youthful colors that make a statement of how you want the world to see you and who you want to be. “These bright, vibrant retro colors are trending in design – in home furnishings, sportswear and even appliances,” said Whalen. In addition, new Iconic Silver and Red Hot Metallic will freshen up the new Mustang palette, including for Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT500 models. Grabber Lime is one of two new feature colors available across the Mustang lineup for 2020 Twister Orange is the other. “This color traces back to a Mustang heritage color while bringing it forward with more modern, dynamic pigments and bold new energy.” “It’s lime green on steroids,” said Barb Whalen, Ford color and materials manager.
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More potent than krypton-ite, this high-impact green inspired by a vintage Mustang color from the 1970s is sure to leave other muscle cars green with envy. Patrick’s Day, Ford is unveiling Grabber Lime for the 2020 Mustang.