1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 has not ran in 30 years (Will It Start) 

In Dec. of 1969 I paid $3200. for mine. It didn't have air, rear window slats or the lay down rear seat, but the 351 Cleveland could run 100 to 120 mph on Interstate 40 for hours at a time, between Oklahoma City and Little Rock, Arkansas. The raised white letter polyglas tires were not great for drag racing, but held the road well in rain, when you were doing 80 to 100 mph.

Cool! I sold my 71 Mach1 in 1985. I bought it when I was 16 and kept it three years, thinking I needed a new GT when I was 19, so I sold it for a down payment. I started looking for another 71 a few years ago and didn't find anything I liked for the money they were asking. Found one a few weeks ago with a 429 and I couldn't say no. Hope to start a full restoration this Fall.

Amazing this Mach1 started and idled too! I had a '70 and '71 351 Cleveland 4spd. Both were cool as hell. Ran 'em hard and they never complained. Try this with a LS or Hemi after 30 years of sitting under a tree. Good luck. Still one of the best looking cars ever made. Thanks for the great video.

For it's size, few engines are as powerful as a Cleveland! Good show, getting here to fire up without too much trouble!

I bought a 1970 Mach 1 while stationed at Barksdale AFB in 1973. Paid $1700 for it. Wish I still had it. Fastest car I've ever owned.

Saw the car subscribed immediately. Watched the video staying forever! Let’s get this 70 going!!!!

That’s awesome I’d love to have that car.

Not bad looking old car easy to work on. I had couple 66 mustangs. Had a good time in them.

Black gunk in fuel pump may be what’s left of the rubber diaphram that pumps the fuel. Nice looking old Mustang.

You did it man. !!!

Glad you changed the oil before starting it up, I cringe when the oil is just checked in the dipstick and it's been 20+ years since the engine ran. You know beforehand if there's some water in the pan or if the oil at the bottom is all sludge. Would have been creepy cool if Three Dog Night came on the radio.

Very nice! You have the twin to my 70 Mach 1

Love old mustangs. Hope you can get it back to its former glory. I'll be watching, since I just became a subscriber. Keep up the good work.

This was my dream car when I was a kid glad to see you getting it going looking forward to see how it goes

Great start up! , gave me goosebumps, like when 'Millinium Falcon' trying to start, or the Mack truck out of Madmax2 😄

Nice sounding 351 Cleveland!! I had a 1971 Mach 1 with the same engine. Great engines !!

Good find

Great Job Caleb ! 👏

"Gasoline I-V", I love it 👍

I hope you get it to where you want it to be!! I am sure it’s just me, but I love the sound of that cranking!

Very rare car with the AC on it very few came with that

BUILT FORD TOUGH

Well done. .. Hello from Luxembourg.

Love the ol mustangs

It looks like a 351 Cleveland from what I can see In the video.

I see your 351 Cleveland has an Edelbrock Torquer intake manifold on it!

May 1979 with the help of parents I purchased a yellow Mustang Mach 1, 351C fmx, a/c, no slats or spoilers . po removed center console. circumstances forced me to sell in 1981... man, i miss that car. last time i saw it was 1984 in Hueytown Alabama. i heard it was sold up North.?

My dad's friend restored one of these exact cars (except it was red) in the late 1980s. This is nostalgic for me. He also restored a 1969 Mach I the year before.

nice runner runs good no noises..

Good project car.

This looks like a movie car the protagonist just finds in a barn and cruises with during an apocalypse

Still have mine 70 fastback

fix only the things that has with its safety and drive on the road...then you can have fun with it...restauration with parts all over the garage can take the air of the most athletic person.

That is what my dad called varnish its what gasoline turns into after years of sitting. Sounds like a good motor to me. I think its in great condition. Probably going to need to clean the gas tank but just buy a brand new one it worth every penny to buy a new one.

Nonetheless let's get this thing running still a cool car

the black sludge in the fuel pump could be from a bad diaphram . Old mechanical pumps were bad about busting and then gas would go into the crank case. Oil sometimes gets suck back.

This is very cool, can't wait for your next video ... I'm very interested 👍

Nice job getting it running! Lot of effort.. I’ve had my ‘70 Mach 1 for 38 years now and still love it! Congrats on your purchase

nice to watch something and not to hear nasty talking. like the Bible verse. great job in getting the motor up and running. motor sound`s great.

Mmmmmm Yummy taste it. Hahahahaha Nice score btw.

The black stuff in your lift pump is commonly referred to as varnish. That’s what happens when you let fuel sit in the system for long periods of time. In my experience, if you have varnish in one part of your fuel system, then you will have varnish in all parts of your fuel system. Theoretically, you can wash the varnish out with some carb cleaner and compressed air but, it is typically easier and more cost effective to just buy a replacement fuel system.

Nice car! Just found you. I'm a ford guy

The engine turns now will it start too.

Fill up carb in metatron tube

Shes a little tired she been sleep for 30 years be patient.

Doing a good clean on an engine bay is good mojo for an old car.

Animo amigo adarle para revivirlo yo voy a revivir mi ford farline 1961 saludos desde MEXICO DF.

I would correct your verb conjugation, but I might need a really good mechanic someday.

The black slugs is old gas that has set so long over the years its turned into like a tar base.my 70 mustang was the same way.my gas tank was full of it.

MOTOR SOUNDS GOOD A LITTLE TUNE UP AND CLEAN, PERFECT ORIGINAL MOTOR CAR NO SMOKE..

Are you sure that's a mark one and not just a fast back. If I remember right the mark 1 in 1970 had a pot metal moaning that ran down the lower side and it said mark one in it. I may be wrong and that may be in the 69 but I thought it was the 70. Do you trade vehicles. I've got something that you might be interested in.

If it is gray goo that is sugar in the tank and needs to be taken down and flushed out and let dry after that then blow out the lines and shoot straight air through the lines then hook it all up and you will be ready to go

You’d think it been stripped of parts after 30yrs? And old battery is 7 yrs old?

Why didn't you add water and check that the transmission shifts through all the gears before a teardown?

351 Cleveland or Windsor?

I have a 72 fastback I have tried everything to start it. It will turnover but just won’t start. Any tips?

Is your "lift pump" the same as a fuel pump?

Watch the 1974 gone in sixty seconds great movie I think 71 mustang

Lovem all

71 Mach 1 with full Hurst Edition kit on it and I got 11 tickets for breaking traction excessive acceleration on East 14th on the Strip where we used to cruise that didn't go over so well

I wanna play wit ya on some classics, got any for sale ?

The sludge is gasoline returning to its unrefined form

Lift pump. It's a FUEL PUMP. A Lift pump is a primary low pressure fuel pump for a DIESEL that uses a high pressure injection pump. That black garbage is the disintegrating innards of the fuel pump diaphragm and check valves. Would have been nice to fog the cylinders or throw some Mystery Oil in there.

All she needed was a little love 😂

Why are you calling the fuel pump a "lift pump"?

This is just me I would change oil afterwards that way it would break anything loose.Want ruin the new oil just makes sense

There's a few lost ponies somewhere, but you'll find them.

That’s a good find

It's a fuel pump not a lift

oil leakin into the pump

I wish I had this fella and the owner had a feather up their butt we would both be tickled lol. Honestly I’d love to own and fix it up and have a nice weekend driver!

I'm sure somebody else said it but that's an awful brand new battery for 30 years not running if I do say so myself

Cudos

I like the midsized cars better than the ponys

Sadly soon all combustion cars and trucks including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Car washs will be forbidden too because they are climate killers, now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!! (BABVVEN & TEBBVEN & BEFVO laws)!!!

Old rotten fuelline

The black shit in your fuel pump is the diaphragm in side the pump. You need a new pump.

old gas

I liked Fairlanes better than Mustangs.

Mustang cool but Mopars rule.

That’s not a Mach 1, it’s a coupe...M-1’s were all fast backs..