6 cars (13 pictures) found: model of "Mach-1", grouped by car, with keyword "rainbow"
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(2 photos of a 1969 Poppy Green Mach 1 Russ Davis Performance Special / Rainbow Of Colors Mustang Fastback) Peter Manson's restored Poppy Green, 1969, Russ Davis Special / Rainbow of Colors, Super Cobra Jet, Mach 1 fastback was our Attitude of the Week for March 8th, 2008. This amazing Mach 1 was one of 10 ordered by Russ Davis Ford of Covina California to promote his dealership and most likely his racing cars. We actually have its sister on our site. Peter has done extensive research as well as restoration on his car. The Rainbow of Colors was a west coast primarily 1968 sales promotion which offered new Mustang owners many sporty upgrades as well as one of 13 or 14 special order bright colors. Many of these cars were base models. New information on Russ Davis shows that this special order may have been for a racing promotion since the several race car drivers were salesmen including Gas Ronda with his famous brightly colored Cobra Jet racer.
(7 photos of a 1969 Special Yellow Mach 1 Russ Davis Performance Special / Gas Ronda Special Mustang Fastback) Special Order Yellow 1969 Mustang Mach 1 fastback with a 360hp (at 5400rpm), 428 cubic inch, 4 barrel, Super Cobra Jet, V8 engine. This restored car is one of the 10 special paint cars ordered by Russ Davis Ford, Covina California for a special promotion. We are hunting through the newspapers of the time to determine what the promotion was. It could have been a 1969 carry-over of the "
Rainbow of Colors" West Coast Promotion, or a "Gas Ronda" special promotion. The Rainbow of Colors promotion offered new Mustang owners one of up to 13 special "Rainbow of Colors." This car has been repainted
Ford Special Paint WT6135, which a a little more orange than what we believe is the original Yellow in this group of 13 colors. But WT6135 is a period Ford special order paint! This combined with some newspaper articles of the time says that funny car racer Gas Ronda was heavily sponsored by Russ Davis in 1969 and Gas Ronda drove a modified bright "orangey reddish" Mustang Mach 1. It is possible that the 10 special colored 1969 Mach 1 Mustangs ordered by Russ Davis was for a Race Car or Gas Ronda promotion. In this case a brighter yellow car may have been necessary, making the current color possibly very close to the original. What did the other 9 Mach 1 Mustangs ordered by Russ Davis look like?
well here is one.
(1 photo of a 1969 Beatnik Blue Mach 1 Performance Special / Rainbow Of Colors Mustang Fastback) This is a Beatnik Blue 1969 Special Order Mach 1 Mustang fastback. This special model was purchased new in Torrence, California, possibly an extension of the
1968 Rainbow of Colors promotion.. This Mach 1 has a 351ci V8 engine, 4-speed Top Loader with Hurst shifter, 10 spline clutch kit, stainless steel racing flywheel, 9-inch rearend, dual exhaust, front disc brakes, and Deluxe interior. This Mach 1 has a DSO of 72-5016. The paint code is a 5 - which is really a blank followed by a 5. The 5 is for the factory blacked out hood.
(1 photo of a 1969 Orange Mach 1 Mustang Fastback) Special order orange 1969 Mach 1 Mustang fastback owned by Mark. This car still wears it's original orange paint. It has a Q-code Super Cobra Jet engine and a 4-speed manual transmission. It was ordered under DSO special order number 750238 and delivered May 22nd to Sanderson Ford in Phoenix, Arizona. Could this be a Rainbow Of Colors car with Madagascar Orange paint? We don't have any records of this special order number or special editions coming out of Phoenix, Arizona. Mark adds,
"The car has never been wrecked or rusted and never been painted with 31,000 original Arizona miles. He quit driving the car in 1977 after the last of 6 clutches blew up in the car and it had no more warranty. The original owner is still alive and he told me that he only had the dealer work on the car that explains why all the original smog and everything is still untouched with no hacking what so ever."
(1 photo of a 1969 Yellow Mach 1 Performance Special / Rainbow Of Colors Mustang Fastback) This is a 1969 Mach 1 owned by Mick Stadtmiller from Qld Australia. This Mach 1 was originally Poppy Green and possibly an extension of the
1968 Rainbow of Colors dealer promotion. It is our featured
Attitude Of The Week for the week starting November 29, 2015. The Mustang was sold new at Russ Davis Ford in Covina, California. It was imported to Australia in the late 70s early 80s. This Mach 1 has it's factory 428cj engine and a 4-speed manual transmission. Mick says that it was the cover car for
Street Machine Magazine Oct/Nov 1983.
(1 photo of a 1969 Calypso Coral Orange Mach 1 Mustang Fastback) Calypso Coral 1969 Mach 1 Mustang fastback owned by Tom Patterson from Poulsbo Washington. This is our featured
Attitude Of The Week for the week starting February 7, 2016. It has the 428-4V Cobra Jet V8 engine and a manual transmission. This was originally a Purple painted Rainbow of Colors promotion Mustang. Tom tells us more,
"This Mustang was purchased out of Michigan about a year and half ago. I came with some additional touches making not quite stock. It has a Shelby roll bar installed, 1970 hood locks, and the roof emblems were removed giving it a cleaner look. This car was originally purchased from Russ Davis Ford in Covina, California under the Rainbow of Colors promotion with a color code of WT9106 or Purple."
