1969 fastback questions

Look for rust on shock towers, lower door, lower finders front and back, inside the trunk (look under the carpet) and around the rear glass at the bottom. It’s a poor design around the window and a big trouble spot if you ask me. I had rust there that could not bee seen till I removed the window trim.

Post the pics if you can.

The biggest pitfall in the 69/70' model years are the additional expense of just about all their parts. Granted availability is not as much an issue as say the 71-73' model years but it's lesser than say the 65-68' parts availability. It is unfortunately though the most expensive year to buy parts for. As an example, take a look at the prices of things like dashs and weatherstripping in comaprison to all the other model years and you will see that they are double in many cases.

Other than that all the usual trouble areas should be observed the same as any model year Mustang. In addition to the areas Timmy mentioned, you should also pay particular attention to the cowl, if it's a V8 check to see if it's a conversion or not and if so was it done right. The glue in type windows are another example of a specific 69' problem as well.

front floor boards are also a common problem on the 69's, probabaly because of the glue in glass, when they fall down it laways seems to rain that night.

FMX is a decent tranny, but from a performance POV, they are HEAVY, with alot of parasitic drag. Fine for a cruiser or weekend warrior, but definately not what you want for a regularly raced car.