February 16th, 2022 Chris Phillip

Here’s an interesting trivia bit for you. The use and name of Mach numbers was proposed by Swiss engineer Jakob Ackeret in a 1929 lecture in Zurich. Ackeret named the number after the physicist Ernst Mach, who conducted an experiment photographing an object moving faster than the speed of sound in 1887.

Ford had first used the Mach 1 badge on the futuristic Levacar concept, first shown in 1959.

Created by Gale Helderman, who also designed the Mustang, Levacar Mach 1 was a hover car that floated on a cushion of air. Even if the radical Levacar came to nothing, the Mach 1 name clearly stuck with Ford executives for future use.

Ford came out with a red Mach 1 prototype in 1967. The production Mach 1 Mustang arrived for the 1969 model year.

Now that we’ve brushed you up on Mach 1 history, it’s time to get your last-minute entries to win two Mach 1s in the Mustang Dream Giveaway. There’s less than a week left to enter and we’d love to see the 428ci CobraJet/four-speed 1969 Mach 1 and the matching custom 2021 Mach 1 (a six-speed manual!) sitting in your driveway. The titles. The keys. The cars. All yours. The winner will also take home a gift certificate for a Wide Buddy by Backyard Buddy Automotive Lifts valued at over $8,500!

The sweepstakes ends at midnight (PST) on February 22nd. The winner will be drawn on March 10th, which will give you plenty of time to have these Mustangs to you in time for National Mustang Day on April 17th and celebrate the 58th anniversary of the Mustang with two of your own!

Enter at www.dreamgiveaway.com.