A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

I would like to thank Dave Wagner for permitting me to post this information here.

I had a 2003 azure blue manual Mach 1 from 2002 until 2010. In that time, I had the opportunity to meet and talk with Scott Hoag, who some of you know was the former Ford engineer who led the Mach 1 development program. Over the years at enthusiast events, I got to hear him talk about various stories of the Mach 1 came to be. Back in 2007, I had pitched the idea of documenting his memories in book form. I also wanted to see all the cool photographs that showed behind-the-scenes work on the car in print. He agreed, and I collected over 10 hours of recordings of his experiences at Ford working on both the SN-95 Bullitt and Mach 1 Mustangs.

Fast forward to this year, and I am happy to announce that the book will soon be a reality. On June 1 and 2, 2018, at the Ford Nationals in Carlisle, Scott and I will have a booth where this Ford Motor Company licensed publication, titled "Engineer + Enthusiast = Excitement, Building the 2001 Bullitt and 2003/04 Mach 1 Mustangs" available for purchase. We are expecting to be out on the show field near the Bullitt and Mach 1 sections.

If it were not for the connections I made through the Mach 1 Registry (and IMBOC, the Bullitt owners community), this book likely would have never been done. Scott has always said that the Mach 1 was for the enthusiast, and that's really the spirit in which he detailed his engineering experiences. As such, we've graciously been given the opportunity to print photos of various Mach 1 Registry members' cars as part of the book. Suffice it to say, the Registry is represented directly in printed form as a part of recorded Mustang history.

I invite you to look at www.bullittmach1editions.com for more information. Please sign up for the mailing list as periodic updates will be sent out over the coming months leading up to the launch of the book.

As of today, you can also pre-order a copy of the book. There are 2 editions available - the standard and the collector's. The collector's edition will be 1 of 300 copies signed by Scott and includes a certificate of authenticity along with an "Easter egg" that is only available to purchasers of that version.

I thank you in advance for your interest, and see you at Carlisle!

Thanks for posting!! I’m gonna buy a copy.


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Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

What is the difference in the 2 prices? I can't see anything that tells you what the change is. Is one hardcover or something?

(oh nevermind you have to click them to find out)

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

very cool,

Id be interested to know more about whats extra in the collector's edition as well

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Thinking I might just need one of these

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

mrt coupon code would be cool too to offset shipping

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Like I'm not going to grab up one these???

:borg:

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

I bought the deluxe version. Did'nt really think any would be left.

I just did the same lol.


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Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

MRT site won't open for me :confused:

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

http://www.bullittmach1editions.com/

This link should work..

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Yeah, what he said.. Gotta have 1 or 2 of these.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

ByThat one works, it's the MRT site that you order it from that won't open. Something about a bad security ticket, unsecured website..

Edit - now it's working!

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I want to preorder and I want to pick up at Carlisle. Looks like its charging me for shipping and is not giving me an option to pick up at Carlisle.
Anyone else have an issue? I'll try again from another PC.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Ok I didn't see the link actually took you to MRT site... But now I do..

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

It gave me the option to pick up at Carlisle or shipping.

Collector's edition preordered! :santa:

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

So what I was trying to do was order 2 books but when I did that it wouldn't allow Carlisle pick up. When I ordered the books individually it showed the Carlisle pick up option.
Got mine ordered, now for some autographs at Carlisle.
Maybe even get the guys who took some of the photo's to sign it. :gears:

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

looks like phenomenal memorabilia - collectors edition preordered!

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Limited edition ordered. Very excited about it!!!

:borg:

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

No promo code to help with shipping for us Far-away Mach 1 owners

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Ordered the prem edition

A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Ordered the premium edition.
Already have a Mach (duh) and plan on getting an 01 DHG Bullitt after college. Two models I think highly of, of the New Edge era.


Pick your poison.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

TTT - Bump

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I go back and forth on this...I'm interested but the drive by sales pitch and cant even an answer a question kinda turns me off

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

I'm hoping there's a lot of good inside information that none of us has ever heard and nice full page pictures. The title and cover are both awfully weak imo, but I'm not going to judge the book by its cover.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

ya, I think I'll let yall be the judge. If it's good and I miss out on the limited edition oh well

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

In my opinion that's a lot of money for a book that likely has info. in it that we've known for years.

I just got a copy of The Ultimate Encyclopedia of the Mustang for Christmas, which literally has information about every Mustang ever made, and it was like $10 bucks.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Its absolutely a lot of money for either edition. Totally agree!!
But I still have to have it as part of the New Edge Mach1 story in my opinion.
The book does has some of my photo's in it so I am a bit biased on purchasing the book. But that's why I bought 2 of them instead of 1. I have 1 to read & share and 1 to put away of course after they are autographed appropriately.
No compensation needed here. Patiently waiting the release.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Most of those books have so much bad information I look through them for the laughs. Randy Leffingwells first edition of Mustang Fourty Years was so bad, that we had a group discussion on here and I sent him like an eight page email of what needed correcting. His second edition had about half of those incorporated.
This book is being written by true Mustang enthusiasts who want to let you in behind the scenes of a pair of very highly thought of editions. I also know that the lady who lent a very strong hand in it's execution was very involved with a number of high profile pieces, including the two Ford GT books that GT Joey did as well as the SVT Recognition Guide.
Needless to say mine is ordered without hesitation.
:borg:

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Hi, everyone - here's some more information about this book. I apologize for not responding until today. For some reason I wasn't getting the post notifications, and I should have checked in sooner.

First of all, the collector's edition is a version that has a numbered certificate included that is signed by Scott Hoag and will have something that signifies it as a collectible which is exclusive only to those books. I am sworn to secrecy on it!

Regarding the contents of the book itself - yes, you might have heard a number of stories about the development of the Mach 1. The content also includes information that you would not necessarily have found in other Mustang books or magazine articles because they are coming from someone most directly involved from start-to-finish on the development work. There were a number of items I had not heard before when I did the original interviews with Scott, and I was generally someone who asked a lot of questions of him in the years leading up to that time!

I am happy to answer any other detailed questions you might have. Hopefully you had a chance to see a preview of the chapter contents here - http://www.bullittmach1editions.com/media.html

One last thing - this was done mainly to document Mustang history for these fabulous cars. I will never forget my Mach 1 ownership experience, and in some ways, this was a way to make it up to myself for selling it :-)

Thanks again for your interest, and please feel free to post here some more.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Part of the title, by the way, came from a marketing tagline that was from the early days of Scott's company marketing.

What do you think is "weak" about the cover? Not that anything would change at this point, but I am interested in your thoughts.

Thanks!

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I'm not crazy about the 60/40 split, especially with the bullitt getting the advantage not only in area but the top as well (that part is biased, I admit, but we all know who the top dog is between the two) or the fact that it's two different pictures pasted on top of one another. A real shot with both cars together could've made it nicer, and it doesn't seem like it would've taken a lot to make that happen.

But I bought it for the content, and hopefully it delivers in that respect.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Thanks for the feedback - the photos themselves were arranged in order of model year, and the split was indeed because they were 2 different photos.

One of the things we wanted to see happen in the book was to feature photos taken by the owners of the cars themselves. Those 2 photos were chosen because of the perspectives they offered and the color contrast, but most importantly because they were taken by owners.

That all said, everyone has their thoughts on aesthetics, and I do appreciate your comments. I also appreciate you took the opportunity to purchase this book.

I welcome further questions and dialog.

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Thank you for including us Tony can't wait to see the finished product.
See everyone at Carlisle 2018 looks to be another fun year.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Tony, just curious how picking up the books will work and make sure I have what I need.
Will we need our receipt to pick up the books?
Can we pick up on Thursday or is that just your setup day?

Eager to get my hands on a copy....Be there in 15 days...

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

I am not certain what Scott has for the preorder tracking, but I think having the receipt would help. We are both staying at the host hotel for M1R, so you could likely get them there. I believe the inventory will actually get unloaded Friday morning on the show field.

Will get back to you to confirm. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Thank you, was just curious how things would work out.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Tony, for those not going that ordered a book, any idea when those will ship?

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

They should be in the mail in order to arrive on or sometime around June 1, so very soon. Thanks for your question!

Looking forward to getting my copy! 👍


Pick your poison.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Scott and I are looking forward to seeing folks at Carlisle. Here are a few photos of him preparing the collector's editions.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Ok, who's gonna get the the first and last numbered book?

A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Call dibs on the last one. 😇👍


Pick your poison.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

The first one is already claimed (Scott). The last one is not sold at this time.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Scott, you will be able to pick up yours at the hotel Thursday evening. Actually anyone who is staying the host hotel will able to do that, otherwise, Friday on the show field at our booth near the "Bullitt 50th anniversary" display will be the first day.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

I'd want either 13 (regular production series number of my car) or 66 (total production number of my car.
Y'all can fight over the rest...

:borg:

I can wait. 👍


Pick your poison.

Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

Awesome can't wait to turn some pages...
I'll take # 69 if it's available.. lol

Sweet if these are availible at Carlisle I'll definitely pick one up on Saturday.

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Re: A New Book is Coming Out About the Development of '01 Bullitt & '03/'04 Mach 1
 

We will be there Friday, Saturday, and Sunday...stop on by the booth, which will be near the Bullitt tent. That is not too far from the larger of Mach 1 sections.