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Quote from bigal

Hate to be a nit picker but whats up with the brake line bracket being for single exhaust? located on the body and the body plug on the firewall were the choke cable runs thru... Big Al

No problem, Big Al. The rear brake line bracket is in what everyone considers the "single exhaust" location. You will find this on earlier production cars. This car does not even have the indention (provision) for the bracket that is more commonly seen on the later dual exhaust cars. I would be curious as to when the change was made. I've posted here before about it with pictures, but I never received any feedback from early owners. I'd like to hear about this subject from other owners of K Mustangs built anytime in 1964.

Concerning the body plug in the choke cable hole in the firewall, this car is going to be equipped with a 3 x 2 carb. set up. I have a set with Sept. 64 dated carbs., so I just wanted to use it. These set ups did not use a manual choke. As a dealer accessory, I just had to think about what someone would have done in 1964 when this set up may have been installed on a new (or almost new) Mustang. Well, to make it a really clean installation, I guess the choke cable may have been removed and saved, and the hole may have been plugged in some manner. It's just a choice that I made. I also am installing the open letter Cobra Valve Covers and Cobra "roadster" oil pan. I hope to have some good pictures of the engine soon.

Thanks for the questions.

Here is another update on the K Mustang Convertible.

http://blog.virginiaclassicmustang.com/2010/10/1965-h…onvertible.html

Here is another update on my '65 K Mustang Convertible project:

http://blog.virginiaclassicmustang.com/2010/10/1965-m…onvertible.html

I just posted a new entry on our Blog about our HiPo Convertible project.

http://blog.virginiaclassicmustang.com/2010/12/1965-m…erformance.html

I just posted several more pictures on the Blog of our 289 HiPo Mustang Convertible. The dash is pretty much together, and the engine and transmission will be going in soon.

http://blog.virginiaclassicmustang.com/

Quote from BoS

Brant,

I can spend hours looking at these pictures.

Have a question, the alternator spacer is natural on this car.

Was this an early 65 (64 1/2) thing or was it due to the

plant? Painted mine black on early May 65 car.

/Bo

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Bo,

Great question!

I'm not sure if it should be black or just a very dark "blueish" steel color. Either way, it needs to be a darker finish though than seen in the pictures.

I looked at some B & W images taken in 1965 of other cars. It is a darker finish. I'm just not sure about it being painted black or not.

Thanks for your observation!

Bo,

I took a look at some more pictures of original cars. The steel spacers on some cars appear to be a dark bronze type of plating like you see on some of the seat track plates. I do not know what type of plating this is. I suspect it may be some type of tinted zinc finish.

I think the black zinc may also be a possibility, and that is what I am going to go with at this time.

I'll also mention that the steel spacer that we sell, appears to be black zinc plated. I think it looks great. I personally do not think that these spacers were ever actually painted.

http://www.virginiaclassicmustang.com/65-CORRECT-STE…ACER-P1498.aspx

Engine and transmission should go in tomorrow.

http://blog.virginiaclassicmustang.com/2011/02/1965-h…ce-mustang.html

Quote from C7ZZ-F

how about a close-up of the oil filter stamping please? and more info on the yellow hose stripes.

Fred,

You probably already saw this, but this one is better than my stamping:

http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=2516.0

The stripes on the hoses are something that we observed on originals. Apparently they signified the particular manufacturer. We just decided to try and duplicate these.