My car (65 Shelby) was built on December 21, 1964. Early in its sordid career, someone replaced the front sheet metal, (Splash pan, bumper etc.) with an R-Model apron. Apparently when the car changed hands, as it did numerous times, they thoughtfully included the front end sheet metal. Wanting to put it back to stock, I dug the stuff out today. Question; How do you read the sheet metal stamping date codes? The bumper is stamped 12 1 M5 The 12 1 seems to be correct, what does the M5 stand for? I received three bumpers when I got the car, 30 years ago and the one that caught my eye still had some Guardsman blue over spray on the inside. (car was a factory LeMans stripe car)
Thanks
Bill