Kick panel screws

No holes in the car at all??

Some of the panels will have screw holes identified. If yours don't, before you set about the task of drilling new holes in the sheet metal you might want to double checkt to see if you can find the old holes first. Depending on the year and model you wil have either two or three holes present from the original installations. If you are comfortable that those locations are accure you can cut the heads off some old sheet metal screws and point the shafts, then use them to transfer the locations to the panel. If you crop the screws to about 3/8" in length and install them with your fingers or a small plier you can use them as a transfer punch pretty effectively.

Cobraboy,

If you send me your email address, I can send you a picture

of the location of the 3 screws that all 65 Shelbys I have seen

have. Can't post images here. Will give you a good view on where to

look for the holes in your car.

/Bo

Great mark,

If we now could find out which cars got three screws and which got only two with the upper one in a different location as well.

My early May 65 Shelby has three holes as does my Feb. 65 C-Code coupe. Magazines showing 65 Shelbys from Dec. 64 also have three holes.

/Bo

Quote from BoS

Great mark,

If we now could find out which cars got three screws and which got only two with the upper one in a different location as well.

My early May 65 Shelby has three holes as does my Feb. 65 C-Code coupe. Magazines showing 65 Shelbys from Dec. 64 also have three holes.

/Bo

I believe 3 screws were used for much of '65 production, but do not know a changeover date. Probably could do some reference checking to find some clues.

The official changeover date from three screws to two screws was March 17, 1965.

Murf,

All the Shelbys I have seen made at San Jose in May and June of 65

have had the three screws.

/Bo

I misread the document! Sorry. This is from the Ford Factory Assembly manual, Interior (Mustang) dated 5 - 25 - 65, and can be viewed on page 11 of the FAM Interior Manual. Body engineering trim manual, T5-8410. "Effective with CZT1-A

. Screw - 2 required, was 3, revised drawing. (says it supeceeds 3-17 65) Sorry to start a mix up on this matter, it is plain that the two screw kick panels were noted in the assembly manuals on 5-20-65, not the date I noted in the previous post. Got in a hurry and Bos is correct

Just speculation, but I think that the drawing mentioned as superceeded and was dated 3 - 17 - 65 indicated the change to the deluxe interior kick panels. That may give a clue to when the factory began the "pony" interior, or may confirm what is already known about that date.

According to page 11 of the 1965 Mustang Interior factory assembly manual (Jim Osborn Publications), the foot note in the lower left corner the change from 3 to 2 screws is dated 5-20-65. It notes "2 required, was 3, revised drawing. I am unable to scan and post this page.