Iowa's 5F09K project

    sorry about that.

    the above post made no sense,

    but was referring to the 'K' toploader

    on e bay.


    also, my understanding, is that only the convertibles

    had the little little 'tunnel';

    the provision for the emergency brake cable

    just ahead of the wheel house part of the floor pan.

    yet my 'K' code car has these.

    is it possible that they used the convert. floor

    in my fastback?


    thanks

    iowa


    Edited by - iowa on 06/05/2010 16:11:49

    C65

    it's not the brake lines themselves i'm talking about

    but the little tunnel in the rear floor pan

    which they go thru on the way back to the hubs.

    i thot that only the convertibles

    had these 'humps' in the metal.

    you can see a pic of them on pg 190

    of the NPD catalog

    iowa

    can s.o. explain which years n types of mustangs

    had this 'tunnel' for the emergency brake?

    or direct me to a thread which does?

    thanks

    iowa

    From what I have seen, appears it was used on all body styles in '65. I have seen some late '65 where the cables didn't go through the holes though. But, instead, were secured to the bottom of the floor pan, kind of like a '66 (but not the same.)

    The catalog is in error; that style of tunnel is found on all early cars that have the early style brake cables. The image below is of an early style cable from an unrestored 65 SJ FB. The notch in between the two pieces of rubber is where the cable bracket goes to fasten it to the frame. Inline Tube is the only company I am familiar with that sells reproductions of both the early and late-style cables. Unfortunately I don't know when the production change to place. The correct brackets and bolts are shown below courtesy of Charles' K blog spot.


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    Edited by - round2K on 06/11/2010 07:42:32

    thanks guys

    the '66 i've been tearing down

    did not have these 'tunnels'

    also did all '65's have the impression dip

    just behind the shifter access 'square' hole?

    thanks

    iowa

    • Official Post

    All 65 and 66 original floor pans have the dip behind the square shifter opening. It is where the backup light switch wires come through on a manual transmission. The Dynacorn floor pans do not have this dip. 67 and up manual transmission backup light wires were routed underneath and up the firewall so they do not have the dip.


    -Fred-

    65 Koupe early San Jose Phoenician Yellow 4 speed
    66 GT Koupe Dearborn Blue 4 speed
    66 KGT San Jose fastback pony interior Silver Frost 4 speed
    64 Falcon sedan delivery 289 4 speed
    65 Ranchero 289 4 speed
    66 Corvette roadster 427/425 4 speed

    the dyacorn floors for the convertibles do have this dip.

    in fact, this convertible floor

    is the closest one to my original flooring.

    was there much difference between the

    cp/FB and the convertible floors?

    iowa

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    the dyacorn floors for the convertibles do have this dip.

    in fact, this convertible floor

    is the closest one to my original flooring.

    was there much difference between the

    cp/FB and the convertible floors?

    iowa

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    I've always been under the impression that the basic floor assembly was the same for all body styles. Convertibles just required additional reinforcement sections and unique seat riser. I have not had to delve into rusty projects that need floors very much, so there may be others willing to share their experiences on what they've found.

    caspian65

    thanks to you and others that have put up with me

    and my Q's during the past month or so.

    i plan to research a little more before i

    decide what to do.

    i'll search for and compare diferent floors

    for each year and type

    and hopefully be able to make a list of

    all the differences.

    iowa

    hmmm....

    i should have bought it!

    had a chance to 'buy it now' for $750

    but didn't have a clue what they were worth

    oh well....tomorrow's another day

    dave

    i removed the front suspension last night

    and unfortunately did not preserve the

    correct shim count for the upper arms.

    is this a major problem on reassembly?

    thanks

    iowa


    Edited by - iowa on 06/17/2010 11:50:11

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