I've used white '65 interior paint. Seems to be a decent match.
The white with red lettering can was used from 1962 through 1964 on all the Ford small block V8s -- probably all the other engines, too. But, for sure on the 221, 260, and 289 series.
I've seen the white with red letters used in 1965 also. It was even used on 1965 Mustang 6 cylinder cars. Inverted of course.
There is a seller on ebay that sell a reconditioned one with a starting bid of 69.00 and they are pretty nice, i think its all classics motors ltd if you need a phone # i can email it to you thanks Otto
I've never done a reproduction of any part but, in looking at an orginal 1964/65 fuel filter cannister I could see where it would be diffcult to reproduce. The orginal is double ribbed at the bottom with a step up. What does the cannister you're refering to like like? There is a cannister that's similar to the orginal but not quite correct. Is there a picture any where of what you're talking about?
I'm usually successful locating an NOS cannister to use on the super-nice show cars. Otherwise, repainting an original and using the red lettering decal works for most.
Oh... and if you start searching for an NOS white one with red lettering... be aware that some have MOTORCRAFT instead of the correct FoMoCo lettering. Some shady sellers will intentionally angle the pictures of their cannister so you can't see it says Motocraft.
The red color coordinates very well with the Rotunda oil filter.
-Fred-
I've seen Mustang parts reproduced incorrectly before. A good example is some 1965/66 reproduction fuel tanks with the drain plug on the drivers side. (INCORRECT) The ribs on the 65/66 Mustang day/nite mirror left chrome. (Ribs should be argent, main body chrome)
Quote from Richard P.The ribs on the 65/66 Mustang day/nite mirror left chrome. (Ribs should be argent, main body chrome)
Is this for the lever 64.5 early 65 style or the twist 66 style..or both?
The orginal mirrors that I've seen and I own a 1965 with push button type and 1966 twist type both orginal mirrors have the ribs painted Argent. The main body is chrome. Around May 1965 Ford went to the twist type mirror that carried over into 1966.
OK, So at some point in time someone deceided to reproduce the canister and just by the seat of his pants deceided to do it in RED with WHITE lettering....why would someone do this--reproduce a canister in a color that evedentally was never used on a vehicle from the factory??? STUPID!!!
A lot of parts aren't reproduced with the intent of satisfying concours collectors and/or judges; they are reproduced to make money.
A good example are some of the valve cover decals that Olson has produced through the years for 289 high performance engines. They have been around for so long that everyone assumes they came on the motors, but they didn't. When asked why he produced them his honest answer was because people kept buying them.
Wimbledon would be too creamy.
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