60k + 10% buyers premium so really $66k -- great to see.
Posts by BlueK_old
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very cool Kar -- be interesting to see how much it goes for. There is 67 export Kar that is going to be auctioned at the upcoming Mecum event in Florida at the end of this month. The Kar had been for sale I think in the lows 30s but it doesn't have the original engine or transmission. Here's a link:
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checkout the link below for help on identifying 65/66 GTs
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Bill -- I live in northern NJ, If the car was close by I'd take an initial look for you but I'm no expert. The best person I can think of that may be able to help you out in terms of looking at the car or knowing someone in NJ is Bill Collins.. He's out of PA and is a Shelby expert, here's a link to his website:
Eric
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here's a response I received from bob mannel last march when I asked a similar question about down draft tubes ( I have an Oct 64 Kar with a down draft tube my dso is philly) :
On page 5-31, I show a Ford illustration of the 1965 HiPo road draft tube. See page J-55 for road draft tube application.
Ford had largely abandoned the road draft tube at the end of 1963 production for all applications. So, every early 1964 289 had a PCV valve. It was about May 1964 that Ford brought back the road draft tube except for California and New York. Ford was having a lot of clogging problems with its orifice-type PCV valve, so reverting to the road draft tube decreased this problem (which was probably a warranty issue). At the time, Ford had not developed tubes to attach to the valve cover, so reverted to the 1962-63 system. By 1965 production, new tubes were ready. However, I am sure there was a state or two upset about Ford's use of polluting road draft tubes, so they were phased out during March 1965 and early April. PCV valves with a juggle-pin design were now readily available. These valves were self-cleaning and greatly reduced clogging problems.
So, if I was a guessing man, I think the road draft tubes were a quick temporary stop gap solution until better PCV valves were more readily available. If you have ever run a road draft tube engine, you know just how bad they were. I do. With just a little piston ring blow-by pressurizing the crankcase, fumes came out the tube and oil filler cap when you were not moving forward and the smell was not pleasant, not to mention the mess. With a PCV valve, there was always an inflow through the breather and the fumes were being burned in the engine. If there was a lot of blow-by, the draft tube would nearly choke you until you were driving down the road at high speed. Then you just left an obnoxious trail. With a PCV valve, it would not be able to keep up and fumes would come out the breather. But, for just a little blow-by, the jiggle-pin PCV valve was the best system.
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Aside from the weird shelby recreation stripes, the Kar isn't a true GT either -- VIN looks like a Dec 64 build which is a few months before GTs were introduced. Seems like nice kar for the price, be great if the girl came with.
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Z -- I use the choke when I start it up and it was a little more subtle at first and now you can't miss it.
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goes away completely after the engine is warm
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When I start my Kar after it has been sitting for a few days I'm getting a vibration which I can feel in the clutch pedal and I can hear when I open the hood. After the car is in a fast idle the vibration goes away and I do not see or feel any difference in the performance of the car when I'm driving.
Anyone have any thoughts... Thanks in Advance.
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When I start my Kar after it has been sitting for a few days I'm getting a vibration which I can feel in the clutch pedal and I can hear when I open the hood. After the car is in a fast idle the vibration goes away and I do not see or feel any difference in the performance of the car when I'm driving.
Anyone have any thoughts... Thanks in Advance.
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Here's a link on how to identify factory 65/66 Mustang GTs
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and the vin # listed in the description is for a '65 c code.. unless i'm missing something. Vin stamped on the apron isn't readable.
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Did front disc brakes become standard equipment on non GT K codes at some point in the 65 model year? Did all San Jose Kars come equipped with front discs? Thanks
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Saw this on fraserdante -- asking px $72,950
http://www.fraserdante.com/4126%20-%2065%…20K%20code.html
Edited by - BlueK on 08/23/2009 11:04:47
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The fuel pump on my Kar is a CARbureTER with the code 3732S on the mounting flange. My KAR is an early Oct 64 build and this code doesn't seem to be consistent with anything that is Hi-Po related. Anyone have any idea what 3732s means? Thanks very much in advance. EG
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What a beauty. Glad to see I'm not the only one that makes my kids video me driving my Kar. LOL.
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I'm in the process of trying to purchase a correct date code intake/carb for my Kar. Can anyone advise on where the stamping # and tag # should be on the carb. Any other advice. It seems without those it is difficult to determine a hi-po autolite 4100 from a non hi-po.
thanks
Edited by - SixT5HiPo on 08/08/2009 20:51:47
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Fraser Dante indicated that they sold what they call "the finest K code in the country" for $100k. It's black on red with a black top 65 GT Convertible. Looks great in the pictures. They said someone from Canada purchased the car a few months back. Nice to see given how soft the market has been. Here's the link:
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congrats.. was this at the Ford nationals at Carlisle?