Finished the car, had it at the MCA show this weekend:
Will post more updates later, really tired!
Posts by CharlesTurner
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The snubber bracket was a natural steel. If you decide to coat with paint, something more on the silver side (instead of cast blast), would be a decent match.
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Domestic order and most foreign order had amber lenses.
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I believe it is a common misconception that holes such as the choke cable hole and also fog light wiring holes were stamped. After inspecting these closely on original cars, I believe they were drilled out with a hole saw. The type of hole saw leaves an edge on the back of the holes.
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Yes, that's them. 2 for all cars, 2 more added for convertibles with power top.
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Yes, used to seeing the smaller clips on Dearborn cars. If you found the big ones on your car and are sure they are original, then leave them on.
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Interesting array of pictures. That thing must be scary to drive without a sway bar up front.
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Seen that clip on the rad support on later-'65 Dearborn cars. But, yes, same style clip.
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Thanks for the pic. This convertible had the rubber strap on the RH side brace too. So, things were kind of "busy" over there, which is challenging trying to figure out how it all was.
Have seen some other SJ cars with the clips for the wiring on the back edge of the brace instead of the front. Dearborn was usually the back, but the smaller slide-on clips.
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What makes this difficult is the San Jose plant was using those same clips for the engine gauge feed that runs along that brace, usually 2 clips.
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The assembly manual shows a metal clip attached to the back edge of the RH cowl brace to hold the choke cable up. When I got the K code, one of these style clips was pushed on in the middle of the cowl edge, between the braces. I don't think it was there originally, but wondering if maybe it was for the choke cable.
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Hoping someone might have some reference pics. Looking for the routing of the power top lead in the engine bay on a '65 K convertible, only San Jose cars. On Dearborn, it was easy, they just added 1 or 2 more clips to the back of the passenger side cowl brace. San Jose cars use those big metal clips like the ones that hold up the gas tank sending wire on the lip of the tank opening.
Any help appreciated.
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Quote from iowa
so, if they are not perfect planar surfaces,
can one use a gasket in lieu of machining?
iowa
Absolutely, just stating as matter of fact that Ford never used them. A machine shop could probably mill a set flat if necessary.
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sixfiveGT, you are totally wrong on the gaskets, sorry. Ford didn't use them on our cars.
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Any shop that sells PPG products and can obtain DAR paint. The code is DAR13358.
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Are you referring to the donut gaskets? If so, there are suitable replacements available. If you're referring to gaskets between the exhaust manifolds and the cylinder heads, Ford never used any there.
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10-20 years would be my guess.
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From my understanding, the red dot one is a later Ford service replacement and not even dimensionally the same as the assembly line part.
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Agree with Jim, have not seen sealer used along the edge of the vent assemblies. Any water that comes in just follows the drain.