Posts by Rickmustang

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OK, after more research and looking into this deeper after our conversation Fred, you were absolutely correct. I dug deeper and talked to Jim who has both an automatic and 4 Speed car, and the answer is all the 65/66/67 cars that had either the 160 tooth or 157 tooth flywheel received the "Long Nose Cone" version starter. It was in 1968 is when the switch over occurred and when the 164 tooth flywheel came that they switched the bell housing on 4-Speed cars and needed the "short nosed cone" one. So it depend on you flywheel type. Here's a thread stating and showing what we were talking about...

http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=17885.0

Kurt is correct in the fourth comment... and the MPC catalog confirms there was only one starter used for both automatics and standard cars, if there was truly a difference as big as a nose cone change, they would have different numbers.

then on the second page there's this link to more visuals about the flywheel tooth count and starter.

https://static.speedwaymotors.com/images/pdf/91067433.pdf

So back to the original post and want from "Rickmustang", unless your flywheel bellhousing was changed to a 164 toothed version, you need the long nose cone you have

Thanks,

Jason

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Just to finalize this. I came to the same conclusion from the MOC and talking to Jim at Shelby Parts. So I rebuilt my original starter and put the other on the shelf for a spare. Thanks for all the help. Rick

Rickmustang · WTB- C3 Starter for 4-Speed or Nose Cone Rickmustang June 11, 2019 at 1:37 AM

My starter has an automatic, long style nose cone on it. I want to change it out for an original C3 part number "short" 4-speed nose cone or complete starter. Thanks. rthompson@alvarezandmarsal.com