Posts by Unicorn

I have a standard bore 65 block with crank,rods and pistons . I also have many components to build an engine but don't have the heads. I have exhaust manifolds, carb, balancer and a dual point.

can you check on a 66 shelby

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I had this block at one time and left it with someone in SC.

All I'm saying is I come here to learn more about the cars I enjoy and not to hear bickering and back fighting or opinions about other members. If you are offering a warning about parts misrepresentation or fraud or even just a plain wrong fact someone has that you can correct well great! But your beef with another member is between you two - why bring it here. Peace - out!

Quit your whining. BFD Do you have to tell the world?

Silverblue - I bought the car that was mentioned on the ebay listing for $14,999. I bought it to drive it and feel I got a steal. It runs great .Unless you really enjoy the work and effort to complete this car and can tolerate the wait to actually enjoy it I'd pass. There are many projects out there folks have started and then lost interest.

I think the asking price is fair enough because it will make a fabulous car when complete. The car will be worth far more than the sum of it's parts when done.Keep in mind prices of K parts keep going up so you won't ever lose on this car but it may cost you some gray hairs.

I came across that in an old " How to Restore Your Mustang" by the editors of Mustang Monthly. The next statement says that's why occasionally you'll find a vehicle with a relatively low cu# yet the date indicates an assembly date far later in the model year.

Also says the falcons and fairlanes were on the same line so would be included in the cu #'s.

Is there some empirical proof about this matter that anyone knows of?

As for date codes in the panels - I looked over my Dearborn Dec.1964 cars and found Dec. 63 dates. The San Jose car which was made 8 months later actually had some 62 stampings. I had no idea that's how far back pre-production went.

Well I just read that plants were allocated number lots so there were'nt number duplicates. W.

I have been enjoying Mustangs since the 70's and was never really concerned with Vins and dates excpt the obvious 641/2 dates, body code and engine codes.

One point of clarity I need is sequential Vin numbers with respect to 3 assembly lines. Were these numbers collated or assigned or did a super computer keep up with what cars rolled off the line? I assume that there are no duplicate consecutive numbers or are there? I know the plants each had a designation letter - did they each run their own consecutive numbers? Are there 3 100001 cars out there?

I have 3 65 mustangs, 2 from dearborn , 1 from San Jose. The vin # on my San Jose lags far behind the numbers on my Dearborn cars even though it was produced much later - 19V. It's data plate is perplexing me. Late 65 date but it shows an F color code which is a 641/2 color.

Does anyone know what the last San Jose # is? I just looked up the 66 F color which shows to be Arcadian blue which I believe is a very light blue. This is an odd car. The car has the 66 side 1/4 panel chrome trim instead of 65. At first I thought the car had been clipped but now I'm wondering if the car is indeed a 65 with 66 quarters and color code. Could this be possible? I know there were many running changes but to this extent? It's an "A" code car so it's worth finding out it's origin.

I would be very relieved to know this car is untampered.

Wow - that was fast. Gotta be on the ball here. I like the idea of splitting a set. Any more out there?

Thanks for the info. W.

I posted a wanted and a tech question in the parts exchange section but since the site has been so spotty lately perhaps the question was missed.

Did the early rods have an oil hole which the boss rods did not?

Thanks.

I'm up 1 - I have 15 and need 1 more - anyone?

I'm looking for a #2 and #5 main bearing caps for my Dec. 64.

Also needing a set of rods. Do the early rods have an oil hole which the boss rods don't? Warner.

Thanks for asking.W.

Yay, finally. I've become a daily visitor and have been jonesing this past week. Glad everything is back up!

Do the early rods have an oil passage drilled as opposed to the boss rods?

Would he like to trade for my wide ratio tl?

I sent an email as well. Good match for me. Warner.

I've gotten 2 different takes on the meaning of the numbers/letter code stamped on the boss to the right of the distributor by the head. One fellow tried to convince me he had a K block because there was a K in there. Who knows for sure what these indicate?