Posts by jwc66k

  • GT verification revisited

    Quote from dunc289

    And Jeff, would you help us with those things you understand should NOT be there? Thanks.:D:D

    The first would be bondo filled holes on the inside rear of the front fenders where the standard Mustang or 2 + 2 emblems would go on a non-GT car.

    Jim

  • GT verification revisited

    Quote from dunc289

    Jim, as you say, the K code numbers came from a different source, but this is where readers are looking to identify that " source ", so if you can post that source, or reputed source, it would be beneficial. Thanks. There may be more than one estimate from more than on source. Anyone? :D:D

    "The High Performance Mustang" by Tony Gregory, Fourth Edition, page three, second paragraph, first sentence. Take up any disputes with Tony.

    The percentage figures are from "Mustang Does It" by Ray Miller, page 320. The same applies to Ray about disputes.

    I suggest you buy both http://www.abebooks.com .

    ISBN-13: 978-0-615-13362-1 or this forum for "The HP Mustang",

    ISBN 0-913056-09 for "Mustang Does It".

    Any other questions, see the Chaplain.

    Jim

  • GT verification revisited

    Quote from jeller68

    Of the 7273 K codes produced in 1965 and 5469 in 1966 and NO documentation of the breakout of Fastbacks,Coupes, and Converts. Then how do we know only 4% of these cars were GT's ?


    Your thoughts

    You've mixed apples and oranges - the percentage of Mustangs with the GT option (aka Performance Image Option - PIO) is 2.7 for 1965 and 4.2 for 1966. These percentages are for both "A" and "K" code cars. The figures were published by Ford Sales and Marketing and not from assembly line numbers. The number of Mustang "K" cars produced for 1964 thru 1966 (and 67) are from a different source. Again, no assembly line numbers exist for Ford products before 1967 except for total body types per year.

    Jim

  • 1966 Emergency Flasher Location

    It's attached to a 1966 only glove box. There's a hole for the cable/connector and two mounting holes in the box. The switch is mounted to a bracket retained to a backing plate on the top outside of the box by two pan head screws and two sems nuts. The NPD catalog has a picture (the cable hole is not punched out) that gives about a good as any idea of location.

    Jim

  • GT verification revisited

    In my case, on one of my GTs, the original window sticker. A build sheet, if found, would work as well. Outside of that there is no single, common and unique item that can be used. Note my use of "single" "common" and "Unique". Buck tags were not used in San Jose, fog lights were an option, dual exaust plates were standard on "K" cars, heavy duty suspension was an option, and there are more. What it takes is several unique items to be present or installed in a certain way. What may happen is you will determine that a car is not a GT.

    Jim

  • Unique K Code Parts

    The most obvious (the first thing you look for on a Mustang), most desired (which implies the performance), simplest (it's a small die cast item) and least understood by novices (all the performance parts that support the car's mystique), the "High Performance" plate behind the "289" on the fender, C4ZB-16C236 or C5ZZ-16228-B.

    Jim

  • 289 HiPo Fan Spacers

    Assuming date coded or original parts:

    Carburetor -

    Distributor -

    Fan -

    Rear axle housing -

    Engine mounts (pre 11/65 types) -

    Block -

    Heads -

    Main bearing caps -

    Dampner -

    Spark plugs -

    Alternator pulley (p/n marked) -

    Generator pulley -

    Fuel pump -

    (Oops, exceded five.)

  • 1964 1/2 K-Coupe Carb Wanted

    Quote from RalphJr

    They show up from time to time on eBay - so keep watching. The Autolite carbs are not 600CFM - more like 480-490CFM.

    Autolite 4100 1.08 type carburetors are rated at 480cfm, 4100 1.12 type are rated at 600 cfm. A "k" car uses a 1.12 type rated at 600 cfm. Jon at Pony Carbs has some but you will pay a premimum. Deduct the cost of a Pony Carb rebuild from what you might pay for one without a core charge and that's what the goal price you look for to pay on e-bay.

    Jim

  • 2 1/4" Fan spacer

    Keep in mind that Ford did NOT use the mounting surface dimensions, pulley to fan, but used the total length, pulley to the pilot hub tip, as an identifier. The mounting surface dimension is 2.06, the total dimension is 2.36. Re p/n C3OZ-8546-A.

    Jim

  • '65-'66 Dual Redline Tires

    Quite frankly, we take all too much on faith in what we do as a hobby. Your concern is valid and the answer has always been -'well, everybody knows that'. Not much of pre-67 Ford and Mustang assembly or parts are documented and what is documented has been often debunked by the experts. It would be to everyones advantage to have a single source for restoration, a 'bible', but from most accounts, too many variations exist to create one.

    As to the Coker salesman, business is in business to sell product. I had a local Mustang store sell me 67 wheels for my 66 - 'cause they are the same'. Let the buyer beware, let the owner pay and let the restorer suffer the consequence.

    Jim

  • Choke cables, revisited

    The grommet, p/n 352963-S, is documented on page 46 and 47 in the 1965 Ford Standard and Utility Parts Catalog (January 1965) published by Jim Osborn Reproductions (AM0202). From my research, the only Mustang application is 1964 thru 1967 "K" cars with manual chokes. I can't find choke cables listed in the Car Parts manuals, so it may not have been serviced.

    Jim

  • What Is This Engine?

    A friend of mine has a 289 5 bolt block, C4OE-6015-C, cast 3L21, with an unusual assembly date stamped on the boss by the distributor of 025 over "S M C" with the M having "legs" under both the S and C. We think it's a Cobra block. Can someone verify this?

    Jim