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Please merge my old account-

username was toolbox for both

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The stainless steel calipipers are a direct replacement for the 4 piston orginals.

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I've had hit or miss luck with "direct replacement" parts over the years.

I agree with Lyle that the blobs on the firewall are probably seam sealer from the factory. Both of my cars have the blobs (they look to have dripped through the bolt/alignment holes.)I'd leave them or try to replicate them. I think the sloppy workmanship on these cars is part of their charm.

You can also try warming the balancer up in some boiling water for 20 minutes or so to get a little bit of thermal expansion. It should slide on pretty easy that way. Just wear oven mits or something to protect your hands from burns. Works every time.

regarding the color of the valves-

My Jan. '65 built Dearborn kar still has its original proportioning valve (dated 288-4) which is still unrestored, and under the crud it still has the gray paint on it.

just my 2 cents

You may want to change the fluid. If it has a heavy viscosity in there now, say 85W140, that might be the cause of the problem (especially in cool weather.) I've had the same problem myself and switching to a lower viscosity like 75W90 helped quite a bit. I think the lower viscosity allows the syncros to mesh more easily.

The original system was welded together, so you will have enough clamps if you choose to go the welded route. If you prefer to just clamp the system together then yes, you'll need more clamps.

did you replace the pilot bushing during the swap? check to make sure it is in good condition/right size I.D.

cool.

It looks real. It looks like it has all the right parts. The 245 on the tags indicates a k-code motor.

The address on the tags is in the same town as the seller. It's probably the real deal. The only thing is it's probably rusty inside from sitting all these years.

anyone lookinging for a set of NOS BF-32 "star" plugs?

I saw these on ebay-

NOS BF-32 sparkplugs

Just an opinion, but I think black stripes look better on the darker reds (like Rangoon), and for the lighter, more orangey reds (like Poppy) the white stripes look better.

Thanks for the help guys!

Thanks!

Another question-

The original floors are flat, with a small raised square over where the spring shackle mount is. The repro floors have a small ridge formed around where the bumper bracket goes, and three "lima bean" shaped stampings just forward of the spare tire mount. What are those for? A place to put the jack on later models?

I'm probably going to try to shrink them and hammer them flat to match the original better.

I'm replacing the rear frame rails/trunk floors right now and will need to transfer the tire hold down to the new trunk floor. My kar is a January '65 Dearborn coupe and has the early style carriage bolt hold down.

Could anyone post a picture of how this hold down should look? Right now, the bracket looks slightly 'deformed', maybe from someone overtightening the bolt...or maybe it's supposed to look that way, I don't know. Before I hammer it flat I'd like to compare it to a picture of a good original.

Thanks

Look closely at the picture of the rear end. The floorpan rebound plate for the snubber looks like it's for a single exhaust car. I think I even see the rubber bumper bolted to it.

I'd be interested.

Something like that would be great. By combining a repro lower steel wedge piece with the more readily available Fairlane uppers, you could end up with a pretty close approximation of the hipo Mustang mount.

Looks like it has the 65 style hipo motor mounts.

A very nice looking kar.

And I really like seeing these earlier build cars left as 'non-GT' & 'non-pony'

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That's less than motor mounts sometimes sell for.

This "car" is basically just a bunch of parts, but it does have all 4 original arvinode hangers on it. That's kinda neat.

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A small metal rod used to stir up vegemite.

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