Posts by fourspeed

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This car is fairly well known here on the east coast. It has been a few years since I have seen it in competition, but it did not achieve those awards by being a dog. I too would like to see it sell for 100K, as a rising tide floats all boats. It may be a tough sell in this economy, but the seller only needs one posterior for the drivers seat. Consider what it would cost to buy a starter K code convertible today, add in restoration costs, then add in markup by the current seller and you may be closer to the asking price than you first realize.

Edited by - fourspeed on 09/24/2008 19:13:58

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Last night I heard that the engine was installed in a Mustang by Ford for testing. When the testing was done the engine stayed and the car was sold to a Ford engineer with a regular HP289. As of last night it is said the ex-engineer still has the car. My contact was planning to make sure the ex-engineer knows about the auction offering.

Told to me as true..........

Dan

I too heard this same story and talked to the engineer that was involved with this project a few years ago at a show. I got real excited when I heard about a SOHC 289 as I am old enough to remember the engine on the cover of Hot Rod magazine back in the day. At that time the engineer still had the hipo fastback that the SOHC 289 was installed in for testing. Alas, he was not allowed to keep the SOHC 289 and a 289 hipo rests in the K car. I am not sure if he still has the K car at this date.

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Sent you a private message. May be able to help you.

I had consulted with the MCA rule book concerning the base color and had also searched the archives and Bob Mannel's excellent book and found possible conflicting information. I realize that Falcon Sprint bases were black and that assembly line techniques could vary depending upon circumstances and parts availability and production plant location. Some of the photos,from old magazine road tests back in the day, and from Bob Mannel's book suggest a base color that appears a darker hue than the gold color we expect to see. I know that preproduction and publicity photos could vary from the finished accepted product. Could it be that black bases were used during this early November 64 period on K cars? I have an older MCA rule book and did not know if there had been an ammendment or update to the 65 gold ,66 corporate blue rule. I would appreciate hearing from wiser, more experienced and knowledgable individuals on this subject.( Jeff Speegle and Charles Turner are you out there?) My curiosity on this subject was piqued by a friend who is putting the final touches on a restoration of said car, and the fact that I enjoy learning about these cars. I do not have an agenda to stir the rulebook pot, just trying to expand my knowledge.

CSX Eng., THANK YOU for the excellent before and after photos.

Once again, thanks to all for their thoughts and contributions on this subject.

I would appreciate some clarification concerning the correct air cleaner base color please. The car in question is an early November 64 Dearborn built K code Mustang. Should the base be painted gold or black? MCA judges, what is concours correct? Thanks for your help and replies.

to add to this discussion for reference ,W-MO, Y2,9-65 date

Thanks to all who have helped make this possible.I especially appreciate the link so we can hear this system at work.

I have a late 65 model year, Metuchen built, low mileage hipo. It has the rounded double hump lid that is normally associated with early cars. The original owner is long gone. The individual that I purchased the car from told me that he did not change anything on it or take anything off of it during his ownership. I have no real way to verify if this unit is "original" to this car or not. I too will be watching this thread to learn more about this. Original owners please contribute your input to this. Thank you.

Edited by - fourspeed on 03/12/2008 05:35:30

You are correct in that original low profile units have regular black semi-gloss paint, non-textured in this area. Some reproductions have been incorrectly presented with this area painted the same color as the exterior of the unit, as in color coded or matched.

As others have said, Hurst wheels are associated with GM products, specifically early GTO's, more so than any other model. I have never seen a set of Hurst wheels on an early Mustang in person, although I do remember one K coupe that sold a few years ago on eBay that had the Hurst wheels on them.

I have looked closely at the reproduction Hurst wheels and while there are differences between the repos and originals, the repos look very nice. There is a BIG difference between repos and originals in the price.

You are right that it could make a nice car with a color that will catch your eye. I heard those solid lifters ticking away when the car drove around the track Friday on the way to the designated parking space. I noticed that the car had speakers in the doors and it looked like it could have had an AM/8 track radio sometime in the past. Glad to know that someone else in NC has added a K code to the stable. Thanks for responding.

There were two K code coupes for sale at the Charlotte Auto Fair this past weekend. Both were 66 models, one painted red and another what looks like a thunderbird color selection of blue, maybe Sapphire Blue Irridescent. If I remember correctly, both cars had automatic transmissions in them. I was intriqued enough by the unusual blue color to check the VIN and found a six digit DSO code indicating special order (car is not listed in the registry). The tag also indicated the car was constructed with a 4 speed manual and it now has an automatic transmission in it. Further investigation revealed subframe connectors and previous panel replacement, probably due to rust, since the seller was from the mid -Atlantic area. The first two digits of the DSO indicated the car was ordered from the Washington DC zone. This model also had a rally-pac and a standard black interior. I could not help but think that it could be a poor man's coupe version of a GT 350 H with the exterior color and black standard interior. I was in the company of two other collectors and our intital assessment was that this individual car would be expensive to restore, but other people may disagree with us. I phoned another K code owner around lunch time on Saturday and his report was that one of the coupes had sold but he was not sure which one. Were there any other forum members who saw these cars?

Rather than attend the auction, I watched from my favorite easy chair. The car I was referring to was lot number 364 which sold for $51,700.00 with buyers premium included in the final price. It was during this sale that the commentators made their comments about k cars. Did you notice any other k cars for auction?

I thought that our favorite cars got quite a nice bit of exposure during the recent BJ auction at Palm Beach. The commentators seemed to do a decent job of informing the public what a k code is and generally commenting a little about k code mustangs . This was during their banter when a modified k fastback was on the block. Interesting to hear their comments that in their opinion, the modified car would have brought more money if it had been or was returned to original status. Whatever your personal views are on the modified versus original topic, I think all of our cars took a bounce upward after the commentators comments. We need more of this type of exposure about our k cars.

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Wow! I thought only real Shelby's had the export brace as you described. That's always been the sure tail sign of the real thing in my book. Now what am I going to do???

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The even hole spacing export brace was also used on the T-5 export mustangs of this era.