Posts by noelfisher_old

  • '65 K in Tennessee

    Quote from pony65k

    quote:

    It is priced high in my opinion, but ya never know...


    What is the price Noel? The car's not on the website.


    Here's the website:


    Greene's Classic Cars


    Regards,


    RenéRene, it isn't likely to be listed in the website because it is a consignment car - meaning the dealer doesn't own the car, but has it on the lot for the owner.

    I believe he wants $34,000 American. It is overpriced by a good amount I'd say. I can go back over there and check out whatever you might be interested in.

  • '65 K in Tennessee

    Tip:

    There is a rangoon '65 K Fastback GT on consignment at:

    Green's Clasic Cars

    901 E. Broadway

    Lenoir City, TN 37771


    David

    865-988-4828 / office

    865-809-1033 / cell


    I spent a few minutes looking it over last Thursday. It seems pretty complete - for instance, it appears to have original hipo valve covers, early air cleaner, etc. It has an older restoration - really needs to be re-done. Seems to have most qualifying original parts but I could not get under the car to look closer. It is priced high in my opinion, but ya never know...

  • Quality of repro. brake cables?

    I am planning to have mine made by "Inline Tube" in Detroit.


    http://www.inlinetube.com/


    If yours are not custom, they may have some correct ones available. Mine must be custom made because I converted my Kar to four-wheel disk, so it gets sticky, but I'm sure they can build them to pass muster. They made a fuel line for my Holley (My Autolite is not ready yet) and I think it is a masterpiece. Those aftermarket ones just do not fit very well.

  • tri-y headers- anybody know...

    I bought a set of tri-y headers from Tony Branda maybe five years ago. I test fitted them and then had them powder-coated. They come fairly close to the Z-bar but closer to the bell housing and starter motor on the right side. Installation was no problem. I have 2 1/4 side exhaust (by Greg Csernai at Great Lakes Customs.) I'm not sure the collector size, but they look like 2 1/4 or 2 1/2. I did have to work the flange to get it flat.

  • restoring window trim

    I remember this topic coming up here from a few years ago - the writer did his by hand with a variety of mild abrasives and said they came out like new. I imagine he started with pretty good quality. I doubt the thread would be in the archives at this point.


    I don't remember the details but imagine he used pumice and stainless polishes - I recall that he work small dents and dings out with some tools. (I've met Quentin's wife and, though this may be rare, I'm quite sure that she'd let him polish in the living room during the Michigan wintertime.)

  • DSO 89 Transportation services

    Quote from jwc66k

    Let me add some more uses for DSO 89, the 'b-plan' being one. Certain Ford employees could lease a Ford (or Mercury) at a monthly rate that was so cheap as to be almost a givaway. Certain other top management types could lease two Fords as a benefit and the ones at the very top got theirs at no cost. In many instances, the cars were delivered to the facility of record, prepared for use and serviced there as well. The real kicker was that insurance was included in the monthly rate. I use as an example, Ford Aerospace in Palo Alto, Ca, where there was a service center. At the end of the lease year, any employee could 'tag' that lease car turn-in and purchase it.

    There is another plan, the 'z-plan', used for retired Ford employees but that plan uses a dealer and the regular DSO system.

    Jim

    Pretty much accurate --- all Ford-owned lease / Transportation Services cars were and are subject to sale to employees and retirees following the lease contract period (not necessarily one year) via the B-plan. Though not all were or are sold via this plan, they are technicaly all subject to pass through this program. The Z- and A-plans are identical except that "A" is for current employees and "Z" is for retirees. Both A- and Z-plans target new vehicles only.

  • DSO 89 Transportation services

    fyi regarding Transportation Services...


    Almost all car operations for Ford Motor Co. fell under the control of the "Transportation Services" organization, especially for the Dearborn area organizations that did not “own” plants.


    Since this was a high performance type car, it was likely delivered to Transportation Services for an e-roll (executive) or lease hotshot (Engineer, etc.). Embedded somewhere in the order would have been a tag number (required for all cars owned by Ford or built for Ford employees) that would confirm the actual purpose. The tag number would have contained had a 't' for test, 'p' for pool, 'e' for e-roll management, 'l' for management lease, 's' for sales, 'a' for a-plan, and some less common codes. Even the DSO would have had the tag number, since it was a requirement of the order system, and DSOs were always based on a regular vehicle.


    Transportation Services was the destination for the convoy delivery. They served as a pass-thru for the ultimate Ford employee, other Ford organization or a test operation within Ford. If it was an employee, he was a shooter since regular management couldn't order DSO - when non-executive Ford employees ordered a vehicle, it was routed through a dealership local to his region - it would contain the DSO for that region.