Posts by cobrajeff_old

  • Exhaust manifold

    I used Eastwood Stainless Steel paint on mine. They looked perfect for about 5 years - starting to show a little aging now, though.


    Don't buy it until you're ready to use it - it has a short shelf life - like about 6 months unopened, and about 6 weeks once the can has been opened up.


    I bead-blasted the manifolds, then brush on the coating. Best results achieved by baking them in an oven - I didn't have that available, so I just put them back on the car & fired it up. They smoked for about 15 minutes, everything was fine after that.


    Jeff

  • HiPo Mustang Rear Brakes

    The Fairlane "shoes & drums" are the 2.5" x 10" parts from a 1963-65 Fairlane station-wagon. These are the same parts Shelby used in the '65-'66 GT-350's (with an additional upgrade to Velvetouch sintered metallic linings).


    The parts are scarce and fairly expensive these days. I have done this conversion on my HiPo convertible, but, I haven't driven it hard enough to conclusively verify the additional stopping power. I am absolutely certain, however, that Shelby would not have done this modification to the GT350's unless it yeilded satisfactory results.


    regards,


    cobrajeff

  • Henry Ford II Mustang

    I have personally seen this car, and also Lee Iacocca's red fastback, as they have been in the Detroit area for a long time. Unfortunately, it was thirty years ago, and I didn't have a camera with me when I inspected either one of them. They both had real leather seats (instead of vinyl) and options that were never offered on '65-66 Mustangs (like Cruise Control, leather seats, etc., etc.).


    regards,


    Jeff

  • Dual-Redline Bias-ply or Radial ?

    The original bias-ply dual redlines had the redlines "recessed" in the tire sidewall. My uncle bought his 64 1/2 HiPo coupe with them on it (he fried them off in 9,000 miles and replaced them with GoodYear Bluestreaks).


    I switched to radial tires back in 1970, and would not even consider going back to bias-plys. My cars are too valuable to me to drive them on bias-plys. I have the wider, lower profile (205/70x14) Diamondback redlines on my car. The redlines are "raised" instead of recessed, but that's a concession I'm willing to live with.


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    The Diamondbacks look and ride great.


    regards,


    Jeff

  • Shelby's Wildlife

    Wally got me into a lot of trouble with that book. I sent him a number of photos, many taken by myself, and some from Ford Photomedia files. All were clearly marked on the back, whether the source was me, or Ford Photomedia. Wally ended up giving me photo credit for all of the photos I sent him.


    I got a call one day from one of the Ford photographers, complaining about me taking credit for his photos - he was not very happy about it. I went over to Ford WHQ to sit down with him and explain how that happened (and to show him that my submitted photos were clearly marked on the back for source). I was finally able to placate him by having Wally send a free, personally autographed copy of Shelby's Wildlife.


    There is a second edition with a number of corrections suggested by SAAC that did not make it into the first edition.


    regards,


    cobrajeff

  • am/fm radio

    I have had a few of these AM/FM radios.


    The first one I had was a Comet model, which I used to run in my 1965 Caliente. When I got my '66 GT350 in 1971, I took the AM/FM out of the Comet, and installed it in the Shelby. The tuning shafts had to be cut-down to work in the Mustang dash. I added a 1/8" strip of chrome mylar tape across the slide bar to hide the "COMET" lettering.


    The one I now have in my K-code convertible was picked up at a swap meet years ago. All it needed was a cleaning and a new dial bulb. For me, the "original" AM/FM Mono radio, with all it's quirks and crackles, just helps take me back in time. 1965 was the year I garduated from high-school, and, I really thought I was SOMEBODY when I was driving around in my Dad's new '65 Mustang convertible. Really brings back a lot of great memories for me.


    Jeff