Posts by Joe6pack_old

Well, my carb came in today and it is a real hipo carb. It is well used. The plastic secondary accelerator arm is also broken. Also, one of the holes in the foot seems oversized like it may have been drilled out at some time. All in all not bad for what I paid. It has the original tag which reads C6ZF C then B 5JD. 6ZC is stamped on the base. I guess I mis-interpreted the date originally as this decodes to September of '65, fourth week.

I don't know what I am going to do with it yet. I may send it off to be rebuilt and put in on my K-code so I can see how it performs relative to mine. If it makes a big difference, I may sell it and use the money to have mine rebuilt.

What does Pony charge for a basic non-concourse rebuild and how long does it take?

Oh, and I just got an email from the seller. It seems that someone who bought one of the other carbs isn't happy and didn't get the correct carb. Oh well, not my problem. I got the one I bid on and won which was the one pictured.

I have come to the conclusion that a correct hipo fuel pump is the hardest of the hipo parts to come by. With that said, what is the value of a non-hipo button top fuel pump? Are they rare. This is what I have on my car currently. I am just wondering if these are worth picking up when I come across them. Thanks.

OK, I almost made it 24 hrs. without saying anything.

I have been looking for a 1.08 4100 for my wife's '65 A-code for a little while. Earlier in the week I ran across someone selling 4 old Ford carbs. First of all they were completely mis-categorized as collectible dairy items. Secondly, they all had the same description. The seller obviously just cut and pasted. The description read:

This auction is for one Ford FMCO 4 Barrel Carburetor complete. Marked on base as C4AFD3. This has been stored on the shelf for many years and is ready to be rebuilt. This would fit from early 60's to mid 70's and has the same bolt pattern as the Holley Carb.

I couldn't find anything about a C4AFD3, but I figured it was for a galaxy or something. Anyway, one of the carbs looked promising. I emailed the seller and asked what the number (venturi size) was on the side of the carb. Not completely understanding, she emails me back:

Thanks for your interest, the numbers are:

CARB #1 C4AFD3

CARB #2 C3AFAV

CARB #3 6ZC C6ZFC

CARB #4 C5AFF

Holy Crap! When I saw #3 I almost fainted. I immediately went to the auction and looked more closely at the picture. I had ignored it because it didn't have a choke. Well, now I knew why. It even has the carb tag on it. Needless to say, I wanted it. There were two bidders who had bid it to $50. When there were two minutes left, I bid $200. I wound up getting it for $76.50 plus shipping.

I have no idea what I am going to do with it. It is too late in '66 for my '66 GT. I may keep it as a backup or sell it. Talk about getting lucky.

OK. Here's the deal. The snout is different between a manual and automatic car. One is shorter than the other, but I do not recall which. As I recall, the parts books that all of the retailer use (Autozone, NAPA, Advace, etc.) are reversed. That is, what they say is for an auto is actually for a manual and vice versa. I just went through this recently. Maybe someone can pipe in with which one is correct. You might also do a search on vintage-mustang.com. Hope this helps.

I have the am/8-track option, but my original speakers were shredded, so like an idiot, I tossed them. I bought new replacements from NPD and of course, the holes don't line up. Not to mention that I have the original barrel type connectors still in the doors and the new speakers came with spade type connectors. Does anyone know where I can get the barrel type connectors. None of the Mustang vendors seem to carry them.

I am excited about the idea of playing 8-tracks. They were just going out when I was a kid (along with the giant console stereos we used to have). My father-in-law had a bunch of 8-tracks that we tossed a few years ago. I guess I will have to turn to ebay to find some.