Posts by BoS_old

I am going to see if I can locate the owner of the car.

The pictures in the Forum only shows the US license

plates and not Swedish which means it will be difficult

after 12 years.

/Bo

2.36" including pilot button.

/Bo

Charles,

That's the question. Have you seen later 65 HiPo's

with the Y2 marked radiator. If so, it probably means

that the 65 Shelbys got a specific radiator. If not,

the Y2 could be for 4-speed C and or A code and G2

for 4-speed HiPo's. Strange that no paperwork on this

issue has surfaced. I have seen San Jose Y2's dated

5 65 and G2 dated 5 65 so there most likely is a difference.

Very interesting topic, isn't it.

/Bo

Hi Mick,

Sorry, I was wrong about the Ivy Green being available

in 1965. Must be getting old and had a senior moment.

Again, it's your car and you should do what makes you

and maybe your wife happy but I still suggest you stay with

Ivy Green.

Good luck with whatever decision you make.

/Bo

Just like to add my 2 cents. I have never seen an

original 65 Shelby (5S114 and up) with a Y2 marked radiator,

only G2.

/Bo

Hi Mick,

In 1978 I painted my 67 Shelby Signal Flare

Red instead of the Lime Green that it came

with originally. A few years later, I regretted

the change of color. Not to say, you will regret a color

change as well but think it over before you make a final decision.

Personally, I like an Ivy Green 66 that's just repainted.

However, it's your car and you should do what's make you happy.

Thought that your car was a 65 and to my knowledge Ivy Green

didn't show up until the 66 model year. Could be wrong though.

/Bo

It looks like a Vin plate (Shelby?) has been riveted

over the Ford Vin number or least the holes are still there.

/Bo

Hi,

I shipped a 65 speedometer in kilometers to Australia

and it was very easy. Check with the postoffice/UPS how

much it will cost, agree with the buyer who pays the

PayPal fee. Send the total cost to the buyer and ask him to

pay by PayPal in US$. After money is received just ship the stuff.

Please be aware that if shipped by post, it can't be traced

which made my buyer a bit worried but it showed up in Australia

in about two weeks.

Good luck,

/Bo

Kitoman,

What's the date code on your pump?

/Bo

Hi Damon,

I found an article in the Swedish Mustang club magazine Forum but

the color is called Siver Frost Metallic and not Silver Smoke

Gray. I can scan the article and send it to you but need your

email address. Please send me a personal email. Also, when reading the article (in Swedish) I realized I was wrong about the Unser

family owning the car. The owner in CA was a friend of Louie Unser and asked if he had an engine as the original hipo was missing and he came up with a racing 4-bolt main 289 hipo in a wooden crate.

This was back in 1989 so the Swedish owner has had the car for 6 years when the article was written.

/Bo

Looked for it and an article in the Swedish car magazine

Bilsport was mentioned in the Classic Mustang Club of

Sweden's magazine Forum. Couldn't find the Bilsport

magazine though but it was dated 1995 and the guy

bought the car in California and shipped it over to Sweden.

The engine was a left over 4-bolt mains racing 289 HiPo that

one of the Unser guys owned and used during the restoration.

It was found in a wooden crate if I don't recall wrong.

The car was a silver smoke gray 66 GT HiPo.

/Bo

See if I can find a picture. Have to send it to

your private email address though.

/Bo

Congratulations on a beautiful pair. A guy in Sweden

owns a hipo like yours that he bought from the Unser

family some years ago. It's equipped with a special 289

hipo racing engine with 4-bolted mains that the Unser

family put in the car.

/Bo

Bill,

Most likely the cable will have a thinner

rubber sleeve instead of the original foam

sleeve. This means the hole in the fire wall

will be too large. I found an old cable with

foam and replaced the rubber sleeve with that one.

This issue has been discussed on another tread

recently.

/Bo

I found my PCV valve like the one to the right

in Dave's picture in my old toolbox that I brought with

me from Sweden when I moved to the US in 1987.

Talk about luck. It's used on my 65 Shelby now.

/Bo

Congratulations Jimmy,

Can you post or send some pictures of the

bottom leafs.

/Bo

Motor-Racer, I believe you are correct as there

is only one hole in the export brace.

However, I have never seen any car with an export

brace actually have the strap, neither 65/66 Shelby

nor export cars in Sweden.

/Bo

All originals mounted at the factory had foam, correct?

The hole in the fire wall is too large for the rubber sleeve.

If later replacements has the foam can somebody post a picture.

/Bo

Guys, I think you got this mixed up.

The Ford service replacement cables have the rubber sleeve

and the originals have the foam. I am only talking about

the 4-speed cars here. Have one of these service

replacements in the original bag and it has the rubber sleeve.

/Bo

Got my trunk screw covers from Jim Chism today and they look great.

Already put them on the car, 5 of them. I took a serious look at the assembly manual and it says 5 but could be confusing as it only

shows one side on the illustration. However, a closer look

shows that number 18 within a circle is shown twice which translates

into X=2,53066-S13 screws required and AE=2, 375690-S1 nuts required.

As it is shown as two 18 that gives 4 of each. Then the middle,i.e.

number 19 which translates into Z=1, 53066-S13 screw required and

AF=1, 375390-S1 nut required. Totally this means

5 screws and 5 nuts,i.e. trunk screw covers.

Jim sold these in kits of 3 so I bought 2 kits.

/Bo