Posts by J_Speegle_old

Jim Cowles is the single source for the hipo air cleaner decals from my understanding.

He can be found at his web site

http://shelbyparts.com/index.html

Don't see them listed so you might have to ask♠

They were not painted black. What you may have seen is efforts by some restorers to duplicate the look of a phosphated iron case. Soem get it very dark

Some decals over the years also included the enginering number also.

Might work better if you posted a scan of each to help the determination

Just a thought

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The underside of the trunk lid looks wrong for some reason (round holes?)...................

Trunk lid is correct for the car.... lots of bottle jacks used on the rear frame rails over the years (typical), rear springs look like some of the Mustangs Plus things. and yes that looks like Rustoleum Lots of cans

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Where does 1965 Dearborn 252161 fall in the build dates?

First lets remind everyone that we're not talking about when the car was built... just when the car was scheduled to be built (the likely date on the door tag)

In response to the question. That car was likely stamped 05H

Improved Cooling

The stencil number came from the tube maker and identified the size and when the tube was formed from my understanding. Out of each tube we've been told that three drivelines could be formed. So the stencil would not be correct on the majority of cars ♠

The number you posted is the same base number found on non-K code drive lines. And I can not recall (off the top of my head) if the K codes used the same dia tube in 64-66

Looks like it was a good car to start with. Love the pictures especially the one with teh rotation number..... not often that the rotation number matches the engine size

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Next, has anyone seen the USS stamp applied to mufflers? I don't want to open a can of worms with that, but I saw a nice quality restoration (1967 or 1968 Shelby if I recall correctly) with the USS stamp on the muffler.

Might just be a restorer that got carried away with the stamp/stencil. Recall a couple of cars where an owner/builder had an AUTOLITE stamp made up and they stamped every part on the car Most recent example I saw of this was a 67 fastback that was being sold as a MCA Concours car

IF they are prototypes (and this is not just a troll)

then having Mondello mess with them at some point could have altered them unfortunately

Hope this does not confuse things but thought I would share

Rear mounting brackets from an early K code

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Rear Transverse muffler from an early K code (dated 6-64)

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Just as an opinion I would not believe many of those numbers match what I've seen on original cars. So I agree with your comments.

The "list" is very old (over 20?) and believe it originated with Bruce W

As always be careful what you read/believe especially when it comes to older publications. As you can see just by what is discussed here and other forums ... we are learning all the time

Just an opinion

Believe you will find the flat high temp black way to flat for your purpose. Better shooting it IMHO with a quality semi-gloss black like Krylon (like semi-flat) with a thin coat. If you can you might choose (something I do on many spray pieces) to back the parts after that have dried a little

Hope this helps a little

Of course the areas that got hit with overspray differed by year and plant..... best to copy (if your cars indicators are gone) a car built at the same plant, same time

Since you have a Calif car in Calif the springs are likely very nice (min or no pitting) so you can clamp them with a couple of C clamps or put the spring in a vise. Remove the band clamps (youu should oder some replacements since the little tabs may break) and the retaining bolt.

Chemically strip or clean (don't sand blast them) You can then color the metal or paint them (had some pretty decent results using 67-73 Dark Charcoal metallic paint on some the other day)

Then reassemble them, slap on a paint mark and reinstall them.

Finding new springs my be difficult when it comes to find ones with the right spring shape at the ends

Hope this helps a little

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I am new to this board and I have a few questions concerning '67 HiPo 289 Mustangs. Did all '67 289 HiPOs come with power brakes? Should the exhaust system have the transverse muffler ahead of the gas tank? (Can anyone direct me to a photo of the correct exhaust?)Were white letter tires available on '67 HiPos in 1967?, (I know Shelbys had them). Thanks!

Some of the answers would depend on what part of the year you are looking to represent. There were a fair amount of running changed in the engine compartment - if you doing a really accurate model)

Don’t believe ALL had power brakes but I would guess most did.

All would have a transverse muffler with resonators.

No raised white letter tires for a "regular" 67 that I can think of

Dave/Mad4HiPos does yours differ from the regular owners card?

Would be interested in taking a look

Never seen them available (for the Bendix units) but plenty out there to use as donors if yours is beyond saving. Finish IMHO is not really important if your going with the original look since it will all be semi-gloss black anyway

Throttle mech (metal arms) are phosphate and oil

What are the casting dates on the block and heads?

Thanks