Posts by garymcgowan_old

  • looking for advise

    There are a lot of details that need to be brought out and this forum may not be the place. My advise to you is contact an attorney. Now, with that being said I would not hire one at this point. I would first dicuss your situation with him/her in detail and find out if you have a viable case and then decide which way to proceed.


    Sorry this happened to you. Is it a K code vehicle and do you have a clear Fl title?


    Gary

  • vin number on block

    RalphJr.... Where was your K assembled and do you have a picture of your transmission VIN number? I wonder how many different places they put the VIN on the transmission and if it is possible some VIN's on the block were put in a place other than the right front?


    Thanks,


    Gary

  • $8600.00 Engine Sale

    Quote from C6ZZKGT

    The seller stated that the title is for a convertible but not necessarily for a K code. If it was a K code title I am sure that he would have highlighted that in his description. All the same, it all looks shady to me as well.

    -Fred-


    Fred, you are right, I stand corrected. What he said was "I have since closed the shop but kept the heads and block hoping to find a similary dated 65 GT convertible( I have a clean CA 65 mustang convert pink slip and a set of stamps with the hard to get hollow star) to change the aprons and restamp."


    Gary

  • vin number on block

    MTS... Can you measure the size of your letters and numbers? I can very faintly see what appears to be a K on mine but not sure. It appears to be 3/16 of an inch high. I hope to get the engine pulled this weekend and I hope to find it then.


    Gary

  • vin number on block

    Quote from J_Speegle

    Very rare but I do have a 69 San Jose built car that has no stamps on in the "hidden" areas and it retains all the original panels. Makes for problems of course


    I hope you don't have problems with this. If you have documentation or other means to show this was an obvious mistake at the plant I would have the parts stamped. It's not like you are trying to defraud anyone.... you are just trying to right a wrong.


    Gary

  • vin number on block

    DJames.... I agree with you on the Hertz situation, I never really thought about that. However, that was not a problem for Ford, a big one for Hertz, depending on how often it happened.


    Quote from DJames

    If a person came back a few weeks after buying the car wanting a new motor, Ford wanted a way to know that the motor they were replacing was the same motor that they had put in the car.


    On the surface this sounds logical but then there is the question of why Ford did not require the replaced engine to be stamped also. Something they could require a dealer to accomplish if the engine plant didn't do it before shipping. Besides, I think any Ford Tech of the time could, with very little effort tell if the engine being replaced was a HiPo or not.


    Gary

  • vin number on block

    I would like to share what I remember from back in day when the Mustang HIPO was new. It was common knowledge that Ford did stamp the engine and transmission. However, I or none of the people I knew who owned a HIPO Mustang verified it at that time.


    I never heard that Ford did the stamping for Warranty purposes. All I ever heard was it was to deter theft and help in the recovery of a stolen engine/transmission. In fact, I seem to remember it was common knowledge that to posess an engine with an altered number was against the law. Same if it was in your car and it didn't match the VIN of the vehicle and you didn't have a Bill of Sale. Now, please understand these facts were passed around at the local car hops we used to frequent so it is unknown if they are factual or not, but we sure as heck beleived them to be true.


    If it was for warranty purposes why didn't the dealer stamp the replacement engine as it would have had some kind of warranty on it?


    Does anyone know when the engine and transmission was stamped? Was it just before they were lowered in the car on the assembly line? Were the body, transmission and engine stamped by the same person using the same stamps? If so, I would bet that almost all would have been stamped. Has anyone ever had a VIN number misssing from any of the hidden areas of the body?


    Has anyone ever spoke with an assembly line employee that did the stamping? That would be very useful to shed light on this subject.


    Well, I have rambled long enough. I just wish we could get a definite answer to this puzzle.


    Thanks,


    Gary

  • HEH-BX TRANNY

    Quote from marv

    Yes, they are Gary. Check Page 64 of the 4th Edition...


    Thanks Marv.... So all 1966 K codes got the HEH-BX? Doesn't matter as long as car was built on or after 10/1/64. Man, I have never been so confused with all the codes Ford used.


    On Edit: HEH-BX delivered by UPS today.


    Gary

  • HEH-BX TRANNY

    Merlyn,


    I know what you mean... They are hard to find. I just got an email verifying that a vendor I contacted a few days ago has a HEH-BX with a C5AR Case and a C4ZR Tailhousing. Are these correct for my 66 K with a build date of Mar 2, 1966?


    Thanks.... Gary