Where is the date stamp on the balancer? I have a C50E HiPo balancer and see a SI or a 1S depending how you orient it. That is stamped opposite the C5OE. Would that be Sept 1?
Sept would be correct for my engine.
Ray
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OK-- I will take a shit copy at an unreasonable price
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Pair of C3OE- 3M23 (Dec ) hiPo heads on E-bay Auction ends in 4 hrs and they are sitting at $500+ They will spike at the end no doubt.
Too early for Shelby GT350 but good for Cobra or early K-code.
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To approach this rebuild on a larger scale does anyone know someone inside NPD,YearOne,Pony or even Branda that could get on board and agreed to vend the pieces needed to rebuild? As was stated in earlier posts there seems to be someone willing to do the rebuild if the parts were avail. As well, NPD and YearOne well know that this demand is not just a Mustang issue They need to hook with Fed Mogul with agreements and projected orders. 25 Mustang restorers can't get it done alone. MHO Ray
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He said at the bottom of the ad in the Q&A area: this is a replacment engine as he was told the orginal engine was stolen. Just because it does not have a vin number on it doesn't necessarily mean it is a service block. May account for some of the suspect external parts.
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You have it. You're on the right track. Good luck and nice to see that you are going authentic.
As a real 66 Shelby owner I sort of gag at what some guys call a clone. I have seen clone ads for sale that were really nothing more than stripes. Or like blue or red interiors in the 65 and 66 clones. Wrong colors, pony interiors, wood grain. Dead give aways. Do it right as you can afford. Anything else is more of a restomod IMO.
That just me though.
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Go to this link to pull up a calender from any month and year from the past. I have this saved in my favorites. Helpful when computing date codes and assembly dates.
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Rick,
E-mail me your phone number so we can talk off line. I have several questions. Ray
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Just a heads up on the Lemans stripes. If you are planning white stripes,they were not Wimbledon White in color. They were actualy painted GM Commercial White: Ditzler paint code 2185.
I knew a guy who got wrong information from a Shelby owner. He painted his white Lemans stripes Wimbeldon White. When he put his side stripes on he notice that the side stripes were a much bright white and didn't match worth a darn. He was sick.
To make matters worse the same 66 Shelby owner told the clone guy to paint his car Guardsman Blue when in fact the correct color for 66 Shelby was Sapphire Blue. If you are looking for correct original colors.
If you need certified correct stripe dimensions and placement on the Lemans stripes and side stripes drop me an e-mail and I will get them to you. RTharp427@msn.com
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Ok your friends car is later than mine as mine is Nov. But his carb is older than mine. His carb is Aug 65 and mine is Oct 65. He has a differant date code format than mine, (Review this thread). Not trying to beat a dead horse ( no pun intended) but when we kick these things back and forth inside out is when new findings develope. Just when you think a pattern is developing an exception pops up.
Marv and I were discussing development of research (poll) to determine how long it took typically to rail-ship engines to San Jose from assembly points Cleveland and Windsor,Ont.
That then begs the question were they all shipped by rail. I have seen what looks like (in my case) less than 30 days from the foundry to assembly to intall at the San Jose factory in less than 30 days. I have see other cars with 90 day time frames.
Maybe the pattern is that there is no pattern. My gut feeling is that the K-Code production demand was most irregular and the HiPo had to be as well. I would have thought HiPo's would have been perhaps stock-piled in at least San Jose due to the Shelby demand but I don't see that either.
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I have a very original early(not a left over 65) 66 Shelby 5L that has been the family since mid 70's.
The carb is a 5K or Oct carb which means it too proofs to be original as I fully expected. It does not however have the Shelby PN on it as I have see before. Anybody know why no Shelby number or when the Shelby number started and stopped?
NOT FOR SALE
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Could the zero (0) perhaps be a D? I have looked at it with a magnifing glass and it really looks like a zero (0) but the font is a bit more square so I suppose it could be a D but the 3 does not fit the format unless earlier carbs used a 3 to represent the 3rd week instead of a C. Do I have a Apr 1965 3rd week?
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I have a 715 Holley list 3259 with a date code beneath the list number of 503. This date code does not seem to fit the format of year month week. Any input?
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