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Would suggest that they were built, handled and numbered the same way as every other special order was at San Jose. The number is from the upper left hand corner of the order form that spelled out what non RPO option was going to be made on the car(s) The order could reflect a group of cars...

Nope - and hopefully if there is one out there it still has its original door tag to support the claim There was one submitted to the Mustang Production Guide but of course this information can not be confirmed. 6R09A232590

Might have been the only thing they could find at the time or didn't want to wait for the "right" one to be shipped. Lots of reasons for it happening IMHO Easy to check the date code on the hood to see ;)

In my opinion you don't buy a special car then hot rod it. It likely cost you more than a non - HCS right and you bought it because it was so why make it into something else. I've found that the more you modify the specials the more often people will assume its a clone/fake. Save that...

My suggestions is to ignore the other car's stories and details and focus on your car alone. As others have mentioned find some of your original paint color on the car and find out what color your car really was and go from there. IMHO time to deal with concrete data. Just me ;) BTW - have...

IMHO his research was incorrect at the time. Not unusual to learn new and clarify old over time. Seems to be the case especially after the 66 and 68 "matching" DSO confusion

Russ - the reason I ask is that often the quenching of the spring (like the spindle) produced a shinny painted look and when we've tried to remove it with paint remover could never get anything though we could chip it off or sane through it We talked but to cover all the years and all the...

That (with a two digit district number on the front) would have been the special order number of a group of 66 (in this example) Anniversary Gold Mustangs it appears but if you had another special order number (for example 561111) from another district that likely identified a taxi cab or a 1...

80% (I am told) of electrical problems can be traced to ground issues. Always the first place to start

Smart & Haskell's book list a number of examples of other combinations that were provided including white & lime gold examples built at San Jose in 68. Other examples at the other two plants listed also The majority of the ones mentioned are from the book. The one additional VIN and door tag...

MIKE IMHO I would never use that as a reference. Almost all of that info was taken from the 72 version of the Illustrated Parts Catalog so it includes only what Ford had on the shelf at that moment not what was used originally in every case. The colors you found listed are a perfect example...

The additional digit ("5") in the paint code of Mustangs (other cars it meant different things) was first used (as far as I know) in 67 to identify those cars with the dark charcoal gray ribbed taillight panel. IMHO the "5" changed to the hood treatment starting in 68 and was carried through...

Green and Yellow??? Since your car is not a Calif Special when was it built? And to clarify C code coupe, automatic, non-GT, non-AC, but with PS. Correct? So we can look up some references Believe they were originally glossy but turn flat with age and the elements If built at the same...

For 69 (as mentioned) the rear washer should cup away from the rear strut bushing CobraMan - if you want to provide a more detailed description we may be able to help more. This is a great site but for some more detailed (Concours)info you might want to check ConcoursMustang.com out for some...

Originally the lowers were dipped in black paint. You can try and tape off the edge and spray the black on but getting a straight line that does not look taped is not easy. Some have used the water dipped method where the black paint is floated on top of bucket of water. This eliminates the need...

First Robert hope you don't mind me reducing your comments down to something a bit shorter to respond to. If you feel I have altered the message in any way please correct me. As for a "pile" sure that word means different things to different people. I have seen a "pile" of marti reports and...

Not sure if you were only looking at cars from that specific period or that was all that you found on the site. Looking at the ones I have handy I found Build............Released 30-Apr.........22-May 15-May........16-May 18-Jun.........21-Jun 30-Apr.........3-May 28-Mar.........2-Apr...

Talked to a number of them and have an opportunity to talk to more. Not a one even recalls the Calif Specials yet. Most can recall every rumor and bad thing about coworkers but few details about the 100,000'/s of cars they touched. Just a job to most and you have to watch for the ones that just...

Sorry to hear about your day but at least your safe. Can't tell all the stories of calls I went on over where the owner pinned themselves againist a wall or even drove over themselves. Had one where the person ran over their own head

Understand - just wanted to add it to the spread sheet so that maybe we can identify the time period when they were install at SJ