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  1. J

    restoring instrument bezel?

    Even though Ford called it "BLACK" the correct color is dark charcoal metallic. Its best to shot the panels with a thin coat of semi-gloss black (so that the grain is not filled) then one light coat of the dark charcoal. Its available from every Mustang parts supplier and a common mistake on...
  2. J

    help identify parts?

    Number three is a sequencer for the taillights of a 67-8 Ford or Merc product I believe On the other two you might look at the relays and provide a couple of numbers. Got a guess but would like to see some more info
  3. J

    '68 Trans Am Mustang Driving Lights Question

    Looks like a 67 Paul. See the side scoops. In any case the lights would have been specific to that car since the Trans Am cars didn't come with them from Shelby. Did look at the list and none were shown as well as a fair number of original pictures that don't show them on those cars
  4. J

    For Northern Ca Owners -

    For you that have an interest the hosting club is conducting a Judging seminar on April 14. It will be a short concours seminar and will focus on general techniques and application of the rules. They are also considering hosting a few show car tune ups (to catch those easy points for little or...
  5. J

    Why there wasn't a 427 for 1968.

    Should get back the number "1" often referred to as the Super Snake... and somewhat (in the last couple of years) recently restored. It was in LA a couple of years back (where I last saw it) at the SAAC annual. Friend got to take it for a drive .... not sure how he got that to happen :)
  6. J

    Exploding Gas Tanks--We should talk about it.

    Let us all remember that this is the same "news" source that had a similar program on Chevy trucks and it was found that a flare was placed on the gas tank (in that demonstration) before the staged accident that was shown. That being said... far be it for me to suggest that some one not try and...
  7. J

    Why there wasn't a 427 for 1968.

    Paul... yea. Because I think I'm the judge he was referring to. But he got some of the details wrong, likely because he got everything second hand - talking to Perkins or someone else- rather from me :( Mustanger - "Question: If a '67 or '68 GT500 had a 427, what would their VIN (Ford or...
  8. J

    Another CS surfaces in Oregon

    On a similar thread looking through some old notes of mine ( a list of cars I owned at some point) it appears that I owned another Calif Special 8R01C154753 Guess it got lost in the load of cars that have passed through my hands.
  9. J

    Why there wasn't a 427 for 1968.

    Mustanger.... a couple things about what was written. Think Jerry crossed his wires here a bit in print or maybe its just his style. Because of early 67 VIN issues and the way Ford entered the order information in their database there were a handful of 350's with A's in the Ford VIN but...
  10. J

    Rare '68 GT

    Neat car... too bad with fairly low miles so much has been redone. :(
  11. J

    franklinair

    Welcome Neil. .... yes you may have some difficulty especially considering the lack of San Jose built cars in your region. We often see San Jose cars built with allot of the Dearborn characteristics when they are built in the East. Allot more differences between these two types of cars IMHO than...
  12. J

    Most Elusive Mustang Part?

    You must not be looking for anything right this minute ;) One to add the list - though not exactly a Mustang part. How about a 65 Shelby horn switch??
  13. J

    Date /data / stamp for ID plates

    There are a few others (not as many as there were in the past luckily IMHO) but can't comment on the quality of the work. I see allot of incorrectly stamped ones at shows and on the web (wrong alignment and font size- there were different sizes used) Guess my opinion of the value of having it...
  14. J

    Urgent Help - Decals

    As mentioned earlier I thought this might be a results of something from a magazine article or from cars at other plants Looking at some Dearborn cars yesterday and going through my pictures it appears that allot of Dearborn cars had the decal on the passenger side shock tower. 8F02S147xxx...
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    Urgent Help - Decals

    The sticker was not installed so that the whole decal stuck to the deck lid flat. 99% of the San Jose Mustangs had the decals in that lower triangle from 65-70. It may have been difficult to reach the top of the deck lid at that moment depending on how high the car was. Got to disagree. Based...
  16. J

    GT/CS Flasher Bracket Mystery Solved

    Might want to cross reference with a 67 T Bird considering the similarities and number of bulbs
  17. J

    Urgent Help - Decals

    Paul Would be interested if any one has found jacking instructions that high up on the trunk lid. The small silver one is more typical (in location) than the original one I posted.
  18. J

    Urgent Help - Decals

    Looked through the 250-300 different San Jose 68 Mustangs I have pictures of and could not find a single one on the passenger side. Currently have about 11,000 pictures of specific cars and another 9,000 of individual parts Of course ones built in any time other than the spring would not be...
  19. J

    Most Elusive Mustang Part?

    Scott .. its just interesting that the shield (if I remember correctly ... not going out to the garage to check) the shield carried a Mustang engineering number and that Ford thought it was important that other 390 applications (add AC and other options) needed the grp 27 and not the Mustang...
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