1968 just woundering.

[Mark Holmes]

just got a 6 cyl 1968 california special mustang just wounding how many original 6cyl cars are still around or in the club? Also looking for the special badge if any 1 can help.

 

[J.Bart]

hey glad to hear it,
i'm not sure about the 6cly. cars. but i'm sure there is a few.
badge: you mean the "california special" script???
do you have a marti report for your car yet???

 

[Mosesatm]

just got a 6 cyl 1968 california special mustang just wounding how many original 6cyl cars are still around or in the club? Also looking for the special badge if any 1 can help.

148 were sold (47 Auto, 101 Manual).

If we assume somewhere around a 60% survival rate you'd be looking at roughly 90 remaining.

You have a very rare car. Does it still have the 6 cylinder engine in it?

 

[robert campbell]

I think "old hiemers" is setting in for me. We used to be able to open and sort the registration. By VIN number and all the engine codes (t,c,j,s,r,x) were together as the first 4 digets "8R01" were the same. Can't figure our ho to do it anymore....

Rob..... I think....

 

[Mosesatm]

I think "old hiemers" is setting in for me. We used to be able to open and sort the registration. By VIN number and all the engine codes (t,c,j,s,r,x) were together as the first 4 digets "8R01" were the same. Can't figure our ho to do it anymore....

Rob..... I think....

It's gone.

 

[robert campbell]

Darn, used to use it a lot. I also sorted by consecutive unit number so it was quick to find a car that someone may have resgistered.

Rob

 

[J.Bart]

i don't know about the gas prices down under, but here that little 6 is looking real desirable right now

 

[robert campbell]

Jbart,
Not to change to a gas guzzler, but if you want any help when you build your Cleveland, I have owned a few and have worked with the external oiling tricks. Of course much of that was "back in the day" (mid 1970's) but the concept is the same.

Nothing like a new motor, all pretty, on an engine stand waiting to breath fire, to motivate one on their project! Have not seen a Cleveland powered GT/CS ever! Huge power, and with a 4 speed, huge fun!

Rob

 

[J.Bart]

Jbart,
Not to change to a gas guzzler, but if you want any help when you build your Cleveland, I have owned a few and have worked with the external oiling tricks. Of course much of that was "back in the day" (mid 1970's) but the concept is the same.

Nothing like a new motor, all pretty, on an engine stand waiting to breath fire, to motivate one on their project! Have not seen a Cleveland powered GT/CS ever! Huge power, and with a 4 speed, huge fun!

Rob

thanks i appreciate that,
i am looking for a aussie intake, i can't remember what the called them,
their built down under, aaaa a little help please.
funnel web right??? i would like to get my hands on another one with a set of stuffers to go with it.

i technicaly didn't build this one but i had to rebuild and have a couple of things fixed
it is a 70 grabber special mustang that i sold a couple of years ago. fast and lopey, alot of fun. 500 hp roller cam, custom grind, roller rockers , lots of googies, she put on the oil crossover on also.

 

[robert campbell]

Jbart,
Are you building a 351 Cleveland or trying to put Cleveland heads on a 302 or 351 Windsor. B & A was a company long gone now that made a conversion manifold to runiron Cleveland heads on a 302 or 351. This was long before the huge assortment of Windsor high performance heads. Actually Edelbrock is making this intake again.

http://www.themustangshop.com/clevor.cfm

But if your are just building a stock 352 Cleveland, there is a large assotment of intakes to fit the 4V heads and even a few to fit the 2V heads that make great power also.

Whatcha building?

Rob

 

[J.Bart]

no it's all cleveland 4v,

the funnel web is a manifold made in austalia for 4v and 2v heads. they run real nice.
the 4v ports are necked down for high rpms and better flow.

 

[robert campbell]

Got it! Boy are they tall. Might need to cut a carb sized hole in your hood!!

http://www.parkerracing.com.au/

Rob

 

[Mustanglvr]

Any other questions Mark Holmes? I have a T-code GT/CS, but it had been changed over to a 289 before I bought it. There are very few T codes with their original 200 6 cyl in them yet.

 

[admin]

Of the approximately 420 cars people have submitted on this site there are ten "T" code six cylinders. Here's the info on those:

http://californiaspecial.com/registry/view.php?vin=8R01T143039
http://californiaspecial.com/registry/view.php?vin=8R01T149485
http://californiaspecial.com/registry/view.php?vin=8R01T156287
http://californiaspecial.com/registry/view.php?vin=8R01T158997
http://californiaspecial.com/registry/view.php?vin=8R01T161977
http://californiaspecial.com/registry/view.php?vin=8R01T162217
http://californiaspecial.com/registry/view.php?vin=8R01T165711
http://californiaspecial.com/registry/view.php?vin=8R01T165723
http://californiaspecial.com/registry/view.php?vin=8R01T169935
http://californiaspecial.com/registry/view.php?vin=8R01T170791

I still have all the info that people have submitted. I just need to spend some time revamping the format. The data collection is no longer tied to the Registry and I don't want there to be any confusion that it is.

I would like to see you continue to let us register our cars on your site.

I totally agree and have every intention of doing this. It's just finding the method of doing this. I have a line on some software that looks like it will work. It's basically a photo gallery on steroids. People could enter all their specific info like VIN, engine, trans, color, etc. as well as photos. You'd then be able to search the database using any of those major criteria. I really like the fact that it incorporates photos as well as the hard data from the door tag. It becomes a much more engaging way of seeing other member's cars and comparing stats.

 

[robert campbell]

WOW! Thanks Jon! You continue to amaze us!

Rob

 

[J.Bart]

Got it! Boy are they tall. Might need to cut a carb sized hole in your hood!!

http://www.parkerracing.com.au/

Rob

yup, that's the critter.

 

[Mark Holmes]

hey glad to hear it,
i'm not sure about the 6cly. cars. but i'm sure there is a few.
badge: you mean the "california special" script???
do you have a marti report for your car yet???

yes script and have a marti report tells me how many 6cly cars were made in 68 but not how many california special cars were made

 

[Mark Holmes]

148 were sold (47 Auto, 101 Manual).

If we assume somewhere around a 60% survival rate you'd be looking at roughly 90 remaining.

You have a very rare car. Does it still have the 6 cylinder engine in it?

yes original engine auto and diff