Rear Window Trim

[Mosesatm]

When I bought my GT/CS I also received a bunch of extra parts. Some of the parts were some rear window trim pieces. When I compared the extra trim parts to the parts on my car I noticed that the bottom holes do not line up. Any ideas why?

 

[gtcs1]

Mine is like the one on your car, both sides.

I could only guess this is a repro part which has holes drilled in a different location, to cater for a body sheet metal that has its holes elongated, so you can drill a new hole in the body sheet metal to have a "fresh" mounting hole.

May be this happens often, where the thread runs in the sheet metal gets worn.

My guess

 

[Mosesatm]

Good idea. That would get the new holes completely away from the old ones. There is no Ford number on it so it could be a repro.

 

[mmarsalone]

Arlie,

I had to check the one on my car. My CS has the same one as yours. So I checked my 67' coupe and it's the same as the other one in the picture. So there may have been a change between 67' and 68', or there is a difference for cars with vinyl roofs. Maybe someone like Jeff Speagle would know.

Mike

 

[390cs68rcode]

I was thinking the 67 to 68 change maybe?

 

[Trap68]

I was thinking the 67 to 68 change maybe?

Looking at the Assembly Manual for the 68 Mustang, they list the part as:

C7ZB-6542478-9

which would inidcate that the molding carried over from 67 with no change. Looking at mine, which is from a car that had a vinyl roof, the bottom hole matches up to the one that is not attached Arlie's car.