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65 GT350 Horns
« on: January 17, 2021, 08:03:54 PM »
Did the horns on the 65 GT350 have a date stamp on them?
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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2021, 09:32:26 PM »
Did the horns on the 65 GT350 have a date stamp on them?
Yes ,it was in the form of a ink stamp typically seen inside the horn opening.
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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2021, 09:35:40 PM »
The early cars had it on the back of the bracket.
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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2021, 09:41:15 PM »
Here is a picture. Typically each horn has a different date. This example show 4HC  Aug 1964 3rd shift


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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2021, 12:06:30 AM »
Have a pair of horns with date stamp of 65 in horn. But shape of mounting bracket indicates they are 67.  Anyone have good pair of mar-apr 65 horns?
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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2021, 01:40:58 PM »
SInce talk of horns what is YELLOW patch of paint mean?
Locate inside of mine LO horn.
Of 65 March build.
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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2021, 02:05:01 PM »
SInce talk of horns what is YELLOW patch of paint mean?

Just identifies the Lo horn from the the High one
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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2021, 02:52:19 PM »
are '66 horns the same as '65's, other than the actual date codes?
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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2021, 03:14:20 PM »
Mounting brackets are different

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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2021, 05:27:26 PM »
are '66 horns the same as '65's, other than the actual date codes?

Depends. For San Jose cars, when the car was built is the determining factor. Since this is the Shelby forum it should be mentioned that the change over appears to have taken place prior to when the first group of 66's (as opposed to the carry-over cars) first started down the line.

Survey results on all 66 San Jose Mustangs was posted in the link and site below as part of 66 San Jose Running Change project.

http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=19184.msg121026#msg121026


So with that said here is a picture that shows the difference between one version and the other concerning the mounting bracket Of course this is one of those parts that often got swap during years of usage by owners and shops

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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2021, 09:24:14 PM »
Thank you for that picture Jeff, I am trying to hunt down a nice restored set of 65's and that helps.

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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2021, 10:09:37 PM »
Thanks Jeff,

Here is a 66 ink date stamp and mounting tab for reference,

(I can delete if it is mudding the thread just let me know.)


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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2021, 04:34:02 AM »
66's could also be marked as they were on 65's. On the mounting arm. It appears that for dates in 66 workers marked them in either location
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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2021, 03:46:56 AM »
Here is a picture. Typically each horn has a different date. This example show 4HC  Aug 1964 3rd shift




Wouldn't that be 3rd WEEK instead of 3rd SHIFT? Ford only lists the the shift in conjunction with an exact date.

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Re: 65 GT350 Horns
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2021, 04:29:51 AM »
Wouldn't that be 3rd WEEK instead of 3rd SHIFT?

Guess someone could decode it that way but if so we would find examples with a 4th week (a D) would we not?


Ford only lists the the shift in conjunction with an exact date.

Not sure what you mean. Not sure what "exact date" is referring to.

Of course not all of the parts that make up the cars were made by Ford and this could explain how we get so many different date coding patterns found on the hundreds of parts that make up a Ford car.
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