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Gas Cap Early car

Started by sfm5s081, August 06, 2018, 10:37:12 PM

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sfm5s081

My car, #81, rolled off the San Jose assembly line in 1964 and was transformed into a Shelby in December. I heard that the early cars, including regular 1964 1/2 Mustangs had a gas cap with no tether. Is this in fact true?

Brant

Quote from: sfm5s081 on August 06, 2018, 10:37:12 PM
My car, #81, rolled off the San Jose assembly line in 1964 and was transformed into a Shelby in December. I heard that the early cars, including regular 1964 1/2 Mustangs had a gas cap with no tether. Is this in fact true?

The earlier "1964 1/2" Mustangs did come with gas caps without the attaching cable, but by the time the GT350 Mustangs were produced, they all had the cables.
-Brant

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Bob Gaines

Quote from: Brant on August 06, 2018, 11:10:22 PM
Quote from: sfm5s081 on August 06, 2018, 10:37:12 PM
My car, #81, rolled off the San Jose assembly line in 1964 and was transformed into a Shelby in December. I heard that the early cars, including regular 1964 1/2 Mustangs had a gas cap with no tether. Is this in fact true?

The earlier "1964 1/2" Mustangs did come with gas caps without the attaching cable, but by the time the GT350 Mustangs were produced, they all had the cables.
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Bob Gaines,Shelby Enthusiast, Shelby Collector , Shelby Concours judge SAAC,MCA,Mid America Shelby

CharlesTurner

The non-retaining gas caps were phased out of Dearborn production around May/June of '64.  As far as I know, San Jose never installed them since they didn't start up production until July '64.
Charles Turner
MCA/SAAC Judge