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Quote from: Bob Gaines on March 30, 2019, 02:40:42 PMQuote from: Richstang on March 30, 2019, 02:29:29 PMI believe this is car #1979 sold at Barrett Jackson in 2007 and offered on eBay in August last year. If so it has it's original VIN tag.The restoration is exceptionally clean. It is good to see the side stripes were properly positioned.At a local car show or concours d’ elegance event it might win its class, but we can see it is not factory correct. I believe the auction listing states that in its own way. We know the car didn’t have lemans stripes when it left LAX and it also had hubcaps. With a May 17th SA completion date I would think it should have a louvered hood. Although doubtful, you never know, maybe there was a supply shortage. more likely a service replacement part or restoration change. That antenna is really bothersome. Previous photos of it (post restoration) show it positioned correctly. I can’t believe someone wouldn’t fix that before taking photos for a sale!+1 . A common restorer mistake is to put a transport tie down sticker over a painted on lemans stripe. The sticker is applied at the Ford assemblyline and therefore painted blue in the alternate universe of SA painted on lemans strips . Sorry I couldn't resist HA! In that alternate universe, I suppose the transport tie-down sticker from Ford would have to be removed first, then the lemans stripes painted. Doubtful SA would have any of those Ford stickers lying around or care about that detail, but you never know.One of these days I need to ask Dave if any SA Production Orders had the 'Full Stripe" box markedorIf the Lemans stripes show up on an original invoice with a charge. I have not found one car with them in all those copies that I have on file.
Quote from: Richstang on March 30, 2019, 02:29:29 PMI believe this is car #1979 sold at Barrett Jackson in 2007 and offered on eBay in August last year. If so it has it's original VIN tag.The restoration is exceptionally clean. It is good to see the side stripes were properly positioned.At a local car show or concours d’ elegance event it might win its class, but we can see it is not factory correct. I believe the auction listing states that in its own way. We know the car didn’t have lemans stripes when it left LAX and it also had hubcaps. With a May 17th SA completion date I would think it should have a louvered hood. Although doubtful, you never know, maybe there was a supply shortage. more likely a service replacement part or restoration change. That antenna is really bothersome. Previous photos of it (post restoration) show it positioned correctly. I can’t believe someone wouldn’t fix that before taking photos for a sale!+1 . A common restorer mistake is to put a transport tie down sticker over a painted on lemans stripe. The sticker is applied at the Ford assemblyline and therefore painted blue in the alternate universe of SA painted on lemans strips . Sorry I couldn't resist
I believe this is car #1979 sold at Barrett Jackson in 2007 and offered on eBay in August last year. If so it has it's original VIN tag.The restoration is exceptionally clean. It is good to see the side stripes were properly positioned.At a local car show or concours d’ elegance event it might win its class, but we can see it is not factory correct. I believe the auction listing states that in its own way. We know the car didn’t have lemans stripes when it left LAX and it also had hubcaps. With a May 17th SA completion date I would think it should have a louvered hood. Although doubtful, you never know, maybe there was a supply shortage. more likely a service replacement part or restoration change. That antenna is really bothersome. Previous photos of it (post restoration) show it positioned correctly. I can’t believe someone wouldn’t fix that before taking photos for a sale!
Maybe the seller is ignorant about what suppose to be correct and needs someone to really tell him what a "Concours restoration" consist of instead of beating the car up here on SAAC forum. GO TELL 'EM GUYS!!! And No, Not me 'cause I'm "ignorant" about a lot of this stuff myself Seller has a SAAC sticker in the back window, so he can't be all that bad, right
I don't see it as "butchered" if it was done with factory parts. It's too damn hot here in the Dallas area to be without. You north east and west coast girls can live without it.😃 -Keith
1967 doesn't require "butchering". I know what the term means, hench my response. If you live in certain climates it's miserable to drive the vehicles from may to October.
No, the firewall isn't different. It has a cover that screws over the blower motor opening. There is a small punched plug that has to be removed on the left hand side core support though.
So lets be clear here so I can be better educated on 1967 assemblies: Can you install factory air on a 67 firewall without ANY modification at all? So if you go back to non air does metal work needed to be done? Gary