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Early GT500 Breathers

Started by motorhead428, February 12, 2018, 03:57:50 PM

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motorhead428

What are the correct breathers for the oil fill tube and valve cover for a early 67 GT500 #185 finished at SA 01/04/1967 ? Shape, Script or non script ? The valve cover is a twist in.  Please post photos if you have them. Thank You Rick

Bob Gaines

Quote from: motorhead428 on February 12, 2018, 03:57:50 PM
What are the correct breathers for the oil fill tube and valve cover for a early 67 GT500 #185 finished at SA 01/04/1967 ? Shape, Script or non script ? The valve cover is a twist in.  Please post photos if you have them. Thank You Rick
Assuming a non thermactor engine the valve cover cap is going to be the larger flat top twist on round breather cap with a FOMOCO in the script inside a oval. The oil filler cap looks the same but smaller diameter and it is push on. The assemblyline cap will have a long neck that goes in the oil filler tube. The repros do not.  Chrome finish is the most typical. 
Bob Gaines,Shelby Enthusiast, Shelby Collector , Shelby Concours judge SAAC,MCA,Mid America Shelby

motorhead428

Non Thermactor is the way my car was produced.

Bob Gaines

#3
Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 12, 2018, 04:31:31 PM
Quote from: motorhead428 on February 12, 2018, 03:57:50 PM
What are the correct breathers for the oil fill tube and valve cover for a early 67 GT500 #185 finished at SA 01/04/1967 ? Shape, Script or non script ? The valve cover is a twist in.  Please post photos if you have them. Thank You Rick
Assuming a non thermactor engine the valve cover cap is going to be the larger flat top twist on round breather cap with a FOMOCO in the script inside a oval. The oil filler cap looks the same but smaller diameter and it is push on. The assemblyline cap will have a long neck that goes in the oil filler tube. The repros do not.  Chrome finish is the most typical.
The picture I posted should be the way your engine should look . The small cap is approximately 2 7/16 wide . Sorry I can't post more pictures of caps . My pictures which posted fine before are all too large a file now apparently from the error page I keep getting. I will let someone else post .
Bob Gaines,Shelby Enthusiast, Shelby Collector , Shelby Concours judge SAAC,MCA,Mid America Shelby

Bob Gaines

#4
Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 12, 2018, 04:46:51 PM
Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 12, 2018, 04:31:31 PM
Quote from: motorhead428 on February 12, 2018, 03:57:50 PM
What are the correct breathers for the oil fill tube and valve cover for a early 67 GT500 #185 finished at SA 01/04/1967 ? Shape, Script or non script ? The valve cover is a twist in.  Please post photos if you have them. Thank You Rick
Assuming a non thermactor engine the valve cover cap is going to be the larger flat top twist on round breather cap with a FOMOCO in the script inside a oval. The oil filler cap looks the same but smaller diameter and it is push on. The assemblyline cap will have a long neck that goes in the oil filler tube. The repros do not.  Chrome finish is the most typical.
The picture I posted should be the way your engine should look . The small cap is approximately 2 7/16 wide . Sorry I can't post more pictures of caps . My pictures which posted fine before are all too large a file now apparently from the error page I keep getting. I will let someone else post .
For those reading earlier car only on the cap trademarks. Probably Feb 67 was when the change over to Autolite started to happen.
Bob Gaines,Shelby Enthusiast, Shelby Collector , Shelby Concours judge SAAC,MCA,Mid America Shelby


shelbydoug

Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 12, 2018, 04:46:51 PM
Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 12, 2018, 04:31:31 PM
Quote from: motorhead428 on February 12, 2018, 03:57:50 PM
What are the correct breathers for the oil fill tube and valve cover for a early 67 GT500 #185 finished at SA 01/04/1967 ? Shape, Script or non script ? The valve cover is a twist in.  Please post photos if you have them. Thank You Rick
Assuming a non thermactor engine the valve cover cap is going to be the larger flat top twist on round breather cap with a FOMOCO in the script inside a oval. The oil filler cap looks the same but smaller diameter and it is push on. The assemblyline cap will have a long neck that goes in the oil filler tube. The repros do not.  Chrome finish is the most typical.
The picture I posted should be the way your engine should look . The small cap is approximately 2 7/16 wide . Sorry I can't post more pictures of caps . My pictures which posted fine before are all too large a file now apparently from the error page I keep getting. I will let someone else post .

Really? What about the staples? I never saw them evenly spaced like that? Was there a little hanky panky done on those? Those look nice. Original looks like crap.
68 GT350 Lives Matter!

67_1183

Quote from: shelbydoug on February 19, 2018, 07:40:19 PM
Really? What about the staples? I never saw them evenly spaced like that? Was there a little hanky panky done on those? Those look nice. Original looks like crap.

Off topic, but about half the number of staples of my earlier car.
2nd owner of 67 GT500 #1183 since September 1976