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Thanks for the replies and help.

Did the original tachometer have a grommet where the wires pass through the mounting bracket? Mine does not have a grommet; just a hole in the mounting bracket.

Correct. My A arms are not lowered.

My 66 Shelby had about 10 alignment shims per side used with the upper control arms. Did 66 Shelbys use more shims since they had the longer pitman and idler arms?

Here is a picture of brake "wing" hardware. These are also called cable anchors. Does anyone know which (if any) of these was used on March 1966 built Shelbys?  The assembly manual shows the wing style anchor used on rear drum brakes.

The hole for the mounting stud on each of these shown in the picture is 1/2" which is too small to install over the 3/4" mounting stud on the backing plate without enlarging it.

I have also attached a picture of my rear brakes with a modified (drilled out) cable anchor installed. I am pretty sure my brakes never had a cable anchor.

Feedback on what these came like from SAI in 66?

My understanding is that San Jose K codes with 4 speeds (which became 66 Shelby GT350s), almost always had the Ford vin stamped on a boss on the bottom side of the transmission.

Hi Cory. Please do let Richard know I would like to text him about this. I sent a PM to you.

Thanks. Saw that one. I don't like to buy off Ebay.

Looking for a NOS distributor cap with the FoMoCo in script in the oval on the inside of the cap. Part number is B7A-12106-A.

Here is a picture showing the yellow paint on the idler arm off of an unrestored 52,000 mile Shelby built in March 66. This car was off the road beginning about about 1970 and to the present time.

This yellow paint is duplicated as to what was on this part. This is a March built car shipped on 3/31.

Yes, I was confused by why it used the same bushing as a 66 power steering idler arm. I was hoping to find that the information would lead me to a source for a Ford correct pitman arm in case I can't find mine. Now that I understand it and have the part number, I will source a Shelby pitman arm if I don't find mine. Thank you for your help.

Here is the picture of my idler arm off of my March built  66 Shelby. Part number is XRR 2549. This has the bushing for the power steering idler arm installed.