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Here are a couple old ford racing pics that I found hidden in an old box in the attic. There are a few more period correct prototype mustang pics too, but I didn’t post them as they are not GT-40 specific....

Quote from: Coralsnake on July 12, 2019, 05:12:40 PM
Stripes were originally vinyl not painted

The remnants of the side stripes that are left in the door jam are vinyl. The stripes on the roof are rear panel below the back window are painted blue.

If you refer back a few pages ( page 10) I added a picture of the vinyl stripes in the door jam.

Quote from: SHELB66 on July 12, 2019, 11:15:05 AM
I wonder if her pink '69 Shelby was brought to the dealership.  It would have been great to help promote sales.

Craig R.

Interesting theory....Might help to explain why it was never seen around Hollywood?

I just read up on this girl. It appears that her home town is 5 miles to the East of where I live...Crazy.

Wonder if her old missing Shelby is hidden in one of the old garages in the area?.....Stranger things have happened...

I have another question for the group. I believe that the lower rear lower valance looks to have been replaced due to the Phillips screws that are used to fasten it onto the car. The strange thing is that its welded in the corners and it has the same paint and patina as the rest of the car? Anyone have any info on if these were modified or replaced for some reason at the assembly plant? I've attached a couple of pics to show what I'm referring too.

I've also made further progress on getting some more of the black paint off. Unfortunately the blue stripes seem to wipe off fairly easily. They are there, but when I rub the black off, the blue comes off with it.

This is a better orientation on the Radiator pic .

Here is the axle, the door hinges and the door catch.

here are the rear leaf spring pics.

Quote from: Harris Speedster on July 11, 2019, 08:40:52 PM
Have you looked at the date codes on the side door window glass?

Seems to me that with whats known at this time, April  car?

I wish that I could. The car has all lexan windows. As far as the build date, I'm building a chart to track stamping date codes for the car. My hope is that somehow I'll be able to figure out what the timeframe is from the part manufacturing process date  to vehicle assembly date. This would give me another possible window to investigate. Might be able to align it to a certain DSO group, then break it down by color etc...

As a few of the members have recommended, I'm following every bread crumb that I can.

Quote from: Bossbill on July 11, 2019, 07:37:11 PM

Quote from: Thomas on July 10, 2019, 12:46:33 PM
Bossbill;

I will try to get the car out today and take better pictures of the radiator for you. Thank you for your help thus far.

Are you able to make any distinction as to a window of when this radiator would have been assembled into the car?

See pic for where to take the pic.

Here are the Radiator pics from yesterday.

Quote from: capecodmustang.com on July 11, 2019, 10:08:38 AM
Thomas :

Has the steering box been changed?

Yes. It has a Chevy Corvair steering box. I'm assuming that its what the drag racers used when they converted to the straight front axle.

Morning everyone.

I have lots of part number pictures and updates to post but cannot post them due to the uploading issue on the forum. I will post them ASAP when the problem is resolved.

However, I'll list the numbers that I found for now.

Drivers rear spring: C7ZA
                             5_ _ 6AM
                             040EC7

Pass rear spring:  C7ZA
                           _ _ _ _AM
                           04_ _ _ _

Rear axle had an Oval flange center: 28-spline

Driver door upper hinge: 32123LH
                                     SPO or SPC

Pass door upper hinge: 32122RH
                                   SPC
                                   8

Passenger door striker: 1-67

Quote from: George Schalk on July 10, 2019, 01:28:58 PM

Quote from: Thomas on July 10, 2019, 12:49:33 PM

Quote from: George Schalk on July 03, 2019, 01:53:18 PM
You can also check the center section (pumpkin) for a date code and any other numbers.  Maybe it has a "SPEC" rear-end.  More than likely, since it's a drag car, the rear-end was changed out at some point, but still worth checking.

George;

I'll count the splines this evening. As for the drums and backing plates, they were removed and replaced at sometime by a set of "Hurst/Airheart disk brakes. I've never heard of them before, but they must have been decent as there are only spindles on the front axle... My theory is that this is why the rear tail panel gas filler was cut out. Probably had a parachute attached in the center area to help slow the car after the 1/4 mile. There is NO way that these early rear disk brakes would be able to stop this car at high speed on their own.

Thanks guys. I have one on order now.

Quote from: George Schalk on July 03, 2019, 01:53:18 PM
You can also check the center section (pumpkin) for a date code and any other numbers.  Maybe it has a "SPEC" rear-end.  More than likely, since it's a drag car, the rear-end was changed out at some point, but still worth checking.

George;

Sadly, the center section was missing from the car. Would there be any numbers on the rear axle housing? Location?