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Brian is much too modest to blow his own horn but he, and No.26 , did quit well at the show. With over 1500 entries, They were awarded the "Mighty Muscle" award. There was a steady stream of spectators stopping to see what a really great car looks like and to take pictures, lot's of pictures. Check out "Mom" taking a close-up of the "G.T.350" .

I'm sure it took a lot of work to put all this together. It's great and very appreciated.

This is not a recommendation of a particular product or mounting method, just passing along an option I found.

http://www.thebracketeer.com,

Back in the 70's our KR had 2x4's, 4:11 gears and auto trans. You'd be cruising along minding your own business when you felt the need to hammer the right peddle. The trans would find "passing gear", as it was called, the secondaries would come in and life got pretty exciting real quick. Good possibility you just smoked a Chebbie. All with air conditioning running wide open. But I do understand the fun you can have with a SB. Still fun, just different.
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"Everybody to their own taste said the old lady when she kissed the cow"

I believe the oil fill tube fits into the large hole next to the number 1 runner? Below is a photo from Mansfield Mustang website of right side but I think its missing the cross-over linkage for the throttle.

http://mansfieldmustang.com/CatalogIndexFirstpage.html

Its all good. Hope the deal works out for you. Would love to see some pictures if it does. Good luck.

The price I quoted on the KR carb was about what I paid a couple of years ago for a good rebuildable one. But it was from a friendly member of this forum, your results may vary. The carb part numbers in my previous post were what is correct for the 67 GT500 carbs you may have.

To quote the Coralsnake web page for KR carbs:
"The C80F-9510-AA was used on 4spd cars. The C80F-9510-AB was used on automatics.".
If you haven't already check out the Coralsnake info on intakes and carbs take a look. http://www.thecoralsnake.com/intakes.HTML

I went thru the exact same process a couple of years ago. I'm no expert so I welcome corrections if corrections are due. First I'll say "KR500" is pretty close on costs of new stuff. As for the value of the existing dual quad set-up, value depends on exactly what you have. If the intake and carbs are correct for 67 GT500 I think the value will be greater than over-the-counter parts or parts off a non-Shelby application. Best situation is to have the correct C7AZ intake and matching pair of C3AF-9510-BK/BJ carbs. Many times the carbs will look correct but you find 9510-U carbs which are service replacements. I thought I had a correct setup but later found the air cleaner was a repro while carbs and intake were good.

As for 68 KR parts:
Carb will be $1000 up for a rebuildable core. Restored $1500 and up, but varies with your configuration (4spd vs auto)

Intake will be $400 and up. If you want to be date-code correct you'll need to allow some time to find the right one and be willing to pay when you find it.

Air filter, snorkel, s-tube and heat shield, $4000 for original, $2500 for repop.

Allow $300-400 for misc. specific parts for PVC setup, vacuum fittings, etc.

I don't know costs on thermactor set-up since I haven't replaced mine. Depending on your current setup you may need to replace some pulleys. There also might be some work where the thermactor tubes connect to the exhaust manifolds.

As Bob said, the plenum had to be modified for the 2x4 air cleaner to fit under the hood so include $200-$250 for reproduction plenum.

After all the above, throw in $1000 for shipping, belts, hoses, paint, cleaners, etc.

None of this includes labor or other incorrect parts you find along the way.

If you purchase the car don't think you will be shunned here for having none correct parts on your car. If you get it for the right price, drive and enjoy. Our KR successfully ran like a scalded dog 40 years set-up like yours. I only decided to put it back to a single carb when the 2x4's need rebuilding/restoring.

Ted

Here's an old photo I dug out of my musty collection. This is the back lot of a residence in Roanoke Virginia, mid to late 1970's.

OK already!! I certainly don't want to be considered paranoid, a troll, or lack integrity. That's a lot of assumptions based on something so simple. We weren't masking our name, we were following suit with MOST everyone else here. Some of you already have a large internet presence because of your professional affiliation with the hobby. Having your true name here probably helps your business, and that's OK with me.

The internet is a powerful tool, in good ways and bad. When I search on my name it returns a lot of details and some totally false information. If someone chooses not to use some form of their true name here that should not make them a second-class citizen or immediately considered to have ill-intent.

Just a question, if you're not just a little paranoid how come so few put their gender, age and location in their profile?

Ted