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Quote from: Steve Meltzer on April 16, 2024, 08:14:58 PMOkay, I've learned that all hood hinges are the same for 1968 Mustangs. However, KRs with their fiberglass hoods, require different springs. Having said, that I now see that the repro hinges available don't look like the originals on my car, one of which is defective. Is there someone who can  recondition and refurbish my old hinges? Thanks Steve

There are early and late hood hinges. From what I've been told, 1967 style hinges were used until around March of 1968 depending on the plant. (I lost points for having the early hinges on my May 7th, 1968 built Dearborn Mustang in MCA concourse trailered). The late hinges were used from around March 1968 until the end of 1970 production. Most original hinges are date coded. There are also reports of some cars having an early hinge on side and a late hinge on the other. Do your homework before spending any money on hinges.
https://anghelrestorations.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/hood_hinges_v1.1.pdf

We are leaving Wednesday morning. Looking forward to event (just not the 1000-mile drive one way with the old truck and closed trailer). 

Quote from: crossboss on March 27, 2024, 12:23:48 AM

Quote from: deathsled on March 24, 2024, 01:57:10 PM
One can only imagine how many other great films he might have made.

Yes. However guys like him in Hollywood during his last days were dying out. McQueen's 'The Hunter' and 'Tom Horn' films were flops at the box office. John Wayne died a year earlier in 1979. By 1981, him and other legendary actors were pretty much finished. The 1980's brought in a new wave of actors like Sean Penn, Brad Pit, Alley Sheedy, etc. The 'Brat Pack' was the rage. Sad, but true.

True. Who's left? Clint Eastwood, 93 and Gene Hackman, 94 come to mind.

Thanks for the info.

When I've done bearings, I've noticed the retainers are not always the same thickness with the aftermarket bearings. If you have a thinner bearing retainer, I'm thinking it's going to push the sleeve too far and it will not contact the seal correctly. Do you know how thick the factory Ford bearing retainer is?

So a friend of mine says the seal spacer (sleave) should be positioned closer to the tapered Edge where the seal rides. I say it should be closer to the center of where the seal rides to get maximum seal effect. Who is right or are we both wrong and the position is somewhere else? His 1970 shop manual seems to have no mention of the seal spacer at all.

Found it on U Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4CGuAaAdmQ

Quote from: cboss70 on February 26, 2024, 11:05:57 AM
If you search YouTube for 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302- Unrestored Survivor a poster called Callaway Classics posted a nice video of a green undercarriage.

In the video you suggested, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTak2_MrgQs that car appears to have almost no under coating on the floors and wheel wells. Also no seam sealer on the seat belt mounts. was it removed or is that typical of production? If you look at my second picture, the undercoating on this car spreads from just past the transmission tunnel to the rocker panels on both sides and in the wheel wells. When it was sprayed, it appears the worker was standing under where the right-side muffler sits as that seems the be the spray pattern direction.  It is also sprayed lightly in the tunnel above the transmission closer to the firewall where the firewall and floor pan come together. I don't think it was dealer applied because there is no way a dealer could have sprayed it there without removing the transmission. This car also was a California delivery with the extra emissions hardware. The green on that car is sprayed pretty much exactly how this car is painted front to rear.

Here are some pictures of the transmission tunnel area. Disregard any redoxide primer you might see in the pictures. The owner didn't know the green was correct and painted a little of red oxide over it.

I was putting a transmission in my friend's 70 Boss 302 today (going from a close ratio transmission to a wide ratio transmission) and I couldn't help but notice it's obviously green undercarriage instead of the usual red oxide primer you would normally see. This is an unrestored undercarriage and it is clearly all the original paint under there. This car has a mid January build date from Dearborn. Are there any other 70 Boss 302s in this time frame with this unusual green undercarriage paint? It's kind of like lime gold metallic without the metallic. Just for reference, some years back I worked on someone's 73 Mustang convertible that was light blue that also had this green paint on the undercarriage and this car was light blue and had 19,000 original miles on it.

Here is a photo from the 428 Cobra Jet Registry site of a 1968 throttle bracket.

Simple answer really. Because I want to.

If a good used one came along at the right price, I would probably go for it. But for now, I'm going to see how this one turns out.

Okay. Parts came. Turned an RUG-E3 Mustang/Cougar small in small out wide ratio 4 speed into a big in big out wide ratio 4 speed. Next step is to get it in the car.

Can you imagine how fast they would be going if they let them run the last 320 ft? The Top Fuel and funny cars would probably be close to or over 350 mph by now!