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67 nose support

Started by acman63, December 19, 2019, 05:11:30 PM

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acman63

Ive been wrestling in my mind with this project and before I do it I want some input.  Im helping out a guy with a wide headlight car and he has two front license plate bracket/nose supports  that need repair and both are for center headlight cars.  I had two original cars of each type to look at and the wide headlight version is different.  His original is beyond repair BUT  I found a rust pitted original off a wide headlight car in the rafters.  I took it to my sheet metal fabricator thats made a bunch of concours stuff for me and he said sure,  he can make it like the original.  Heres my question  .  Theres a vendor that has made these but they arent very accurate and they retail for less than I will have to pay to get these made and I have to buy minimum of 10  parts to make it happenand I will still have to get them primered after I get them from him.    If I make them Id probably be selling them at  $195 to make it work.  If anyone is interested please let me know. 
SAAC Concours Chairman

Owner Shelby Parts and Restoration Since 1977

SAAC original first year member


SFM5S159

I'm confused on which version you are making-for outboard cars? 
'65 GT350, '67 GT500, '65 289 Cobra

shelbydoug

Can you post a picture of what this part looks like? You've got me confused.
68 GT350 Lives Matter!

acman63

Quote from: shelbydoug on December 20, 2019, 10:14:01 AM
Can you post a picture of what this part looks like? You've got me confused.

any different than your normal confused Doug?   (-:
SAAC Concours Chairman

Owner Shelby Parts and Restoration Since 1977

SAAC original first year member

shelbydoug

Quote from: acman63 on December 20, 2019, 10:39:48 AM
Quote from: shelbydoug on December 20, 2019, 10:14:01 AM
Can you post a picture of what this part looks like? You've got me confused.

any different than your normal confused Doug?   (-:

About average I suppose?
68 GT350 Lives Matter!

JD

#6
In an effort to help Jim (Jim I'll delete this if you want) there was, as he has, stated some variations on this Shelby part:

As best as I've been able to tell;

There were two gauges of material used, initially heavy and then lighter.

Some with an "open" area in the license plate segment, some (most) "solid".

Some (early) had a hole in each of the tri-angular vertical end plates.

To my knowledge any will fit either the center or outboard grille light cars, it's
more an issue of which would a particular car have had.

Yet another '67 Shelby part variable with little, or no, time line of version
use/implementation.

On the good side they were all semi-gloss black!

Hope this helps with understanding (some?) of the variations.
'67 Shelby Headlight Bucket Grommets https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=254.0
'67 Shelby Lower Grille Edge Protective Strip https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=1237.0

acman63

pretty much sums it up JD,   subtle differences.   If I make this it will be near exact to the two original wide headlight ones I have
SAAC Concours Chairman

Owner Shelby Parts and Restoration Since 1977

SAAC original first year member