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It should have the welded double thick washers. Some think that cars without them were because there was a parts shortage on the assembly line but it is just as likely, more so maybe, that some PO serviced the car with the wrong ones?
Quote from: shelbydoug on June 15, 2020, 10:01:56 AMIt should have the welded double thick washers. Some think that cars without them were because there was a parts shortage on the assembly line but it is just as likely, more so maybe, that some PO serviced the car with the wrong ones?I would say it like this. The cars were meant to have the reinforced heavy duty upper shock brackets (Ford called beehives in paperwork) . It was part of the export package. There were very short periods of times on the assemblyline when for whatever reason a mistake was made and some cars did not receive them. When they are found missing on a car it is more likely a past owner issue then a assemblyline mistake. Saying the same thing only different..
Does D. Mathews have the info on which cars didn't have them?
that's just the way it is!!
I've seen quite a few original untouched '67 Shelby 350 and 500 cars without the reinforced caps. It seems all the restored cars end up with the reinforced shock tower caps even if the car didn't originally have them because the restorer feels they should be on the car.
........ Why restore a mistake? Is there historical significance to that?
Quote from: George Schalk on June 15, 2020, 08:30:17 PMI've seen quite a few original untouched '67 Shelby 350 and 500 cars without the reinforced caps. It seems all the restored cars end up with the reinforced shock tower caps even if the car didn't originally have them because the restorer feels they should be on the car. As Bob suggests, they were ALL MEANT to get them. I interpret not having them as a mistake. Why restore a mistake? Is there historical significance to that?
Quote from: shelbydoug on June 15, 2020, 09:32:41 PMQuote from: George Schalk on June 15, 2020, 08:30:17 PMI've seen quite a few original untouched '67 Shelby 350 and 500 cars without the reinforced caps. It seems all the restored cars end up with the reinforced shock tower caps even if the car didn't originally have them because the restorer feels they should be on the car. As Bob suggests, they were ALL MEANT to get them. I interpret not having them as a mistake. Why restore a mistake? Is there historical significance to that?Well, the 67 cars were all supposed to have functional lower brake scoops and lights in the upper scoops, but as we all know, that isn’t the case. I get that some want their cars “the way it was intended to be”, but then there are some that do not want to change the original characteristics of a car and prefer to restore it to the exact way it rolled out of SA.