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Offline Texas Swede

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66 Later Leaf Spring Paint Markings
« on: February 08, 2018, 05:43:32 PM »
Here are two pictures from 6S923, one before restoration and one after. Car scheduled for production at San Jose around
Jan 12, 1966 as obtained from Ford Vin and HiPo book.
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Offline J_Speegle

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Re: 66 Later Leaf Spring Paint Markings
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2018, 05:45:28 PM »
Quote from: Texas Swede on February 08, 2018, 05:43:32 PM
Here are two pictures from 6S923, one before restoration and one after. Car scheduled for production at San Jose around
Jan 12, 1966 as obtained from Ford Vin and HiPo book.
Texas Swede

The reason I suggested the earlier style of marking was because your springs were made about 2-3 months after the OP's ;)

At least from what I have recorded in my date spreadsheets
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Re: 66 Later Leaf Spring Paint Markings
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2018, 02:27:46 PM »
...then you have 6S933 with one side marked with the "round splatters" and one side marked with the "stripes"...pretty cool!

Interesting enough, the earlier dated (by 30 days) spring has the stripes. Maybe the paint markings were applied when installed on the car?

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Offline Bob Gaines

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Re: 66 Later Leaf Spring Paint Markings
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2018, 02:50:21 PM »
Quote from: Brant on February 10, 2018, 02:27:46 PM
...then you have 6S933 with one side marked with the "round splatters" and one side marked with the "stripes"...pretty cool!

Interesting enough, the earlier dated (by 30 days) spring has the stripes. Maybe the paint markings were applied when installed on the car?


More a anomaly then the normal IMO.
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Re: 66 Later Leaf Spring Paint Markings
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2018, 05:28:55 PM »
Quote from: Brant on February 10, 2018, 02:27:46 PM
...then you have 6S933 with one side marked with the "round splatters" and one side marked with the "stripes"...pretty cool!

Interesting enough, the earlier dated (by 30 days) spring has the stripes. Maybe the paint markings were applied when installed on the car?

Likely they took the spray can away from Fred first and made him use a brush   ::)  Always seems to be that one example     

They didn't mark the springs after they were installed since without the markings they likely wouldn't get installed on the right car.  Workers needed the color markings to pick out the right ones for the application.  Suggestions were based on a fair number of examples and trends.
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Re: 66 Later Leaf Spring Paint Markings
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2018, 02:30:53 PM »
Fred must have had a stash of spray cans. The original springs from 6S1757 also have one with dots, one with stripes, both dated Jan 16, 66.

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