Claes,
Thanks again in your help with all this code stuff.
The build sheet I have indicates that this car is a manual steering car. If it has the quicker ratio steering, the tag should be HCC-AX. The 3504 in the part number I cite above indicates a Gear Assy. – Steering as described by the 1965 – 72 MPC. However the part number does not coincide with those in the MPC. I do not have a copy of the single-year 1966 MPC to determine the part number used there. The decoder at:
http://www.stangerssite.com/steeringboxtagdecoder.html indicates that “most” have a casting number of C4DR-A or C6ZR-A, but as we know, there were always exceptions at Ford. My experience with the build sheets I have in my possession is that if there was no note to the contrary, then standard parts were used. Seeing as we have a note at the bottom for a particular steering box, I would take this to mean it was different from other similarly equipped cars. The reason could be as simple as they were out of the standard-issue parts. It might also mean that the car was uniquely equipped, because it was ordered that way.
The codes for the Springs and Shocks are also different from others. The spring codes of
[6] (front) and
[8] (rear), are the only instance of these codes in my collection. Most build sheets I have with the SHP have a
[W] for the front spring code; which I believe indicates part C5ZZ-5310-F RED 1413 lbs. The few build sheets I have for fastbacks with the SHP indicate rear springs with code
[Z] which I’m taking to mean C5ZZ-5560-E K,L,S,Y F/B & Conv. Hi-Po 650 lb.
Standard issue shocks all seem to use a code
[F]. SHP cars primarily use code
[G]. And I have one instance of a code
[4], and the code
[9] found on your Swedish car. I’m still in the process of collecting information about the different types of shocks available for 1966 so I can determine specific part numbers and applications.
As long as we’re talking here, there are a couple of other peculiarities. One is the code
[2] under the Battery heading. Almost all build sheets I have use code
[1] in this heading to indicate the optional 24F battery. I have two instances of a code
[2], yours and a Dearborn K-code car destined for Lansing, MI. I have been unable to determine the meaning of this code. Might there be something related to the Headlamp Cov. ?