Author Topic: 65-68 Sill Plates  (Read 813 times)

Offline Bossbill

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65-68 Sill Plates
« on: May 23, 2022, 06:34:17 PM »
There are many players in the sill plate arena.
I had some awful ones on my 65 and compared to C5 Ford plates they looked awful (and had one less rib in the recess).
Do any of the reproductions pass the sniff test?
Bill
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Offline Bob Gaines

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Re: 65-68 Sill Plates
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2022, 08:27:43 PM »
There are many players in the sill plate arena.
I had some awful ones on my 65 and compared to C5 Ford plates they looked awful (and had one less rib in the recess).
Do any of the reproductions pass the sniff test?
I believe the Carpenter ones are made from original tooling.
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Re: 65-68 Sill Plates
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2022, 09:24:44 PM »
I have one nice original C5 but the other one got destroyed.

Nice to see Daniel Carpenter makes a good replacement.

Thanks Bob.
Bill
Concours  Actual Ford Build 3/2/67 GT350 01375
Driven      6/6/70 0T02G160xxx Boss 302
Modified   5/18/65 5F09A728xxx Boss 347 Terminator-X 8-Stack
Race        65 2+2 Coupe conversion