Topic: 1968 Standard Rim?

[mhubert89]

hi,

can someone told me wich rims i suppose to have on my 68 fastback c code 289, 4 speeds built in Dearborn on April 16th !
picture please ! if they suppose to be gray, chrome ect ...

thanks for any help

Mathieu

[J_Speegle]

Only a Marti report can tell you what rims your car originally had on it when delivered to the dealership and a sale invoice could tell you what was on it when sold to the first owner. Its rare but sometimes they are different but would suggest the Marti

[mhubert89]

Only a Marti report can tell you what rims your car originally had on it when delivered to the dealership and a sale invoice could tell you what was on it when sold to the first owner. Its rare but sometimes they are different but would suggest the Marti

here my Marti...don't know where to see that !!

[67gta289]

That is too low of a resolution to read.  Can you do better?

[J_Speegle]

That is too low of a resolution to read.  Can you do better?

That comes up as a 2" square on my monitor

[mhubert89]

That comes up as a 2" square on my monitor

and now ?

[stangfan]

You need to increase the size of your picture.  Go into the menu of the camera and pick a larger size.

[J_Speegle]

If you had posted it in a gallery for your use here we might be able to fix it for you - and it would show up as long as the site stays up. (reminder for all members)

If you loose the other account - the other site closes or you go inactive- the link will break and there will just be a blank in its place.

Just a thought about where we all link our pictures from - Same issue we're seeing with Ebay, Craig's list........ links to ads. Once they are gone so are the pictures

[mhubert89]

sorry about the picture, Jeff will try to put it back in a bigger size ! Thanks too him for the help ! will see after he put back the picture !

[J_Speegle]

Here is the Marti mhubert89 supplied





Looking through other reports for 68's I found listed

1- No wheels or hubcaps mentioned when the "GT equipment group" was listed except for a mention when "chrome styled steel wheels" was included
2- "Style steel wheels"   without the GT option
3- Wheel covers
4- Deluxe wheel covers
5- Like the one shown above - no wheel cover or wheel listed

[stangfan]

Did Ford sell Mustangs in 68 with just a plain steel wheel and no hubcap whatsoever?  Maybe that is the case here. 

[J_Speegle]

Did Ford sell Mustangs in 68 with just a plain steel wheel and no hubcap whatsoever?  Maybe that is the case here.

Not on production cars sold to the general public IMO

Reports don't list trunk mats, .... but they still were normally delivered with those items

Believe what we're seeing here is a car built and delivered with body color wheels and "dog dish" hubcaps (base model)  with the possibility of the dealer up-selling the buyer to something "better" and at additional cost.

Some dealers it seemed like to order cars without radios in a hope to see the buyers more expensive radios once they got to the dealership

[gtamustang]

Not on production cars sold to the general public IMO

Believe what we're seeing here is a car built and delivered with body color wheels and "dog dish" hubcaps (base model)  with the possibility of the dealer up-selling the buyer to something "better" and at additional cost.

+1 on Jeff's comments

[67gtasanjose]

Unrelated to the topic, "Louvered Hood" was optional on the 68's?  guess I've seen only 68's that all had a louvered hood maybe...I cannot recall seeing one without or never paid enough attention before to them. 

[gtamustang]

Turn signal hood was standard on 68s pre-strike. Once production started up again at the end of November 1967, Ford eliminated several features and made others optional. The turn signal hood was one that became optional.

Regards,
Pete Morgan