Topic: Is this driveline correct for my 1966 K-code?

[evantugby]

Gents,
Can you identify this driveline?  I don't think its correct for my Metuchen built 23 Oct 1965 K-code?  Length from center to center of u-joint holes is 49 23/32" with a 2 3/4" diameter.   
The yoke part number C3AA-4868-G with inner locks and a "14" on the back side.  On the other end is is casted with CAM187 and some painted numbers on the other side.   

Tony Gregory's 4th Edition of the HiPo Mustang 289 mentions HiPo driveshafts used part number C5ZZ-4602-E but I cannot find any number like that on the tube.

Please let me know. 

[sgl66]

If the slip yoke is a 4868 - G that is the same as mine. See this thread for more details. http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=10965.msg65485#msg65485

I need to look and see if I have any pictures of the rear part of the drive shaft. If there were markings, I would have taken pictures.

[J_Speegle]

... If there were markings, I would have taken pictures.

Likely not there since it appears the driveline was either made up or the tube replaced at some point and balanced from the pictures provided

[evantugby]

I just sand blasted the yoke and got the full stamp number.  Turns out I was missing a digit.  C3AA - 4868 - G

With this new information I think I can determine this is the original driveline of my Metuchen Oct 23, 1965 built K-code fastback because the same driveline part number was referenced here by another owner (sglbbs) of a Metuchen built Oct 1965 k-code owner:

www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=10965.msg109795#msg109795

[sgl66]

Likely not there since it appears the driveline was either made up or the tube replaced at some point and balanced from the pictures provided

I agree that it looks like the tube and ends were likely replaced. The markings I was referring to were cast into the end. I found some pics with a 757(S UN?) cast in mine. Note that it also has a right angle notch which I don’t see in OP post.

[evantugby]

I agree that it looks like the tube and ends were likely replaced. The markings I was referring to were cast into the end. I found some pics with a 757(S UN?) cast in mine. Note that it also has a right angle notch which I don’t see in OP post.

I have the same thing. This checks out as an original driveline, does it not? Btw I restored my driveline today. Check it out. Thanks to J Speegle's article in the library!

[carlite65]

being picky here but imo your stripes are too neat. did you mask them?

[evantugby]

I did. And now that I think about it they shouldn't have been. Question: what would ford factory workers used to put these paint stripes on the driveline? Looking at J Speegle's driveline restoration article in the library, it looks like someone spray painted their finger and wiped it on the driveline. I should have done that, and will fix it.

[sgl66]

I have the same thing. This checks out as an original driveline, does it not? Btw I restored my driveline today. Check it out. Thanks to J Speegle's article in the library!

Those are better pics of the ends and are correct.

[evantugby]

Likely not there since it appears the driveline was either made up or the tube replaced at some point and balanced from the pictures provided

J Speegle,
This is the update I was referring to. 

[J_Speegle]

J Speegle,
This is the update I was referring to.

Not the update but the pictures (your reply #5) I was referencing rather than in the other thread since you got two lines of picture posting.

Question: what would ford factory workers used to put these paint stripes on the driveline?

That or a sub contractor

Looking at J Speegle's driveline restoration article in the library, it looks like someone spray painted their finger and wiped it on the driveline. I should have done that, and will fix it.

Could be a drip from the paint brush (they didn't use spray paint to apply the stripes) or a rub from a contact with the still wet paint when it was moved after the paint stripes were applied. Not all of them show this, other have more and others you can sometimes see where something was slid across one area or the driveline was smeared across a surface.

[evantugby]

Can I ask what is the number on this driveline about?  This is a picture of a 1966 GT-350 driveline.  Is this a number that was originally on the driveline? 

Thanks. 

[carlite65]

yes you can ask. that number was put on at the tubing mfgr plant. had something to do with the sizing of the tube itself. the newly manufactured tubes were cut into the appropriate lengths and not all tubes had a complete number. some only had a partial and some had no numbers. unless you have your original shaft & cleaned it properly you will not know if it was there. a search here may yield more info on this topic.

[J_Speegle]

yes you can ask. that number was put on at the tubing mfgr plant. had something to do with the sizing of the tube itself. the newly manufactured tubes were cut into the appropriate lengths and not all tubes had a complete number. ..............

+1 Told that by a ford employee. Seems that they typically got three drivelines made per tube. The numbering system identifies the pipe and includes a date code