Topic: Trunk Wire Clip? 67 San Jose

[Ralf]

OK, when was it built?

March, 67

[Bossbill]

Keith, that is the clip I was looking for. Thank you.

I'm really confused.
Your friend's car is a SJ Mar 67 built car. I suspect somewhere in 7R02x185xxx-195xxx range
A concours example of a that car built in date proximity to this car was shown with the all metal clip.
I have two examples also in this range with all metal clips.
Bob thinks this clip was "typical".

Yet you want to use a clip that was used 4 months earlier?

[1967 eight barrel]

OK, when was it built?

1967 GT 500. 11/66 build.

[J_Speegle]

Does anyone know some details about this clip?

- name/number of the clip?
- manufacturer/source?

Sorry don't typically look up part numbers since I don't do searches for parts based on the numbers but rather look. Sure others can figure that out.  Source is typically just out of a donor car. You can find them used up into the early 70's on many different Ford products for many different purposes

Here is an example of another location I found one on 67 San Jose coupe



Its just one of two that was used at San Jose during 67 production

How is this clip fixed/mounted on the metal folding (hole)?

One end of the "S" sort of shape goes over the wheel house pinch weld and luggage stripe and the other is used to hold the wire in place

[1967 eight barrel]

Ralf,
AMK is reproducing this clip. I MAY have a spare. I will look if you're interested.

                                                                                      -Keith

[J_Speegle]

I can't make out his clip.

Both my early SJ March cars (one is a parts car, the other in my sig) have this clip here and under the car to hold the gas gauge wire.

Maybe part of the confusion - different results is that your comparing cars from different production periods and for details it can be like comparing details from other years or even plants and expecting to get the same results or findings

Here are some examples from Nov- Jan 67 built at San Jose. Found dozens of examples of these clips being used during this period rather than the later retainers. Change over is in the 158xx-162xxx VIN range. Of course it would be a soft range since we know that cars were not built in sequential order and we don't know the real build dates of all the cars in the survey

Ignore the arrow - picture was originally uploaded for another discussion about the fuel wire retaining tape locations








Clip style IMHO has nothing to do with body type in my review

You will likely find more with the rubber covered metal clips on cars at show since they are easy to purchase and find - rather than all being found with that clip prior to restoration

[Bossbill]

Maybe part of the confusion - different results is that your comparing cars from different production periods and for details it can be like comparing details from other years or even plants and expecting to get the same results or findings

But I'm not comparing different build dates!
The OP stated (later) that the car in question was a Mar 67 car. After that I stated I was confused since we now 3 cars (one of them from your library) all built really close to his build date with the later clip.

[J_Speegle]

But I'm not comparing different build dates!......

Noticed that your response in reply #4 was about March cars (original post only had reference to the Nov date) and the OP never provided the March 67 date until 8 posts (post #12)  after you introduced your findings in reply #4

Will agree that once the conversation got around to the Mar 67 period the rubber dipped steel style would be the norm. 

All worked out in the end but all of this is a reminder of why it can be beneficial early in the thread (first post hopefully) to identify when and where the car in question was assembled

[67gtasanjose]

"...but all of this is a reminder of why it can be beneficial early in the thread (first post hopefully) to identify when and where the car in question was assembled"

Are you questioning if your car should have this?  Looks like yours is a convertible, but this pic is a fastback.  Also, do you know when/where the car in the pic was built?  Best to know for sure if this applies to your own car before copying details.

BINGO! 2nd post nailed it first! O.P. is known to have a 11/66 built SJ 'vert, easy to assume it was a request for his car. Wasn't till the bottom of the first page he made it clear the request was for a later build...

[Ralf]

Ralf,
AMK is reproducing this clip. I MAY have a spare. I will look if you're interested.

                                                                                      -Keith

Would be nice, Keith.

Thank you.
Ralf

[Bossbill]

By the second post it was clear we weren't dealing with the OPs convertible as the picture was clearly of a fastback.
I was only showing what a Mar 67 fastback would have.  I tried to state that with my last line of "this example is out of the GT350 [sig states Mar, 67] in that location."

I now see that an inference can be made that I was somehow replying to a Nov. car.  I was not, but I suppose one could read it that way.

I just happened to have these on the bench after a phosphate cleaning next to my shop computer so I thought a picture of this obsolete clip would be useful.

I'll try and be clearer with my posts.