Gents,
As you know I'm undergoing a restoration on my kar and I am trying to get many of the concours-details right. I noticed the starter on my 1966 kar had a casted number of D2AF-11131-CA with a 3A below it and a Ford logo. I knew this must have been roughly a 1972 starter, therefore not original.
I noticed an ebay seller, BnRparts out of Van Nuys, CA rebuilt starters and were advertising one for my kar. I sent an employee pictures of my starter and he immediately recognized it was not correct for my kar and said he can ship me the correct 1966 HiPo starter for a manual transmission. A few days later the rebuilt starter shows up and it appears to be the SAME EXACT starter I have. Take a look at the pictures. The rebuilt starter is on the right in all the photos and my old one is on the left.
Starter on Left: The one on the left is my old one, casted on the nose is D2AF-11131-CA with a 3A below it and Ford logo. On the body is stamped Motorcraft 12v USA with D50F-11001-AA4G2B.
Starter on Right: The new rebuilt one has casted on the nose D2AF-11131-D and I can't make out any of the rest. The company ink stamped it on the side with C2OZ-11002-B (shouldn't it be a C2OF stamp?) but I was expecting to receive a rebuilt one with the C3OF casting number on the nose. Two visual difference: 1) the area I point at appears to be a bit longer, although each starter is overal the same length. 2) the absence of the Motorcraft stamping on the housing is missing from the rebuilt starter.
Can I get information on these starters from you and your thoughts on if these would visually pass as concours correct? If not, what details do i need to change? Also, is it hard to find a correct C3OF casted number on the nose? I can't find anyone selling anywhere.