Topic: 67 seat track plates

[Bossbill]

Let me make sure I'm in the 67 section.
Yep, got it.

All 8 of my 67s are that color.

[67gta289]

Here is the best that my plater can do.  Kind of hard to get a picture so I included a painted black piece in the background.

It is a multi-step process and includes silver.  Maybe he told me that to take some sting out of the price lol

[67gta289]

In the MPC I see C5ZZ-6513190-A as the part number.  Described as Retainer - Front Floor Mat to Seat Track

[Bob Gaines]

In the MPC I see C5ZZ-6513190-A as the part number.  Described as Retainer - Front Floor Mat to Seat Track

Given the 67 year being discussed for clarification the illustration shows the early 67 seat track. The later 67 seat track has the plates incorporated into the track.

[J_Speegle]

In the MPC I see C5ZZ-6513190-A as the part number.  Described as Retainer - Front Floor Mat to Seat Track

Guess that think narrow plate with no part number is suppose to represent the floor pan. Can see where that confused some people over the years

[67gta289]

The illustration is not of a Mustang. The MPC illustration area does not include pictures of every car.  The intent is to identify the basic part number.  Once you have that you go to the text area which should list everything serviced.  I should have mentioned that.  In this case I think it was the 1960 Ford illustration.

[Bossbill]

Updated the 67 Running Changes thread to include the seat track change.

[1967FEGT]

There are four on my early 67 car. I used a product for model railroads to blacken metal. It's not messy and you can just brush it on or I usually put it in a plastic contaner with a lid. It's very close to black phosphate finish.

http://www.swannysmodels.com/Blackenit.html

[196667Bob]

Can't seem to find where this can be purchased. Are you sure it's still available ?

Any help ?

Bob

[Bob Gaines]

Jax Chemicals made my original product.
You can buy it from Amazon.  Here is the link.

https://www.amazon.com/Jax-Iron-Steel-Blackener-Oz/dp/B00KI21EFK/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&hvadid=77859221295499&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=jax+chemicals&qid=1593269830&sr=8-6&tag=mh0b-20

That is the same thing as Eastwoods Quick Black product. It is sold under various names. It produces the same kind of look that gun bluing does. It is a fair compromise and better then black paint IMO but it does not closely reproduce the look of the factory Black Chromate. 

[Bossbill]

Jeff showed a pic earlier with a gold tint. I thought we were leaning more towards that as either the correct color or that the gold tint was a base for a darker color on top.

I can't be sure this came from my 67 car or my 66 car. But the color is clear.

Note that the degraded version has a gold spot where it would contact the carpet.

[J_Speegle]

Not sure if we have variations based on different suppliers (we might want to look for markings in the metal) or if it's different in the plating between batches. DO see this same finish back in to at least 66 San Jose production.

As for the two different styles or versions of the track and plates I think I've got the change over down to a week or so at San Jose but as mentioned will start a new thread focused on the running change so that others can submit their data points before releasing the results of the study