Author Topic: Driveshaft Paint Marks-1966 San Jose Coupe,late June build,289-C, C4, 2.80 open  (Read 651 times)

Offline JBSpeednut

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Offline RoyceP

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Looks like some driveshaft shop in the past rebuilt yours and added the round balancing washers before painting it black. Normally the driveshaft balance weights are rectangular and attached with a spot weld at each end. There would be no paint except the identification stripes and sometimes a hand painted letter that is the last letter in the part number for further identification. Hopefully someone has photos of an original V8 / automatic driveshaft from 1965 that you can mimic.
1968 W code 427 Cougar XR-7 GTE Feb 23 Dearborn C6 / 3.50 open
1968 R code 428CJ Cougar XR-7 May 13 Dearborn C6 / 3.91 T - Lock