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Offline keeper

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1969 San Jose Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« on: March 24, 2021, 05:20:45 PM »


Curious to know whether or not the grooves on the inner engine bay wall on this ebay motors 69 SCJ is correct. My personal 69 SCJ does not have this as it is smooth. My car was built in late 68. Any input is greatly appreciated. Keith
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Re: 1969 Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2021, 10:57:59 PM »
The reinforced panel appeared about the same time as the Boss 302 (late March-early April) if I recall correctly.

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Re: 1969 Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2021, 12:38:33 AM »
TOB, thank you for the reply. So the late 68 and early 69 mustangs would not of had this reinforced panel. Interesting.
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Re: 1969 Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2021, 01:16:57 AM »
TOB, you made my day! I actually have two 69 Mustangs that are not the reinforced panels. The one is 12-10-68 and the other is 3-20-69. I think it is safe to say the panels are original as well.
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Re: 1969 Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2021, 10:05:13 AM »
My April 7th '69 GT350 has the reinforced panel.

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Re: 1969 Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2021, 02:32:21 PM »
Interesting TOB. I visited with each of the gentlemen that actually restored the two cars and both said that they used the panels that were with the car originally.
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Re: 1969 Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2021, 11:08:01 PM »
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The one is 12-10-68 and the other is 3-20-69. I think it is safe to say the panels are original as well.
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Who knows what actually took place on 12-5-68 or 4-20-69

March or April?

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Re: 1969 Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2021, 11:26:31 PM »
Sorry, I meant 3-20-69.
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Re: 1969 Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2021, 09:53:22 AM »
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The reinforced panel appeared about the same time as the Boss 302 (late March-early April) if I recall correctly.


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Re: 1969 Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2021, 06:29:17 PM »
Quote from: keeper on March 25, 2021, 11:26:31 PM
Sorry, I meant 3-20-69.

Changed the title to represent the year and the plant your car was built at. change overs were possibly different for different car assembly plants. Also added the list item to the running change main threads (sticky on the main section page) so that we can focus and possibly narrow the change over for each plant. When doing so the date code from the panel will likely be very important as well as when the car was really finished 
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Re: 1969 San Jose Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2021, 03:55:36 AM »
My later year 69 had the reinforced panel as well.  All great information!


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Re: 1969 San Jose Mach1 engine bay driver side inner wheel well wall.
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2021, 04:50:16 PM »
Quote from: Brian Conway on May 22, 2021, 01:03:26 PM
Might be worth mentioning that this particular panel carries a date stamp as well as the vin stamp.  This one is dated 8 10 D3.  Brian

Believe you will find that not all or even the majority of them had the VIN stamped on that panel at San Jose that year. Would post examples but don't want to take the discussion off thread. If someone wants to start another will be happy to share but of course this would help owners as well as those that are trying to represent things/details that are not correct
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