Topic: 1967 Tilt-Away Column Ground Wire Question

[67gtasanjose]

Richard : Possibly it was just early Dearborn Cougars that had that ? Maybe Don of WCCC can address this ?

Bob

Kinda why I stated this. A Cougar shares the same lower dash (metal section) as the Mustang so I imagine a lot of columns out of Cougars made their way to various Mustangs. There is certainly no reason I can think of for them to be different in a Cougar but maybe it's an early/late running change?

[196667Bob]

Richard : Based on John's last Post of a very early September 1966 Mustang with the solenoid mounted on the dash, if it were a running change, it would have been a very, very early one.

Bob

[67gtasanjose]

Richard : Based on John's last Post of a very early September 1966 Mustang with the solenoid mounted on the dash, if it were a running change, it would have been a very, very early one.

Bob

Since there would be no way to know for sure what PARTS had been swapped onto the cars from a junkyard parts vehicle...I wouldnt side with just the few John found. I am sure the version with the solenoid attached to the column went into production, albeit for yet an undetermined time period. The dash-mounted solenoid (secured to the dash bracket) is also curved to fit the radius of the column, thus even the black painted bracket was shaped to conform to the existing solenoid for what we assume as an early version.

[196667Bob]

Richard : As you can see in the attached pictures, there is no way that the release valve/ solenoid, with the dash bracket, could be mounted to the Steering Column unless the part of the bracket that mounts to the dash was either cut off, or bent to conform to the curvature of the Steering Column. The release valve/ solenoid by itself, which includes a smaller two hole bracket, could have been mounted to the Steering Column with two screws, as its curvature is the same as the Steering Column. As a matter of fact, that is exactly what was done on 19*67 Thunderbirds.

I have attached copies of the first several pages of TSB No. 48, Article 916, dated O(ctober 21, 1966, which shows both the Thunderbird and the Mustang Tilt Columns.

I also checked my earliest Ford List Price Book that covers 1967 Models, and is dated November 1, 1966. It shows that the Dash Bracket was available for a whole $0.45 !

Finally, I sent an email to Don and Darrell at WCCC and asked if either of them had come across any 1967 Cougars or Mustangs with the Release Valve/ Solenoid mounted on the Steering Column. Of course since they are closed on Fridays, I don't expect a response until Monday. I will Post what I hear back from them.

Bob