Topic: Driveshaft markings original SJ May 65

[petersixtfive]

Couple of pics I thought I would share of my Driveshaft

[CharlesTurner]

Thanks for posting, soaked in evaporust?

Would you possibly be able to post a picture of the full drive-shaft.

Also, what engine/trans combination and what body style?

[petersixtfive]

Driveshaft is original from a May 65 Factory GT fastback with an A code 289 and 4 speed Trans
Shaft was soaked in evaporust for 4 days
Notice the 5E could be coincidental also notice the brush Dab marks

[rockhouse66]

Interesting.  Mine had the same sort of lime green looking stripe and the other one looked like pink/salmon (I restored it as salmon).  What color do you think that second stripe is on yours?

Also, my stripes were close together and stencil was 4S.  A little confusing to me that these would be that different on my 9/65 built SJ 4-speed A code GT.

[J_Speegle]

Interesting.  Mine had the same sort of lime green looking stripe and the other one looked like pink/salmon (I restored it as salmon).  What color do you think that second stripe is on yours?

Also, my stripes were close together and stencil was 4S.  A little confusing to me that these would be that different on my 9/65 built SJ 4-speed A code GT.

Just one of the reasons we always ask when the car was built   driveline (from documents and examples) markings can change up to four times during a production year for the same application


For the last two of the stencil (though to be a date or worker id) I've got

4E, 4S, 4W, 5S, 5W, ll, lll, llW

Got a bunch

[rodster]

Also, my stripes were close together

A bit hard to see but here's another stripe spacing from a 65 Dearborn A code coupe, April build date.

[JKWilson]

Interesting.  Mine had the same sort of lime green looking stripe and the other one looked like pink/salmon (I restored it as salmon).  What color do you think that second stripe is on yours?

Also, my stripes were close together and stencil was 4S.  A little confusing to me that these would be that different on my 9/65 built SJ 4-speed A code GT.

Found the same stripes on my Metuchen '66 4 speed GT fastback!

[bryancobb]

Here's the notes I took when I took my MAR 1966 Metuchen C-Code driveshaft out of the Evap-O-Rust.  The weld at the rear had school-bus yellow paint all around sloppily.  The 1st stripe was a 1" approx white stripe about 5/8" from the weld.  Then at about 6 5/8" from the weld it had a 3/4" wide mint-green stripe.  The front yoke had a very dark grayish blue coating in a lot of spots but I couldn't tell where the original stop line was.  At 31 3/8" was where the yellow stenciled markings were.  Then there was a couple of places at the front where school-bus yellow and light blue paint was (as shown)

Mine had internal c-clip u-joints at front and rear.

[petersixtfive]

Starting to restore the driveshaft that I posted a couple of pics some time ago
When starting to sand the tube found the letters (AS) stamped in 3 positions along the tube
Any ideas on what they might mean
Regards

[CharlesTurner]

Haven't noticed stampings like that.  Maybe owner/shop identification?

[J_Speegle]

Sanded a few of these and have not seen anything similar - will keep and eye open for them in the future

[66RavenGTCoupeAgain]

For what its worth, I have found the AS stampings on both of my tail shafts.