Yes...mid year. What was I thinking
I did give some thought to the possibility of service replacements, but that did not make sense for these reasons:
1. Warranties were short in those good old days, perhaps 12,000 miles for things such as this, no?
2. If the shocks failed before the short warranty was out, then Ford service replacements with a C7ZA part number would make perfect sense.
3. If the shocks failed after the warranty, much more likely, what percentage of people would go to a Ford dealer rather than the trusty old corner garage, resulting in an off brand part?
4. For those that would go back to Ford, what are the chances of getting C7ZA parts and not a newer part that fits multiple applications/years?
5. The icing on the cake is one interpretation of the date code. I figure that the T6LE is it. I'm not sure about the "T", but I'm assuming (dangerous I know, but I also can rely on someone correcting it
) that the 6 is 1966, L is November, E is 5th week (and there was a 5th week in Nov of that year, I checked). This is just over 3 weeks before the vehicle build date of Dec 20 1966 (20M).
What are the chances of getting replacements that are that close and just prior to the build date?
Should we at this point move over to the suspension category?
John
