Topic: Wiper Bezel - Were they found on a July '65 Dearborn?

[meltdwn65GT]

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[datac]

My June '65 San Jose car has no wiper bezels.

[CharlesTurner]

It was a running change in late '65 model year production.  Believe the switch was around April/May '65.

[CharlesTurner]

Should the shafts be centered in the cowl holes?

Assuming your cowl hasn't been removed, then however they look is normal.

[rodster]

It was a running change in late '65 model year production.  Believe the switch was around April/May '65.

My April 19th Dearborn car still has bezels....

[PraireBronze]

Really a shame they made the change.  Looks so much better with the bezels.

[CharlesTurner]

My projected April 19th Dearborn car still has bezels....

Fixed that for you... ;-)

[CharlesTurner]

Really a shame they made the change.  Looks so much better with the bezels.

Agree.  Deleting the bezels was an obvious cost cutting measure.

[rodster]

Fixed that for you... ;-)

Yea, I guess Ford could have been ahead of schedule.   

[65pon]

My April 19th Dearborn car still has bezels....

May 18 Dearborn here, no bezels...

[rodster]

Like Charles said....sometime between April/May.   

[CharlesTurner]

May 18 Dearborn here, no bezels...

Seems pretty consistent that later May '65 cars did not have the bezels.  Probably could narrow it down to a few weeks, somewhere between the end of April and early May.  Might be a date notation in the master parts catalog, but we know that can sometimes be a fuzzy date.

The '65 GT convertible I restored had a May 24th scheduled build date and did not have the bezels.  I'm putting together a mid-March '65 San Jose convertible and it has the bezels.

Keep in mind that the 2 setups are not interchangeable.  The wiper arm shafts are different for each also.

[Murf]

Our 65 with a projected build date of April 22 does have the bezels around the wiper shaft.  Dearborn assembly plant.

[CharlesTurner]

Our 65 with a projected build date of April 22 does have the bezels around the wiper shaft.  Dearborn assembly plant.

 

I had a '65 Metuchen fastback with the same projected build date and it also had the bezels.

[jwc66k]

My May 11, 1965 (48 years young in two days) San Jose built GT Fastback has the wiper bezels. It also has the "Visibility Group" option ($36.60, an original window sticker is good) which includes two speed wipers an washer. Is this a, or the, deciding factor?
Jim