Topic: 65 GT Conv. pictures

[tclark]

 Last month went to check on progress on the 65.  I was surprised how rust free this car is (not ever been restored).
A few pictures attached. The Shop also had a disc ready with several hundred pictures. They are documenting everything they are doing.
Tom

[CharlesTurner]

Looks really nice in pics.  Why are the front bumper arms still on?  That's a hospital visit waiting to happen, lol.

[J_Speegle]

Tom - When and where was the car built?

Makes the pictures more relevant to others

[tclark]

Hi Jeff, here's the break down on the 65 GT....76B (2door conv.Luxury deluxe)  P (prairie bronze),  66 trim,  28T (June), DSO 36 (Louisville),
Axle 1 (3.00)  Trans. 6, (C4)
Thanks for looking
Tom

[J_Speegle]

Hi Jeff, here's the break down on the 65 GT....76B (2door conv.Luxury deluxe)  P (prairie bronze),  66 trim,  28T (June), DSO 36 (Louisville),
Axle 1 (3.00)  Trans. 6, (C4)

So Dearborn car??    Noticed the hanging chad mid cowl to firewall pinchweld and second rotation number on the cross member 

[rocket289k]

Early style rad support with the vent holes by the battery too

[J_Speegle]

Early style rad support with the vent holes by the battery too

Early style Dearborn would have had the louvers like this





Oval vent holes to the passenger side of the louvers were a design feature through 1965 and 66 (late 66 shown below)

[drummingrocks]

Why are the front bumper arms still on?  That's a hospital visit waiting to happen, lol.

I've been there and done that, and it only took one time before those bumper arms started coming OFF!   

[tclark]

 Dearborn car,, bumper arms are off, (those would have hurt)
Tom

[CharlesTurner]

Dearborn car,, bumper arms are off, (those would have hurt)
Tom

Good!  Been around restorations enough to know better!    

[Hipo giddyup]

I think this has been discussed before but looking at the front-on pic, the brackets for the convertible "stress" bars mounted to the forward firewall aprons , show one inverted from the other?? What gives?? Could this have been done from the factory or a PO??? Even though I do not own a convertible I am always wanting to learn the "ways of the force" when it comes to the Mustang hobby! 

[carlite65]

that is the correct position for those bars. looks odd but that's the way it was done.

[CharlesTurner]

that is the correct position for those bars. looks odd but that's the way it was done.

+1, the battery side is flipped up for additional clearance.  Believe this is the reason the shorter bars were introduced in '66.

The end of the bars actually mount opposite too... the driver side usually has the brace lying on top of the bracket and the passenger side it goes underneath.  I've seen the bolt make contact with the bottom of the hood if the brace is placed on top of the bracket on the passenger side.

[Hipo giddyup]

Learned something new ! Thanks 

[rocket289k]

Early style Dearborn would have had the louvers like this





Oval vent holes to the passenger side of the louvers were a design feature through 1965 and 66 (late 66 shown below)

Of course there are no louvers to aid in cooling the generator. Thanks for the correction Jeff. Oops!

Ron