Topic: Metuchen Radiator Cap?

[wm3798]

Asked this question over on the Boss 302 site with no responses. Its pretty well documented what the Dearborn plant radiator cap looks like but I haven't seen much on what the Metuchen plant used. Did they use the same supplier/ same cap or something different. (pic is the Dearborn radiator cap)

[J_Speegle]

Looked through my pictures and it is very rare to find an original still on the car after all these years.

Could not find a single NJ car (just what I have pictures of) with the small rivet cap on it. Have a half dozen reportably "unrestored" cars though most have been played with in some way making IMHO trusting what I see difficult


Tried

[specialed]

the regular big rivet autolite cap from what I seen  another vendor thing with small rivet Dearborn car

[Brian Conway]

     This is the reproduction chrome cap I got for my car.  Of course under the impression it was a faithful copy of the original.  Will be interested to see how faithful that might be.  Brian

[69cobrajetrugae2]

The seller may provide better pictures if asked to do so.  The center rivet looks different than the repo.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-74-Ford-Mustang-Torino-Shelby-c9zz-8100-a-radiator-cap-/370807478657?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5655d91981&vxp=mtr

[J_Speegle]

The seller may provide better pictures if asked to do so.  The center rivet looks different than the repo.

Looks like a later service replacement

Its most likely (going by past example sand practices) that the reproducers used NOS/service replacements as their guide when making the new ones


Notice the differences between the following

[67gtasanjose]

I noticed the FONT size is different on the OE cap, there is a larger gap between the arrows.

Richard

[69cobrajetrugae2]

Send me a personal message jeff, I don't know how to do it. Thanks

[Bob Gaines]

The seller may provide better pictures if asked to do so.  The center rivet looks different than the repo.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-74-Ford-Mustang-Torino-Shelby-c9zz-8100-a-radiator-cap-/370807478657?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5655d91981&vxp=mtr

That cap is marked Motorcraft not Autolite. It is the evolved service version.

[69cobrajetrugae2]

Thanks Bob. I thought I found a gold mine part one of you might want. I wasn't sure about the motorcraft label.