A question to the 1965 Shelby owners

See the "Traction Bars" post from a few days ago, go down to #7.
Click link below.

http://www.shelbyforums.com/forums/1965-1970-shelby-mustang-gt350-gt500/6750-traction-bars.html

Mike

 

From your previous posts, I believe that you are trying to make the most acurate representation of a 65 GT 350. If so, do it just as they would have - cut, weld, paint, put the red-orange Koni's and the axle limiting cables, etc.
Just don't pass it off as a real car, and make sure you post pix of the finished product. FYI, I am working on making a Horn toggle switch that will be close to what the originals were, not exact, but very close. If I am happy with the finished result, I will post pix. Luckilly, my car has it's original, but I know of a few that don't and the originals are fetching huge $ now.

Mike

 

Hi Jerry,
Here are two pictures I took of my snubbers for a guy in Australia earlier this year.
Texas Swede

 

Those are great pictures Swede. I wish I could have had them 10 years ago, That was a very hard detail to get straight for me. Jerry, those brackets are shaped like the letter "T" with the "ears" folded up. The bottom of the "T" goes all the way across the frame rail. They are welded on the bottom (to the frame rail). lots of cars have had them welded up on the triangle "ears" (after the fact???) ..I think that is because they can get the crap beat out of them from bumps in the road. Maybe even knocked off completely!! good luck finding the right looking rubber snubbers.. They were non-existant 15 years ago.(....for me)
Do a nice job on your car and show us lots of pictures.
Good luck!
jimbo

 

Hi,
I got two NOS snubbers (AB-3019-A) from Jim Cowles many
years ago when I restored my car. However, I was never able
to remove the original ones (on the pictures) so they stayed.
Traded the NOS ones with a friend. There are some repos
available for about $8 for an old Ford Front Lower Arm.
They are not flat at the end like the originals.
Texas Swede