Shelby trunk lid bumpers

Blueracer99 · Nov 12, 2006

I have a question that has to do with trunk lid bumpers for a 68 Shelby. I was looking over the trunk opening of my buddies latest project (68 fastback) and i noticed that the slightly raised contact points for the trunk lid rubber bumpers are flat and untouched. It looks as though the rubber bumpers for Mustangs are attached to the trunk lid and seat to these contact points. On my Shelby, these contact points have been drilled to accept an adjustable bumper setup the same as my hood bumpers. Is this correct? Are the trunk lid bumpers for a Shelby suppose to be adjustable?

Something else that I noticed on my car is there are holes, one each side, in the upper corners of the trunk opening. They look as though they would accept a press-in bumper. (These holes are located to the outside of where the trunk lid weather strip would be seated when the lid is closed) Is this typical of a Shelby? I know the metal in the upper corners of the trunk lid opening have not been replaced. Even the holes locations in the upper corners are absolutely symetrical in location and size. (body panel alignment holes maybe?)

I can only guess, if this is correct, that they may have done this to help maintain alignment of the trunk lid with surrounding body panels due to the nature of fibreglass to de-form over time. It would be great if someone could help me with my questions.

Bish, as i understand in reading your posts you have a unmolested 68 GT350 only five numbers away from mine (#2108). Maybe you could clarify these mystery holes in the upper corners for me.

TLEA · Nov 12, 2006

Should we assume you have a fastback and not a convertible? On a fastback the upper holes get the pressed in Mustang trunk bumpers. The lower ones get the adjustable bumpers like the ones @ your front hood corners. I suppose original intent was to compensate for fiberglass missfit but it didn't seem to help much. Like often said you can tell a real Shelby by how bad the fiberglass fits.
Tim