Topic: 66 Front Coil Spring 6 cylinder

[Skyway65]

Anyone got a pic of these single green Dearborn stipes???  )

Thanks,

Tony K.

How about these Tony?  These are the origianl stripes.  Gary


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[kevin1221]

Here is a picture of my green striped spring. The car had a scheduled build date of July 7, 1966 and is a coupe. This was an unmolested 60,000 mile car at time of restoration in the late 90s. Also attaced is the steeing linkage, showing, three paint daubs...blue, pink, and green. (click photo to enlagre)
Kevin

[J_Speegle]

What methods can they use to bring out any remnants of paint markings on their existing springs? How do they go about looking for existing evidence? ............

If you find anything I try to clean off any oxidation then wet the mark with something like WD40 (will not evaporate as quickly as water) to get a clear look at the original color. Whites, tans and pinks can really get discolored

If there is barely anything left you can use a one time method that can produce some results by spraying the mark with oven cleaner. As the lye eats the paint it expands it with the foaming action. The color will change slightly but you can make out if it was red, orange.... If you try and take a picture you have to time it right and take them as quick as possible before the foam goes away and the color is gone

[Pete Bush]

If you find anything I try to clean off any oxidation ......

Most folks use Evaporust to remove rust/oxidation. If we soak in this solution as a first step, it won't affect any of the residual paint markings we're looking for, will it?

[Pete Bush]

Kevin, your Green paint strip is also confirmed by the MPC.

I also have 1966 build sheet codes for front springs of

• , [4], [W], [X], and [6].

The [6] was used on an export car with special suspension headed for Sweden - and I cannot pin down an appropriate application just yet. Could be an anomaly.

As I mentioned earlier, the

• was used on 6 cylinder cars, and by referring to the MPC looks like it refers to the Green 1344 lb. springs.

The [4], judging by the applications, looks like it refers to the Gray 1490 lb. springs.

The [W] looks like it refers to the Brown 1491 lb. springs.

And the [X], the Red 1413 lb. springs.

This are preliminary findings - and I could use additional build sheet samples to verify same.

[kevin1221]

Pete:

What is the MPC refefenced above?

Thanks.

Kevin

[Pete Bush]

The Master Parts Catalog. In this case, the 1975 Final edition; available on CD from most Mustang suppliers. Pgs. 89 thru 92 section 53.66

[kevin1221]

Thanks....