Author Topic: 1965 San Jose Running Change - Windshield Wiper Posts  (Read 956 times)

Offline J_Speegle

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1965 San Jose Running Change - Windshield Wiper Posts
« on: June 14, 2020, 07:58:46 PM »
Not sure why it took so long to post this collection and discussion of a running change. As usual keep the examples to this year and plant. Will conduct others as time passes so that we can help others. Though this change also included and related to other supporting changes we're, for this discussion, focusing on just the wiper posts ;)

Projected/scheduled build date and VIN are the key points - along with the wiper post style of course. If you have a worry of posting your full VIN "x" out the last two so that we can organized the reports and findings. Thanks

The two examples of wipers were ones with the stationary bezels (early) around the base and those with no bezels (late). Examples of both shown below

Early



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Late



After receiving input, data points and going through my collect and placing hundreds of findings on a spread sheet I offer the following conclusion. Of course, since we don't know the exact day each of these examples were built we can only identify a range. Had a few likely false positives and as often happens they were restored Shelby examples so those orphans were not included in the final findings.  Hope this helps us understand better the cars we love and spend so much time on.



- Highest VIN with the early style - bezel and nut  - 5R21416x

- Lowest VIN found with the later  style - 5R21765x
« Last Edit: October 11, 2020, 08:30:25 PM by J_Speegle »
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Offline ChrisV289

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Re: 1965 San Jose Running Change - Windshield Wiper Posts
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2020, 08:26:55 PM »
5R09A1523XX (10/29/64) - Early

5R09A2284XX (06/03/65) - Late I think it is the 3rd...
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Offline jwc66k

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Re: 1965 San Jose Running Change - Windshield Wiper Posts
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2020, 12:16:42 AM »
Mine:
5R09A2198xx - 11S build (5-11-65) has the later style.
A picture, because I like to. In the background is the former GM plant in Fremont, CA. OH, my 65 was on the cover of the 2012 Mustang calendar.
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Re: 1965 San Jose Running Change - Windshield Wiper Posts
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2020, 09:50:54 AM »
Jeff,
My 65 GT350 was produced in San Jose the first week of May 1965 and it has the later
type of wipers.
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Re: 1965 San Jose Running Change - Windshield Wiper Posts
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2020, 08:19:33 PM »
Realized the other day when a related question came up elsewhere that this thread had not been wrapped up and the results - or as close to it as we can get at this time - were posted. Like other threads added the info to the top/first post
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