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1st Generation 1964 1/2 - 1973 - Questions & general discussions that apply to a specific year => 1966 Mustang => Topic started by: usapony on May 09, 2019, 05:03:45 AM
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Ive pressure washed under my front fenders and have found one of them to be painted in red/brown primer and it looks old as if it has been on the car for many years to my surprise it also has in yellow paint a part number in capital letters C5ZZ-16006-A i believe this is an original ford part not a repo the only thing is that it doesnt have any numbers stamped into it on the top near the fender bolts ive been told ford spare parts sold these fenders over the counter without numbers stamped into them and if it was out of the factory it would have numbers is all this correct .
Thank you
If you look at the first picture it shows a small square patch were a residue of a sticker was , would that have been the FORD logo sticker ?
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That's a Ford replacement fender bought over the counter, not the factory original.
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.............. i believe this is an original ford part not a repo the only thing is that it doesnt have any numbers stamped into it on the top near the fender bolts ive been told ford spare parts sold these fenders over the counter without numbers stamped into them and if it was out of the factory it would have numbers is all this correct .
Ford service replacements typically would have stampings on the inner fender lips as well as in the headlight bucket recess area. Patterns change during the decades. Assembly line date, and plant information would have been stamped at the inner fender and recess surfaces. Pattern depended on when during 64-66 they were stamped
If you look at the first picture it shows a small square patch were a residue of a sticker was , would that have been the FORD logo sticker ?
Most likely this was a shipping label for the part with bar codes, part numbers, receiving name and address as well as a bunch of other tracking details
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so do I have a original Ford replacement fender or is it a aftermarket copy of one , im confused
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so do I have a original Ford replacement fender or is it a aftermarket copy of one , im confused
It appears to be a Ford NOS service replacement from maybe the 60's - maybe early 80's
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Ok thanks Jeff
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Ive pressure washed under my front fenders and have found one of them to be painted in red/brown primer and it looks old as if it has been on the car for many years to my surprise it also has in yellow paint a part number in capital letters C5ZZ-16006-A
That's the typical way Ford marked service fenders, actually most large parts were identified with a yellow stencil service number. Years back, the local Mustang shops had a lot of NOS parts with yellow ID in their inventory. (There is only one shop left in the San Jose area, site of plant "R" in Milpitas.)
Jim