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1st Generation 1964 1/2 - 1973 - Questions & general discussions that apply to a specific year => 1967 Mustang => Topic started by: craig429 on December 02, 2011, 12:45:03 PM
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I need to know what is the correct radiator cap for a 67 Mustang Built in April 67 in San Jose with a 289 and AC. Is this the correct one?
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I need to know what is the correct radiator cap for a 67 Mustang Built in April 67 in San Jose with a 289 and AC. Is this the correct one?
Typically you would see the Autolite in a zinc instead of the chrome (industrial chrome) plated cap. The chrome plated cap typically is associated with a dress up option of some kind. Bob
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Is the center button supposed to be chrome or brass on the chromed dress up cap? This NOS cap looks chrome at the center.
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The dress up cap has a chrome rivet.
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My Mustang is a Sport Sprint edition that came with the chrome air cleaner lid on top of the blue air cleaner housing. Would/could it originally come with the dress up option radiator cap?
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I would say no because the sprint option was air cleaner only not the full dress up kit. Air cleaner, chrome rocker covers, dipstick and radiator cap. As Bob said the cap should be zinc finish with brass rivet.
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Going off thread here a touch but a 390 Gt motor would be the dress up option I presume? So the cap would have a chrome button. I had my original cap rechromed but the plater chromed the button as well. I bought a repop from Marti Autoworks but the chrome is duller and the button is brass. Markings or type font differ from my original cap. I would prefer to use the original but I was worried about the button. Dont remember it ever being brass.
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I found this radiator cap. Would this be a correct OEM cap for my 67 Mustang? It was supposed to be an OEM off a 67, I just want to make sure. Or should it have Autolite on it?
Thank you
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I found this radiator cap. Would this be a correct OEM cap for my 67 Mustang? ......../quote]
Where was your car built
If you don't include that info in your post or add it to your signature at the bottom that question will normally be asked every time before an answer can be given ;)
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Sorry, I had it in the title, I just updated my sig. It was built in San Jose in April 67.
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Sorry, I had it in the title, I just updated my sig. It was built in San Jose in April 67.
That is not the radiator cap we've typically seen on 67 San Jose cars IMHO (with the small rivet)
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Maybe I can do better with this one, would this be a radiator cap you would expect to see on my unrestored 67 San Jose 289 Sport Sprint Coupe built in April 67?
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Maybe I can do better with this one, would this be a radiator cap you would expect to see on my unrestored 67 San Jose 289 Sport Sprint Coupe built in April 67?
I would not deduct for that style ;)
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Thank you Jeff. I now need to find another one. That one went for almost $200. I didn't expect it go that high.
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WOW, it is my lucky day. I found a contact at a swap meet that said he had a used one. He just sent some pictures of it and now it is on it's way to me.
It took a year and help from Jeff and others, and now I have a correct radiator cap. It is amazing how long it takes to get the little details correct on these cars, and my 67 was very close to start with.
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Great - sometimes it just takes a mention to the right person at the right moment
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Revisiting this post. The "correct" one has an Autolite script instead of S.M.CO.
Picture EC-24 shown here is a bit hard to see, but I can imagine seeing Autolite as well: http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=17981.msg114062#msg114062
Can someone double confirm that is what I'm looking for to be factory correct?
Also, is the cap pictured in the attachment factory correct for anything in the Mustang or Ford world - it has the S.M.Co stamp?
Thanks
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Revisiting this post.
Here is another picture of that cap - what was found on that late San Jose example, with the contrast adjusted a bit
(http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/gallery/10/6-270518190313.jpeg)
From other examples
7R113xx Very early SMCO example
(http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/gallery/10/6-270518192156.jpeg)
7R178xx Autolite
(http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/gallery/10/6-270518194752.jpeg)
7R1883xx from earlier thread
(http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/gallery/10/6-270518190853.jpeg)
7R1977xx not yet posted in its own thread but from the same time period
(http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/gallery/10/6-270518191316.jpeg)
7R201xx Autolite example
(http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/gallery/10/6-270518194519.jpeg)
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Here's the one I purchased last year at Marti autoworks.
when looking closer to the pictures that Jeff posted it seems that the initials 'RS-12' and '#3' must been placed vice verse (for the first picture)
but are placed correctly regarding to picture 5, with a slight detail that the initial 'RS-12' should be rotated 180°.
Just an observation, not knowing at all if it makes any difference for judging ;)
Kind regards,
Jeroen
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Here's the one I purchased last year at Marti autoworks.
when looking closer to the pictures that Jeff posted it seems that the initials 'RS-12' and '#3' must been placed vice verse (for the first picture)
but are placed correctly regarding to picture 5, with a slight detail that the initial 'RS-12' should be rotated 180°.
Just an observation, not knowing at all if it makes any difference for judging ;)
Kind of recall something about the "flopped" location of the #13 and the RS-12 but can't recall what we came up with in the past. As far as judging - not really the focus - more what was correct and originally used ;)
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Thanks Jeff,
Makes sense that those details aren't the focus when judging a car :)
Kind regards,
Jeroen
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Thanks Jeff,
Makes sense that those details aren't the focus when judging a car :)
Not what I meant. Let me try it again. The focus in general, here on the site is firstly how the cars were originally done rather than worrying about how a judge will respond to a detail - unless the thread asked specifically about judging or rules as we do in those sections. Instead and since the goal of most of the classes is to restore a car as it was originally assembled it in turn should do well in judging and any rules should reflect the original details like we're discussing.
Kind of the horse and the cart discussion with originality being the horse ;)
Would expect any judge in any restored class to pay attention to details such as the radiator cap as well as allot more. Its the details that make for a good car.