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1st Generation 1964 1/2 - 1973 - Questions & general discussions that apply to a specific year => 1969 Mustang => Topic started by: manley on January 18, 2012, 08:45:06 PM

Title: 69-70 Heater/Blower boxes
Post by: manley on January 18, 2012, 08:45:06 PM
Since it's too cold to get motivated to do much welding, I've decided to try and clean up my heater box and get it ready to go since I can do that in my basement.  The one from my car has some issues I don't want to tackle, so I grabbed two more from the pile of parts at my buddy's house.  Each of those have minor problems as well.

As I was disassembling them and making sure they were identical to what I need, I noticed 2 have "Ford" embossed on the outside and one has "Fomoco"(I might have that reversed).  I seem to remember reading that Ford changed the designation they used at some point... but I don't remember when?  Can anyone tell me what year this change was made?  The cases are very nearly identical as far as I can tell, but combining the halves of each does not work perfectly as there are alignment issues.

One had a heater core with a C9 part code and the other had a D1.  This makes me wonder, did 71-73 use the same heater box?

One more, would a car that came with AC have a different box?

Thanks!