Just the Details...1966 Shelby Mustang GT350

Original Front Disc Brake Caliper for 1966 GT350  Mustang.
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 If you have been following our Blog posts about the "freshening up" of our 1966 Shelby, you are familiar with this car.  We are trying to clean it up and preserve many of the original areas of the car.  This is being accomplished successfully by Jeremy Turner at Maple Hill Restoration. 

In the concern of safety, some parts are being restored.  The brake system is one of these parts.  We are completely restoring the brake system on the Shelby.  This will include new metal brake lines and hoses along with rebuilds of the brake calipers, master cylinder and wheel cylinders.

The original disc brake calipers were still with the Shelby and are even date coded.  Below is a picture of the date stamping on one of the calipers showing "46 -6".  This is the 46th day of 1966 which was February 15, 1966.

The calipers will receive our BK-1501 Complete 65-66 Mustang Caliper Rebuild Kit, which includes new pistons, o-rings, dust boots, retainers, bolts and washers.

Original Front Disc Brake Caliper for 1966 GT350  Mustang.  Note the "46 - 6" date code.  That translates to the 46th day of 1966 (February 15, 1966)
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Original Front Disc Brake Caliper for 1966 GT350  Mustang.
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1965-68 Mustang Convertible Top Frame Weatherstrip Kit

65-68 Mustang Convertible Top Frame Weatherstrip Kit.  5 Pieces.  Made just like the original.
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We are hoping that winter is finally over!  It will soon be time to get those Mustang Convertibles out to play! In celebration of the warm (hopefully!) weather, we have a slight price deduction on our Convertible Top Weatherstrip Kits for your Mustang.

Over the years, it has been a bit confusing when deciding to buy this kit.  Like a lot of Mustang parts, there is more than one choice in terms of quality.  This is the nice one, and we have plenty in stock!

Order part number WS-40.  We also have these weatherstrip kits for 69-70 Mustangs and 71-73 Mustangs.

Win a Free Mustang Part!!!!

One of our great Mustang Parts suppliers is ACP.  You can win one of their parts of your choice by following these simple steps:

• Visit their web site at www.acpdealer.com

• Browse through their online catalog and choose any product as your potential prize.

• Like/Follow ACP on either Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram - www.facebook.com/acpdealer or www.twitter.com/acpdealer or www.instagram.com/acpdealer

• Post the part number of the part that you would like to win along with our name, Virginia Classic Mustang on one or all of the social sites listed above.  Example:  FM-ER001 - Virginia Classic Mustang

The drawing will take place April 25, 2014 with 3 Lucky Winners!

If you are attending the Mustang 50th Anniversary Event in Las Vegas from April 17-20, you can also visit ACP's booth.  Mention us, Virginia Classic Mustang and choose an item from their large display as your potential prize.  A drawing will be held at the end of each day.  You will be notified by email if you win. Please note that this will not take place at the other 50th event in Charlotte on the same weekend.

Convert Your 65-66 Mustang's Convertible Top to a Power Top

Mustang Monthly recently published an article on how to convert a 1965-66 Mustang with a manual convertible top to one with a power top.  There are step by step instructions with a list of parts that were obtained right from us here at Virginia Classic Mustang.

Be sure to check out the article at this link:

http://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/1404_how_to_convert_a_1966_ford_mustangs_convertible_power_top/viewall.html

Mustang Chrome Air Cleaner Assemblies

Our show quality Mustang open element chrome air cleaner assemblies feature a correct chrome lid, correct reproduction air filer and correct base.
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Our Chrome Air Cleaner Assemblies are very popular items, and we often get several questions about these parts.  The questions often involve the bases, so we wanted to take a closer look at these today.  We will be talking specifically about the Exact Reproductions.  These are our part numbers EG-124 and EG-145.  These air cleaners were originally installed on all of the 65-66 HiPo Mustangs and GT350.  They were also part of the Engine Dress Up Kits that were available as over-the-counter accessories at Ford dealers.

The base on our EG-124 Mustang chrome air cleaner assembly.
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Close up shot of the original style air filter.
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Both of these styles come with a very nice chrome plated top lid that is very, very close in configuration to the original air cleaner lid.  These assemblies also include the reproduction of the original air filter.  The difference in the two parts is the base.

Our EG-124 Chrome Air Cleaner has the blue base with the nipple for the hose the runs to the oil filler cap.  This emission system with the oil cap and hose was used on cars built for delivery to California, including all GT350 Shelbys.  Most of the 65 models and early 66's had a gold painted base, so if you have one of these cars, you will have to repaint the blue base with the gold paint.  This nipple was sometimes originally capped off for Mustangs that may have not used this system.

The base on our EG-145 Mustang chrome air cleaner assembly does not have the nipple for the oil cap hose.
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Our EG-145 Chrome Air Cleaner, of course, features the same great quality, chrome lid and air filter, but the base is painted gold and does not include the nipple for the oil cap/emissions hose.

Just the Details....Date Codes on Mustang Rear Leaf Springs

Mustang Leaf Spring Date Code Stamping Location on a 1965 Mustang

We have received a few recent inquiries about where to find and how to decode date codes on Mustang rear leaf springs.  Here are a few examples from a 1965 Mustang.

The first picture shows the location of the Ford engineering number and date code stamping.  The date coding uses a Julian Date, which is the day of the year.  For example:  In the picture below, the "123E5" stamping represents the 123rd day of 1965.  That is May 3, 1965.  

Here are two handy links for a calendar and Julian Date chart:

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=1965

http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/partners/fepp/julian-calendar.pdf

1965 Mustang Rear Leaf Spring Stamping

The spring shown above has the number for a K Code / High Performance Fastback or Convertible model.

By the way, we have had very good luck with the rear leaf springs that we handle.  We have sold hundreds of sets, and they even have the correct tapered and rounded leaves like the originals, unlike many replacement ones on the market.  The ride height works out very well on all models too.

65-66 Mustang AM - FM Radio

1965 and 1966 Mustang AM-FM Radio

We have been carrying Custom Autosound's reproduction of the original 65-66 Mustang AM-FM Radio for years.  It is a super nice stereo and once installed, looks just like the rare original radio.

Unfortunately, the analog dials are no longer available, and this part is being discontinued.  We do have a few more of them in stock, so order quickly!!!

Here is the link:

http://www.virginiaclassicmustang.com/65-66-AMFM-RADIO-LIKE-ORIGINAL-P4057.aspx#

By the way, if you are reading this a bit later and the link doesn't work, we have run out of them!!!

This radio will soon be replaced by a nice looking '60's style digital radio.  Watch right here on our Blog for this and other new Mustang parts.