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Thanks - that is the same car as the last two in my first picture post. Just wanted to cross reference for the viewers

No worries.  It's a good reference car, but things here and there don't add up, so suspect it had been 'played' with a bit.  Had to correct some items that were copied from that car on the '68 I have now.

This one...  these are pics I provided from a car at the MCA national in Va Beach in the late 90's.

Charles

Do you have any picture that show what you describe above with the screw?

I looked and couldn't find any pics.  Had a '68 metuchen convertible that I worked on a few years ago that had not been restored and had that type of setup.

Regarding the trunk mat installation on a convertible... I have seen original cars with the mat underneath the divider board, the flat screws going through the board, then the mat and into the body.

That red convertible in the pics above had some work done to it, so I would use the pics with caution.  I always thought it was a nice Unrestored example until studying all the pics closely.

No matter what the parts are called, it's up to the buyer to know what they are buying.  Sellers are not always forthcoming on their descriptions or may now know all the different terms.  If the buyer is not sure, there are great resources like this forum or others to help.  When it comes down to it, parts sold over the counter at Ford very rarely match exact 100% to what was installed at the Ford assembly plant.

I don't know, but I hardly think that any R model should be considered regular production. I just remember them as natural.

It's the same drive-shaft loop on R & street.

Checked through my pics, the only natural ones I found were repros (no hole on the bottom and wrong shape)

I've only seen black, but there are guys on here that have been into these cars a lot longer than I have.

The drum blackout would have typically been done at the Ford assembly plant.

What's the correct rebuild kit for an S8MS-C Holley, list 4234 carb?  Also, is the power valve that comes in the kit the recommended rating or should I go with something else?  Could only find one spec for '65' or '6.5'?

Also, does anyone know where I can get a correct tag?

Were they originally painted black or natural?

Black

Pooky probably has an NOS sticker for it... 

With money comes privilege ... The Jacksons of the world can buy what ever they want where the average Joe cant. So to get to the point in the racing world they have safety seals,etched bolts and pieces, and break away bolts if tampered with we know. Possibly a chemical process can be used like looking under a black light would show up as being tampered with. You could put an invisible Dot on the cars parts running for these awards only to be seen by a certain process this way it wouldn't piss of the owner by marking up his show car. There are only so many cars in the world running for these awards so we could see who was mixing and matching parts. Craig Jacksons could be green,,,,, While Joe Schmoes car could be red and OOOOH DAMN would you look at that the red wheels don't belong to the green car OOOPS

There may have been time constraints with the '65 Jackson car that had borrowed parts.  I know John was under a very narrow timeline to complete it.  As I understand, the judging sheets from MCA/SAAC will be used to improve the car and show it again this year. 

I was also thinking if they were copper, they probably had a zinc coating.

I have a good friend here that has access to scanning and printing equipment, but know that there is much hesitation to shipping an original battery. 

Darren: You're just going to have to start looking for 67's with original spare tires for sale and snag for your car!      You just have to remember to re-sell the cars instead of keeping them 

We can 3D scan/print a 24F battery if anyone would let their original be scanned.