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Are those 3 Coupes in the color photo future Shelby SCCA/Trans Am Production Race Cars?

Yes those were most likely 66 Group I or II coupes.

thanx. steve
(it's always a trade-off, right? I like having the work done where I can see it and have some recourse if it's not done properly without sending the car back somewhere else, yet again)

Sorry I thought that like many others here you were looking for someone to look at a car for you. Not a shop to do work or a restoration. There are a fair number of threads from the past on those subjects. Can fully understand being able to visit the progress on a regular basis. Of course many shops provide weekly updates with pictures but that is never the same as seeing and prodding around the car in person. Most difficult thing I've found is communicating what level of work and original details your looking for and the shop or workers understanding the same. Never is perfect and that is the reason to make every effort to communicate allot. Often research and details are left up to the owner since the shop is too busy working on customers cars.

Good luck with your search and choice

Just have to ask. Is there a reason your looking for one from a specific city or even a state?

Think you would be best served by finding and hiring the best you can find and pay the air fare. Its not like these cars don't have much value as in the past so money spent on getting the best evaluation you can find vastly outweights any benefit of saving a thousand dollars or so getting one to the cars location.

Just a thought and a consideration. This have been mentioned many times in earlier similar posts. Also consider that its often better to find one really familiar with the specific year or even model (R model verses street 65 for example) That would be even better for you

Would suggest for a 66 that you use pan head (with fairly flat heads) that use the standard screwdriver

Will post some pictures in the am

Just for others viewing San Jose used the black plastic "plugs" or staples to retain these shields. When the car was built determines which hardward was used. Often these inner fender panels were replaced due to damage by things like battery related rust so you can't always use the panel as a guide to which hardware was original

They make cross over block off plates for SBs never seen  or at least recall seeing them for sale for BB of any kind. Might be a small market for someone that wanted to get crafty at home in the garage,  With a couple of patterns I would start with a chunk of hard wood, trace the pattern and relief out with a bur head or drimmel tool then shape some plates and hammer them for a depression to hold them in place. SB ones are fairly thin metal so that they don't get in the way of the posts sealing (too thick of sheet metal)

Just a thought about a possibility

Due to time constraints at the moment focused mostly on cars up to 6S1000 but threw in a few after that car because they were easier to locate. Of course some of these examples are restored cars so can't be certain that the ducts are original to the car but few reasons to replace these parts. Hope this helps

White 6S007 - 6S027 - 6S038 - 6S087 - 6S131 - 6S240 -  Possibly 6S253 + 6S320 + 6S392

Black  6S197 - 6S289 - 6S342 - 6S407 - 6S444 - 6S476 - 6S555 - 6S637 - 6S731 - 6S744 - 6S797 - 6S854 - 6S913 - 6S1203 - 6S1235 - 6S1261 - 6S1279 - 6S1405 - 6S1536 - 6S1586 - 6S1607 - 6S1728 - 6S1732 - 6S1821 - 6S1844 - 6S1916 - 6S1918 - 6S2007 - 6S2020 - 2069 - 2179 - 2020 - 6S2069 - 6S2125 - 6S2179 -  6S2227 -  6S2249 - 6S2253 - 6S2268 - 6S2371 - 6S2148

6S007 and 6S27 had white duct ends from what I recall. Will have to check all the others I have pictures of but those two stand out at the moment

Actually, if you can find someone that has a slim jim that is a good idea. Am old school two truck driver maybe able to grab the inner workings and pull it open

+1 Much easier than another option of pulling the door panel and getting at it from that side. If the rod has fallen off the lock cylinder your have to try and find (with the slim jim) arm at the door latch. That's going to be fun. Used these a fair amount on the job and carry a full set of lock tools in the truck for some reason 

"8DC" would be the items completed on date of 1968, April, third week

For others the question is being asked about a 1966 so that others won't get confused 

Just posted this picture for another question elsewhere this evening so it was handy 

Thank you gentlemen.  I will not be adding any rubber cap or grommet therefore.  So it is just a small hole in the carpet and the metal dimmer switch and nothing else. 

Yep

The carpet plastic grommet  is something that the reproduction carpet suppliers adapted from some other make of cars and started including with Mustangs/Shelby carpet as far back as the early 80's. Not factory and kind of communicates that the owner/builder doesn't care about being correct/restored or just hasn't done their research and are following what use to be the "crowd" One of the many things (like CAUTION FAN decals) that finally got corrected in the hobby back in the 90's

Welcome to the madness/party 

I've forgotten when did Ford change over from FoMoCo ton Autolite?

Since the change over was not related to a mechanical change or things like that it was likely not a specific day but over a period of time as they started getting the new (Autolite) stock at the engine plant, it got entered into the inventory and mixed in with the old stock