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Here is a drawing Roland made.
Texas Swede

Hi guys,
My friend Roland in Sweden is looking for specially made pushrods for his 428 FE that he is building.
This is the email from him. Can anybody help?

I have now tried to measure the length of the pushrods needed for my Ford FE 428.
It is equipped with hydraulic roller lifters and adjustable valve rockers.
The pushrods diameter should be min. 3/8" with min 0.08" walls.
The end at the lifter is:   5/16" ball.  OK
The end at the rocker is:  3/8" cup.
The length of the rods is 8.50"  (216 mm)
NOTE: The length is measured with a 5/16" cup against adjusting screw with 3/8" tip. 

It's already happened to me. Every time I hear the word Climate Change a bad taste in my mouth appears.
Texas Swede

Kent, I mean the shifter assembly and rods, not the lever.
Thank you all for your answers and picture.
Texas Swede

4-speed.
Texas Swede

Hi guys,
Anybody knows the difference between the shifter on a GT350 and GT500. Also, the length of the shifter rods.
My friend Roland in Sweden has a shifter marked with a 4 and a C.
Texas Swede

Martin,
T10M came originally with a metal drive gear and 7 teeth and equipped with the original blue dot tires and 3:89 rear axle gears
the driven gear was L20 i.e. 20 teeth.
Texas Swede

Sorry Bob,
Didn't check the boxes just read the description at the bottom of the page.
Texas Swede

The Ebay auction specifies the Thunderbird part number, and I thought the Shelby hubcaps used the S7MS number.
Wonder if they are the Thunderbird unit and a Shelby emblem was attached.
Texas Swede

Hi guys,
Heard through the grapevine from Sweden, that the White Hertz car 6S 1228 was sold from Sweden to somebody in the USA.
I tried to buy that car in 1976 but a guy from Gothenburg, Sweden beat me to it. His name is Tommy Carlsson and it took him 30 years to restore the car. He sold it to a guy in the USA who flew to Sweden and picked it up and had it shipped over the pond.
It was featured in a Swedish Car magazine Bilsport in 2014.
Texas Swede

My car, having a higher Shelby number, 275 to 228, than yours, still have a lower Ford number.
My brackets are dated 4 23 2D on passenger side and 4 26 2D on driver side.
There used to be a guy here in the Dallas, TX area who rebuilt (recovered) the wire harness,
to the rear lights including the fuel sending unit with the correct material. Believe his name was
Pat White III. He did an excellent job on my car. Sadly, I believe he is gone since many years.
Texas Swede

What Bob says makes perfect sense as Y2 was for a 4-speed V-8 like the G2. I believe F2 on your radiator means it was for
an automatic car. Does it have any connection to the auto oil lines at the bottom.
Texas Swede

No, a 65 Shelby should have a G2 and not F2.
Texas Swede

This picture was taken at LAX in late May.1965.
First car in first row is #283, second is #276, third is #275 (my car) and fourth is #273.
There is a larger picture showing a car left of #283 and it's #290.
Haven't found any earlier picture.
Texas Swede

This is a picture of the reversed post battery.
Texas Swede