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If his car is 5S081 he would not have neither the adapter nor the fuel filter.
He probably got the 66 type fuel line instead of the 65 type.
Texas Swede

Bob,
It had this emblem when I bought the car in Huntington Beach, CA on June 3, 1977 and it is still there.
It's a non embossed silver snake. Whenever I get down to it I may change it to a NOS which I have.
Texas Swede

This is the steering wheel in my car #1317 located in Sweden. I have owned her for over 40 years now.
Steering wheel has never been removed.
Texas Swede

Dominic,
Dave sent me a focused picture where the first car in each row couldn't be seen as he tried to find my car 5S275. 5S290 (1:st row) and 5S285 (2:nd row) was possible to see from the picture in the promotion package
from May-June 1965 for which this picture was taken.
Texas Swede

Hi Rick,
You beat me to posting the pictures. Yesterday, I couldn't access the Forum.
A very interesting topic in my opinion.
Texas Swede

Thanks guys,
A friend of mine asked as he is fixing up his car and the ones he removed were in copper
but the ones he bought are aluminum.
Texas Swede

This famous 65 LAX photo shows many cars with serial numbers shown on paper attached
to the windshield. Dave McDonald sent me this picture with great resolution so I was able
to identify quite many cars:
Front row: From left to right 5S290, 5S283, 5S276, 5S275 (my car), 5S273
Second row: From left to right 5S285, can't tell car with Le Mans stripes, 5S233, 5S228.
Texas Swede

Any of you guys know which material the original crimps were made of, aluminum, copper or
bronze? I believe the reproductions are made of aluminum.
Texas Swede

Here in the Dallas, TX area, I had my G2. C4ZE, W-MO. 3-65 dated radiator re-cored by
a local shop. Bought the core with the top tank attached and Bill's Radiators and Mufflers
put the original top cover and bottom on to the new core. Regret this as the top tank isn't exactly the same
as the original. A year later I took my friend's G2 dated 2-65 to Bill and to my surprise he
couldn't get the cores with top tank anymore. However, he knew a company that could make the fin part of the core to exact specifications and then he took the complete top tank and bottom and soldered them onto the new fin part. Looks exactly like the original but was much more expensive.
Don't know if Bill can do this still.
Texas Swede

Here are a couple of pictures of #1317.
June 3, 1977 to be shipped to Sweden and still in it's original Lime color.
Repainted in Signal Flare Red (Mustang 66 code 5 color) in 1978.
Texas Swede

Here is a picture of 6S923 owned by my friend Roland in Sweden. As you can see the front
turn signal glass is white instead of amber. Swedish law says parking light must be white.
Also, I used to co-own this car until 1988. Originally owned by Claude Dubois in Belgium.
Claude removed the under-ride traction bars and put in a panhard rod. Today the car has both.
Texas Swede