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The Cars => 1968 Shelby GT350/500/500KR => Topic started by: shelby001 on June 09, 2019, 02:17:03 PM

Title: 68 Gt 500 tranny tag
Post by: shelby001 on June 09, 2019, 02:17:03 PM

  Is the serial number of the car stamped on the transmission?
Title: Re: 68 Gt 500 tranny tag
Post by: capecodmustang.com on June 09, 2019, 02:39:37 PM
Yes..
It's stamped at the top of the transmission...

Difficult to see with the transmission installed...
Title: Re: 68 Gt 500 tranny tag
Post by: shelby001 on June 10, 2019, 10:26:42 AM

  Right side or left side back or front ? Do you think a person could see it with a mirror & light or are they to faint to read?
Title: Re: 68 Gt 500 tranny tag
Post by: gt350hr on June 10, 2019, 02:03:59 PM
   Left side top flange. Sometimes tough to read partial vin.
Title: Re: 68 Gt 500 tranny tag
Post by: OldMil on June 10, 2019, 03:22:37 PM
also pretty small font...doubt you will see it, but then again, you never know...
Title: Re: 68 Gt 500 tranny tag
Post by: tesgt350 on June 10, 2019, 03:26:27 PM
From the sounds of it, they were stamped when the Trans was not in the Car, so, who stamped them, Ford or Shelby?
Title: Re: 68 Gt 500 tranny tag
Post by: Bob Gaines on June 10, 2019, 05:09:13 PM
Quote from: tesgt350 on June 10, 2019, 03:26:27 PM
From the sounds of it, they were stamped when the Trans was not in the Car, so, who stamped them, Ford or Shelby?
Ford stamped the vin # on trans and or engine . You would be hard pressed to see them even with one of the gooseneck remote cameras let alone a mirror and flash light. Shelby didn't have the engine out of the car.
Title: Re: 68 Gt 500 tranny tag
Post by: gt350hr on June 10, 2019, 06:06:47 PM
  +1 and the Metuchen plant was THE worst at stamping parts.
Title: Re: 68 Gt 500 tranny tag
Post by: shelbymann1970 on June 11, 2019, 06:27:52 AM
Usually you see the year, plant and consecutive unit numbers. I just picked up a rebuilt RUG-AE2 and the it reads F151009. No "9" in front of the F that I can see. Here is a pic of my original trans Vin in my GT350
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/w61/shelbymann/01numbers1.jpg) (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/shelbymann/p/c515477e-6657-49f8-a11e-9932f2a4882a)
Title: Re: 68 Gt 500 tranny tag
Post by: shelbymann1970 on June 11, 2019, 06:31:15 AM
Here is a 68 dearborn plant one. they hand stamped them all over
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/w61/shelbymann/68%20shelby/P1010035.jpg) (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/shelbymann/p/4c7792e2-62fe-4f7b-a783-0284a5deb46d)