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Very sad to hear this.  Sending condolences to family and friends of Jerry.

Great news!  Thank you.  I ordered 2 copies.

I've always had good luck with NPD and also Tony Branda (RIP Tony, we miss you).  Having said that, I did deal with Mustangs Unlimited years ago and never had an issue.  Also attended a few of their car shows in Connecticut and had a good time.  Hopefully things have stabilized and we won't see things continuing to fall.

Really cool car, especially the color.  And the wheel covers just make it.  My favorite year/model of Shelby by far. 

Congratulations on the purchase!  The '67 GT350 is far and away my favorite model, just a really neat piece.  Have fun with it and ask questions!  Happy to hear you'll be driving it.

Terry

I had a similar issue last year with my '68 Mustang GT 302.  In my case, ended up being a clogged radiator which was remedied after a thorough flush.  A few things come to mind:

-Timing.  Small block Fords love timing.  I'm at 15 degrees initial, 36 total, all advance in by 2800 rpm.  I'm running an MSD Ready-To-Run distributor.  My engine was rebuilt with a compression ratio of 9.5:1.  I've never had an issue with detonation using 93 octane fuel.

-Check carburetor and make sure you're not running lean.  Always safer to be a little rich if anything, but a lean condition could certainly lead to higher temps

-I used to run a 160 thermostat.  Switched to a 180 when I flushed the radiator.  Engine warms up faster now and the 180 thermostat has no effect on the final running temperature of the engine

-I'm running a Ford 5-blade fan, no fan shroud, stock radiator, stock radiator cap

Good luck with it!

Terry

Terry, most of the 1968 Mercury Cougars with C4 transmission, have specific tail housings for a vibration dampener. Looks like this.

I never even thought of that.  Thanks for the education!

Thanks Cory.  I had a feeling it wasn't a high dollar piece.  I'll hang on to it until someone who needs it (and is willing to come get it) speaks up.  In in west central New Hampshire.

Terry

Quick question:  I have a complete C4 transmission, originally came in a '68 Cougar with the J-code 302 engine.  I had the engine rebuilt and is currently in my '68 Mustang GT.  I'm not planning to use the transmission.  Any value to one of these for the '68 GT350 guys, maybe for a restoration project, etc?  Drivetrain was pulled from the car completely intact years ago so obviously needs rebuilding.  Thanks for any advice.

Terry

Awesome find Ruben!  I own a '68 Mustang but have always been partial to '67 Shelbys.  Have fun with it!

Terry

I had the J-code engine in my '68 GT coupe rebuilt back around 2010.  It was originally rebuilt to stock specs, save for a cam upgrade.  Over the years, I have added some mild bolt-ons to the engine, including a set of Doug's ceramic coated tri-y headers.  I can't speak highly enough of them.  After a few heat cycles with requisite checking/tightening of the header bolts, they have given me no trouble whatsoever.  They still look good too.  Car is a driver from May-October here in NH.  I recommend them to anyone looking for a quality product. 

Not my words, but this pretty much sums it up:

"A larger capacity accelerator pump achieves one thing, it extends the duration of the pump shot. A larger accelerator pump is usually required when the carburetor, intake manifold and/or cylinder head is too large for the engine and the resulting weaker signal at low engine RPMs requires more time for the booster venturi to pull fuel through the main jet."

Received my copy on Saturday 3/2 in NH.  Very nice.  I'm looking forward to having the full set eventually.

I'm very happy to see that the Forum is back.  The loss of data is terrible, so many years of information lost.  But we soldier on.  Thanks to everyone involved in getting things up and running again.

Terry