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That Tiger is still around. A friend of mine owns the 55 Tiger and he restored it a few years ago.

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Update and of course more questions. I blew apart the front nose piece because it looked pretty bad and I didn't know f the hardware was correct. The screens were held in by small wood screws with washers and up by the headlight buckets allen head screws were used, is this correct? I looked at various books including the 1967 Shelby exploded view manual (Not much help in regard to the front nose piece) and I need a little help with what was used for hardware. As you can see the nose piece is in pretty shape.

First I would like to thank everybody for the info on the two piece nose for the 1967 Shelby's. It help me a lot in getting the front nose squared away. From the enlarging the holes in back of the inboard light buckets to the color or lack of color on the rivets.

So I thought I would start another thread on the two piece nose because I have more questions about detail of the 2 piece nose and I didn't want to clog up the info on on the first thread unless the moderator deems the following questions are OK to move to the original post on two piece noses.

So here are my observations and questions and note I've researched on this site about more detail on the two piece nose and also reviewed the 1967 Shelby GT250/GT500 Master assembly manual but still have questions.

In my original post I thought the vertical bracket that holds the inboard lights was split and someone welded the two pieces back together but cleaning everything up, it was not split in two but welded at one time to the triangle brace on the horizontal bar that the fiberglass nose piece rivets to. Based on the pictures on the original thread, it should have not been welded to that piece, correct?

I ordered the AMK rivet kit for the Shelby nose and it comes with 15 rivets, Where do all the rivets go, my nose only has 3, two on/in opening of the upper grill and one on the lower valence  holding the two pieces of the nose together.

On the early 2 piece slanted grills, was there a U-shaped rubber used on the edge of the grills?

The finish of the black paint on the on all brackets I assume was a satin black? Gloss or satin on the headlight buckets that hold the bulbs?

Again, thank you for your help.

Terry

#504 1967 Shelby GT 500

My pleasure. Trying to get the car back together correctly and I thank everybody for their help. I purchased a step-drill to open the holes to 1.5" on the inboard lights. Though the holes in the fiberglass for the outside/driving lights are 2" I will not touch them (Make them smaller to fit a 1.5" grommet as Bob Gaines said you can't see them)
Again thank you for your help.
Terry

Final set of pictures of two piece nose for #504.

More pictures #504 - 2 piece nose

As requested, here a few picture of the 2 piece nose for car #504. I removed the nose off the car 20 years ago. Note the hole on the backside of the outside lights, is a 2" hole in the fiberglass.

Terry

Thank you for the feedback. Now that makes more sense on why the plugs were modified by the PO of the car. What size is the enlarged hole? I also attached a picture of the back side of the inboard light bracket. Again thank you for the help/info.

1967 Shelby GT 500 Moss Green #504 has the 2 piece nose and slanted Grill. SA completion date January 30th.
Question though, the upright bracket looks like it was two piece, and welded, is this correct. Based on comparisons it seems it is not correct.

At first glance I would say Mustang with Shelby Fiberglas. Don't see a roll bar.

What stays charcoal metallic black if you have a parchment interior car?

Thank you for your response.  Driver quality is fine.

Terry

Funny this subject just came up. I have been looking for a dipstick ( I can't seem to find my original tube and dipstick...ugh but after 20 years of having the car apart and moving twice what can I expect) so I would be interested in a dipstick if they are still for sale.
Thank you.
Terry
Email: tigersnakegt@yahoo.com

I bought a set of heads from Survival Motorsports and yes the communication was lacking. I think Barry was overwhelmed when a article about FE's and performance parts for those engines was published a couple of years ago (That is what prompted me to buy his heads) and his heads were rated at the top. It took two years to get them but at the time I wasn't in a hurry because of family stuff going on and other projects. I called once a month for awhile with no word and then a he would call back and give me status.
When I finally received the heads, my engine builder was impressed with the work and he has been building engines for some time for a few of the stock car and trans am racers here on the west coast so I was pleased to hear that.

Once I figure which carbs I'm going with I hope to have heck of a motor.

Terry
Shelby GT500 #504