Is it possible to mount the front grill from a '65 car onto a '66 mustang? I just like the honeycomb style a little better than the bricks... thoughts? Would it be possible if I switched out the hood latch to a '65 version?
A 66 hood latch will work on a 65, so I imagine a 65 latch will work on a 66. The advantage of a 65 latch is that you can add the grille support for the 65 onto the latch and not have the grille bow inwards. The grille support will not fit onto a 66 latch assembly.
Is it possible to mount the front grill from a '65 car onto a '66 mustang? I just like the honeycomb style a little better than the bricks... thoughts? Would it be possible if I switched out the hood latch to a '65 version?
You have to use the '65 hood latch assembly with the '65 grille.
We went through this swap within the past year. As I recall it was member LeeFred who was swapping from the '66 to '65 grille. If you can find that thread there are pictures of the differences between the '65 and '66 hood latches. And they are major differences.
I have one of these that I want to install on my front grille. I don't have one there now, and the upper portion of the grille is bending back towards the hood latch assembly. I took a couple of pictures of ones that I saw on 65's up in Reno, but there is a gap between the retainer and the...
The actual hood latch is VERY different between the 2 years. IF you look top down, you will see the mounting plate has 2 holes (1966) versus 3 holes. (1965) The actual latch has 2 or 3 holes, so they do not interchange with the top plate. The top plate also is "flat" for the 1966 and "ramped" for the 1965, and there is an extra stamped steel bracket that mounts to the top of the 1965 top plate. The long brace that comes down from the hood latch is the same.
Then again, if you're halfway decent with a small cut-off wheel, file, and soldering (Muggy Weld) you can buy sheet aluminum pretty cheap from places like Grainger and make your own using a trashed '66 grille for hardware....
Then again, if you're halfway decent with a small cut-off wheel, file, and soldering (Muggy Weld) you can buy sheet aluminum pretty cheap from places like Grainger and make your own using a trashed '66 grille for hardware....
I thought I would share some Pictures from Two Shelbys Shows One at Hershey,Pa. and the other at Downingtown,Pa. I'm not sure of the year maybe someone can help. I think it is between 1976 and 1979.
I just received a PM asking me for a sex chat. I was under the impression that this forum only allows registered members to send PMs, but if the new setup is now the wild west like the old Craigslist then I won't be around anymore. I see plenty of hustlers and harlots in my daily work ; don't...
Anyone ever used these or know anything about them? Liberty heads
My enigne builder likes them. I searched on line and it seems people in the chevy forums think they are decent for the price.
Mustang Monthly will no longer be in print. Along with 18 other magazines. I stopped my subscriptions a few years ago when I realized I had read all the articles online already...
A few months ago, I posted that I had bought back my old Fastback. I wanted the car to look/feel a little different the second time around, and I wanted it to look a little more like the GT350’s you see in the old road test articles from ‘65.
The first pic shows what it looked like the first...
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