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Sure Charles will add his 2 cents.

I would expect (since the car is a non-AC car) Service decal on drivers shock tower, Cubic inch decal on air cleaner, Sparkplug/service decal on air cleaner, breather decal drivers valve cover and battery check decal over the starter solenoid

Sorry don't have any original, with decals, V8 engine pictures from that period handy
 

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Always, in general, be careful about collecting information from one source IMHO. Especially older printed material. Any of us that have written articles realize that we always learn more and unfortunately the printed word is out there for ever. And no real way to correct it.

On this particular article I can quickly see at least 6 things that appear to be incorrect. Also since it is 20 years old the MCA rules it references have had numerous updates/changes
 

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Sorry should have posted that at the time. Was a little pressed for time but I was at work .... though I was suppose to be off today. Not sure I came up with exactly 6 ;)

Some of the issue stem out of the fact that when the article was written decals were acceptable in place of stampings

Picture #5 - a decal should not be used but instead an ink stamp should be

Picture #6 - a decal should not be used but instead an ink stamp should be. Reproduction decal carries a production date of 1970 (can't remember which month at this point)

Picture #7 - a decal should not be used but instead an ink stamp should be

Picture #8 - Not an incorrect decal though the color of the design differs from different factories and years. Remember to correctly fill out the decal if you’re going to apply it. And even these checks were notated differently from factory to factory from what we can tell

Picture #9 - a decal might likely be the best choice out there other than a really nice original or NOS one. Original did not use a decal but was printed on the aluminum tag

Picture #11 - in truth not a decal but debossed label

Picture #12 - a decal should not be used

I'll leave it to Charles to comment on the FRONT decal I know there has been much discussion of this decal. I can't say I've ever seen it after mid 65.


General comments for others-

We are discussing 65 Mustangs and other years and factories will differ.

Unfortunately many Mustang shops sell kits that include a bunch of decals. So owners often figure that if there in there I must need them.


Once asked on of the big suppliers of reproduction decals about a specific decal that was incorrect. When I asked why they produced them and sold them for Mustang I was simple told that they made them because people bought them.
 

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I believe there are a number of us working to document those differences so that we can help owners and judges. If we continue to " similar " is good enough and other building car copy that one over and over again we loose those specific differences.



One of the reasons I travel a fair amount (allot more after the first of the year ;) is to document and share the differences associated with San Jose cars. It been really challenging over the last 20+ years seeing (for example) 66 Shelbys built in the northeast that look more like NJ built cars rather than San Jose.

In addition my therapist says its good for me ;)
 
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