Brian Conway

Mine is closer to 3" difference in pedal heights.  Stock configuration.  Not noticeable when driving.   Brian

Re-coring your original is a good move.  I have been recording my originals for decades with never a regret.  The re-install always goes smoothly and I have never noted any negative difference in cooling performance.  The radiators for my 65 and 66 200 and 289 cars get the three row up grade.  The 69/428 is stock with the three row and this last time I up graded the core replacement from the stock 123 tubes 8 fins per inch to the modern 159 tubes 13 fins per inch.  The tube and fin count is what I was told.  The shop I have been using for the last 45 years orders the core replacement and does the installation re-using my top , bottom tanks and the original side straps. The shops that will or can provide this service are becoming scarce.  You are fortunate that you found one. I prefer to refurbish and reuse my original parts rather than piling them up in the garage where they are only one step away from the trash.  Brian

Re-coring your original is a good move.  I have been recording my originals for decades with never a regret.  The re-install always goes smoothly and I have never noted any negative difference in cooling performance.  The radiators for my 65 and 66 200 and 289 cars get the three row up grade.  The 69/428 is stock with the three row and this last time I up graded the core replacement from the stock 123 tubes 8 fins per inch to the modern 159 tubes 13 fins per inch.  The tube and fin count is what I was told.  The shop I have been using for the last 45 years orders the core replacement and does the installation re-using my top , bottom tanks and the original side straps. The shops that will or can provide this service are becoming scarce.  You are fortunate that you found one. I prefer to refurbish and reuse my original parts rather than piling them up in the garage where they are only one step away from the trash.  Brian

FWIW;  my car, pretty much stock, measures 8.25" to the bottom of the floor 'pinch'  or 9" to the bottom of the rockers.  Measured at about the middle of the car.  Brian

The shaft on my 69 has the vertical center line mark.   Brian

I use the heater and defroster in my 65.  The 69 the heater/defroster not so much  The 428 motor keeps everything pretty warm year round.  Brian

From the 69 Shop Manual.

I use the heater and defroster in my 65.  The 69 the heater/defroster not so much  The 428 motor keeps everything pretty warm year round.  Brian

This bolt ?  If so 1/2" socket/smaller washer and is the same as most everything in the engine compartment; fenders, shock towers and the hood hinges at the apron.    9/19/68 Metuchen car.  Brian 

Yes the O marks your keyway.  The others usually indicate 4* advanced or 4* retarded.  Brian

Thanks for posting the results.  Nice to hear a happy ending to one of these stories.  Brian

Just the info I am looking for.  Could you be a bit more specific  ?  Spectra makes several models so the model number you purchased would be great.  Thanks, Brian

The back of the right/passenger side head to the firewall is another stock ground location.  Brian

I like that.  I finished my career in construction with all the parts I started with.  Not so much patience or care as just dumb luck.  Brian

I like that.  I finished my career in construction with all the parts I started with.  Not so much patience or care as just dumb luck.  Brian

Snapping Blue spark will tell you a lot about the coil and is easy to check.  Brian

Good questions and suggestions.  For me a quick and eazy check of gas flow at carburetor, coil connections, snapping blue spark, a check on the distributor rotor rotation and a check of the timing mark with a gun would be a starting point.  Brian

Good questions and suggestions.  For me a quick and eazy check of gas flow at carburetor, coil connections, snapping blue spark, a check on the distributor rotor rotation and a check of the timing mark with a gun would be a starting point.  Brian

From the 69 Shop Manual 6 degrees.  Most people run at 10 degrees.  I run at 12.  Brian

Thank you for posting the web-sites.  Brian

Can't go wrong using a ford product.  Brian

I use a putty knife and work the blade around the trim ring.  Just ease the compression fingers out of the panel trim ring a bit at a time.  Don't think removing the entire sail panel is necessary or wise.  Brian

Don't know about NPD #'s but yes 69 trap door support and handle.  Brian

The bushing cups should cup the bushing.  That reverse rear cup thing started , my theory, with an incorrect MOOG product.  I like that Drake C6OZ-3A187-AR kit.  Don't understand why they don't just sell it with the correct C6OZ-3A187-A rubber bushings.  Brian

bigmal;  Your forgetting rule #1 in this game. ' Never get rid of anything '  unless you've looked at it and moved it around the shop for at least 7 years.  Brian