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Bhedbloom 
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 Topic: Engine Cover/ Dog HousePosted: November-16-2005 at 12:57pm |
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When did Correct Craft switch from a wooden dog house (engine cover)to a fiberglass dog house?
Does anyone know which should be on a 1968 Mustang? Thanks any and all!!! |
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Barry, South Carolina
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Brad_K
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Posted: November-16-2005 at 1:48pm |
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i have a 1980 barefoot and its wooden, not sure if it is original but assume so.
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mackwrench
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Posted: November-16-2005 at 2:02pm |
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My 1965 motorbox is all 'glass Check out some of the pics in the diaries, I would belive that Brad's 1980 motorbox is not original
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Tim D
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Posted: November-16-2005 at 2:12pm |
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My '66 Mustang has a fiberglass box.
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bkhallpass
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Posted: November-16-2005 at 2:38pm |
Brad, not positive, but I believe the barefoot was a special deal. The 454 is bigger and wouldn't fit under the standard motorboxes and so they used wood. ICBW. BKH |
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JoeinNY
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Posted: November-16-2005 at 6:17pm |
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Don't know when they switched but my 1967 Mustang has the fiberglass one, and the same exact fiberglass one is shown in the 1968 brouchure on the 1968 mustang, so for the 68 it should be gelcoated fiberglass.
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Bhedbloom
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Posted: November-18-2005 at 1:40pm |
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Fiberglass must be OEM on the 1968 Mustang. The one I am looking at is wood. Well now I know it is not the original dog house.
Thanks Everyone and Happy Thanksgiving! |
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Barry, South Carolina
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Jim_In_Houston
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Posted: November-24-2005 at 6:47pm |
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Tim D. The inside of you '66 looks pretty nice. Would you mind posting close up pics of your front seats. Both of my boats have cheap wally world seats and I do not know what the original seats looked like. I would like to clone some originals if possible. Thanks....
BTW, the '68s had fiberglass motor boxes. I have pics with dimensions somewhere on the forum. |
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Happy owner of a '66 and a '68 Mustang
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JEFF KOSTIS
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Posted: November-26-2005 at 7:40pm |
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Did someome perhaps upgrade the manifolds or something where the old box didnt fit?? Most that I have seen are glass.
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reidp
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Posted: November-29-2005 at 7:58am |
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Here's what I've seen. For starters, in boats up thru '69-70, check to see if by chance the wooden box, if original, isn't sitting over a Chrysler engine. (I guess you don't need to check if you already own the boat). Up thru about 69 is where they used the rounded, sculpted glass box. This box won't fit over a later model, after-'66 273-318 Chrysler. The older 318 Poly engines had the exhausts down lower and thus didn't hit the 'glass box. Starting in 69-70 they started using the more squared box which covers about any engine, except that big block as mentioned above. In summation, I've never seen a wood box over a small block Ford engine, or a rounded glass box over a Chrysler, but for all those that haven't noticed yet, they did a lot of one-off things back in the day.
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waterskicoach
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Posted: December-02-2005 at 1:02pm |
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You would have to go back a long ways to find a plywood motor cover.....certianly everything from 1970 and later would be fiberglass. glass over wood/plywood ??? There were plywood sided Nautiques, but I am not sure of the year...mid 60's maybe.
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