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Respectfully, all 1968 Shelby big block cars with air conditioning had external oil coolers.

Originals are hard to find, there are replacements available that look similar

I am aware of power steering coolers. Not engine oil coolers. In 1968 model year Shelbys.

Here's mine, 4159 is a factory A/C car.

Trust us, Royce, on this one.

These are current version hooker supercomps on my KR.I paid my mechanic to put them on, he did it with engine in place but was in a VERY bad mood when i picked the car up and used a lot of swear words to describe the job.

Thanks Tim much appreciated.

4159 is off for a wheel alignment tomorrow.
My Shelby owners manual is for "1967 Shelby GT350/500" and states:

Caster   2 degrees positive
Camber  0 degrees
Toe-in     1/8in. total

Is it the same for a 68?
If not can anyone advise specs please, I tried searching but got lots of varying info.

Thanks in advance as always.

First drive, still work to do but she is a functioning car again😁

Simply STUNNING color!

That reads strangely familiar.

+1😂

Thanks Jack. my tilt would not move all of the time. After reading your post. I took a 1/2 inch length of vacuum hose and forced it over the signal leaver. It did the trick.

Very happy to have been of some help. I have had so much generous advice from this forum.

Hi Jack quick question if you don't mind, where are located?

Clearly I'm in Australia and was wonder if you were too.

I've got a KR too with tilt issues I thought you might be able to help

I'm in Kojonup in WA.If you PM me your email I will send you the manual and troubleshooting guide for tilt/tilt away,happy to help if I can.

Not much done on the KR last 6 months due to a bad case of sciatica and now waiting on the panel shop for some minor touch ups/repairs where I screwed up.
Anyway I finally solved the tilt problem described in this thread, posting in case it helps someone down the track.
As described the tilt-away function is working perfectly but the tilt, not at all.
My problem was that the indicator lever/stalk should have a collet at the bottom, I'm not sure what it is made of as neither my original nor the new lever I bought have it. If your tilt is not working(mine was locked in one position) you can test if this is your problem by positioning a screwdriver in behind the indicator lever on the dash side and pushing the stalk towards the dash should then activate the tilt.
The collet fits up over the lever from the bottom end and looks to be about twice the thickness of the stalk and maybe 1/2" long(rough guess from pics I found.)
Hope that helps someone, sometime.

Moderator, please do your job and get rid of the troll, it's clear he needs to go.

Must feel wonderful, congrats.

Exciting to have her running, enjoy !!

Have you tried pushing the stalk way down where it comes out of the column?

It may be flexing

Thanks Pete, gave it a try but no luck.I will get the workshop manual on the tilt column and hopefully that will help to work it out.

Thanks Pete, hopefully I can sort it without pulling the column.

With all the challenge and subsequent excitement of getting the "away" setup working perfectly I completely forgot about the "tilt".
Am I correct in thinking I should be able to set the angle of the wheel (through a vertical plane only, not the away motion) by pushing the indicator stalk away from me?
When I try this the stalk moves away when pushed but the wheel remains stubbornly locked in place.
Any thoughts appreciated.