68 Shelby tail panel hole covers

[cascade-classics]

oes anybody reproduce these hole covers that screw onto the steel tail panel?  If not does anyone have a complete set?

[Coralsnake]

Tony Branda has fiberglass reproductions.

No one makes them in steel

[cascade-classics]

Thank you.  I noticed Branda says not all 68 Shelby's came with these.  When the body shop took the car apart they said there was none there so maybe they were right.  The holes for the screws that hold them in place are there however.

[Coralsnake]

I cant tell you where they get their information. All cars had the block off cups. Some very early cars did not have the larger cups.

[KR500]

I cant tell you where they get their information. All cars had the block off cups. Some very early cars did not have the larger cups.

I will add this, when I got 02267 it had never been apart in the rear and it has the holes and screw holes for the plates ( cups) but there were no plates with no evidence of them ever being there either. A mistake at A.O. Smith? Probably.
Rodney

[Side-Oilers]

So, (in the photo of the lime car) are the rusty hex-head fasteners (and sheet metal covers) there originally from FoMoCo, for Mustangs and Cougars to use the same back panel?

Were the end covers applied at Smith?  They all look fairly crude to me.

Are the shinier Philips-head screws (on lime car's end covers) correct?

This pix of my white KR from 1987, when it got its one and only repaint, seems to show those end caps affixed with the same hex-head fasteners as the inner caps.

What say ye, all knowledgeable '68 aficinadoes?

[Coralsnake]

The covers were installed by AOSmith. Smith drilled the holes, and added the covers. They typically used the hex head screws. The covers had rope caulk to seal them to the tail light panel.

The Cougar tail light panel is significantly different

[Side-Oilers]

Good info, thanks Pete!

[Krelboyne]

Those tail light cups were also used on 1968 California Specials.

[SAM83]

There was a guy at the Turlock CA swap meet a few months ago that had a set for sale.  Maybe one of the many Mustang part sellers that show up there might have an idea who he is?

[Mike_Senar]

Possibly Mark ??Caps??  from Fresno?   Or, the Delta Bay Mustang guy (don't remember his name)
                                                           Mike

[J_Speegle]

Or, the Delta Bay Mustang guy (don't remember his name)

Tom Cruz 

[68cobra427]

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