66's that did not have thick beehive washers.

[jerry merrill]

I was the owner of 6s1869 and unless Hertz removed them they were missing from the car when i had it back in the 70's.

[gt350hr]

OK, FWIW...

I have 47 cars on my list. The earliest is in the late 1400's, the latest in the 2200's. Three of the earliest cars on the list have one shock tower with washers and one without. Thirty four are tightly clustered between 1600-1900.

They include restored and unrestored cars. If there was any question about whether a car was a rebody, had the front clip replaced, etc., it wasn't included.

  Dave that is consistent with my notes. ( I never took pictures back then)  6S1514 had "one with and one without" , so we changed it in the '70's. I changed at least ten other GT350s that didn't have the washers. Back then I figured it was because the cars had Autolite shocks not Konis and Ford(or SAI) didn't feel they were necessary any longer. I used the same FE rocker stand washer , notched , and mig welded like Ford did.
   Randy

[camp upshur]

 

I thought they were a T-5 item.

What's a beehive?

[98SVT - was 06GT]

I thought they were a T-5 item.

What'a a beehive?

Yes - part of the Ford factory chassis strengthing parts package for exported cars.

[J_Speegle]

,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Thirty four are tightly clustered between 1600-1900.

How many do you have with washers from the same 300 car spread?

[Bob Gaines]

I thought they were a T-5 item.

What's a beehive?

A term that some Ford employees have used to refer to the upper shock brackets in Ford documents. I suppose it is because of the shape of the 65/66 upper shock brackets that resemble a cartoon bee hive. Kind of silly if you ask me but it was a term that was used.

[s2ms]

How many in the late 1700 early 1800 range?

There are 12 cars between 1750 and 1850.

  Dave that is consistent with my notes. ( I never took pictures back then)  6S1514 had "one with and one without" , so we changed it in the '70's. I changed at least ten other GT350s that didn't have the washers. Back then I figured it was because the cars had Autolite shocks not Konis and Ford(or SAI) didn't feel they were necessary any longer. I used the same FE rocker stand washer , notched , and mig welded like Ford did.
   Randy

Thanks Randy, I did not have 6S1514 on my list, I do now!

How many do you have with washers from the same 300 car spread?

Jeff, I have not documented cars with washers, all I can say is definitely more in that grouping do not have them in my observations.

[Bob Gaines]

How many in the late 1700 early 1800 range?

There are 12 cars between 1750 and 1850.

  Dave that is consistent with my notes. ( I never took pictures back then)  6S1514 had "one with and one without" , so we changed it in the '70's. I changed at least ten other GT350s that didn't have the washers. Back then I figured it was because the cars had Autolite shocks not Konis and Ford(or SAI) didn't feel they were necessary any longer. I used the same FE rocker stand washer , notched , and mig welded like Ford did.
   Randy

Thanks Randy, I did not have 6S1514 on my list, I do now!

How many do you have with washers from the same 300 car spread?

Jeff, I have not documented cars with washers, all I can say is definitely more in that grouping do not have them in my observations.

That's a shame that so many are missing the complete Shelby DNA sequence.

[s2ms]

Somehow I knew that was coming...

[J_Speegle]

Somehow I knew that was coming...

I'm doing it also Got to the 2000's today.  (12,000 pictures so far)

Will be interesting to see what we both come up with

[Bob Gaines]

Somehow I knew that was coming...

I didn't want to leave you hanging waiting for the other shoe to drop.  Only meant in fun

[s2ms]

I didn't want to leave you hanging waiting for the other shoe to drop.  Only meant in fun

Thanks, figured the other shoe was close behind!   

I'm doing it also Got to the 2000's today.  (12,000 pictures so far)

Will be interesting to see what we both come up with

Yes, hopefully we can come up with something more detailed on this subject, sent you a PM...

[rraceme]

sorry to be posting on such an old thread but I'm sure someone is wanting this information to document on my recent purchase. 6S2227 has washers on LH side and none on RH side (on beehive shock mount). I purchased my car from the same owner since 1972 and he stated he never removed them. My car has been sitting in a garage unmolested since 1988ish. Equipped with vintage old Koni's but they are a HD weird size, they don't look consistent with koni of the day.

I've seen this before on GT-350's - one with & one without. I looked at a red 1966 GT-350 from Orlando mustang for possible purchase a few years ago and it was just like mine.
I can provide pics of my beehives if someone needs for documentation? I'm new to the forum so if I've violated forum protocol by posting to such old thread let me know. Im new to SAAC and enjoying reading all posting on 1966 \65 GT-350's.

[acman63]

You really can't go by anything other than original owners.  A lot can happen in 7 years . If you put Konis on any Mustang you need to make changes to keep the upper mounts  from getting ruined .  Virtually every GT350  Ive worked on in the last 40 years that came in with Konis or Ford shocks  and didn't use the longer bolts to account for the welded washer had stripped out holes and needed to be replaced .

[Rocket]

6S550 Has the washers, and had them when I bought it in 1967, Ron