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Years ago I was at our local Ford dealer and they were tossing a truck load of manuals and paper and I scored the whole pile, lol. I boxed it up and has been in garage for probably 25 or 30 years. I was sorting through some and found the list for all the Ford racing parts, Holman Moody and Shelby parts. The Shelby had pictures along with all the part numbers and prices.
They have everything back in 1965 from the little 144 six cylinder to the AFX 427 Mustang parts for sale. Date was in 1965 but they still have racing parts for back in the 50's listed. Wish it was all still there.
Also found another book filled with what Ford called Operating & Merchandising Newsletter. It presented new things to the dealer so they could sell to customers. In the July 1962 edition it had the info on the camping interiors for the Falcon vans. One I had totally forgotten about was the "Star Lift" convertible removable hard top. It was steel and heavy at 150 lbs. Ford made and sold them to help the NASCAR guys with their aero. It gave the 1962 Galaxie convertible a fastback shape to allow higher speeds. Also the convertible frames were better for racing. They had to make available to public to be able to race back then. They are rare and I cannot say I have ever seen one. Here is pic of the page. Cost $495 to dealer and $660 retail. Had plastic rear window and plastic side filler windows for the rear side. I have three of the pretty rare Towne Top removable hard top for the Mustang convertible from 1964 1/2 to 1967. They are fiberglass and much lighter but has glass rear window.
Wish I had lots of places to put the stuff up for display I have thousands of pages of Ford stuff.
If anyone has any questions about part #'s or info on the racing stuff just ask and I will scan copy of what you need. Will make you sick to know a race ready Holman Moody 427 was only $2,100 back then.
David
They have everything back in 1965 from the little 144 six cylinder to the AFX 427 Mustang parts for sale. Date was in 1965 but they still have racing parts for back in the 50's listed. Wish it was all still there.
Also found another book filled with what Ford called Operating & Merchandising Newsletter. It presented new things to the dealer so they could sell to customers. In the July 1962 edition it had the info on the camping interiors for the Falcon vans. One I had totally forgotten about was the "Star Lift" convertible removable hard top. It was steel and heavy at 150 lbs. Ford made and sold them to help the NASCAR guys with their aero. It gave the 1962 Galaxie convertible a fastback shape to allow higher speeds. Also the convertible frames were better for racing. They had to make available to public to be able to race back then. They are rare and I cannot say I have ever seen one. Here is pic of the page. Cost $495 to dealer and $660 retail. Had plastic rear window and plastic side filler windows for the rear side. I have three of the pretty rare Towne Top removable hard top for the Mustang convertible from 1964 1/2 to 1967. They are fiberglass and much lighter but has glass rear window.
Wish I had lots of places to put the stuff up for display I have thousands of pages of Ford stuff.
If anyone has any questions about part #'s or info on the racing stuff just ask and I will scan copy of what you need. Will make you sick to know a race ready Holman Moody 427 was only $2,100 back then.
David