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slumlord44 · 01-24-2020, 10:37 PM

Painted gloss black, mate black, or natural?

flatrod · 01-25-2020, 10:46 AM

As I remember they were natural. Factory Ford cars had a yellow and green stripe on each end to tell the installers which was left and right. Because Shelby installed the 1" bars they may not had the strips. My 66 Shelby does not.

slumlord44 · 01-25-2020, 10:53 AM

So your’66 is natural?

slumlord44 · 01-26-2020, 09:37 PM

Flatrod, is your '66 natural? Thats my question. Need and answer.

flatrod · 01-27-2020, 10:53 AM

Sorry I forgot to check my car, its buried in storage, but I did look. Mine is painted black. Now I don't know for sure, as my car had a amature restoration back around 1993/4. The black is flaking off. My first 66 Shelby was natural, it was 1324, the one I have now is earlier, 322.

slumlord44 · 01-27-2020, 10:11 PM

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Thank you. Think I'll go with natural. Not sure how to clean it. Use diluted muriatic acid to clean bolts but would take a big container and a lot of acid to do the sway bar. May try burshing it on. Satin clear coat when I am done. Got new bushings and end link bushings ordered from Branda.

01-24-2020, 10:37 PM	#1
slumlord44 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 104	1965 Shelby Mustang 1" front sway bar Painted gloss black, mate black, or natural?

01-25-2020, 10:46 AM	#2
flatrod Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Anchorage Alaska Posts: 291	Re: 1965 Shelby Mustang 1" front sway bar As I remember they were natural. Factory Ford cars had a yellow and green stripe on each end to tell the installers which was left and right. Because Shelby installed the 1" bars they may not had the strips. My 66 Shelby does not.

01-25-2020, 10:53 AM	#3
slumlord44 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 104	Re: 1965 Shelby Mustang 1" front sway bar So your’66 is natural?

01-26-2020, 09:37 PM	#4
slumlord44 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 104	Re: 1965 Shelby Mustang 1" front sway bar Flatrod, is your '66 natural? Thats my question. Need and answer.

01-27-2020, 10:53 AM	#5
flatrod Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Anchorage Alaska Posts: 291	Re: 1965 Shelby Mustang 1" front sway bar Sorry I forgot to check my car, its buried in storage, but I did look. Mine is painted black. Now I don't know for sure, as my car had a amature restoration back around 1993/4. The black is flaking off. My first 66 Shelby was natural, it was 1324, the one I have now is earlier, 322.

01-27-2020, 10:11 PM	#6
slumlord44 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 104	Re: 1965 Shelby Mustang 1" front sway bar Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thank you. Think I'll go with natural. Not sure how to clean it. Use diluted muriatic acid to clean bolts but would take a big container and a lot of acid to do the sway bar. May try burshing it on. Satin clear coat when I am done. Got new bushings and end link bushings ordered from Branda.