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Topic: 68 coat hook confusion
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 1272
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 03-01-2002 10:00 PM
   
If you juggle between Osborn's body manual and interior manual, the coat hooks jump around -- either just behind the seatbelt attachment, or way up front, where they are used to hang the seatbelts out of the way. Then there's a picture (although I'm danged if I can find it now) in which the hooks are behind the seatbelts and up front there are wire retainers. I have these wire retainers on one of my cars, but both of them have the right screw holes. They're both fastbacks. Also, there's some mumbo jumbo in Osborn's about parts being revised.
Does anyone know the story? Where do you have your coat hooks? Do you have the wire retainers? Is this a date thing, or maybe a fastback / coupe thing?
Thanks!
Simon
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68 S-code GT
Gearhead Posts: 832
From: Sayreville, NJ, US
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 03-01-2002 10:42 PM
I'm not sure what is ment by right screw holes, but all of my cars had the coat hook in the back.
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 1272
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 03-01-2002 10:53 PM
By "right screw holes" I mean two holes side by side (very close) up front which hold the wire retainers. They're actually not up front, they're about a foot in front of the seat belt attachment, in the same place where many of the pics in Osborn's show the coat hooks -- which, incidentally, only use one screw.
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68 S-code GT
Gearhead Posts: 832
From: Sayreville, NJ, US
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 03-04-2002 02:09 PM
That?s where the wire thingy mounts to hold the shoulder harness up and out of the way if equipped with them. I saw some thing somewhere that said that they were mandatory after a certain date, but where was it.  I?ll look at mine when I get home to see if the wire things have one or two screws in them. 
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bibbs68
Gearhead Posts: 876
From: Jackson, TN
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 03-04-2002 02:14 PM
My coupe has the wire retainers up front with two screws each and no coat hooks. My car was built in April if that helps you out any.
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 16475
From: Hampton,Virginia,USA MCA#39406 M&M #12
Registered: May 99
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posted 03-04-2002 06:33 PM
If I ever get home before dark I'll get a photo of mine.
sam
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 1272
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 03-04-2002 07:30 PM
I've just had a thought ... da dah! It stands to reason that most/all mid-year changes (if this actually happened) in 1968 would be to replace parts that began being used in '67 or earlier.
Any '67 owners reading this? Do you have coat hooks and/or wire retainers? How are they positioned?
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68 S-code GT
Gearhead Posts: 832
From: Sayreville, NJ, US
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 03-05-2002 07:36 AM
Well, I looked at my one car that came with the shoulder belt and the wire hanger was about a foot or more toward the front of the car ahead of the belt attachment point. I don?t know if the two screws are correct as one of the previous owners replaced the headliner, but the car originally came with the deluxe seatbelt option. They are held in by two screws each and the coat hook was mounted to the rear of the attachment point. My FB did not have these belts originally but I installed them. There was a small X imprinted into the sheet metal if I remember correctly. These belts were originally optional but I think they became standard after a certain date. I?m still looking for the literature I had that said something to the matter. Also all of the 67s that I?ve owned had the coat hook in the same spot as the 68s. To the rear of where the attachment point would be.------------------
68 S-code FB GT 4spd(now C6)/3.25 PS PDB
68 J-code(now 289) Cp Sprint"B" C4/3L00-9" PDB PS AC
99 F150 XLT Ext/cab, 4X4, 5.4L, 3L55
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