i beleive i have uncovered a new discovery in the mustang archeology field. after a little websearching it is my belief that ford had some sort of ram air system planned for all 69 GT's. what leads me to this belief is that almost every 69 GT i have seen has had an opening stamped in it from the factory under the "non-functional hood scoop". on my car this opening was covered from the factory with aluminum duct tape. after looking at the pics of the cars on the 69 GT registry site, it became obvious that all of the cars there that the hood open, had this same opening. what i need from you guys is simply an email stating that your car also has this same opening, and if possibel the vin, if you don't want to the vin, that's ok i understand, also if you do own a 69 GT and haven't yet registered it with the 69 GT registry please do, it is free to register your car. here is a link to the site http://gt69registry.home.comcast.net/
i have also emailed the owner of the 69 GT registry, Bart Boster as well as mustang monthly, mustang and fords with my "find" and my hypothosis. Bart is also aware that most of the 69 GT's had this hood but he didn't have any more than i do at this point. here is a copy of the email i sent to mustang monthly and mustang and fords, which also includes the original email conversation between Bart and myself.
Hi, my name is Bryan Nickel I live in Lubbock, Tx. i have a 1969 Mustang GT and think i have a rare find for you. My car has the "non-functional hood scoop" as did all 69 GT's, however my car has a factory hole cut in the bottom of the hood, it is smaller than the opening for a shaker and actually has the same dimensions as the hole that the service replacement hoods had but the "x" cut out. I know it is factory because when i purchased the car in 1984 from the original owner this hole was covered by the factory with aluminum duct tape. I recently registered my car on the 69 GT registry and was looking at the pictures of other cars on the site and noticed that almost everyone that the hood open had that same hole cut out. i emailed the owner of the regsitry, Bart Boster and asked he if had any info on this or if he had any contacts for researching this and he emailed me back and said he had noticed the same thing but he didn't have any more info on it either. My hypothosis is that ford had some kind of ram air system planned for these cars and scrapped it after production of the hoods began. i was wondering if you guys had info that would be helpful or any contacts that might know of any possibilities. below is a copy of the email conversation between myself and Bart Boster i have also copied Bart on this email, i know he has been very busy and hasn't had a lot of time for the site lately, so i would be glad have my email address listed for contact info if it's okay with you guys, thanks.
Sincerely,
Bryan T. Nickel
[email protected]
Hi Bryan,
Thanks for the email. Yes, my car also has the hole in the hood and I am positive the hood is the original that came on the car, although someone did cut the "X" out of the hole at some time in its life (it looks like they did it with tin snips). Two other GTs here in Utah that I have looked at also have the hole in the hood and I have never seen a non-GT with the same kind of hood. I have also wondered about the hole but have never been able to find any information about it. I also have wondered if the original plans were to make all GTs ram air cars. We will probably never know.
You have probably noticed that the website has not been updated for a long time. I really wish I had the time to keep it up to date. I have about another 20 cars that have registered but I just don't have time to work on the site anymore. I keep thinking I should take it down so people don't get upset when they register their car and it never shows up on the site. However, I still think enough people visit it for information and I am collecting the registration information even if it doesn't get updated to the site, so I guess the site still serves some purpose. I would really like to rework the site someday and make it easier to use, but who knows when I will get time.
Hi Bart, my name is Bryan Nickel, i have a 69 GT coupe that i have registered on your site. i'm glad someone is trying to document these cars since they are last of the "v8 interceptors" so to speak. i have a question that i hope you might be able to answer and it is something i just noticed while looking at the pics on your site of everyone else's cars. i noticed that most of the cars on the site, well the ones with the hood up anyway, had a hole in the hood under the scoop, my car has that same hole, when i got the car the hole was covered with aluminum ducting tape and it was definitely factory because it had lime green overspray on it, the car had only been repainted once in it's life and the color it was repainted was black jade, it wasn't even a good repaint because they didn't do the jambs or anything. i bought the car from the original owner and she told me that was the only paintjob the car had ever had, so again i know the duct tape was factory. i have never seen this type of hole on any other 69 ever until i saw the pics on your site. mach 1's didn't have them nor did any other 69 that i am aware of have them, most just had the scoop bolted to a flat hood, i have seen the hoods with the "x" in the center partially cut out and i know they were a service replacement hood. i have talked to several people about my hood and everyone always says it has to be a service replacement hood, but i know it's not because of the original owners descriptions and accounts of the car. my question is does your car have the same hole in the hood? can you shed any light the subject? i am beginning to wonder now if there was supposed to some kind of special ram air induction for the 69 gt that scrapped after production of the hoods started, like maybe a shaker style setup or something similar and the mach 1's got the final version of what we now know to be the shaker. any thoughts or ideas on this? your input would be greatly appreciated on this, and who knows maybe could be the first ones to find that connetion to some secret project that never happened or something. get back with me as soon as you can this really has my interest sparked. thanks and best regards.................Bryan
i have also emailed the owner of the 69 GT registry, Bart Boster as well as mustang monthly, mustang and fords with my "find" and my hypothosis. Bart is also aware that most of the 69 GT's had this hood but he didn't have any more than i do at this point. here is a copy of the email i sent to mustang monthly and mustang and fords, which also includes the original email conversation between Bart and myself.
Hi, my name is Bryan Nickel I live in Lubbock, Tx. i have a 1969 Mustang GT and think i have a rare find for you. My car has the "non-functional hood scoop" as did all 69 GT's, however my car has a factory hole cut in the bottom of the hood, it is smaller than the opening for a shaker and actually has the same dimensions as the hole that the service replacement hoods had but the "x" cut out. I know it is factory because when i purchased the car in 1984 from the original owner this hole was covered by the factory with aluminum duct tape. I recently registered my car on the 69 GT registry and was looking at the pictures of other cars on the site and noticed that almost everyone that the hood open had that same hole cut out. i emailed the owner of the regsitry, Bart Boster and asked he if had any info on this or if he had any contacts for researching this and he emailed me back and said he had noticed the same thing but he didn't have any more info on it either. My hypothosis is that ford had some kind of ram air system planned for these cars and scrapped it after production of the hoods began. i was wondering if you guys had info that would be helpful or any contacts that might know of any possibilities. below is a copy of the email conversation between myself and Bart Boster i have also copied Bart on this email, i know he has been very busy and hasn't had a lot of time for the site lately, so i would be glad have my email address listed for contact info if it's okay with you guys, thanks.
Sincerely,
Bryan T. Nickel
[email protected]
Hi Bryan,
Thanks for the email. Yes, my car also has the hole in the hood and I am positive the hood is the original that came on the car, although someone did cut the "X" out of the hole at some time in its life (it looks like they did it with tin snips). Two other GTs here in Utah that I have looked at also have the hole in the hood and I have never seen a non-GT with the same kind of hood. I have also wondered about the hole but have never been able to find any information about it. I also have wondered if the original plans were to make all GTs ram air cars. We will probably never know.
You have probably noticed that the website has not been updated for a long time. I really wish I had the time to keep it up to date. I have about another 20 cars that have registered but I just don't have time to work on the site anymore. I keep thinking I should take it down so people don't get upset when they register their car and it never shows up on the site. However, I still think enough people visit it for information and I am collecting the registration information even if it doesn't get updated to the site, so I guess the site still serves some purpose. I would really like to rework the site someday and make it easier to use, but who knows when I will get time.
Hi Bart, my name is Bryan Nickel, i have a 69 GT coupe that i have registered on your site. i'm glad someone is trying to document these cars since they are last of the "v8 interceptors" so to speak. i have a question that i hope you might be able to answer and it is something i just noticed while looking at the pics on your site of everyone else's cars. i noticed that most of the cars on the site, well the ones with the hood up anyway, had a hole in the hood under the scoop, my car has that same hole, when i got the car the hole was covered with aluminum ducting tape and it was definitely factory because it had lime green overspray on it, the car had only been repainted once in it's life and the color it was repainted was black jade, it wasn't even a good repaint because they didn't do the jambs or anything. i bought the car from the original owner and she told me that was the only paintjob the car had ever had, so again i know the duct tape was factory. i have never seen this type of hole on any other 69 ever until i saw the pics on your site. mach 1's didn't have them nor did any other 69 that i am aware of have them, most just had the scoop bolted to a flat hood, i have seen the hoods with the "x" in the center partially cut out and i know they were a service replacement hood. i have talked to several people about my hood and everyone always says it has to be a service replacement hood, but i know it's not because of the original owners descriptions and accounts of the car. my question is does your car have the same hole in the hood? can you shed any light the subject? i am beginning to wonder now if there was supposed to some kind of special ram air induction for the 69 gt that scrapped after production of the hoods started, like maybe a shaker style setup or something similar and the mach 1's got the final version of what we now know to be the shaker. any thoughts or ideas on this? your input would be greatly appreciated on this, and who knows maybe could be the first ones to find that connetion to some secret project that never happened or something. get back with me as soon as you can this really has my interest sparked. thanks and best regards.................Bryan
