Is this original

jws66m · Aug 2, 2021

So I am trying to determine the history of my car because the car just seems too perfect and would like to know how much of it is original. Not to get into much, just about everything on the car seems to be from day 1. Screws, brackets, colors, overspray, bolts, etc....

The speedo says 11,000+ and I know the car hasn't been rolled over, way to nice of body and zero rust underneath given its age. So I'm guessing maybe 20-25k on the car in total. So I took a picture of the speedo under the dash.

For any of you that know, is the overspray on the speedo an original thing. I would assume it is. I would assume the speedo, brake pedal, etc... were installed and then the interior painted. And yes the paint matches the code of blue interior and blue trim with caspian blue exterior. If the overspray is an original feature then it tells a lot about the car.

Thanks

HemiRick · Aug 2, 2021

I would highly doubt it, the factory painted bare bodies....

jws66m · Aug 3, 2021

HemiRick said:
I would highly doubt it, the factory painted bare bodies....

Thanks for replying. Just a little FYI I found on other forums. Yes that is factory overspray. You have it in the wheel wells also after they sprayed sound deadener. They put the speedo, brake bracket and pedals and started spraying.

horse sence · Aug 3, 2021

I would say no ,it is not original . I have taken apart a little over 200 mustangs apart and the only time i have seen over spray like that is a repaint . The air cans ,speedometer and wiring was installed after paint . Look at the emergency brake leaver ,if it has paint on the bolts or the bottom of the leaver it is a repaint ,these are always phosphate bolts and the leaver is always black .
You do find paint over the under coat because that was sprayed before the paint ,most everything else was installed after paint

horse sence · Aug 3, 2021

Also if you remove the instrument cluster you will find the dash color under it ,something that would not be if the dash was painted with the cluster inplace

jws66m · Aug 3, 2021

horse sence said:
I would say no ,it is not original . I have taken apart a little over 200 mustangs apart and the only time i have seen over spray like that is a repaint . The air cans ,speedometer and wiring was installed after paint . Look at the emergency brake leaver ,if it has paint on the bolts or the bottom of the leaver it is a repaint ,these are always phosphate bolts and the leaver is always black .
You do find paint over the under coat because that was sprayed before the paint ,most everything else was installed after paint

Thanks,

Guys on other forums are saying the same thing. Thing is. My car looks too good and it doesn't have anything special that would make sense why someone want to repaint the entire inside. Everything is the same factory color inside and out. But what made me think it was original is the overall condition of my car. It does not seem like a car that had been driven so much that it needed to be repainted inside but has literally zero rust underneath it.

horse sence · Aug 3, 2021

These are two original 4 speed pedal assemblies ,one is bare metal and one is black ,i have seen many either painted black or not . You can tell by the bolts they are both original and neither has over spray . I have several underdash wire harnesses and none of them have over spray ,neither do any of my instrument clusters . You will find different color paint dabs on some of the parts ,the colors were codes so assembly line workers new what piece was needed for a certain car

horse sence · Aug 3, 2021

jws66m said:
Thanks,

Guys on other forums are saying the same thing. Thing is. My car looks too good and it doesn't have anything special that would make sense why someone want to repaint the entire inside. Everything is the same factory color inside and out. But what made me think it was original is the overall condition of my car. It does not seem like a car that had been driven so much that it needed to be repainted inside but has literally zero rust underneath it.

Someone just freshened it up ,probably had a few scratches

HemiRick · Aug 3, 2021

a lot can happen in a 50 yr old cars life.....

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