New addition: '65 Fuelie Convertible
 

We picked up a '65 this past week and have it over at dad's garage now. We got her out today for a drive during lunch, and was able to snap a few pictures.

It's a convertible Fuelie, that is really straight, just missing one major item, the FI unit. The car is out of the Fluker, Mississippi area, so if anyone knows anything about the car, then please let me know.

The serial number on it is 118562 and puts its build around May 29th, 1965.

Minus the FI Unit with a conversion to a L79 intake and carb, the drivetrain appears to be original. I am not an expert by any means, but the engine stamping looks good, broach marks are there, along with two superficial scratches over one area on the pad. See the engine pad picture below.

The other big ticket item is at some point, she's had her colors changed, several times too. The car is currently painted white, with a solid blue interior. The trim plate you'll see below, has it as a Nassau Blue paint code and a Blue & White combo interior. There are a couple areas that have some red as well.

Ok, on with some pictures, and a few questions...

A couple of exterior shots.

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Here's a shot in the garage, with the hardtop on it. She has two tops, with the convertible top being white. That will look really sharp against the Nassau Blue, and the Blue/White combo interior.

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Here's a shot of the engine. If you look real close across at the driver side fender, you'll see 3 holes for the air cleaner. There is also the larger hole in the radiator core support for the air duct.

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Here's a shot of the engine pad. It reads F 042 IHG.

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Here's a couple of pics of the tranny.

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Trim plate and vin tag.

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A couple of pictures of the gauge cluster, 6,500 redline tach and 80 lb oil pressure gauge.

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She also has a AM/FM radio, and power antenna.

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So one of the things that I am interested in hearing some response from the experts on this car is about the HG engine code for the 327/375hp FI, and how this car does have the TI amplifer box on the passenger side of the front of the radiator support. Is this something they would have done for a car with the AM/FM radio option?

The plan right now for the car is to get the timing adjusted, and check out the brakes. She has a small hesitation in 1st gear, and the guy we picked it up from thought when he checked the timing it had too much advance on it. The brakes also pull slightly to the left, so need to check those out.

Thanks for checking her out, and let me know your thoughts on it.

Rob

Very nice. I've got a Nassau blue Vert with bright blue interior and whte rag top and you're absoluely right about the white top looking good against the nassau blue paint.
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looks like a great car. love it

Congratulations, it's nice!!!! Same colors as mine with my hardtop. Had it been me, the deal breaker would have been the two bolts missing from the glove box support. :rofl: Dennis

From the appearance of the fuel line adapter on the dual feed Holley, it's not a 2818. You might check that the vacuum advance is hooked to full manifold vacuum - it will help get better off idle throttle response.

White and Blue cars are sweet... Great new addition, I hope that Dad wasn't to upset with me after the conversation we had at C&C.. That car is awesome, great find man.

Dave

Looks like a great car to me! :thumbs:

Congrats, nice car !!!

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If it has T.I., it was added - if it had T.I. originally, the suffix code would be "HN". :thumbs:

Good lookin thang there

65, thanks for the feedback. Love the look and stance on your car too. We'll definitely be putting her back to Nassau Blue for sure.

Nowhere, thanks man! :thumbs:

:lol: Yeah, those bolts were closing to making us walk away from it. :thumbs:

Yeah, it's running a Holley, and they have the manifold vacum plugged, so we definitely need to address that first. :thumbs:

Dave, you'll have to fill me in the conversation. I am sure nothing you said bothered him... :cool:

Thanks guys for the feedback! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

John, thanks for that feedback too. I was thinking that the TI and possibly the radio was added as well. I guess once we get back behind the dash, we may end up seeing some signs of the wiring harness being spliced. Or, if it was a radio delete car, would the harness be the same as a car with the AM/FM radio option. Or did they have two different harnesses? One for the radio delete, and one for a radio optioned car? Or was it possibly just a AM radio car? Just curious on that.

Thanks again for your feedback though. :thumbs:


Thanks bus! :thumbs:

The dash harness was the same for all cars, regardless of options. :thumbs:

Incorrect. Cars with B/U lights require a different harness than those without that option.:cheers:

Jim

John,

Thanks for the feedback on the harness. So, if a car was a radio delete car, it had the same harness (and probably the connections for a radio) even if it didn't leave the factory with one in the dash?

This is really interesting, so let me know your thoughts on that.

Jim, thanks for the info on the back up lights too.


Rob

Yup, that's correct; I was thinking of '66-'67 when B/U lights were standard. :thumbs:

Very odd.I have seen very many cars with the TI removed but none that I know of were it was added to a car.There are lots of mysteries with these old cars.

Curious about the IHG stamp. What is the I for?

Guess it`s just a bad touch on the keyboard. Should be 042I HG. April 21.

Always nice to see a "new" 65 fuelie. :thumbs:

Gudmund, I don't believe the Roman number I was used for the number 1. The photo of the pad shows an IHG.