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Do the firewall plates have numbers molded into the backs of them? The 1967 window cranks are unique and one-year-only. Note in the lower RH corner of your photo that the dark colored ***** are 1967 window cranks. The yellowed clear **** is 1968-up. The 67 cranks have flatter ***** and thinner arms on the metal part.
Firewall plate #2 is 64-66 (rounded below column). #3 is 67 ("triangulated" below column). #1 is from a 68. Obviously 69-72 uses the wide plate pictured at the top left.
Do the firewall plates have numbers molded into the backs of them? The 1967 window cranks are unique and one-year-only. Note in the lower RH corner of your photo that the dark colored ***** are 1967 window cranks. The yellowed clear **** is 1968-up. The 67 cranks have flatter ***** and thinner arms on the metal part.
Sorry, Loaded68w34, I forgot to say thank you for the info !
Originally Posted by Loaded68W34
Firewall plate #2 is 64-66 (rounded below column). #3 is 67 ("triangulated" below column). #1 is from a 68. Obviously 69-72 uses the wide plate pictured at the top left.
Sorry, Loaded68w34, I forgot to say thank you for the info !
To add to a little more information, the reason for the change in 67 was that 64 - 66 simply used a rubber sleeve to support the column in the metal firewall mounting plate. 67 was the first year to use a "split-plate" that clamped the column to the firewall (part of the safety improvements in 67 so that the column would collapse in the event of a front end collision). The lower triangulated section on the plastic cover is there to provide clearence for the lower clamping bolt.
