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Yes there are some out there.

less than 1500 body numbers from my COPO!

Thanks Darrell!

Legit?  Looks good to me, what say the experts?

This was on my 15,000 mile 1969.  Different part number than posted above.  Can't swear it's original, but sure looks the part.

The presence of broach marks alone shouldn't correlate with being authentic.  Machines like the ones that put the broach marks in at the engine plant still exist today so those marks can be reproduced accurately.  I was offered that service when I had my engine sourced.  I passed intentionally to avoid a future re-stamp forgery.

That looks like rear seat cushion cotton batting.

I don't know where your bubbling is or how extensive the damage, but has anyone had experience with "peeling it back", repairing, then re-gluing?  Would be great if you could keep the original top

I used to own a 66 Fairlane GTA convertible that was black with red interior and white top.  My all-time favorite color combo.  I'm in the "keep the vinyl top" camp.  Your car is absolutely beautiful!

Before I cleaned it up

Here's some pics of my original

Mine is stamped right near the trans fitting

Tinkerr....to bypass the car wiring would you run a wire from the battery to the positive side of the coil with a ballast resistor in line to reduce voltage to 9.6V?  Would I then also have to run a jumper to the starter wire?

I'll be there Saturday.

When the problem disappeared, we were running an MSD distributor and ignition box wired directly to the battery.  In prior attempts to solve, I had replaced both the distributor and coil with no change in symptoms.  That leaves the wiring from the positive side of the coil back to the ignition switch on the column.  Wire from firewall block to coil just replaced, so that leaves the stuff from the fuse box back to the column switch, and I guess the power from the battery to the column switch.  What could go wrong in those areas that only shows up with the engine under load?

Multiple times on the dyno when it stalled, we check the float bowls on the carb.  Each time the fuel level was at the bottom of the sight screw.