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Hi there. Tom Moniz was keeping track for a while. my old email addresses for him are
[email protected]
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Here is what he replied back to me regarding my 68C with a 500s number back in October of 2010.
your car is a very early one
most likely made in late May or early June
the first approximatly 700 cars had a indented firewall,then for some reason,maybe a supply of flat firewalls were left over,they switched to installing flat firewalls so approximatly 500 went out next with flat firewall,s then Briggs went back to installing indented firewalls
I have confirmed about 225 existing 68Cs in all states of restoration ,from just cowls to best of show cars
but im sure there are at least that many still out there that i dont have the information on
i see them sell on ebay or hemmings and the new owners dont contact me,nor will the old owner give me the information
i just lost one up in Maine,i got word it was for sale and called the next morning,i got the owner who was in line at the bank cashing the check as he just sold the car 10 minutes earlier,he "couldnt"tell me the new owners name,or where he lived but did confirm it was a 68C ,it still hasnt shown up
i know of one in Florida,its in the same club another ford ban member is in ,but he wont give me the guys name,as he feels its a privacy issue
frustrating
I have 11 cars earlier than yours,,not all of them are complete cars,some i suspect are tags only
its hard when someone buys a tag then puts it on another body
i have to trust what information they give me
they are scattered all over the US and some foriegn countries
one of the reasons i like to find out the previous owners is i can trace the migration of the cars
i believe almost all the foriegn ones except maybe three have been exported from the US,thers one in Canada i cant get the owner to respond,one in Noprway that came from england and at least one in south america maybe two
the black rear view mirror like yours is by far the most common,about 4,500 had them out of 6,800 cars
Noone is doing what im doing for the 68A or B
i was asked to do it ,but it is just too hard to do them all
for a while i was doing it for the A400,but lost interest in that
the cabriolet club is in Texas and they take overall information and publish a newsletter
they try real hard,but dont get much help
you are so luck to find the body style you want like this at such a young age
i saw my first 68C in about 1970 and fell in love with it
i searched for one for many years.i even had one stored in my barn owned by a friend of mine
i could never find one for sale or if it was it was out of my price range
finally about 10 years ago i got a call from a friend telling me of TWO of them being sold about 3 hours from me
so i hopped in my car and went to see them
one was complete,not running ,,and the other was missing a passenger door and top
both needed complete restoration ,as the wood was bad,but the sheetmetal was in decent shape
one was a very early flat firewall,and the other was a very late on
the early one is only 11 cars known, different from yours but 271 numbers higher
i have them both apart and trying to finish them up,i have most of the body work done the running gear is done
but my daughter bought a house earlier this year and ive been working on it since May
i should have had the body mounted and in prime by now ,but kids come first
again thanks for the info on the car
you will probably contact other 68c owners at shows,please get their numbers and send them on to me,i dont know every car out there
tom moniz
68C record keeper
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