NOV 1972 GTV6 WILD PLUM 165 HP BARN FIND

Wow what a find.
 

Nice car and a great find, I can't go past a Capri now without checking to see if it's one of the BBS cars....
Glenn you said they did Cortina's and Escort's aswell, where were the badges located on them? Or will that open a can of worms, I'll be looking out for them aswell
Cheers Drew.......

Thanks everyone for your nice comments..........errata: I incorrectly said it was a NOV72 build: it's SEP72..............
Auto suggestion must have caused that "blue", with the fact I think Aust Production stopped in NOV72 ??????
I read somewhere in here someone had a spare "165 HP yellow/black" decal, which I wouldn't mind buying, as my
Capri is missing one on Dr Door and only has 2 under the bonnet.
NB>>>>>>does anyone know if the early Mustang "F O R D" letters from their bonnet has pins that will fit the boot holes on the Capri ? (Mine are missing, as is the BSS Badge which I'm guessing would have been on this car ?
cheers
Bernie

BEE VEE
Thanks everyone for your nice comments..........errata: I incorrectly said it was a NOV72 build: it's SEP72..............
Auto suggestion must have caused that "blue", with the fact I think Aust Production stopped in NOV72 ??????
I read somewhere in here someone had a spare "165 HP yellow/black" decal, which I wouldn't mind buying, as my
Capri is missing one on Dr Door and only has 2 under the bonnet.
NB>>>>>>does anyone know if the early Mustang "F O R D" letters from their bonnet has pins that will fit the boot holes on the Capri ? (Mine are missing, as is the BSS Badge which I'm guessing would have been on this car ?
cheers
Bernie

Bernie, 
The bodyshells for these cars were assembled at Homebush in august72 hence the prefix ck17me, ( the ck part meaning homebush australia, 17 meaning gt, me meaning august 72). Then the shells were finished off as the parts became available hence the different dates on the id plate. This would also explain the small variations between the cars such as air filters, front engine covers, and style of front seats. 
 
I have some of the yellow and black stickers and will post you a couple. These stickers were sent from ford to the owners of the 4 bss cars so that would explain the variation of sticker locations even tho the ford letter advised where to affix them. (engine bay, cover of maintainence booklet and side window). The first owner of my car for instance decided that the window location wasnt the best so put it on the edge of the drivers door.
 
If the mustang ford letters arent exactly the same in appearence please dont use them as the originals are easy found, being used also on the mk1 escort.
 
Of the eleven cars only four were sold by bib stillwell so only these four should have the BSS badge on the bootlid. Your car is one of the other seven that ford sent directly to executives in the company to be used as company cars for a time. For instance yours went to O E Suiter of head office, so these seven were not sold to the market as new cars. So after a time these cars would have been onsold to dealers as low mileage secondhand cars. It could have been that they were gathered up and sold to victorian dealer/s as a lot which would explain why they are turning up in vic.
Cheers ,,,ron.

Thanks a mill Ron,
 
I'm amazed at your wealth of knowledge!
........is it known what role this OE Suiter played at Ford ? .....and was he at Campbellfield or Sydney ?
 
I'm worried my silver bonnet & stripes and rear silver "bum" aren't correct : do you know Ron if the Silver is correct and/or if the patterns/positions are correct  ? ....... or is this why mine is called a "delete" model (hockey sticks also missing)
 
I forgot to mention in all the excitement, that the car came with a Genuine Australian Ford Factory Shop Manual
in VG condition, which in the unlikely event you need, I'd be happy to p/copy and send any pages at all.
 
*** Was it you, or Glenn that mentioned they'd have some new or used Cyl/Hd I&E Valves ?
I'm hoping to repair No3 cyl after Jan 26 at Fed Square (subject to rain)
 
Cheers.............Bernie
 

Bernie,
Yes your car is meant to have the rear hockey strips and strip across the bootlid. The silver paintwork has been added by an owner.
My guess is that there was some damage that was repaired by removing the brightwork and filling the holes and rather than trying to match the wild plum paint, it was easier to just paint over the area in silver. Also moisture gets in around the ford letters and causes the rear edge of the boot to rust so there could be a rust repair there too.
If you can email me an address to send the stickers to and i will also send a copy of the original ford letter explaining it all.
Cheers...ron.

Thanks whooligan,
I'll look forward to your advice re your FORD boot letters.......the bonnet ones look the same ?????????
My FORD letters holes are still in my boot and the Mustang FORD Letters look correct, but if on arrival I find theyre not, they wont be going on. Theyre only $15 new so it's worth the punt. Else they'll sit in "Ford Trincket Display Cabinet".
Can anyone advise what time is "muster" at FED Square on 26.1.14 ?
cheers
Bernie