ha ha
see whats goin on with toilets seats on this site andrew. never would have thought of it but if ya send me pics and price i may well consider it :)

Cheers
Karl

Because it is Panama Green (HZ) doesnt that make it DX5 bright blue/blue green/dark blue decal? Or is the trim code a consideration as well for decals?

Edited by user Monday, 11 January 2010 10:15:54 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Go DY6, just for that unique look.

Good luck with the whole resto, please post your progress photos.

If it was me id budget on $25k to do it properly with you doing a lot of the "putting it back together" work. It will be significantly cheaper if you dont try to do it 100% original.

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If we all had the same (good) taste, who would buy all the Fords?

Yeah saw these pic around the web (fantastic piece of machine) and 1st thought i had for the panama green was the mint one. which not so much to my taste so im glad its turn out to be the lighter green. (the actual colour). As for the decals i agree with what ya saying there sean.

Byron dont know if ya got my email? but anyone help is great on the topic of the possibility that the head is of a 308 and the block a 253. now the reason i asked is due to the fact that 2 barrel was the original on the 253 and 4 barrel for the 308. but having the 4 barrel fits perfect to the head but the block as 253
is that posible??? Maybe thats why the id numbers dont match. is this particalar Sandman suppose to be a 253 or 308 Byron???

Cheers
Karl

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Originally posted by 77sandman
Yeah saw these pic around the web (fantastic piece of machine) and 1st thought i had for the panama green was the mint one. which not so much to my taste so im glad its turn out to be the lighter green. (the actual colour). As for the decals i agree with what ya saying there sean.

Byron dont know if ya got my email? but anyone help is great on the topic of the possibility that the head is of a 308 and the block a 253. now the reason i asked is due to the fact that 2 barrel was the original on the 253 and 4 barrel for the 308. but having the 4 barrel fits perfect to the head but the block as 253
is that posible??? Maybe thats why the id numbers dont match. is this particalar Sandman suppose to be a 253 or 308 Byron???

Cheers
Karl

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253 and 308 blocks are identical externally, and the heads themselves are exactly the same. So a 308 manifold will bolt straight onto a 253 and its a common modification. GMH did this themselves with the 253 from WB onwards.

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If we all had the same (good) taste, who would buy all the Fords?

Thanks guys
Keep ya posted through out the restoration :)
Cheers
Karl

Thanks for that.

HZ also had the following;
DY6 - dark blue/purple/plum.(but I dont have the part number). DL7 - Delete Stripes

I am led to believe that HX didnt have DY6, but I found a reference to it only for;
Aquaris - 17778-1914, Id like this to be confirmed or corrected.

Edited by user Wednesday, 13 January 2010 3:37:31 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Thanks for clearing that up. Is there any record of DY6 in HX series though?

My HZ parts manual (dated October 1977 so it must be an early HZ manual) shows DX5 as Plum/Purple/Dark blue.

There is no mention of DY6 or DL7. Not sure when the extra codes were added as I dont have any supplements. I understand that it wasnt until later in the HZ range that deleting was given a code as the colours were seen by many purchases as a bit dated.