quote:Originally posted by vyprgt2:
Interesting vintage photos- I had not seen those.
I tried last night to post photos from the provamo website, not sure it is possible, but will try again.
Can you tell from the photo in the book that was scanned if the spark plug wires say autolite and "radio resistance" as per correct Ford wiring of the time?
No. It is a wonder that the scan came out this clear as it is.
You can see that there is white printing on the wires, but when I enlarge it, there isn't enough resolution in the scan to read it at all.
I can say that question came up the other day in relation to original Shelby GT350's and the answer is that radio surpression wire sets were not installed on the engines at the Cleveland assembly plant.
They were available as service sets through the Ford parts program.
If I extrapolate that to the Detomaso's then I would think that the 302 was purchased as a "crate engine" and as such it was the exact engine that was being installed into Ford domestic 1968 model year vehicles.
If that is so, then the answer is no. Radio suppression wires should not be standard equipment on these engines.
I wonder why you are concerned with that detail though.
There is no judged concourse for these cars that I know of in the US. Even if there was, it would be very difficult to find someone qualified enough to judge the car for originality.