GT5-S details from 9540 and up

A shot of the hose that connected to the cabin.

Did the later cars have extended deck lid hinge areas? I have extended several of these over the years and showed the factory the mod in 87. Was this a factory change or modification?

This car had a Cleveland no a Windsor or a Mustang 302. Did the factory find some additional Cleveland blocks or was the engine changed? Does anyone else with a late model S car have a factory Cleveland engine from the factory?

This car had a different deck latch without a rear push button. This appears to be a after the fact modification but it could be a factory change. Anyone else have electric deck latch? Here is a shot of the latch on the taillight panel inside the engine compartment.

I have seen a factory oil cooler installed in an 84 GT5 and it looked similar to this one but the right rear shield had louvers in it the this one did not.

Did they finally change the clock from the rally clock with the incorrect bezel to this one? If this is not factory, it should have been.

This car had 8" and 10" wheels with 215-60-15s and 275-55-15s respectively. The wheels look factory in design but the rear of the wheels are very thick and required long sleeved lug nuts not the original tapered nuts. Is there any other cars with 8s and 10s not the 10s and 13s that were on the early version S cars.

Kirk:

I now have 353 cars in the registry with VINs in the 9000 series, and I cannot recall any one of them having the features of this car (although I confess I have not paid much attention to the clocks). The exception is the 351C, which continued to be installed in GT5S's until the supply from Australia dried up circa 1987-88.

I have seen a few late model Panteras with factory-installed oil coolers, but they do not look like the one in your photo.

What is the VIN of this car? Can you please post some more photos? I am especially interested in seeing what a GT5-S looks like with skinny wheels, which will be a first (the horror, the HORROR!).

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Originally posted by Kirk Evans:
This car had a Cleveland no a Windsor or a Mustang 302. Did the factory find some additional Cleveland blocks or was the engine changed? Does anyone else with a late model S car have a factory Cleveland engine from the factory?

Identifying the original motor (if not faked) is simple. 1- the motor number in the inner fender is matches the number on block and rear of heads 2- there is no Ford VIN in it's usual location.

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Did they finally change the clock from the rally clock with the incorrect bezel to this one? If this is not factory, it should have been.

That clock you show is exactly the same as in my 78 Longchamp

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That clock you show is exactly the same as in my 78 Longchamp

It is also the same clock as in my 78 Pantera 9070

Kirk, as Peter said, the single example of a GT-5 with factory oil cooler I worked on, had about the same size air to oil cooler standing up on a crossmember about a foot behind the water radiator, with no air shrouds in or out, and pathetically small ID steel pipes & hoses feeding it. I doubt if ANY oil cooling resulted.

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Originally posted by Kirk Evans:
This car had a different deck latch without a rear push button.

Looks like the same latch as in the front compartment? As used on the early Panteras?
The electric unit looks like the ones used to open the fuel lids on my 85 Deauville. A plastic rack and pinion type motor. Motor in pull direction and springloaded return.

What I have found or discerned is that with the exception of the front fresh are ducting, all of the other items are not original as the car was sold from the factory for European consumption. I still would like to talk to an GT5-S owner with a late vin number. Does anyone reading this have an S body in the vin range of 9400 t0 9500? Thank you all for the input.

Kirk
your clock is exactly the same as in my Pantera euro GTS 9117