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Do you have the window sticker?
By Dave Shoe - 06/27/2003 6:18:21 PM; IP 12.2.11.131
If you've got an original or repro (Marti Auto Works) window sticker, it might tell whether the Thermactor was installed as a mandatory option or something like that.

I know that California and New York were in a panic about pollution back then. I suspect yuor car may have been born a California car, as only California required Thermactor on all GT-cammed 390s back in 1966-67. The whole country followed suit in 1968.

I suspect some counties in California may have required Thermactor on all FEs back in 1966-67, but am just guessing right now. Maybe someday we'll learn the real logic behind a mild cammed FE with thermactor.

Maybe the buyer just said, "Give me all the options", or maybe the dealership learned how to pull a profit selling thermactor as an option. It was $46.00 option in 1967, but I suspect Ford priced the option at a no-profit price, sorta the way car manufaccturers sold seatbelts as zero profit options in early 1960s vehicles. Still, the dealer may have made some profit by getting the option box checked on the order.

Just pondering.

Thanks for offering the verified sighting.

Shoe.
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=17559&Reply=17559><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor17559" onclick="return false;">Concours correct '69 390?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>garrett, <i>06/21/2003</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=17559', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor17559') }); </script>  Concours correct '69 390? -- garrett, 06/21/2003
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=17563&Reply=17559><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor17563" onclick="return false;">No T/E on '69 390 - just IMCO. 'Shoe' explains it pretty well, here...</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Mr F, <i>06/21/2003</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=17563', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor17563') }); </script>  No T/E on '69 390 - just IMCO. 'Shoe' explains it pretty well, here... -- Mr F, 06/21/2003
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=17581&Reply=17559><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor17581" onclick="return false;">One thing I've learned about Thermactor...</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>06/23/2003</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=17581', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor17581') }); </script>  One thing I've learned about Thermactor... -- Dave Shoe, 06/23/2003
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=17605&Reply=17559><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor17605" onclick="return false;">RE: One thing I've learned about Thermactor...</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Stan, <i>06/27/2003</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=17605', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor17605') }); </script>  RE: One thing I've learned about Thermactor... -- Stan, 06/27/2003
Collapse <b>Do you have the window sticker?</b>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>06/27/2003</i></font>Do you have the window sticker? -- Dave Shoe, 06/27/2003
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=17639&Reply=17559><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor17639" onclick="return false;">Nearly all 1966-68 Fords delivered to CA rec'd. Thermactor. [n/m]</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Mr F, <i>06/29/2003</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=17639', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor17639') }); </script>  Nearly all 1966-68 Fords delivered to CA rec'd. Thermactor. [n/m] -- Mr F, 06/29/2003
 Strange. -- Dave Shoe, 07/01/2003
 And, far as I'm aware, T/E was mandated by no other state. [n/m] -- Mr F, 07/01/2003
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=17614&Reply=17559><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor17614" onclick="return false;">RE: One thing I've learned about Thermactor...</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>stan, <i>06/28/2003</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=17614', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor17614') }); </script>  RE: One thing I've learned about Thermactor... -- stan, 06/28/2003
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=17625&Reply=17559><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor17625" onclick="return false;">Hi Stan Palma. I didn't realize this was you.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>06/29/2003</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=17625', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor17625') }); </script>  Hi Stan Palma. I didn't realize this was you. -- Dave Shoe, 06/29/2003
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=17659&Reply=17559><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor17659" onclick="return false;">RE: Calif. was standard</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Gerry Proctor, <i>07/01/2003</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=17659', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor17659') }); </script>  RE: Calif. was standard -- Gerry Proctor, 07/01/2003
 Sure - that's the ancestor of today's EEC. :-) [n/m] -- Mr F, 07/01/2003
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