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Authenticity reference

Four-speed-only pathway

numbers matching · documented

1966 Ford Fairlane 500 XL hardtop; representative two-door hardtop context, not proof of an R-code car. 1966 Ford Fairlane 427 R-Code

Reference Details

Common issue
Automatic-swapped or non-original four-speed represented as factory R-code configuration · 1966 Ford Fairlane 427 R-Code
Confidence
documented · 1966 Ford Fairlane 427 R-Code
Correct value
Toploader four-speed manual public boundary for checked 1966 R-code references · 1966 Ford Fairlane 427 R-Code
Where to check
Transmission tag, shifter, data plate, build sheet · 1966 Ford Fairlane 427 R-Code
Common issue
Automatic or later manual swap represented as original R-code configuration · 1967 Ford Fairlane 427 R-Code
Confidence
documented · 1967 Ford Fairlane 427 R-Code
Correct value
Toploader four-speed manual boundary in checked R-code references · 1967 Ford Fairlane 427 R-Code
Where to check
Transmission tag, shifter, data plate, Marti report, build sheet · 1967 Ford Fairlane 427 R-Code

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