1967 Shelby Car Number to Ford DSO Cross-Reference

Because of the way that DSOs were processed, and punch cards were created / fed into the computer system, the 'rule' was that the cars requisitioned by a given Domestic Special Order (DSO) must be identically configured, with the exception of paint color. This includes the package (engine, transmission, components, body style, trim, glass, radio, and battery).

Exceptions*

Despite the 'DSO golden rule', a total of 69 of the 3,225 cars did end up with different package and/or trim codes than the DSO they were requisitioned by. These deviations denoted by an asterisk*.

Car #0100 (67411F--0100), the first regular production GT 500 was ordered with a Thermactor, however, a Change Notice on microfiche, as well as the car's Shelby VIN, indicate the car did not receive the Thermactor.

Car #0131 (67411H9A00131), the second GT 500 built (and the only G.T. 500 Coupe) apparently did not receive the Theramctor either, at least according the the recorded Shelby VIN.

66 (33+33) of the package discrepancies are a result of a lunch delay related ot the new 428-8V Thermactor engine assemblies not being ready in time.

Car #0463 (67401F7A00463), the GT500 4-speed air-conditioned engineering car used for critical cooling tests.
It is the SRG's theory that car #0463 was actually ordered on DSO 2529 (401F package), DSO 2529 was canceled, however, a 4-speed air-conditioned car was needed for engineering testing of the solution to the overheating problem that plagued the first three GT 500 air-conditioned cars (#0100, #0131, #0139).

Because of the importance of these tests, one car from DSO 2529 (401F package) was 'shoehorned' into DSO 2528 (400F package), which bumped out one of the cars originally part of DSO. In addition, this resulted in the DSO's paint quantities being changed since #0463 from DSO 2529 was part of the Lime Gold paint group, and the car bumped from DSO 2528 was part of the white paint group.

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