[FC] part wanted / Front Controls Splash Shield

[Dale Dewald]

Hello Folks,

With regard to the pan or shield or deflector (I call it the Front Controls 
Splash Shield) that is found on many later FC's; here is what I know:

-> The FCSS appears to have been standard equipment on all '64 and '65 FC's 
and probably began to appear on late '63 models (along with other 
improvements).  However, it may have been that vehicles destined for warm 
climates were not fitted with them.

-> I remember seeing a factory service bulletin dated sometime in mid-1962 
that had a drawing and pattern with dimensions for fabricating a shield 
either by the dealer by a local sheet metal shop.  Apparently customers 
operating FC's in snow or slush covered roads were having problems with the 
controls being blocked or frozen in position by accumulated snow and ice. 
[someting I have experienced first hand with vehicles other than FC's]

-> When properly installed, all of the normal lubrication points can be 
reached through strategically placed holes in the factory shield and the 
plug under the floor mat for the MC fill.  I have only had to R & R the 
shield for more problematical repairs.

Dale Dewald
Hancock, (UP) MI

At 12:59 PM 11/27/05 -0500, Louis C. Armer,Jr. wrote:
>Well I'm sure not an FC expert but the 61 GB I sold to Rickie Williams was 
>a fairly original
>GB except for the 140 PG engine and it had no indication of ever having a 
>front pan. My current
>64 has the pan and I believe it is an original item. I wonder if it was a 
>protector of steering linkage
>parts from not only snow and slush but from debris and even surface water 
>from the roadway during
>heavy rains while driving. Now Kansas is a different story altogether as 
>the shield may have been to
>prevent Toto, Dorothy or corn stalks from becoming stuck on the boomerang arm.