[FC] part wanted / Front Controls Splash Shield

[Louis C. Armer,Jr.]

My 1964 Greenbrier has always been a Southern Gentleman.

Colonel Beauregard Armer



At 08:48 PM 11/27/2005, you wrote:
>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.
>
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