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YOURSPOILER
HOWTO DOCUMENT
Wewillfirststartwiththe numbersi.e.,DataPlate.AllSpoilerll's havea vehicle
lD plateon the leftdoor.Thisplatetellsthecar'sbuilddate,trimcode,color,body
code,DSOand transmission
code.Thefollowingtextwill helpyou decodeyour
whatthe codesstandfor.
DataPlateand understand
The Data Platealso denotesthat the Spoilerll was a SpecialPefformance
have
Vehicle.Thismeans,in Ford'swords,"Vehicles
builtto thesespecifications
production
maximumspeed potentialwhich will significantly
exceedregular
performance".
vehicle
Belowisa listoftheDataPlatecodesandtheircorrectnumbersanda description
of the codes.
SerialNumber
Body
Color
thru9H15M569298
9H15M563934
Note:Thisserialnumberrunis of the lowest&
highestnumbersknownat thistime.There
couldbe someSpoilerll'swithhigheror
lowernumbers,but theyhavenot beenlocatedyet.
AllSpoilerll serialnumbersarethe sameexcept
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forthe lastfourdigits:9H15M56
....63A :2DoorOyclone-benchseat
MTor MX
White
Note:M is for Wimbledon
T is for CandyAPPIeRed
Blue
X is for Presidential
- AllSpoilerll's have(2)digitpaintcodes!
IMPORTANT
Trim
....4D= DarkRedVinyl
BlueVinyl
48 : Dark/Light
Date
....1Bthru31C
1stthru March31st
Note:DatesrangefromFebruary
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Note:Thefirsttwo digitscan varyfrom car to car
accordingto wherethe carwasshipped.ln thiscase
53 meansthiscarwasshippedto Oakland'All
specialorder
spoilertl'shavethe sameDomestic
number- 7024.Allspoilerll'shave6 digitDso numbers
Axle
(9) = 3.25open
Note:All Spoilerll's hadthe samerearaxle
Trans
(X): FMXAutomatic
All Spoilerll's hadthe sametransmission
Theserialnumberbreakdowngoeslikethis:
9H15M564036
Year
1969Production
9...
Plant
. . Lorain,OhioProduction
H
. 2 DoorSportsroofBodYStyle
15
M . . . . . . . I Cylinder351Cubiclnch(4V)
UnitNumber
564036 Consecutive
aboutthe numbersendof the Spoilerll,
Nowthatyou don'thaveanyquestions
I willtry to giveyou the factsaboutits uniquebody & chassis.
1. All Spoilerll's haveuniquefrontfendersthatareaboutsix incheslongerthan
stockCyclonefenders.Theywerebuiltfromthreestampingsspotwelded
togethei.Theweldswerecoveredoverin lead.lt is uncertainwho wasthe inpointsat Holman&
ceptiueproducerof the fenders,but someinformation
Moodyand Kar Kraft.
2. Anotherunique1emto be foundon the Spoilerll is the headerpanel.Ths
becauseof the differencein
withthe Talladega
paneldoes not interchange
fromthe radiatorsupportforward
the hoods.Basicallyall oitne sheetmetal
onlytoine ll. Theonlythingsthatarenot oneoff itemsarethe
is particular
Cobra)andthe
grittanOheadlightdoors(whichcomefroma 1969Fairlane
turnsignals(whichcomefroma Fordtruck).
g. Thefrontbumperis an itemmostpeopleknowabout.Thebumperis made
from a stockrearFairlane- Montegounitthat has beencut in threeplaces
The cut outs
thenweldedbacktogetheras a narrowermoreV'd assembly,
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werewasalsofilledin.These
in the endswherethe quarterextensions
SteelTubing.
bumpersweremostlikelysuppliedby Dearborn
4. The hoodis not uniqueto a Spoilerll, but it doeshavea singulartrait'The
holesin the frontof the hoodwherethe hoodmouldingwouldbe arewelded
blanketattachedto it.Thehooddoes
shut.Thehooddoeshavea insulating
not useany hoodpinsnora hoodscoop,but it doesretainthe Mercury
scriptin the leftfrontcorner.
1 112inchesshorterleavS. The rockerpanelshavebeenrolledapproximately
ing the floorlip to be thatmuchlonger.TheNascarteamscut offthisfloor
areato be abteto lowerthe carsan extra1 inch.Nascarmeasuredthe ride
heightfromthe rockerpanelsto the groundso thiswasa slickwayto be
ableto legallylowerthe racecars.Thisis the one itemthatwillusuallygive
to duplicate.
awaya fakeor incorrectcar becauseit wouldbe burdensome
The rocker- floorflangeareashouldbe paintedchassisblack.
6. TheSpoilerll doesnot havestaggeredrearshocks'
the351cubicinch
including
Z. Thedrivetrainon altSpoilerll'sis identical
Windserengine(CodeM).Thisis the 4Vversionratedat 290horsepower.
is a columnshiftedFMXautomatic(CodeX).Therearend
Thetransmission
is a 3.25ratioopenunitwith28 splineaxles.Thesecarswereall equipped
withthe CrossCountryRidePackage,this includeda largerfrontswaybar
and heavydutyshocks.All ll's had powerfrontdisc brakesand powersteering.
arethe sameusingdeluxeseatcoversand door panels.
B. All Spoilerll interiors
Specialis red.Theonlycolorin a Dan
Theonlycolorin a CaleYarborough
GurneySpeciatis blue.AltSpoilerll'scamewitha blackvinylsteeringwheel
coverto be installedby the dealer.Notall of thesecoversmadeit to the
All ll's hada AM radio.
wheelhowever.
g. TheGoodyearpolyglass
wasthe onlytirethe Spoilerll cameequippedwith.
lettersand camein a F70-14sizeonly.Thistire is
Thetire had raiseO-wnite
but is not exactlycorrect.Thecorrect
availabletodayas a reproduction
wheelis a 1+xbargentstyledsteelwitha plain7" centercap and a polished
trimring.
stainless
10.Thetrunkmatshouldhavea checkedpatternandthe spareis the sameas
item9. Thesparemountsabovethe rightrearframerail.
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11. The uniqueexternalbody itemsareas follows;Thebodywastreatedto a distincttwo tone painttreatmentwithred or bluetop and a whitebottom.This
paintschemewasthe WoodBrothersracecar design,so it was a naturalfor
dualfull
useon the homologation
cars.Thecarsalsocarrieda distinguished
the
lengthracingstripeon the sidepanelsof the car.Thisstripeduplicated
colorof the roof.The hood had a flat blackdecalattachedto the centerof it.
Thecarswereshippedto the dealerwitha coupleof itemsin the trunkto be
installedby them,thisis wherethefun starts.Thedecklidspoiler,the Caleor
lt
Dandecalsandthe steeringwheelcoverweretheseitemsto be installed.
seemsthe dealercouldnotfollowunmistakable
diagramsor elementary
directionsbecausea lot of ll'sweredelivered
lackingthe aformentioned
items.Spoilerll'salsohaddualracingmirrorswiththe leftone beingremotely controlled.
12.TheSpoilerll wasequippedwitha HeavyDutyCoolingSystemwhichincludeda 428radiator& shroudanda specialfourbladefan partnumber
cSsE-8600-A.
13. Spoilerll's useda standarddualexhaustsystemwiththetailpipesexitingbehindthe reartires.
14. Remember
exceptfor color.Any itemsthat
thatall Spoilerll's areidentical
are differentfromthe normmusthavebeendealerinstalleditemsor installed
by an owner.Thisis a commonoccurrence.
IMPORTANT
Remember
thatthe Spoilerll wasa specialoptionpackage,the keywordhere
This meansthat NO itemscould be omittednor could any
being PACKAGE.
additionalitemsbe added.
to
thatwas distributed
Thefollowingtwo pagesarefroma Dealersupplement
a
on
what
was
equipment
out
standard
The
spells
Mercurydealers. supplement
of. NotetheSpoiler
basemodelCycloneandwhattheSpoilerll packageconsisted
ll was referredto as a SportsSpecialin this supplement.All otherfactorydocumentsbeforeand afterthisone referto it as a Spoilerll.
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