FMC logo on 67 SB ignition shield brackets?

[Joe R.]

I have an April 67 327/300 car. During recent Flight judging, I got a deduction because the steel brackets to which the ignition shields attach do not have an "FMC" manufacturer's logo. The brackets in question are the ones that are retained by exhaust manifold bolts, and receive the wing nuts that hold the ignition shields over the spark plug areas.

The brackets on my car are indeed reproductions from Paragon, and they only have a discreet Paragon logo in an area that is hard to see. However, I can find no evidence of a manufacturer's logo on the old, rusty brackets that I took off the car. I do not know if the old brackets are original, but they had clearly been on the car for a long time.

So, should the brackets have an "FMC" or other logo, and if so, does anyone make a correct reproduction?

[Michael H.]

Re: FMC logo on 67 SB ignition shield brackets?

I could be wrong on this but I thought it was the other way around. The originals from 63-67 had no logo but over the counter replacements in the 70's and 80's had the FMP? Not sure......

[Sal C.]

Re: FMC logo on 67 SB ignition shield brackets?

I believe the originals through around 1971 had "FMP" stamped into them. There after they were stamped with a flag that says "CNI" and made in Canada. I don't know what is on the re-pops.

[Michael H.]

Re: FMC logo on 67 SB ignition shield brackets?

That may be correct Sal. I remember that something changed around that time but couldn't remember exactly what it was. I have some OLD NOS somewhere from the remains of an NOS 65 radio installation package but haven't found them yet.

[Sal C.]

Re: FMC logo on 67 SB ignition shield brackets?

I've got a 1969 radio install kit and thats what was in it.