Another '67 Ford Question

[StevenGuthmiller]

Does anybody know if the '67 Galaxies had a windshield washer bag, or jug?

I'm finding conflicting information.

I'm thinking the bag?

Is the jug in these photos a radiator overflow jug?

The first pic looks like it has both a bag and a jug.

 

Steve

 

Edited February 14, 2019 by StevenGuthmiller

[Mark]

The one in the first pic looks like an overflow catch jug, and an aftermarket one at that.  The hose wrapped around it appears to be coming off of the radiator.

[mk11]

Agreed; the first pic is an accessory rad overflow jug. Otherwise, from what I can find, the washer fluid bag was standard up to '67. The jug in the third pic may be a mid-year changeover or a '68 jug retrofitted.

 

mike

[Mark]

The plastic jug may have been a later "service replacement" also.  Once Ford stopped using the bag, they would probably have designated the plastic container as the replacement part. 

[StevenGuthmiller]

Thanks guys.

I appreciate it.

The bag it will be.

I was just wondering because even the AMT '67 Cyclone kit that I'm stealing a lot of the parts from has the bag and the jug included.

The tooling shares a large portion of the parts with the '66 Fairlane kit, so my guess is that the bag is a carry over from that car.

The instructions for the Cyclone utilizes the jug.

 

Steve

[unclescott58]

My parents '67 Mercury Comet 202, they bought new in the summer of 1967, came with the plastic windshield washer jug. I've seen a lot of '67 Fords with the washer bags. I can't remember seeing any with the jugs. I don't believe I've ever seen a '67 Mercury with the bag. Though I have have seen '66 Mercurys with the bag. With Fords and Mercurys coming down the same assembly lines, one would think that minor items like windshield washer containers would be the same? Though the cap on our '67 Comet washer jug also had the Mercury God of Speed head logo molded into it. 

Another possibility is the switch from the bag to the plastic jugs happened as the model year went on. It was and is, not unusual for car manufacturers to make changes like that during model year run. We still see that with more modern Ford products we sell parts for at my part time job at O'Reilly Auto Parts. My folks special ordered their '67 Comet early in the summer. What would be fairly late in the production run. It came with the "Sports Coupe" package that was not available until late in the run.* So, is this the reason for their car having a jug rather than a bug? 

* The "Sports Coupe" package was available late in the model runs for both the 1966 and '67 Mercury Comet 202 two-door sedans. Besides the normal 202 features and equipment, the Sports Coupes came with vinyl upholstery, carpeting, full wheel covers, bright window frames, and "Sports Coupe" nameplate on glove box door. It was one of those spring/summer special models many manufacturers came out with to promote more sales of cars late in the model run.  

Edited February 15, 2019 by unclescott58

[Mercuryman54]

I know our 1967 Mercury Parklane had a plastic windshield washer reservoir not a bag. I also know that the 1967 Shelby has a reservoir not a bag.

Dennis

[Eshaver]

Ford has always been the one to use "Remaining inventory " FIRST ........

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

15 hours ago, Mercuryman54 said:

I know our 1967 Mercury Parklane had a plastic windshield washer reservoir not a bag. I also know that the 1967 Shelby has a reservoir not a bag.

Dennis

It seems that all of the Mustangs in '67 were using the jug.

At least that's what it looked like to me when I was researching.

Likewise, at least the AMT '67 Comet kit called for the jug.

But it appears that at least the Galaxies were still using the bags for at least a portion of that year.

 

 

Steve