Picked up a 66 Mustang this week, and according to the VIN on the inner fender (6T07C14XXXX) it was built at the New Jersey plant, and is a 289 2 barrel coupe. The data plate is missing from the door jamb, so is there any other way to figure out what the original setup on the car was? There is a tag mounted on the top of the left inner fender behind the shock tower that also has the VIN on it...

D283

2 L12 6T07C14XXXX

65B V 64

RM

As the car sits right now, it's a V-8, C-4, manual steering, manual drum brakes, and looks like it had the dealer installed under dash AC at one time. All that remains of the AC is the compressor mounting plate and idler pulley. After doing a little web searching I discovered that Ford didn't save any of the records on the 65/66 Mustangs, and Kevin Marti doesn't do them... any suggestions?

One of the things I'm going to have to get a shop to do is correct the shock tower fatigue problem so both front wheels are pointing in the same direction and not be leaning in like a drunken sailor. Does anyone know of a body / chassis shop in or near St Louis that is familiar with redoing early Mustang shock towers?