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Apco brackets

Post by sweet23 » Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:31 pm

Anyone know what these Apco brackets are for ?
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Re: Apco brackets

Post by Dropacent » Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:47 pm

I think those are top bow brackets. They sit in the saddle and keeps the bows from rattling around. I’m going from an old memory so may be waaaay off, Darryl


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Re: Apco brackets

Post by sweet23 » Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:25 pm

Tim, I will try that tomorrow and see if that is where they fit. Please dont lay in bed all night, wide awake wondering,,,,,,,,,,,,Darryl Bobzin


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Re: Apco brackets

Post by Dropacent » Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:39 pm

You must know me too well…….. hurry back with info. Jay posted an apco catalog a looong time ago, but I couldn’t find it online. I have an apco cut sheet but it only shows about a half dozen things.

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Re: Apco brackets

Post by CudaMan » Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:16 pm

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Re: Apco brackets

Post by Dropacent » Fri Jul 23, 2021 12:16 pm

Thanks Mark, I printed that so I’d have it. Darryl, rough nights sleep. What did you find out? I’ve seen those straps as singles over the years, but never a pair.


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Re: Apco brackets

Post by sweet23 » Fri Jul 23, 2021 4:11 pm

I still have no answer, looks like another sleepless night in wonderland. Tim, I tried them on my '14 as a top bow holding gizmo, they do not sit in the saddle, nor do the bends line up with the shape of the stacked bows. Maybe for a later model ? Mark, I looked through all the Apco stuff you posted, and did not see them. They may also not be a "pair " item, I just happen to have two or three. Apco thought they were wonderful enough to patent them, now just to figure out for what.

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Re: Apco brackets

Post by Jay In Northern Ca. » Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:57 pm

Glad to see people getting some use out of the literature I made available on the forum and Ford fix site!


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Re: Apco brackets

Post by Dropacent » Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:45 pm

Jay, I don’t think a week goes by where I haven’t referred to one of your old posts. I only wish a couple pennies would float to you somehow for every time someone does so. It would be raining money out there.
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Re: Apco brackets

Post by TRDxB2 » Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:57 am

Where are they stamped APCO and what are the dimensions?
Trying to vision how it might function - it appears to be hinged, can it open all the way back or just part way.
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Re: Apco brackets

Post by sweet23 » Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:28 pm

Apco stamp
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Re: Apco brackets

Post by sweet23 » Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:29 pm

This is as far as it opens up.
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Re: Apco brackets

Post by sweet23 » Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:30 pm

More dimensions.
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Re: Apco brackets

Post by Dropacent » Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:18 pm

I’m ready for that Eureka moment. Could it have held a jute rug on a running board?

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Re: Apco brackets

Post by DanTreace » Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:10 pm

Those are the bracket pieces for a set of APCO Shimmy Stops. Fit around the drag link and tie rods with coil springs for assist.

Photo is poor, but shows portion of box of a set of NOS ones.
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Re: Apco brackets

Post by sweet23 » Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:49 am

NO MORE CALLS PLEASE, WE HAVE OUR WINNER !


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Re: Apco brackets

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Ahaaaaaa, Dan is the MAN ! Again !

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