Motor Mount Recall Notification

[Steve Shauger]

The orig owner of my 69 convert received a letter from GM. Inside was the attached card which has the orig owners name and the VIN of the car. Also enclosed was a letter detailing safety issues surrounding the a motor mount failure, along with instructions on having your car serviced.

[Steve Shauger]

This is the front side of the letter:

[Steve Shauger]

This is a picture of the car in Venice Florida, June of 69. Orig firestones on the car with a day 2 exhaust system. The original owner kept the car until 1977.

[Keith Tedford]

Was there ever a recall for '69 Chevelle big block cars concerning motor mounts. If there was one, I never got it.

[al8apex]

no Chevelle or Corvette per the letter, they must have gotten them right ...

"This notification applied to 1969 model passenger cars equipped with a V-8 engine, except Chevelle and Corvette models. Records available to us indicate you are the owner of such a car."

Let's go back to those records and expose all the fake cars that exist today ...

those "day 2" exhaust tips line up perfectly with the optional bumper guards ... and I imagine the pipes under the tank caused more than one episode of vapor lock ... you have a built in gas tank warmer ...

cool big block convertible, unless the black panel was also a "day 2" mod to make the car appear to be a big block ...

[John Brown]

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Was there ever a recall for '69 Chevelle big block cars concerning motor mounts. If there was one, I never got it.

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Different throttle linkage (cable?) so they didn't have the same problems?

[Steve Shauger]

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no Chevelle or Corvette per the letter, they must have gotten them right ...

"This notification applied to 1969 model passenger cars equipped with a V-8 engine, except Chevelle and Corvette models. Records available to us indicate you are the owner of such a car."

Let's go back to those records and expose all the fake cars that exist today ...

those "day 2" exhaust tips line up perfectly with the optional bumper guards ... and I imagine the pipes under the tank caused more than one episode of vapor lock ... you have a built in gas tank warmer ...

cool big block convertible, unless the black panel was also a "day 2" mod to make the car appear to be a big block ...

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Yep a real BB, and a L78 to boot . Still has orig sheetmetal and drivetrain. I did notice the exhaust pipe positions were exactly the same. Not sure the look the owner was after, such as Euro or mustang/shelby. From Jack Maxton Chevy Columbus, OH.

[mockingbird812]

Steve - neat historical documentation. Appreciate you posting it. Looks like you have a gem of a car there. Can you tell us more about it. Maybe a photo or two?!!!

[Steve Shauger]

First I want to note that the previous owner Eric Nurge is responsible for the restoration and preservation of the car. I first met Eric at a Bast Chevrolet Camaro show in 1994 and we struck up a friendship. I have full ownership history and factory documentation from day one. Eric purchased it in 1990 from his cousing who purchased it in 1982. At some point I will provide Bruce with a complete write up on the car. This is another well equipped L78 convert, and the only option added from how it left the factory is the addition of spoilers. Yes no gauges (orig owner added his own), but a rear defogger and a host of others...go figure

[mockingbird812]

Steve is that Oly Gold? Looks nice with the black canvas top.