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Cool photo
Rich
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Really cool. I love this stuff.
That's some pretty poor paint coverage on the back of one of those small blocks, lower left in photo. |
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Stickers on valve covers has a 3 letter code starting with a T
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That place is rat-infested.
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Really neat picture - look at the bypass arrangement on the front of the small block water pumps.
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The V8 plant, Metal Fab and Flint Assembly are all co-located on the same piece of property, bounded by Bristol Rd and Van Slyke to the east and south, and surrounded by I-69 and I-75. GMARC, or the GM Assembly Research Center (where the first 300 Corvettes were assembled), was also located on the North-East corner of the same property. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 09-19-2017 at 05:56 PM. |
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Keith not doubting you but I'm surprised to see big blocks from Tonawanda with no paint on the exhaust manifolds. Reason I say this is from every engine I have seen in either photos or in person from Ton (sb & bb) had the manifolds painted vs Flint where it doesn't seem like they were from photos and personal experience.
Interesting and thanks for sharing your experiences and knowledge. |
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One would assume that engines in the same rack were assembled around the same period of time, so I would expect them to be similar to each other. Beyond that I am not surprised by variation. I don't recall there being paint on the exhaust manifolds on my Chevelle, with a Tonawanda built 454 (1974 model year, build in Sept of 73). K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 09-19-2017 at 06:25 PM. |
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I started at Flint Assembly in 1979 and am still going. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 09-19-2017 at 06:40 PM. |
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It makes sense that there were variations as well as depending on the year it would decide how things were processed. I know the examples I have seen are from 65-69 (maybe 70) where the manifolds were on the engines before paint.
Last edited by cook_dw; 09-19-2017 at 06:51 PM. |
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