The New, Newer Project: Part Tres...

[njsteve]

New starter tally as of yesterday from another survivor car on PY site. So far we have not found anything other than this single 1B11 date, 1108436 starter on every survivor car that has been checked.

Scott's 10,000 mile White/red auto T/A: VIN 137XXX (mid June ship date)
FrankG's 42,000 mile green/white auto T/A: VIN 139XXX (late June ship date)
Flamed 10,000 miles red/white 4-speed T/A: VIN 141XXX (early July ship date)
My 19,000 mile white/tan auto Formula: VIN 142XXX (mid July ship date)
Brother's 1,700 mile red/white auto T/A: VIN 144XXX (late July ship date)
PureSD's 31,000 mile Red/auto T/A: VIN 145XXX (early August ship date)

[RST]

Hey Steve, we think we have the original belt you need for your car .......... Its yours for free ......... give me a call and we will get it shipped out to you, its perfect [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

Awesome! I will call asap! PM me the number just in case I can't find it.

The part number I am searching for is 483781. That is the 80 amp alternator belt. Part #17 in the cahrt in the lower right of this assembly manual page:

[KevinW]

Dang Steve! that belt routing on Pontiac's is intense! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

Thankfully they made the diagrams for future generation to benefit from! For some reason they are showing an available air pump pulley on the top of each engine. I guess it is to show all possible variations in one diagram. I've never seen on on an actual Pontiac (other than when they had the Chevy 307 as the base engine).

[njsteve]

Today's 1108436 1B11 dated, 1973 SD455 starter update after PY member Aluminum Chief added his car:

New tally is:

Scott's 10,000 mile White/red auto T/A: VIN 137XXX (mid June ship date)
FrankG's 42,000 mile green/white auto T/A: VIN 139XXX (late June ship date)
Flamed 10,000 miles red/white 4-speed T/A: VIN 141XXX (early July ship date)
My 19,000 mile white/tan auto Formula: VIN 142XXX (mid July ship date)
Alum Chief's 35,000 mile auto T/A: VIN 143xxx (mid July ship date)
Brother's 1,700 mile red/white auto T/A: VIN 144XXX (late July ship date)
PureSD's 31,000 mile Red/auto T/A: VIN 145XXX (early August ship date)

[njsteve]

The updated score sheet is now official!

Enrico and Lenora's car was upgraded to the Vintage Time Capsule award after the starter date code evidence was examined and accepted as the new norm. You have to get a minimum of 95% is all five benchmark categories to achieve this certification level.

The final score was 2923.74 out of a possible 3007.67 for a scaled score of 97.54%.

We got ten extra bonus points for having the original set of keys with the knockouts still intact. (Though I think they should add a new bonus point category for having the original owners intact at the judging!) [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

The biggest deduction we still have, that is pretty much impossible to overcome, is the lack of the original C89 maintenance-free battery. We lost 33 points for that. Other deductions were for the one replacement '73 Firestone 500 tire (for the one that exploded in 1983) with a different 1973 date code than the others, and the new old stock distributor cap I had to find for the one that the museum caretaker threw out during the unecessary 1980's tune-up.

[mockingbird812]

Well done Steve. Big Congrats!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Tenney]

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[njsteve]

I just got my March, 2017 Hemmings Muscle Machines. It has the 2016 MCACN coverage. There's a nice shout out to Enrico and Lenora in there as well as a photo of their car.