Pictures the Lakewood bell housing for 68/69

[Bernhard]

I’m looking for pictures of the correct Lakewood bell hosing that would have been used in 68/69
I have found lots of pictures of Lakewood bell housings
Just no vintage bell housing pictures

[mockingbird812]

Here is a neat retrospective that the HAMB boys started recently on Scattershields:

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-scattershields.1098964/

[Bernhard]

Here is a neat retrospective that the HAMB boys started recently on Scattershields:

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-scattershields.1098964/

Thanks for posting very good thread and warning about using vintage Scattershields.

I will weigh the risk carefully, if I ever find a original Lakewood bell housing for the 68/69 period.

This is me talking myself into a vintage Scattershield.
I do plan on running a explosion resistant clutch and flywheel.
The engine HP/TQ will not exceed 500/500.
I will have a talk with the local track tech and NHRA tech when they are here for the points meet.
Thanks Again
Bernhard

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

chevyandpontiac "Dan" on sYc may be able to help..... send him a PM.

He is a class A DAY-2 Freek!!! (That is high praise in my book)

Ryan W.

[whitetop]

Top, left hand side is an early Lakewood. Look at the mounting area versus a current one.

[L78M22Rag]

Here is a neat retrospective that the HAMB boys started recently on Scattershields:

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-scattershields.1098964/

Apparently I've been very fortunate so far. I'm going to look for several scattershields for my cars!

[Bernhard]

Top, left hand side is an early Lakewood. Look at the mounting area versus a current one.

Thanks for posting the catalog picture this is a big help!


New Oldsmobile Lakewood bell housing

http://www.wpsracing.com/blbeol1933st.html

[Bernhard]

I found this site that has the new Lakewood bell housing pictures
http://www.wpsracing.com/lablbe.html

[John Brown]

Top, left hand side is an early Lakewood. Look at the mounting area versus a current one.


I'm liking the list price back then compared to now too..... :headbang:

[mockingbird812]

Here is some similar info but points out the detail of large vs. small clutch accommodation. i believe “large” applies to 11” clutches.

[mockingbird812]

Will a 1502 fit a 396 block?

[John Brown]

I believe the 1502 didn't have provisions for the 55-57 bellhousing mounts, but still had provisions for a bolt to the bellhousing starter. So yes, it should work, as long as you use the small snout cast iron starter used on stick shift 396, 427, and 454. Aluminum snout starter wouldn't normally fit, unless you cut one it down on a lathe like I did to lighten the starter my 57 Chevy. Been there, done that. Don't suggest it cause it will weaken the casting severely.

[John Brown]

One other item that might be of interest, 1957 thru 1961 Turboglide starters bolted to the block and mated up to a 168 tooth flywheel.

[mockingbird812]

Thanks John. Here is another vintage ad for a ‘67 Lakewood shield.

[Bernhard]

I just picked up the correct bell housing for my build off ebay
So I just wanted to thank everyone again.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/123101738209?ViewItem=&item=123101738209&ppid=PPX000608&cnac=CA&rsta=en_CA(en_CA)&cust=27M51948T6776070Y&unptid=4b98af0c-4bf8-11e8-895c-d48564540750&t=&cal=e58713c071810&calc=e58713c071810&calf=e58713c071810&unp_tpcid=email-receipt-auction-payment&page=main:email&pgrp=main:email&e=op&mchn=em&s=ci&mail=sys

[wheelhop]

Any thoughts on this bellhousing? guys says it's a Lakewood from the early to mid eighties and had it on his 67 big block chevelle.

[wheelhop]

Were Lakewoods made in Mexico?

[wheelhop]

I primed, painted and cleared the scattershield and block plate.

[big gear head]

Wasn't the plate black?

[wheelhop]

It was rusty & orange when I bought it and no evidence of black underneath

[jer]

I've had a vintage Lakewood block plate and a couple modern versions and none were painted, simply raw iron.

[big gear head]

OK, I was thinking that they were black.

[SuperNovaSS]

Based on the shape and round flange, I believe that is a Ansen unit.

Jason

[Bernhard]

I just picked up a nos Lakewood bellhousing with block plate and the block plate was bare metal.

[wheelhop]

How about some pics? How old is the bellhousing?

[68 DANA]

Yes, the scattershield in question is manufactured by Ansen. Here is a picture of the scattershield in a 1970 Ansen Hi-Performance Catalog and this style of unit maybe in the older catalogs as well.

[BCreekDave]

So it is pretty certain that the shield in wheelhops photos is an Ansen?

Mine looks very close except it has a notch in the edge that is die-stamped at about the 10 o'clock position and mine is from the late 60's so no "Hecho". Any idea what the notch was for?

Mine does clear a 168 tooth flywheel.

Other than that it looks about identical. It has the two flat areas with the two holes near the trans mounting area. I was told they are for an early style frame mount system?

[John Brown]

The 10 o'clock notch sounds like it may have been to clear a bolt on bracket that supported the inner end of a clutch cross shaft. Bolt on brackets were used in about the same time frame as the bolt on motor mounts that the holes in the lower bellhousing area you mentioned earlier were used. Is there a spot adjacent to that 10 o'clock notch that looks flat where a bracket might have been positioned?

[wheelhop]

Wow, that's cool. Thanks for the I.D. help and the catalog and pictures!

[ban617]

Does anyone know how thick the block plate is , I was thinking it is supposed to be an 1/8” thick ?
Thanks

[vince]

I bought this scattershield awhile back from a gentleman from this site. nos that had been in his garage he never used it. it came to me in its original box with blockplate and hardware. the blockplate was bare metal and is 1/8 of an inch thick. going in next weekend:3gears:


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[wheelhop]

just picked up this Lakewood Scatter-shield and there appears to be a faint #1502 stamped on it.

Here is before and after powdercoating pics.