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scuncio
04-18-2020, 03:58 PM
Rough car...I like how the seller states there is a "partial build sheet that I was given in a zip lock bag that shows the L78 option." No way is that a 1970 Chevelle build sheet...maybe a later model Firebird?

Was an original BB car for sure (partial VIN is on the TH400 trans) but was originally Gobi Beige on Saddle.

Link to 1970 Chevelle auction (https://ebay.to/2RPWGcx)

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oQsAAOSweVZek9NA/s-l1600.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VPMAAOSwifhek9PN/s-l1600.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2RIAAOSwCg9ek9Uq/s-l1600.jpg

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Mr70
04-18-2020, 04:08 PM
Definitely not an L-78 Chevelle radiator.That build sheet speaks for itself..LOL
If the born with,he should show the rear end suffix,as well as the TH400 suffix tag.
They will indicate a 1970 L-78 Chevelle exclusive assembly.

..Well looking at the build sheet scraps,I was able to decipher LU upper & NT Lower radiator hoses,400 Battery.PL-53 air cleaner and PS & PT Trans cooler lines.As well as #109686 Body #,which isn't at all like the one shown on the cowl tag he shows.
Looks like his scraps of paper are from a 1970-1978 Pontiac Trans Am Build sheet with the L-78 engine option,shown below.

markjohnson
04-18-2020, 05:06 PM
That Build Sheet looks like part of the Dead Sea Scrolls that was found in a cave.

ruralrte66
04-18-2020, 09:44 PM
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Tracker1
04-18-2020, 09:50 PM
Yeah, T93 is black tail light treatment on a 1978 Trans Am and the smoked tail light treatment on the '79. Y90 Custom trim is also a Firebird/Trans Am interior option. This is a fraudulent attempt at documenting this car as an L78 using a 2nd Gen Firebird build sheet as L78 was also used to refer to a Pontiac 400 in the 1970s F-body Pontiac line.