Plastic or Steel

[ssbrewskyaz]

I've talked to a few people regarding this subject. As is all to typical, there appears to be varying degrees of what is correct.

Does any body know, for sure, (mr70) which 70 Big Block Chevelles, specifically an LS6 car, were assembled with metal front inner fender wells in production and which ones were built with plastic. I'm told it was random and there were multiple suppliers. Random I could buy, but regardless of multiple suppliers, the GM material spec would have been the same for all suppliers.

Most Big Block cars I've had so far, 70, 71 have had remnants of plastic. Coincidence or precedence? ...SWB...

[ORIGLS6]

You're going to get some interesting replies to this question. My car is an 05D Arlington car and came with plastic. I've seen them both ways and have even seen some authentic cars with one of each. I doubt if you'll be happy with the current repro plastic pieces. Anyone else?

[Stefano]

I have heard many derivations about the subject but every original 1970 SS I have seen has had plastic wells, On 1969 Cars I have seen both, as well as one of each on a car. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

[hvychev]

I have a 70 SS LS5 454 Chevelle and my car has what appears to be the original plastic inner fender wells. My car is an Arlington car built in 3/70 (I forgot what week!) A side note. My fender wells appear to have a rough finish to them they are not that smooth in some spots.

[T Billigen]

Supposedly my 69 Yenko Chevelle had plastic inners (told to me by the original owner). The reason he remembered was when he was working on the car he melted a hole in one with a shop lamp.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Tom;
I have heard that the Yenko Chevelle in the SSDI mag. test also had plastic liners. Is it possible to confirm that by looking at the pics in SSDI 8/69?

[Mr70]

I don't think there will ever be a Definitive answer on this subject.
Last year on Team Chevelle there was a great topic about this very subject.Almost four pages of people weighing in with what that have encountered.
Some Chevelles even supposedly built with one plastic,and one Steel.
I think the Leeds Plant mostly used Steel,and Van Nuys and Arlington were more favored with Plastic.
Funny,when owners said they were restoring years ago,they would replace their Original Plastic with Steel,cause the Plastic cracked after so many years,and Steel owners would replace with Plastic,cause they rusted or dented after years of use.

[ssbrewskyaz]

Does anyone have the original, not the superceded, part number for the skirts? Maybe I can go into the print archives and get a clearer picture of what the material spec was and application variations by model by assembly plant.
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[T Billigen]

Marlin,
I have that magazine, you really can't tell. When I got the Chevelle it did have one steel and one plastic, but I don't think it was original because the car had a frmae off resto, when I did some work it on I decided to go with steel because they looked better.

[Keith Tedford]

Both of our 1969 cars were Baltimore built and had plastic inner fenders. One car was first week of February and the other was the last week of July.