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I'm thinking of doing a few mods to my '70 LS6. I'm thinking of Cragar "SS's", Hooker headers, finned aluminum covers, maybe a Sun tach (car has factory gauges), and aftermarket gauges. What else would have been "typical" mods? I'm thinking of using period parts if possible. Is there a way to tell when aftermarket parts were made?
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Whitetop to the rescue.......
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Hychev just Daytoooed his '70 'velle. (How's that for Gray Baskerville style chingo?)
Have not seen the end result but based on what he has bought it will look good. Most speed parts have been revised by the manufacturer over the years. Best to pick up old mags from the era and see what is correct. I still like the old style Lakewood or NMW bars and finned rear end covers. Dave Please no fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror, dice valve stem covers, moon eyes or clay smith woody pecker decals please... some of the most overdone and not correct mods there are. |
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I'm thinking of doing a few mods to my Hooker THATS MORE LIKE IT!!!!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] ------ [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif[/img] |
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Hey Dave,Did you make it to the GM Nats in Carlisle? I saw a nice set of NMW orange Bars for a 68-72 A-body in the box $150.......A great "day two" start! I hope someone here bought them,they were nice..........Pick up a few old mags (65-78)and look at the ads,find the next swap meeet and start searchin.You won't find "day two" parts at the store anymore. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]Anyone see the new SW "classic" gauges yet?Another interesting attempt to cash in on their old product line... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif[/img]
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Steve
Did not make it to Carlisle but made it to Butler. Picked up a whole box of old mags 80+. Have some listed now on ebay under nfifty15 (hint, hint)Lots of Yenko, Baldwin, Harrell stuff with more to be added to ebay this week. I still pick up some day two stuff at older speed shops now and then. I know of several old shops that have tons of old stuff but the owners won't part with it. Dave |
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Don't forget HI-Jackers(can you put those on a coil spring car?) [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif[/img]
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I am thinking about the ladder bar setup...Did the different mods have anything to do with regionality? I mean was a guy in NY more likely to do something different than a guy on the west coast?
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When we bought our '69 L78 car, it still had the Stewart-Warner tach and gauges, and Hurst shifter that were installed by the original owner. The headers weren't the originals but stayed on the car as well.
Cragar SS Mags as well as Keystone Classics were quite popular back then. Chromed reversed rims were a low cost alternative. I ran chromed copies of the 15X7 rally wheels for many years. My first mags were Fentons with black spokes and polished bead edges. Some people even tried the Holley three barrel carbs without much success.
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