'69 Grand Prix, #s 400/4-sp, Silver over Blue

[Charley Lillard]

My Dad bought a 69 that color new but it had the smoother looking hubcaps. He would let me borrow it. I would flip the air cleaner lid over to hear that 4 bbl kick in and think I was going faster. I stripped the timing gears at 70,000 miles. What a great car.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by Charley Lillard

My Dad bought a 69 that color new but it had the smoother looking hubcaps. He would let me borrow it. I would flip the air cleaner lid over to hear that 4 bbl kick in and think I was going faster. I stripped the timing gears at 70,000 miles. What a great car.

You didn't have anything to do with the timing gears failing, Charlie. That plastic overlay on aluminum cam gear was guaranteed to fail. A few made it to 100k, but not many. Replaced dozens of those sets in the 70's.

[67since67]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

You didn't have anything to do with the timing gears failing, Charlie. That plastic overlay on aluminum cam gear was guaranteed to fail. A few made it to 100k, but not many. Replaced dozens of those sets in the 70's.

Like Mitch said Charlie, not your fault. I replaced gears in GTO's as low as 20K miles during my brief tenure at a Pontiac dealer in the '70s.

[grantprix]

Originally Posted by Charley Lillard

My Dad bought a 69 that color new but it had the smoother looking hubcaps. He would let me borrow it. I would flip the air cleaner lid over to hear that 4 bbl kick in and think I was going faster. I stripped the timing gears at 70,000 miles. What a great car.

Did that too. If it sounded faster, it was! LOL