[Option 382]

Notice in both of these 65s the rocker arm covers and not correct.
In this one the rocker arm covers has been reversed. The driver's side is on the passenger side: http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...ln=526&aid=466

This car has a very square rocker arm cover that I have never seen before: http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...ln=935&aid=466

[Keith Seymore]

Thanks for posting. I had been meaning to check those out -

Originally Posted by Option 382

Notice in both of these 65s the rocker arm covers and not correct.
In this one the rocker arm covers has been reversed. The driver's side is on the passenger side:

I'd be more offended by the wrong Rally I caps ('66 and later). Two speed auto on the column is certianly less than desireable.

Originally Posted by Option 382

This car has a very square rocker arm cover that I have never seen before:

Looks to me like a later model cover, like '67.

I am kinda partial to car #2....



K

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Car 1 is using the Cali emmissions provision cover on the passenger side.
Think it was for 66 Cali only - not 64 or 65.
The rear bumper looks pushed in - in the center - grabs my eye.

If its a genuine Iris Mist Vert ... thats pretty special to a lot of buyers.
Great option content !
Sold 66k

Car 2 is using 67-up covers best i can tell.
We can't use 389 covers on heads with screw-in studs (without a spacer) , so that might be the issue there. Later model screw-in stud heads perhaps. Or 1.65 rocker arms.

TripleBlack is Killer for Hire

Sold 68k

Both of these cars are going to make some new owners very happy people.
Maybe even same person bought them both.

[Option 382]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

Car 1 is using the Cali emmissions provision cover on the passenger side.
Think it was for 66 Cali only - not 64 or 65.

I order my 65 with the California positive C/C vent. The vent went to the drivers side rocker arm cover. The 1st car looks like a California vent rocker arm cover but the vent is plugged up and not in use and it should be on the drivers side. The vent should also be on the bottom side of the cover where his is sitting on top indicating his rocker arm covers are on the wrong side.

[Terry M. Hunt]

The Iris Mist car has a PCV hose routed through a bracket. I thought that was used on 4 barrell cars only. I also noticed the electric choke. For this kind of money I would expect every detail to be perfect.

[FHummel]

Originally Posted by Terry M. Hunt

The Iris Mist car has a PCV hose routed through a bracket. I thought that was used on 4 barrell cars only. I also noticed the electric choke. For this kind of money I would expect every detail to be perfect.

I noticed in the write-up that this is an original 4 bbl car and they did reuse the pcv bracket, incorrectly for a tripower. Since this is NOT an original tripower, in my opinion, it sold for too much, even with A/C.
And the rear bumper does look like it is pushed in at the center.
Also, it was usual that the valve covers were reversed on A/C cars, with the oil filler on the driver's side rather than the passenger side.

I have an all original '65 tripower hardtop (just under 70,000 miles), so have a good example of what the engine compartment should look like.

Frank

[65blackplate]

only two for whole event ?

[dld]

i think those are aftermarket valve covers. Manny Mo Jack LOL

[BOB VIDAN]

TMH, the guys buying these are all liquored up and trying to impress the tight a$$ed 25 year old pole dancer bringing them the free drinks.

[bill ryder]

DANG ZBOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ron cozzo]

Originally Posted by bill ryder

DANG ZBOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been there and watched that crowd. BOB's got it exactly right!

[dld]

Originally Posted by BOB VIDAN

TMH, the guys buying these are all liquored up and trying to impress the tight a$$ed 25 year old pole dancer bringing them the free drinks.

Man hope I never get like that......sounds awful....and they probably don't have a job.

[geeteeohguy]

The thing that caught my eye right away with the Iris Mist car was the bent back bumper. The lines on the rear of a '65 are so sharp and crisp, it stands out like a sore thumb.

[goatman65]

Why do non-Pontiac people always think Hurst wheels were an option on GTOs.

[dhcarguy]

Originally Posted by goatman65

Why do non-Pontiac people always think Hurst wheels were an option on GTOs.

You answered your own question..............They are non-Pontiac people

[geeteeohguy]

Yes,photos please. All of my '65 and '66 GTO's have always had the oil filler on the driver's side. Also, what did the Iris Mist car actually sell for?

[Option 382]

I'm learning more on this thread: I did not know that the valve covers were different for A/C vs non A/C. I thought they were all the same. Just the positive C/C vent option made them slighty different. I thought that all 65s had the oil filler cap on the pass side and some are saying that theirs are on the driver's side. So I looked at Keith Seymore's car in the Survivor issue of HPP and he has oil filler caps on both sides.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Option 382

So I looked at Keith Seymore's car in the Survivor issue of HPP and he has oil filler caps on both sides.

Yah - that's a typical hot rodder/period correct mod for more crankcase ventilation and easy oil fill access. My car also has the later '67 style valve covers on it, which I may (at some point) replace with the originals.

My car is not a very good reference for engine related questions, since it was modified early on for racing (like, within the first 15 minutes).

K

[Option 382]

So the question is Keith with your non A/C car and if you put your original valve covers on correctly which side would the oil filler cap be on?

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Option 382

So the question is Keith with your non A/C car and if you put your original valve covers on correctly which side would the oil filler cap be on?

It would be:

RH side: pyramid to the front; oil fill breather

LH side: pyramid to the rear; blank cover (or plugged).

These photos are from Ed Lis' low mileage (4200 miles) '65 GTO. March of 1965 Kansas City build, if memory serves.

K