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Data Plates - were screws ever used?
Were screws ever used by the factory to hold the data Plates to the cowls during these years?
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Yes.
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Well, learn something new every day.
Was this true of all the years '70-'81 or just some? I've owned several '70-'73 cars and they were all riveted. Was it a change in a particular year or was it a Norwood vs. Fremont thing, or ??? Thanks!
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My saved pics of mainly 77-79 era show these two type of screw cap and rivets very early on.
https://www.78ta.com/Pages/images/1970cowl.jpg (1970) https://www.78ta.com/Sliders/images/secowltag.jpg (1979, replaced tag but clear shot of plain screws) https://www.hitmantransam.com/Pages/images/1977cowl.jpg (1977) |
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In middle part of 1973 they started using screws instead of rivets. Not sure if they ever went back to rivets, seems most of the tags I have seen were still screwed on.
(then in 1982 they went to the SPID I think)
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Thanks for the info!
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---------------------------- '72 Formula 400 Lucerne Blue, Blue Deluxe interior - My first car! '73 Firebird 350/4-speed Black on Black, mix & match. |
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before reading John's post I was going to say that I was pretty confident that they were screwed in place for 1977, but unsure of earlier.
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John Wallace - johnta1 Pontiac Power RULES !!! www.wallaceracing.com Winner of Top Class at Pontiac Nationals, 2004 Cordova Winner of Quick 16 At Ames 2004 Pontiac Tripower Nats KRE's MR-1 - 1st 5 second Pontiac block ever! "Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts." "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." – Socrates |
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When I resto-modded my 76 T/A back in 90/91, my data plate had screws with a hex head and a Philips slot in them (well, that 'seems' like how they were to my old memory) to hold it in place.
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I was right- this is my 74 Formula plate.
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