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Rear A/C Bracket
Good Evening and Happy Friday All,
After looking through the other treads there seems to be a conflict. Does the 64 GTO with A/C have a rear bracket (compressor to intake) on 4 bbl models? Some of the threads suggest that the rear bracket is only for Tri-power equipped models only. My car didn't have it when I got it; it didn't have a lot!
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1964 GTO Auto 1970 GTO Ram Air III 4-speed 1972 Lemans Convert with endura option, 455, 4-speed |
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Yes there is a bracket and it's different than the tripower bracket.
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Here's the 2-barrel bracket that came on my '64 326 Le Mans, mounted on a 4-barrel '64 GTO 389 4-barrel engine.
I can't quite understand why the Tri-Power bracket would have to be different, but it must be if Bob says it is. Why does the Tri-Power bracket have a different angle or whatever? Wouldn't the bracket mounting boss cast into the intake be in the same place and be the same height as on 2 and 4-barrel intakes? Well, it won't be long before I can solve this mystery for myself. I'll see if the current bracket I have works or not when I install my '64 421 HO Tri-Power engine in the car.
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1964 Tempest Coupe LS3/4L70E/3.42 1964 Le Mans Convertible 421 HO/TH350/2.56 2002 WS6 Convertible LS1/4L60E/3.23 |
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Rear A/C Brakcet
This is definitely not my car. I'm not sure where I got the snap from. But, does this look like the picture?
My poor car has been in the paint shop since MARCH!
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1964 GTO Auto 1970 GTO Ram Air III 4-speed 1972 Lemans Convert with endura option, 455, 4-speed |
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I see the Parts Place has something for sale for a 65 on eBay. Is that the same thing?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/65-66-GTO-Le...lWQNZf&vxp=mtr
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1964 GTO Auto 1970 GTO Ram Air III 4-speed 1972 Lemans Convert with endura option, 455, 4-speed |
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The mounting boss on a tp manifold is different height than 2 or 4 barrel. I had to make one for my tp convert. We cut the bracket at the base and flattened it 3/8", IIRC.
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So this one the parts place is selling wont work? Id prefer to make it look as original as possible, but I have not had very good experiences with this vender. I have gobs of left over brackets laying around over the years (I've had my 70 since 1980). I think I can cut one and make it pretty much look the same; I suspect the belt alignment is accomplished in the front and the rear bracket is just for rigidity.
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1964 GTO Auto 1970 GTO Ram Air III 4-speed 1972 Lemans Convert with endura option, 455, 4-speed |
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If you don't do the rear bracket right it till tip the compressor and spit the belt off.
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Drop me a email at arayman@Aol.com I have one or two, but don't remember if they are 4 bbl or tripower.
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