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#161
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That poor thing has seen some sun.. Weird to see the 3 on the tree in an F body.
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#162
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Great shot of the dash (totally shot looking!), but very helpful and nice to see another similar bird emblem location. Thanks! Formulajones's emblem is on the far right side of the insert like it seems for all Firebird dashes with gauges/without AC. Dennis |
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Now I wonder what the different plants did, if that had an impact on the emblem location(s). I would guess it probably does.
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. 1970 GTO Judge Tribute Pro-Tour Project 535 IA2 http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=760624 1971 Trans Am 463, 315cfm E-head Sniper XFlow EFI, TKO600 extreme, 9", GW suspension, Baer brakes, pro tour car https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...ght=procharger Theme Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zKAS...ature=youtu.be |
#164
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We have discussed the bezel bird in the past and here is what we decided. Early 70 non A/C cars had the bird toward the right side of the dash bezel. Late 70 and all later cars had the bird toward the left.
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#165
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@Norwood
Wasn't that just about the Trans Am? I am unclear why the TA and lesser models would have the emblem placed in a different location, but that is what it looks like happened.
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
#166
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Dennis |
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Dennis, If you're looking for a nice/nos one here's an fyi on the dash bird emblem.
The door panel emblem (1700550) for power window equipped cars has the same bird emblem, it's just attached to a button part that covers the window crank hole in the door panel. I discovered this decades ago when I ordered some of the 1700550's for a 77 TA I had at the time. Just carefully remove the push on clip & you'll have a nice dash bird! |
#168
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Here's a pic of the backside of some oem door emblems showing the clip to remove.
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#169
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Steve V, Thanks much for the info. and picture.
Dennis |
#170
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Dennis, here's mine, with gauges and no AC.
It's a 5D build and from Van Nuys. I don't know what everyone's idea of early or late build is since 70 got a late start anyway, but this is how mine was done. |
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Larry,
It seems to be a Norwood vs. Van Nuys thing, or the east cost vs. west coast suppliers possibly, but, at the end of the day, they both are correct. Thanks for posting a picture of your dash. Dennis |
#172
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The Motor Wheel Spyders are 14x7's and all date coded 6-12-70. If they were on the car for the Radio giveaway, it would have been no sooner than late June of 1970, but more likely July sometime as an end of summer award...?
Interesting... Dennis |
#173
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Were there any roads tests of new RAIII Formula 400's, or TA's back in the day? I can't recall any beyond the new car rollout where the TA tested was a RAIV and the Formula was a YS auto car (?).
Dennis |
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yes there were;
I'd have to find them, I have nearly every road test - the most common Formula tested was absolutely one of a couple 'YS' cars that did their rounds... IIRC there was only one of the RAIV TA, but I am willing to put my foot in my mouth at suggesting that a RA Formula was tested...
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) Last edited by unruhjonny; 01-29-2020 at 02:59 PM. |
#175
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Other article is a 4-way comparison test including a RAIII Trans Am. Interesting note; the TA was claimed to have a 3.91 rear gear, an item not offered during production. |
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I think all the cars in these tests were pre-production - which is how any RAIV Firebird was tested...
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
#177
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Here are pictures of the hood hinges with the part numbers X'd out that I mentioned earlier in this thread.
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#179
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Dennis,
These hood hinges are currently listed for sale on Facebook, and the ad says they are for a 1970 Firebird, so that is where I got these pictures. I have seen hinges with the part numbers X'ed out once before, but it was a long time ago and I don't have pictures of them. I know they were on a 1970 Firebird, but don't remember anything else, such as build date of the car, assembly plant, etc.... Chris |
#180
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Thanks Chris. The next item on the list is to pull the TH400 to go through it to make sure it is in good health. The Saf-t-Track rear end is nice and tight and fluid looks good.
We'd like to replace the exhaust someday with a Pypes 2 1/2" mandrel bent system with the transverse Race-Pro muffler and add the proper tips. It's to bad the auto dealer put on a new (wrong) Magnaflow header-back dual exhaust with the Turbo style mufflers. The tail pipes dump further ahead than a normal Firebird, so it looks like we would have to adapt the later version longer tips (74-up) to make the outlet end under the valance panel. Dennis |
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