[steve v]

I need to replace the shaker on my '72 as the plastic part is damaged beyond repair. I see Ames has a fiberglass replacement that you need to rivet to your old steel retaining ring part to for about $140.

I also see that the parts place has a complete functional shaker minus the solenoids for $300. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-76-Pon...p/270925479666

Has anyone used either one with good results? Thanks!

[Norwood]

Don’t even consider the parts place unit. Total junk

[FASTASSBIRD]

Craig can work miracles


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[Scarebird]

I ran the fiberglas unit on my fake 71 - works/looks fine.

[JUDGE3]

Mine is from NPD, very minor smoothing but mine was good. I used the rivet look alike small bolts for the reinforcement piece. I wasn't after anything stock exact, I opened the flap area/screened it and bonded in the blocker kit. if its a museum car you wouldn't want it as the underside shows the fiberglass layup.

[JUDGE3]

The one pic white shows where I had to do some very minor filler and smoothing

[steve v]

Thanks for the pics Judge3. On your second pic is that a reinforcement molded into the top or just an air filter element laying in there?

[JUDGE3]

2nd pic. got it. repop reinforcement piece, attached with rivet look alike small bolts/nuts from firebird central.

if your talking about the blocker kit, you epoxy on a supplied air filter composite plate. nice set up I like it. couple pics there before I epoxy primed it all. I did also epoxy all the sides after the pics were taken. no air gaps.

fabbed my own mount plate for the screen, welded on nuts, epoxied it in.

[JUDGE3]

one pic you can see the composite plate the air filter sits in. to the right you can see the clip is up.

slide the air filter in to holding brackets in the front (you cant see) then sit it in and place the clip(s) down, one on each side (you can see the one).

[steve v]

Gotcha. Nice job with the filter element, looks like it was born that way.

[Aus78Formula]

repro

Those early shakers were handy, shame GM decided to cast them shut. The bizarre years of shut hood scoops and shakers. All for looks, nothing for performance or reason for being there.

[Douglas Willinger]

A pity that GM came up with a new part number for the 1973-1976 shaker with those conspicuous mounting tabs, rather than the already existing parts with say the solenoids absent, and a new insert to keep the still hinged flap door stationary, or even re-programed solenoids to keep the flap door shut until say some higher speed if that would have worked with the noise standards.

Notably Pontiac equipped its 350 cid GTO for 1974 with a functional shaker.

Originally Posted by Aus78Formula

repro

Those early shakers were handy, shame GM decided to cast them shut. The bizarre years of shut hood scoops and shakers. All for looks, nothing for performance or reason for being there.

[Keats]

I have original un-restored Shaker that is complete. It is blue. Will need re-finished. Please email daveclark.uts.gmail.com. if interested and I can send photos. I purchased years ago and was told off a 1972. $1,000.00

[jerry455]

GM had to close them due to government drive by noise requirements. Damn government.

[Tellyshavilli]

Originally Posted by Keats

I have original un-restored Shaker that is complete. It is blue. Will need re-finished. Please email daveclark.uts.gmail.com. if interested and I can send photos. I purchased years ago and was told off a 1972. $1,000.00

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