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unbelievable job PAT!..I could not have done it myself..455 H.O.COM Forever!! bossbirdta..the cable/harness shield is a part I recycled from my 1976 455 T/A that met an untimely demise in 1983 on Death Highway (RT.22)..before I added it the original wire harness and cable just hung there..I don't know if a clip was missing or what was the original design?..it looked like a good idea to install it..and on the front of the head was a drilled and tapped hole, just like the 76, so it just bolted on..I do know looking at the 72 assembly manual there was a similar shield,but its design and location was different and it was canceled..perhaps someone knows more...Charles I don't know if chrome valve covers were available over the counter in 71 or 72 but I do know in 79 I bought a set from a Pontiac dealer for my 76..and they were not a bright chrome..according to a date stamp my block and heads are 1972 SR..In 1985 when I removed the original steel painted valve covers to install chrome ones (the ones shown are my 3rd set,they do pit and rust) they had oil drippers..so my 1973 SR heads had later style valve covers as I have come to find out, H.O.s original steel painted valve covers do not..the oil drippers are a 1973 and later design..thanks for stopping by!!