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Old 05-29-2025, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Sun Tuned View Post
Ben got it.
…. Cadillac had a sheet metal shield for theirs to block the oil from being slung in the hood insulation and pissing the old folks off about the mess…
Don't remember a Cadillac shield, but Buick certainly did. I welded two of them together about 35 years ago on my GTO. The stock Buick shield consisted of the vertical members and curved around the top by an inch or so. I added the upper horizontal part:
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