[68ragtop]

Love the foam element over the air filter. I'll bet 99% of those dissapeared after the first tune up.

The car pretty much confirms that the prop valve bracket had no paint. Heck I doubt it was even treaded steel. No way the hinge springs look that good & a painted bracket rusts up like that. Maybe some cars had them painted, but not this one.



Nice car!

["QUICK-SILVER"]

I was wondering if this site would take off or not. I dont know what it is, people either love these cars or just dont care. Iv'e had mine 25 years it's a pretty nice car. Got so many ISCA first in class trophies and jackets got burnt out and quit showing.
Really am curious about rear gears. I changed mine to 3.73 a long time ago. Ended up trading original gears for dual exhaust, that was a mistake. When I got ready to put taller gears back in I couldn't find any. I had all the numbers and ratios written down, it was a 3.5? something. Pontiac dealer checked the numbers for me, good numbers but not availible. Original install only, limited purchase and production, none to be had. The replacement, even under warranty would have been 3.23. I do not have the original part numbers any more but would love to have them. They were lost in a fire.
This is why I was asking about pace car and gear info. A couple of times Iv'e ran into other 10th owners with really nice cars wanting to trade and give boot (lots). They always looked at my vin and had fits. They never would say why.
Still wonder how many 10th 4 speeds left. I know for us the less the better.

[W72-Bandit]

The rear gears for all 79 400/4spd cars were 3:23's. I've never had to look for a set so not sure how hard they are to find.
As for your VIN, is it low or high for 10th production?
I had a 400 10th a few years ago that was built on Jan 3rd, lowest VIN for a 10th I have ever seen......140323.