[njsteve]

I got the scoring sheets from Steve Shauger, the head of the Vintage Certification program:

Looks like we came "this close" to getting the ultimate award of "Time Capsule". You have to get a score higher than 95% in each of the categories to achieve that. As a result, the car was awarded Legend status as it passed the minimum 85% in each category.


We missed it by a few points in the engine compartment category for the following items as far as I can figure:

1) Reproduction battery: we got zero points out of 30 possible points.

2) We got zero out of a possible 15 points for the starter. The starter was the correct part number 1108436 for a Super Duty, but it original stamping date was February 1, 1971 - deemed two years too early for the car.

3) The alternator and power steering belts were not the originals. So we only got 7.5 out of 15 possible points.

4) In the "distributor, wires and plugs" section we got 16 out of a possible 20 points there. Not the assembly line spark plugs maybe? (the sheet doesn't specify what the deduction is for)

[njsteve]

You learn something new everyday. I crawled around the car and discovered that I had two of the three original belts on the car, and not just one.

So what I need is the 80 amp alternator belt if anyone can assist. Here are the photos of the original AC belt and the original power steering belt.

478012 is the A/C belt with a WH and V2K code
483133 is the PS belt with a N9 and V2 code

and the aftermarket alternator belt just for length info (15515 -1193 12)

[starlightblack]

That car is indeed a Time Capsule Steve, it looked like it was sitting on the showroom floor in '73 in the corral at MCACN. I came by twice, once you weren't there and the other time you were surrounded by "well-wishers"

[njsteve]

Did you see Enrico? You couldn't miss him at 6'8" tall. He had such a great time telling "tall tales" of his experiences back in the day. He owned just about every musclecar there was during the musclecar era. He even had a brand new 1967 L88 Corvette for three days. He returned it because he couldn't shift the four-speed without opening the driver's door so his knee could get around the steering wheel when he used the clutch. It was green with a saddle interior. They made 20 of them and his old one has yet to be found out there.

[starlightblack]

Yes, somebody pointed him out to me. Surprised he didn't order the car with the ASC sunroof, jeez what a giant.

Did he have anything with the VIN on it for the Vette, he seems just wonderfully pack-rat enough to have kept something?

[njsteve]

I've been joking with him about that L88 VIN. I told him we could split the reward once we find it. He has been looking but hasn't found anything yet. He blames it in the fact that he only had it for three days. :-)

[njsteve]

The alternator belt that I need is a 483731 belt with the embossed logo similar to the photos I posted previously of my other belts. One of the other members here was kind enough to post the parts book pages so I will post them here for future reference.