[74 SD455 Formula]

Originally Posted by Larry Navarro

.......found a nice SD distributor GEAR that needs a new home.

I did'nt see it offered in the parts for sale section. How much did you want for it as I know someone who may need it ?

[njsteve]

Here's another 1B11 starter on a 10,000 mile 1973 SD455 T/A.

[johnta1]

What kind of build date?

Cool find.

[njsteve]

It's from this car which was purchased recently by a guy on the Yenko.net site. He sent me the photo today.

http://www.transamflorida.com/923.htm

VIN 137XXX shipped in June

Here's the EUN from the website

[njsteve]

Today's 1108436 1B11 Starter Update:

White/red T/A: 137XXX (mid June ship)
FrankG's auto: 139XXX (late June ship)
Flamed 4-speed: 141XXX vin (unknown ship date - I don't have the PHS)
My SD auto: 142XXX vin (mid July ship)
1,700 mile auto: 144XXX vin (late July ship)

[johnta1]

Congrats to the guy who bought it.



One thing I noticed before, looks like they bent the bracket on the dipstick tube to mount to the front AC bracket?
(even looks like the other AC bracket has the hole)

[PureSD]

Originally Posted by njsteve

Today's 1108436 1B11 Starter Update:

White/red T/A: 137XXX (mid June ship)
FrankG's auto: 139XXX (late June ship)
Flamed 4-speed: 141XXX vin (unknown ship date - I don't have the PHS)
My SD auto: 142XXX vin (mid July ship)
1,700 mile auto: 144XXX vin (late July ship)

Just confirmed mine....1108436 1B11
145XXX vin (early August ship)

[F9driver]

Any one have the correct plastic cold air induction elbow for a 1973 TA for sale...I'll make the tab.

Thanks, CLW

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by PureSD

Just confirmed mine....1108436 1B11
145XXX vin (early August ship)

Cool!

New tally is:

Scott's 10,000 mile White/red auto T/A: VIN 137XXX (mid June ship date)
FrankG's 42,000 mile green/white auto T/A: VIN 139XXX (late June ship date)
Flamed 10,000 miles red/white 4-speed T/A: VIN 141XXX (early July ship date)
My 19,000 mile white/tan auto Formula: VIN 142XXX (mid July ship date)
Brother's 1,700 mile red/white auto T/A: VIN 144XXX (late July ship date)
PureSD's 31,000 mile Red/auto T/A: VIN 145XXX (early August ship date)

[frank.g]

Originally Posted by njsteve

It's from this car which was purchased recently by a guy on the Yenko.net site. He sent me the photo today.

http://www.transamflorida.com/923.htm

VIN 137XXX shipped in June

Here's the EUN from the website

This is certainly a very nice car. I do notice it has a steel front valance, a replacement exhaust system, and replacement belts. Shows you how rare an all-original survivor is!

[Bentwheelbob]

The air cleaner duct elbow with correct hardware for a 1973 is very tough to find, but not impossible. I agree that there were two different designs for strut braces with different thicknesses. I'm not sure if this was a model year difference or a difference that occurred within model years. The first I bought was too thin to mount properly, but the second was perfect. In addition, the 1973 duct piece that mounts to the air cleaner is held in place with a hex head screw. The first picture below is the duct with the thinner brace attachment piece.

[MikeNoun]

Originally Posted by frank.g

This is certainly a very nice car. I do notice it has a steel front valance, a replacement exhaust system, and replacement belts. Shows you how rare an all-original survivor is!

I saw that car at MCACN last year. It also has some weird chrome wheelwell trim that someone added.

There was a white 1973 SD-455 TA bought new that had headers and gears installed on Day 2, and the owner went drag (and street) racing. The car only had a couple hundred miles when it was parked for decades. It's basically a time capsule, but the owner did indeed do a few things to it back in the day. Items were reinstalled or corrected when these cars became high dollar investments decades later, and the car was sold to a collector.

Mike

[SD Formula]

Does this look like an original SD 455 exhaust manifold to exhaust pipe flange? Cast iron.