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Originally Posted by north
My info comes from the assembly manual and the parts manual. Also 25 years in the hobby and dozens of 69 GTO's under my belt confirm it. However anything is possible, could be a production error or simply someone added it during a resto, they do look nice on the car, hides all the greasy stuff under the car. Does your car have any of the other components of the HD cooling; clutch fan, 4 core, frame opening baffles?
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The performance options it has are the Judge option, HD rear end and 4-speed. (I assume you are talking about baffles similar to my 68 400 Firebird's baffles made from masticated rubber?) My Judge still has its original lower baffle. I've had it since 1979 and spoken extensively with the original owner and the second owner about what had been changed on the car, primarily because I was trying to figure out why it had a 28273 carb on it. (This was because all the charts I found back then listed the 7029273 carb.) I had the engine rebuilt in 1980 (standard bore til then) and had the body color repainted in 1983 and replaced the original exhaust system about the same time. That's about all the "restoration" it has ever had in its 87,000 miles.
The original owner did change 2 things--He put 14X7 Rally II's on it and replaced the orignal shifter with an aftermarket competition plus. (I have the original spare.) I have had correct replacements for these two items in boxes since the mid-80's but have never put them on the car. Every other piece on the car appeared original in 1979 (including the RP choke pull off) except the hoses, belts, battery cables, battery, gas, air in the tires..............
09-09-2007, 05:39 PM
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