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I don't buy the heat shield thing, but then again i don't have any other idea except I remember seeing it as a rock shield, I think in the Ames catalog. Even then, I don't think it's necessary.
George
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In the catalog it's referred to as "armor".
George
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That's more in line with my perception of how a spiral metal sleeve would function the best. To me, it seems the revised brake line routing on the H.O. cars was to protect them from heat, and the revised location of the brake lines then necessitated the addition of spiral shielding to protect them from physical damage from rocks & other debris. So it's less about heat protection, and more about line damage.
The brake lines aren't going to get hot on the underside of the front crossmember next to the upper spring pocket as found on H.O. cars, so if heat protection was the intended function of the spiral shielding, I don't know why they'd have used it in that location. Seems like you'd want it on the top and rear side of the crossmember instead if protection from heat was the goal.
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I think those brake lines caused a problem for a friend on mine when he restored his original owner '67 HO car:
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Denny Kloha is a family friend from way back. That red '67 made quite an impression on me as a young man, complete with it's shiney chrome Crager wheels:
Denny is the guy that broke the driveshaft racing; the flailing shaft came right up in the car and beat the carpet to smithereens, filling the interior with red fuzz. He said he looked back as he was trying to get the car stopped and could see the carpet disappearing in a zig-zag fashion as it wound itself around the remnant of the shaft - LOL!
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 |
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Sold for $25750
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That's tall stack of money for an unrestored GTO, and given how tall of a stack it is, I'm sure the car went to someone who's going to restore it to original condition. Should be cool, although I don't really consider smog pumps a desirable attribute.
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Being a CA guy, to me that looks like a solid CA car with little to no real rust, in a desirable color combo (with headrests, yet!) with good body lines that hasn't been torn apart and messed up. I think the 27.5k was right on the money and the new owner scored. If it were a base automatic car in this shape it would have brought what....10-12k less? Not even a thought, with a 4 speed HO car.
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All destination/shipping charges all across the country were based on as if the car were shipped from Pontiac Michigan - no matter which plant built the car.
Fremont cars shipped within California always seemed like a shameful terrible rip off of the consumer to me, on the destination charge. But here is one that actually was sent to California from Michigan. Have never seen this instance before on a GTO, and it blows my mind even more with it being a smog-year car. Very Wild , and i'm glad some of you brought that to attention . It must have had to wait a while for a train (or trains) to get it to Cali . 5 or 6 weeks between body build 02C to invoice date 03/29 27.5k was more like a Black-on-Black HO 4spd price. imo But if Dk.Blue/Blue was the apple in their eye - they will be just as happy. Will be a really great looking car with R1's or R2's on it. Congrats to the new owner ! |
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Always wondered why the shipping costs were so high on my Fremont car. 350 miles to selling dealer.
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Smart purchase on one of 914 built.
This ‘67 WV HO ain’t a “run of the mill” GTO. It has desirable pedigree in the muscle car world especially with the A.I.R. The ‘67 GTO grill emblem is a one year design that interlocks with the wire mesh grills. This HO car needs one.
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My son and I had a strong interest in this car. We bid when it was at about 20K, were prepared to go maybe 21K. When it started to go way over that, we were out. The conversion, shipping, and taxes would have worked out to about 35K for me. Just another one that got away.
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1977 Black Trans Am 180 HP Auto, essentially base model T/A. I'm the original owner, purchased May 7, 1977. Shut it off Shut it off Buddy, I just shut your Prius down... |
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Here is one I've been waiting 8 years to get my hands on. It has a 1984 Colorado tag on it.
https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...8&highlight=HO |
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Wrong engine color and a flex lower radiator hose.
Poor restoration and probably a later model engine. I Would Walk Away on that convertible. Can you send me their phone number, ... for a friend ? |
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Yeah Todd, that generic lower hose gripes my ass too. I'll PM the phone number to you.
Or maybe not. |
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