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Old 03-08-2021, 03:07 PM
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I hope to see pictures of it some time!
It's been a "sitter" for a while - hood and breather were stolen.
Flat hood laid on it.
After its cleaned up he might be okay with sharing some pics.
Still has the bigball 3spd shifter knob and open face alternator.
AC, Radio, Console are the only options it appears to have had.
(maybe soft-ray glass, and hopefully a posi rear)

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Old 03-08-2021, 05:13 PM
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Sometimes the endless posts of garbage just get the better of me and I can’t help myself. A lot of experts out there that don’t really know much and take a guess at it. Your idea is just that an idea and not a good one. You make it sound like you can actually do this, Ive been a metal fabricator for over 40 years and am a highly skilled tig welder, I just might know what I’m talking about. Have a great day
Thanks Craig for your Knowledge and expertise when it comes to these 70 -72 Trans Ams !! it’s well appreciated and it’s always good to know that you are a go to guy when it comes to needing some of the hard to find parts on these cars and always eager to share the knowledge that you possess on how they were built . thanks Matt

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Old 03-08-2021, 10:54 PM
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There is a great feature called "Ignore" on this site. Saves getting upset over posts and stuff.

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Old 03-08-2021, 11:24 PM
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Sorry if this is a dumb question. Does the early 70's non shaker, flat lid, dual snorkel, drop base as came on non RA Formula's structurally match to install a shaker top on it? I toyed with a shaker hood set up on my 72 and have the dual snorkel flat top now. I assumed it would work, but? Sorry to hijack thread
The stock, NON WU3 base IS indeed clocked correctly for a shaker car ( T/A) .
No Tabs though. I helped a friend do this a few years ago. On a similar note;
I remember sending and selling my 1970 and 71 Dual snorkel bases to a guy in Washington State ( Think he was a border hopper at Point Roberts) to have them converted to a Ram Air style base. His place was called TACH-REV I believe.
I still have one of the conversions.
But back to the question. Your idea should work fine with the ring and or tabs.
WU3 bases ( air intakes) are NOT clocked the same as the other bases . They also use their own vent air tube.

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Old 03-13-2021, 11:45 PM
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For what it's worth, I've seen enough dual snorkel air cleaners on late production RAIII 70 TAs to assume that at least some of them came that way from the factory. Mostly Norwood, but at least one low mileage original Van Nuys car in the mix, too. All produced in July of 70.

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Old 03-15-2021, 10:51 PM
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The entire 1970 Firebird line was strange. I've owned a lot of 70s and parted even more, and I can't think of any other year where there were so many rolling changes in a production car. There were 71 parts showing up on late 1970 cars, and late 1970 parts showing up on 1971s.

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