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Old 05-16-2021, 05:54 PM
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The 72 just broke 50K. The per year average ain't bad I guess.

A moment of silence, please
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Old 05-16-2021, 06:11 PM
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Yeah, now start thinking about driving the wheels off of it and enjoying it!

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The 72 just broke 50K. The per year average ain't bad I guess.

A moment of silence, please
Late 72 I see. What date?

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Lotta people trade in high mileage cars before warranty expires.. see what the Camry dealership would do.

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Late 72 I see. What date?
04-07-72 ship date. I am partial to 72 custom interior along with late 72 features (belts).

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I had to look up...... in 4 1/2 years, put 870 miles on the rebuilt HO. It feels broke in and happy now.

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I had to look up...... in 4 1/2 years, put 870 miles on the rebuilt HO. It feels broke in and happy now.
I bet it does. Did you port and polish the heads? What kind of cam? I’ve never seen a 71-72 HO with a roller. I wonder if it makes a big difference. Prolly not with a stock intake huh?

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I’ll break 60,000 with my 70 this summer. That’s 60,000 smiles as well.

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04-07-72 ship date. I am partial to 72 custom interior along with late 72 features (belts).
WOW! Probably one of the last ones. Are you aware of any later than yours? Mine 3/20/72. 74000 miles

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I bet it does. Did you port and polish the heads? What kind of cam? I’ve never seen a 71-72 HO with a roller. I wonder if it makes a big difference. Prolly not with a stock intake huh?
No head modifications. Forged rods and pistons. 10 to 1. CompCam 510/520 lift, 230/236 duration @ .050. I could step up to 800cfm carb (750 now). I think where it is choked is exhaust, in spite of RA manifolds. I'll never put headers on, but they work. It has Flowmaster duals on now so kind of loud. I actually was going to do a medium build and somehow took a fork in the road to this. I like that it looks stock. An open element air cleaner would also add some. I resist a shaker so far, that would work also. (stock dual inlet on it now).


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WOW! Probably one of the last ones. Are you aware of any later than yours? Mine 3/20/72. 74000 miles
Someone on a post years back had or knew of a later one. Mine was maybe in last week or so?

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04-07-72 ship date. I am partial to 72 custom interior along with late 72 features (belts).
Another FWIW from my database. I have two each with scheduled build dates of 3/30 and 3/31 and latest ship date of 4/7, right on the strike start.
Makes me wonder what the deal was with shipping out already completed cars. Did the shipping companies dare come on GM property to move out completed cars? I don't know for sure but I'd think they probably did not, honoring the local strike. Anyone know for sure?

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Old 05-20-2021, 05:01 PM
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My late '72 T/A was scheduled for 3/31/72 build (from top LH corner of the tattered build sheet).
From what I've read the strike was called on 4/6/72 & I too have always wondered about the Friday 4/7 ship outs. I've interviewed workers from Fremont & Framingham A-body plants concerning '71 & '72 A-body builds but never anyone directly effected by the '72 Norwood only strike.

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Interesting, my '72 TA has a ship date of 4-6-72.

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Ric, shipping lots were / are adjacent to, but distinct from, assembly plant property. Once a vehicle is moved to a shipping lot it becomes the responsibility of the trucking company. Not sure how they handled moving cars from one lot to another during a strike however!

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72 was a very good year, the 455 had gotten over the 70 disaster and the Trans/Am 455HO was a great motor. Compression was down a bit. Only real problem engine was the 400 with three exhaust manifold bolts, never saw one that didn't leak eventually. 6X heads fixed that.

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Ric, shipping lots were / are adjacent to, but distinct from, assembly plant property. Once a vehicle is moved to a shipping lot it becomes the responsibility of the trucking company. Not sure how they handled moving cars from one lot to another during a strike however!
Interesting info, and thanks! Good to hear from you again. Life is busy!!

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Padgett cool web site! back to the topic..

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