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Guess I can quit thinking about it.
The 72 just broke 50K. The per year average ain't bad I guess.
A moment of silence, please
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Yeah, now start thinking about driving the wheels off of it and enjoying it!
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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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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 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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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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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).
Last edited by bird72; 05-18-2021 at 07:29 PM. |
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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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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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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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Padgett cool web site! back to the topic..
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72 Luxury Lemans nicely optioned These cars are meant to be driven, so enjoy the hell out of all of it - not just look at it when it's clean. |
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