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Thank you for the compliment. Just trying to have fun. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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I took the white car over to my buddy's garage today to get some underside shots. I took around 140 photos of just about everything. Lots of neat stuff under there that I have never seen before on a second gen car. The camera didn't have a wide enough angle lens so I had to shoot the car down the center, then down the sides to get all the details. So here goes:
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...2-dsc_0025.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3-dsc_0026.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...4-dsc_0027.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-dsc_0028.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...7-dsc_0029.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...8-dsc_0030.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9-dsc_0031.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0-dsc_0032.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...1-dsc_0033.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...2-dsc_0034.jpg |
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The right side. Note how little paint got on the lower portion of the rocker panels on the passenger side. The driver's side rocker bottom got a lot better coverage. Must have been a shorter painter on the left side of the paint booth that day.
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3-dsc_0046.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...4-dsc_0047.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-dsc_0048.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...6-dsc_0049.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...7-dsc_0050.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...8-dsc_0051.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9-dsc_0052.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0-dsc_0053.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...1-dsc_0054.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...2-dsc_0055.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3-dsc_0056.jpg |
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Here's something interesting. I have never seen this bracket on the cross member the purpose of which is to retain the speedometer cable.
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-dsc_0118.jpg This clip is on the driver's side inner frame rail: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...6-dsc_0117.jpg This bracket is on the driver's side inner frame rail below the steering column: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...7-dsc_0116.jpg |
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French locks on the exhaust manifold bolt:
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3-dsc_0138.jpg Matching VIN on Turbo 400 transmission: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...-dsc_0115a.jpg Unpainted, galvanized floor plug https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0-dsc_0108.jpg Emergency brake adjuster with single, nylock lock not. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...1-dsc_0104.jpg GM stenciled fuel lines on subframe with color coded spring clamps: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...2-dsc_0098.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3-dsc_0082.jpg Fuel pump part number: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...4-dsc_0013.jpg "FU" paper tag on front sway bar: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-dsc_0014.jpg Driveshaft color coded paint stripes: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...6-dsc_0022.jpg Limited Slip metal tag in factory installed position at bottom: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...7-dsc_0020.jpg Orange painted "G" on the bottom of the differential. The differential center section appears to be natural cast iron, with the tubes and mounting plates painted black. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...8-dsc_0021.jpg "LS2" on the underside of the radiator support, denoting the SD455 option: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9-dsc_0002.jpg Yellow crayon "53 H" on the inside of the passenger side subframe rail: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0-dsc_0083.jpg Original spiral shocks all around. The car rides very nicely on them. You can see the black painted rear differential base plates: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...1-dsc_0093.jpg |
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And here's a comical one: Nice build quality/alignment on the rocker panel installation. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] It is sticking out about a 1/4" from the bottom of the quarter panel. The passenger side is flush with the quarter.
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Has the exhaust system been replaced?
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No, that is the original exhaust system, including muffler. The SD455s had a unique system made of multiple tubes that were welded together to make the long sections.
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Started tinkering yesterday. The original master cylinder was leaking badly at the rear seal by the booster. Brake fluid was running down onto the subframe. Luckily I still had the reproduction master cylinder left over from the black 72. So I installed that one as a stuntman for the original one while I send this one out to Whitepost.
From sitting for 40 years with the same brake fluid, the bottom of the reservoir was filled to about 1/4 inch with rusty colored goo. It was a bear to get the inner far piston out. That same rusty goo was in the bore area as well and not only pitted the bore but devoured the valve itself: You can see that these master cylinders were painted a flat black originally. Not a lot of the paint remains but it is there in places. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...8-p1010292.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...6-p1010288.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...7-p1010291.jpg Here is the reproduction bleeder style master cylinder in place with the original cap and bail on it. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9-p1010305.jpg |
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