lift hooks

[farone]

O.K. guys, get out the orange paint.....

[Mr.Nickey Nova]

I would say that aluminum intake big and small blocks had the natural lift brackets and the cast iron ones were painted when the entire engine was painted.I have seen a few survivor cars that had the natural brackets.Some people that i talked to in the past had there cars judged at big shows said the same thing,natural for the aluminum intakes.

[Jerry@CHP]

True on big block cars but my research has shown that all of the untouched survivors such as Z28s have had painted engine lift hooks.

I will post photos of survivors from my data base when I get back from Iowa.

Jerry

[farone]

See, I told you guys, Get out the orange paint !!!!!

[Jerry@CHP]

#EN48,

[sg1747]

I found 3 different kinds of lift hooks on ebay and they all say they are for a 69 Z. One set is says VR, one set is a horseshoe and the last has an M. Are any of these correct?

Thanks,
John

[Mr Yenko]

Well do we have any progress on these famous painted lift hooks yet, Jerry?
The"MOF"

[Jerry@CHP]

Brian,

I am back from Clear Lake and trying to catch up after being gone for court and the Buddy Holly Event. I had a chance to go through some of my data base photo files. I have over 1200 so it takes time to find and pull survivor car photos of engine bays in between everything else that I have to catch up on. I have found four to post here, all are low mileage cars, and I will post more as time permits.

I should also note that when I was writing my first Camaro book back in 1988, I interviewed several Norwood employees who were transferred to Baltimore due to the plant closing. I asked many questions about engine fasteners and was told that small block Chevy engine pieces like engine lift hooks and wire loom holders were painted or dipped Chevrolet orange before they were installed on the engines. Cars I have inspected over the years have also reflected what I was told by these plant workers. Were some of them not painted? Probably so but this has not been the trend that I've documented over the years.

Jerry

[Jerry@CHP]

My 1968 Z28 survivor with 22,000 miles that I've owned since 1990. Bought from the original owner. Full docs.

Jerry

[69SSZL1]

ZL-1's had them painted black.