1966 Corvette 427- "the unrestored one"

[olredalert]

----Seat belt style is after mid-year change!

----You should come to Indy in June anyway and bring your car, of course. Not all of us are NCRS slappys. Id love to see yours in person. Are you anywhere close?.

----As an aside, the 67 mentioned was at the time a good friend of mines from New Hampshire. Terry Carney (RIP) found it for him and when Dave saw it at Bloomington that year he couldn't keep his eyes off it the whole weekend. Shortly there after the car changed hands,,,,LOL! He and I together were probably the 1st people that figured out why 4 valve cover bolts weren't painted along with the other 10 from that very car. Do know why???.......Bill S

[JMS9]

Bill- I have tried to solve the riddle and don't have the experience to answer the question. What is the reason?

Hi Tim. You are correct that when I saw the unrestored BG hall of fame car, I was surprised at the similarity with my '66 and wanted to know more about it. I thought I should clarify for the group why I was interested, so I posted the photos of my car. This forum is really helpful. Look forward to talking with you soon.

[olredalert]

----Matt,,,In 67 427 powered cars with radios had a different method of attaching the radio suppression grounds than 65 and 66 as the heat shields wernt used anymore. There were clips that ran under the 1/4/twenty valve-cover bolts. The 4 clips on each side of the motor were joined two and two and put under two of the valve-cover bolts. The factory decided that the regular length bolts were then too short. Guys on the assembly line would yank two bolts out of each side that had been painted Chevy orange and replace them with slightly longer bolts that were, of course, not painted. Weird but true!......Bill S

[JMS9]

Bill- how did you figure this out? Must have interviewed workers on the line? -Matt

[olredalert]

----I would have to give the nod to Dave on that one. We were both wondering why at the same time and later that day I believe he found two other original 67 427s being judged and came back to the maroon car and asked if he could take one red painted bolt and one unpainted bolt out and noticed the length difference. I think it took awhile longer to verify the findings but we both agreed that day.......Bill S