really cool 70 Z28..simply the best. - Page 78

Jacsey 70Z · #**771** 02-19-2009, 05:30 AM

Charlie, One more thing, How about a VIN on the filter flange. looks like it might of got undercoated also.

ORIGLS6 · #**772** 02-19-2009, 05:32 AM

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I might as well remove this one and clean the undercoating off it so we can see what it actually is. I also think I will cut it open and see what the paper looks like after being in oil for 39 years.

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NO! NO! NO! (you goofball)

Let me check with the owner of the one I spoke of and see if he minds if I post a couple of pictures of his.

L72COPO · #**773** 02-19-2009, 08:04 AM

Who can post the pictures for me????????????? Let me know and I'll e-mail them to you. Assembly line oil filter off of 70 L-78 removed with 500 miles on engine.

Oops misread the previous post. Dennis go ahead and post them. Saves me from digging it out and photoing it.

**Mr70** · #**774** 02-19-2009, 05:31 PM

I look forward to seeing those Don.
Feel free to send them to me at [email protected],if Dennis doesn't post,& I will.

**Hotrodpaul** · #**775** 02-19-2009, 06:24 PM

Jack, I believe it is a LA built car like mine, so it should have the VIN stamp on the pad next to the assembly date.

Paul

ORIGLS6 · #**776** 02-20-2009, 01:40 AM

Thanks Don.

I'll have them up tonite.

**Mr70** · #**777** 02-20-2009, 02:11 AM

Don just sent me these with this explanation..

Rick, this filter was removed from a 1970 L-78 Camaro that showed 500 miles on the odometer.I personally took it off the engine in 1988.A friend of mine had bought the car which had been converted to a race car.The L-78 had been removed when new and replaced with a L-88.I replaced all the race parts with the stock original parts which had all been saved.The oil filter was removed as we had the engine disassembled cleaned and re-assembled.The oil filter was stuck so tight that the only way I could get it off was with a punch through the body and a hammer.This was prior to the time when replacing an oil filter was not a big deal.If I only knew then.......................

Take note of the embossed wording on the bottom of the filter.Air filters weren't the only ones with this verbiage.
Don

ORIGLS6 · #**778** 02-20-2009, 02:23 AM

Cool. Those are even better than the pix I have.

CamarosRus · #**779** 02-20-2009, 02:47 AM

Don Stowers speaks of the infamous 500 mile 70 L-78 he resurrected many years ago..............

Another woulda, shoulda, coulda, kept or bought that car....

(sigh!!!!!!!!!!!)

Cant recall if Citrus Green or Green Mist ??????? Anybody know who, what, where on this 70 SS L-78 ????? Never mind, another thread..............

**Charley Lillard** · #**780** 02-20-2009, 05:43 AM

Was a nice 61 degrees outside today so I had the Z out, started it....Squirted a bunch of Marvel Mystery Oil down the carb while at a high idle. Basically oiling everything up. Even the exhaust. Also dropped the oil filter.

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