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Old 09-09-2009, 08:29 PM
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No, these covers came out of a large buy out in Northern California. Unfortunately, I have not been to Pomona or Long Beach for quite sometime.


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Old 09-09-2009, 11:22 PM
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OK, I gave the covers a quick cleaning and took some pictures. I tried my best to pair the covers up properly. These covers were boxed all together so I was not sure which went with eachother. I was able to pair a few from gaskets, etc. I really just used my best judgement on the rest. Pictures coming.
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Old 09-09-2009, 11:27 PM
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OK, here we go.

Set one:

Driver Cover- One clip at outside of cover, return spring tab on wire tower

Passenger- No wire clips








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Old 09-09-2009, 11:33 PM
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Set 2:

Driver- One clip at out side, tower does not have return spring tab but has a hole.

Passenger- One clip on outside, 2 clips on inside















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Old 09-09-2009, 11:36 PM
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Set 3:

Driver- Small "silver dollar" booster relief, 2 clips on inside.

Passenger- No clips








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Old 09-09-2009, 11:49 PM
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Finally, the left overs. There are 2 passenger covers. One has been robbed of the towers and clips. There is also one driver's cover that has no drippers. May be repro but feels heavy- low perf?




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Old 09-09-2009, 11:41 PM
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Set 4:

Driver- No Clips, wire tower has hole for return spring.

Passenger- One clip outside, 2 clips inside












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Old 09-09-2009, 11:46 PM
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Set 5:

Driver- One Clip Outside

Pass- One clip outside, 2 clips inside














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Old 09-15-2009, 08:16 PM
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Default Re: Identifying Big Block Valve Covers

Don and Martin,


Did the pictures help at all? Does it look like I have the covers paired correctly?


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Old 09-16-2009, 12:39 AM
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Default Re: Identifying Big Block Valve Covers

Well Jason, seems you've got a real hodge-podge of maybe everything. I've marked a couple on the attachment of your original picture which seem to have the shape of a 69 Chevelle. However, I don't know which ones in the other photos are these two. Most of your descriptions provide multiple clips, but there was just the one clip on the 69 Chevelle cover (driver side outside).
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