UPDATE...12/8/1968 Flashback

[bwag]

The fun part of looking at these old pics is picking out the assembly oddities ,the upside down T ,the careless AIR pump hose routing thru the heater hoses and stretched across the heater hose bracket . The hoses and wiring just tossed together enough to make it out the door,makes me chuckle everytime a discussion about what is correct and whats not. Also check the deck lid sitting about 1/2 inch high.Remember these pics were taken about 5 hours after the car came off the transporter. The smudges and dirt on the engine were still there from being assembled at the factory,all we had done is ck the oil ,bolted the wheels on and hit the road.I had worked at Chevy and Pontiac dealerships since I was 13 years old and could write a book just on screwups that came from the factories.

[TimG]

I'd read that book.......

[SuperNovaSS]

Wow, that is awesome! Congrats on the news Jeff!


Jason

[Mr. Chevy]

I don't see that exaggerated over spray either on the water pump by pass hose...

Rich

[Charley Lillard]

Those are great pics but for the life of me I can't figure out the orange overspray on the exhaust manifolds.

[iluv69s]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Those are great pics but for the life of me I can't figure out the orange overspray on the exhaust manifolds. </div></div>

awesome pics and car....based on the orange overspray, could this have been dealer installed alum. heads?? I assume GM would not have changed the heads after assembling and painting the motor... things that make you go...'hmmmmmm'..

awesome car!!! Good Luck with it!!

[John]

.... or was this car &quot;dealer exchanged&quot; .... and the heads were installed at the previous dealer? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

[ss427copo]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: John</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
.... or was this car &quot;dealer exchanged&quot; .... and the heads were installed at the previous dealer? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] </div></div>

Considering Bob Wagoner, BWAG here, ordered the car (he worked at Schmidt Chevrolet) and took delivery of it, thus taking pics fresh off the transporter as he's quoted as having said a few posts up, that question is null and void.

[TimG]

My experience with L89 Corvettes is there is overspray on the exhaust manifolds. Who knows why, but it's accepted that the exhaust has orange overspray from the engine painting. I think this is a real L89 car.....So cool...........

[Tracker1]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TimG</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My experience with L89 Corvettes is there is overspray on the exhaust manifolds. Who knows why, but it's accepted that the exhaust has orange overspray from the engine painting. I think this is a real L89 car.....So cool........... </div></div>

you're right, but how did it hit the manifolds and not the heads(?) is the question at hand....odd.