The New, Newer Project: Part Tres...

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The right side. Note how little paint got on the lower portion of the rocker panels on the passenger side. The driver's side rocker bottom got a lot better coverage. Must have been a shorter painter on the left side of the paint booth that day.

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And the driver's side:

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Here's something interesting. I have never seen this bracket on the cross member the purpose of which is to retain the speedometer cable.



This clip is on the driver's side inner frame rail:



This bracket is on the driver's side inner frame rail below the steering column:

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French locks on the exhaust manifold bolt:



Matching VIN on Turbo 400 transmission:



Unpainted, galvanized floor plug



Emergency brake adjuster with single, nylock lock not.



GM stenciled fuel lines on subframe with color coded spring clamps:





Fuel pump part number:



"FU" paper tag on front sway bar:



Driveshaft color coded paint stripes:



Limited Slip metal tag in factory installed position at bottom:



Orange painted "G" on the bottom of the differential. The differential center section appears to be natural cast iron, with the tubes and mounting plates painted black.



"LS2" on the underside of the radiator support, denoting the SD455 option:



Yellow crayon "53 H" on the inside of the passenger side subframe rail:



Original spiral shocks all around. The car rides very nicely on them. You can see the black painted rear differential base plates:

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And here's a comical one: Nice build quality/alignment on the rocker panel installation. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] It is sticking out about a 1/4&quot; from the bottom of the quarter panel. The passenger side is flush with the quarter.