Any one help me out,with some 69 L88 Vette pic's?

[TC]

Any one help me out,with some 69 L88 Vette pic's?

This is probably one of the oddest requests this board has ever seen,and I hope I'm not being a big nusense
But...I'm working on a 69 Corvette,for a computer game I'm making.
And I've searched high and low for a good up close shot,of the centre gauge cluster and the engine data on the shift plate,for an L88....and can't find anything usable.
I own a 68(believed to be an L71),but it's a basket case project,and it's missing the centre gauge cluster....(and correct me if I'm wrong),but the 68,had no engine data plate...so,I'm out of luck there too.
So,I wondered if any one might,have some good pic's laying around......or could snap some for me,if they happen to be taking some shots of there car in the future?
The bigger and more parallel to the part the pic's are,the better...but at this point,about anything that shows it fairly clear,would work far better than what I have so far.

Any help,would greatly appreciated....And if any one has anything,they can send it to [email protected] ,and/or I'll check back on this post...too.

Here's a link to a couple shots,incase any one wonders what I'm trying to do....
http://bigblockshop.topcities.com/L88.html
Thanks,TC

[bkhpah]

Sounds like a project for Rowdy Rat. The L88 man...BKH

[Warren Malkin]

TC, I know of one car. I will have to make arrangements with the owner to see about getting some pictures. Just to let you know it won't happen overnight, in case you need them right away. Warren

[TC]

Oh...no problem there,It's gona take several years too complete this game,any way.....So I have plenty of time too round up all the pic's I need......I'm just glad ya might be able to help

[TC]

Thanks Stan
The second shot,helps quite a bit on getting an idea of the correct shape...and also to see how the block off plate for the radio looks.
Have any idea,what the square lights and button,that are on each side of the gauges,say on them?
The data plate information,is pretty useful too,not to mention the octane warning sticker...I better put that on the car too

[Rowdy Rat]

TC,

These aren't the best examples, but they'll get you started until I can find something in my own photo collection that's a little higher quality.

The data plates for the 1969 L-88s and ZL-1s were a bit different than the rest of the engines in that they didn't include the compression, horsepower, or torque figures... Just "427 CUBIC INCHES L88" (or ZL1 as the case may be).



The center instrument cluster was basically the same as any other non-air conditioned '69 Corvette built... The L-88s did not have radios so a block off plate will be in that location.



Regards,

Stan Falenski

[James Berry]

TC, if you did not get the pictures you needed E-Mail me and I will take some for you.

[Fhakya]

I've got a few pics of the Ogle car..what's the html for posting them in the discussion?
Also, my browser says "HTML is OFF" will that be a problem?

[TC]

No problem on HTML being off,what ya do,is use UBB code.
It's pretty easy,just put "" before the link,and "" after the link,with no spaces...and minuse the " ".
And to post a picture,directly to the board,just substatute the url,for IMG.

Also,while I'm thinking of it....840 castings,sound right for an L88?



[Edited by TC (12-31-2001 at 02:11 PM).]

[Rowdy Rat]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="">quote:</font><HR>Also,while I'm thinking of it....840 castings,sound right for an L88?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Depending upon what year L-88, it could be 3904392 (1967), 3919842 (1968-early 1969), or 3946074 (late 1969)... The "840" heads were never used on a production L-88 to the best of my knowledge.

The 3919840 heads were the high performance cast iron units used on such engines as the L-71, L-72, and L-78.

Regards,

Stan Falenski