69 Engine BB lift hook???????

[ORIGLS6]

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Are the plug wires on the LS6 originals?

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No, they're repros. Also, the rear engine lift bracket is incorrect. That's an old picture and I've since replaced it with the right piece. Too many years of parts in the tool box!
That's the bracket I asked Rick about. I saw a similar one on a '68 L78 Nova but couldn't find the owner to ask about it. If you look closely (easy to do with Chuck's picture) you can see a dogleg bend in the bracket. That's the same as the one on the Nova.

[ORIGLS6]

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o.k. i know on the 69's the rear hook goes on the back of the passenger head.
but what about the 70 model. back intake bolt or back of head?

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Mine was the same as the '69; back of the passenger head, and it's a straight piece.

Rick,
What does the dog eared rear bracket fit? (45 degree cuts on the top corners)I have a few of those somewhere in a tool box.

[KnoxvillePig]

Funny How this thread popped up as I was gonna post tonight to ask:

What color is correct for the 1969 L-78 BB front and rear lift hooks? I have seen them in Chevy Orange and in Cast color.

Darrell

[lzdick]

Bare steel is correct but good luck with rust issues. I use cast blast paint and that has been accepted at judged events.

Orange was only on painted intake cars. They certainly didn't take the time to mask it off on the assembly line. Remember, "The General" was VERY frugal with time and effort!

[ORIGLS6]

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Orange was only on painted intake cars.

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Really?

[Keith Tedford]

The front engine lift hooks on our COPO Chevelle and that of a friend appear silver in the old original photos that we took.

[ORIGLS6]

I won't argue that the overwhelming majority of them were natural or silver, but like most everything we discuss pertaining to the General, there's two words we might want to avoid: ALWAYS and NEVER!