1969 Chevelle SS 396 L78 car, Frame OFF 4 speed!

[427TJ]

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The badges are in the factory holes on the cars original body panels.

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You never know, maybe the assembly line emblem hole-driller guy had a few too many at lunch that day? Keep in mind that while we restore them to Pebble Beach levels of detail today, Chevrolets have always been built as quickly and as cheaply as possible and attention to detail on the assembly line was/is not always Job One.

[Keith Tedford]

The fender emblems on our '69 are above the top of the wheel well lip. Baltimore car. The fender either went into a fixture that drilled the holes or a jig clamped to the fender and the holes were drilled manually. May have been pierced. Any way you look at it, you aren't going to get the holes an inch or two out of position no matter what the operator had for lunch: Buried in the GM manuals are dimensions for where these holes are supposed to be. When I bought our COPO Chevelle, I had the dealer install the SS emblems with the Corvette 427 number underneath. They put everything way low. Dumb on their part and dumber on my part for getting it done. Kids will be kids. These cars are 38 years old and unless you have owned it from new, there is no real way of knowing what they have gone through. In salt country, the front fenders had rust holes behind the front wheel in three years. Been there. An awful lot of these cars would have had their fenders repaired or replaced long ago. Might have been what happened with this car. The purists will want to change 4-5 things under the hood. The expensive part being the exhaust manifolds and smog system.

[kwhizz]

I would think that the holes would be punched in a die during the manufacturing process.......

Ken

[Keith Tedford]

Usually parts would be pierced. One example of drilling, was when we built the Dually trucks a few years ago. The side of the box was cut out with a plasma cutter then the box went into a station where the sides were drilled for the attaching clips. If I get the time, I can dig out a pair of original used SS396 fenders that I have and give the holes a close look. Piercing and drilling don't look the same.

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All good info. Thanks

[GTO_DON]

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All good info. Thanks

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There you have it!!!
Heres Tom with the weather!!!!!!!!!!!

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GTO Don I didnt say you where correct, however any feedback is appreciated. I wouldnt quit you day job yet! All in fun!