69 big block starter heat shield

[Mr70]

I remember tossing these in H.S.,along with the Distributor RFI shield.

[Chevy454]

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What we need are a few of the very low
mileage owners to chime in here.

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Hey Tedford, wake up!

[1969L78Nova]

My March built 69 L78 Nova (Numbers Matching) has a heat shield installed. This is much earlier than the June date mentioned by BKHPAH.
I can't be certain that its original since I am the 4th owner.
Martin

[69L78]

Steve...My Camaro is an early built car...If I get a chance this weekend I will post a pic.

[NCGuy68]

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There is absolutely no question the heat shields and parts similar were "lost" along the way. I worked in a service station in the 70's and know first hand that many parts like these were trash canned.quote]

Yep.....Just like the starter solenoid wire harness retainer clip. I tossed a few of them in my younger days. Now, originals are hard to find in pristine condition.

For those interested, the clip appears to be gray zinc phosphated.

[JoeG]

My heat shield had salt/rust stains on it---galvanized---started clip was also galvanized---

[bkhpah]

This whole topic is a good one. I dug into some of my other GM manuals with clearer text. I appears that the revisions were made in the 5/13 and 6/3 of 1968. So those early cars that still have the shield on them would appear correct. We have put starter shields on most of the restorations in the past, but I was never sure what was right. But they do work well, and in most cases we also change the selinoid spring to the heavy duty one available through any GM dealer. It will help start some of those peskey high compression big blocks when they are hot...BKH

[nuch_ss396]

That's great! I can't wait to see some of these pictures!

Now, on to the bigger problem - where to get one. I would
very much like to see one of these "off of the car" though
so I can identify it when I see it.

Thanks,
Steve

[nuch_ss396]

Guys?

Is it possible that almost all of these heat shields were
tossed through the years? You know what amazes me. With
all of the obtuse little items you see on eBay all the time,
I have yet to see a used, or true NOS heat shield. How do
you figure that?
Steve

[68l30]

Heres a shot .....The heat shield application I'm not sure of.I believe 69 BB Vette.It was galvanized...The other is the RFI shield..


Steve