Winter/Spring project..

[WILMASBOYL78]

Bring your timing light!!

wilma

[Salvatore]

I have a great old Dixco lite and tach and dwell meter. They work great! Have a bed for me?

[WILMASBOYL78]

Sammy, you can have Benny's room..Karen calls it the Lincoln bedroom..reserved for traveling dignitaries and old drag racers...

wilma

[WILMASBOYL78]

Cool stuff on day one of "the project"..

Found original paper tag on brake booster hose..
Remnants of build sheet tape on pass. side firewall..
Engine date stamp T1218 CTY with VIN..
5 blade fan with TW1 stamped on blade..how did Chevy know??
The fan has the 8 hole pattern...??? Allen? Sully??
Water pump appears to be original..early date B 26 9...
BB a/t rad intact..
Original L78 valve covers..they will be replated and installed on another member of the family..
Plenty of grease, antifreeze, dirt, and tranny fluid...

Lot's of fun..more to follow

Watch out Sammy, the black beast is coming!

wilma
Deep groove fan pulley ends 631AO

[Xplantdad]

You GO Tom!

Great find...can I come and play with it?

[Mr70]

Interesting date on that waterpump if it's the original..February 69.
I would imagine an #065?
Is the Radiator still holding the Prefix tag of ZE.
The Deepgroove Fan pulley should be part #3976060AP,and worth it's weight in gold.That #631AO is a NON Deepgroove 1971-74 base pulley.
Original engine..original driveline..deluxe interior..Original paint...Valve Covers w/drippers,..booster tag...5 bladed fan,etc.
I understand your day two obsession Tom,but I have to play Devils advocate here and ask,"What did this Time Capsule ever do to you?"
Go pick on a different one.

[WILMASBOYL78]

Rick, you are the detective and the man with the numbers...went out and pulled the crank pulley it ends 666AO so I guess they are both wrong. Sorry I don't know these numbers like I should..but that's what you guys are good at. 065 pump..no tag on rad..looks like a 3 core.I have another original th400 unit at the shop...will compare. Took a closer look at front of car..it may have been hit once or lost a water pump that took out fan and radiator. That would explain service replacement fan. Non-original by-pass hose/clamps on pump. Also noticed screws holding grill on instead of rivets..??? someone has been there before. well I never said it was a virgin...as for why I'm picking on it, why not? I have another 396 motor that I will be building this year to put in it's place and save the VIN motor..not worried about braking the trans or rear. If anyone has some deep groove pulleys they want to donate, send me a PM and I will forward ship to

Thanks for the help, keep it coming..

wilma

[Salvatore]

Are you ready to come and meet Pete? Just finished a nasty LS6 motor for my buddies 70 chevelle. That will run real good on the street.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Cool car, love the black Novas

I'm not surprised that you would find some different parts on the nose of the engine, as it appears that something must have gone through the grill at some point - the small block core support and holdown are some clues. If you have screws holding the grill stiffener to the grill, then someone put an NOS grill on there at some time bec/ the NOS ones don't come with the stiffener attached.

Day 2 it all ya want, the Day 1 cars will still blow it's doors off We still can't get Sammy to put up his day 2 at the strip, let's see some numbers dude! (How's that for a challenge )

[WILMASBOYL78]

Well, here's the latest update on "the project". I definately think this car had some work done on the front end. Saw some GM parts labels on the 2 front bumpers brackets, couldn't read. Found a parts label on center support behind grill that comes up by the hood latch #3938635. Saw the word ACE on the inside of the front bumper??..now for some technical info:

Brake Booster Tag 342(front) 920(back)
Rear Stamp CBT 1028 G1 E
Trans Tag C70W 276
70 CW 1424
The tag is mint..it was covered with some oil and grease that protected it

engine T1218 CTY with VIN cowl tag 3rd week of jan/70
732 19 19 A

build sheet was in rear seat..not much on it though..body number matches cowl tag..trim and paint match.. #1 box FLT #2 box ZJ1 #3 box ZL3 and that's it....

Starter..had a Delco Remy Re-manufactured label
1108430 4F26 1

found a wire on drivers side near washer bottle with a connector that looks like it is for the Low Washer Fluid Indicator light..don't know if this connector is on all cars or just those that ordered the Aux. Lighting???

Front disc brake calipers look original with the little blue plastic bleeder covers

yellow traction bars on back with some black paint sprayed on them..probably vintage Lakewoods

underside is incredible..very solid with just a light film of surface rust..looks like a little root-rot in pass side frt fender at the very bottom..typical Nova..

battery tray was shot..rust holes, but no problem underneath it.

everything is stripped down under the hood..next step is to clean and degrease engine bay and underside.

original style spiral shocks on front with factory labels
original riveted ball joints..rest of suspension looks factory.

hope to have some photos tomorrow to post. Thanks for watching..

wilma