L82 Hood Badge
10-11-2005, 12:10 AM
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back then, marketing wouldn't allow badges for any engine but the biggest displacement that was available. For 1973 and 1974 - the 454 was available and they were the only ones to get badging.
10-11-2005, 07:53 AM
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Spooch,
Check the fifth digit of the VIN. a J=L48, a T=L82 and a Z=454.
Of course, then check that the last six digits of the engine number match the last six digits of the VIN. If that all matches, then you have an L82.
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Check the fifth digit of the VIN. a J=L48, a T=L82 and a Z=454.
Of course, then check that the last six digits of the engine number match the last six digits of the VIN. If that all matches, then you have an L82.
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
10-11-2005, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Mercury
back then, marketing wouldn't allow badges for any engine but the biggest displacement that was available. For 1973 and 1974 - the 454 was available and they were the only ones to get badging.
10-11-2005, 08:41 AM
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L-82 is a fender script on the 1980 models, but run the numbers on the '74. Anybody can stick L-82 badges on anything.
10-11-2005, 09:04 AM
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"Hood emblems designating the L-82 first appeared in 1975, but some 1975 L-82 models were built without the emblems."
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10-11-2005, 12:12 PM
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I have a matching numbers '74 L-82 without the hood badges. I've thought about putting on the hood decal that says L-82 = but haven't decided yet...
http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=1.3884
http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=1.3884
10-11-2005, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by comp
didn't know that one
I remember reading this somewhere; that marketing did not want to reward those that didn't buy the biggest displacement engine offered... so they only allowed special badging on the 454 during that brief era.
10-12-2005, 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by nhlgopens
I have a matching numbers '74 L-82 without the hood badges. I've thought about putting on the hood decal that says L-82 = but haven't decided yet...
http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=1.3884
http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=1.3884
10-12-2005, 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by aussiejohn
Spooch,
Check the fifth digit of the VIN. a J=L48, a T=L82 and a Z=454.
Of course, then check that the last six digits of the engine number match the last six digits of the VIN. If that all matches, then you have an L82.
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
Check the fifth digit of the VIN. a J=L48, a T=L82 and a Z=454.
Of course, then check that the last six digits of the engine number match the last six digits of the VIN. If that all matches, then you have an L82.
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
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11-05-2005, 02:39 PM
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OK, I'll ask. Why?
