Good Morning CF,

Curious what used to be under the hood of my 1966 Coupe where these three holes are located. NOM L-79 327 cubic inch engine from a 1969 Impala, no PS, PB or AC on this car.

With colder weather and more time to work on the car (retired April), I'm trying to decide what to do with the holes.

Options considered so far:
1. Leave it
2. Put whatever used to be there back in the car again
3. Plug the holes
4. Patch the holes and paint the area

I have three short bolts, washers, and nuts in the holes for time being.

Any feedback is appreciated, Thanks in advance.

Kevin

Photo taken from front of the car, driver side, red in upper left of photo is the hood

Picture from driver side fender well

 

Could be where amplifier for factory electronic ignition was mounted.

 

It is hard to tell from the pictures but just from where the holes are located I would vote for the K66 transistor ignition module mounting holes. They seemed to be spaced correctly and in approximately the correct place.

Hope this helps.

C.J.

 

If there is a “J” clip under the driver side hood latch then your car had TI

 

Thanks ,

Well mystery solved. That is exactly it - a transistor ignition unit used to be mounted there!

You guys are the best. Thanks so much for the quick help.

Now what to do with this new information? NOM and the car now has an electronic ignition system which replaced the old break points so this would seem like a step backward to put one of the original (reproduction) TI units back in the car. It is not a numbers matching car and there are no plans for judging or scoring this car with Bloomington. Guess I could source a unit and just install it and not hook it all up to fill the holes - would fill the holes but seems like a waste of money.

What would you do?

 

Nowhere Man,

Just too a look. Did not see a J hook in the immediate vicinity under the driver side hood latch but did find an unused J hook right next to the coil ballast resistor....photos attached

empty J hook bottom right of the coil ballast resistor

area under the driver side hood latch

 

Looks like something my wife would do with her hand gun. Maybe your wife also had a bad day!!

 

Did you locate the “J” clip. A TI box is expensive Just to bolt to the inner fender. I would do nothing

 

The rivet head is there where the “J” clip should be for a TI car.

 

Well, I would say filling the holes and refinishing the area makes the most sense. So what I would do is put that task on my list of things to be done when I get around to it, where I would look at it every so often for the next umpteen years!

 

Hello Don,
I recently retired (April) and I am really enjoying working on the cars and have plenty of time to do it. Challenge now seems to be managing my lists plus my wife's lists since she is still working and I'm "home alone" with the toys. After all these years, she's figured out that Kevin + Time on his hands + Corvettes = Money Spent! She's also concluded that not much on her list gets done very fast because there are only 24-hours in a day and the toys always seem to get priority. Loving retirement. I'll add "get things done faster" to the list!

Great to hear from you.
Kevin

 

Nowhere Man,
I did find an empty J Clip near the coil ballast. Agree with you - do nothing. Did a quick search and CC had a 69-71 Transistor Ignition Amplifier for $389.95. Three hundred and eighty nine good reasons to just stick with the three bolts, washers and nuts that I used to plug the holes.

Thanks for the help,
Kevin

 

read my post nine. You could find those black plastic “cap plugs” and use to fill in the holes

 

Kevin, been there done that as my wife worked about 5 months after I retired. But I'm very fortunate that she never has "kept score" As long as things get done around the house, she's fine with me spending time and a few bucks on the Corvettes. I'm not a doctor but I believe people who keep busy in retirement live longer / better lives than those who plunk in a rocker or in front of the TV all day. Congrats on your retirement and if you can balance SOME "honey-do" items with the Corvette list, hopefully you'll maintain domestic tranquility!

PS - while my wife is not "into" the car hobby, she is certainly willing to dig in when I need an extra hand, which I think helps her understand the attraction a bit. Had her balancing the body during removal, then told her "hold it right there while I get the camera!" That wasn't quite what she wanted to hear!

 

Not to contribute excessively to off-tracking this thread, but my '65 is an intentional part of my retirement (expected within the next two years) plan, and is intended to help my longevity. Long story short: When I was staring at being force retired early due to medical several years ago my PCP sent me to every specialist, including a shrink, as she knew I was OCD and was concerned that I would not live long once retired. The shrink agreed. I maintain a "retirement" plan that is not based on finances, but on being thoughtfully ready as I can be for not working a bazillion hours and to answer the question - what will I do with myself besides obsess and go crazy?

My father is 86, soon to be 87 and works part time (worked full time until a year ago but had a health setback), not because he needs the money, but because he needs the activity, human interaction, mental exercise, and external discipline. Both of my grandfathers worked into their upper 70s and they were wealthy (by most standards). I absolutely believe that watching Gilligan's Island reruns is more hazardous to your health than smoking or drinking. My FIL recently turned 92 and still works part time - but he just sold his Mustang because it was a manual tranny and tedious to drive in LA traffic on his way to playing jobs (his part time work is playing saxophone).

 

Don - love the picture. Girls got some pipes. Can't really tell if that's a smile or a hurry up and take the damn picture - this things heavy! Guessing the later.

 

Kevin, actually that body was pretty well balanced, she was just steadying it with slight upward lift. I think she was more worried about something going wrong and causing damage while she was the only one holding it. But no, it's a smile.

 

Now that it looks like this was a TI car you might want to do some additional research. TI cars usually were High horsepower cars SHP or air conditioned. It might be worth discovering your cars past.