Where did this fall off from???
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Instructor
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Where did this fall off from???
Doing some work on the '74, pulled back into the garage, and this was laying in the driveway. Any idea what it is and where it goes?
Thanks for the help...
Thanks for the help...
Last edited by 1974slcvette; Mar 5, 2008 at 01:40 PM.
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Instructor
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From: Salt Lake City, UT
Sorry about the size, let me scale it back a bit...
It appears to be made of a some sort of foam material.
It is just a single piece, just different camera angles.
It appears to be made of a some sort of foam material.
It is just a single piece, just different camera angles.
Last edited by 1974slcvette; Mar 5, 2008 at 01:45 PM.
Safety Car
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It is a foam seal that goes on the engine side of the firewall, down near the body mount. I don't believe it is installed on the frame, but is adhered to the top of the metal door sill support that is visible from the engine compartment.
I know that it is in the AIM. You should be able to locate the part and get an idea as to how to install it by looking at the appropriate drawing.
Regards,
Le Mans Master
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It's the body sill wedge heat shield. Mounts between the firewall and splash shields along side the frame.Look on p.92 of the Zip catalog, p.30 of the Corvette Central catalog if you have it, or the AIM if you have it.
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Ya its hard to tell the size of the object from the pictures but I almost thought it looked like the insert for the center compartment. But I guess the pictures make it look much bigger than it really is and it wouldn’t have fallen out from underneath
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Dang, I was going to say Hot Wheels ramp. It's amazing how much stuff they inserted over the years to fix heat and noise issues. You would have thought after sending a guy in space in a little metal box, they could figured most of it out in 68. Plastic shield, metal shield, foam collars, stapled on insulation.