72 Interior question
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72 Interior question
My 72 Trim tag shows 42L for interior but I don't or can't fine a 42L anywhere. All I can find is 421. Could the L (and it is an L) mean 1 or what is the deal? It is a pile carpet not loop. Tan Color. I need new carpet and being new to C3's I could use your help. Thanks in advance
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My 72 Trim tag shows 42L for interior but I don't or can't fine a 42L anywhere. All I can find is 421. Could the L (and it is an L) mean 1 or what is the deal? It is a pile carpet not loop. Tan Color. I need new carpet and being new to C3's I could use your help. Thanks in advance
Hope this helps
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Roy
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My 72 Trim tag shows 42L for interior but I don't or can't fine a 42L anywhere. All I can find is 421. Could the L (and it is an L) mean 1 or what is the deal? It is a pile carpet not loop. Tan Color. I need new carpet and being new to C3's I could use your help. Thanks in advance
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Where did you get this information? Everything I've looked at says that both Saddle leather and vinyl were available in 1972.
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Yes. My bad. I can't read my Black Book with my new glasses.
RVAZQUEZ & Garage-Ghost....I'm still laughing...Took another look at my Black Book. I can't blame my new glasses. The 417 S/V entry is the last one on the line...I had my thumb over it.
RVAZQUEZ & Garage-Ghost....I'm still laughing...Took another look at my Black Book. I can't blame my new glasses. The 417 S/V entry is the last one on the line...I had my thumb over it.
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For 1972 interior code 421 was for the Saddle Deluxe interior and came with Leather seats, deluxe door panels and cut pile carpeting.All interior codes were a 3 digit number so I can't explain why yours is different. For carpeting I used Al Knoch and was very pleased with the results. I heard that Wilcox, who is a suppoting member of this forum, is also very good.
Hope this helps
Regards
Roy
Hope this helps
Regards
Roy
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I've had some question if it was a real LT-1, and if it really came with A/C .... but never if it really came with SADDLE VINYL SEATS! LOL 
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In '72, the Chevy Engineers finally relented and allowed A/C to be installed on LT-1 engines. Of course, they were detuned with lower compression ratio, retarded timing, AIR pump and other emissions 'stuff'...so it probably couldn't wind as tight as the earlier year LT-1's did. I think there were about 600 '72 LT-1's with A/C [that came from the factory]. I [also] think there are probably more than 600 '72 LT-1's with A/C today!! Hopefully, yours is legit.
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In '72, the Chevy Engineers finally relented and allowed A/C to be installed on LT-1 engines. Of course, they were detuned with lower compression ratio, retarded timing, AIR pump and other emissions 'stuff'...so it probably couldn't wind as tight as the earlier year LT-1's did. I think there were about 600 '72 LT-1's with A/C [that came from the factory]. I [also] think there are probably more than 600 '72 LT-1's with A/C today!! Hopefully, yours is legit.
