Under Hood Numbers
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 2,474
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From: Laporte, IN
I'll add to this 'froth'....PJO's comment about weird stuff happening at the factory.
1. 1969 was the 'strike year'. (very similar to 2020!)
2. My car is an original 36k mile car that has never been hit. I've had the whole car apart and 'ran all the numbers'. I've had it 43 years.
3. Mine is the lightest, least content version, IE NO; PS,PB, Radio, Heat, etc.
So To add to PJO's comment. My right side headlights have the squirters UNDER the lights, My Left side is OVER the lights! In the back drv side body mount pocket was an entire BOX of steel rivets.
I've heard much worse!
Unkahal
1. 1969 was the 'strike year'. (very similar to 2020!)
2. My car is an original 36k mile car that has never been hit. I've had the whole car apart and 'ran all the numbers'. I've had it 43 years.
3. Mine is the lightest, least content version, IE NO; PS,PB, Radio, Heat, etc.
So To add to PJO's comment. My right side headlights have the squirters UNDER the lights, My Left side is OVER the lights! In the back drv side body mount pocket was an entire BOX of steel rivets.
I've heard much worse!
Unkahal
Over the years of judging have seen several 69 Corvettes with that headlight sprayer configuration several were 4 Star Bowtie
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,152
Likes: 252
I'm starting to think this is the plausible answer. The oldest catalog I have onhand is 2011 and it lists the LT1 short hood as part number 38093, which also being 5 digits and close to 48426, seems like it fits the explaination. I do remember Ecklers redid their part numbering nomenclature sometime in the late 80's (ex: H-xxx vs a 5 digit number)
Anyone have a 1989/1990 catalog handy to look up the hood part number?
Anyone have a 1989/1990 catalog handy to look up the hood part number?
Last edited by Dynra Rockets; Oct 4, 2020 at 06:19 PM.
