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Old Jun 5, 2002 | 04:36 PM
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Does anyone know if ALL 72 Vettes had a radiator overflow tank from the factory?? Mine does not have one......... :confused:
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Old Jun 5, 2002 | 05:45 PM
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I've seen a lot of opinions but truth is - even GM doesn't know which cars came with what.

Any of these 3 setups were used on Corvettes from 1968 thru 1972 :
1. Harrison alum. tank (short & fat)
2. Harrison ? brass tank (long & skinny)
3. No darn stinkin' overflow.....

Several have told me that A/C cars didn't have overflow tanks - but there's no proof that "every" vette with A/C didn't leave the factory that way.

Mine's a 427 A/C vette & it has no overflow bottle.............. :eek:
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Old Jun 5, 2002 | 05:52 PM
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Hummm, late 60's early 70's, think they have been some casual drug use going on in the plants? Every see that movie 'Gung Ho' where at the end they where trying to build enough cars to make a quota? Now image GM plants doing the same thing everyday. :lol: :eek:
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Old Jun 5, 2002 | 06:24 PM
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My 72 350 base ac auto doesn't have either an aluminum radiator or expansion tank. I believe that was for 350-manual cars.
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Old Jun 5, 2002 | 07:41 PM
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Hummm, late 60's early 70's, think they have been some casual drug use going on in the plants? :lol: :eek:
:lol: :lol: :lol: - yeah, not to mention the big worker strike in 1970.... :crazy: ...."uhhh....dude, we only have 1/2 a vette built today" :jester
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Old Jun 5, 2002 | 07:46 PM
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my 71 (orig a BB) with AC has an overflow tank. Tank installation may have varied by delivery destination.
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Old Jun 6, 2002 | 01:25 PM
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Thanks for the info. I guess my shark will just have to **** on the ground instead of into a tank! :D
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