Hello all. A good friend of mine recently purchased a '69 L88 and is preparing for Flight Judging at the Mich Chapter meet in June. We started going over the car this afternoon and are currently working through the mechanical section. I have 3 questions: 1. He has 2 chrome oil filler caps. One has the "S" logo stamped in the rivet. The second has this logo plus an "SMC" logo stamped in as well. The judging guide makes no reference to this second stamping and it says all caps for '69 are the same (except for some being chromed). My known original cap from my '69 small block has only the "S" on the rivet (and some other wording as well) but no SMC. What would be correct for his car?
2. The spark plug wire clips (brackets) attached to the valve covers have a plastic piece attached that holds the wires. The manual suggests that there was some black coating like on other wire clips rather that an attached hard plastic. Any thoughts? 3. The engine suffix code label on the back of the passenger side valve cover is white with dark orange letters ("IT"). the manual says this label should be yellow with black letters. Did L88's use a different tag? We know that this is not an original label as the valve covers are reproductions (the chrome is way too nice). Thanks for any help you can give.
Jeff
2. The spark plug wire clips (brackets) attached to the valve covers have a plastic piece attached that holds the wires. The manual suggests that there was some black coating like on other wire clips rather that an attached hard plastic. Any thoughts? 3. The engine suffix code label on the back of the passenger side valve cover is white with dark orange letters ("IT"). the manual says this label should be yellow with black letters. Did L88's use a different tag? We know that this is not an original label as the valve covers are reproductions (the chrome is way too nice). Thanks for any help you can give.
Jeff
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