Re: Judging fallout
Doug etal, A NOS antenna is not necessarily a correct part. First time my 63 was judged at Marlborough it had a NOS antenna bought from Chevy. I bought it in the early 80's. Lost points as NTP. THe nice judge said lets take a look at some other 63's. As I recall there were a ton of them at the show. My antenna looked like it belonged with a CB radio.
That's why we need to preserve these bowtie cars and not make them into pretty showcars with all the bling.
Hose clamp orientation. Sorry but the hose clamps were not always installed on the assembly line the way we want to see them. Having looked at a lot of pics of brand new cars and pics in Noland Adams I have found the clamps may be all over the board. But the most typical way a clamp was installed is clearly shown in the 64 section of Noland Adams Doug. See page 329 for a start. Then page 330. Oops. Ignore page 330 as the clamps are incorrect. Notice the hex head. Look at page 331.
No book: Clamps are typically turned so the top of the pan head slotted screw is on the back side of the hose-close to the master cylinder. The head is about horizonal with the hood or close to it.
Overlap on the clamps is a tough one. Somewhere in my notes (will never find it) I believe the loop is about 3-1/2 inches.
Long Island has a very nice repro clamp. I know as I supplied a NOS one years ago to Richard so he could have these made. Has all the correct info on the clamp. Head is almost dead nuts.
Problem most of us have with the clamps on our show cars is they typically have the incorrect in finish. Originals were not zincad plated. They looked like an old paint bucket. Dull gavenized. They had/have lines in them running the length of the clamp. Rather unattractive but original.
The ones Chevy sold had a recessed hex screw/bolt with a screw driver slot. Heard they were used on diesel truck exhaust in the old days.
Refer to the pics in NA's book Doug and others. Even though it was printed 25-30 years ago there are some really neat original photos in there. Your job is to disregard the photos used from restored cars.
Michael Hanson just taught me a new one. When you see a fuel car that has a distorted air cleaner adapter hose it's typically from a car with power brakes. The AC was mounted further toward the rad. support. See page 230 in NA's book.
Later as back to work. JD
Doug etal, A NOS antenna is not necessarily a correct part. First time my 63 was judged at Marlborough it had a NOS antenna bought from Chevy. I bought it in the early 80's. Lost points as NTP. THe nice judge said lets take a look at some other 63's. As I recall there were a ton of them at the show. My antenna looked like it belonged with a CB radio.
That's why we need to preserve these bowtie cars and not make them into pretty showcars with all the bling.
Hose clamp orientation. Sorry but the hose clamps were not always installed on the assembly line the way we want to see them. Having looked at a lot of pics of brand new cars and pics in Noland Adams I have found the clamps may be all over the board. But the most typical way a clamp was installed is clearly shown in the 64 section of Noland Adams Doug. See page 329 for a start. Then page 330. Oops. Ignore page 330 as the clamps are incorrect. Notice the hex head. Look at page 331.
No book: Clamps are typically turned so the top of the pan head slotted screw is on the back side of the hose-close to the master cylinder. The head is about horizonal with the hood or close to it.
Overlap on the clamps is a tough one. Somewhere in my notes (will never find it) I believe the loop is about 3-1/2 inches.
Long Island has a very nice repro clamp. I know as I supplied a NOS one years ago to Richard so he could have these made. Has all the correct info on the clamp. Head is almost dead nuts.
Problem most of us have with the clamps on our show cars is they typically have the incorrect in finish. Originals were not zincad plated. They looked like an old paint bucket. Dull gavenized. They had/have lines in them running the length of the clamp. Rather unattractive but original.
The ones Chevy sold had a recessed hex screw/bolt with a screw driver slot. Heard they were used on diesel truck exhaust in the old days.
Refer to the pics in NA's book Doug and others. Even though it was printed 25-30 years ago there are some really neat original photos in there. Your job is to disregard the photos used from restored cars.
Michael Hanson just taught me a new one. When you see a fuel car that has a distorted air cleaner adapter hose it's typically from a car with power brakes. The AC was mounted further toward the rad. support. See page 230 in NA's book.
Later as back to work. JD
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