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Radiator to hood seal

Looked on the 68 302's and neither have the holes were it would have been stapled. :shrug
 
6 cyl. were "special" and those that bought big blocks felt left out.................those in between knew how life was.
 
"AzPete" said:
6 cyl. were "special" and those that bought big blocks felt left out.................those in between knew how life was.
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That brought tears to me eyes!
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Actually, it all makes sense now because Red originally was a T code, thus had one. I just went through a bunch of pics of Shag (J code) back when I was doing the sheetmetal and found a bunch of pics of it's original radiator support with no staple holes. Just two big ole nasty hood pin holes.

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Uhm, I've got an original '68 289 2V with an original rad support, and it did have the seal. It also has the A/C option, which throws in the big block radiator and cooling fan, so maybe the A/C cars got the full BB clloing treatment including seal. Don't know, but I do know this one is unmolested, and had the seal.
 
IIRC I read on another forum that depending on the plant the car was assembled they might have used something other than a staple to attach the seal.

My 67 San Jose built S code had staples

Everything I have read said that in 67 only the 6 cylinder and big block cars had the radiator seal. I don't know about the other years.


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My 390 very late 67 car was stapled just lilke yours. I cleaned up the holes a bit but the repro staples fit perfectly using the method you, Cmayna, and I talked about punching through the rubber with a big needle in a small pair of vice grips. Bending the bottom was the hard part.

I am with the others, everything I have read is only 6 cylinders and Big Blocks got them.
 
It's settled then. I'm going to install one on my car and tell everybody it is an ultra-rare BB 65!
 
Well I was considering installing on one Shag but since it never had one and I love the looks of not having that big ole rubber flapper up on the radiator and most importantly since the car doesn't overheat, think I'll just shelf the idea. Still we all learned something about which cars typically came with them and which one didn't.

Class dismissed.
 
Yeah, but...we still don't know WHY some did and some didn't. I won't be able to sleep until this mystery is solved.
 
"silverblueBP" said:
Yeah, but...we still don't know WHY some did and some didn't. I won't be able to sleep until this mystery is solved.
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Man I'm glad the '69-'70 crowd doesn't have to worry and staying up all night and worrying about this S***. :sarc
 
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