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#506442 - 04/30/08 07:31 PM
Re: clones in the AACA
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windjamer
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Registered: 10/27/06
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Loc: new york
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Every thing I have read about chevelle tells me it is impossable to tell if a 7o-72 left the fac.as a SS from the vin. My 72 left the fac. as a Malibu. In restoring it I added the SS stripe option,I also replaced the steel wheels with the rally wheels.I have fac. documentation that both where an option for the 72. Dos this make it a SS?? No it is still a malibu..If I swap the eng. with a big block,add buckets a concell and SS badges is it now a SS.?? I say no, it is still a Malibu yet I sure see a lot of SS s.. Funny, when I look at the fith didget it tells me the car came with a 307,sometimes evan a six cyl on a lot of them. Enter the car and enjoy the club.
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Dick Griswold 1965 Buick skylark 1972 Chevelle AACA member and One pistol club The difficult at once, the impossible next.
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#506564 - 05/01/08 08:03 AM
Re: clones in the AACA
[Re: windjamer]
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ex98thdrill
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Loc: East Bloomfield, New York
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Dick I don't know Chevy VIN's, so I can't answer that. With the aftermarket parts out there for Chevelles, there are probably more Chevelles out there that were originally Malibus, than there are actual Chevelles.
If I wasn't going to have the car judged, I'd rather have a '70 Chevelle with a '71-'72 back bumper on it. I always liked the dual headlights, I always liked the round tail lights, but Chevy never built the car with both.
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#506906 - 05/02/08 04:19 PM
Re: clones in the AACA
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Dynaflash8
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QUOTE Could a 1934 Packard Super 8 with a transplanted 1934 V12 be regarded as an authentic V12? That's a question only the judges can answer. UNQUOTE
As I said before, that's been done ever since I read my first MOTOR TREND in 1951, and before that too. And, today nobody would even know it's been done. That 5th Digit on a Chevrolet? Those cars are in junkyards somewhere with their VIN numbers still on them.
How many Model T sedans have ended up with roadster bodies? Anybody know? No, they don't. How many Packard, Lincoln or Ruxton sedans have a desert roadster body today. Anybody know? No, they don't. Time heals all wounds.
As somebody has said here, what really comes into play is when deceit and money become involved.
The question really comes into play when you consider if a car being built makes one more then was ever produced. If the factory built 9 of them, you probably better really work to find out if all 9 still exist, but if they made 550 of them you can rest assured a couple of hundred made it to the junkyard.
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#506953 - 05/02/08 07:08 PM
Re: clones in the AACA
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windjamer
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Chev. started usingthe 5th digit of the vin to desagnate eng. size in 72, I may be wrong but I think all manufactures did. 72 and newer cars all in the junk yard??? I bet you get a arguement from lots of folks out there. Dinaflash, I would guess that refers to a Buick dynoflow. Owned a couple of them, nice tanks but there sure as heck was nothing about them that could be called a flash. Cruse all day at 90,only problem by the time they hit 90 you where there.To each his own, have a wonderful day.
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Dick Griswold 1965 Buick skylark 1972 Chevelle AACA member and One pistol club The difficult at once, the impossible next.
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#507052 - 05/03/08 08:19 AM
Re: clones in the AACA
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Dynaflash8
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Windjammer: Nope, "Dynaflash 8" was introduced as an engine name in 1938 and used for three years. In 1941 the engine name was changed to "Fireball 8". I'm a '39er. As for the Dynaflow, introduced in '48, it began to get some speed to it after "sprags" were put into it in the mid-fifties, but you're right they weren't speed burners. But, I remember how proud my dad was to say "you can't even feel it shift". Different strokes for different folks.
Now, I didn't say all '72's were in junkyards, just plenty of them; enough anyway to be able to find a correct VIN tag with the needed 5th number, if in fact that identified the type of engine as you say.
Edited by Dynaflash8 (05/03/08 08:41 AM)
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#507055 - 05/03/08 08:42 AM
Re: clones in the AACA
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windjamer
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Thanks for the ans. and the memory or reminder of the fireball 8. In all truth I was just trying to get a little (frendly) goat. As example I call my sister-in-law every time the Yankees lose,right now she wont evan talk to me.Your Dad was right, they where and are a dream to drive.
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Dick Griswold 1965 Buick skylark 1972 Chevelle AACA member and One pistol club The difficult at once, the impossible next.
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