69 big block starter heat shield

[NCGuy68]

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There is absolutely no question the heat shields and parts similar were "lost" along the way. I worked in a service station in the 70's and know first hand that many parts like these were trash canned.quote]

Yep.....Just like the starter solenoid wire harness retainer clip. I tossed a few of them in my younger days. Now, originals are hard to find in pristine condition.

For those interested, the clip appears to be gray zinc phosphated.

[JoeG]

My heat shield had salt/rust stains on it---galvanized---started clip was also galvanized---

[bkhpah]

This whole topic is a good one. I dug into some of my other GM manuals with clearer text. I appears that the revisions were made in the 5/13 and 6/3 of 1968. So those early cars that still have the shield on them would appear correct. We have put starter shields on most of the restorations in the past, but I was never sure what was right. But they do work well, and in most cases we also change the selinoid spring to the heavy duty one available through any GM dealer. It will help start some of those peskey high compression big blocks when they are hot...BKH