L78 Dipstick finish

[SS427]

If I remember correctly, I believe Keith Tedford has an original picture of his '69 SS396/375 hp Chevelle when it was only a few days old and it shows the natural dipstick. I have the photo on my home computor but not my office one.

[Mr. Chevy]

Mike, dipstick itself is left natural. Not too sure on the tube, but I agree with the others, probably was natural also..

Rich

[737Driver]

Here is a paint line PIC from 1967 and it doesn't appear the tube is installed. Notice the stringent use of breathing masks. It looks like one guy has a cig hanging out of his mouth. I wonder if he is still on this earth?

[nuch_ss396]

Mark,

There is a water curtain to the rear & bottom of the
engines and that cut down tremendously on overspray.
This is one of the pictures I was referring to. Where
did you get it? Are there more of them? I'd like to
have as many of these as you have........

Nuch

[m22mike]

Thanks for all the responce. It was my guess that the tube was added after paint. Thats the way I will go with it.
Thanks Phil, I knew you would be there.
Great shot of the engine paint line, thats cool.
ref to the cicarette... in the early 70's at my first job as a A & P mechanic (Aircraft mech) I worked for a small fixed base operator here at CAK, we all had ashtrays on our tool box's. We mostly did not light up if there was open fuel around.
Thanks Mike A

[Unreal]

I was in a power plant 8-10 years ago, and I asked a guy who was removing some asbestos from a valve, to move his truck. He flipped me the keys and told me to move it. When I went to return his keys, he was inside the negative pressure tent installed around the valve. I held my breath and entered the double airlock doors. The guy was inside with his full-face air supply mask down around his neck, smoking a cigarette!!

[737Driver]

John Hinckley sent me that picture. John is not only a student of the history surrounding these cars, he also lived it and is a great resource for information.