Need help with identifying NOS Alt. Pulleys

[TWB]

I purchased these 2 3844100 pulleys approx 40 years ago. Opened the boxes and they are different. Could one be a 3829387? Both will be offered for sale when I can properly list them.

[169indy]

Some Info here:
Link to Three pages of reading w/ photos *If login.

https://www.camaros.org/forum/index....pic=9076.0;all

[jeffschevelle]

Z16's used the 3844100 pulley. They were cad plated with no stamped numbers or code.

66 and 67 Chevelle L78's also used the 3844100 pulley. They were cad plated, and some had the stamped number and AK code, while others did not. I speculate that there were two suppliers, and one of them die stamped theirs, while the other mfr. must have used a sticker or tag that got discarded at the assembly plant, or an ink stamp that faded away quickly.

The first silver one in your pics is a lot newer than the cars (based on the dot matrix printed number on the label), but it is a lot older than the gold one below it. The gold one is a much later replacement version.

[mprice]

Jeff's thoughts about two suppliers sounds very logical. I was told by a long time employee of GM that their practice was to always have three suppliers for everything possible. By having multiple suppliers it would be unlikely that a work stoppage or fire at a suppliers facility would interrupt production at the GM plant.

[Copo_Cartel]

That translates very well, and if you look at the antenna mast they were different as well because of having multiple suppliers for the same item