Day 2 Valve Covers - Page 4

TDW · #31 10-04-2010, 11:53 AM

I have 2 sets of the early Corvette ones that have the line through the "o". One set is still in the factory box.

al8apex · #32 10-04-2010, 06:44 PM

the "rare" ones are the early castings that did not have the line ...

**Fast67VelleN2O** · #33 10-04-2010, 09:36 PM

Agreed. You could get the covers with the line in them NOS until the late 1990's through GM.

4onthefloor · #34 10-05-2010, 04:44 AM

Here are the 'vette valve covers-I know for a fact these came off a Early Real Corvette,I always thought these had a "line" going thru the O,but I could be wrong -Here's a pic of them Rare or not I havent seen any on A 1967 Firebird [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

**John Brown** · #35 10-05-2010, 06:46 AM

Covers that had the casting flaw that made the line through the "O" came on assembly line Corvettes around 1967. Before that the covers didn't have that line.

sixbrl440 · #36 10-05-2010, 06:16 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Polished-...=item3a5f1c3f2a

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cal-Custo...=item53e192d56b

**markjohnson** · #37 10-05-2010, 06:36 PM

'Ya know.......that casting flaw in the Corvette valve covers is a very interesting story. I've heard that the aluminum foundry mold was broken and repaired. There's a lot of older, ex-Corvette Plant workers here in St. Louis with some neat stories. Anyway, these Corvette valve covers were cast several at a time like a sheet of stamps and it was deemed to expensive to repair the mold instead of making up a brand new very expensive new one.

ORIGLS6 · #38 10-05-2010, 07:05 PM

I have a few sets of these, even the staggered hole versions (but sadly no 9 fin pieces). The last pair I bought direct from GM was probably in the mid 70s and only one of them had the casting line through the O. The few sets I've picked up in recent years all had the line.
I've heard the story about the crack in the mold, and also that the molds were sold to a foundry in Mexico. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

**John Brown** · #39 10-05-2010, 09:29 PM

Here is a link to what some Corvette people have to say

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...-original.html

The best way to search is to look for "Lester Corvette valve covers". Lester must have been the casting company that made them. I sold a pair, new in the box, a couple of months ago for 175. They had Lester cast on the inside of the covers and the "O" that had the center mostly filled in. Evidently some of the earlier ones (around 1966 ? ) had the casting line but still had the open centered "O".

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