F/S Lee Pearl's 1970 442 W-30 Convertible 4 speed - Page 6

smoke' em II · #51 03-29-2013, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canuck

Putting the valve covers on the wrong side is a common error with restorers even with the clones.

Good catch! I missed that the first time I looked at the pics.

HO455 · #52 03-30-2013, 08:10 AM

Rally Red W-30 Restoration -

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...136&type=3

**Canuck** · #53 03-30-2013, 03:51 PM

Can anyone provide a quick link to the Facebook discussion.

**njsteve** · #54 03-30-2013, 04:27 PM

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...136&type=3

**Stefano** · #55 03-30-2013, 04:55 PM

Interesting.

Thanks for posting.

Regarding Oldsmobile assembly line production at the Lansing Plant; Does anyone know for certain if the same gang stamp was to be used for the engine block vin derivative as well as for the trans?

67 442 · #56 03-30-2013, 09:51 PM

Can anyone school me but isn't it illegal to remove to the vin tag from the car?

**njsteve** · #57 03-30-2013, 11:06 PM

Not if it is going back on the same car and you removed it for a repair procedure.

agtw31 · #58 04-02-2013, 01:06 AM

judging from the pattern of corrosion on that trans case

the last 6 digits shouldn't even be readable

maybe a rag was laying on it for 40 years [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

**Charley Lillard** · #59 04-02-2013, 02:29 AM

Corrosion ? I don't see any.

**njsteve** · #60 04-02-2013, 11:10 AM

It's not corrosion, that the casting grain. It looks like the casting grain is flattened to the left of the VIN. And in that same vein, am I seeing things or is there a ghost image of another three to the left of the 3 in the red car's VIN?