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Old 01-09-2024, 01:02 PM
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The second phone call to Fred resulted into his revealing of the vin matching up with the 50.
In this conservation he also used the term COPO.
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A dealers Sheet discloses the information behind the mystery of the assigned COPO option number 9738, with the engine code of E3.
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This document shows why the 50 9738 copo's were built with L-78 automatics
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This is an update on the revised addition to the Turbo dated 7-12-68.
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This is an update on the revised addition to the Turbo dated 7-12-68.
Interesting that they used 6 bolts to attach TC to the Flexplate.
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Interesting that they used 6 bolts to attach TC to the Flexplate.
Right, the torque these Big Block had it was extra safety in high perf applications.
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Right, the torque these Big Block had it was extra safety in high perf applications.
The redesigned torque convertor of the Gibb Novas
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