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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: 1968 Trans-Am Season Review
« on: December 27, 2012, 03:04:35 AM »
Some great pictures there, but the one of Smokey under the car with no stand is scary!!
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: 1968 Trans-Am Season Review
« on: December 27, 2012, 03:00:43 AM »
"There are three volumes and about 1100 pages".
Thanks for the Readers Digest version Jon!
Thanks for the Readers Digest version Jon!
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General Discussion / Re: could it be?
« on: December 27, 2012, 02:43:49 AM »
Do the car right, and it won't make any difference.
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General Discussion / Re: BLOCK CAST DATE VS PAD STAMP DATE
« on: December 26, 2012, 05:48:57 AM »
Thanks James...that certainly makes sense.
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General Discussion / Re: BLOCK CAST DATE VS PAD STAMP DATE
« on: December 25, 2012, 08:06:34 PM »The duration of Christmas shutdown varied with the casting demand. The foundry was pretty maintenance intensive, so we tried to schedule a week shutdown in melt/mold to accommodate big projects. The finishing/inspection area would generally work a limited crew through shutdown to catch up on casting repairs & rough casting backlog. Also, personnel would be available to ship castings out of inventory to the motor plant. Ugh - that's a real flashback - digging pallets of blocks out of snow/ice! Under normal production though - the castings flowed pretty quickly to the motor plant (which is the topic of this thread).
Thanks...that's kind of what I thought. I couldn't see that they would completely shutdown plants.
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: 1968 Trans-Am Season Review
« on: December 25, 2012, 06:24:14 PM »
Jon,
Great shot of your car loaded up and ready to go!
What's with the Yunick entry; Quito, Ecuador?
Great shot of your car loaded up and ready to go!
What's with the Yunick entry; Quito, Ecuador?
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General Discussion / Re: BLOCK CAST DATE VS PAD STAMP DATE
« on: December 25, 2012, 05:57:22 PM »The best time possible at Tonawanda = 30 minutes on the pouring loop to shake out on lines 1 & 2 (block lines) + 4 hours in the cooling court + 20 minutes through blast, grind, chip & inspect. The door to the Tonawanda Motor Plant was only about a 50 foot fork truck ride from the end of both block finishing lines. Sometimes the blocks were pretty warm when they arrived at the motor plant. At that point, the block could go right to the motor plant machining line. So...it's clearly possible for a casting to be produced and assembled the same day. We weren't "just in time" in those days though. Most casting waited on pallets in inventory que. If a block fell off of the conveyor in the cooling court it would sit up there until Christmas or Summer shut down. So a casting date could be many months before build date. The Flint motors would be pretty difficult to be cast & machined the same day due to the trucking required between Saginaw & Flint.
I didn't realize there was a Christmas shutdown. Was it more than just that day and Christmas Eve? What about the New Year's holiday?
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General Discussion / Re: could it be?
« on: December 25, 2012, 05:43:51 PM »
I doubt that would even convince you.
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: 1968 Trans Am No. 7 Meadowdale International Raceway (July 7, 1968)
« on: December 22, 2012, 03:27:23 AM »
That was fun!!
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: 1968 Trans Am No. 7 Meadowdale International Raceway (July 7, 1968)
« on: December 14, 2012, 03:40:20 AM »
Thanks for posting the AMX-R links and information. I haven't seen anything about that car in years. I'm glad to see it is still around.
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Trans Am racing pace car pics...are there any?
« on: December 14, 2012, 03:31:32 AM »
Great research, posts and links SMKZ28. I'm glad that my observation helped you. That's a neat picture of the AMX-R. I have always liked that car.
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: 1968 Trans Am No. 7 Meadowdale International Raceway (July 7, 1968)
« on: December 13, 2012, 03:09:36 AM »
I like the AMX rumble seat Pacecar.
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Street T/A
« on: December 07, 2012, 03:35:55 AM »
I probably should also have mentioned that the car I see in Coronado is a 69 T/A clone.
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General Discussion / Re: Vinyl or Not?
« on: December 07, 2012, 02:21:44 AM »
I wish my car had a vinyl top! I especially like the look of the 69's; like they're floating.