How much of this is real information vs bad memory, I need some help sorting through. It was great talking to the POP original owner, he had several stories some of which were relevant but all were fun. His father bought the car for him and his brother, they shared it in high school. Racing mustangs on "the bowling alley strip and running from the cops on 42 south" seemed to be his favorite. But our conversation left me with some curiosities, I took these notes.
1. He mentioned a high performance clutch that only held up for 6 weeks. He didn't remember if it was replaced or the new clutch was standard. Its a 4 speed M21, is there any way to figure out if it still has a high perf clutch?
2. He talked about finding oversized bearings on the left side of the engine? He felt like it was important.
3. He said the car absolutely did not have smog equipment on this car. From what I read, all 1969 small blocks had smog equipment. Its the original engine, but the manifolds are unreadable.
4. He also said the GM dash tach was original, so this was a dealer option I guess. Of course that was the first thing I tossed in the trash before we talked.
5. Steel wheels - red color same as the body. When I bought the car it had silver rallys with the correctly dated. Oddly they have red paint under the silver (I can see red where the silver is chipped) and they are red on the back of the wheel too. I don't see steel wheels as an option for a Norwood car. The car has been repainted red a few decades ago, would someone actually paint rallys red?
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