Today was a nice day in CT, 90* when Monday it was 40*!
Since I had the day off I took a nice 2 hour ride to meet a fellow corvette hobbyist and pick up some steering box cores to build in my spare time. These are all cores, needing new gear sets. I have plenty of new gears left.
There was recently a question on box differences, basically covers used over the years. I found an interesting box in the group and figured I would share with you.
I quickly marked them when I got home in yellow paint but I think the one I marked 69-74 is a 69 late box with D-Flat. These are all 649 boxes. I know there are supposed to be other casting numbers but the ones I see are all 649's. The later boxes had the number in lower back of the box, the earlier boxes on the upper backside. The date coding I think started in '75, there is a casting date on the back and the cover tag has the assembly day and year. The earlier boxes didn't have this feature.
The boxes around 65-68 had an "A" in a circle on the back, the 70-72 maybe 73's had a "T" in a circle. I don't know the significance of this, maybe someone out there does?
The 75 casting is the oddball. All 75 boxes I have built, a that's a lot, had the early casting. The 78-82's had the casting shown for this 75 but it clearly is dated 1975? I never saw that before.
The unpainted box I marked as 64-68 is not a 64-68 but rather a 64-66
Anyway it was a nice day for a country ride.
Since I had the day off I took a nice 2 hour ride to meet a fellow corvette hobbyist and pick up some steering box cores to build in my spare time. These are all cores, needing new gear sets. I have plenty of new gears left.
There was recently a question on box differences, basically covers used over the years. I found an interesting box in the group and figured I would share with you.
I quickly marked them when I got home in yellow paint but I think the one I marked 69-74 is a 69 late box with D-Flat. These are all 649 boxes. I know there are supposed to be other casting numbers but the ones I see are all 649's. The later boxes had the number in lower back of the box, the earlier boxes on the upper backside. The date coding I think started in '75, there is a casting date on the back and the cover tag has the assembly day and year. The earlier boxes didn't have this feature.
The boxes around 65-68 had an "A" in a circle on the back, the 70-72 maybe 73's had a "T" in a circle. I don't know the significance of this, maybe someone out there does?
The 75 casting is the oddball. All 75 boxes I have built, a that's a lot, had the early casting. The 78-82's had the casting shown for this 75 but it clearly is dated 1975? I never saw that before.
The unpainted box I marked as 64-68 is not a 64-68 but rather a 64-66
Anyway it was a nice day for a country ride.
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