Very Early '67 Big Block with AC Owners. Need your opinions please.
Good Morning Everyone,
I was just sharing parts photos with an NCRS buddy up in Canada and decided to include all '67 390/400 with air conditioning car owners in on this one. A while back I purchased a set of early big block air conditioning brackets online. The auction was advertised as brackets removed from an October built '67. I'm pretty well informed about '66 big block AC parts but I must confess that my '67 knowledge is lacking since I only own an earlier '66 AC L36.
Initially I zeroed in on the front lower '66 style big block bracket #3887166. I rightly figured it was a '66 leftover for early production '67 L36/L68 AC cars. But the other two brackets shown here are the anomalies. The lower rear bracket #3887165 doesn't resemble ones produced in '66 that I've ever seen. So far anyway. It more resembles the later '67-'74 style #3894364 bracket. And the intake brace bar bracket is a fluke. Possibly hand forged but maybe not? I'll include a shot of a production intake AC bracket for clarity. I'm also including 3 shots of the evolution of these lower rear brackets. '66 on the left, early '67 in the middle, then later '67 style brackets on the right.
I'd really like to hear from early '67 L36/L68 with AC car owners if they've ever observed any of these auction listed brackets shown it this photo? Any judges ever observed these style brackets on early '67 cars?
Thanks guys!
Mike
Original Auction Listing Shot.jpgIntake Bracket #3872726.jpg'66 - early '67 - later '67 (1).jpg'66 - early '67 - later '67 (2).jpg'66 - early '67 - later '67 (3).jpg
I was just sharing parts photos with an NCRS buddy up in Canada and decided to include all '67 390/400 with air conditioning car owners in on this one. A while back I purchased a set of early big block air conditioning brackets online. The auction was advertised as brackets removed from an October built '67. I'm pretty well informed about '66 big block AC parts but I must confess that my '67 knowledge is lacking since I only own an earlier '66 AC L36.
Initially I zeroed in on the front lower '66 style big block bracket #3887166. I rightly figured it was a '66 leftover for early production '67 L36/L68 AC cars. But the other two brackets shown here are the anomalies. The lower rear bracket #3887165 doesn't resemble ones produced in '66 that I've ever seen. So far anyway. It more resembles the later '67-'74 style #3894364 bracket. And the intake brace bar bracket is a fluke. Possibly hand forged but maybe not? I'll include a shot of a production intake AC bracket for clarity. I'm also including 3 shots of the evolution of these lower rear brackets. '66 on the left, early '67 in the middle, then later '67 style brackets on the right.
I'd really like to hear from early '67 L36/L68 with AC car owners if they've ever observed any of these auction listed brackets shown it this photo? Any judges ever observed these style brackets on early '67 cars?
Thanks guys!
Mike
Original Auction Listing Shot.jpgIntake Bracket #3872726.jpg'66 - early '67 - later '67 (1).jpg'66 - early '67 - later '67 (2).jpg'66 - early '67 - later '67 (3).jpg