1966 L79 - Valve Cover Decal

[Steven J.]

Does the 1966 L79 have an HT decal on the right hand aluminum valve cover vertical side facing the firewall ?

[Kenneth T.]

Re: 1966 L79 - Valve Cover Decal

Yes it goes there and there is also a 350 HP decals on both valve covers center below the fins. there should be pictures of them in the JRM

[Steven J.]

Re: 1966 L79 - Valve Cover Decal

Thx Ken. I saw about the 350 HP stickers in the JRM, but was unclear about the HT decals. Thx for clarifying. This is my 1st time taking a car thru flight judging.

[Kenneth T.]

Re: 1966 L79 - Valve Cover Decal

Your welcome and welcome to NCRS, enjoy.

[Gary B.]

Re: 1966 L79 - Valve Cover Decal

Steven,

I assume the engine suffix on your stamp pad is HT. Not one of the other three L79 suffixes?

Gary

[Steven J.]

Re: 1966 L79 - Valve Cover Decal

Yes Gary, HT

[Jack M.]

Re: 1966 L79 - Valve Cover Decal

How early is your build? This body drop image is from Sept 28, 1965... I've zoomed into the 'HT' decals on the HEAD.
It seems some people don't believe this ever happened... but crazy me, I have a different opinion.

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[Gary B.]

[Jack M.]

Re: 1966 L79 - Valve Cover Decal

Absolutely correct, Gary... thatz why I specifically noted HT decals (plural). People need to recall this was the FIRST time using stickers/decals... previously, they were chalk marks. The decals eventually transitioned to the valve covers, but I'm not certain of any dates.

[Steven J.]

Re: 1966 L79 - Valve Cover Decal

Cool pic and interesting info. My car is 22,xxx - mid-May 1966 build so most if not all of the mid-66 production changes are incorporated on my car.

[Patrick H.]

Re: 1966 L79 - Valve Cover Decal

There are examples in later years of single letters used as in the HT example until the correct labels arrived at the plant. Usually this is very early in the model year, as you would expect. I have also seen other varieties of cut-and-pasted labels used once they went to 3 later suffix codes.

[Steven J.]

Re: 1966 L79 - Valve Cover Decal

thx for your input