original paint marks and writing(stamps),original finishes

outer face of drums painted for curb appeal......notice the little clips on the lugs to keep the drums from moving this was a low mile surviovor and probably didnt even have its first brake job...lol

 

this was the frame tag,since most cars got the schutz spray this tag is usually unreadable or missing

 

here are more marks from trunk area and a tag on the spare

 

View attachment 606573 outer face of drums painted for curb appeal......notice the little clips on the lugs to keep the drums from moving this was a low mile surviovor and probably didnt even have its first brake job...lol[/QUOTE]

while I worked at a Ford dealership for 18 years as parts manager, the techs and service manager demanded I stock those clips for there brake jobs. Brake jobs were a menu item repair. Meaning one price to the customer based off car or truck. It cuts into my departments profit. And my performance was based off of profit. Not by any means to cheapen the repair, but didn’t think they were needed. So I called my connections at Ford. I was right. They are used for one reason only. To keep the drums and rotors in place while the chassis is moving down the line while the vehicle is being built. And NOT recommended nor needed during a repair.

 

Power steering hose ,,these pics are all from 70 gs stage one built 2nd week December 69

 

what plant was your car built at??

 

Flint

 

1970 leeds car 70 gs455.......stole these pics from a guy on here doing the resto......and it looks great!!................color on spindle indicates a drum brake car

 

Important note;

The outer surface of the drums/calipers were ONLY painted black on cars that had rims where you could see the drums when the wheels were installed.

If you had full steel rims, then the drums/calipers were left as bare steel.
Duane

 

yes and then there were rebels of course like the 72 flint car that gary steele showed....steel wheels and hubcaps.....sorry duane

 

I’m just letting you know what the assembly manuals state and what I have seen on the cars.

I had (2) 1970 Stage 1 4-speed cars at the same time and both were Diplomat Blue. The one came with the painted rallye wheels and the other came with 15” steel rims with trim rings and dig dishes.

The one with the “see thru” rims had the outer faces painted black, the other were bare metal and the yellow paint stencils for the part numbers were like the day they were made.

I am not saying EVERY car was done like they were supposed to be, but that’s how they were supposed to be done.

If you look close enough you are bound to see all types of discrepancies with these cars. There were simply too many parts and too many different people assembling them, plus the multiple plants.

These are not like Corvettes, where there was a single plant and they know exactly how the cars were being built at specific times.

Not everything is cut & dry here, and it never will be. We just try to get the cars restored to what they were supposed to be, as that is the only standard that we have.
Duane

 

very true duane....nothing is perfect....especially my assembly manual.....cough cough....hint hint

 

I thought I would share the 1970-72 Service Replacement Block Stage 1 markings and Serial Number Location. This is a Factory Crate SRB never opened until recently. Cam is single groove verifying Stage 1, and I suspect the Green paint on the lifter galley and Cam denote that also.

 

Just to add to this,
The Service replacement number is “B1E xxxxx” which decodes as,
B-Buick
1- last digit of year produced (1971)
E-Engine Plant
(5) numbers-consecutive number of block produced—-Not the vin number.
Duane

 

Duane, the second character is an I, not a 1, Atleast it looks that way to me.

 

Yes I know.
Buick often used an “I” instead of the number “1” in it’s stampings to avoid confusion, but the intent was for that space to be the last digit for the year of production, so I typed it in that way.
Duane

 

70,71 and 72 shown...........70 and 72 where galvinized or clear zinc and 71 was painted black.........my 71 car was dated third week in may and had the black one