Here is the engine compartment surrounded by red fender guards. The steering column is currently out of the car. The chrome shields are sitting over on the workbench. The engine & heads are numbers matching. The carb is correct, but not original. On the close side you can see the rebuilt master cylinder and brake booster. The engine compartment will certainly need some detailing! Fortunately the heads are in great shape, with no rust on the top.. a common problem with older low meilage vettes. The AC system is fully intact and all original. I haven't checked if it's working yet or not though. The heater hose on the far side has since been properly routed, under the AC compressor.

Here's a closer view. I think somewhere along the way the valve covers were repainted since the oil filler is also orange. The paint sure didn't stick though! Looks like I'll need a new 300 Hp Turbo-Fire sticker soon. The car still has the original distributor with points. I haven't tracked down exactly which wires on the ignition system / wiring harness are original (if any). Fortunately it doesn't look as if Bubba the electrician has visited this car.

This was a failed attempt at photographing the matching block numbers. Instead you get a closeup of the front of the engine, belts, fan & clutch. Note the original A/C unit at the bottom with the turquoise sticker.

Here you see the recently resealed oil pan (with some oozed oil in the process). The harmonic balancer is original. Steering has been rebuilt. The front portion of the exhaust is original. On the far side is the original upgraded factory spring, complete with blue tag matching the build sheet code.

This is the front driver's side spring and shocks. New bushings, and stainless calipers have been installed. The bolt connecting the sway bar to the lower suspension piece is obviously new too. There is some surface rusting on the frame, but nothing structural. Oops, someone forgot to clean up the red ooze in the repacked ball joints.

The cover on the automatic trans is painted orange. They didn't come from the factory that way back in 1970. But get this... the part number and dates match! It's original. Guess whomever painted the valve covers had some leftover spray paint??

Ah, an intact radiator support piece. There's a bit of scale on the front frame piece. Not much else to say here.

The driver's sidefront grille is the wrong part. Rats! That's an expensive 1970 only piece! See the screw holes on the bottom bezel? They're not supposed to be there. The lower fiberglass portion has a bit of a crack in the middle. The chrome is decent. It'll need some elbow grease and maybe rechroming at a future date. In the lower access panel you can see the bottom of the AC system.

Passenger side front. Nice new stainless calipers! New brake lines and vacuum lines with correct clamps.

This is the worst of the frame scale. Note the new parking barke components. Left rear rotor turned. new Brake caliper (stainless). See, there's even some primer on the rear leaf spring still! The aft half of the exhaust is obviously new, as are the bushings.

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