regarding aluminum bell housing paint coverage: NCRS, having judged/examined countless "Bowtie" judged corvettes, states the chevy engine orange copverage can be partial or complete. how much of the bellhousing was 'Oranged" depended on the painters mood the day he shot the engines. mike
Hi Mike.
Agree with your statement 100%.I've seen these same minor variances many times over the years in my experience of over 20 years of 1,000 point judging B-bodies outside of VCCA.
I own 2 70 Impala's same model colr trim drivetrain,etc..One built very early in the model year(aug-'69)at Lordstown,Oh(pre-strike '70).The other built at very end of model run(july'70)(post strike)at Janesville Wi.
The Lordstown car is sloppily put together compared to Janesville car.Also different firewall colors,trim screws driven into non drilled hole locations,etc...
Anyone who believes these massed produced cars were all built/finished exactly the same is mistaken.
I believe you may know a friend of mine;NCRS 68-72 Nat team judging leader Terry Mac.He still owns his 70 LT-1 coupe he purchased new.We used to work together and we both judge at Chevy Vettefest in Chicago.I do big cars and Mac does 68-72 Vette.Take care,Jim Downum