Glen

Welcome, Mark! Car is sharp!

Yes… as told to me by Bob, it was shredded beyond reconstruction. One I have was from under the carpet, front passenger floorboard. This one unfortunately, is hard to read as it was soaked with coolant as a result of a leaky heater core at some point in its lifetime. You have to hit it with a flashlight to read it, but it’s there. Don’t remember where Bob said the second one I have for the ‘71 was located, but it’s in good shape. Happy hunting and please report back with your findings.

I see what ya did there…

Welcome! If all you described is legitimate, you did very well, congratulations! More pix!!

See??? This right here ⬆️. THIS is progress. This is Couples Therapy bearing fruit. Only I believe the Doc said your “assessments” need to stay in the session and out of public forums. It’s with great anticipation that I look forward to the remaining 29 sessions tentatively scheduled. And all this time I thought Joe was just the instigator in the periphery. The jerk throwing fuel on the fire. Turns out he DOES have a conscience and perhaps a portion of a heart, otherwise he wouldn’t have assumed the role of interventionist. The healing continues 🤗…

Someone’s been watching Dr. Phil reruns.

***** WARNING ***** The following comment may contain sarcasm and silliness. All or portions of content therein are likely to consist of fabrication, exaggeration, wise cracks, misinformation, misdirection, truth stretching, fairytales, occasional alcohol-induced ramblings, sleep-deprived musings, a macabre sense of humor and/or outright fiction. None of it is meant to be interpreted as malicious and anything construed as a personal attack is simply incorrect. Unless specified otherwise, please file any comment preceded by this disclaimer under “Ball Busting”. ***** WARNING ***** ///////://////// At Joe’s suggestion, Dennis and I have begun Couples Therapy. The very first session was a breakthrough success. HIPAA constraints prohibit me from disclosing particulars, but in order for me to better understand Dennis’s deep-rooted deficiencies while continuing strides towards recovery, I’m compelled to share that a culmination of banana-related hijinks at the hands of his FGMCC brethren has been identified as the main contributing factor. It seems Dennis is the victim of classic ‘CBS’ - Chronic Bullying Syndrome. I hope you’re all happy with what you’ve done to my buddy.

Funny you mention this, Rob. I also received an email expressing concern over this thread. Being naturally suspicious, I “called in a favor” with the fellas at the Cybercrime Unit. Seems the IP address associated with the originating server belongs to a “Tennis Dretter”. Things that make you go 🤔🤔🤔

Please take me back!! I’ll do better, I promise!!!! PPPPLLLLEEEAAAASSSEEEEE!!!

I’m with you, dude. Anyone can photoshop a conversation. Or, if you’re feeling extra motivated, enlist the help of a buddy to text a totally scripted conversation … AFTER you change their name to that of the person you’d like to have some fun with. Just remember to change the contact info back when you’re done, otherwise you might wind up texting things to “Joe” when you think you’re texting “Dennis”. Confusing? Perhaps a tad, but well worth the entertainment… Not that I’ve ever done something so devious 😉

When I have the time I’ll take a closer look and get the camera zoomed in on them. There is a GM Part #465840 as supplied by Joe (Dennis supplied the insults and belittling quips). Whether this number appears on the shields is yet to be seen.

“The parts catalog does show a shield for all 72-75 402, 454. but only shields for small blocks prior to 72” Thanks, Paul **. I’ll assume the ones on my ‘71 were added by Bob or someone else at some point. So in the interest of keeping the ‘70 original when the time comes, I will refrain from purchasing them and adding them to the pile of OE parts I’ve been accumulating. ** See, Dennis. Paul answered my question without resorting to telling me “you were such an ugly baby that your Mom tried to return you”, “Mongo couldn’t find drugs in a medicine cabinet” etc, etc. You could probably learn a lot from a guy like Paul.

Willie, 1 - thank you and I look forward to what you find and report back with 2 - I make no promises

Two can play that game…

Wrong. I simply said that I hated you both. Big difference.

Wow, what? There’s truth in every aspect of my post. Kinda.

Looking for confirmation either way whether the ‘70 SS’s / Big Blocks came with the plug heat shields. My ‘71 DOES have them, ‘70 currently does NOT. Joe was kind enough to hit pause on his Columbus Day festivities to check his library, but literature he found showed just the small blocks having them. Dennis chimed in, but his contribution to my question devolved into name calling, belittling and the typical bullying for which he’s famous. I truly believe he finds great pleasure in non-answers and non-sensical blather at my expense. Must be residual effects from various head injuries he’s sustained. But I digress… heat shields as OE on ‘70 big blocks. Yes or no?

Welcome! Good group here.

Well done! Car looks great.

Behind the seat backs. Under the dash pad. On the back of the door panels.

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Mad Max meets Ghetto. Hard pass from me.

Very cool. That location seems to be one favored by the Leeds assembly people. Bob mentioned (if I recall correctly) finding remnants of one in the same spot when the ‘71 was torn apart for the repaint. Woulda sucked if it was the only one, but I’ve got 2 so I won’t complain.

Great cause and congrats!

Broken screwdriver? You handed me a butter knife and said “same thing, Glen… don’t worry about it”. As for the vocabulary lesson… I have flashes of brilliance occasionally. Today was one of those flashes. 😂🤣