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| | | | Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 | Today I recieved my very first set of plaid valve covers for my v6!! they really do dress up the engine bay and seem to contrast against the light blue paint on the truck very well. Anyway, had to let everyone know  Indy 
1949 Dodge Coronet 1955 2nd Chevy 4400 1.5 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1957 Chevy 5400 LCF 2 ton 1966 Dodge D100 Sweptline 1968 Chevy P20 stepvan 1969 GMC LWB pickup 1972 GMC Sprint 1974 CP30 shorty bus There are three things that I've learned never discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.----Linus Van Pelt Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9  | | | | | Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 36 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 36 | Do you have pics? I'm having a hard time visualizing your engine. | | | | | Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 | I don't have pics of my engine, haven't figured out the whole pic thing yet, but here's what they look like on somebody else's http://6066gmcguy.com/engines/Plaid-3.jpg
1949 Dodge Coronet 1955 2nd Chevy 4400 1.5 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1957 Chevy 5400 LCF 2 ton 1966 Dodge D100 Sweptline 1968 Chevy P20 stepvan 1969 GMC LWB pickup 1972 GMC Sprint 1974 CP30 shorty bus There are three things that I've learned never discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.----Linus Van Pelt Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9 | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | "Scotsman Special" to connote fuel economy | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | I've seen a couple sets of these in person, and there was a nice original GMC suburban at the Stovebolt Reunion a few years back. One would think that since 1963, and nearby years, are so "new" that SOMEONE would have the correct, definitive, answer! | | | | | Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 | I've seen a couple sets of these in person, and there was a nice original GMC suburban at the Stovebolt Reunion a few years back. One would think that since 1963, and nearby years, are so "new" that SOMEONE would have the correct, definitive, answer! and that is what makes them so neat to me, stories that nobody really can confirm or deny, and the fact that as these things get older, the more they will be shrouded in mystery and will one day be all but a lost legend that most will not know about. Indy
1949 Dodge Coronet 1955 2nd Chevy 4400 1.5 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1957 Chevy 5400 LCF 2 ton 1966 Dodge D100 Sweptline 1968 Chevy P20 stepvan 1969 GMC LWB pickup 1972 GMC Sprint 1974 CP30 shorty bus There are three things that I've learned never discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.----Linus Van Pelt Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9 | | | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,644 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,644 | Why not contact General Motors directly and ask them for an answer?? I'm sure there is a specific reason they used plaid on some covers for one year.
Chuck
1950 Chevy 1/2 ton (all original)
1951 Chevy 1/2 ton (future streetrod)
1941 Chevy coupe
1938 Chevy coupe streetrod
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | Materman, An eBay seller has a 1963 GMC sales brochure for sale and I asked him if it has a photo/description of the Scotsman Special V6 plaid valve cover. He replied that he was a GMC expert and there was no such thing. I sent him a link to 6066GMC website and he replied = "oh". GM Heritage Center - as suggested above, try contacting them. My experience is that they know what they have in their library, but they are not broadly knowledgeable "historians" (that would be a lot to expect when dealing with all GM vehicles). | | | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 899 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 899 | I've seen those kind of valve covers before also. But it's been a long, long, long, time ago.
Brian
1955.2 3100 Truck
The older I get the more dangerous I am!!!!! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | |
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