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Plaid valvecovers
#176696 02/27/2005 7:24 AM
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I haven't had much experience with GMC's but I was at the junkyard the other day and saw a GMC v6 with plaid valvecovers. Anybody know the story on these? GMC stamped into the cover and painted a plaid pattern.
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#176697 02/27/2005 2:07 PM
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Now that's something I could live with...gotta say never seen it, but I'd like to.

Go figure, huh?
Re: Plaid valvecovers
#176698 02/27/2005 2:10 PM
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Re: Plaid valvecovers
#176699 02/27/2005 2:12 PM
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Fortynine5,

The plaid (tartan) valve covers were supposedly only on some 1963 GMC (6 cyl) trucks. Here are some sightings:

http://www.stovebolt.com/gallery/andy.htm

http://www.6066gmctrucks.org/GMCplaid.htm

http://hometown.aol.com/stovebolt8/page6.html

One of the links above says the trucks with the plaid valve covers were called the "Scotchman Special", a Scot would cringe (they would say a "Scotsman Special").

Tim

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Re: Plaid valvecovers
#176700 02/27/2005 2:25 PM
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You should have bought them while you were there.

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