302 Z-28 engine only

[jimmyparker]

I seem to remember that some if not all 69 Z-28 blocks had the serial number of the car stamped on the block above the oil filter boss.

[Dana Fitzpatrick]

Originally Posted by jimmyparker

I seem to remember that some if not all 69 Z-28 blocks had the serial number of the car stamped on the block above the oil filter boss.

Correct.The Norwood builds switched from the engine pad to the area above the oil filter boss in December of 1968.The LA builds were in either places.The oil filter area is sometimes hard to make out.

[Alan Nyhus]

The Chevrolet in-the-trunk headers I've seen were made by Kustom Headers in Flint, Michigan. -Al

[nhramnl]

Originally Posted by Alan Nyhus

The Chevrolet in-the-trunk headers I've seen were made by Kustom Headers in Flint, Michigan. -Al

Al - Not questioning what you state, but I've heard for YEARS that because of the connections between GM and guys like Smokey Yunick, Truppi-Kling, Jere Stahl, etc., the headers were made by Stahl. How did you learn that they were made in Flint? That's new news and very interesting.

[Alan Nyhus]

Originally Posted by nhramnl

Al - Not questioning what you state, but I've heard for YEARS that because of the connections between GM and guys like Smokey Yunick, Truppi-Kling, Jere Stahl, etc., the headers were made by Stahl. How did you learn that they were made in Flint? That's new news and very interesting.

I hear 'ya. There a good chance that Bill Thomas Race Cars, Douglas as well as Stahl also made some of the headers for Chevrolet. When I worked in the parts dept. of our local Chevy dealer in 1972, there was a set of these GM part numbered Z-28 headers stuck way up on top of one of the parts bins. They were wired together along with a heavy manilla envelope that contained the header bolts, gaskets, and two sets of instructions....one from Chevrolet and the other from Kustom Headers.

Here's an link that provides some interesting history.

http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=8001.0

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Alan Nyhus

The Chevrolet in-the-trunk headers I've seen were made by Kustom Headers in Flint, Michigan. -Al

Correct.

[randy wilson]

Originally Posted by jimmyparker

I seem to remember that some if not all 69 Z-28 blocks had the serial number of the car stamped on the block above the oil filter boss.

I’ll look when I get it down to the shop. As soon as we get this small job done in KC he’s bringing it down.

[carl hinkson]

Those large journal blocks should have 2482 on the center caps.