72 TA : New Project

[njsteve]

Found a guy on ebay selling the correct reflectorized month decals for California plates:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RED-DEC-california-l...=item53ddb426b1

So now I have the correct year and month expiration for the December, 1971 delivered car.

[MrsBillyBobcat]

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[427TJ]

FYI Steve, I don't think CA went to the month decals (DEC) until the '80s. I think you want just the '72 decal and nothing on the other side if you want it to look as-delivered/new plates. Perhaps another CA veteran like Charley or ? can elaborate.

[njsteve]

Anyone with California knowledge feel free to comment. I have seen some vintage photos of cars with the month sticker on the left side. Either way it covers the later &quot;73&quot; sticker that someone stuck there.

[jbsides]

I can tell you for certain that the indetation for the month sticker has been on the plates since '63, and every original black plate I have had has had a month tag afixed to it. Not sure about the pre '63 yellow plates.
Did this car really come from Roseville up by Charley? I stay in Marysville all the time, and just had dinner in downtown Roseville a couple weeks ago, and I did not see or recall any GM dealer there. I wonder if it is still there.

You're car is flippin' awesome, BTW.

[John Brown]

My 63 California plates had the depressions on both sides but came with no sticker on either side. I bought them new in 1963 and there was never any sticker on them. I brought the car back to Indiana late in 63 so I can't say what happened in 64.

[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jbsides</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Did this car really come from Roseville up by Charley? I stay in Marysville all the time, and just had dinner in downtown Roseville a couple weeks ago, and I did not see or recall any GM dealer there. I wonder if it is still there.

You're car is flippin' awesome, BTW. </div></div>

Thanks!

Yes, the car was sold new at Reliable Pontiac Cadillac in Roseville in December of 1971. Reliable is still in business but now is a mega-dealer in a different location.

http://www.reliablepcbg.com/HomePage

[x Baldwin Motion]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">FYI Steve, I don't think CA went to the month decals (DEC) until the '80s. I think you want just the '72 decal and nothing on the other side if you want it to look as-delivered/new plates. Perhaps another CA veteran like Charley or ? can elaborate. </div></div>

This is the original plate on my son's Nova. I guess not registered since 97. Can't make out the sticker in the photo, I'll take a closer look in the morning.

[The Dude]

The month sticker began with plates expiring in 1976. So the 72 wouldnt have a month sticker when new.

[njsteve]

Got the reproduction shaker drain hose nipple from Norwood, who is a member here and on the Performance Years website. He makes a lot of the correct, reproduction shaker parts for these cars. From the factory, the nipple was originally epoxied to the bottom of the shaker.

The original Pontiac part was actually a plastic nipple but Norwood's repro is made of brass and holds up a lot longer. It also bonds to the shaker better. That was one of the major problems with the plastic ones - Pontiac used an epoxy that didn't bond to the plastic nipple and they all fell off, taking the drain hose with them. (I was lucky and still had the original hose and nipple from the run-over original shaker) Once painted flat black, there isn't any way to tell the difference. I was able to clean up the original drain hose, which is a very unique, thinwall rubber tube, almost like an oversized radiator overflow hose.



The drain hose on power steering-equipped cars routes down behind the pump and goes through the loop made by the metal portion of the power steering pressure hose.



Got the correct &quot;RT&quot; coded reproduction shaker air cleaner decal in the mail today from ECS Automotive and installed that, too.

You'd be horrified by how incorrect the emissions and air cleaner decals are that are sold by the major parts venders. Not even close. In fact, the decal offered by the big resto parts houses for this application actually has the part number for a 1980's air cleaner on it, and they still sell it as the so-called &quot;correct&quot; decal for 70-72 T/A's.

I'll stick with ECS - they make perfect reproductions.