Was the No. 1 Tonawanda Team decal seen on the passenger side

valve cover of big block Chevys starting in 1967 used on 67 big block

Beaumonts?

I suspect it was as the engines would have been shipped to Oshawa

with it on and can't see the Oshawa Beaumont line removing it.

Can anyone verify this.........any pics?

thanx

bj

67BBSD wrote:

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starting in 67 ? really - I somehow thought it was later than that - have to check into that

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 nope - started in '67.......still remember seeing these decals on new big block cars

when I was still working at GM dealers in Toronto.........but can't remember a Beaumont

with or without one

bj

My 67 SD396  1 of 66   did not have one     Maybe it was a Chevrolet thing

bjburnout wrote:

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427carl wrote:

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My 67 SD396  1 of 66   did not have one     Maybe it was a Chevrolet thing

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 did you buy that new Carl?

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           almost new    like new  not very old   sold it in 1980

 I have pictures here of a 51,000 mile original paint original owner 67 it has them on it - also do recall the silverglaze one that I had from the orig owner (now yellow Mark's) had it too

We should ask forum member "Coop", Bob Cooper in Calgary. He owns a Granada Gold '67 SD396 and has owned it since new.

My '68 Grande has it, I do believe... I will have to recheck but the decal is there..

here's a question for the knowledgeble....

Were the big block motors from Tonawanda also sent to the GM full size Chevy plant in Ste.Therese Quebec between between 1967-1972?

And if so would they too have the Tonawanda Team stickers?

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Hey guys

thanx for the responses......an interesting detail for sure.

Here's a pic of my untouched engine compartment, 87,000 miles, heads

have never been off the motor and the decal is in place, no reason to suspect added

or valve cover swap as the decal is faded equally with the Econo Jet on the air cleaner

Found repro decals at Osbourne Reproductions in Georgia about 10 years ago.

Will be pulling the engine this winter to detail but no rebuild as it is still

too young to smoke.......

bj

 

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 ah, don't be silly- it looks fine - sell it to me and be done !

67BBSD wrote:

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bjburnout wrote:

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Hey guys

thanx for the responses......an interesting detail for sure.

Here's a pic of my untouched engine compartment, 87,000 miles, heads

have never been off the motor and the decal is in place, no reason to suspect added

or valve cover swap as the decal is faded equally with the Econo Jet on the air cleaner

Found repro decals at Osbourne Reproductions in Georgia about 10 years ago.

Will be pulling the engine this winter to detail but no rebuild as it is still

too young to smoke.......

bj

 

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 ah, don't be silly- it looks fine - sell it to me and be done !

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 geeez Ken......this is like deja vu ...all over again......sure miss Mapleview

bjburnout wrote:

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Greaser wrote:

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This is a reproduction available,obviously if on a Pontiac it wouldn't say Chevrolet.

Would it say Chevrolet for Canadian built Chevy cars or was there a "exclusive"

designed sticker for Canada that was generic for all Canadian built cars?

Just wondering what a Ste. Therese Quebec made car would have on the decal.

 

 

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 my 67 Beaumont has the Chevrolet Tonawanda sticker......don't think anyone at Tonawanda

way back then worried about these Chev engines going in anything but a Chev........and GM Canada

to my knowledge didn't care one way or the other

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That's the sticker used on the big block engines in Canadian Pontiac's as well.