Hi ;Just new to site and would like get more info on these braces that seem to be missing .I just got the car a month ago 1970 442 has a 455 , will not having them in cause damage .

 

probably not. Brothers at oldsparts.com has them for 65 bucks new per pair.

 

Thanks

 

Welcome to CO
Any idea why they moved the car show from Stirling to Lindsay?
I have a pair of fender braces that I am not using...they are new..
We could arrange to meet half way

Ted

 

Hi and thanks ; I`ll take you up on your offer I`ll pm you and set up a date and time , as for the car show I work away a lot so haven`t kept up on all the news I heard the car show people had a falling out with the flea market people but they still had a smaller show there. J.R.

 

That is more or less what happen with the Stirling Flea Market...

 

check out your local salvage yard. they maybe would be abouty 10 a piece used with negotiating of course, use a rust converter afterwards then spray can them whatever color. you will save a lot of money this way and the other ones would still have to be painted also. use solid prep techniques also.

 

Wow, you have 70-72 BB A-bodies in your local boneyards? Not even the old-car yards have that here in MI.

 

I was thinking the same thing Octania. You were one minute late BTW.

 

In my area you`d lucky to find anything from the 80`s the send everything for scrap but thanks for the advise anyway. J.R. A member not far away has a set he will sell me then try to put them in .

 

they do pop up when requested but usually a 350 car with these or station wagons with 455,s. I go to jerrys acres,cal sag in lemont il. I also go to summit for good used parts somrtimes victory has them also in bensenville il off of green.

 

Wow, haven't been there in decades. I remember going to every junkyard in the Chicago area in 1984 looking for a OAI hood, they all looked at me like I was nuts

 

you have to go well outside the city and chicago burbs to get to the ones which still have lots of stuff from the 60s, 70s and even older. granted the sheetmetal is pretty much junk.