After waiting over two weeks for my oil pick up tube to arrive I installed it tonight and... it was also too long !
In a brief act of brilliance, I pulled out my GM parts book and looked up the PN for the GM pick up tube in a 69 427 B-body. PN 3955281. A quick Google search revealed that this pick up tube is still available from GM Performance Parts! So.. off to the GM dealer tomorrow to order it.. I should have done this in the first place.
Yours is a "582". I hope this "581" is the right one. That was the PN in my book for a 427 69 Pontiac. If it is wrong then I suspect perhaps I have the wrong pan?
Heck Trevor, we'll have you over to help with the swap!
I took the pump and pick up tube to Tiny's on Wednesday night. He brazed it in place for me. Last night I installed it and the pan. A fresh coat of orange paint jazzed it up a bit. Today I picked up some glass beads. I'm going to replace the sand in my blast cabinet with this media. I have a set of original style valve covers I'm going to strip and repaint. Next it's the intake swap and some minor bits and pieces and we'll be just about ready to do the swap. I'll take all volunteers who can come out on a Sunday or Monday in the next 3 weeks or so to help with the swap. I'm sure I can convince Connie to feed us!
