Ive been coming across a few spots talking about coloured stripes on drive shafts. Did the acadians have this? The 65 in particular. Anybody have any details or direct to where the info might be? Thanks
MH
-- Edited by canso65 on Monday 26th of February 2024 11:09:59 PM
Boy I wish this fuzzy old memory worked better because I know I pulled the shaft off my 43,000 mile 65 Canso SD 30 years ago and cleaned it up. There was a very clear stripe once I cleaned it but I just can't recall the colour or size of it.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Here is one from a 1966 Nova. A lot of things from my 1965 Nova where the same parts as a 1966 Nova, so my guess is a 1965 Nova would be similar to a 1966.
What is the purpose of the drive shaft stripe, is the drive shaft different based on the engine size?
From what I have read the strip was for assembly line workers. Because there were different drive shafts for different motors and transmissions, the colors and order and number of strips help them quickly determine which driveshaft they needed to grab off the shelf
thats just my interpretation of others explanations.
I think in 66 there will have only been one driveshaft because the 3 speed manual was a Saginaw, the 4 speed was a Muncie and the automatic was a Powerglide, all 3 being the same length. In 65 the 3 speed manual was not fully synchronized and I'm not sure if it was the same length as the 4 speed Muncie and the Powerglide.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
For future readers of this post who own them, in an xframe 59-64, the 4 speed, 3 on the tree, and powerglide were all different lengths.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
