AL WTB: correct A/C bracket studs for 283 / 327

[GMCNUT]

OK I guess this is a stretch maybe, but I am going to ask anyway - top money will be paid. My 66 project has its #'s matching 327 engine and factory A/C, but someone removed the engine compressor bracket and studs when they worked on the engine at some point, so now I need to try and find these needle in a haystack studs or come up with similar aftermarket ones at least.

Anyone happen to have all 4 of the correct V8 AC bracket studs off a 64-66 Chevy truck?

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by GMCNUT

OK I guess this is a stretch maybe, but I am going to ask anyway - top money will be paid. My 66 project has its #'s matching 327 engine and factory A/C, but someone removed the engine compressor bracket and studs when they worked on the engine at some point, so now I need to try and find these needle in a haystack studs or come up with similar aftermarket ones at least.

Anyone happen to have all 4 of the correct V8 AC bracket studs off a 64-66 Chevy truck?

well if you find em i need a set also. i have all the brackets, but no studs. i was just gonna make some as close to oem as i could

[GMCNUT]

yeah, not too difficult to make some its just I am so picky I would really like to have the exact right ones - especially for the intake

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by GMCNUT

yeah, not too difficult to make some its just I am so picky I would really like to have the exact right ones - especially for the intake

i thought the exhaust side was the harder ones, i was just gonna use regular bolts on the intake, are those studs also?

[GMCNUT]

yes they are - the "nut" is squarely in the center of the stud but is only 1/2 the width of a normal 3/8" nut - the studs the bracket sits on are smaller in diameter (maybe 7/16"?) than the 3/8" stud that goes in the intake.

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by GMCNUT

yes they are - the "nut" is squarely in the center of the stud but is only 1/2 the width of a normal 3/8" nut - the studs the bracket sits on are smaller in diameter (maybe 7/16"?) than the 3/8" stud that goes in the intake.

so its like a needle ina needle stack, super hard to find just the right studs and even harder to find someone willing to sale them let alone all the studs intake and exhaust... i will keep looking and make up my mind if its worth it to have my build drag for the "correct" studs or ones that are functional!!! my burban has a ways to go before im to that point, but im always looking for parts!!!

[southern parts]

so what is top dollar ?

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by southern parts

so what is top dollar ?

i need a set also, but ima bottom shelf baller!!!

[pimpston65]

the pic has the proper sizes if you have em i'll take em, behind GMCNUT of course!!! looks like you have plenty thou...

[LT1 Burb]

You can buy those at car quest and no one will ever know they aren't correct at a show.

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by LT1 Burb

You can buy those at car quest and no one will ever know they aren't correct at a show.

roger that!!!

[southern parts]

ttt for you

[GMCNUT]

Originally Posted by southern parts

so what is top dollar ?

Hey Southern! sorry for the belated reply - just seeing all these original A/C studs - so I am not sure what top dollar is, but whatever you think it should be is fine with me - these are what I need - I see in the pics several different ones for the exhaust and what appears to be the right ones for the intake too, so I am just happy someone has these in the first place - let me know what sounds worth your time and we'll make a deal. Thank you!

[GMCNUT]

PM sent to Southern Parts for payment info - thanks

[chewychevy67]

Mine had and still has two bolts holding the intake on directly thru the bracket. No stud. If I used a stud it would never fit. I tried. Any chance some ot these were done this way?

[GMCNUT]

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

Mine had and still has two bolts holding the intake on directly thru the bracket. No stud. If I used a stud it would never fit. I tried. Any chance some ot these were done this way?

Well, you see the Chevrolet assembly manual drawing above - its pretty cut and dry. Your bracket was removed at some point for the engine to be rebuilt or something, and they lost the studs and replaced with bolts. If your bracket is identical to the one in the above drawing, then it will fit with studs -

[LT1 Burb]

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

Mine had and still has two bolts holding the intake on directly thru the bracket. No stud. If I used a stud it would never fit. I tried. Any chance some ot these were done this way?

Your bracket must be under some tension because when I put mine on there was a gap between the manifold. I could not use even a regular stud as it is like a 1/2 nut that will only fit in there. If you look at Southern's picture the 2 bolts above the line to the right appear to be intake bolts, look at the the thickness of the nut.