I have chrome vent balls with 2 horizontal line through them. I have seen others with a cross or "X" "one vertical and one horizontal line", Which is correct for a 69 Convertible.
Zak 1969 Firebird Convertible 400 1982 Trans Am 1964 Understanding Long Term Domestic Partner 2 Cats
I've seen them both ways. I have a few factory photos of 69's with the single bar. One theory was that early production cars used the single bar, then sometime very early in the production run, they switched to the crosshair style. Some additional theories were that the a/c cars had the single bar, while non-a/c had the crosshairs. But several examples (unmolested cars) were given that were contrary to these theories. Perhaps one plant had extra single bar vent balls left over from the 68 run, and used them at their discretion. I doubt anyone will ever know.
Factory photos aside, I would definately use the crosshair (+) style! I consider these "correct" for the 69's.
the "early" 69`s had the = the later + , mine is october dated 69 with = dash vent balls from factory , so when I replaced mine I kept the = style
so if your 69`s "born" date is 10D or before ,it should have =, not sure WHEN they changed over, maybe different factories/assembly plants ran out at different times? mine is a Lordstown car, convertible of course
It seems that every options brochure I see has the (=) style the car Non AC, and I like the(=) better, look on http://thefirstgensite.com/library/69pontiacoptions/69pontiacoptions.swf it shows the (=) style on an custom AC car (on Page 9) and also the whole dash is painted the same color, this also gives alot of info on the options.
Last edited by Zakdj69; 05/29/0703:46 PM.
Zak 1969 Firebird Convertible 400 1982 Trans Am 1964 Understanding Long Term Domestic Partner 2 Cats
It seems that every options brochure I see has the (=) style the car Non AC, and I like the(=) better, look on http://thefirstgensite.com/library/69pontiacoptions/69pontiacoptions.swf it shows the (=) style on an custom AC car (on Page 9) and also the whole dash is painted the same color, this also gives alot of info on the options.
might have something there , my car was a non A/C car (still is)
It seems that every options brochure I see has the (=) style the car Non AC, and I like the(=) better, look on http://thefirstgensite.com/library/69pontiacoptions/69pontiacoptions.swf it shows the (=) style on an custom AC car (on Page 9) and also the whole dash is painted the same color, this also gives alot of info on the options.
There is some great info there. Did you see the ad for the flex fan? Cool! They pretty much say it's the best for cooling without losing HP. They show it with the best radiator too.
