Yeah had a feeling that was a 73+ k member. Couldn't see the spool mounts. But it looked wrong to me. I didn't even notice the valve or blower motor. I just looked and saw a black engine bay and thought "jesus again?" and kept going.
And to anyone who says "Don't be so hard on guys like these" or "I don't see why you guys nitpick". THIS is why we nitpick. Yeah bugging a guy about a black engine bay is one thing. But to KNOWINGLY take a 73 car and make it look like a 70 or 72 or whatever with the intent of deceiving people. Is wrong. If you got a 73 and wanna make it look like a 70-72 cause you prefer the front end or whatever. That's one thing. As long as you say "Oh it's a 73, I just prefer this style" and you don't change the vin, registration, etc etc. This guy is outright lying to people about this vehicle. He is saying its a 70 H code car. It's not. If he had a 70 H code body, and put whatever panels he had on it to make it work. That's a different thing. He has a 73, period. Where's the car he got the vin off? Is the fender tag the same? Is he going around stripping real H code cars for their vin tags to make these fake pieces of ****?
In my mind, this is not better than a fierrari (fiero/ferrari kit cars) that guys try to pass off as the real thing. It's garbage. It's a fake. And a poorly done one at that.
The worst part is? You could slap 70-72 panels on a 73 body. Throw a strong 440 in there. And be honest about it. And you'd still have a really cool car. Lying about it? Takes that coolness to zero.