Ah! That is the picture of the Scott Drake C7AE-A thermostat housing that I posted above.
What a shame . I know a couple years back they had a version without the vacuum fitting stub that was meant for 67. At least it is not expensive, so you can hack away.
Yes.
In fairness, they are no longer listing that housing in the online catalog. It is just identified currently by the C7AE part number by his current dealers that still have a few.
I'll call 'Drake' later and see what they say about having any of the 'original' batch left. The people I talk to on the phone there tend not to know any more then I do though.
Do you have a picture or can you scan that catalog and post the picture here?
I'm wondering if that picture you are looking at is of an original they were showing before they decided how to make the 'reproduction'?
Machining off the bump on the current one, which is a $20 part, then heavily sandblasting it to get a uniform 'cast' finish seems to be a reasonable alternative?
It does depend on what the internal dimple looks like. Ideally there is none on that 'plug'.