Hello everyone, I just found a Chevrolet Parts & accessories Catalogue (effective sept '73). Are the part numbers in this catalogue going to be current. this catalogue covers the corvettes from 1953-1974. Is there a more current version for these years of corvettes? TIA Tony
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Re: Found: Chevrolet Parts & accessories Catal
The catalog was published annualy. Parts listed reflect those GM/Chevy recommended as REPLACEMENT parts for each application at that point in time. The AIM for your car lists most of the factory original parts used by the final assy line. The two are different.
Parts changed over time and the part number was not necessarily changed if there was no difference in form/fit/function. If there was a change in form/fit/function, parts were superceeded by different/newer parts that were deemed functional substitutes.
So, getting a parts catalog that's as close as possible to the release of your MY Corvette is the trick. Even then, parts listed may be differnt from originals due to running changes made during the production year. -
Re: Found: Chevrolet Parts & accessories Catal
The catalog was published annualy. Parts listed reflect those GM/Chevy recommended as REPLACEMENT parts for each application at that point in time. The AIM for your car lists most of the factory original parts used by the final assy line. The two are different.
Parts changed over time and the part number was not necessarily changed if there was no difference in form/fit/function. If there was a change in form/fit/function, parts were superceeded by different/newer parts that were deemed functional substitutes.
So, getting a parts catalog that's as close as possible to the release of your MY Corvette is the trick. Even then, parts listed may be differnt from originals due to running changes made during the production year.Comment
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Re: Found: Chevrolet Parts & accessories Catal
Tony----
The 53-73 Corvette Parts and Accessories catalog may be of some use to you, although, as Jack Humphrey says, most of the original part numbers for your car are contained in the AIM for your model year. The exceptions are parts that were a component of assemblies delivered to St. Louis but never available in SERVICE as assemblies. Examples of these are the front spindle/rotor assembly and the rear trailing arm assembly. The P&A Catalog will provide you with part numbers for the component parts of these assemblies.
As Jack also mentioned, by the 1973 printing of the P&A Catalog some of the original parts for your car would have been superceded, so those shown in the catalog might not be the original numbers. Most will be, though. However, the VAST MAJORITY of C1, C2, C3 parts shown in the 73 catalog will have been discontinued MANY, MANY years ago.
Corvette P&A Catalogs were first printed by GM in 1969. Before that, Corvettes were included in the Passenger Car and Light Truck P&A Catalog. Starting in 1969, though, the Corvette catalog was seperate. During each model year, approximately 4-6 editions would be printed to provide dealers with the most up-to-date parts information possible. This practice continued until December, 1983. At that time, the last edition of the C1, C2, and C3 P&A Catalog was printed for 1953-1982 models. The catalog then became "inactive" in GM parlance. That particular catalog, then, is the "most current" for all 53-82 models. That catalog was available until GM stopped publishing paper catalogs in 1993. However, the VAST MAJORITY of parts shown in that catalog have now been discontinued. I keep my copy updated (with HERCULEAN EFFORT)and I can assure you that if the catalog were to be re-printed by GM today with only the currently available parts, it would be a very, very thin catalog. About the only parts that remain are the "general use" parts like alternators, alternator parts, engine parts, etc. There are a few unique Corvette parts still available and "sprinkled throughout", though.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Re: Found: Chevrolet Parts & accessories Catal
Tony----
The 53-73 Corvette Parts and Accessories catalog may be of some use to you, although, as Jack Humphrey says, most of the original part numbers for your car are contained in the AIM for your model year. The exceptions are parts that were a component of assemblies delivered to St. Louis but never available in SERVICE as assemblies. Examples of these are the front spindle/rotor assembly and the rear trailing arm assembly. The P&A Catalog will provide you with part numbers for the component parts of these assemblies.
As Jack also mentioned, by the 1973 printing of the P&A Catalog some of the original parts for your car would have been superceded, so those shown in the catalog might not be the original numbers. Most will be, though. However, the VAST MAJORITY of C1, C2, C3 parts shown in the 73 catalog will have been discontinued MANY, MANY years ago.
Corvette P&A Catalogs were first printed by GM in 1969. Before that, Corvettes were included in the Passenger Car and Light Truck P&A Catalog. Starting in 1969, though, the Corvette catalog was seperate. During each model year, approximately 4-6 editions would be printed to provide dealers with the most up-to-date parts information possible. This practice continued until December, 1983. At that time, the last edition of the C1, C2, and C3 P&A Catalog was printed for 1953-1982 models. The catalog then became "inactive" in GM parlance. That particular catalog, then, is the "most current" for all 53-82 models. That catalog was available until GM stopped publishing paper catalogs in 1993. However, the VAST MAJORITY of parts shown in that catalog have now been discontinued. I keep my copy updated (with HERCULEAN EFFORT)and I can assure you that if the catalog were to be re-printed by GM today with only the currently available parts, it would be a very, very thin catalog. About the only parts that remain are the "general use" parts like alternators, alternator parts, engine parts, etc. There are a few unique Corvette parts still available and "sprinkled throughout", though.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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