I have bought a basket case 59 corvette. I have restored four pickups but this is my first car. All the parts are there and I can identify all the parts ok. My problem is the bolts and screws were just thrown into coffee cans with no information as to were they go. I want to be as correct as I can so my question is Is there a reference book that discribes the part numbers used to assemble the car. I have the Factory Assembly Manual so I can see where to use the different bolts and screws just can't tell which bolt or screw is correct.
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Re: Part Number Reference
David------
1) There is no available (or, even, unavailable) single reference which will provide the information which you seek;
2) Multiple old references might provide this info, but they would be difficult or impossible to locate and/or obtain.In Appreciation of John Hinckley -
Re: Part Number Reference
David------
1) There is no available (or, even, unavailable) single reference which will provide the information which you seek;
2) Multiple old references might provide this info, but they would be difficult or impossible to locate and/or obtain.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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You can
partially resolve the problem by attending one or more NCRS meets. Bring a camera and/or volunteer to act as Observer Judge to get up close/personal with cars judges consider 'correct'....
Another tact is to stroll your local scrap yards and find an 'untouched' 283 from the era and survey it's fastener compliment (engine went through the same Flint final assy plant close to your car in time regardless of whether it was dressed for Corvette, truck, passenger car.....). I've known some restorers to buy 'untouched' scrap yard motors for JUST the fastener content!Comment
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You can
partially resolve the problem by attending one or more NCRS meets. Bring a camera and/or volunteer to act as Observer Judge to get up close/personal with cars judges consider 'correct'....
Another tact is to stroll your local scrap yards and find an 'untouched' 283 from the era and survey it's fastener compliment (engine went through the same Flint final assy plant close to your car in time regardless of whether it was dressed for Corvette, truck, passenger car.....). I've known some restorers to buy 'untouched' scrap yard motors for JUST the fastener content!Comment
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A good trick....
used by some of the more serious folks in my chapter is to buy a SECOND copy of the AIM. When the original engine/chassis is torn down, the hand annotate each page of the spare AIM with sketches of the bolt/head marks they remove so months/years later they have a 'blue print' for what came from where/goes where, Etc.Comment
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A good trick....
used by some of the more serious folks in my chapter is to buy a SECOND copy of the AIM. When the original engine/chassis is torn down, the hand annotate each page of the spare AIM with sketches of the bolt/head marks they remove so months/years later they have a 'blue print' for what came from where/goes where, Etc.Comment
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Re: Part Number Reference
In the earlier parts books, many of the attaching parts were called out/described in the same group as the pieces themselves. These parts books also contained a group 8.900 which in later years evolved into a "Standard Parts Book" separate by itself. The one I have is dated 1970, but I don't know when this started. Between this and the AIM and the Paragon catalogue, you've got a good chance of id.Comment
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Re: Part Number Reference
In the earlier parts books, many of the attaching parts were called out/described in the same group as the pieces themselves. These parts books also contained a group 8.900 which in later years evolved into a "Standard Parts Book" separate by itself. The one I have is dated 1970, but I don't know when this started. Between this and the AIM and the Paragon catalogue, you've got a good chance of id.Comment
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Re: Part Number Reference
Loren-----
Yes, the method that you describe can be a partial solution to the ID of fastners. The problem is that many of the fastners used in PRODUCTION and identified in the AIM by part number, were never available in SERVICE. So, they will not be found in P&A Catalogs or the Standard Parts catalogs.
Beyond this, the part numbers for fastners were often "fast evolving". So, when referring to a parts reference source, as for example your 1970 edition of the Standard Parts Catalog, many of the fastners used on, say a 1962 Corvette, will have been discontinued and replaced by new part numbers. There will be some that will carry through under their original part numbers, but many will not.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Re: Part Number Reference
Loren-----
Yes, the method that you describe can be a partial solution to the ID of fastners. The problem is that many of the fastners used in PRODUCTION and identified in the AIM by part number, were never available in SERVICE. So, they will not be found in P&A Catalogs or the Standard Parts catalogs.
Beyond this, the part numbers for fastners were often "fast evolving". So, when referring to a parts reference source, as for example your 1970 edition of the Standard Parts Catalog, many of the fastners used on, say a 1962 Corvette, will have been discontinued and replaced by new part numbers. There will be some that will carry through under their original part numbers, but many will not.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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