55 shocks

[John S.]

Re: 55 shocks with mid 54 dates????

Dan, year ago I bought stone shields to replace the rusted ones on my shocks. Now I'd like to get another set of replacements but I can't find who makes/sells them. Do you have a lead?

I purchased mine from Dan.

[John S.]

Re: 55 shocks

Stone shields disappeared somewhere between 595 and 700.

It is not unusual for a 55 to have left over 54 parts. It seems Chevy thought that they would sell a ton of 54 Corvettes and built parts for many more than sold. So those parts were used to make 55's. Its possible you will never see a 55 dated part, other than engine components, until maybe very late in the run.

For example I've never seen an AE rear end on a 55. Always MW. But in Joe Tripoli's chassis restoration book a very faint photo of an AE rear is shown. So maybe they did exist very late in the run. If anyone has a photo of one please post it.

Also as far as I have seen all side curtains and tops have June 54 date codes at the latest. I'm open minded and willing to believe some may have been dated later but please show me.

AE 9 06 is a date you can go by for the rear end. so a oct., nov. or dec. car is a good candidate. you are being sent a email of another faint photo of a 1955 AE rear end taken minutes ago.