1959 grille teeth

[Joseph R.]

I am hoping someone can layout or direct me to print material for 1959 Corvette grille teeth (I did search the archives, nothing helpful). I have a swap meet grille bar with 9 teeth, but it appears to be very mismatched. Starting from one side is a p/n "24" (all start with 37064**) 7 3/8" long, next can't read (smaller print that some of the others) 7 3/8" long, next a "27" 7 1/4" long, next can't read 7 3/8" long, the next 4 are all "27" 7 1/4" long and the last one is a "28" 7" long. Help!

C Ya, Joseph Rock
Frankenstein 59

[Gary C.]

Re: 1959 grille teeth

Joseph, the grille teeth are numbered inside. Couldn't find my list of which teeth size go where. If they don't have numbers inside they are probably reproductions. Gary....

[Roger W.]

Re: 1959 grille teeth

The teeth that you have are repros. I just bought a set from Year One. 3706424 is the middle tooth. Then one 25 each side of 24. Then two 27's on the side of each 25. The two outer teeth are 28's.

"To insure that the teeth are propely aligned (when viewed from back), place teeth on right side of the center with the part number up. Place the teeth on the left side of the center with the part number down. The center tooth will work in either direction."

[Rod K.]

Re: 1959 grille teeth

Joe,

Noland Adams' '53-'62 book has a diagram, pg 413, for both the '53-'57 and '58-'60 grilles. By the "numbers" (marked inside, not the p/n) for '58-'60 they go from center, "C", "1", "4", "4", "5" to either end. P/n's are 3706424 for "C", ...25 for #1, ...27 for #4, and ...28 for #5.