1965 Corvette Shocks - Color

[Dean S.]

What is the correct original color of the shocks? Can you get decals for NCRS Judging?

[Jim D.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Shocks - Color

The correct color is gray and you can get the paint and the decals from LICS or Paragon.

[Ridge K.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Shocks - Color

What is the correct original color of the shocks? Can you get decals for NCRS Judging?

Dean there was a pretty good thread on this just a few days back.
There is a photo for you to view on this thread.

Ridge

https://www.forums.ncrs.org/showthread.php?t=88544

[Ronald L.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Shocks - Color

Hey Ridge,

How about the labels and what are supposed to be printed on them?

The fan shroud labels are way off, wrong paper, adhesive, and worst, not even close to the original mid year shape - these?

[Wayne M.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Shocks - Color

Here's the originals off my early '65, with some spring leafs off the same car alongside, to show difference in shade of grey.

[Loren L.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Shocks - Color

Wayne, I have always described this color as "gray with a bluish tint" - would your shocks fit that phrase?

[Wayne M.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Shocks - Color

Wayne, I have always described this color as "gray with a bluish tint" - would your shocks fit that phrase?

Yes, but, IMO, the blue is minimal. Here's another couple of shots; much depends on the lighting. I've seen some restored that are (again, IMO) excessively blue, at least for what was TFP for early '65, based on this sample of one car.

Both fronts dated 160-64; both rears 203-64.

[Gary B.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Shocks - Color

Yes, but, IMO, the blue is minimal. Here's another couple of shots; much depends on the lighting. I've seen some restored that are (again, IMO) excessively blue, at least for what was TFP for early '65, based on this sample of one car.

Both fronts dated 160-64; both rears 203-64.

Wayne,

I see a lot of blue in your last photo. But as you said, everything depends on lighting. The color will look very different in strong sunlight vs. being lit by an LED flashlight in dark conditions under the car.

PS For full disclosure I should mention that I'm red-green color blind. But blues I'm good at!

Gary

[Ronald L.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Shocks - Color

I recently found a early 67 set of shocks and the gray is the same, it was into the early 70's where we have many other surviving examples. A perfect match should be easy to get. If not from Quanta, your local body paint supplier can mix up a quart.

Wayne - did those 65 shocks show any evidence of a label?