Rare parts

[Verle R.]

Someone should jump on these before they get away.




Lug Nuts

[Mike M.]

Re: Rare parts

what bullfeces has ovecome the ebayers.mike

[Dick W.]

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Better get those muffler bearing out and sell a few more sets

[John D.]

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Verle, I heard one of the top bidders was from NM. Whew. You can buy lugnuts at most any auto store for peanuts. Now the 63 style did have a logo on them. I believe that I have some from my 63 that I did not use that had RBW on them. Could have been RSC??? Forgot.
GM still sells them. I am sure Joe Lucia has the part number. Maybe we should stock up in lieu of IRA's. I also heard that car owners may be required to remove their wheel covers to check for proper lug nuts. No just kidding.
But that's coming. Hey God Bless the seller. I bet he is opening the Dom Perignon right now. I mean that stuff is about 150 buks a bottle. Chump change compared to 500 for a set of lug nuts.
How about the guy on ebay that paid almost 500 buks for a service replacement 4657 fuel pump??? I mean it has the frog pads on it and is a SR for a 63. John

[Peter L.]

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The're all RARE parts!!!!!!!!!!! Let the BUYER beware!!!!!!!!!!!! Remember "Parts is Parts."

[Joe L.]

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John-----

Corvette lug nuts (for steel wheels) were of the same part number in 1953 as they were in 1982-----GM #358501. However, there have been variances in finish and other nuances over the years. The "waffle" pattern was one of the nuances which I don't think you'll find on the current part. I'll bet that MANY manufacturers have supplied these to GM, including several at any given time. I don't think that the "waffle pattern" was ever an engineering specification for the part. More likely, it was a result of the manufacturing tooling used by one or more manufacturers.

[Roy B.]

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You have to love it! C2's make C1's a poor mans Corvette, the prices people will PAY for C2 parts

[Joe L.]

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Roy-----

All the bidders might not be "Corvette guys". These same lug nuts were used on virtually all Chevrolet cars, including Camaros. "Camaro guys" often pay higher prices for such parts than "Corvette guys". The seller "shot himself in the foot" by using only Corvette in the item description. However, the "Camaro guys" might find it anyway---they know enough to search under "Corvette".

[john daly]

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Joe,
The part drawing for 358501 shows no waffle pattern unless it was a manufacturers mark which should be on the outer face. Looks like it was first drawn in 1929 and last updated with some minor changes in 1978.

john

[Joe L.]

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John-----

Thanks for the information. I figured that part number went WAY back, but 1929 is further than even I expected.

[Joe L.]

Addendum

john-----

I wonder how many parts have been continuously available from GM under the original part number for 78 years? I'll bet there aren't too many. Most that are likely are simple fasteners like washers, nuts, cotter pins, etc.

So, what's the oldest currently available part in the GM parts system? As far as I can tell, it's GM #25325. It's some sort of a shock absorber washer, but I can't find the specific applications(s).

[Wayne W.]

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There is one part that is common for almost every car period sense the begining. That would be? Valve Core.

[Joe L.]

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Wayne-----

Yes, the valve stem cores are interchangeable for virtually all cars and trucks. However, there are at least 3 different style cores. I don't think that valve stem cores were ever available from GM as a separate part, though.

[john daly]

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Hi Joe,
I don't have any way to tell the oldest part used either in production or service. Some of the old hand drawn part drawings have been scanned into a electronic database. A drawing for 25325 is not there. It's very unusual to have a single part number last that long since an engineering change normally changes the part number as well.

john

[Art A.]

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John, Could you please elaborate on this statement "It's very unusual to have a single part number last that long since an engineering change normally changes the part number as well."

Art