Value of C-1 oil pan.

[Richard M.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

Did replacement/later pans have more side reinforcements? I got this used pan a while ago with a project SHP '61. I think it's original.

I'm away from my old Restorer articles.

[Mark B.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

Richard, that one looks original overall, but most I've seen have two groove dimples on the side ,1 long, 1 short. So I don't know where that one fits in?

James, that is a really good price, Do you have pictures you could pm me?

Thanks,
Mark

[James R.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

Richard, that one looks original overall, but most I've seen have two groove dimples on the side ,1 long, 1 short. So I don't know where that one fits in?

James, that is a really good price, Do you have pictures you could pm me?

Thanks,
Mark

yes I can E mail jranahan@tampabay.rr.com

[Richard M.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

Richard, that one looks original overall, but most I've seen have two groove dimples on the side ,1 long, 1 short. So I don't know where that one fits in?

James, that is a really good price, Do you have pictures you could pm me?

Thanks,
Mark

Mark, A buddy emailed me and said mine is for the 60/61 High Perf engines but not for earlier years.

Rich

[Mark B.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

Richard,
Interested in your pan too, because even if its for wrong year, It's way closer than the car pan I have, or my plan to try and build a clone pan, which is extra work. I wonder how that pan would affect judging if my car were to be to the point later on where it could be judged. Does this pan work with a windage tray? I have a stock windage tray apparently out of a 60 or 61.

[Richard M.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

Richard,
Interested in your pan too, because even if its for wrong year, It's way closer than the car pan I have, or my plan to try and build a clone pan, which is extra work. I wonder how that pan would affect judging if my car were to be to the point later on where it could be judged. Does this pan work with a windage tray? I have a stock windage tray apparently out of a 60 or 61.

Mark that oil pan went with the 61 I restored.

[Mark B.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

oh, ok thanks.

[James R.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

Richard I have 4 original 56 to 62 and 1 1955 V-8 oil pan

[Brad H.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

I have a 57-58 I believe Pass car or corvette pan craigs, excellent. Brad.

[James R.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

I have a 57-58 I believe Pass car or corvette pan craigs, excellent. Brad.

here are pictures of the original c-1

[Edward M.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

I sold a good used 3 step pan (for 1956-1957) for $300 a year to two ago. A friend bought a similar pan for his 56 about 4 years ago and he paid $350 for it. Prices are all over the place.

This same pan was also used on large Chevy trucks.

Original parts (at least some parts) are getting cheaper as people turn their original cars into restomods.

[Joe L.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

Did replacement/later pans have more side reinforcements? I got this used pan a while ago with a project SHP '61. I think it's original.

I'm away from my old Restorer articles.

Richard-----


This appears to be a GM #3769761. However, it could also be a GM #3789629. The 3769761 was used for 1961 with SHP. The 3789629 was used for all 1962 as well as all 1957-62 SERVICE. I don't know just how the two pans differ. I've never been able to discern a difference between them.

There were quite a few C1 oil pans which differ in relatively minor ways. All are the same basic " 3 step" configuration, though. The problem is that many passenger car pans of the period were also "3 step". The 3769761 and 3789629 as well as the later 359937 SERVICE-only are the only ones with the "trap door". The 359937 is, basically, a 3789629 with a revised front seal radius. The 3789629 had only one long rib on either side. Very early versions of the 359937 had the same rib configuration. However, later versions added two shorter ribs on the left side and added one shorter rib on the right side. Keep in mind that adding these ribs required a change in tooling. Such a change is EXPENSIVE. GM didn't do it without good reason.

[Bob B.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

I have bought 3-4 in the $150 range, but I buy when I see a good price, not When I need one. One turned out to be a trapdoor one, which can be multiples of that.

[Ed M.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

James, would you still have a correct '57 oil pan for sale?
Harry Martin (281280

[Loren L.]

Re: Value of C-1 oil pan.

Richard, the pan went where it was supposed to go - the first trap door, for solid lifter 59-61 motors - giveaways are the trap door, of course and the side baffles in the sump area.