Tailight assemblies
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Instructor
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From: Aurora Illinois
Tailight assemblies
About to purchase good used tailight assemblies for 1964 roadster. All red without backup light option.
How can I verify proper inboard/outboard units ? Here's all the #'s I'm told.
5954228 RH
5954232 RH
5954231 LH
5954227 LH
Thanks Ahead of Time,
Sparky
How can I verify proper inboard/outboard units ? Here's all the #'s I'm told.
5954228 RH
5954232 RH
5954231 LH
5954227 LH
Thanks Ahead of Time,
Sparky
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From: Conroe Texas
Your assembly manual should show the part numbers. Do you have one?
For what it's worth, my 65 assembly manual shows the smaller 2 numbers being the outside lights, the larger 2 numbers the inner. HOWEVER I HAVE DIFFERENT numbers than you've posted.
My part numbers for the 65 are:
910417 Outboard Left
910418 Outboard Right
910419 Inboard Left
910420 Inboard Right
My 62 assembly manual similarly shows the 2 lowest numbers being the outboard, and the 2 highest being the inboard, with odd numbers being on the left.
For what it's worth, my 65 assembly manual shows the smaller 2 numbers being the outside lights, the larger 2 numbers the inner. HOWEVER I HAVE DIFFERENT numbers than you've posted.
My part numbers for the 65 are:
910417 Outboard Left
910418 Outboard Right
910419 Inboard Left
910420 Inboard Right
My 62 assembly manual similarly shows the 2 lowest numbers being the outboard, and the 2 highest being the inboard, with odd numbers being on the left.
Last edited by 62Jeff; Jul 1, 2010 at 09:45 PM.
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Aurora Illinois
Your assembly manual should show the part numbers. Do you have one?
For what it's worth, my 65 assembly manual shows the smaller 2 numbers being the outside lights, the larger 2 numbers the inner. HOWEVER I HAVE DIFFERENT numbers than you've posted.
My part numbers for the 65 are:
910417 Outboard Left
910418 Outboard Right
910419 Inboard Left
910420 Inboard Right
My 62 assembly manual similarly shows the 2 lowest numbers being the outboard, and the 2 highest being the inboard, with odd numbers being on the left.
For what it's worth, my 65 assembly manual shows the smaller 2 numbers being the outside lights, the larger 2 numbers the inner. HOWEVER I HAVE DIFFERENT numbers than you've posted.
My part numbers for the 65 are:
910417 Outboard Left
910418 Outboard Right
910419 Inboard Left
910420 Inboard Right
My 62 assembly manual similarly shows the 2 lowest numbers being the outboard, and the 2 highest being the inboard, with odd numbers being on the left.
No I don't have an assembly manual. Hopefully GM kept a similar pattern throughout the 60's.
Maybe others can verify higher numbers= inboard
lower numbers=outboard odd numbers left
Thanks,Sparky
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Instructor
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 119
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From: Aurora Illinois
I assumed that all of the part numbers and ID's labeled were on the tailight housing only. Readily visible. Now on closer inspection, thanks to you, I see the inboard/outboard and L/R on the inside of the outer lip !! Now I can proceed.
Thanks for your reply,
Sparky
Burning Brakes
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From: Saratoga Springs UT
Yeah Don, and I just hope mine have the right date codes, too.
Actually, my brother-in-law, Don Smith, read from a Corvette book that he has and it showed the 6 tail light as a design that GM considered for the Midyear Vettes; even showed an image in his book. I will try to steal the book from him next week.
Not to hyjack the thread, but in the image above, it does look like the lower exhaust valance is missing. There goes another $500.
Last edited by Larry N. Johnson; Jul 2, 2010 at 12:10 PM.
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Yeah, someone pointed out that the valence was missing but I thought you had it? I'm not surprised that they didn't go with the third light since that was a sign of the best model for chevies back then ( Impala 3 tail lights, BelAir and Biscayne 2).
