Ash tray Question
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Melting Slicks
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Ash tray Question
Hello
I bought a new ash try for my Corvette..i have never been a smoker but mine was so badly rusted I decided to get another one..
My question which way should the "tab" be inside the ash try?? forward or backward..Im thinking probably facing the rear of the car..Am I right?
I bought a new ash try for my Corvette..i have never been a smoker but mine was so badly rusted I decided to get another one..
My question which way should the "tab" be inside the ash try?? forward or backward..Im thinking probably facing the rear of the car..Am I right?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Sarasota Florida
Hello
GREAT I PUT MINE IN BACKWARDS...
The reopop I bought from Virgina Vettes is difficult at best to get in and I had to "push down real hard" on it to close the ash tray door...
I dont look forward to "taking it out" I might just leave it there!!!
Thanks Don
Pete
GREAT I PUT MINE IN BACKWARDS...
The reopop I bought from Virgina Vettes is difficult at best to get in and I had to "push down real hard" on it to close the ash tray door...
I dont look forward to "taking it out" I might just leave it there!!!
Thanks Don
Pete
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Just for yucks... 
Did you know that 63's used a unique ashtray?
Look at the picture.
The one on the LT is a 63 ashtray. The one on the RT is 64 to ?? ashtray.
Look at the mounting clip. The 63 is has single piece clip, whereas the 64-up has a 2 prong clip.
Both have the AAC logo stamped in 'em. It's on the opposite side, so it doesn't show in this picture.
JUST an FYI. Both will hold your cigarette ashes and stray screws/bolts just the same.
Chuck
Did you know that 63's used a unique ashtray?
Look at the picture.
The one on the LT is a 63 ashtray. The one on the RT is 64 to ?? ashtray.
Look at the mounting clip. The 63 is has single piece clip, whereas the 64-up has a 2 prong clip.
Both have the AAC logo stamped in 'em. It's on the opposite side, so it doesn't show in this picture.
JUST an FYI. Both will hold your cigarette ashes and stray screws/bolts just the same.
Chuck
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Wow, I've never seen one with the larger, one piece tab.
Just as an FYI, the one on the right was used in all Corvettes from 64 through 76. That is unless they made another change to the tab during that period, that I wasn't aware of.
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I have the original "Split Window Parts Car", and I can prove it.
Check out my license plate frame. And you answered my question about the usage of that ashtray..... 64 thru 76. I was unsure when they quit using it. Thanks for the info.
Here's a pic of the AAC logo, on the side opposite of the tab.
Chuck