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Old Jul 19, 2025 | 02:15 PM
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Does anybody have any idea what this small plastic disc is. I found it inside the right hand door of my 54 Corvette. It is approximately 2 inches
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Old Jul 19, 2025 | 02:40 PM
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Looks sorta like what's on the side of this PowerGlide:


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Jim, that looks exactly like the plastic disc that I found. Hard to tell how it made its way from the transmission into the door. Thanks
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Kind of neat. I would wildly guess that it came off a PG somewhere at some point, maybe your '54 itself? Anybody know if those were attached to '54 Corvette PGs?
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They were attached to side of all the powerglides........
There is a hole on the passenger side and that plastic circle pops into that hole
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They were attached to side of all the powerglides........
There is a hole on the passenger side and that plastic circle pops into that hole
Chris
And its purpose is ….?
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Just a factory tag.
Pretty sure the PG was made in Cleveland Ohio ( the shift and date and a "C" are stamped on the machined portion of the main case
Painted and shipped to Flint for the first half of the 53s and to St Louis for 54 on.
Here is one with the tag installed.
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What a boat anchor.
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