68 Factory Shocks?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Anderson SC
68 Factory Shocks?
I started taking abpart my front end. 
Anyway... the shocks I removed are Red, they are Delco, and say Heavy Duty Big D Shock on them. They are still in real good shape. I don't think they are factory issues, I just want to be SURE they are unwanted before I throw them away. (I think I recall a sale at Sears years ago when I bought 4 - but I forget if it was this car or not)
So can someone verify fo rme that there's no way these are '68 (or any C3) factory issue shocks?
-W
Anyway... the shocks I removed are Red, they are Delco, and say Heavy Duty Big D Shock on them. They are still in real good shape. I don't think they are factory issues, I just want to be SURE they are unwanted before I throw them away. (I think I recall a sale at Sears years ago when I bought 4 - but I forget if it was this car or not)
So can someone verify fo rme that there's no way these are '68 (or any C3) factory issue shocks?
-W
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The original shocks in 68 were semi-gloss grayish blue in color and stamped on the bottom with "Delco Remy Pliacel" and a date code. You are safe to toss them 
Pro
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Pulled mine last week, and they were the originals(from a 68) Definitely not red,(more of a rust color
), and are dated just above the tube weld on the bottom are stamped Delco and were gray like Cape said. No way they are the stock shocks.
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