Part #'s needed for both 68 and 69 Front Shocks

[Ridge K.]

Re: Ridge, Can't miss those rear shock #sand date

a little highlighting helps that!

[Ridge K.]

Re: Ridge, Can't miss those rear shock #sand date

a little highlighting helps that!

[Chuck S.]

Re: Ridge, Can't miss those rear shock #sand date

Ridge, thanks for some very interesting photos...these are the best I have seen of original shock broadcast label placement.

Do you remember how the broadcast labels were oriented relative to the chassis? From the broadcast labels' positions relative to the lower mounting hardware, the labels were oriented either inboard or outboard. I assume they were oriented toward the center of the car, or inboard...if inboard, rather than willy-nilly inboard/outboard, inspectors could probably see them all in one quick pass of the chassis. Do you remember how you took them off?

The labels also seem to be rotated slightly off a perpendicular to the front/rear mounting axis, maybe 15-45 degrees. Maybe this is incidental, but is it possible the front shock labels were rotated toward the rear, and rear shock labels toward the front to help conceal tacky assembly labels from the owner's casual glance? What is your recollection of the labels orietation on the chassis?

I know some may say that there WAS no pattern to shock broadcast label placement, but in your pictures, there clearly seems to be a pattern as supplied by Delco. This may seem like hair-splitting minutia, and maybe I'm reading way more into a crude process, but if there's something to be learned here, I hate "throwing baby out with the bath water". I suspect GM gave some thought to where they wanted those labels to end up after they were installed on the chassis, and it didn't cost any more to tell the supplier and the assembly worker EXACTLY where they wanted them located.

[Chuck S.]

Re: Ridge, Can't miss those rear shock #sand date

Ridge, thanks for some very interesting photos...these are the best I have seen of original shock broadcast label placement.

Do you remember how the broadcast labels were oriented relative to the chassis? From the broadcast labels' positions relative to the lower mounting hardware, the labels were oriented either inboard or outboard. I assume they were oriented toward the center of the car, or inboard...if inboard, rather than willy-nilly inboard/outboard, inspectors could probably see them all in one quick pass of the chassis. Do you remember how you took them off?

The labels also seem to be rotated slightly off a perpendicular to the front/rear mounting axis, maybe 15-45 degrees. Maybe this is incidental, but is it possible the front shock labels were rotated toward the rear, and rear shock labels toward the front to help conceal tacky assembly labels from the owner's casual glance? What is your recollection of the labels orietation on the chassis?

I know some may say that there WAS no pattern to shock broadcast label placement, but in your pictures, there clearly seems to be a pattern as supplied by Delco. This may seem like hair-splitting minutia, and maybe I'm reading way more into a crude process, but if there's something to be learned here, I hate "throwing baby out with the bath water". I suspect GM gave some thought to where they wanted those labels to end up after they were installed on the chassis, and it didn't cost any more to tell the supplier and the assembly worker EXACTLY where they wanted them located.

[Ridge K.]

Re: Ridge, Can't miss those rear shock #sand date

Chuck, sorry but I can't answer your label question. These shocks came in a box. Replacement shocks had already been installed on the car, for it's brief drag racing career. I was very lucky to find such a complete, original, L68 convertible, but just a handful of parts had been removed, such as the cast iron exhaust manifolds (replaced by headers), original water pump, and original starter. Either owner number one, or two, had drag raced the car for a few years. The only good part about it's drag racing career, is that it kept the mileage very low, for a car that coming up on it's 41st birthday next month. Good luck with your shock research, Ridge.

[Ridge K.]

Re: Ridge, Can't miss those rear shock #sand date

Chuck, sorry but I can't answer your label question. These shocks came in a box. Replacement shocks had already been installed on the car, for it's brief drag racing career. I was very lucky to find such a complete, original, L68 convertible, but just a handful of parts had been removed, such as the cast iron exhaust manifolds (replaced by headers), original water pump, and original starter. Either owner number one, or two, had drag raced the car for a few years. The only good part about it's drag racing career, is that it kept the mileage very low, for a car that coming up on it's 41st birthday next month. Good luck with your shock research, Ridge.

[Chuck S.]

Nice Find...Congrats...And Thanks For Sharing. *NM*

[Chuck S.]

Nice Find...Congrats...And Thanks For Sharing. *NM*