NOS door handles - is black & yellow GM box too OLD for CORRECT 1965-1967 handles?

[Scott S.]

If I understand correctly, Service Replacement door handles for 1963-1964 (early) are GM part number 9702886 and 9702887. The door handles were changed slightly for 1965-1967, and have a different Service Replacement part number, 5719142 and 5719143.

Discussions in the archives indicate that the GM black & yellow boxes were possibly used up to 1965, maybe a little later, before changing to the light-blue & white boxes. So it seems possible that 1965-1967 style door handles came in a black & yellow GM box before the change to blue & white GM boxes.

I recently saw a pair of 1965-1967 NOS door handles described as 5719142 and 5719143, in an old black & yellow GM box (picture below).

1. Is it correct that 1965-1967 door handles (GM # 5719142 and 5719143) could have come in the black & yellow boxes? Has anyone seen them in the black & yellow boxes before?

2. Does anyone know if these handles were available as a set, or did they only come in separate boxes, LH & RH?

Thank you,

Scott

[Peter L.]

Re: NOS door handles - is black & yellow GM box too OLD for CORRECT 1965-1967 handles

Scott - The Oct 1966 Chevrolet Parts & Accessories Catalog in Group # 10.527 lists the following for p/ns 5719142 & 5719143:

5719142
65-67 CORVETTE ....... right, front and rear
and another separate listing
65-66 4-DR ........ right, rear door

5719143
63-64 PASS,
65-67 CORVETTE ..... left, front and rear
65-66 4-DR ....... left, rear door

Since there is only one "black & yellow" box shown and the 5719143 handle was used on 63-64 PASS, the box could be from that handle, but if there is no p/n available on the box end flap, it could be just a nice "black & yellow" old GM parts box.

Pete

Pete

[John D.]

Re: NOS door handles - is black & yellow GM box too OLD for CORRECT 1965-1967 handles

Is there a difference between repops and originals in the area of the handle where the hand grips in sharpness of the radius ? The drawing for the handle shows an 0.06 " radius in this area. I believe the repops are different but don't remember if they're sharper or duller....

[James R.]

Re: NOS door handles - is black & yellow GM box too OLD for CORRECT 1965-1967 handles

Is there a difference between repops and originals in the area of the handle where the hand grips in sharpness of the radius ? The drawing for the handle shows an 0.06 " radius in this area. I believe the repops are different but don't remember if they're sharper or duller....

I have been told that the repops are duller but hopefully someone more knowledgeable will confirm.

[Joe L.]

Re: NOS door handles - is black & yellow GM box too OLD for CORRECT 1965-1967 handles

If I understand correctly, Service Replacement door handles for 1963-1964 (early) are GM part number 9702886 and 9702887. The door handles were changed slightly for 1965-1967, and have a different Service Replacement part number, 5719142 and 5719143.

Discussions in the archives indicate that the GM black & yellow boxes were possibly used up to 1965, maybe a little later, before changing to the light-blue & white boxes. So it seems possible that 1965-1967 style door handles came in a black & yellow GM box before the change to blue & white GM boxes.

I recently saw a pair of 1965-1967 NOS door handles described as 5719142 and 5719143, in an old black & yellow GM box (picture below).

1. Is it correct that 1965-1967 door handles (GM # 5719142 and 5719143) could have come in the black & yellow boxes? Has anyone seen them in the black & yellow boxes before?

2. Does anyone know if these handles were available as a set, or did they only come in separate boxes, LH & RH?

Thank you,

Scott

Scott------


It's very possible that the GM #5719142 and 5719143 were supplied in yellow and black boxes. If these handles actually came in these boxes, they would be very old NOS, probably dating back to 1965 or 1966.

These handles were NEVER supplied as a pair. They were supplied individually in boxes with the specific part number on each box. Very few GM parts are supplied as pairs and, particularly, something like these handles. The vast majority of folks that wanted a new door handle when these were still available certainly did not want a pair---they wanted the ONE SIDE they needed for whatever reason.

[Scott S.]

Re: NOS door handles - is black & yellow GM box too OLD for CORRECT 1965-1967 handles

Scott - The Oct 1966 Chevrolet Parts & Accessories Catalog in Group # 10.527 lists the following for p/ns 5719142 & 5719143:

5719142
65-67 CORVETTE ....... right, front and rear
and another separate listing
65-66 4-DR ........ right, rear door

5719143
63-64 PASS,
65-67 CORVETTE ..... left, front and rear
65-66 4-DR ....... left, rear door

Thank you Pete, that explains a lot. I wonder what the 63-64 Passenger cars used for a RH door handle, if the LH was 5719143 but the RH was not 5719142 (just curious)?

Since there is only one "black & yellow" box shown and the 5719143 handle was used on 63-64 PASS, the box could be from that handle, but if there is no p/n available on the box end flap, it could be just a nice "black & yellow" old GM parts box.

Pete

That's what I was concerned about. I have heard that sometimes the parts found in these old GM boxes are not always the parts that were in them originally...

[Scott S.]

Re: NOS door handles - is black & yellow GM box too OLD for CORRECT 1965-1967 handles

Is there a difference between repops and originals in the area of the handle where the hand grips in sharpness of the radius ? The drawing for the handle shows an 0.06 " radius in this area. I believe the repops are different but don't remember if they're sharper or duller....

Hi John,

The "good" reproductions are definitely duller. I haven't seen the reproduction handles that are sometimes referred to as being from Taiwan.

[Scott S.]

Re: NOS door handles - is black & yellow GM box too OLD for CORRECT 1965-1967 handles

Scott------

It's very possible that the GM #5719142 and 5719143 were supplied in yellow and black boxes. If these handles actually came in these boxes, they would be very old NOS, probably dating back to 1965 or 1966.

These handles were NEVER supplied as a pair. They were supplied individually in boxes with the specific part number on each box. Very few GM parts are supplied as pairs and, particularly, something like these handles. The vast majority of folks that wanted a new door handle when these were still available certainly did not want a pair---they wanted the ONE SIDE they needed for whatever reason.

Thank you Joe!