Excellent tip, Ed! I didn't really actually realize what was going on until you
pointed it out. Mopars tends to have a lot of things about them that confuse
both experienced and non-experienced alike. One question though, where does
someone get these books? Is this something that would be in a Hollanders manual
or only in factory manuals? This information can be priceless in the right
circumstances and would be a good thing to have. Anyway, thanks for the info!
Phil Patterson
Ed Dea wrote:
> Everyone needs to understand that the part number and casting number can be
> different. Chrysler did not take the time to insure that both are the same.
> This is why we scratch our heads when we can't find the part number in our
> parts manual when for a fact, you personally pulled the part off your car.
> They mixed and matched parts and came up with another assembled number or
> reassigned it a different part number from casting number. Never take the
> part numbers so serious that you believe everything it says as the truth and
> only the truth. You may be only looking at the casting number and passing
> up a true gem of a part because the guy selling it to you is reading it off
> of the box it's in or your are reading the part number out of the manual and
> he is reading it off of the part itself.
>
> On my 56 Fury, I was able to locate tail light housings and back-up housings
> that were bare metal and not chromed. I wanted to get these because the
> plating would turn out better than rechroming over pitted metal. The
> technology of plating then and now is night and day and given the choice I
> would rather have smooth clean metal than ugly pitted housings. Both of
> these parts had the same casting number, but the bare metal one had a
> different part number.
>
> The side mirrors were the same story. Just like you I was looking for the
> real part number but stumbled upon a guy who was reading only the casting
> number. Luckily I had both numbers written down and made another score.
>
> Ed
> 56 Fury
> 64 Dart GT Conv
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dieter Bauer <dbkabauer@AZTEC-NET.COM>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@lists.psu.edu <L-FORWARDLOOK@lists.psu.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] [Fwd: Mirrors:]
>
> >John
> >
> >I have some of these mirrors, the number is on the underside of the
> >base, but this may only be the part number for the base because the
> >round mirror part is D60074402 but you can't see the number unless you
> >take the mirror out. Every component of the mirror has a different
> >part number but I don't know the number for the whole assembly.
> >Besides all that I don't think these mirrors are for a 59 they were
> >not used until 60 or 61. I have them on my 60 and 62 Fury but my 59
> >has different mirrors. None of the part numbers you mentioned show up
> >in the 59 parts manual. Maybe someone else has additional info on
> >this.
> >
> >Dieter
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: John Bartell <jrbartell@TDS.NET>
> >To: L-FORWARDLOOK@lists.psu.edu <L-FORWARDLOOK@lists.psu.edu>
> >Date: November 15, 1999 1:04 PM
> >Subject: [FWDLK] [Fwd: Mirrors:]
> >
> >
> >>Hi Dave,
> >> He said they were on the support pieces, or the two pieces
> >that lean
> >>forward and then back to the mirror!!?? He said these have three
> >tubes
> >>or metal supports, one in the middle is for the cable. In my
> >collision
> >>manual, it says single or dual struts...so I guess the struts must be
> >>where the numbers are.
> >> Thanks for any help, John in WI
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