Re: [FWDLK] Parts is Parts

Brent,

You’ve already got it: roughly, the part number represents the year. The first digit represents the decade, part numbers starting with digit ‘1’ represents fifties, ‘2’’ represents sixties. The second digit represents the year in that decade. I am not aware of any sequence for certain part groups, at least, I couldn’t find anything else then an random order…

Some parts were carried over the years. Like the generic nuts and bolts. And also, parts like for instance 1957 air cleaners could have a 18xx xxx (1958) number.

So, assuming you’re interested in 1957, I’d go for any part with a 7 digit part number starting with a ’1’ and definitely starting with ‘17’ or ‘18’.

If pallets go cheap, buy one for me!

Jim, The Netherlands

1957 Dodge D500 x2

Van: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Brent Burger
Verzonden: donderdag 6 december 2007 6:58
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Onderwerp: Re: [FWDLK] Parts is Parts

So I'm hitting an auction in an old closed Chrysler dealership this weekend, looks like it became an auto parts store after that, said to have lots of old NOS parts.

So I am wondering if there is any particular ranges of part numbers to look for for say trim, interior, or other sorts of parts for our cars - I wouldn't be surprised if whole pallets go cheap because no one knows what the stuff is. Other than having the Forward Look logo on it, I wouldn't know a lot of stuff by sight either.

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My first thought on this was that all the parts numbers listed in the 55-58 parts book looked something like this : 1875 610

After looking in my book I see that numbers typically range from 1400 000 to the 1800 000 range, but I see an occasional few that fall out of that pattern. Some even come as six digit numbers, but these appear to be generic stuff like washers and studs, etc. I can cross reference stuff if needed (?)

Hope that helps,

Brent