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Title: 1949 Part # look up
Post by: Rossoroo on March 12, 2024, 06:57:33 PM
Is there a manual available to look up GM parts by their number?
I've got what looks to be an interior trim part with my 49 when I bought it 11 years ago.
It was in a box of spare parts but I've yet to figure out where it belongs.
It has 4552258 embossed in it. I've scanned through the Master Parts List but couldn't find a listing for that number
Title: Re: 1949 Part # look up
Post by: Jay Friedman on March 13, 2024, 06:04:06 PM
Ross, post a photo of your part. Maybe I'll recognize it. Jay

Title: Re: 1949 Part # look up
Post by: Rossoroo on March 15, 2024, 05:49:56 PM
Hi Jay, I'm suspecting this is interior trim. I just can't seem to see where it's contours would fit.
Title: Re: 1949 Part # look up
Post by: 49 Caddy on March 15, 2024, 08:50:56 PM
  Looks to me like a pc. of dash chrome that got bent up.
Title: Re: 1949 Part # look up
Post by: Jay Friedman on March 15, 2024, 11:40:17 PM
Don't know.
Title: Re: 1949 Part # look up
Post by: toybox on March 16, 2024, 09:04:34 AM
Could it be the retainer for a door seal around the hinges/ Just a guess, Tim
Title: Re: 1949 Part # look up
Post by: Rossoroo on March 16, 2024, 05:00:38 PM
Thanks Tim, That was an awesome guess. I found another like this on the front of the left rear door [photos, hard to get a decent angle] It's the same colour as the car. There isn't one on the right read door and neither of the front doors have anything like this. I guess it's black because it's from a donor car. Any chance of a photo or diagram of it on a proper install?
It appears the people who previously worked on this car got into every nook and cranny and screwed up.
Title: Re: 1949 Part # look up
Post by: toybox on March 17, 2024, 09:28:15 AM
Ross, the guess was just that . My 46 coup doesn't have them. I must have seen a similar one on my brother-in-law's 52 hardtop when I was helping him. Sorry, Tim
Title: Re: 1949 Part # look up
Post by: Rossoroo on March 17, 2024, 04:33:28 PM
No problem Tim,
Hopefully there will be some 49s at Gettysburg I can inspect.
I should make a list of the missing in action parts I have.