Author Topic: Oldest black ABS 500 shell? (Read 662 times)

RotarDad · « **on:** January 04, 2014, 10:30:11 PM »

I just found a Jan '65 ABS (hard plastic) shell on a black 500. I've never found an older one. Anyone have input here? Perhaps Paul F. can give me the answer. I did find a black Tenite (soft plastic) '64 a while back, but didn't note the month. I know Tenite continued on black 500s after the colors went to ABS in '59, but I've not seen any black Tenite after '64, or any black ABS before '65.

paul-f · « **Reply #1 on:** January 04, 2014, 10:46:40 PM »

I can say that the earliest one reported was 1959.

(Although I haven't seen it personally,

it was reported by a usually reliable source.)

RotarDad · « **Reply #2 on:** January 04, 2014, 11:43:18 PM »

Thanks Paul for the input. That does seem like a very long phase-in period for new production parts, even for that era. Were there multiple plants making these that might explain it?

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