Delco Part Numbers Delco Part Numbers Explained

Almost all Delco lever shock absorbers have, somewhere on the casting, inscription "Delco, Made In Dayton, U.S.A" (on some word "Delco" is replaced with "Delco-Lovejoy" or "Lovejoy").

Part number is a four-digit number with a letter or two (e.g. 1948A, 1430CA, ...); letter portion is used to distinguish between left and right or between shocks with identical bodies and different arms. The part number can be found on most shocks:

Photos below are to help with ID only, please go to individual car listings for accurate pricing, prices below are approximate.

on shocks with screw-on caps on each end of the body, on one of the endcaps, usually on the cap on the arm side of the body;
on shocks with cover plate (held on the body with ordinary screws), the number is usually on the plate;
some shocks have number stamped on the valve cover (looks like large, approx. 1/2 inch diameter screw or nut)

1400-1499 Delco single arm lever shock, $215 yours rebuilt, find...

Single arm, front and rear, stamped metal cover Buick, Chevrolet (Chevy), Chrysler, Crosley, DeSoto, Dodge, G.M.C. Truck, Graham, International, Plymouth, Pontiac, Studebaker, Yellow

$ 215

1500-1599 except 1570-79

Single arm, front and rear, V-shaped body, arm and shaft one piece, part # on a valve cover, near the bottom of the V Buick, Cadillac, Duesenberg, La Salle, Stutz

$ 585

1936-1948 Delco double arm front, yours rebuilt $285

Double arm, front, part # on a screw-on endcap Buick, Cadillac, Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, LaSalle, Nash-Lafayette, Oldsmobile, Packard, Plymouth, Pontiac

$ 285