63 Vette

[daved931]

Split window was 63 only and is the easiest way to identify them. All 63-67 Vettes only had two tail lights per side. It was common to add extras back in the day. 63 was also the only year for chrome louvers on the hood for that body style.

The split window went away due to visibility concerns (as mentioned in a few other posts) after 63.

[antmnte]

Peewee it was just a popular thing I guess,my friend had a 67 "repaired" due to the extra tail light just last year.

[pdub]

Enjoy our fine area! Why didn't ya holler before you came this way, we coulda set us a BS meeting?

[Monk]

'63 Vette is one on my bucket list.

Hey Peewee..........I'm not far from ya tonite........staying in Crossville headed to Gatlinburg tomorrow.
Saw a drag strip from the interstate.

[studemax]

If you google split window Vettes, you'll see 4 taillights - not 6.

[pdub]

3 taillights were an owner or dealer /custom shop thing, GM didnt do it.

Since I don't "Get it," why did I see one the road today and found a photo on a search for it so easily? Did it happen a lot? Honestly, I really don't know a thing about Vettes. But it sure caught my eye.

[antmnte]

3 taillights were an owner or dealer /custom shop thing, GM didnt do it.

[studemax]

Try driving a Ford Aerostar van or a Mazda MPV. The top of the dash is like four feet long to the base of the windshield.

Or those GM "dustbuster" vans.... if something slides to the front of the dash, it's gone!

[Scott Liggett]

I guess. A guy I used to work with took me for a ride in his Camaro, can't recall what year the car was. The windshield was so big and at such a steep angle....well, being a Ford guy I'd never experienced such. It seemed to me that the view out of the front was distorted by looking out through the glass at such a steep angle.

Try driving a Ford Aerostar van or a Mazda MPV. The top of the dash is like four feet long to the base of the windshield.

[pdub]

The price of having a bitchin car.

I guess. A guy I used to work with took me for a ride in his Camaro, can't recall what year the car was. The windshield was so big and at such a steep angle....well, being a Ford guy I'd never experienced such. It seemed to me that the view out of the front was distorted by looking out through the glass at such a steep angle.

[studemax]

Major visibility issues anyways even with the 64 rear window. Blind spots a semi could hide in.

The price of having a bitchin car.

[Scott Liggett]

i read somewhere that in 1964 a number of 63 split window vette owners cut out the split section and replaced it with 64 glass since there was a major visibility complaint from the owners

Major visibility issues anyways even with the 64 rear window. Blind spots a semi could hide in.

[BOOOGHAR]

i read somewhere that in 1964 a number of 63 split window vette owners cut out the split section and replaced it with 64 glass since there was a major visibility complaint from the owners

[Dan Barlow]

the infamous 63 split window

Yeah one year only rear windows.

[SpiderGearsMan]

yep , gonna restore it