67 Corvette story.

[Richard S.]

I was reading an article today in which Noland Adams tries to calculate the VIN. number of an early 67 Corvette. This Corvette has a body job number of 31,found on the rear bulkhead in front of the gas tank and on the lower passenger side firewall.(Note: this is not the assembly line job number, which was written on the tank sticker.) Noland says the body can be identified as a St.Louis built body because the body job number is a two digit number. (AOSmith bodies had a letter and number combination.)He also says AOSmith body production began in August 1966 and that some AOSmith bodies were already at the St.Louis plant when actual assembly line production started on September 1st, 1966. Then he says St.Louis body production began on September 1st and that this particular Corvette would have been St.Louis body number S 0031. He then estimates that,because "A" bodies would have been mixed with "S" bodies on the first day of assembly line production.....this particular Corvette would have a VIN. number between 100085 and 100099. How does he arrive at these numbers (85 to 99)?? I can't seem to follow his line of thinking. Thanks for any clarification you can offer.

[John H.]

Re: 67 Corvette story.

What publication/issue is the article in?

[Richard S.]

Re: 67 Corvette story.

John, the article is in an old Corvette Fever issue I was reading....1999, I think...I'll look up the issue and page number when I get home this evening.

[Richard S.]

Re: 67 Corvette story.

January 99 Corvette Fever, page 78.

[John H.]

Re: 67 Corvette story.

Dunno - A.O. Smith body production began in late January, 1964, as Noland pointed out in his Vol. II book, written many years ago. There's more understood now about "numbers" than there was five years ago.