Did the 67 frame have a hand written "pull" date? If so, how much in advance of the assembly completion date should the pull date be?
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Re: C2- 67 Frame Pull date
The date was on the stencil,I believe the a o andersen stencil was done their first with their part number and that second lower stencil with the date was done at St Louis , some a an earlier time and some when the body parts were pulled.
But wait for a expert reply on the time frame of the date.
but look at some 67 stencils they don't line up,like done seperately. -
Re: C2- 67 Frame Pull date
Steve,
The hand written date is about 5 to 10 days previous to birthday on your car. Check the birthday site to see if a week end is in there as it will be more like 7 days vs the 5 days. Holiday week also put you more toward 10 days. So to answer your question you will need to dig a little.Comment
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Re: C2- 67 Frame Pull date
Gene, My Frame stencil (67) has a date in it.
Frame stencil reads:
303196-33-PC
3900200-4-7/GC
4-7 (April 7) fits nicely with the build date of the car preceding the tank sticker "EXP. DATE OF PROD." which is 04-14-67
Would there be 2 dates on the frame or did the stencil ( as suggested in the previous reply) replace the hand written pull date in '67?
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Re: C2- 67 Frame Pull date
Steve,
No, the hand written date is applies by the assembly line worker when the bare frame is pulled from stock inventory at St.Louis. The stenciled on date was put on by AO Smith as the manufacturer of the frame.Comment
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Frame dates
Steve,
I'll be the one to disagree, but to the best of my knowledge and reasoning "pull dates" and pull date thinking should be considered as just another Urban Legend. Your 1967 frame should have just one date, a stenciled version. I realize the 2nd edition of my 1967 NCRS Tech Manual is out-dated, but it makes no mention of a handwritten date on the frame.
A.O. Smith Corporation manufactured frames for the 1963-1968 Corvette at their facility in Granite City, Illinois. At the least, and according to the Tripoli book, from 1953-1972 every Corvette frame was stenciled after it was fabricated at the manufacturer. The date appears as part of the complete number stencil in the 1953-1962 and 1967-1972 frames.
The confusion surfaces with the 1963-66 frame stencil which had no date. Instead, the date was handwritten on the rail. In fact, there have been some recent observations (and even some previous discussions here in the Archives) of original late 1966 frames that have a stenciled date and no handwritten date. It appears the process of hand-writing a date on the rail was probably being discontinued even before the 1967 model year had begun. TBarr #24014
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Re: Frame dates
Tom,
Thanks for the input. I agree whole heartedly with you that a second date on MY frame would have been almost the same as the stenciled one as my car was built in early April. I have the book from Nolan Adams with the handritten date on the '65 frames which do not have a stenciled date. I have the body off and I wanted to clarify this BEFORE I put the body back on when it would be nearly impossible to do a "hand date" that looked good.
I didn't know "pull dates" were a myth but it makes sense..... why date a part when you "pull" it when all other parts are dated when fabricated!!!
Thanks again
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