Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

[Wayne M.]

I know you're all tired of seeing stamp pads , but here's an eBay 1965. Get your nose up to the screen on your monitor and see if you agree with me that the restorer has overstamped the existing but faint 5/32nds" height VIN derivative characters with a LARGER font.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-Corvette-1-SHOW-CAR-1965-CORVETTE-396-425HP-TURBO-JET-MUSEUM-QUALITY-VETTE_W0QQitemZ320089739042QQihZ011QQcategoryZ6168QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Jim R.]

Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

I agree wayne ,i would be careful if i were bidding that kind of money

[Kevin M.]

Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

Good eye, the other thing there all from the same set all the 5s match. Also the IF looks worked a little too.

Kevin

[Art A.]

Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

It say's......"THIS IS A CONCOURSE, FRAME OFF, RESTORATION TO EXACT FACTORY SPECS". Me thinks that they should look up the specs on the installation of the steering wheel............!!!!!

AA

[Chris Patrick]

Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

Restamp. The I is crooked. The F is low. On the VIN, the spacing on 5 1 is different than the others. The others aren't right on, either, but a lot closer than the 5 1. Michael Hanson's notes about character spacing are right on, and I found it really makes a difference when you begin applying them.

[Myron Sleeva]

Or simply pointed the front wheels straight ! *NM*

[Mark S. Lovejoy]

Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

Curiously the old VIN stamp seems to be the same numbers as the new stamp. At least that's what it looks like to me, but then I'm no 'spurt!

[William L.]

Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

Could it be a bounce?
Bill

[Jim R.]

Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

The book by David Burroughs, resto state of the art, 1965 blue on blue 396 roadster shows the assembly stamps with the numbers and IF very crooked, Also i think a lot of 396s were hand stamped.

[Patrick H.]

Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

That was my thought, too.
Without seeing it in person and measuring, I'd hold off on definitive judgment.

The suffix might be "off" and also factory applied. Al Grenning has numerous examples of the suffix letters being applied "out of line" with the other characters.

Patrick

[Loren L.]

Wayne, he was simply tryig to make it

easier for those us "Old Farts" to read......

[Chuck S.]

Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

That was my first thought, but it appears the earlier set of VIN characters is actually shorter in height. If you could see the bottoms of the characters, both the early and later set would be pretty on the same line with the tops of the early characters falling short of the later characters. As someone else posted, the character spacing in the VIN set is also slightly irregular. Note that the re-stamper aligned the vertical stem of the "1s" because the difference there would be very obvious. If it were a "bounce", ALL of the characters (including the "1s") would be offset by the same amount.

[Bill W.]

Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

only the f was hand stamped . I thought it was a bounce until I looked at the 5 under the 8 .it looks like it was from 16555. Lots of wrong stuff for &125,000

[Billy Olson]

Re: Wayne, he was simply tryig to make it

Sometimes hidden/underlying stamp pad evaluations are like seeing Mickey Mouse in the clouds or Jesus on a piece of toast. It is so very easy for our eyes to play tricks on us or to associate otherwise random variations and distributions with the "real" thing. At the very least it is entertaining forensics.

Billy

[Frank C.]

Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?

What I think I see is two different "6" stamps. The restamp "6" is differnt than the "6" under it.