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I inspected an unrestored very early 1965 Corvette today that I am convinced had the original frame it was born with. The passenger side frame rail had the tee slot for mounting the side exhaust cover....the driver side had no tee slot. Anybody else ever run across that?? There was absolutely no evidence of splicing or sectioning. Also the front crossmember did not have the big block damper clearance that I thought all 65 frames had.
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Re: never saw this before on a 1965 frame....
Hi Dave I have never seen that before, but Iam sure it possible and sure its very likely. I have found that the damper change over was some where between vin 990 without and vin 1016 with, does your vin fit???. Phil 8063 -
Re: never saw this before on a 1965 frame....
Phil....this vin was in the 1700's so it would fall outside of your window a bit...believe there was a UAW strike the month prior to this car's build so that could add some possible part useage/inventory variation potential. Thanks for your reply. DaveComment
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Thank You Dave, wish they (cars)could talk *NM*
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VIN 014xx has depression and N14 keyholes
and was produced the first day after the strike was over (Nov 6th 1964 ?). Correct VIN derivative stamping is present on top frame edge (at least at the rear, the one that I've seen).
I see the '65 TIM&JG calls out a change in frame part # "very early in production (9-1-64)" which would be close to VIN 00220, final production for August. That's IF the frame part # change had to do with the BB balancer depression and the side exhaust attach slots.
Nevertheless, your keyhole on one side only is a real head scratcher.Comment
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