1966 Numbers Question

[Erv M.]

Trim Tag has C12= October 12, 1965
Engine pad has F1014HT = October 14, 1965
VIN numbers match from the tag, engine pad and side of transmission.

Question - Thought to be numbers matching no component could have a date later than found on the trim tag.

Your help is appreciated.

[Joe L.]

Re: 1966 Numbers Question

Trim Tag has C12= October 12, 1965
Engine pad has F1014HT = October 14, 1965
VIN numbers match from the tag, engine pad and side of transmission.

Question - Thought to be numbers matching no component could have a date later than found on the trim tag.

Your help is appreciated.

Erv------


Is this an A.O. Smith body? If so, the body had to get from Ionia, MI to St. Louis. The engine had to get from Flint, MI to St. Louis. So, maybe the body took a little longer to get to St. Louis than the engine did.

[Erv M.]

Re: 1966 Numbers Question

Erv------


Is this an A.O. Smith body? If so, the body had to get from Ionia, MI to St. Louis. The engine had to get from Flint, MI to St. Louis. So, maybe the body took a little longer to get to St. Louis than the engine did.

Yes it is an A.O. Body. I know in my 69 these numbers are not acceptable during judging. for a 1966 is this issue seen often during the judging process?

[Joe L.]

Re: 1966 Numbers Question

Yes it is an A.O. Body. I know in my 69 these numbers are not acceptable during judging. for a 1966 is this issue seen often during the judging process?

Erv------


I'm not involved in judging but I would expect that for the C2 years that A. O. Smith bodies were in production, a situation like you describe could easily occur. So, my expectation is that it's acceptable.

After 1967, A. O. Smith no longer produced bodies for Corvettes so this kind of situation could generally not occur. However, it could occur if an engine was replaced at St. Louis.

[Michael W.]

Re: 1966 Numbers Question

Yes it is an A.O. Body. I know in my 69 these numbers are not acceptable during judging. for a 1966 is this issue seen often during the judging process?

The date on a C3 trim tag is the car's final assembly date (at least for judging purposes), not the body build date like on a C2.

[Larry M.]

Re: 1966 Numbers Question

Yes it is an A.O. Body. I know in my 69 these numbers are not acceptable during judging. for a 1966 is this issue seen often during the judging process?

Erv:

What is the VIN?? Or if you do not want to supply the VIN, based on this VIN what was the expected car build date from the Birthday Book??

Typically it took from 1-2 weeks for the AOS bodies to get from AOS to St Louis and built into a car. During this time period, the engine and other parts could be built and also delivered to St Louis to be used for this car.

My 1967 has a AOS body build date of March 16, an engine (SB) build date of March 20, and a final car build date of March 28, 1967. This is both typical and accepted.

Larry

[Erv M.]

Re: 1966 Numbers Question

Larry,

VIN is S103863 which makes this car an October build. So it looks like these numbers are acceptable.

[Larry M.]

Re: 1966 Numbers Question

Larry,

VIN is S103863 which makes this car an October build. So it looks like these numbers are acceptable.

Final assembly estimated to be Monday, October 25, 1965. This is a lag time due to shipping/scheduling of 13 days, which is within the typical 1-2 week window.

My own AOS body car was 12 days.

Larry