build date?

[Bruce W.]

Hey guys,
How do you determine the exact build date of your car?
Bruce

[Jim D.]

Re: build date?

There are several free birthday calculators on line, the C2 registry has one, or you can purchase the Shipping Data Report from the NCRS that will also include the dealer it was delivered to. The two that I bought gave the same date as the free birthday calculator

[David H.]

Re: build date?

Hey guys,
How do you determine the exact build date of your car?
Bruce

Bruce

You can check your body build date located on your trim tag. For St Louis cars, typically close (within a day or so). A.O. Smith cars, body shipping time typically adds a week to 10 days.

Body build date plus VIN Birthday book date should put you in the ballpark.

Dave


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[Bruce W.]

Re: build date?

Jim, thanks i will check this out.
Bruce

[Terry M.]

Re: build date?

Bruce,
You can also do it the "long" way as described in Noland Adams' Corvette restoration book. That's what I did a few years ago and came up with a date that was one day off from the shipping data report from NCRS. The date that NCRS had was the same day as the body build. Noland Adams reports that it was unlikely (not impossible though) for the car build date to be the same as the body build date. In the end, I deferred to my calculated date instead of the NCRS date. Seemed to make more sense.....at least to me

[Harry S.]

Re: build date?

Bruce

You can check your body build date located on your trim tag. For St Louis cars, typically close (within a day or so). A.O. Smith cars, body shipping time typically adds a week to 10 days.

Body build date plus VIN Birthday book date should put you in the ballpark.

Dave


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On a 63, the number after the letter is the week of the month ( 1 to 5 ) not the day.

[David H.]

Re: build date?

On a 63, the number after the letter is the week of the month ( 1 to 5 ) not the day.

Harry,

I didn't notice that he had a 1963.

Month and week for 1963's - except first 25, they were month and day.

Dave

Note: OP shows ownership of 2003, 1962, 1957, 1958. Subject line had "C2" in blue - bad assumption on my part. If C1, then back to the Birthday Book!

[Harry S.]

Re: build date?

David, I did not intent to confuse. I do not know if he has a 63. I was just sharing that there is a difference depending on the year.

[Michael S.]

Re: build date?

can some one tell me what i have. i know the year and style, the paint code, but my body number does not have an A or an S. also what does the d6 mean? i have the build date from ncrs that states it was built on dec 6th 1963. vin is 40837s106505. thanks mike

[Michael S.]

Re: build date?

ok sorry i forgot to add pic of trim tag64 vette trim tag 003.jpg

[Harry S.]

Re: build date?

D6 - car built December 6th 1963
1964 Coupe
STD = Black Interior
923 = Riverside Red
2693 = St. Louis coupe body.
No A or S as AOS had not stared supplying bodies yet.

[Michael S.]

Re: build date?

harry, thank you very much.