1963 Trim Tag

[Ruud Z.]

The trim tag of my early 63 riverside red/black convertible (#1841= 18th of October 1962) worries me a bit. On "style " it show a single digit "3" instead of "63" in front of the "867". The rest seems to be correct builddate B3, frame no. 1033, trim is STD and interior 923A. The only other trim tag I have seen sofar without the "63" is in the 1963 Corvette Shop Manual page 02 Fig. 2 , this is chassis no. 2 and there is nothing in front of the style code. Is my trim tag fake or are there more with just one digit in front of the "867"or "837". Appreciate any input. Thanks Ruud

[Paul Y.]

Re: 1963 Trim Tag

My first week of June car has the 63 in front. It is a sport coupe though. Your trim tag looks ok to me. Do you see any sign of a miss where the 6 would be? Paul

[Ruud Z.]

Re: 1963 Trim Tag

Thanks Paul. It all seems OK to me as weel and there is no sight of some kind of mishap on the tag. Ruud

[Michael H.]

Re: 1963 Trim Tag

The trim tag of my early 63 riverside red/black convertible (#1841= 18th of October 1962) worries me a bit. On "style " it show a single digit "3" instead of "63" in front of the "867". The rest seems to be correct builddate B3, frame no. 1033, trim is STD and interior 923A. The only other trim tag I have seen sofar without the "63" is in the 1963 Corvette Shop Manual page 02 Fig. 2 , this is chassis no. 2 and there is nothing in front of the style code. Is my trim tag fake or are there more with just one digit in front of the "867"or "837". Appreciate any input. Thanks Ruud

Looks legit to me. If someone were to make a phony reproduction tag, they sure wouldn't have made that error.
I've seen a few like this over the years.

[Mike M.]

Re: 1963 Trim Tag

Anomolies did occur from time to time. However,
Some interesting points to consider:
(paraphrase) "The only other example I've seen is a PICTURE in a shop manual"???
What is everone's opinion of the pop rivets?
The car being red/black doesn't exactly help your case.
HaND

[Bob B.]

Re: 1963 Trim Tag

The trim tag of my early 63 riverside red/black convertible (#1841= 18th of October 1962) worries me a bit. On "style " it show a single digit "3" instead of "63" in front of the "867". The rest seems to be correct builddate B3, frame no. 1033, trim is STD and interior 923A. The only other trim tag I have seen sofar without the "63" is in the 1963 Corvette Shop Manual page 02 Fig. 2 , this is chassis no. 2 and there is nothing in front of the style code. Is my trim tag fake or are there more with just one digit in front of the "867"or "837". Appreciate any input. Thanks Ruud

Hey Rudd I just went out and looked at my tag on my 63 that I bought new that was built in Sept 62 and took delivery 1st part of Oct 62. The tag has a 63 in front of 867 with A4 above those numbers. My car is black convert with red interior and tag has 490D trim and 900A paint and vin 618. I guess this sure makes it clear as mud now. Bob

[Joseph T.]

Re: 1963 Trim Tag

Anomolies did occur from time to time. However,
Some interesting points to consider:
(paraphrase) "The only other example I've seen is a PICTURE in a shop manual"???
What is everone's opinion of the pop rivets?
The car being red/black doesn't exactly help your case.
HaND

I am out of my league here..but I thought they used rosette rivets or was that only on the vin tag?

I have a picture of an early 63 tag somewhere and will post it if I can find it. It was the 63 that was part of the 22 trailer car and part collection that was for sale up in Greenbay a few years ago.

joe

[Joel F.]

Re: 1963 Trim Tag

I am out of my league here..but I thought they used rosette rivets or was that only on the vin tag?

Joe,

That is only the VIN tag and even then, it is only from a certain point onward. Prior to that at various points the vin tag was affixed with round rivets, spot welds, and philips head screws.

[Norm B.]

Re: 1963 Trim Tag

Ruud,

For what it is worth, here is a picture of my trim tag on #2507.

[Loren L.]

Re: 1963 Trim Tag

VIN #1817 has CV Body #1022.
VIN #1861 has CV Body #1043.

It would appear that for the very first time - in the eyes of some of our judges - a human error occurred! Ah, the shame of it all.....If your intention is to show the car at Judging, you might want to copy this thread.

[Michael H.]

Re: 1963 Trim Tag

VIN #1817 has CV Body #1022.
VIN #1861 has CV Body #1043.

It would appear that for the very first time - in the eyes of some of our judges - a human error occurred! Ah, the shame of it all.....If your intention is to show the car at Judging, you might want to copy this thread.

Yup, I agree. I wouldn't be too concerned about that missing character. Much worse things have appeared on trim tags.
Besides, as I previously mentioned, who in their right mind would stamp out a phony reproduction tag with an obvious error like that?

[Rob M.]

Re: 1963 Trim Tag

Ruud,

Have a look at http://www.c2registry.org/index.php?...ic_status=TRIM for more examples...

regards,
Rob.