Window stickers

[Mark D.]

Re: Window stickers

I guess I am an oddball, I carefully removed the window stickers of all the new cars I bought in the '60's. A window sticker for a '70 Superbird 6 pak anyone??

You 'guess' you're an oddball? Happy New Year...Dillweed.

[Terry M.]

Re: Window stickers

Then there were those early in the model year cars that never had the window sticker attached. They were mailed to the dealers so they couldn't sell the car before the date of the new car introduction. That's how I got my 1970, folded in three to fit in the envelope.

Of corse the R8C Museum Delivery solves all that on my 2008. The window sticker is not attached to the car either. THey know how to do it there.

[Ridge K.]

Re: Window stickers

I have the original window invoice for one of my '71's. It is in remarkably good condition for 37 years old. At least in this year the invoice is perforated on two sides.

Warren's comment about keeping his window sticker has actually happened hundreds of thousands of times. The notion that very, very few "real, original" window stickers exist, is simply inaccurate.
As a young man, I went to work at a dealership in 1971, and continued working in the auto business until 1985. Early during that employment, I worked as a "detailer" of used cars. I found countless new cars window stickers, that had been carefully peeled off the new car, folded up, and placed in the glovebox, along with other car purchase documents.
By 1974, fellow co-workers taught me the technique of buying new cars for dealer invoice (not Corvettes, or limited production vehicles), driving them for one year, and reselling them as low mileage used cars thru the dealership, recovering virtually 100% of your original new purchase price. I was taught to carefully save the window sticker (by the heat gun method discussed earlier, along with a brand new single edge razor blade to assist), and save the other new car paperwork, to aid in selling the vehicle used, as a "close to new, near mint vehicle". I saw this act repeated by countless salesmen.
From 1974, thru this current year, I have bought around 25 autos brand new, at invoice, and still sell them at very good initial investment recovery. In a closet in my home, four or five of the old, carefully removed invoices, still sit in storage to this day (no Corvettes, never bought one brand new). I still have the window sticker for a 1979 Firebird Trans Am, I bought brand new at Premier Pontiac.
I would agree whole heartedly, that in the Corvette hobby, fake paperwork is rampant. But to think that no, or very, very few real window stickers exist, is very much in error.
Ridge.

[Tim S.]

Re: Window stickers

My original was removed by the small town dealer I bought the car from and handed to me with my other paper work. I never thought to ask him how he did it. Then too, they weren't exactly very large back in 1963.

I too had it copied and reproduced, then laminated for attachment back on to the passenger window. It is a great conversation piece. Living in Florida, the only time I raise the side windows is when I am at shows or cruise-ins so I use them like sign boards. I have a brief car history on a sign on the driver's side window where I even mention my encounter with a 215 pound buck. I don't try to hide or B.S. anyone about my car. The only adder I will say about the sticker is that I have the original in my car book at home, and I didn't pay the $4,666.65 as listed on the sticker, rather $4,178.71 (incl. $121.71 WI state sales tax). I pride myself in that because dealers were marking up 63's back then as there was a waiting list. Even then, I ordered in April and didn't take delivery until August.

Stu Fox

Stu,
What dealer did your car come from?
Tim

[Stuart F.]

Re: Window stickers

Tim;

Small dealer that used to be in Jefferson, WI by the name of Ruel Chevrolet. I visited the current dealer there a few years ago to see if they had inherited any of the old dealers paper work, but they were not very cooperative, i.e. would not look.

Stu Fox