Month and day date stamped inside rear bumper on my 59 Vette?
Hello,
First time poster here although I've been a member for 8 years. I recently completed a frame off restoration on my very low mileage, garage kept, 59 Vette. All work was done by me. While putting the original rear bumpers back on the car, I noticed there was a date stamp on the inside of each bumper in black ink.
The stamp reads APR 23 AM. It would have appeared to me that this would have washed off over the years but it hasn't. It is a low mileage car and I am the 3rd owner and it's always been garage kept. I have all documentation and receipts back to the original owner and am confident these are absolutely the original GM issued (not re-chromed) bumpers that came on the car and the car has never been in an accident. In all the restoration books that I have ever read, I have never seen mention of these date stamps. The APR 23 is obviously the date but I don't know what the AM stands for unless is was the morning shift...I don't know. Has anyone seen these date stamps or can you shed any light on them. I have pictures. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Wayne
First time poster here although I've been a member for 8 years. I recently completed a frame off restoration on my very low mileage, garage kept, 59 Vette. All work was done by me. While putting the original rear bumpers back on the car, I noticed there was a date stamp on the inside of each bumper in black ink.
The stamp reads APR 23 AM. It would have appeared to me that this would have washed off over the years but it hasn't. It is a low mileage car and I am the 3rd owner and it's always been garage kept. I have all documentation and receipts back to the original owner and am confident these are absolutely the original GM issued (not re-chromed) bumpers that came on the car and the car has never been in an accident. In all the restoration books that I have ever read, I have never seen mention of these date stamps. The APR 23 is obviously the date but I don't know what the AM stands for unless is was the morning shift...I don't know. Has anyone seen these date stamps or can you shed any light on them. I have pictures. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Wayne
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