The pad on a 60 I recently looked over has an inverted 8 in the vin number. Has anyone ever seen this on a known original stamp? I would also be interested in any comments on the stamping and pad in general. I very closely looked at the pad for broach marks and can't really find any but the surface does has a rough appearance. There are also some light scratches that don't look to me like broach marks. Thanks a lot for any comments. Stan
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Stan according to the black book there is a CS suffix stamp for a 283/290hp for 1960.New England chapter member, 63 Convert. 327/340- Chapter/Regional/national Top Flight, 72 coupe- chapter and regional Top Flight.Comment
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Edward, Yes I think the car is an original 290 FI but what I was wondering about is if anyone had any comments on the 3rd digit of the VIN where the smaller circle of the 8 is on the bottom. I have seen other 8's where both circles appear to be the same size. I didn't know if this particular 8 had any significance in revealing whether or not the stamp would be considered original. StanComment
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Stan, I should have looked at the VIN stamp, as now I see the number eight is upside down, I was thinking the letter S on the prefix is what you were referring to.I really cannot say I have ever seen this before, There are many stamp pad eras. maybe someone will chime in.New England chapter member, 63 Convert. 327/340- Chapter/Regional/national Top Flight, 72 coupe- chapter and regional Top Flight.Comment
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Edward, I also noticed last night on the upside down eight that it really looks more like 2 3's placed side by side, one being a mirror image of the other but the middle leg on the 3's are not connected. I have seen several 8's in vin numbers on the pad but never one that looks like this. StanComment
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personally think an inverted 8 in a VIN sequence is almost a common occurrence.Comment
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65 350 TI CONV 67 J56 435 CONV,67,390/AIR CONV,70 454/air CONV,
What A MAN WON'T SPEND TO GIVE HIS ASS A RIDEComment
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I had a 67 with an upside down 1 in the VIN, verified original, confirmed by Al Grenning.Comment
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Does anyone know when the equal top/bottom 8's were used vrs the unequal top/bottom. Somehow I thought the unequal 8's came out late in the sixties? Early sixties had 'equal' circle 8's or were they a mixed bag like everything else?
Dan1964 Red FI Coupe, DUNTOV '09
Drove the 64 over 5000 miles to three Regionals and the San Jose National, one dust storm and 40 lbs of bugs!Comment
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The picture I have (see first post) was from a 1960 but I can't verify that it is the original stamp. The center part of the 8 appears to be missing. giving the look of 2 3's with short center legs facing each other. StanComment
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1958, 283/245, White/red - Top Flight, October 2016
1960, Black/black, 283/230 4sp
1966, Black/Red, 327/350 4sp w/AC
1967, 427/390, 4sp, Goodwood Green, Coupe
1971 LS5, 4sp, coupe, Bridgehampton Blue
2007 Z06, Lemans Blue
Newsletter Editor, Delaware Valley ChapterComment
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These numbers are put in the holder one at a time and an upside down character would be common. Union workers are not going to take time to change an "8" upside down.
That pad looks 100% real and this is just another case of a union worker striving for perfection. Somehow those workers knew that the NCRS judges would check their work so that's why we see so many perfect Corvettes at these meets.
JRComment
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I think the pad was either lightly decked at some point in it's life, and/or someone sanded it to clean it up, but it looks quite real to me. IMO the upside down 8 is just a hiccup when the gang holder was loaded. Not a perfect world when these cars were built. Personally, I like to see oddities like this because it shows how simple errors in manufacturing were made. When you have a 50-50 chance at something.........
John Hinckley posted this photo of a set of gang characters some time ago. I took the liberty to make a mirror image of it to be able to read the characters easier and show the various fonts and features.
Rich
GangHolderDies800.JPG GangHolderDies800Mirror.jpgComment
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