Swatter0

Hello fellow NCRS members. I had my 67 corvette BB 427/390 car judged today at a chapter meet. I was told that the Towanda sticker that goes on the RH valve cover was actually put on the valve cover before painting and once the valve cover was painted it had a thin film over the front that was peeled off. This way when you run your finger across the sticker you would not feel the ridge of the sticker, but rather it would be completely smooth. Has anyone else experienced this at a judging event? The NCRS judge doing the car seemed very knowledgeable. Please let me know if anyone can shed some light on this topic. Thanks. Chuck

65GGvert

Probably get a deduct if it says "Towanda" on it, too.

kenba

What he said is true. I guess they thought it would stick better on raw metal than paint. I think some NCRS member still has a few of the factory stickers but are not for sale. I think a point or 2 is all the deduct is.

wombvette

That`s the way it was done.

Bill Lacy

He is correct. That's the way it was done.
So what I did was make a mask to cover the decal.
Take a piece of Scotch Tape and remove most of the sticky of the scotch tape by lightly pressing it your tee shirt a couple of times. This make's the tape not so sticky and will not remove the lettering on the decal.
Then apply the tape to the top of the decal, trim the excess scotch tape leaving a tab at the front edge for removal after the valve cover has been painted.
You can now apply the decal to the valve cover, paint the valve cover and then remove the mask that you made covering the decal.
Now you have your decal applied the same way it was done in the factory.
Hope this make sense.
Bill

Nowhere Man

Bill I was the judge who pointed that out and that's what I said to do. I wanted to wait to post and see what others said.

He had a real nice car and wanted him to do well in Hampton next month.

And Chuck I did some research on that vinyl in the back of your car and that is incorrect. The factory did that from 63-66. And 67's were painted fiberglass back there.

Bill Lacy

Keith
You must be thinking of someone else's car? According to my judging sheets you have never judged my car's interior?
My car is on display at the NCM so I can't check it but my pictures show no vinyl and I have never had anyone question it at either NCRS or Bloomington.
Bill

Nowhere Man

No bill I judged the op car

JohnZ

Here's an original Tonawanda valve cover label with the top mask layer still in place; they bent the mask layer tab over to the right, painted the engine, then removed the mask layer.

Bill Lacy

Thats cool John I had never seen one before. I made a mask for the repo one I used on my car and I see now that I put the tap at the wrong end. O'well the Judges never picked up on it.