vettebuyer6369

I was looking at a series of photos I've taken of '63 cars, mostly Flight and Bloomington cars, and many have a green number decal on the expansion tank, either an "8" or a "3."

I looked this up in the NCRS JG and it makes reference to a number placed there, "either one or 2 green numbers attached to the radiator and the expansion tank." No more detail.

Some catalogs show the 3 as the radiator decal and the 8 as the expansion tank. Most of the pics I have that show the decal shows the 3 on the tank.

Anyone have any info on this completely pointless unimportant detail?

65tripleblack

It makes the car much more valuable to OCD sufferers.

vettebuyer6369

Thanks for the pic, is that original? Those of us with OCD thank you.

65tripleblack

It is not.
IIRC, I referred to LICS's diagram showing various sticker placement locations. I trust Richie Cohen's judgement more than most of the other vendors with the possible exception of Dr.Rebuild.
I placed the numeral "3" on the top of the radiator near the Harrison label.
The plastic expansion tank is not original either.

...........and YES it's supposedly safer if the knife switch is placed on the negative terminal...................

vettebuyer6369

Helpful. Thank you.

66jack

You'll like this OCD file...

Scroll down to #5...theres a PDF file that has all placement...

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...questions.html

vettebuyer6369

I like this... but it doesnt really address #3 vs #8 on 1963?