Procrastination Racing

Interesting point in another thread prompts me to do this. Does your '68 Corvette have the factory bracing for the rear kick up section of the frame?

If so, post yes or no and your build date from the body tag so we can narrow when this occurred.

Thanks

The13Bats

Are you talking about my comment on that 68 thread? lol,

According to this,

http://www.71corvette.com/frames.html

It started mid 68....I thought late and few...

68/70Vette

Middle of May, 1968. I have them.

kettererhouse

YES May 1968

68/BB

Jan 1968 No

doorgunner

12/15/67.....................No


(327/4-speed)

Easy Mike

Yep. April 20, 1968. The A. O. Smith stencil is illegible, so I have no date for the frame.

Kevin68

Oh, great, another thing that isn't original on my car ....I've got the braces and a build date of Nov 3, 1967. Although this may be a good thing. I suspect that the only "original" part on my car is the VIN tag.

JC68

This should narrow it down quite a bit. I have an April 18, 1968 car that doesn't have them.

John

dugsgms74

Jan 15 68, nope

Easy Mike

Can you read your frame stencil?

JC68

Unfortunately no, car received a cheap repaint at one point in it's life and they over sprayed all over the side of the frame where the stencil is.

loup68

March 27th, no. Lou.

sullyman56

Mine is January 3, 1968 and it has them. May not be the original frame?

Procrastination Racing

Based on this highly scientific study, I'd suggest that April is the time frame of when Chevy started putting in the braces in.

It also proves we have a lot of old cars that have been changed over the years, like the early ones with braced frames.

I'm surprised no one mentioned the non-68 frame in the picture.

tcsracing1

my car is July so it should have them.

avalonjohn

May 29th 68....yup

bkvette3

Nov 24/67... no braces

marshal135

From the Trim Tag June 12,1968.
Frame is braced.
Marshal

Don 68

From my trim tag May 22, 1968.
The original frame (I checked the the vin numbers) is not braced.