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Jan 5, 2010 | 08:48 AM

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66 Frame markings

Restoring my black 66 / 427 coupe that was brought to the UK from Ghana in 1980. Date on trim tag is April 06 , what should the markings on the frame be? both crayon date and stensil. I have had one done as shown in Noland Adams book showing frames on the production line.

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Jan 5, 2010 | 01:29 PM

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Is it an A.O. Smith body, or a St. Louis body? What is the body date code on the trim tag, and what's the VIN#?

Jan 6, 2010 | 04:55 AM

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Thankyou for your reply. The car had never been restored . It had four dents on the frame rails with some grind marks and I think that for the shipping from Ghana they welded some eyes on the frame and chained them real tight and they pulled one way on the eyes and it produced the dents . One was right where the stencil would be . So here are the details you require . St Louis body S3480 , H06 date , VIN 194376S118497.

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Jan 6, 2010 | 11:36 AM

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I'd stencil it the same way as shown in the photo in Noland's book, and write the pull date as 6-4-66 (April 6, 1966), the same day the body was tagged.

Jan 6, 2010 | 11:41 AM

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Thanks for that John.

Best regards JOHN

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