67 big block made with smith body?
08-09-2015, 01:12 PM
#1
Safety Car
Thread Starter
67 big block made with smith body?
I watched BARRETT JACKSON Reno Auction yesterday and they sold a 67 convertible 435 car with a A.O. SMITH body. See http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Event...ERTIBLE-185616
The story reads ''One of the rarest Corvettes, this car is the elusive A.O. Smith-bodied 1967 Corvette - which never existed, according to many. The body was built in Ionia, MI, at A.O. Smith and shipped to St. Louis for assembly as a 1967 Corvette. The vehicle started the third and fourth day of production as VIN #365 and then went through a hold for over a week. The true experts have always maintained there were possibly a small number of A.O. Smith 427 Corvettes in the first week or two of production, with none later, and this is one of them. The week-later production offset between it and the other cars was probably the result of a management decision to restrict inspection in St. Louis of the hood stripe, followed by assembly hold and later management decision to restrict all 1967 big block orders to St. Louis bodies. Frame-off restoration to factory built specifications, no-hit original body panels. All major date codes are within the then-current manufacturing window. Original Trim Tag and VIN plate have never been off the car.''
it was built in the first week of production, VIN#368, and is ''one'' of very few ever made. I always understood that due to the ''stinger'' hood strip, SMITH body cars were only small blocks. This car apparently was NCRS Judged and certified more than once.
COMENTS PLEASE ?
The story reads ''One of the rarest Corvettes, this car is the elusive A.O. Smith-bodied 1967 Corvette - which never existed, according to many. The body was built in Ionia, MI, at A.O. Smith and shipped to St. Louis for assembly as a 1967 Corvette. The vehicle started the third and fourth day of production as VIN #365 and then went through a hold for over a week. The true experts have always maintained there were possibly a small number of A.O. Smith 427 Corvettes in the first week or two of production, with none later, and this is one of them. The week-later production offset between it and the other cars was probably the result of a management decision to restrict inspection in St. Louis of the hood stripe, followed by assembly hold and later management decision to restrict all 1967 big block orders to St. Louis bodies. Frame-off restoration to factory built specifications, no-hit original body panels. All major date codes are within the then-current manufacturing window. Original Trim Tag and VIN plate have never been off the car.''
it was built in the first week of production, VIN#368, and is ''one'' of very few ever made. I always understood that due to the ''stinger'' hood strip, SMITH body cars were only small blocks. This car apparently was NCRS Judged and certified more than once.
COMENTS PLEASE ?
Last edited by jimgessner; 08-09-2015 at 01:15 PM.
08-09-2015, 01:35 PM
#2
Melting Slicks
Jim – here’s a link to a previous thread on this forum and a couple on the NCRS forum:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-says-yes.html
http://www.ncrs.org/forums/showthrea...t-Jackson-Reno
http://www.ncrs.org/forums/showthrea...-body-sells-BJ
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-says-yes.html
http://www.ncrs.org/forums/showthrea...t-Jackson-Reno
http://www.ncrs.org/forums/showthrea...-body-sells-BJ
08-09-2015, 02:01 PM
#3
Race Director
It's been discussed since Aug 4th - ever since I saw B-Js ad in Aug 3rd edition of Autoweek hyping the car....