1963 Build sheet code
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That "60" is the "Schedule Number", and the "397" is that particular car's position within that 500-unit "Schedule". Read the attached feature article I wrote a few years ago entitled Alphabet Soup that starts out focused on ECL's, but goes into more detail on how and why the "Schedules" were developed:
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I recall when my dad sent me all those documents back in 1980, the one that was titled REGULAR COMMERCIAL AND TRUCK confused me. This was a Corvette, not a truck or "commercial" vehicle. It was decades later when I met John that he explained it to me. We know that most of the St. Louis plant was dedicated to truck production and the REGUALAR COMMERCIAL AND TRUCK form is what truck side used. Both this document and the CORVETTE ORDER for the '67 shown in John's article contain the same information, but the boxes have a different arrangement.
IIRC John said that if the Corvette side ran out of their form, they used the truck side form. There are so few of these production order documents out there that it's impossible to tell their frequency of use, but I wonder if maybe Corvette didn't get its own production order form until sometime after mid-'63 production.
John - can you comment?
Duke
IIRC John said that if the Corvette side ran out of their form, they used the truck side form. There are so few of these production order documents out there that it's impossible to tell their frequency of use, but I wonder if maybe Corvette didn't get its own production order form until sometime after mid-'63 production.
John - can you comment?
Duke
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IIRC John said that if the Corvette side ran out of their form, they used the truck side form. There are so few of these production order documents out there that it's impossible to tell their frequency of use, but I wonder if maybe Corvette didn't get its own production order form until sometime after mid-'63 production.
John - can you comment?
Duke
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When I ordered my SWC in February I recall the AM/FM was available, but since I had little familiarity with FM at that time and only listened to AM "Top 40" stations I just ordered the AM, and I liked the "Wonderbar" feature, which I knew the AM/FM didn't have.
My Sequence number is just under 11,000 and was built in mid-March. I recall that AM radio stock was exhausted about month later and any AM orders were converted to AM/FM.
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My Sequence number is just under 11,000 and was built in mid-March. I recall that AM radio stock was exhausted about month later and any AM orders were converted to AM/FM.
Duke
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Very cool stuff.Like a history lesson with cars.
From what I can tell mine was built on or around May 18th. Vin 30837S115504 a little latter then you.
From what I can tell mine was built on or around May 18th. Vin 30837S115504 a little latter then you.