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Jun 5, 2020 | 01:20 PM

#41

Vettrocious

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This one's a supersized! Oh wait, I shoulda dried my car before the pic, never mind.

Jun 5, 2020 | 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Vettrocious

Looks a bit malnourished to me...maybe doc should dig into his vast storehouse of papule peculiarities and let us know if this still qualifies....

Maybe it is lighting..... or camera angle...... or something else.......

Jun 5, 2020 | 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by roberts427

As documented by David Burroughs, not all 67s had the small dimple from the factory. There was a small stretch of car produced that did not have the rivet.

So are we to believe for a short time that the pimple was removed from the mold and later it was replaced? Ok sure that sounds plausible

Jun 5, 2020 | 01:34 PM

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Let’s see, they would have had to temporarily fill a distinct depression in the mold, then hog it out again to the exact same shape. Yeah, that’s doable.

Jun 5, 2020 | 01:49 PM

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Brian VH McHale

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Originally Posted by provette67

So are we to believe for a short time that the pimple was removed from the mold and later it was replaced? Ok sure that sounds plausible

There was only 1 mold?

Jun 5, 2020 | 02:15 PM

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There was only 1 mold?

How many after market vendors made press molded after market, non-production parts?

Jun 5, 2020 | 02:21 PM

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Dan J

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I thought the AO Smith bodies did not have the pimple, just St. Louis bodies.

Jun 5, 2020 | 02:22 PM

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The big question is, why was it there at all? Things like that don't happen by accident.

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Jun 5, 2020 | 02:29 PM

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Well, maybe it was an accident. Something could have damaged one side of the mold. I seriously doubt anyone would think it a priority to fix it in any case.

Jun 5, 2020 | 02:29 PM

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Jun 5, 2020 | 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan J

I thought the AO Smith bodies did not have the pimple, just St. Louis bodies.

My 66 is as original and unmolested as you will ever find and is an A O Smith car with the dimple.

Jun 5, 2020 | 02:39 PM

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OK, a "dimple" is an innie, the "dot" is an outie, let's try and refrain from confusing the issue...

Jun 5, 2020 | 03:39 PM

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Call it what you will, my '64 is smooth after the paint work.

Jun 5, 2020 | 04:12 PM

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Are we going to see more FS ads with "rare dimple car"?

Jun 5, 2020 | 04:19 PM

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There are more reliable ways to determine original front glass than whether the dimple is present. I have heard about this many times in the past, but never bothered to look for it on any of my cars.

Jun 5, 2020 | 04:34 PM

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^^Cmon Nick, get with the lingo. It's called a dot

BTW, I agree the dot is not the end all be all to determine original front end fiberglass. Most were sanded off when during a repaint.

Jun 5, 2020 | 04:41 PM

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Lot's of front ends that got knocked off were replace by a (non factory) splice ahead of the cowl grille.

Jun 5, 2020 | 04:57 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayne88

A few years ago, on a TV show called 'Strange Inheritance', a very low mileage 427/435 was featured, that did not have the 'dimple'. The car eventually auctioned off for $675K.

The show went on to say that some were stamped without the dimple. Scroll to about 45 seconds into the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAU1...&index=51&t=0s

there is a lot to unpack. First, I'm to believe that Strange Inheritance tv show is an authority on mid year corvettes? No thank you. 2nd, it's a bump, or a pimple, or a papule, or mole, but it's not a dimple. third, all you guys with mid years that don't have it, get busy and add it, or turn your String Ray back in to wherever or whomever you bought it, and get a refund. If you do decide to add it, make it small and flat, and get the location right. Not like some of the examples shown in this thread. I've judged some mid years that had the mole nearly as large as a pencil eraser. Sorry Charlie. Wrong! OK, I'm done here.