1967 data tag decoder
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1967 data tag decoder
On my 1967 my data tag states
Style D10 S1857 BODY
Trim 67 467 976AA PAINT
414 BR
I believe the S1857 means St Louis and it was the 1857th car made
I believe the 67 467 is year and convertible
Need to know what the 414 BR and 976AA mean
Thanks
Style D10 S1857 BODY
Trim 67 467 976AA PAINT
414 BR
I believe the S1857 means St Louis and it was the 1857th car made
I believe the 67 467 is year and convertible
Need to know what the 414 BR and 976AA mean
Thanks
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S1857 means it was the 1857th CONVERTIBLE made in St Louis for the model year. Coupe's had their own sequence number so you could have an S1857 on another car (a coupe).
D10 means the body was built Nov 10, 1966.
Marina Blue with bright blue vinyl seats.
BR means power windows and a hard top.
http://www.stl-vettes.com/65Vette/tr...ag_display.htm
D10 means the body was built Nov 10, 1966.
Marina Blue with bright blue vinyl seats.
BR means power windows and a hard top.
http://www.stl-vettes.com/65Vette/tr...ag_display.htm
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Yes. Here's a post from JohnZ in 2005.
St. Louis-Corvette didn't manufacture ANY fiberglass body panels - they welded the birdcage together in the basement, primed it, sent it upstairs to the Body Shop, and bonded the body together around it, using fiberglass body panels molded, trimmed, and prepped for bonding by outside suppliers. Almost ALL the body panels were molded by A.O. Smith in Ionia, Michigan, with some smaller panels molded by others. There was only one set of molds for body panels, and the panels were used both at A.O. Smith on their body assembly line and at St. Louis on their body assembly line.
A.O. Smith-built bodies were assembled, painted, and partially trimmed (glass, exterior moldings and hardware, and interior garnish moldings and internal door hardware - just enough to make the body water-tight), and were shipped to St. Louis on tri-level rail cars; all interior soft trim, seats, carpets, pedals, heater/AC, and complete instrument panel assemblies were installed at St. Louis.
A.O. Smith built 50% of the Corvette bodies - the St. Louis Body and Paint Shops only ran on one shift, but assembly ran on two shifts. All orders for N14 Sidepipe cars (which required a unique birdcage) were allocated to St. Louis - no bodies for sidepipe cars were ever built at A.O. Smith.
It's possible for A.O. Smith bodies to have the same body number on the trim tag as a St. Louis body (ignoring the "A" or "S" prefix); both plants had separate (but similar) body numbering schemes, and coupes and convertibles had separate number sequences as well at both plants. For example, body number A-3407 on a convertible would be the 3407th convertible body built at A.O. Smith, and there would also be a convertible body number S-3407 for the 3407th convertible body built at St. Louis (same situation for coupes at both plants, which had number sequences starting from "0" just for coupes).
St. Louis-Corvette didn't manufacture ANY fiberglass body panels - they welded the birdcage together in the basement, primed it, sent it upstairs to the Body Shop, and bonded the body together around it, using fiberglass body panels molded, trimmed, and prepped for bonding by outside suppliers. Almost ALL the body panels were molded by A.O. Smith in Ionia, Michigan, with some smaller panels molded by others. There was only one set of molds for body panels, and the panels were used both at A.O. Smith on their body assembly line and at St. Louis on their body assembly line.
A.O. Smith-built bodies were assembled, painted, and partially trimmed (glass, exterior moldings and hardware, and interior garnish moldings and internal door hardware - just enough to make the body water-tight), and were shipped to St. Louis on tri-level rail cars; all interior soft trim, seats, carpets, pedals, heater/AC, and complete instrument panel assemblies were installed at St. Louis.
A.O. Smith built 50% of the Corvette bodies - the St. Louis Body and Paint Shops only ran on one shift, but assembly ran on two shifts. All orders for N14 Sidepipe cars (which required a unique birdcage) were allocated to St. Louis - no bodies for sidepipe cars were ever built at A.O. Smith.
It's possible for A.O. Smith bodies to have the same body number on the trim tag as a St. Louis body (ignoring the "A" or "S" prefix); both plants had separate (but similar) body numbering schemes, and coupes and convertibles had separate number sequences as well at both plants. For example, body number A-3407 on a convertible would be the 3407th convertible body built at A.O. Smith, and there would also be a convertible body number S-3407 for the 3407th convertible body built at St. Louis (same situation for coupes at both plants, which had number sequences starting from "0" just for coupes).
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S1857 means it was the 1857th CONVERTIBLE made in St Louis for the model year. Coupe's had their own sequence number so you could have an S1857 on another car (a coupe).
D10 means the body was built Nov 10, 1966.
Marina Blue with bright blue vinyl seats.
BR means power windows and a hard top.
http://www.stl-vettes.com/65Vette/tr...ag_display.htm
D10 means the body was built Nov 10, 1966.
Marina Blue with bright blue vinyl seats.
BR means power windows and a hard top.
http://www.stl-vettes.com/65Vette/tr...ag_display.htm
By this time (D10 or November 10, 1966) there were approximately 3560 total Corvettes built as cars............both convertible and coupe. But AOS was also on strike during most of this this time, so almost all the bodies were coming from the St Louis body plant. But in August and very early September, AOS made convertible and coupe bodies and sent them to St Louis to be made into cars. Later (after strike) AOS was again building bodies as well as St Louis body plant . AOS convertibles and AOS coupes also had their own body sequence numbers..........beginning with an "A".
The "BR" also indicated a convertible body (vs coupe), included what was previously stated, but also excluded headrests, shoulder belts, and Powerglide auto trans.
The "AA" after the 976 paint code ndicated a St Louis built body and paint vs AOS body and paint.
Larry
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Not quite correct. It was the 1857th St Louis built convertible body produced for the 1967 model year.
By this time (D10 or November 10, 1966) there were approximately 3560 total Corvettes built as cars............both convertible and coupe. But AOS was also on strike during most of this this time, so almost all the bodies were coming from the St Louis body plant. But in August and very early September, AOS made convertible and coupe bodies and sent them to St Louis to be made into cars. Later (after strike) AOS was again building bodies as well as St Louis body plant . AOS convertibles and AOS coupes also had their own body sequence numbers..........beginning with an "A".
The "BR" also indicated a convertible body (vs coupe), included what was previously stated, but also excluded headrests, shoulder belts, and Powerglide auto trans.
The "AA" after the 976 paint code ndicated a St Louis built body and paint vs AOS body and paint.
Larry
By this time (D10 or November 10, 1966) there were approximately 3560 total Corvettes built as cars............both convertible and coupe. But AOS was also on strike during most of this this time, so almost all the bodies were coming from the St Louis body plant. But in August and very early September, AOS made convertible and coupe bodies and sent them to St Louis to be made into cars. Later (after strike) AOS was again building bodies as well as St Louis body plant . AOS convertibles and AOS coupes also had their own body sequence numbers..........beginning with an "A".
The "BR" also indicated a convertible body (vs coupe), included what was previously stated, but also excluded headrests, shoulder belts, and Powerglide auto trans.
The "AA" after the 976 paint code ndicated a St Louis built body and paint vs AOS body and paint.
Larry
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I did not see or pickup where you were referring to "bodies" in your first posting. It appeared to me we were talking "cars" at that point. So that is the reason for my reply.
Your second post was not available to me to read when I posted................as both our replies came out at the exact same time - 9:37 AM
I was just trying to make sure the OP had the full and correct story.......and answer to his questions. Sorry if it came across as anything else.
Larry
Your second post was not available to me to read when I posted................as both our replies came out at the exact same time - 9:37 AM
I was just trying to make sure the OP had the full and correct story.......and answer to his questions. Sorry if it came across as anything else.
Larry
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I did not see or pickup where you were referring to "bodies" in your first posting. It appeared to me we were talking "cars" at that point. So that is the reason for my reply.
Your second post was not available to me to read when I posted................as both our replies came out at the exact same time - 9:37 AM
I was just trying to make sure the OP had the full and correct story.......and answer to his questions. Sorry if it came across as anything else.
Larry
Your second post was not available to me to read when I posted................as both our replies came out at the exact same time - 9:37 AM
I was just trying to make sure the OP had the full and correct story.......and answer to his questions. Sorry if it came across as anything else.
Larry