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het guys boy freind bought a corvette 1975 and looking at door panel he telling me body style say C16 which is callaway and he want me to research t well all day and now day three i have research and about to scream in my research body style looks like 1974 and havent figuard out the c 16 could you please help me
I believe C16 is your time built code. C for third month of production; 16 for day of the month. The car in your pic is 75-77. It is not a 74 unless the bumper covers have been changed.
There are no C3 codes for Callaway Corvettes.
Last edited by Easy Mike; Jun 14, 2016 at 07:32 AM.
Hi CW,
Here's the tag that your boy friend likely saw with the C16 stamped into it.
It's the code for the car's build date as Mike suggested.
This car's tag F14, is for January 14th.
Regards,
Alan
Hi,
I thought the C16 styling was one of the very few Callaway 'misses'.
The front reminds me of a 'guppy', and in my mind Corvettes after 1960 need 2 round tail-lights on each side of the rear.
Regards,
Alan
This car's tag F14, is for January 14th.
Regards,
Alan
What's the breakdown for letters/months? I would have thought F was June; sixth letter of the alphabet, sixth month of the year. Why do automakers make stuff so damn complicated? 1/7/1977 would be just as easy to stamp.
Hi RD,
It can be a bit confusing!
The BUILD date codes are based on the FIRST month of production.
So for my 71 model year car August 1970 was the first month of production 'A', and my car built in January 1971, was the sixth month of production 'F'. October 1970 would be a "C", while March 1971 would be an "H".
BUT!!!! Parts with CASTING date codes began with January, so the engine block in my car, cast in December 1970, has an "L" code for December.
Once you know the 'rules' and remember which is which, it becomes easier to figure out the codes.
Regards,
Alan
I see. Still don't understand why they couldn't just stamp 1/14/1970. At least it is not the alphabet soup that is Harley Davidson model letters, no real formula whatsoever!
also when doing line startups after the summer tooling changeover, you never know when good/acceptable parts are really going to come off the line. you start with A until good parts come off and the month changes to B...at least that's how we did it when I worked in an automotive supplier plastics plant. changing dates every day is not something you want to stop in the middle of 3rd shift to do...
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