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Coming up to 50 years? Please help verify Birthday build date.
Hello Corvette faithfull!
Well I’m pretty sure she was built on November 27, 1967 but after looking at several Corvette related VIN decoders I'm getting build dates from October 28 through November 29, 1967. I would like to have a Birthday Party!!!
Thank you for the help
VIN
194678S405567 Sorry was a bad photo
STD interior, 974 paint- Rally Red, D27 on top right of trim tag.
D27 indicates Monday, November 27, 1967. Your car may not have been finished on the 27th, but it passed the station on the assembly line where the trim tag was attached on that date.
Last October car was #3410; last November car was #5682. #5567 gets very close to the end of November production.
Last edited by Easy Mike; Nov 22, 2017 at 07:33 AM.
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I always take the Trim Tag date as the car's "birthday" - yes, I know it was probably not actually "finished" until later, but it's the date stamped on the car - so close enough for a party!
Ours will be hitting 40 next year, on 9th May according to my reckoning! No doubt I can find a bottle of something "white and sparkling" locally to spray over the hood!
Last edited by Stephen Irons; Nov 22, 2017 at 12:00 PM.
D27 indicates Monday, November 27, 1967. Your car may not have been finished on the 27th, but it passed the station on the assembly line where the trim tag was attached on that date.
Last October car was #3410; last November car was #5682. #5567 gets very close to the end of November production.
Thank you Mike.
I wonder how complete the car was at that time- I’m sure the trim tag on the car before paint and interior. So probably complete by the 29th.
The C3 Registry has it as November 29th.
I always take the Trim Tag date as the car's "birthday" - yes, I know it was probably not actually "finished" until later, but it's the date stamped on the car - so close enough for a party!
Ours will be hitting 40 next year, on 9th May according to my reckoning! No doubt I can find a bottle of something "white and sparkling" locally to spray over the hood!
I agree too, that’s when it became a Corvette!
Last edited by midigike; Nov 22, 2017 at 03:59 PM.
Thank you Mike. I wonder how complete the car was at that time- I’m sure the trim tag on the car before paint and interior. So probably complete by the 29th. The C3 Registry has it as November 29th...
Trim tags were applied after paint and before assembly had progressed too far. At the time the tag went on the car needed another day or day and a half on the assembly line to be finished. The working day at St. Louis was eighteen clock hours over two, nine hour, shifts. Add a day and a half to 11/27 and 11/29 is feasible.
Coming up to 50 years? Please help verify Birthday build date.
