pop23235

OK, here we have an example of the shims removed from my March 24 AOS 64 convertible. In the bag is the "kit" I purchased. The kit seems to be like I've seen in pictures. The "originals" I have are just different. Bear in mind I purchased this car in ~1972 and unless in the first 8 years the body was removed, it hasn't been. Thoughts?

And Oh, some have the remnants of the tape on them.

pop23235

OK, that didn't work. Here is the pic.

DansYellow66

Are all the shims on all the mounts like that? Never seen one like that but maybe earlier C2s used something different. Interesting question.

pop23235

Yes, every one is like this at all locations.

woodsdesign

The originals look nice enough to be cleaned up and reused. It would be cool to keep that neat little original detail intact.

pop23235

Yes, I will. I can have them replated. But are they really correct? Why is everything else showing the square with 4 bent corners as in the plastic bag in my pic.?

pop23235

No one seen these? Thought we worked on these cars.

tbarb

I have never seen anything like those shims before but I have never owned a 1964 either. The 1963 shims are different but nothing like your picture shows, they are sort of U shaped.

Seems funny the large flat washer you report in mount #2 and now a different style shim, could someone been there before you.

Scott Marzahl

They look like the new ones packaged for c1s I bought.

65 Pro Vette

pop23235

I figured out the large washer. I'd accidentally wired it to the wrong position as I was missing one on another mount that needed one.

I looked in Noland's book and can see the 63 is different, but similar. The picture is not great. Nothing found on 64,65. Later cars have the bent corner shims. I doubt seriously this is the only one with these particular shims. But with the tape remnants it does make one wonder. Having the body off during it's first 8 years seems a stretch as well.

pop23235

Scott, they do look like C1 as listed on LIC! thanks, but strange.

Nowhere Man

to me it looks like someone took this




and made what they needed

JohnZ

Those are NOT original 1964 factory shims; have no idea where they came from.

pop23235

Guess this babe isn't a virgin after all!

csherman

That is a C1 shim !
Early C1's look like that then sandwiched between what looks like conveyor belt material
I have a bunch I can dig up and shoot a pic of

DUB

Or..as crazy as it may be..... because I worked on an assembly line a long time ago..

NOTHING keeps the assembly line from not moving...so...they could have run out of the correct ones....depending what your build date is on your 1964...and went over to the box of C1 shims they had somewhere and used it. It is not like GM would care what the shim looked like...as long as ti can be shimmed....kinda like they did not care about headmarkings on bolts either.

DUB

pop23235

IF I assume these are C1 shims, I can't imagine that GM would have any laying around in March of 1964 in St. Louis. But at the same time, I can't imagine an 8 year old, or less, car with a pristine body being removed from the chassis for any reason. Found them on all but one mount (which had none). If one or two, maybe, but all locations seems less than a coincidence.

DansYellow66

That is a mystery - hard to imagine anyone getting into a body off restoration of a 64 prior to 72. You made a brief reference to tape - was there evidence of masking tape on any of the mounts?

pop23235

Yes. Most, if not all, still had remnants of tape on them. Adds to the consternation.