Stingray1967

Ok, so I thought I read somewhere that A.O. Smith bodied 1967 Corvettes show "67" on the trim tage, yet St. Louis bodied cars showed the calendar year they were built (66 in our case with our very early 67).

Is this true?

Here's what I'm talking about. Here is the trim tag from VIN # 100272, an A.O. Smith car.



And here is our trim tag, VIN # 100182, a St. Louis car.




Also, here's a link to the car for sale right now on eBay. (the car with the top trim tag)

It looks to be a REALLY nice, original 67 with the POP. Very close to our car in features, etc. Also interesting is that our car and the eBay car's motors were both forged in Flint on the same day.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...MakeTrack=true

JohnZ

Nope - the year stamped on the trim tag is the MODEL year, not the calendar year. Yours may be a factory typo.

66rag427

What is the complete vin # on your car? Your vin will probably have a 6 in front of the S. Check and see if your Vin is 194676S100182.

Stingray1967

It has a 7 before the S.

67L36Driver

After building '66s for a year "Bill" the body tag typer guy took a couple of weeks to get used to hitting the 7. His boss was upset but eventually got over it, unlike the NCRS which didn't exist.

I'm getting my threads mixed up.....................I think.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1627275

knight37128

"Bill" was a union member and could not be fired.

ghoastrider1

cant be accused of gender crap. Maybe the name was Billie

66rag427

Do you have a full history on your car??

Yellow6t7

I have an AOS body convertible. Tag looks the same as 100272
My Build date is A24, Body A-0094, VIN 00326. Style 67 467 not 66. Think yours was just an error.
Bill just had a brain fart.

Stingray1967

No, but my dad has owned it since 1973, and we haven't touched the trim tag.

66rag427

That's a long time. Would not think anyone would tinker with the trim tag at that time. Does it have an original vin tag? Could that have been replaced prior to 73? Why don't you post a pic of the vin tag to evaluate?

Stingray1967

Yes, it has the original VIN tag (best we can tell). Again, that hasn't been touched during our ownership of the car (since '73). I guess anything is possible, but I'd be really surprised if the trim tag or VIN tag were replaced prior to 73. The body has almost no signs of damage, it has almost all the original fiberglass.

Here's the VIN tag.

magicv8

In 67, nobody cared. Now the god of car shows must be appeased with documentation.

bam333

Do you know who owns the car with the VIN you have, Tried to buy it and lost contact info

bam333

do you happen to have the vehicle with the vin 194676S100182, I was looking to buy the vehicle with that VIN and lost info

68hemi

EXACTLY!

68hemi

I see you are new to posting here. I don’t understand the relevance of your questions to this thread?

Railroadman

Suggest you start new thread with the VIN in the title - "Looking for 1966 Vette 194676S100182" and give whatever details you can provide. Anyone seeing it will know what you're looking for instead of it being buried in a different subject. And if somebody googles that VIN they'll find your thread.

AOS_L79

The car was bid to 'no sale' at Mecum Kissimmee on Wednesday, lot 158.

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0123-53...e-convertible/

194676S100182

bam333

I see that, not sure on finding the current owner though