vettebuyer6369

Im looking at this tag and Im not sure whats up with the extra 3 characters “stamped” after the VIN. (“043”). Almost looks printed in the photo. VIN blocked out per privacy.

Any ideas?

Powershift

April 1963 Delivery Date???????????????

Larry

Railroadman

Looks like 0 stamped over the first digit of 443. No clue what that is for.

Vet65te

I don't know much about the 63/64s so this is a guess but kinda recall that the receiving dealers sometimes stamped when the car arrived at their dealership. The few times I've seen those stamped numbers, they were usually above the VIN but no rhyme or reason as to where they stamped them.
Mike T - Prescott AZ

vettebuyer6369

I think the delivery date guess is a good one. While it could be April 63, it could also be consistent with April, 3rd week.

Thanks guys!

silver837

I think you got it figured out.

tuxnharley

I agree with the delivery date , just stamped in the wrong location. It should have been on the trim tag.

91DRM

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...be-a-date.html

Nowhere Man

I thought the memo for dealers to stamp the vin tag started in 65 about the same time as DD was stamped on the tag.

Bobby6T5

My 65 trim tag july 65

Powershift

Dealer/mechanic was just "ahead of his time". He may have even started the practice and GM picked it up and then rolled it out to all dealers. .

Larry

gold63

DD on the tag first appeared very late in 1963 production.

427 Sidepipes

There were a series of Chevrolet Service Bulletins on this subject... mainly because the dealerships were complaining there wasn't enough/proper room on the VIN plate, to stamp the required Delivery Date. Here's one bulletin explaining the upcoming change to the VIN tag (adding the "DD" section - with superimposed sketch from the 2nd page). The date format was discussed in other bulletins... it indicated the stamping sequence was MONTH and YEAR.

oldskydog

emccomas

I also recall a service bulletin that mentioned that sometimes stamping of the delivery date on the VIN tag caused the spot welds to break loose. The bulletin advised the dealers to drill and pop rivet the tags back in place if this occurred.

I have seen known original examples of 63-64 VIN tags that have one spot weld and one rivet holding the VIN tag in place. I have also seen vehicles with two rivets holding the VIN tag in place when both spot welds came loose.

woodsdesign

I don't think that the dealers gave this very much attention. They actually stamped it on my Trim Tag not the Vin.. My NCRS delivery report it says the car was delivered on March 13. If you zoom in it looks like it was actually stamped upside down and the date looks like 2 9 and maybe a 3.