1967 early VIN
10-22-2023, 02:21 PM
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1967 early VIN
Visited a friend today to look at his «new» 1967 Corvette. It has a very early VIN, 00009. Does this make the car more interresting? Pilot car?
10-22-2023, 02:51 PM
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was there anything unique to the car or does it look like every other 67? what options does the car have?
10-22-2023, 03:06 PM
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It looked like any good looking and driving 56 year old Corvette. Nothing special, missing the original engine. Everything else correct for a 427 435hp. I was just surprised over the very early VIN and thought it was interesting.
10-22-2023, 03:12 PM
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was born a 435?
10-22-2023, 03:19 PM
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Well, you will never know with original engine missing, and everything can have been changed or added. It had the high redline tach and the original three power, correct radiator and support, 427 hood with driver side support, correct differential and rear sway bar. I did not look at dates and codes though. Just thought the early VIN is interesting……
10-22-2023, 03:36 PM
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while its neat to have a low vin number it doesn't make the car any different then the other 67's out there, then couple it with the NOM its not helping the cause. now it would be neat to know the selling dealer
10-22-2023, 05:13 PM
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I have S/N 19. 1967 Corvette, I have had it about 23years and I thought I might have the oldest coupe left. I thought Bob Mcdorman MIGHT have had a convertible with a lower s/n at one time but I am not sure. Maybe it's your friends car. Mine is the lowest s/n in the registry except for 0 and I don't think it exists.
1965 is your friends car a coupe?
Mine is all matching #'s 350hp 4 speed , and I mean ALL numbers match even the small stuff. I don't believe it would be worth any more than any other car like it. A buyer might give a few dollars more for the low s/n but I don't believe it would make a big difference.
He needs to put it in the registry.
1965 is your friends car a coupe?
Mine is all matching #'s 350hp 4 speed , and I mean ALL numbers match even the small stuff. I don't believe it would be worth any more than any other car like it. A buyer might give a few dollars more for the low s/n but I don't believe it would make a big difference.
He needs to put it in the registry.
10-22-2023, 05:15 PM
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Bill Mock had #5 in the early 2000's no clue where it is now
10-22-2023, 10:22 PM
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A friend of mine had 003. It was red 4 speed convertible with black leather seats and power windows. it must have been a 400 horse car, because under the rear carpet he found a cast brass tripower lid that had the silk screen on it. All the parts that made it a 67 were made from hand laid fiberglass including the hood. the car was made in May 1966 .When he bought this car it had a 454 in it with a 0- block dated 1967. You cannot put a 454 crank in a 351 block..He got this car from a classic car dealer in Leesburg Va. Thre man at the dealer said it wasnt nice enough to be on his lot so he sold it for 7 grand .My friend sold in 2005 for a unbelievable amount of money, Gm used the first 9 67s for show cars .
10-24-2023, 03:27 PM
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I have 1965 Corvette 10009. What does your tag show for the build date? Is the transmission original?
On my car, the Trim Tag shows only an A for the build date. The reason for this was August would have been the assumed month for the new models but the numerical date was left open. My car has its original engine. The engine is dated in May. It seems the first cars were built during the 64 production cycle. Where Prototype cars of earlier model years were built at the Tech Center, GM sent Tech Center people to Saint Louis to build the cars for display/advertising/testing. There were no inverted frame stamps, no build sheets, and few of the cars, when released, had their original engines. The cars were not intended to be retailed and only to be sold as used cars. Some of the engines went to schools, hot rods, or …. GM employees usually had first shot at the cars and/or parts/engines. In as much as the builds for these cars predated the documented inception dates for Pilot and Production cars, my car has a number of items on the car that are inconsistent with Pilot cars and production cars.
Note: Pilot cars were cars built on the assembly line to check the fluidity of the production line pre- full production. These very early cars (1965 numbers 1-10) predate the Pilot Production line cars.
Having stated the above, I would look at anything that may be inconsistent with other later cars and check the inception dates for those items in the Assembly Manual.
On my car, the Trim Tag shows only an A for the build date. The reason for this was August would have been the assumed month for the new models but the numerical date was left open. My car has its original engine. The engine is dated in May. It seems the first cars were built during the 64 production cycle. Where Prototype cars of earlier model years were built at the Tech Center, GM sent Tech Center people to Saint Louis to build the cars for display/advertising/testing. There were no inverted frame stamps, no build sheets, and few of the cars, when released, had their original engines. The cars were not intended to be retailed and only to be sold as used cars. Some of the engines went to schools, hot rods, or …. GM employees usually had first shot at the cars and/or parts/engines. In as much as the builds for these cars predated the documented inception dates for Pilot and Production cars, my car has a number of items on the car that are inconsistent with Pilot cars and production cars.
Note: Pilot cars were cars built on the assembly line to check the fluidity of the production line pre- full production. These very early cars (1965 numbers 1-10) predate the Pilot Production line cars.
Having stated the above, I would look at anything that may be inconsistent with other later cars and check the inception dates for those items in the Assembly Manual.
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10-24-2023, 08:26 PM
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the very first one and very last one of each model year will always hold a special place to some collectors. Rick does like the first and last ones. He has plenty of them in his collection.