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Re: Engine dates
John,
If you are serious about restoring the car you should get a copy of the 1958-1960 Corvette Technical Information and Judging Guide from the NCRS Store
It will provide a lot of answers and a guide for you. Other manuals will be helpful also.
In answer to your question, the general guideline is dates up to six months prior to the car build date though that is uncommon. The latest date can be up to just a "few" days before car build. There are instances of engine casting dates one day before assembly and installed in a car within a few days.
Feel free to ask questions, lots of experience here.
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Thanks Verle, I was hoping I did'nt need all the dates within a few days of each other. And thanks for the NCRS store advice. JohnComment
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John, I believe your car was built in October of 1959, not 1960. 1960 production started in October of 1959 for the 60 model year. The last 1960 car produced in Oct 59 was ser# 1168, so yours is likely late October.
Is your vin# plate on the driver's door jamb? Later 60's had the vin# on the steering column in the engine compartment. At that time they also stamped the vin derivative on the engine pad9right side front). I would suspect your early car would not have had the vin derivative stmped on this engine pad.
Also, as Verle mentioned about books, another great book to have for reference is Noland Adams 53-62 Restoration & Technical Guide VolI. It's been out of print for some time but back out now. Get it while you can. You'll love the pictures too!
Good Luck with your projct,
Rich(I own a 59)Comment
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Re: Engine dates
John, I believe your car was built in October of 1959, not 1960. 1960 production started in October of 1959 for the 60 model year. The last 1960 car produced in Oct 59 was ser# 1168, so yours is likely late October.
Is your vin# plate on the driver's door jamb? Later 60's had the vin# on the steering column in the engine compartment. At that time they also stamped the vin derivative on the engine pad9right side front). I would suspect your early car would not have had the vin derivative stmped on this engine pad.
Also, as Verle mentioned about books, another great book to have for reference is Noland Adams 53-62 Restoration & Technical Guide VolI. It's been out of print for some time but back out now. Get it while you can. You'll love the pictures too!
Good Luck with your projct,
Rich(I own a 59)Comment
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I think you misunderstood Verle's comments...it's not necessary for component dates to be within days of each other.
What he was describing is very rare cases where the engine assembly date is within days or a day of the car's build date. For judging purposes, any engine assembly date within the preceding six months of the car's build date is acceptable, and will be judged fairly without prejudice.
For authentic appearance, the engine assembly date should be within several weeks, maybe up to several months, before the car's build date. This is the most common occurrence. Not even the casting dates on a single engine will necessarily be within days of each other, but you will see a pattern of close grouping on any given original engine within, say, about a month to six weeks..."outlying" dates, for example, have been seen on exhaust manifolds.
I'm not sure of your motive for deleting your original post, but if we take the time to answer your question, please leave your original post for posterity...the thread will make more sense to those that read the archives.Comment
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I think you misunderstood Verle's comments...it's not necessary for component dates to be within days of each other.
What he was describing is very rare cases where the engine assembly date is within days or a day of the car's build date. For judging purposes, any engine assembly date within the preceding six months of the car's build date is acceptable, and will be judged fairly without prejudice.
For authentic appearance, the engine assembly date should be within several weeks, maybe up to several months, before the car's build date. This is the most common occurrence. Not even the casting dates on a single engine will necessarily be within days of each other, but you will see a pattern of close grouping on any given original engine within, say, about a month to six weeks..."outlying" dates, for example, have been seen on exhaust manifolds.
I'm not sure of your motive for deleting your original post, but if we take the time to answer your question, please leave your original post for posterity...the thread will make more sense to those that read the archives.Comment
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Thanks Chuck- In trying to rephrase my question I deleted it and then I could not get back in to re-post it. I'll post it again. Thanks for the help.Comment
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Thanks Chuck- In trying to rephrase my question I deleted it and then I could not get back in to re-post it. I'll post it again. Thanks for the help.Comment
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Don't worry about it...it would be separated from the rest of the thread now anyway.
I thought you were one of those people that delete their original questions once they get answers. I've never understood why posters do that...it's like they're afraid the internet demons are going to steal their souls if they leave their post in the public domain. If they're afraid of that, then using their full name on the internet is a bad idea.
If you spot an error before someone posts a response, you can delete the post, without a trace and then correct/modify it, but I'm not sure that works on new initial posts. Once someone replies, you're stuck with what you posted, or you get that annoying (Message Deleted By Poster) message.Comment
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Don't worry about it...it would be separated from the rest of the thread now anyway.
I thought you were one of those people that delete their original questions once they get answers. I've never understood why posters do that...it's like they're afraid the internet demons are going to steal their souls if they leave their post in the public domain. If they're afraid of that, then using their full name on the internet is a bad idea.
If you spot an error before someone posts a response, you can delete the post, without a trace and then correct/modify it, but I'm not sure that works on new initial posts. Once someone replies, you're stuck with what you posted, or you get that annoying (Message Deleted By Poster) message.Comment
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When I am creating a large post I scroll down and use the preview option to see what the post will look like, and read it carefully. You can then make changes before posting.
Still find errors later.
VerleComment
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