Interesting Trim Tag

[Dan A.]

http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c1s-and-c2s-for-sale-wanted/3539007-1965-corvette-convertible-for-sale.html#post1588000381

There is a red on white/black '65 convertible for sale on the Corvette Forum C1-2 cars for sale. If you scroll down and look carefully at the Trim Tag body #, the A of A O Smith appears to have been stamped over an S as in St Louis.

Comments, other than color change?

[Jim S.]

Re: Interesting Trim Tag

80-80_100_a7b72afd43416b020d99beb8df5d6a85416be4a4_02475c1f7e21f7a70a8cee900da29d3973c67873.jpgHere you go.

[Keith B.]

Re: Interesting Trim Tag

Would be interesting to know if there is any evidence of blue on blue on the body or interior.

[David B.]

Re: Interesting Trim Tag

It is not unusual at all to see typos, overstrikes or missing characters on original trim tags, whether St. Louis and AO Smith bodied cars. The letter S is located right next to the letter A on a standard QUERTY keyboard. A likely scenario here is that the tag machine operator at the AOS plant accidentally hit the letter S instead of the A, realized his mistake, backspaced and overstruck the A on top of the S. He probably didn't give it a second thought and moved on to the next job.

[Loren L.]

Re: Interesting Trim Tag

Interesting theory but only if you can find AO Smith convertible body #s in and around that VIN that relate to this body #.

[David B.]

Re: Interesting Trim Tag

Loren - Agree that would certainly help. FWIW, the body build date of J13 (May 13th) corresponds pretty well for an AOS body car with a final assembly date of May 25th--as estimated by the Corvette birthday calendar. I used to own a '67 AOS convertible (sn 17402) that had a trim tag with no body build date at all! It was an unrestored low option 300 HP maroon car that I bought from the second owner. Pretty sure it hadn't been messed with. I've since heard of a several other AOS cars with the same omission.

[Jimmy B.]

Re: Interesting Trim Tag

my car vin 19371 convertible tag J19 A 6034 shipping report June 08 Don Allen Chevrolet Miami, FL where I bought it less than 10 miles from the original dealership sitting in a backyard since '92. Want a picture to compare tags lmk