64 vin tag attaching , methods
I HAVE A 1964 CORVETTE WITH THE VIN TAG RIVETED LIKE THE EARLY 1965 ,( ROUND STAINLESS STEEL POP RIVET). I KNOW THAT 63/64 WERE WELDED ON. WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THE WELDED 63/64 TAGS WOULD COME LOOSE. REFERENCING #1; " NOLAND ADAMS ' THE COMPLETE CORVETTE RESTORATION & TECHNICAL GUIDE-VOL.2 , 1963 THRU 1967, PAGE 53. UNDER PARA. " SERIAL PLATE ATTACHING METHODS" WE HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES OF RIVETED 1963 SERIAL NUMBER PLATES " ---" TWO POSSIBLE EXPLANTIONS FOR LEGITIMATELY RIVETED 1963 AND 1964 SERIAL NUMBER PLATES EXIST. " ON OCCASION, SERIAL PLATES WERE POP-RIVETED IN PLACE WHEN WELDS FAIL TO HOLD"
ON PAGE 54 , PARA 3; BECAUSE OF WELDS FAILING THE ST. LOUIS PLANT REQUESTED A CHANGE TO POP RIVETS. THE CHANGE WAS MADE FOR 1965. TWO DIFFERENT RIVETS WERE USED ; EARLY 65 HAD A "ROUND HEAD" MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL, RESEMBLING THE COMMON POP RIVET AVAILABLE AT ANY HARDWARE STORE". " THE SECOND TYPE WAS ALSO STAINLESS STEEL, BUT ITS DESIGN WAS QUITE SPECIAL: ITS HEAD HAD SCALLOPED EDGES MAKING IT APPEAR STAR-SHAPED. THIS RIVET, KNOWN AS A " ROSETTE "
REF. 2," CORVETTE BY THE NUMBERS 1955-82, PAGE 2/3, PARA 2.3" IN LATE 1963 AND 1964 THE NEW DESIGN PLATE ENTERED PRODUCTION CONTAINING THE LETTERS " DD "( DELIVERY DATE )" " THERE SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY DEALERS HITTING THE PLATES TOO HARD AND BREAKING THE WELDS LOOSE "
ref. 3, NCRS " THE NATIONAL CORVETTE RESTORERS SOCIETY RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE ENCYCLOPEDIA; 1963-67"
MISC. INTERIOR PAGE 15. " DEALER DELIVERY DATE STAMP BY JOHN AMGWERT " THIS TALKS ABOUT A CHEVROLET SERVICE NEWS THAT WAS PUT OUT ON HOW TO STAMP THE DELIVERY DATE SO PLATE WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO COME LOOSE.
I WAS TOLD BY A MAN I MEET IN THE HEMMINGS MAG. THAT CHEVROLET HAD ALSO PUT OUT A BULLETIN OF SOME SORT THAT ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM WITH VIN TAGS COMING LOOSE AND TO REATTACHED THEM WITH THE APPROVED POP-RIVETS. I KNOW THIS IS HEAR SAY, SO WHAT I AM ASKING FOR ARE COMMENTS ON THIS, IS THERE A PROBLEM AND IF SO, WHY IS IT A PROBLEM? AND WHAT CAN I DO TO CORRECT IT.
RICHARD
ON PAGE 54 , PARA 3; BECAUSE OF WELDS FAILING THE ST. LOUIS PLANT REQUESTED A CHANGE TO POP RIVETS. THE CHANGE WAS MADE FOR 1965. TWO DIFFERENT RIVETS WERE USED ; EARLY 65 HAD A "ROUND HEAD" MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL, RESEMBLING THE COMMON POP RIVET AVAILABLE AT ANY HARDWARE STORE". " THE SECOND TYPE WAS ALSO STAINLESS STEEL, BUT ITS DESIGN WAS QUITE SPECIAL: ITS HEAD HAD SCALLOPED EDGES MAKING IT APPEAR STAR-SHAPED. THIS RIVET, KNOWN AS A " ROSETTE "
REF. 2," CORVETTE BY THE NUMBERS 1955-82, PAGE 2/3, PARA 2.3" IN LATE 1963 AND 1964 THE NEW DESIGN PLATE ENTERED PRODUCTION CONTAINING THE LETTERS " DD "( DELIVERY DATE )" " THERE SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY DEALERS HITTING THE PLATES TOO HARD AND BREAKING THE WELDS LOOSE "
ref. 3, NCRS " THE NATIONAL CORVETTE RESTORERS SOCIETY RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE ENCYCLOPEDIA; 1963-67"
MISC. INTERIOR PAGE 15. " DEALER DELIVERY DATE STAMP BY JOHN AMGWERT " THIS TALKS ABOUT A CHEVROLET SERVICE NEWS THAT WAS PUT OUT ON HOW TO STAMP THE DELIVERY DATE SO PLATE WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO COME LOOSE.
I WAS TOLD BY A MAN I MEET IN THE HEMMINGS MAG. THAT CHEVROLET HAD ALSO PUT OUT A BULLETIN OF SOME SORT THAT ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM WITH VIN TAGS COMING LOOSE AND TO REATTACHED THEM WITH THE APPROVED POP-RIVETS. I KNOW THIS IS HEAR SAY, SO WHAT I AM ASKING FOR ARE COMMENTS ON THIS, IS THERE A PROBLEM AND IF SO, WHY IS IT A PROBLEM? AND WHAT CAN I DO TO CORRECT IT.
RICHARD
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