66 Frame stencil resurrection

[Stephen L.]

Re: 66 Frame stencil resurrection

I've had no problems after dipping. The key is a complete rinse. My frame was in great shape before dipping. It was about 15 years ago that I had it done.

[Dan M.]

Re: 66 Frame stencil resurrection

Well i went back after a few days to work in this some more and found that some of the surface rust had broken free and revealed considerably more of the numbers. It clearly shows "3766" and perhaps it could be "413766". These numbers would be on the top of the frame stencil( bottom left of my pic)
And there is clearly a 3 on the second line of the stencil (top right in the pic).
I dont know whether these numbers make any sense given my build date perhaps someone out there has some knowledge that would help in deciphering this.
It also looks like there is a dash of white paint in the pic just left of the numbers.
I'll have another go at it today, see if anything else has loosened up overnight.

Sorry looks like the picture is upside down.
Dan

[Stephen L.]

Re: 66 Frame stencil resurrection

Part of the stencil characters will be the frame part number as shown in your AIM. For 67 (mine) that number is 3900200. I suspect your number will be different as 66 did not have the e-brake pulley bracket.

The additional convertible body mounting brackets were installed at St Louis, so the frames were identical (coupe & convert) when delivered to St Louis.

303196-33-PC probably was an internal ID number used by the frame manufacturer... in this case "Granite City".

[Dan M.]

Re: 66 Frame stencil resurrection

The AIM lists the frame part number as 3871317. From what I see in old pictures from the assembly line, this would have been stenciled as "387.13.17" and would be the upper part of the stencil. So this should appear on the bottom part of my frame.
Tks Stephen, very helpful
Dan

[Dan M.]

Re: 66 Frame stencil resurrection

Upon further inspection I may have misunderstood what i was looking at here. Mike B. gave some good advice.
Could the numbers i am looking at represent the date? It would show on the same line but after the frame part number. In my case it would appear that the date format might be shown as "3/18/66".
What is really clear on my frame thus far is ?/?8/66. In other words the 2, / and the 8 and the 66 are very clear.
The vin indicates it was assembled either on the 20th or 21st. (Body build date was H20, vin is 194676S119767).
Is it possible the stencil date is 3/18/66 or is the 18th just not reasonable.
Anyway got excited when i found these numbers, not sure I can get much more.
Will try a black light, see if that helps

[Dan M.]

Re: 66 Frame stencil resurrection

Sorry guys I meant to say 4/18/66 not 3/18/66. Brain fart.

[Gary B.]

Re: 66 Frame stencil resurrection

Sorry guys I meant to say 4/18/66 not 3/18/66. Brain fart.

Dan,

I have a database of twenty-five or so '66 frame stencils, nearly all with photos. The date format and MDY delimiter is quite varied thru the model year. Some examples of data in the Mar-May time frame are:

3-22-66
3.25.66
414-66
5-26-66

The first date with a / delimiter is in June, but I'm not surprised that a slash was using earlier. I'd like to include your partial information in my database.

Gary

[Dan M.]

Re: 66 Frame stencil resurrection

Dan,

I have a database of twenty-five or so '66 frame stencils, nearly all with photos. The date format and MDY delimiter is quite varied thru the model year. Some examples of data in the Mar-May time frame are:

3-22-66
3.25.66
414-66
5-26-66

The first date with a / delimiter is in June, but I'm not surprised that a slash was using earlier. I'd like to include your partial information in my database.

Gary

Gary,
Not a problem at all if you think it would be useful to others. Let me know what addl info you might need.
Happy to assist.
Dan

[Gary B.]

Re: 66 Frame stencil resurrection

When I restored my 67 frame, I had it chemically stripped (dipped). The frame number became faintly visible as shown in the photos. The number had been painted over at some point before I owned the car. I found a local guy who had a vintage stencil machine and he cut me a new one. The car is an April build...… thus "-4-7/GC" April 1967 Granite City

Stephen,

Do you have a photo showing the "4-7/GC" section of the unrestored stencil? I ask because there was one example for the '66 model year where the owner thought the last two characters were GC, for Granite City. Neither the stencil guru at Quanta nor I had any other stencil photos with GC, and the Quanta person and I believe the GC was indeed a 66 upon review. In your case, could the GC be 67?

Gary

[Stephen L.]

[Gary B.]

Re: 66 Frame stencil resurrection

Stephen,

Here's a close-up of a section of one of your images, rotated so the numbers are right side up. To me, the last character looks like a 7. And if so, I can easily imagine the prior character being a 6. Have you contacted Quanta to ask if they have any other stencil photos in their '67 database with a GC at the end?

Gary

[Stephen L.]

Re: 66 Frame stencil resurrection

No, I'm happy with my stencil as that is what was on my frame. As I've said before there are probably many many iterations of the stencil.