1966 stamp pad opinions please

[J W.]

On this 1966 stamp pad, the broach marks look NTFP, but what do others think about the characters?

[Edward J.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

Mike, I think the characters look fine, the broaching i connot tell, but appears like the original the grainy lines appear at the top. always nice to have other opinions. how do the casting dates work the stamp?

[J W.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

Thx Edward. I do not have a photo of the casting date yet to know. Here is another photo that is a little clearer.

[Patrick B.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

The Tonawanda characters look ok, but the 3 in the vin looks too wide. The 1s in the vin also look the pieces of type once had horizontal lines at the base that were ground off incompletely with a dremmel tool.

[Michael H.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

The VIN numbers look suspect I agree with Patrick the 1's look very strange.

Mike

[Jim S.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

FWIW, not an expert, the factory fonts I've seen do not match the 3 or the 2 or the 0, or the bottom of the 1. In fact the 6 is a little strange.

[Harry S.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

I think of the top of the one having a slope like "Bob Hope's" nose. Just an easy way for me to make a decision.

[J W.]

[Pancho T.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

I magine that the stamp in question happens to be 425hp car with a M22

[Mike M.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

I wouldn't add that car to our collection if I were still accumulating a collection. mike

[Keith W.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

Mike - if you go on the C 2 Registry

https://www.c2registry.org/index.php?job=ShowStampPad

Look under data base engine stamp 66 - there are a number of pictures of engine pads which you can compare you're stamp to - the two obvious ones that jump out for me are the 6 and the 1 -

[Jack M.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

I'm no expert... just making some observations. I do have one photo of a 1966 T1214 stamp for comparison.
Unless there was some issue that day, I would expect those stamps to appear similar.
Although the photo angle is slightly different, I've tried to correct the proportions.
What are your thoughts... especially on the number '4'?

[Larry E.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

FWIW> Here is a pad I have in my records which is also a IK pad.AFAIK>Unvarified> Larry

[Rich G.]

[Jack M.]

Re: 1966 stamp pad opinions please

I agree that various style 4's appear in the gang holder... but in most cases, on the exact same day, shouldn't the stamp appear the same?
In general, wasn't the stamp date set at the start of the shift, and used throughout the day?