California Delivered March 1967 without A.I.R?

[Ray K.]

Re: California Delivered March 1967 without A.I.R?

Bob B.

This is Ray K from Newport Harbor Corvettes - Howard Chevrolet - Orange County

Ray

[Gary D.]

Re: California Delivered March 1967 without A.I.R?

Hello Victor, I have a 427/400 that was delivered in Oxnard, Calif Serial # 113903 that is 260 after your car was produced. I have the protect-o-plate and build sheet and my car had AIR. Gary

[James G.]

Re: California Delivered March 1967 without A.I.R?

If the ordering / selling dealer was not located in California but instead in one of the other states they could have possibly had the Corvette shipped to Raines Chevrolet and perhaps arranged a " Courtesy Delivery " to the new owner who was not intending to title and register it in California. Due to the strong military influence in the area and personnel frequently transferred to new posts it is my thought that such a transaction could have happened. Therefore, the Corvette would not have had the K19 option and the JC code would be correct. Not sure if the NCRS shipping data program can confirm or disprove this scenario.


Ray

I AGREE WITH ALL THE ABOVE. BOB BREWER WAS A DEALER THEN......AND RAY WAS PARTS MANAGER OF COURTSEY CHEV IN SAN DIEGO.

I Suggest you get the engine stamp approved by AL GRENNING at ALGRENNING@aol.com

[Bob B.]

Re: California Delivered March 1967 without A.I.R?

Ray, Good to hear you are still kicking around Corvettes, you were the master of the Parts department for sure !
If you had only told us back in the day to stock up on those parts that are NOS some of those hard to get parts would have been a good investment. Hope all is well with you and yours- I still see John Mc Mahan. He is living in Crossville,TN (about 2 hours away from Bowling Green) finally sold his ZO6
a couple years ago, going thru Corvette withdrawal. Howards old dealership is now a office hi rise. Be well, Bob

[Keith B.]

Re: California Delivered March 1967 without A.I.R?

Mark's comments regarding L-88 registration " off road " " race car " and low production volume in my opinion offers up the most likely situation for registration of these vehicles. Many parts that we sold over the counter that were specifically listed in the H - D section or in the performance catalog contained the label " For Off Road Use Only " and so it seems to me that there would have been a escape clause for the registration of these cars under this guideline and maybe some document or similar attached to the MSO which offered direction to the state DMV allowing the cars to be registered without the normally required equipment.

Ray

you mean this label
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[Ray K.]

Re: California Delivered March 1967 without A.I.R?

Keith - Yes, I do mean that label. And the 3927140 is a specialty H-D camshaft for 302 or other small block applications.
Thanks for sharing.

Ray

[Keith B.]

Re: California Delivered March 1967 without A.I.R?

Ray yes my dad bought that new in 74 it’s the off road Z-28 cam. Still in the tube.