Frame pull date

[Gary B.]

Joe,

An H9 Body Build Date (BBD) for both St. louis and AOS bodies is March 9, 1965

Mark,

Is the body build date code system different for ‘66 from ‘65? For ‘66, a St Louis bodied car with an H9 code would decode to April 9, whereas for an AO Smith bodied car H9 in ‘66 would be March. 9. That’s not the case for ‘65?

Gary

[Mark F.]

Mark, Is the body build date code system different for ‘66 from ‘65? Apparently For ‘66, a St Louis bodied car with an H9 code would decode to April 9, whereas for an AO Smith bodied car H9 in ‘66 would be March. 9. Yes, that's what I see in a '66 TIMJG I have. That’s not the case for ‘65? see below... Gary

Hi Gary,

I got my info from an older version of the '65 TIMJG off of the 1965 Body Build Date Codes and Final Monthly Serial Numbers Table.

Unlike the '66 TIMJG, that Table does not discriminate between St. Louis and AOS bodies - August 1964 is listed as month "A" with a final serial of 100227 (IOW only 227 cars produced, which by my guess is roughly 2 days production).

It might even be only 1 day of production if AOS made 1/2 of those bodies...
All supposition on my part, but somebody out there knows

[Jack M.]

Herez a handy C2 Trim Plate Guide from Mid America (see ATTACHED).

I've also been searching the archives for pertinent data on the 'pull date'.
Lotza conflicting info to sort thru... I hope to post a summary, in the near future.

1963-1967 Corvette Trim Plate Guide.pdf

[Gary B.]

Jack, Mark,

I wish they had kept the unified ‘65 build date code system for ‘66. It would have been less confusing.

Gary

[Mark F.]

Jack, Mark, I wish they had kept the unified ‘65 build date code system for ‘66. It would have been less confusing. Gary

Hi Gary,

Yeah, I agree.
The '67 TIMJG parallels the '65 in that St. Louis vs AOS (DowSmith) bodies are not broken out with different codes.
Either no cars made it to the roll off in Aug 1966 - or the serials for those that did are not known for August of 1966.
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However, i just noticed in my copy of the '65, the last two months of production have the same body build date code "L" - actually looks like only 2 cars (23563 and 23564) lopped over into August 1966...

There's a reason out there somewhere, but we'll probably never know what it is

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