Tank Sticker

[David C.]

I'm very new at this. I bought a 1967 L71 in 1981 from an estate sale. The car has been in storage since (long story) but I'm restoring now. The tank sticker is intact and very readable. There is no VIN number on the tank sticker, is there anything on the tank sticker that actually ties it to a given car?

[Bill M.]

Re: Tank Sticker

Dave

No there is not

Bill

[Mark R.]

Re: Tank Sticker

David:

The tank sticker will provide the color of the car and the options; however, since no Vin. is on the sticker, it really does not identify as coming from a specific car.

If the sticker is readible,lower the gas tank and photograph it; but do not remove it. If you do decide to remove it make sure you have witness verify that the tank sticker was removed from the car on a specific date.

Good luck with your restoration.

Mark

[Alan S.]

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Hi David,
Bill and Mark are right.
Sometimes the dumb are lucky and ' back ' into some information though. This is the sheet from my 71 Coupe. 186 is the job# ( found several places on the car as expected) and 89 are the last 2 digits of the vin # ( 589 is written in bright white crayon on the bottom side of one of the roof panels, too.)
Regards,
Alan

PS: Notice there is no sign of 'anti-squeek' strips under the tank mounting straps on the top of the tank.

[Robert C.]

Re: Tank Sticker

see if the hand written #'s on the sticker are the last #s of the vin......

[Nick C.]

67 "Tank Sticker" on car



Note camera position is skewed 90 degrees left; shooting from the fuel filler opening... any piece not remaining on a car as tp may be considered suspect.

Considering the availibility of shall we say creative items, utmost scrutiny of documents is advised. Many are worthless scraps!

[Richard S.]

Re: 67 "Tank Sticker" on car

Dave,

The answer to your question is "YES" there are certain bits of information on a 1967 Corvette Tank Sticker that will tie it to a specific 1967 Corvette.... but the vehicle's VIN number is not one of them. This area of Corvette restoration is not judged by NCRS at the present time but I believe there are more than a few NCRS members who have enough 1967 Corvette production information to accomplish this for you. Of course, the hobby is ever mindful of the nefarious use of this information.

[David C.]

Re: Tank Sticker

see if the hand written #'s on the sticker are the last #s of the vin......

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The hand written numbers are 250 but my VIN ends in 752. I've read that in some years or spans of time that the last 2 digits track but may be offset from the last 2 of the VIN.

[David C.]

Re: 67 "Tank Sticker" on car

Dave,

The answer to your question is "YES" there are certain bits of information on a 1967 Corvette Tank Sticker that will tie it to a specific 1967 Corvette.... but the vehicle's VIN number is not one of them. This area of Corvette restoration is not judged by NCRS at the present time but I believe there are more than a few NCRS members who have enough 1967 Corvette production information to accomplish this for you. Of course, the hobby is ever mindful of the nefarious use of this information.

I would think that there would be a relationship between the order number (on the tank sticker), build date (on the tank sticker) and the VIN (on the car). Maybe not exact but at least a close fit.

[Dave S.]

Re: Tank Sticker

The 71 Tank stricker should have the VIN on it. It will show in reverse as you look at the front of the sticker.

[John H.]

Re: 67 "Tank Sticker" on car

I would think that there would be a relationship between the order number (on the tank sticker), build date (on the tank sticker) and the VIN (on the car). Maybe not exact but at least a close fit.

The order number was pre-printed on the dealer's pad of order forms (which makes it meaningless in terms of dating), and there's no build date on the tank sticker (just the "expected date of production", which was an estimate by the plant at the time the order was accepted from the dealer, well before the car was built).

[Jeremy D.]

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My early build '71 has the last 3 numbers of my VIN handwritten and circled, but nowhere is the complete VIN shown on my tank sticker.

[Dave S.]

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Jeremy,
I have 2 71's (#16798 and #21467) and both have the VIN on the tank sheet in reverse. Both also have the "Job number" handwritten on the sheet. I also have a 70 #11756 and I have the Corvette Order from that car which also has a VIN and handwritten job number on it.

[Jeremy D.]

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Mine just has the "19467 Corvette Convert." and the last 3 digits iv the VIN handwritten & circled. If it's on there in full in reverse, it's in invisible ink. But I also have a very early car....who knows, the workers just got off strike and were lazy...

[Terry M.]

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The VIN on the build documents began to show up mid-1971 production. The complete VIN does not show up -- just the last six numbers -- and they are a mirror image on the backside of the paper. One can read them correctly if one holds the paper to the light and reads through it -- or hold it up to a mirror if you aren’t blessed with the proofreaders ability to read reverse images. One also can take a digital image and reverse it with some photo software.