67 Tank sticker authenticity

[Tom R.]

Yesterday I had the opportunity/luck of having a Bloomington judge give my car a once over. To my knowledge it had never been judged and since I bought it for a driver I never really cared. I gained invaluable insight from his comments and opinions. If anyone ever has this unique opportunity without having to actually enter a judging event, you should pounce on it. This brings me to the reason for this post - he took issue with my tank sticker basd upon the Date Received (7-19-66), Expected Date of Production (9-30-66), and interpolated assembly date (12-09-66) of the car. He had no issue with the VIN and trim tag and confirmed their originality. The body build date is 12-8-66. Similarly, he had no issue with the engine stamp pad which was dated 10-18-06 and added that it was unquestionable in his opinion. The job number (penciled) on the tank sticker is in line with what should be expected and is 153 for a VIN of 5656 - only 3 off + 500 and less than the VIN. In addition, all of the options shown on the sticker without question exist on the car. One of the rarest is speed warning and he confirmed the originality of the cluster as having not been added. The cluster sticker on the back exists and confirms the setup of the cluster. To sum this up, can one take exception of the sticker simply due to the Expected Date of Production being 9-10 weeks prior to the actual? Generally, most all of the assembled components such as the cluster and engine fall in October with no dates being outside of say 3 months from the final assembly date. I'm hopng others can report a similar gap from their stickers. Or perhaps somebody has other knowledge than can be insightful. What are the odds of someone not having a sticker for this car and being able to get one that is so entirely close in every detail to match this well? In addition to the sticker, I have a photo of the sticker while still attached to the tank so there should be no question that the sticker itself is genuine. It is close enough to verify the sticker is the same one I have.

[Richard S.]

Re: 67 Tank sticker authenticity

Tom,

I have no idea on "the odds"....however, according to the 67 Corvette Tank Sticker information I have collected for a number of years, the limited data you provided would seem to indicate a genuine Tank Sticker. Can you post a picture for further examination....

[Chuck S.]

Re: 67 Tank sticker authenticity

You need someone like John Hinckley to comment on your specific case, but in general, this individual is saying that the timing of the order/planned production date/actual production date do not coincide with his previous experience. The dates of components actually on the car have nothing to do with the planning function that ultimately, for whatever reason, put the car on the assembly line at a certain time.

JMHO...Ultimately, I wouldn't worry about it if everything else seems to check out OK. An original tank sticker is reason to party, but many cars have lost them along the way; the authenticity of the car is the primary concern.

[Chris E.]

Re: 67 Tank sticker authenticity

I've seen typos on tank stickers indicating the wrong year for the expected date of production.

If you pulled the body off your car, saw the sticker for the first time attached to the tank, the options and colors line up with what you have, I'd party and forget about some small issue with the dates.

[Richard S.]

Re: 67 Tank sticker authenticity

Tom,

Any chance you'll post a picture of your Tank Sticker??

[Michael F.]

Re: 67 Tank sticker authenticity

richard, what kind of data have you collected on 67s over the years????

[John H.]

Re: 67 Tank sticker authenticity

The expected date of production was assigned on the same day the order was accepted by the plant and they assigned the "Ident Number" and created the vehicle file. Subsequently, for whatever reason (material availability, option restriction, temporary stop-order, etc.), the order was pulled out of the system and rescheduled for later. The file had already been generated, so there was no reason to do it all over again. I've seen that before.

[Tom R.]

Re: 67 Tank sticker authenticity

John,

Are you saying that one shouldn't necessarily take exception with the time span between Expected Date of Production and the actual? Here's a scan of the tank sticker for everyone's reference/comment. Note: I had to crop the bottom one inch or so of the scan in order to minimize file size for uploading.

[Chris E.]

Re: 67 Tank sticker authenticity

Did you pull the tank out of the car yourself?

If not, how was the sticker presented to you when you bought the car? Still on the original tank?

The sticker looks real enough to my somewhat experienced eyes.

[Stephen L.]

Re: 67 Tank sticker authenticity

Tom, your car assembly was probably held up due to the U15 option or the N36 telescopic steering. U15 was a new option in 67 and the N36 may have been a new design. I noticed that the N36 was crossed out on the sticker so maybe the dealer just gave up on that option after an extended wait and canceled that option allowing the car to get back into the production schedule.

There is a date stamp on the instruments which may show that this was the "wait item" (date close to actual build date).

Being a heavily optioned car the available parts may have been overwhelmed by the initial orders so someone had to wait......

The tank sticker looks accurate and real to me.