Just found out, Tank Sticker says my 1967 L79 had A/C from the Factory!

[Scott S.]

I've been working on this for the last 4+ hours. I had the remnants of my tank sticker in a plastic zip-lock bag for the last several months, not thinking anything could be made out from it. I decided to take it out and examine it closely this evening, and I could read some of it, but it had caked on dirt. I started carefully scraping the dirt away with a pen-knife, and I was able to make out a lot more of the writing from the pieces that I had.

It's hard to make out some of the letters, but I found pictures of other tank stickers on the CF, and that helped me fill in the blanks. If I'm reading this right, the biggest discovery is that this car CAME FROM THE FACTORY

SURE


From Build Sheet / Tank Sticker:

Dist. No. (Not legible)
Date Received (10 - 12 - 66)
Exp. Date Prod. (12 - 16 - 66, as best I can tell)
Order Number
Zone No.
Dealer
Model
Paint (02983AA GOODWOOD GREEN)
Trim (BLACK TRIM)
Engine (350 V8 TURBOFIRE)

Air Cond (4 S_ASON AI_ CON_)

Transistor Ign (nothing, section missing)
AxleCT
Transmission
Tires (nothing, section missing)
Conv. Top (nothing)
Aux. Top (nothing)
Radio
Comfort & Con. (nothing, section missing)

matches frame number.


Comments and suggestions (things to check or verify?) very much appreciated,

Scott


P.S. How do I preserve what's left of this tank sticker now???

[Joe R.]

Re: Just found out, Tank Sticker says my 1967 L79 had A/C from the Factory!

Scott,

Why would you even worry about the AC. It's documented that it was a factory original AC car and I'm assuming the parts in the car are correct.

Just be glad you have the documentation.

JR

[Michael J.]

Re: Just found out, Tank Sticker says my 1967 L79 had A/C from the Factory!

I assume you have the air vent in the center of the dash and the proper radiator and drive pulley. If so, looks good, very few L79s had A/C, especially roadsters.

[Jim S.]

Re: Just found out, Tank Sticker says my 1967 L79 had A/C from the Factory!

Scott,

As to your recollections, They may be fuzzy. It makes more sense that the car had A/C and some parts were missing , which you dad replaced from a doner car, then a total conversion.Especially now that the tank sticker verifies that .

As to how you can tell which parts are correct and which are not :
(1) you know your evaporator box is correct because the Harrison label is dated 67 .(2) You can also check the date on the Blower Motor, but it will probably read correctly as well .(3) check the Compressor against known originals . Even if the numbers on the label are wrong , as long as it is an A6 you would just have to change the label to make it correct. Most Guys change the label on originals just to improve the look !

There are other various and sundry nuances , but I wouldn't sweat them! it sounds like the donor car was another 67 so all is probably in order !

Jim

[Scott S.]

Re: Just found out, Tank Sticker says my 1967 L79 had A/C from the Factory!

Scott,

Why would you even worry about the AC. It's documented that it was a factory original AC car and I'm assuming the parts in the car are correct.

Just be glad you have the documentation.

JR

Hi Joe Ray,

I 'worry' about it a little because for the last year and a half that I have been a member over on the CF, whenever this subject came up, I've been very forthright about my memory that my Dad added A/C to the car soon after he bought it, not wanting to misrepresent the car in any way. Now I discover that the tank sticker says it had A/C from the beginning. This is great news, and I'm happy to admit my mistake (especially in this case), but it makes me wonder what else I've been wrong about...

This restoration project turned into a very interesting journey almost from the beginning, and the twists and turns keep coming.

[Scott S.]

Re: Just found out, Tank Sticker says my 1967 L79 had A/C from the Factory!

I assume you have the air vent in the center of the dash and the proper radiator and drive pulley. If so, looks good, very few L79s had A/C, especially roadsters.

Hi Michael,

Yes, it has the air vent in the top-center of the dash-console. I'll have to check the radiator, the drive pulley is the 2-groove deep-groove crankshaft pulley, I think it's GM part number 3858533.

I just checked the Corvette Black Book, they say of the 3,788 Corvettes with C60 in 1967, 2,235 were coupes and 1,553 were convertibles.

This one's a coupe!

[Scott S.]

Re: Just found out, Tank Sticker says my 1967 L79 had A/C from the Factory!

Scott,

As to your recollections, They may be fuzzy. It makes more sense that the car had A/C and some parts were missing , which you dad replaced from a doner car, then a total conversion.Especially now that the tank sticker verifies that .

That has to be the case. I'm going to try to contact the previous owner too, the name and address is on the 1976 Certificate of Title.

As to how you can tell which parts are correct and which are not :
(1) you know your evaporator box is correct because the Harrison label is dated 67 .(2) You can also check the date on the Blower Motor, but it will probably read correctly as well .(3) check the Compressor against known originals . Even if the numbers on the label are wrong , as long as it is an A6 you would just have to change the label to make it correct. Most Guys change the label on originals just to improve the look !

The following information is on the end piece of the A6 A/C compressor (opposite the pulley end):

* K296 *
B - 1 1 8
6555302

I haven't been able to figure out what the "B 1 1 8" means, but if I understand correctly, the K296 is a month/day/year format code for November 29, 1966.

According to Internet calculators, the car's build date corresponding to the VIN is January 11, 1967.

The AC Foil Sticker on the body of the compressor is pretty worn, but "Model # 5910645" is clearly visible. The the color and printing is almost completely worn away where the Assembly Date Code is located, but the date looks like it was impact-stamped, so the indentations are still visible. I'm not a forensics specialist, but it looks like it says 12 23 62

From researching here on the Forum, I think the 12 23 62 = December 23, 1966, and the last number ("2") stands for 2nd shift.

There are other various and sundry nuances , but I wouldn't sweat them! it sounds like the donor car was another 67 so all is probably in order !

Jim

I hope so! Once I got started on it last night, as I was able to read more and more information, I couldn't stop... I knew the original interior was black from the trim tag, and even though I "knew" it was a 350hp engine by the "HT" suffix on the engine stamp pad, it was sure good to see it on the tank sticker. The "350" was clear, and "FIRE", but it took me a little while to figure out "350 V8 TURBOFIRE" (this is the first tank sticker I've ever seen in person or looked at closely). But I was really surprised to see any words or letters at all on the THIRD line, because there weren't any words on the tank stickers I found for non-A/C cars in the archives. After about an hour of searching old Threads I finally found a tank sticker from an A/C car, and then the letters I could read on mine (4 S_ASON AI_ CON_) made sense. It's easy to see it now that I know what I'm looking at, but before that it was kind of like playing Wheel of Fortune while looking through a windshield covered with mud.

I didn't get to bed until about 6am this morning

[Nick L.]

Re: Just found out, Tank Sticker says my 1967 L79 had A/C from the Factory!

Scott,

Great news on piecing the sticker back together and finding out about the A/C. I also had a L-79 coupe with factory air but in Marina blue with bright blue vinyl interior.

In addition to out discovery last week that both your interior door panels and mine have the same manufacturing date stamp on the back, I observe from your tank sheet that both of our cars also had the same expected date of production of 12-16-1966. My received date is much later than yours (11-9-1966). Perhaps this has something to do with the more standard configuration of my car (L-36, no unusual options save for the shoulder harness belts). Copy of my sticker below (the center of it is pretty haggard, all the pieces were "laid together" to make this copy):

[Scott S.]

Re: Just found out, Tank Sticker says my 1967 L79 had A/C from the Factory!

Scott,

Great news on piecing the sticker back together and finding out about the A/C. I also had a L-79 coupe with factory air but in Marina blue with bright blue vinyl interior.

I really like Marina blue, and Nassau blue, which appear very similar to each other in pictures, but I've never seen them side-by-side in person.

In addition to out discovery last week that both your interior door panels and mine have the same manufacturing date stamp on the back, I observe from your tank sheet that both of our cars also had the same expected date of production of 12-16-1966. My received date is much later than yours (11-9-1966). Perhaps this has something to do with the more standard configuration of my car (L-36, no unusual options save for the shoulder harness belts).

I was wondering if that was a longer than usual amount of time, between the order received date (looks like 10-12-66), the Exp. Date Prod. (looks like 12-16-66), and the "F11" on the Trim Tag, which I think means January 11, 1967.

I'm going to try to arrange the pieces of the tank sticker on my scanner, and then see if I can read any of the dates, dealer code, etc. better by blowing it up larger.

Copy of my sticker below (the center of it is pretty haggard, all the pieces were "laid together" to make this copy):

That tank sticker of yours is practically perfect


I just realized this afternoon that one of the pictures I have shows the missing piece(s) of my tank-sticker, still stuck to the tank. The outline matches what's missing from the pieces I have left. I'll check tomorrow to see if by some chance it was scraped off and bagged, but I'm afraid it's long gone by now...