C2 1963 Mystery Tag

[Jimmy B.]

For all you "experts" out there, anybody ever see one of these before?

Mr. Hanson & Mr. Colclough I would be especially interested in your answers.

Stay tuned for the answer.

Jim Blakely

[Tom H.]

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If I had to guess, as a non "expert", I'd say it's a seat tag ???

[Rick A.]

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agree with Tom

[Sydney G.]

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If I had to guess, as a non "expert", I'd say it's a seat tag ???

That was my first thought too.

Syd

[Michael H.]

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anybody ever see one of these before?
Jim Blakely

Hi Jimmy....

Sorry, I don't recognize that tag. If I've ever seen one like that, I don't remember it.

It could have been attached to a shipping container of parts or ?????

[Dan H.]

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I had a similar tag I found on an early 64 when I pulled the body off. It was attached to the long brake line on top of the frame. It was from a hydraulic company/vendor.
Dan

[John D.]

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My guess is that if a feature of a part was changed by an Engineering Work Order it could be written to have the previous design part stock used up rather than scrapped.

That tag would be used either by the supplier or the plant ot indicate the new parts....

[John H.]

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That tag was affixed to the top part (or layer of parts) in a container of new parts released under an NPC (Notice Of Production Change); there were also at least two stickers, about 6" x 8", on the outside of the box or container that said "NPC MATERIAL", to alert the material handler.

[Tom H.]

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That tag was affixed to the top part (or layer of parts) in a container of new parts released under an NPC (Notice Of Production Change); there were also at least two stickers, about 6" x 8", on the outside of the box or container that said "NPC MATERIAL", to alert the material handler.

Shows what I know.

[Jimmy B.]

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Well if John H. is right then I guess I was told wrong: the "original" owner of this 63 swc f.i. coupe took delivery in late afternoon at DAWSON TAYLOR CHEVROLET in Michigan. He left the dealership and drove the car to a gas station and filled it up and made his 1st entry in his log book. Next morning he raised the hood to admire that beautiful f.i. engine and he told me THERE attached to the f.i. unit was this tag. Bernie gently removed the tag and placed it in the owners manual packet in the glove box where it remained until I bought the car from him and found it in there. The car also came with a "log" book indicating: every gallon of gas purchased, when it was waxed, oil changed, tire rotation, and the date and mileage parts were replaced: radiator, tires, shocks, etc. The car was finally parked in his garage to not see daylight again in 1971 until the day I purchased it from him.

For the record Bernie tried to get knock off wheels from the factory when he ordered his car, as we know he could not get them so he purchased a set of 5 from the dealership in 1964 - these wheels still had the ink dates stamped on the back of them when I purchased the car from him. He did not order a radio with the car but the owners packet did have the radio sheet in it.

This was a March 20th car according to the birthday book and Tom Swindell was the salesman he purchased the car from at Dawson Taylor Chevrolet.

Jim Blakely

[Joe R.]

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Jimmy,

Maybe there is a whole case of NEW FI's around somewhere in the garage of the 1st owner!

Better check it out!

JR

[Robert G.]

Re: C2 1963 Mystery Tag

That tag was affixed to the top part (or layer of parts) in a container of new parts released under an NPC (Notice Of Production Change); there were also at least two stickers, about 6" x 8", on the outside of the box or container that said "NPC MATERIAL", to alert the material handler.

As an aside, John are you familiar with the 2% audit program at GM and was it done on Corvettes? When I went to pick up a new 1987 Buick, it had a blue 2% sticker on the windshield.

[Jimmy B.]

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JR,

Car started having f.i. trouble in the 90,000+ mile range and the original owner took it to the dealership (Dawson taylor) for repair. The problem "remained" and he later did a "real real smart thing" and traded the complete f.i. set-up to the local SNAP-ON tool man for a complete Holley carburetor set up and thought he got a "good deal"! Car ran flawless when the f.i. unit was removed and the carburetor put in its place. This is the way I purchased the car, the heads had never been removed from the engine nor had the original exhaust manifolds ever had their "french" locks undone.

Unfortunately no spare f.i. units were ever found.

Jimmy Blakely

[Ronald L.]

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To this day new model change tags and labels of varying sorts get left on parts, and not purposely, but some do not get removed and get to the customer. These days with more than half the car or truck bar coded, there are lots of possibilities, build sheets included.

A neat story, wonderful history on the car, too bad on the FI unit, you should try and track that down, in fact I know one place close by that just might have one of those units, not sure, have not looked for any FI stuff in a long time.

Did you try and track down the sales guy?

[John H.]

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As an aside, John are you familiar with the 2% audit program at GM and was it done on Corvettes? When I went to pick up a new 1987 Buick, it had a blue 2% sticker on the windshield.

Bob -

That random quality audit was a standard procedure at all GM assembly plants; St. Louis did one per shift, but as far as I know they didn't affix any stickers. The stickers were a local thing.

We did one per day at Viper, and placed a letter in the glove box to explain to the owner why the car had 17 miles on the odometer (the Quality Audit included a 14-mile drive route on city streets, plus the three miles the car got on the roll-test machine).