1966 Spare Tire Tub

[Michael M.]

Just finished a restoration on a 1966 spare tire tub. The tub has the original white date stamp. My question is for judging reasons. The original white date stamp is blurred and you can't read the month, day, or year. Should I leave the original white date stamp or remove the original and restamp the tub so you can read the month, day, and year? Thanks

[Dave B.]

Re: 1966 Spare Tire Tub

Leave it alone...very few of those tubs were originally stamped. As I understand it, only the top one of a stack of many.

Dave

[Peter J.]

Re: 1966 Spare Tire Tub

Here is a photo of my original June 20th 1966 tire tub date stamp. If yours is an original stamp I'd leave it alone. They didn't care how this stuff looked when they did it.

[Larry M.]

Re: 1966 Spare Tire Tub

Agree with Dave.......I would leave it alone. As a mid-year judge, I would prefer to see an aged original stamp versus a new, perfect restamping.

Also as Dave mentions, not every tub or lid was date stamped.

My opinion. Larry

[Scott S.]

Re: 1966 Spare Tire Tub

Just finished a restoration on a 1966 spare tire tub. The tub has the original white date stamp. My question is for judging reasons. The original white date stamp is blurred and you can't read the month, day, or year. Should I leave the original white date stamp or remove the original and restamp the tub so you can read the month, day, and year? Thanks

Blurry and unreadable (but original) has an authentic quality about it which makes it interesting, unique and worthy of preserving.