1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

[Donald H.]

My 60 is an early build (November, 59) and thus has the VIN tag on the driver side door pillar. I was looking on the Corvette Forum and there was a thread on a 59 tag and pictures showing a correct tag and a "fake" tag.

I have attached a picture of my tag. Is this correct for 1960? If not where can I get a correct configured tag?

I'm not trying to deceive anyone, the serial number matched my frame and engine pad.

Thanks,

Don

[David A.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

as per a prior post
the later vettes' datat plates
were rivetted on?

here is my data plate

iowa

[Donald H.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

David, what year is your car? Is it a 56? I think I read somewhere that the tags changed some either in 59 or 60.

If mine is supposed to look like yours, then it definitely is a replacement. I wonder if there is any place to get a more correct configuration?

Thanks,

Don

[Bruce B.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

VIN tags on all Corvettes from 53 through 1960 were attached to the door jamb with screws. Except late 1960 tags which were spot welded to the steering column under the hood. 1961 and 1962 were also spot welded to the steering column under the hood.

[Jim D.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

VIN tags on all Corvettes from 53 through 1960 were attached to the door jamb with screws. Except late 1960 tags which were spot welded to the steering column under the hood.

Only early 1960's had the tag on the door jamb. The move to the steering column occurred somewhere around car #1500.

[David A.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

interesting!
when i had my 56 restored
i put the data plate in my safe deposit box!!
and it was the last thing that went
into my car!!
boy, they'ed be very to steal!!
iowa

[Dick W.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

David, what year is your car? Is it a 56? I think I read somewhere that the tags changed some either in 59 or 60.

If mine is supposed to look like yours, then it definitely is a replacement. I wonder if there is any place to get a more correct configuration?

Thanks,

Don

Donald, I am not a C-1 expert by any means, but do not go out and buy a tag before you do some research. Somewhere before they started spot welding the tags to the steering column, they changed from a stamped tag, to a tag that was embossed like yours. I am not saying anything about the originality of your tag one way or the other

[Loren L.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

Donald, there is nothing wrong with your tag or its location.

[Edward M.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

OK, now I am puzzled, so help set me straight. Here is a picture of a 60 VIN tag that is spot welded to the steering column. This one has an interesting typo in it, but that is not the point.

Notice that the raised border near the edge of the tag goes all the way around the tag, with gaps for the spot welds.

Now, take a look at this 59 VIN tag and notice that it does the same thing. The raised border goes all the way around, with gaps for the screw holes.

Somewhere I have a picture of an early 1960 VIN tag in the door jam. The tag is aluminum, the VIN is embossed, and the tag has the raised edge going around the outer edge, with a gap for the screw holes.

Did Chevrolet use multiple VIN tag types in 1960?

[Donald H.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

Thanks to all, but -

I know my VIN tag is in the correct location, i.e. door pillar, since it is an early build 60. My question was is the tag correct, i.e. it has an embossed edge on the top and bottom and not all the way around the outside edge like the 59 in the post above.

[David A.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

donald
i see no one anwered your Q for sure.
your tag looks like a brand new repro
and the question is whether it is correct.
is it like my 56 and the other 59?
i don't know
but am curious to find out.
my gut feeling is that it is not correct.
hopefully s.o. will prove me wrong
dave

[Donald H.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

donald
i see no one anwered your Q for sure.
your tag looks like a brand new repro
and the question is whether it is correct.
is it like my 56 and the other 59?
i don't know
but am curious to find out.
my gut feeling is that it is not correct.
hopefully s.o. will prove me wrong
dave

Yes that was my question, whether the tag is correct style

[Joe M.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

My car was built 303 cars later (1625) and the tag is spot welded to the steering column and it looks like the tag shown in the previous reply (without the typo). Noland Adams states in his book that the change occurred around car 1400.

[Valeria H.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

I think Joe is correct! My car was 7510 and was a late '60. It's VIN is embossed and rivetted to the steering wheel column with slight gaps around the exterior embossing for the rivets.

I am looking for someone with a closer VIN number to comment.

[Edward M.]

Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

OK, I finally found some. A couple of pictures early 1960 Corvette VIN tags.
Thank you Internet.

Pay attention to the layout of the VIN tags themselves. A raised border that surrounds the tag, with gaps where the screw holes go. The word "CHEVROLET" embossed at the top center, and the VIN characters embossed elsewhere on the tag. The tag is made out of aluminum.

I have seen a VIN tag like the one the original poster has before, so somebody is making them, but in my opinion, they don't match the layout of the original tags.