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  • Donald H.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • November 1, 2009
    • 2580

    1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

    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
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    Don Harris
    Current: 67 convertible Marina Blue L79
    Former: 60 Red/Red, 2x4, 245hp (Regional and National Top Flight 2013), 66 coupe Nassau Blue, L79 (Chapter and Regional Top Flight 2017)
  • David A.
    Expired
    • July 31, 1999
    • 147

    #2
    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

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    • Donald H.
      Extremely Frequent Poster
      • November 1, 2009
      • 2580

      #3
      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
      Don Harris
      Current: 67 convertible Marina Blue L79
      Former: 60 Red/Red, 2x4, 245hp (Regional and National Top Flight 2013), 66 coupe Nassau Blue, L79 (Chapter and Regional Top Flight 2017)

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      • Bruce B.
        Extremely Frequent Poster
        • May 31, 1996
        • 2930

        #4
        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.

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        • Jim D.
          Extremely Frequent Poster
          • June 30, 1985
          • 2883

          #5
          Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

          Originally posted by Bruce Bursten (27670)
          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.

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          • David A.
            Expired
            • July 31, 1999
            • 147

            #6
            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

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            • Dick W.
              Former NCRS Director Region IV
              • June 30, 1985
              • 10483

              #7
              Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

              Originally posted by Donald Harris (51003)
              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
              Dick Whittington

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              • Loren L.
                Extremely Frequent Poster
                • April 30, 1976
                • 4104

                #8
                Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

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

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                • Edward M.
                  Extremely Frequent Poster
                  • October 31, 1985
                  • 1916

                  #9
                  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?
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                  • Donald H.
                    Extremely Frequent Poster
                    • November 1, 2009
                    • 2580

                    #10
                    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.
                    Don Harris
                    Current: 67 convertible Marina Blue L79
                    Former: 60 Red/Red, 2x4, 245hp (Regional and National Top Flight 2013), 66 coupe Nassau Blue, L79 (Chapter and Regional Top Flight 2017)

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                    • David A.
                      Expired
                      • July 31, 1999
                      • 147

                      #11
                      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

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                      • Donald H.
                        Extremely Frequent Poster
                        • November 1, 2009
                        • 2580

                        #12
                        Re: 1960 VIN/Serial No. Tag

                        Originally posted by David Ahrens (32690)
                        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
                        Don Harris
                        Current: 67 convertible Marina Blue L79
                        Former: 60 Red/Red, 2x4, 245hp (Regional and National Top Flight 2013), 66 coupe Nassau Blue, L79 (Chapter and Regional Top Flight 2017)

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                        • Joe M.
                          Extremely Frequent Poster
                          • April 30, 1990
                          • 1338

                          #13
                          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.

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                          • Valeria H.
                            Very Frequent User
                            • July 27, 2009
                            • 463

                            #14
                            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.
                            Valeria Hutchinson
                            Past Chairman of the Carolinas Chapter

                            1960 Roman Red w/ White Coves -"Bella"
                            2005 Millennium Yellow 6 speed 400 HP - "Trixie"

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                            • Edward M.
                              Extremely Frequent Poster
                              • October 31, 1985
                              • 1916

                              #15
                              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.
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                              Last edited by Edward M.; May 17, 2011, 05:39 AM.

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