94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

[Pat M.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

There, that should have you totally confused now.

No, shockingly that made perfect sense.

I think I got it. Looks like 4/2/96 on the glass. See the pics below, second with the Code Buster over the codes.

The 16 week of 96 shown on the top itself would be the fourth week of April.

My build sheet shows a date of 5/23/96, and my door sticker shows 6/96. Does all of this seem typical?

[Pat M.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

My pleasure Dave. Thanks for all the information you've provided.

[Pat F.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Folks, thanks for all the information. I have created a database for these types of markings. Hopefully others will furnish information as it becomes available.

Will be snooping around Carlisle and Altoona in the next couple of weeks.

[Pat F.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Pat M., I was able to finally resize the photos on my end. Looking at your Air Compressor I think if you examine it closely you will see what appears to be white marks on the top label on the right side. This is the same general area of the other factory marks on the air compressors. I can see the white pretty clear with the bigger photos.
I want to thank you all for the help in starting this database for the C4's and please if you find any more, let me know and I will put it out.
Thanks again

[Pat M.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Pat, I'm glad you were finally able to resize the photos.

I see what you mean in the picture of my air compressor label, but in person there doesn't seem to be anything there. I'm not sure if I'm not seeing what I should, or vice versa.

I want to thank you for your efforts for us C4 guys. I love my 70, a lot, but my 96 was my first baby, and it holds a special place in my heart. It's great to see someone compiling all the hidden messages on C4s like those found on previous generations.

If you'd like to see more pics of my sequence numbers let me know. I've got 'em under my air cleaner and underneath the car like you, as well as stenciled on one of my tires, and near the right head.

Regards, Pat Moresi

[Pat F.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Pat M., please send me all the photos you have. You can post them here for all to see and if you want you can send a copy to my email address.

Most of all the information that I have captured has been sent,in survey form to Tom Barr, the National Judging Chairman for the 94-96 class. Looking forward to seeing it in a revised Judging Manual for the 94-96.

If anyone has photos, please send them along. The more we get, the better understanding we have.

Pat M., Thanks for your kind words.

Pat F.

[Pat M.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Here you go Pat:

First pic is on the lower "box" (storage compartment?) underneath the rear driver's side of the car - "603".

Second is on the lower part of the rear driver's side shock - I had not even remembered seeing this before - "603".

Third is on the suspension just below the passenger side head - interestingly, it only reads "3".

Fourth, underneath air cleaner assembly, "03" (I guess ).

Interesting how some numbers are yellow and others are white. And they couldn't quite decide how to consistently refer to this sequence number, huh?

I'll add one more pic of my original right rear tire with "0603" stenciled on it in the next post.

Regards, Pat Moresi

[Pat M.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Right rear tire:

[Pat F.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Pat M, great photos, never saw the one on the rear tire or on the suspension.
Also, the color of the markings under the air cleaner are different, your year white, my year red.

When you have nothing to do, remember to look at your spare for another sequence number.

Now, I see your photos and raise you with these couple of photos.

On page 217 the judging manual calls for a label on the oil pan , on the passenger side , identifying , the engine suffix. I could find no such label or residue of a label. What I did find up in the suspension in the same area that the label was shown in the judging manual was a piece of paper, about the size of a mailing label that said 95 (The year of my Corvette). I have also gotten a photo from another individual of the same label on the driver's side.

[Pat M.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Pat, my spare is pristine yet shows no evidence of a sequence number having ever been on it. See pics.

It's difficult to see all of my oil pan with the car on the ground, but I can see no evidence of a suffix label on the passenger side, nor any label on the driver's side. Next time I have it in the air I'll let you know if I find something to the contrary.

[Pat M.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Couple other odd (at least to me) marks on my car for you Pat.

First pic is near the passenger side wheel well, on the inside of the fiberglass vertical wall just about the well itself, appears to be a faint date of "29/96/2". Maybe the date this fiberglass panel was produced?

Second pic shows the apparently hand-carved numbers "53-0", found on the front passenger side underhood.

Ever see similar marks, and any idea what they may mean?

[Pat F.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Pat M., never saw those marks before, but they are being added to the database. When I get my Corvette down off the lift I will take a look.

Additional information on these type of markings can be found in the 2011 Spring Restorer. I wrote an article on markings I found on the front and rear fascias and the front license plate filler. They are date coded for June prior to my August build date.

If you don't have this edition, let me know and I will get it to you.

I would hope that some of the other usual C4 suspects on this Forum would chime in with photos from their Corvettes.

I will get back to you.

Pat F.

[Terry M.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Right rear tire:

Pat,
That stencil is identical, both size and font, to what was on my 2008 as i posted above. I know I have photos of those numbers on the tires, but I couldn't find them when I made the above post, and the original tires are wraped and in storage so i can not easily recreate those photos. Thanks for posting that. I was pretty sure this "feature" began long befor my 2008. Thanks for bringing it to the fore.

[Pat M.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

Pat,
That stencil is identical, both size and font, to what was on my 2008 as i posted above. I know I have photos of those numbers on the tires, but I couldn't find them when I made the above post, and the original tires are wraped and in storage so i can not easily recreate those photos. Thanks for posting that. I was pretty sure this "feature" began long befor my 2008. Thanks for bringing it to the fore.

My pleasure Terry, interesting to know this stencil was used from at least 96-08. According to Terry Robinson's post above, it may have began at least as early as 95. Cool stuff.

Regards, Pat

[Terry M.]

Re: 94-96 Factory Inspection Markings.

My pleasure Terry, interesting to know this stencil was used from at least 96-08. According to Terry Robinson's post above, it may have began at least as early as 95. Cool stuff.

Regards, Pat

May be as early as 1995, but it was not used in 1990 when I saw those bright green dots I reported above. A good friend and I got to watch the build of his yellow 1990 ZR1. I even think I have some photos of that taken by Jane Bowlan who worked in Corvette Bowling Green Communications at that time. We got a buyers tour long before the NCM started doing them. We even got to tighten some fasteners and put some parts on the car. Those are real photos on paper, remember those? I know, I know, I will look for them. I am kind of in the mood of organizing and getting rid of some of the Corvette stuff I have laying around here. I just made a trip to the NCRS Archives with some of the easy stuff, and I am sure there is more to put there.