67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

[Thomas N.]

I am in the process of taking apart a very rustfree 67 chassis and thought I'd post some pictures of the markings and such I have found so far. The first posting is of the driveshaft. After removing paint which was applied about 30 years ago, you can clearly see the green and orange stripes applied to the driveshaft. Also, where the paint was rubbed away, you can see that the tubing used to manufacture the driveshaft had a very shiney finish to it. I've also included a picture of the driveshaft stripes with a ruler to gauge the width and location of the stripes.

[Thomas N.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Enclosed are pictures of the rear end crossmember. Pictures show the part number, and the dana logo stamped into the crossmember. Also you can see a small dana logo on the corner piece of that is part of the weldment.

[Thomas N.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Enclosed are LM stamping on the transmission mount, the SS stamping on the exhaust center bracket, The AAC stamping on the rear strut rod bracket, and the sp marking on the gas tank bracket.

[Thomas N.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Enclosed are paint markings for the front spindle castings. It appears that there is only paint applied to one end of the castings, not both ends.

[Thomas N.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Enclosed is a blue paint marking on the manual steering pitman arm, and pictures of the tie rod end castings.

[Thomas N.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Enclosed are pictures of the manual steering drag link. It appears to be silver hammertone painted. I welcome comments as to the originality of this finish on this part. It appears to deviate from the Judging Guide.

[Thomas N.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

And a detail of the markings on a tie rod end, along with the -10 stamping on the gusset of the frame.

[Michael J.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Very interesting pictures. Is this an unrestored survivor car? How many miles? Interesting that the paint stripes on the driveshaft don't show much separation like the ones on Shelbys do, but the driveshaft material (shiny) was the same. And the DANA stamp is surprising, I didn't know that DANA built these parts for GM, I thought they were only Mopar manufacturers. Thanks, good history.

[Bill H.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Thanks for the pics Thomas, especially the spindles.
Off the top of my head, the numbers and marking is identical to my 67, even the double Dana stamping.

My driveshaft has the small gap.

[William L.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Great pictures Thomas. Thank you for posting them.

[Kenneth B.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Very interesting pictures. Is this an unrestored survivor car? How many miles? Interesting that the paint stripes on the driveshaft don't show much separation like the ones on Shelbys do, but the driveshaft material (shiny) was the same. And the DANA stamp is surprising, I didn't know that DANA built these parts for GM, I thought they were only Mopar manufacturers. Thanks, good history.

Dana made many parts for GM & Ford also.

[Edward J.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Enclosed are pictures of the manual steering drag link. It appears to be silver hammertone painted. I welcome comments as to the originality of this finish on this part. It appears to deviate from the Judging Guide.

Tom, nice pic.s , I think what your seeing is from the forging process. I have the same on my 63 and 72 after cleaning the grease from those parts.

[Gary B.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Tom,

I agree about the remnants from the forging process. It looks similar on some vintage NOS strut rods I have stored somewhere in my collection.

Gary

[John H.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Tom -

Great photos, nice detail! The bright spots you see on the steering relay rod are from the trim die that trimmed off the parting line flash remaining from the forging operation.

[Michael H.]

Re: 67 Corvette Chassis Markings, Stampings and Casting Numbers

Enclosed are pictures of the manual steering drag link. It appears to be silver hammertone painted. I welcome comments as to the originality of this finish on this part. It appears to deviate from the Judging Guide.

Thomas,

Here are pic's of an NOS 63-67 relay rod. The surface is black from end to end.