1962 door markings

[Jaime G.]

Re: 1962 door markings

[ATTACH=CONFIG]51752[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]51753[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]51754[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]51755[/ATTACH]

All these pictures are from one Ermine White 1962 Corvette.

The first picture is the passenger side door. You can see the J/B # 396 written upside- down in green crayon/grease pencil. 396 is over-sprayed lightly with Ermine White body color indicating it was written on bare fiberglass before painting, and in some places you can see the beige color of the fiberglass. This number was only found on the passenger door. Note that all the screw heads are also covered with Ermine White, with the exception of the four screws on the small access plate, indicating a lot of inner workings were inside the door before painting. Were these inner workings put inside the door before the inner and outer skins were bonded together? Also note the bare fiberglass at the top of the door where the Garnish Moulding attaches and all the Ermine White paint surrounding the bare fiberglass patches. Does this mean that the Garnish Moulding was in place during painting? Another note is that the larger access door flanges are also Ermine White, indicating the access doors were not in place during painting. The smaller access door here we did not remove, and which is still in place, is black with no Ermine White over-spray and the screw heads are a cad/zinc (?) finish. Comments?

The second picture is of the instrument cluster showing the 396 J/B # written in green in the dome.

The third picture is of the 396 J/B # written on the dash on the left side of the mirror base. This J/B # was also written in green, and during body color-coat it was completely covered with Ermine White. Later it was also covered with glue and the padded dash.



I could add several other photos here but I understand four is the limit for one post.

M 62 has the same JB# locations as yours. My 63 coupe has the JB# in both doors

[Dino L.]

Re: 1962 door markings

Spent all day in the shop, took the steering mast out, dash, wiper, ducts wiring and cluster....this a lot work disassembling thus car....LOL here us the job number from the dome.....image.jpg

[Eric E.]

Re: 1962 door markings

I have run across all the numbers too with the exception of the number on the engine side of the firewall (still covered with blackout). I also found the stamps on the inside of the of the windshield frame and the door posts. All in green ink "Jan 26,1962" & "Jan 25, 1962". Too bad these won't survive the re-chroming process.

Eric

[John M.]

Re: 1962 door markings

Spent all day in the shop, took the steering mast out, dash, wiper, ducts wiring and cluster....this a lot work disassembling thus car....LOL here us the job number from the dome.....[ATTACH=CONFIG]51832[/ATTACH]

Dino,

I sincerely hope you didn't remove the instrument cluster just to look for this J/B # ???

I am sending you a Private Message (PM).

Save the Wave ........... JGM

[John M.]

Re: 1962 door markings

Eric,

I have sent you a Private Message (PM).

Save the Wave ..... JGM