Does anyone know if there is a book that tells what equipment a Corvette was manufactured with by serial number (or VIN). For instance how could I know that serial number XXXXXX is an original L88 car, had AC, power windows or whatever? Thanks!
Corvette serial number book?
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Kayvan
GT Owner
- Jul 13, 2006
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Thanks, it wasn't clear from the description if individual cars could be documented by VIN. I want to buy a 65 fuel injected convertible
Thanks. So is the window sticker only way to know with certainty what original equipment the car come with?
centerpunch
ex-GT owner x2
This would probably be a better place to find your answers:
Second sentence of their homepage:
If you are looking for a 1953 - 93 Corvette:
The seller is telling you "the numbers match".
Do you know what they mean? Are they truthful?
Join the NCRS and learn from all of the information
we have gathered in the last 33 years to make a
wise decision when you purchase your Corvette.
http://www.ncrs.org/
Second sentence of their homepage:
If you are looking for a 1953 - 93 Corvette:
The seller is telling you "the numbers match".
Do you know what they mean? Are they truthful?
Join the NCRS and learn from all of the information
we have gathered in the last 33 years to make a
wise decision when you purchase your Corvette.
http://www.ncrs.org/
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Gas tank sticker...orig and not reproduced. List VIN and equipment for that car.
He mentioned L88 which would be a 67-69.....The C-2 67 has a tank sticker as well as the 68-69 C-3.:cheers
Gas Tank Stickers
By: Barbara Spear
"Recent interest in gas tank stickers encouraged me to republish the following article. This week, the topic is document conservation. Next week's final installment will discuss other issues related to gas tank stickers.
A small crowd gathered near the lift in the bay where the Goodwood Green 1967 Vette hovered. As the mechanic loosened the gas tank and began to lower it, the Vette's owner paced nervously.
"Be careful, don't pull it all the way down," the owner reprimanded. An annoyed glance from the mechanic sent the owner back into his pace-pattern.
The mechanic signaled to his assistant who gently propped up the loose tank. Gingerly, the mechanic reached his skinny arm around the tank groping his fingers carefully over the grimy top.
As the mechanics lips curled into a smile, a hush fell over the crowd of onlookers. Seconds later, the mechanic's grease black hand emerged gently clasping a filthy sheet of paper.
The owner rushed over as if to grab the paper from the mechanic, but stopped short, then jerked his hands back. "I'm afraid to touch it, it might disintegrate."
The mechanic pushed the paper into the owners hand, saying, "It's yours, I don't want it."
The crowd formed a tight circle around the owner, everyone straining to get a look at the contents of the paper.
Carefully, the owner smoothed the paper. Like an archaeologist cleaning a thousand-year-old artifact, he gently dusted the years of accumulated dust and grime from the surface.
The page was a Corvette factory order copy that, until a few minutes earlier, had been affixed to the top left corner of the gas tank. Authenticating paperwork, worth its weight in gold to a Corvette collector.
This faded, decaying document precisely described the Vette, as it had been ordered from the factory. It listed every option, the serial number, key numbers, even the original dealer."