1972 Birth date

[clint4vette]

We just picked up a 72 Convertable and are wooundering what the productin date of the car is.
Can anyone help?
SN: 1Z67K25525822

 

[WhiteKnight]

You can get some information from the model center here http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/specs/c3/1972/72id.html


Since the sequence number is 25822 out of 27004 built it should be late in the build year. Look on the drivers door there should be a sticker indicating the build month and year. Also on the trim tag, drivers side front door jamb, there should be a letter and two number code. The two numbers will indicate the day the letter is the month. Keep in mind the model year starts in August and ends in July.

Letter Month
A Aug-71
B Sep-71
C Oct-71
D Nov-71
E Dec-71
F Jan-72
G Feb-72
H Mar-72
I Apr-72
J May-72
K Jun-72
L Jul-72

 

[JohnZ]

The NCRS "Birthday Calculator" is available again, at:

http://www.ncrswi.bizland.com/bday/bdaycalc.htm

Follow the directions - it only wants the last FIVE digits of your VIN (not six).

 

[WhiteKnight]

Interesting tool JohnZ. It is not available for the 69 - 73 model years. Any idea why the exclusion?

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

I've always thought that date stamped on the trim tag is going to a better estimate than the calculator website, so it's no great hardship for that time period in any case.

The trim tag date will be the earliest possible date that the car was built, but the car could have been finished up to 1-3 days later.

 

[JohnZ]

We just picked up a 72 Convertable and are wooundering what the productin date of the car is.
Can anyone help?
SN: 1Z67K25525822

July 10, 1972, per the NCRS "Birthday Book".

 

[clint4vette]

This is what I have found on the trim tag;
Trim = 412
Paint 979
Far Right side = L 10

And on the Block Pad;
V0629CKX
12S525822

And the Serial Number Tag = 1Z67K2S525822

Does the L10 mean December 10th for the body assembly ?
Does the block pad mean June 29th engine build date ?

 

[WhiteKnight]

The L 10 for the body build date is July 10th. Remember the model year Starts in August and Ends in July. So the engine asembly date would make sense with a June 29th date.