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Production
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1972
- 27,004
1971 - 21,801
1970 - 17,316
1969 - 38,762
1968 - 28,566
1967 - 22,940
1966 - 27,720
1965
- 23,564
1964 - 22,229
1963 - 21,513
1962 - 14,531
1961 - 10,939
1960 - 10,261
1959 - 9,670
1958 - 9,168
1957 - 6,339
1956 - 3,467
1955 - 700
1954 - 3,640
1953 -
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Identification Marks Locations
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Block Casting
Numbers for V8's are located on the left rear and to the
left of the distributor.
Block Casting Date Codes for V8's are located on the
right rear and to the right of the distributor.
Block Casting Numbers for 6 cylinder are located below
and forward of fuel pump mounting.
Block Casting Date Codes for 6 cylinder are located at
right rear side of block next to starter.
Engine Suffix Codes for V8's are located on the right
front pad below front of the valve cover.
Engine Suffix Codes for 6 cylinder are located to the
rear of the distributor
Vehicle Identification Tags: 1953-1960 (early) Located
on left door hinge pillar post.
1960-1962 Located on steering column in engine compartment.
1963-1967 Located on horizontal member below glove box.
1968-1972 Located on left vertical windshield frame.
Some engine block casting number overlap and multiple use
is possible.
Engine block casting date codes begin with the letter
"A" for January, "B" for February, and so
on (the letter "I" representing the month of
September was used) through "L" for December;
followed by a digit, or digits, representing the date of the
month ("1" through "31"); followed by a
single digit designating the last digit of the calendar
year.
Small block (265, 283, 327, and 350 cubic-inch) engines
were cast at the Chevrolet foundry in Saginaw, Michigan, and
shipped to Flint for machining and assembly. Saginaw cast
small block V-8 engines can normally be distinguished by use
of a single digit calendar-year code; Tonawanda cast small
block V8 engines normally use the last two digits (example:
"62" for 1962), and these castings were not used in
Corvette production except for the 1965 327 cubic-inch with
3858180 casting number.
Windshields, side door/vent glass, and coupe rear glass was
LOF Safety Plate on 1953 through early 1971; Safety Flo-Lite
beginning in mid 1971. No tinted glass was used on 1953
through 1962. Glass could be tinted or non-tinted on 1963
through 1969. Tinted glass became standard equipment in 1970.
Glass also carried the American Standard specification rating
codes -- "AS1" for windshields, "AS2" for
side door/vent and coupe rear glass. 1953-55 side vent and
1956-72 hardtop Plexiglas is coded "AS4", while
folding top plastic back windows are coded "AS6". |
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