March - June 1967 Tonawanda stamps - 3

[jeffschevelle]

Does anyone here who collects pics of real factory Tonawanda big block stamps have any examples in the March - June 1967 timeframe with a round-topped 3 in the Tonawanda assembly stamp? All my examples (hundreds) have the flat-topped 3.

Looking at a car that everything looks pretty legit on, except a round-topped 3. I have one stamp the very same day with a flat topped 3, but it is a different suffix.

Pretty confident it has to be a restamp, but thought I would ask here before putting the final nail in the lid.

Feel free to PM me if you prefer versus posting any pics on the public forum.

Thanks!

[napa68]

Jeff,

I have a January stamp if that is of any help (with a 3). I also have a May stamp (but no 3)

Tim

[TimG]

What type of car was the engine going into?

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by TimG

What type of car was the engine going into?

----Looks like a 66 Corvette 427/390....Bill S

[jeffschevelle]

Originally Posted by napa68

Jeff,

I have a January stamp if that is of any help (with a 3). I also have a May stamp (but no 3)

Tim

Thanks. Flat topped 3 like all my examples.

[jeffschevelle]

Originally Posted by TimG

What type of car was the engine going into?

The one I am looking at is a Chevelle. But that would not matter on the font of the 3 used at the Tonawanda engine plant for the engine assembly date.

[TimG]

They had a number of different fonts to choose from. I’ve seen unusual numbers show up as one off examples. It would be best to find a an assembly with same date and build code that is legitimate for comparison. The next best is to find one that is close to the same date with the same application.

[67since67]

Three March and one June here, all flat top 3.

[fsc66]

Loads of pics here on now of Dale’s pages but all 3’s from Tonawanda are flat tops:
https://chevelleworld.macswebs.com/6...ix_samples.htm

Paul

[1967 4K]

Jeff, I just now removed the paint from my block to get a more clear picture of my stamps. The 3 in my vin stamp is a round top 3. As you can see the block is the last week of May stamp. Cars TT is 06A.