more cowl tag questions
Hi guys and thanks for the help. A couple of additional questions. It is my understanding that 1959's did not have the serial # stamped on the block like later chevys. So do determine if a vehicle is "numbers matching:, all that can be done is to see if the build dates of the block and body line up sequentially. My 348 block is stamped TI03IG, which I decode as T= Tonowanda engine plant, IO = 10th month - October, and 31 is the date, 31st day of the month (halloween!). The G=58-60 passenger car 348/250 hp v-8 with 4bbl and powerglide.
My body is JA15691. Which if I understand is Janesville plant, 15691th car built. The question is, how do we know the date of the body build, to determine if it postdate the engines build date, Making it truly a numbers matching car? My vin is 264472, which would agree with what you said about the body number of the car being built out of the entire number of production at all plants, ie: the body number cannot be larger than the VIN or it would be out of sequence, right?
Again, fantastic site!!!
p.s. how about a little help on carburetors? Carter with a triangle brass tag that is stamped 2555S and K64.
bigbrad