Carl, how does K9's tag tell you it was a 348 car?Tuxedo black Impala sport coupe built 5th week April 1960 at Van Nuys CA with red and white interior and tinted glass. It was the 23,073rd Impala sport coupe built at Van Nuys in the 60 model year and was also a 348 car.
I have cracked many of the mysteries of cowl tag codes, one of which was the different codes that each Fisher plant used to denote the difference between the engines fitted to full-size Chevys in 1960 and 61. The codes that denote which engine was going to be fitted to a car were only used for these two years and relate to the badges that were fitted to the trunk lids at the Fisher plants. Fisher must have known which body was going to be fitted to which chassis and with which drive train at the Chevrolet plant because they fitted the trunk badge and each trunk badge was different depending upon the engines in 1960/61. This is how I know the engine fitted to K9's car was a 348 and the engine fitted to body # VN 27760 was a 283. I won't go into which code means what at each Fisher plant because if the internet knew all these codes, the fakes would not be detectable.Carl, how does K9's tag tell you it was a 348 car?
The cowl tag does not tell you what transmission the car was built with in 1960. Optional transmission cowl tag codes came in in 1963.Does my tag tell you the transmission it came with?
I looked at that but the welds looked typical. Pretty sure the body has never been off if that tells a different story. I'll have to have another look.The clutch pedal bracket on the frame will tell you if it was added, which means it was an automatic? The welding should be obviously factory or not. If it was a manual car, likely a 3 on the tree if it had factory single exhaust in 1960.
When you say optional: Is it a different tag? Was it just done at some plants?The cowl tag does not tell you what transmission the car was built with in 1960. Optional transmission cowl tag codes came in in 1963.
The optional transmissions (powerglide or 4-speed) were annotated with different codes on all Fisher cowl tags from 63 onwards.When you say optional: Is it a different tag? Was it just done at some plants?
Jeff
A car built at Atlanta in 63 that does not have code M or L on the cowl tag must have been built as a 3-speed manual. It may be a 4-speed now (probably better to be already changed), but it wasn't built that way. However, it may have been fitted with a tach from new as it was an option on any V8 (RPO U16).Carl,
"This is the Belair I am looking at." From Oct 29.
Since you did not mention PG or 4spd, I can assume that it is a 3 spd car??
From the 1 interior pic it does not appear to have a tree shifter. The person advertising it says its a 4 spd car & it does have a factory style tach. Whether it has been added, I cannot say.
And the cowl tag does not specify the tach?A car built at Atlanta in 63 that does not have code M or L on the cowl tag must have been built as a 3-speed manual. It may be a 4-speed now (probably better to be already changed), but it wasn't built that way. However, it may have been fitted with a tach from new as it was an option on any V8 (RPO U16).
The tach did not get a code on the cowl tag.And the cowl tag does not specify the tach?
Jeff
Photos of my bracket. Welds look too good for a factory weld that is comparing it to the other welds on the frame. Also looks to have been tacked then finish welded. Other than that I do not have a reference so I ask the form for a judgment.The clutch pedal bracket on the frame will tell you if it was added, which means it was an automatic? The welding should be obviously factory or not. If it was a manual car, likely a 3 on the tree if it had factory single exhaust in 1960.