I notice all of the nicely restored cars have a nice new looking Blue Vin (paper -I believe) decal on the inner drivers door. Where are they getting these? Mine is trashed.

I got mine from a guy in Canada, It was blank you fill in the numbers.
Bob

Anybody else got a source that can provide such?

Have you tried Ground-Up?

Those things used to be readily available until GM cracked down. It seems there were counterfit parts in GM boxes so GM lowered the boom on them, which also affected the repro industry. GM subsequently began licensing restoration parts manufacturers if the parts were up to snuff and the maker paid the license fee.

I asked the same question a couple of weeks ago and Mike72ss came up with the answer as to where to get it. The correct name is Vehicle Certification Label (GM Part #3975433) and you can get it from NPD in their Camaro catalog under part #C-DC1318. It's the same GM part number for both Camero and Chevelle (and probably all other GM cars as well) but it is not listed in their Chevelle catalog. The month/year goes in the upper right-hand corner and the vin goes across the bottom. It's an adhesive backed label along with the clear cover - just like the factory original. It wasn't cheap though. $17.50 including shipping.

What size and style of font should go on there?

They are readily available on ebay for about 25.00, and the guy will put the vin on for free.

I wish I'd found the printed ones. I bought one (unprinted), anyone know the font style and size?

Chevl71:

The type faces and sizes varied from factory to factory. They were not all the same. When I posted my question in the TAG TEAM section on July 3rd, there were several members who replied with photos. Try doing a search and see if the photos are still there.

Probably the easiest explaination to your question is that all of the the type faces in the photos were sans serif and slightly larger than the type in the label body copy.

I doubt very much if anyone would challenge you on the type face that you wind up using. You've practically got to get on your hands and knees to read the label anyway.

What size and style of font should go on there?


On my '70 SS 'Velle, the Font is "COURIER," which was typical of the key on most typewriters back then.

Respectfully,
John R.

Chevl71:

The type faces and sizes varied from factory to factory. They were not all the same. When I posted my question in the TAG TEAM section on July 3rd, there were several members who replied with photos. Try doing a search and see if the photos are still there.

Probably the easiest explaination to your question is that all of the the type faces in the photos were sans serif and slightly larger than the type in the label body copy.

I doubt very much if anyone would challenge you on the type face that you wind up using. You've practically got to get on your hands and knees to read the label anyway.

Here's an update to my previous comments regarding type size and is taken directly out of the 1970 Factory Assembly Instruction Manual:

"Letter in block capitals & numerals not less than 3/32" high (#11pt. type preferred)" "Current month and year in numerals". In a seperate reply, SixActual states that the typeface used on the original sticker on his car is courier. Courier is a serif face. The only type faces that I have ever seen on these stickers has been sans-serif which is the style of type that you are currently looking at. As I mentioned previously, the type faces varied from plant to plant so based on SixActual's comment, it appears as though both styles of type were used.