robert lapointe
Jan 25th, 04, 10:02 AM
I bought a 1967 Chevelle SS 13817 car with a 427 emblems all around wich seems to have factory part number behind them. The motor is long gone. The only document I have is a built sheet with little square holes and some numbers that follows.
SEQ JOB C OPTIONS STYLE TR/ST
005890 175 1 1 2 A R 4 5 13817 778 B
does the square puch holes mean anything or can they be decoded,I can email a picture of my builtsheet to anybody that can help me.thanks Robert.
rocks66ss
Jan 25th, 04, 10:55 AM
The piece of paper you have should be trim options, as far as the 427 emblems, there were never any factory Chevelles produced with a 427!
1=Chevrolet
38=SS396
17=2 door sport coupe
You should post this in the Tag Team section which is specificly for decoding numbers!
Rocky
Bomber '67
Jan 25th, 04, 12:56 PM
Congratulations on buying a project car, have some fun fixing it up the way you like. The card you found is an early computer punch card, a vintage computer buff may be able to tell you any further meaning beyond what is typed on the card. Yes, the emblems have part numbers - they were factory parts off a 427 Impala.
To add to what Rocky said: for sure there were no official factory 427 Chevelles in '66 or '67. '69 had some COPO cars, '68 I don't remember. Quite a number of 427 SS Chevelles were born out of the money and imagination of owners and enterprising dealers - some of the dealers like Dana and Nickey and Yenko and Baldwin-Motion received a good measure of fame in their time. Many long years ago I was a parrts man at a very busy Chevy dealer and helped to "create/convert" more than a few ordinary Malibus into big block SS cars - didn't think anything about cloning or numbers matching.
Thomas
DaleM
Jan 25th, 04, 8:04 PM
Is it an old punch card like this (http://www.team67.com/67velle/tags/ibm_balt_nickles.jpg) or paper like this? (http://www.team67.com/67velle/tags/bs_larry_buckholtz.jpg). If you could scan the trim sheet and send it to me, I might be able to help with the numbers. It all depends on the position and block of the numbers. Also, if you could send a picture of the trim tag, I'd be happy to post them both on my Team67 site for future reference.
As noted above, there were NO SS427 Chevelles in 1967 - or any year for that matter. While the '427' may indeed have a GM part number (or casting number), it's from another model, you can be sure of that.