Topic: Sheetmetal/Inner Fender Date Stamp

[tomtri66]

Thought I would share this unusual date stamp I found on my left inner fender apron.  Stamped unusually deep.  May shed some light on the type stamp machine was used to make these.
Tom

[J_Speegle]

By unusual are you referring to the depression more than the date ?

If so yes it looks like they didn't get the plug in completely or something else was misaligned. Have a few like this though your example is more noticeable


Thanks for sharing

[bryancobb]

Jeff,
I think he was focusing on the clues that are revealed about the tooling that the stamps were done with.

From the "Tool Design" point of view, there are a lot of details present in this "unusually" deeply stamped area
that would be valuable to someone who was contemplating reproducing date stamps.

[tomtri66]

Yes thought it was interesting it was so deep and the tooling was visible.  Had never seen one posted like it but since I posted this i did come across another while surfing.  Interestingly, it was on the candy apple red fastback Charles restored.  Which was built within days of mine at Metuchen.  Stamp date on that one is 1  13  D3
Tom

[J_Speegle]

Jeff,
I think he was focusing on the clues that are revealed about the tooling that the stamps were done with.

Thanks

[outlawincorporated]

Yes thought it was interesting it was so deep and the tooling was visible.  Had never seen one posted like it but since I posted this i did come across another while surfing.  Interestingly, it was on the candy apple red fastback Charles restored.  Which was built within days of mine at Metuchen.  Stamp date on that one is 1  13  D3
Tom

tom.  yes i took interest in your post, the other deep stamping you reffered to while surfing is from my 66 fastback.  buck tag for that car is January 24th 1066 and the scheduled build date via door tag for that car is January 17th 1966.

regards.

PHILL BERESFORD.
MELBOURNE.
AUSTRALIA.

[J_Speegle]

A couple more examples from the Dearborn stamping plant and the "heavy" period







A few of the more typical for comparison







So far I'm only finding this on two of the panels starting around Jan 66 (though I sort of recall seeing a fender once with a slight shadow)

[outlawincorporated]

jeff.

i actually have a image somewhere in my reference pictures that is from a original 66 front fender that also had a very deep stamping and tool marks on the starting end the same as from your first 2 images.  from memory it is a dearborn car.  hopefully i will find it soon and add to this post.

regards.

PHILL BERESFORD.
MELBOURNE.
AUSTRALIA.

[J_Speegle]

jeff.

i actually have a image somewhere in my reference pictures that is from a original 66 front fender that also had a very deep stamping and tool marks on the starting end the same as from your first 2 images.  from memory it is a dearborn car.  hopefully i will find it soon and add to this post.

In this discussion I think stamping plant and time period is more important that what plant the car was assembled at

I looked through my stuff and could not come up with a fender example with ease - though I do recall seeing one or two - thanks

[tomtri66]

Interesting that all the "heavy" examples seem to be on the same panel (left inner fender apron).  Seems to be that maybe the stamp tool in question was at a certain station, stamping these particular panels.