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Originally posted by Charley Maule:
Visited paint shop today. They have sprayed up samples of the different blues for me to check out...

The current thinking on planned approach is:

2) Pinstripes also based on the Marina Blue enamel; but tinted a little lighter such that the mix more closely resembles the Ditzler #13402 (Dupont #9331-LH);

Yes, the pinstripe in DuPont is 9331-LH...more to come on that

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Originally posted by Charley Maule:
Mike, thanks. I got a repop a few months back from Corvette Central, photo a couple pages back at: 396 Dipstick & tube

Seems to me a very nice repro, top end looks good, but I need to double check the lettering?

Almost seems like a glut of these on the market... Ebay link pops-up several "look at me, too" leads (I quit counting at 4).

I recall you saying something about the salmon button, a while back. Never imagined (at that time) these would be offered as used original pieces... go figure

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P.S. (add-on); stay tuned... I'm in a quandry trying to wrap my head around spring codes... questions coming once I have a little time to synthesize thoughts & observations

I can help you on the spring codes for the front and the color code stripe for the rear.

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Originally posted by L181A L35:

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Originally posted by Charley Maule:
Mike, thanks. I got a repop a few months back from Corvette Central, photo a couple pages back at: 396 Dipstick & tube

Seems to me a very nice repro, top end looks good, but I need to double check the lettering?

Almost seems like a glut of these on the market... Ebay link pops-up several "look at me, too" leads (I quit counting at 4).

I recall you saying something about the salmon button, a while back. Never imagined (at that time) these would be offered as used original pieces... go figure

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P.S. (add-on); stay tuned... I'm in a quandry trying to wrap my head around spring codes... questions coming once I have a little time to synthesize thoughts & observations

I can help you on the spring codes for the front and the color code stripe for the rear.

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Originally posted by jebfink: When I tore into the frt subframe there was still remnants of the frt spring decal on there. They were a YK decal on blue paper with white lettering. (Emphasis added/cm)

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Originally posted by Tom McGinnity: ... my Los Angeles car ... ... Blue with white letters

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Originally posted by Charley Maule:
The FRONT springs are a greater challenge...

I'm encountering several points of confusion. Let me frame-up the problem:

(1) AIM (s/s 3, pg. A7) front spring chart indicates tags should be BLACK ON RED.

I found what I thought was a pretty good reproduction at ECS Automotive Specialties (inset below)... But I was prompted to look into this further, and came to learn:

(2) Several references (both here and also at CRG) mention WHITE ON BLUE.

* Jeb Fink (referring here in 2013, to the Dave Sapp car) refers to it specifically... https://camaropacecars.com/eve/...281039746#3281039746
(I don't recall the body# of this car? ...but seem to remember it was +/- <10 units from my car? ...possibly built the same day! Both are L.A. #396 4-speed cars...)

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Originally posted by jebfink: When I tore into the frt subframe there was still remnants of the frt spring decal on there. They were a YK decal on blue paper with white lettering. (Emphasis added/cm)

* Tom followed this with photo examples of another white-on-blue tag... https://camaropacecars.com/eve/...941059746#8941059746

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Originally posted by Tom McGinnity: ... my Los Angeles car ... ... Blue with white letters

* Another example (at CRG): http://www.camaros.org/forum/i...39.msg71138#msg71138
* And yet another in the photo Mike posted above.

(3) We have yet another example of white-on-blue (see inset photo in attachment below), this is from my old L78 coupe that John is now building.

* Note this tag is also coded YK which adds even more confusion.
* Per the book, YK spring was used on 396 CONVERTIBLES but not on COUPES (should be YG or YJ, but not YK)?

Probably a factory goof up. It should be YJ

* VIN# of the coupe indicates it was built in the last several weeks of L.A. production. So I am thinking the convertible springs must have been an assembly line improvisation? (There are several other anomalies on this car)

I always thought the car sat unusually high in front, but simply assumed that was because NO ENGINE! But even still, seemed unusually high... Now; knowing it may have been over-sprung, helps to explain?


SO... my questions are:

1) Anybody know who might be doing custom spring tags (specifically YK)?

I already have all the mock ups done for the spring tags. They are the correct fonts and spacing. I just need to find a print shop that is capable of making them. FYI they were made in rolls hence the serrated edge.

* I have an inquiry in to ECS already, but still awaiting reply...
* They offer a few other tags in white-on-blue, but not YK code...

2) What to make of the YK tag on very-late 396 coupe?

Factory goof up

3) Why so many examples of white-on-blue when the book says black-on-red? (Seems all of these are from L.A. cars? ...maybe that's part of the answer?)

I have seen examples from both factories with blue and white tags.