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Offline J_Speegle

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Re: Battery Ok Decal - Oct 64 San Jose
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2015, 06:33:32 PM »
oh I see so the info would be correct but the material the sticker is made of is wrong...

Sorry - no I should have written it clearer :(

1- The info stamped or written on the reproductions is not correct for your year

2- The material its made out of is different from original
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Re: Battery Ok Decal - Oct 64 San Jose
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2015, 10:02:54 PM »
It was done at the assembly plant as carlite65 wrote

Thanks, I got lost in the discussion about delivery timing, etc. I take it that was an exercise to approximate the actual build date?
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Re: Battery Ok Decal - Oct 64 San Jose
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2015, 10:12:03 PM »
Thanks, I got lost in the discussion about delivery timing, etc. I take it that was an exercise to approximate the actual build date?

Yes that was the attempt - Response #3
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Re: Battery Ok Decal - Oct 64 San Jose
« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2015, 11:46:35 PM »
Isn't the maximum of specific gravity of a car battery, 1.28 per cell?
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Re: Battery Ok Decal - Oct 64 San Jose
« Reply #19 on: November 25, 2017, 01:07:34 PM »
how is the ecs sticker material different from original?
also, the ecs sticker is stamped 79 for inspector. not every car would have had that inspector so it become kinda cookie cutterish. is it best the buy a blank sticker and pick a random number for the inspector?

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Re: Battery Ok Decal - Oct 64 San Jose
« Reply #20 on: November 25, 2017, 02:22:20 PM »
I just took a number stamp, asked my wife what her favorite number was and made that my inspector number..  ;)
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Re: Battery Ok Decal - Oct 64 San Jose
« Reply #21 on: November 25, 2017, 05:34:06 PM »
how is the ecs sticker material different from original?
also, the ecs sticker is stamped 79 for inspector. not every car would have had that inspector so it become kinda cookie cutterish. is it best the buy a blank sticker and pick a random number for the inspector?

Yes I think you have discovered what allot of others have - that it appears to be a one size fits all product.

Those (reproductions as well as the ones through most of the mass marketers)  are vinyl stickers were the originals were paper with an adhesive backing. Also ECS makes only one version of the stickers rather than all of them, used at other years and plants 

ECS reproduction shows the stamping (way it was filled out) that seems to match 69-73 or so Dearborn inspectors not the other plant and years

Inspectors did not always used numbers to identify themselves. Just like paint inspectors (for examples) at San Jose some periods of time it was numbers, other times initials. For paint inspectors during other periods it was even  a first or last name.  Haven't documented names on inspection stickers as of yet ;)

As far as the rest of the information it again goes back to plant and time period. The CHARGE could be the hydrostatic reading in (if I remember correctly) 100's) or a simple OK. Dates would be hand written in black ink or pencil or stamp with or without a year. Just depends

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Re: Battery Ok Decal - Oct 64 San Jose
« Reply #22 on: November 26, 2017, 02:58:38 PM »
jeff. pm sent