I can't get back into the link either. It worked when I posted. But build date stamp was my search. Good ol' stroll down memory lane, this topic.

Just search for "build date stamp" (without the quotes). The resulting URL from a search appears to be tied to a specific user so someone else can't click on the link.

That's what I did and found some interesting threads that I hadn't seen previously. Thanks for the link suggestion. It is an interesting subject that I had shared some of my views with Chris some time ago, because I knew he had an interest. This latest stamped tag Arne has found is a nice addition to the collection, that I'm guessing, none of us has seen before. I am hoping Kats can shed some light on the stamp itself. I cannot distinguish the difference between a typical "Ken" stamp that would be used in the production/inspection process and the stamps that would have been used by the suppliers, other than perhaps in some instances such as Arnes example, the presence of a date and the stamp being used on a tag.

Speaking of tags I was surprised that no one replied to this post I made a while back:

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27847

Perhaps it's so unique that there's no definitive explanation.

No, I had not seen your post, Mike. Cool tag!

Ron, I saved all of our correspondence in a WORD file and added the pictures I scanned and collected to the text. The file is rather large because of the pictures - 9.7 mb but our conversations really gave me a much better, clearer understanding of how the cars were built and what all these date stamps mean. I can see that in this web site environment the topic is rather obscure, but what would you think about publishing our e-mail conversations for the interest of it?

Mike, I did see the post and didn't want to contaminate the thread with a lot of speculation on my part and no real knowledge of the wooden tags. Precisely the reason the dialogue I have had with Chris and others, was taken off site. The knowledge/work experience I have gained since the late '60s gives me a unique perspective that I'd like to share but in most cases does not relate directly to any of the subject matter brought up in these forums.

Chris, I've lost track of how much we covered. You are free to do as you wish with anything I've shared with you and I will elaborate with greater detail or expand, if nessesary. I was pleased to see someone was interested and could see the parallels of automobile manufacturing practices, here in North America and Japan during the same time period.

Hello Arne,

I see this tag is a very interesting find,I did search the part number in both US catalog and Japanese catalog.But I could not find.What that number is for?

I see these words in the tag, " Hokubei-Shiyou" this means " North American model" below the HLS30-UV.

About the red round stamp, " (Kabu) Sankyou-Kousan " on top, this is the manufacturer's name. There is a small red stamp next to the date 46,7,20 (20th July 1971) is craftsman's or inspector's name, " Tanaka " . In Japan, stamp is usually showing Last (Family ) name.

At the bottom, "Kensa-zumi" means inspection has completed.

Hope this help,

kats

Thanks, Kats, that is great. I had hoped you might see and read this post. I've printed your translation out and filed it with the tag for safe-keeping.