✅ SOLVED Unknown Punched Tag

[garren]

Does any one recognize this tag? Its about 1.25" per side and looks like very thin copper. Its been punched with a star, square and the letter L with one empty space left. Has "420S" on the front. The back is blank.
I dug it in Hillsboro, TX. I probably would've have thrown it in the junk box but the punch outs got my curiosity up.

 

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[DCMatt]

It looks like the carburetor rebuild tag on my 1948 Chevrolet.



DCMatt

 

[bigfoot1]

wow matt....good one...

 

[VictorVincimus]

Nice identification!

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[artemis moon]

Great ID!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Great ID Matt. The punch outs are probably inspections. Scroll down to WO-TAG to see another. Willys Civilian Jeep CJ2A CJ3A - Fuel - Peter DeBella Jeep Parts www.debellajeepparts.com

 

[garren]

Wow...awesome! Thanks Matt! and thanks for the link Bigcypresshunter. Now all I need to do is go out and find a 48 Chevy or a Willys Jeep to attach my tag to!

 

[GpSnoopy]

These tags were used by many manufacturers and rebuilders, and how they were stamped varied between them. Here's a description of one for Rochester Carbs.

[QUOTE="Carburetor-Blog.com]The brass identification tag on Rochester carburetors shows the carburetor part number and also designates the month during the calendar year the carburetor was built. Brass tags stamped A6 indicate the carburetor was built in January of the 1956 calendar year. B6 February, C6 March and so on. In this manner, modifications due to engineering changes can be identified.
For instance, if a production change is made at the beginning of March, the brass identification tag would carry the letter C and would indicate that all carburetors build in March or after would have the engineering modification.
If engineering changes are incorporated in carburetors sometime during the month, some other means of identifying modifications is required. A smaller letter of the alphabet is used for this purpose. It is stamped in the lower left hand section of the brass tag.
Brass tags stamped “A” as above indicate the first modification. “B” the second modification, “C” the third and so on. Further, if the brass tag is stamped “C” it means that all three modifications are incorporated in the carburetors so tagged, see the illustration.
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[Bigcypresshunter]

These tags were used by many manufacturers and rebuilders, and how they were stamped varied between them. Here's a description of one for Rochester Carbs.

Great information Snoopy. The punchouts are inspections.