1961-64 Decals Installation

Some eighteen years ago Kevin DeVries did a series of technical articles in Late Great Chevys monthly on detailing your 1958-64 full-size Chevrolet. Since that time many new detailing decals have been reproduced. The merger of Late Great Chevys and Eckler's industries all new numbers. This along with the many years since this information first appeared has led us to feel that it's time to once again share this information.

Nothing makes a fully restored Chevy stand out more than to look under the hood or into the trunk and see the attention to detailing that decals can give your Chevy. The information in this and following tech articles will be most beneficial to the Chevy owner who is restoring his or her Chevy to factory specification. These articles and illustrations will only address the most basic and most asked-about detailing decals. This month we will look at detailing 1961-64 Chevys.

We can't begin to show all the detailing decals currently carried by Eckler's Late Great Chevy line. To see this full selection, be sure to visit us at www.LateGreatChevy.com.

Detailing items come basically in three different forms - first is the crack and type of decal where you peel off the back of the decal and then apply the decal to the car - the second type of detailing item is the bolt, rivet, or wire-on item - and the third type is the submerge in warm water, then slide decal off type. These are the same type of decals you used when building model cars as a youth. Please note that these tech articles will not go into great details as to how many inches from a specific location the decal or sticker should go on your Chevy. It will only give the area where the sticker or decal is. When GM installed these items on a Chevy, they didn't use exact angles or measure so many inches from this corner or end when applying these items. We will leave that detail up to your discretion. As with any type of decal application, cleaning and preparing of the area is a must!

Air Cleaner Decals

PIN 40-141904-1 is the 1961-62 oil bath 6-cylinder air cleaners base - see illustration. PIN 40-141948-1 is the 1964 6-cylinder air cleaner decal. This is a crack and decal which is on the lid of the air cleaner - no illustration shown for the location of this decal. Note - Not all air cleaner decals are shown in photo.

1961-64 Small Block VB

The adjustable valve bracket PIN 20-35 can be used with brakes or manual brakes. The valve bracket is held in with the two master cylinder mounting studs. The following are all small block air cleaner decals with different year, engine size, and horse applications.

1961-64 Big Block V8

The following are all big block air cleaner decals with different year, engine size, and horse applications. These are crack and installation. Note - of these decals are on the center line of the engine - face of air cleaner base - see illustration.

PIN 40-141857-1 - 1961 348 Tri-power

PIN 40-141901-1 - 1961-62 409ci. 2x4's

PIN 562594 - 1961-62 409ci. 2x4's

PIN 40-141878-1 - 1963 409ci

PIN 40-141905-1 - 1963-65 409ci. 340hp

PIN 40-166467-1 - 1963-65 409ci. 340hp

PIN 40-141906-1 - 1963-65 409ci. 400hp

PIN 40-166468-1 - 1963-65409ci. 400hp

6-Cylinder Valve Cover Decals

1961 PIN 40-141865-1 is the Hi-Thrift 6 6-cylinder valve cover decal. This is the type of decal which must be submerged in hot water for a few minutes to remove the decal from the backing. This decal is installed on the valve cover in the area shown on the illustration. Proper cleaning of the valve cover is a must if you want this decal to stay in.

1963-65 PIN 40-141897-1 is the 1964-65 Turbo-Thrift 230ci. 6-cylinder valve cover decal. This is a crack and type of decal. This decal is installed on the valve cover in the area shown on the illustration. Proper cleaning of the valve cover is a must if you want this decal to stay in.

PIN 40-141946-1 is the 1966 Turbo-Thrift 250ci. 155hp 6-cylinder valve cover decal. This is a crack and type of decal. This decal is installed on the valve cover in the area shown on the illustration.

PIN 40-141870-1 is the 1966 Turbo-Thrift 250ci. 155hp 6-cylinder valve cover decal. This is a crack and type of decal. This decal is installed on the valve cover in the area shown on the illustration. Proper cleaning of the valve cover is a must if you want this decal to stay in.

8-Cylinder Valve Cover Decals

PIN 40-141886-1 is the 283ci Turbo Fire valve cover decal for all 1962 and 1963 283ci engines. This decal is the hot water submersible type, on valve covers as the illustration.

PIN 40-164355-1 is the 327ci Turbo Fire valve cover decal for all 1962-64 327ci engines. This decal is the hot water submersible type, on valve covers as the illustration.

PIN 40-141950-1 and 40-171032-1 are the 250-300 horse decals that are also installed on the valve cover. The horse decals are also the water submersible type.

PIN 40-141884-1 is the 409ci Turbo Fire valve cover decal for all 409ci engines. This decal is the crack and type, on valve covers as the illustration.

PIN 40-171032-1, 40-171032-1, 40-171032-1, 40-171032-1 are the 380-400-409-425 horse decals that are also installed on the valve cover. The horse decals are the water submersible type.

Crank Case Breather Cap Decals

PIN 40-169382-1 are the 1961-63 crank case breather cap decals, another crack and application, as shown in the illustration.

PIN 40-141894-1 are the 1964-67 crank case breather cap decals, another crack and application, as shown in the illustration.

Oil Canister Decal

PIN 40-141859-1 is the VS oil canister decal. Install this decal on the canister as shown in the illustration. This is another of the submerge-in-hot-water type decal, after a few minutes in the hot water, slide decal off backing to the location on the canister.

Radiator Warning Coolant Tag

PIN 40-169381-1 is the radiator warning coolant tag. This tag is installed with a wire around the filler neck of the radiator.

Jacking Positraction Rear End Instruction

1961-62

PIN 40-139133-1 and 40-139134-1 are 1961-62 car jacking instruction sheets. These are glue-in sheets that are on the underside of the trunk lid, see illustrations for location.

PIN 40-139163-1 is the 1962 station wagon jacking instruction sheet. This glue-in sheet is on the underside of the spare wheel cover, see illustrations for location.

1963-64

PIN 40-139135-1, 40-139164-1, 40-139136-1, 40-139165-1 are 1963-64 car hardtop and sedan, and convertible jacking instruction sheets. These are glue-in sheets which are on the underside of the trunk lid, see illustrations for location.

PIN 40-139166-1 is the 1963 station wagon jacking instruction sheet. This glue-in sheet is on the underside of the spare wheel cover, see illustrations for location.

Rear End Instruction Sheet

PIN 40-169376-1 is the rear end instruction sheet. This glue-in sheet is on the underside of the trunk lid, see illustrations for location.

Air Conditioning Window Decal

PIN 40-141882-1 is the Chevrolet air conditioning window decal. This decal is used on all cars equipped with air conditioning. The illustrations show the location for application of this decal, note that each model has a different location. This is a crack and decal.