<VV> [FC] NUMBERS QUESTIONS

Charles Fregeau n5hsr at sprynet.com
Tue Nov 16 20:49:05 EST 2010


The extra 1 isn't technically a placeholder.  All plants in those days
started their production numbers at 100001, some of them actually got to 2
or 300,000  Oddly enough the 1969 Corvair production numbers all stated with
7  from W700001 to W706000, as all were made at Willow Run.

So T100001 would have been the first vehicle produced at Tonawanda that
year, and T110266 is the 10,266th vehicle off the line that year.  Had they
produced 99,999 vehicles, the next would have been numbered T200000.  There
were at least a couple years at Willow Run that Corvair production actually
did get over 99,999 vehicles and there were W2xxxxx and I think one year got
up to W3xxxxx.

Don't know when things switched over to production starting with 000001.  

Charles Fregeau

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of kaczmarek at charter.net
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 3:56 PM
To: Dennis Pleau
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Subject: Re: <VV> [FC] NUMBERS QUESTIONS

TONAWANDA----GET IT RIGHT

HANK


On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Dennis Pleau wrote:

> The T is for Towanda, NY where it was made.
>
> The S in the VIN is for ST. Louis, The extra 1 is a place holder.
>
> dp
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> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Harry Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 6:24 AM
> To: VirtualVairs AA; corvanatics at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> NUMBERS QUESTIONS
>
> *My engine number is T0327V, I have found the "V" means FC Manual 
> Trans and
> the "0327" is March 27. What is the "T"?*
> **
> *My Vin is* *3R124S110266, I have found "3" is the year, "124S" is 
> Rampside
> and "10,266" is vehicle production number.*
> *What is the rest?*
> **
> *Thanks, Harry Smith*
> *1963 Rampside Southwestern Bell Truck*
>
>
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