<VV> VIN Verification

[svsassi at aol.com]

In another post the build plate information was provided which shows when the car was manufactured.  As pointed out it was made at the Willow Run plant.  To verify that the car is properly represented (the car is actually a Corsa) you can look at the VIN number.
If it is a 1966 Corsa convertible, the beginning of the VIN number should be:
107676W
First digit 1 means it's a ChevroletThe next two digits, 07 means it's a Corsa (01 would be standard, 05 would be Monza)The next two digits is the body style.  67 is convertible, 37 is coupe (39 is sedan which would not apply in this case)The next digit is the last digit of the model year.  In your case it should be a 6 for 1966.W is the manufacturing plant (W for Willow Run)
Hope this helps.
Steve SassiLong Island Corvair Assoc. (LICA) VP
----Original Message-----From: Mark Plucenik via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sat, Feb 25, 2023 1:49 pm
Subject: <VV> 1966 vin question

This is my first time posting a question so I'm hoping this works.  My car
is a 1966 Corsa convertible. The last digit's of my vin are W120102.
Looking at the Corvair junkyard Primer booklet the last 6 digit's of those
number less 100000 give me the production number for that plant for 1966.
According to this my car is the 20102th Corsa convertible produced in 1966.
But, looking at the total 1966 Corsa convertible production numbers there
were only 3142 ever made. Am I looking at this wrong?  Are the last 6
numbers the total Corvair production , all models.  I'm wondering if the car
is actually a very early 66 production car or a late 66 car?




Thanks , Mark Plucenik