[firehousedave]

I am new at this so bare with me.I have a 1965 Impala ss that I am doing
right now and i am having trouble decoding the production code.
Can anyone help?

[GAOldsman]

Post your cowl tag info and I'll give it a whirl.

Scot

[firehousedave]

this is the whole trim plate
05C
st 65-16637 atl 8154
Tr 802- pp
E2km 3C
4fL

[GAOldsman]

Originally Posted by firehousedave

this is the whole trim plate
05C
st 65-16637 atl 8154
Tr 802- pp
E2km 3C
4fL

05 = May 1965 build date
C = third week (May '65)
1 = Chevy
6637 = Impala SS 2 Dr. coupe V8
Atl = Atlanta Ga assembly plant
8154 = Assembly plant build sequence #
802 = Ivory in color interior. Vinyl bucket seats specifically for Impala SS hardtop and converts (instrument panel and carpet are black)
pp = Evening Orchard Poly Lower and upper body color
E = tinted glass (all)
2 = group 2 of options
k = A/C
M = powerglide trans
3 = group 3 of options
C = padded dash
4 = group 4 of options
F = Comfort and Convenience Pkg
L = Not sure personally, maybe someone here knows.

By the way that is one rare bird and very desirable. Very cool! Hope this helps

Scot

[firehousedave]

Scot,
That is great! Thanks very much for this info. I had a feeling that the car was rare. One other problem that I have is the original motor is not with the car. How do I find out what the size original V8 motor was in the car? Is there anything in the vin number that would tell me that? Thanks again for this info.

[GAOldsman]

Your VIN should read 166375AXXXXXX in which the X's stand for the production sequence # at the assembly plant. No indication as to size of V8 in the VIN or Cowl Tag, only a build sheet, window sticker, car sales order slip, etc will tell you. Looks like there were 212,027 SS Impala 2 dr coupes produced in '65 and it could've been had with a 220 HP 283, 250 HP 327, 300 HP 327, 325 HP 396, 425 HP 396, 340 HP 409 or a 400 HP 409.

Scot

[firehousedave]

Scot
Thats not good,I do not have any paper work with this car.
For some reason I think this car had 409 motor, its just a feeling.Oh well
I am streetrodding it anyway.I just wanted to find all the info on the original car.
Back to the trim / vin info, You said the assembly plant was atlanta On the trim plate
The vin says 166375L.
I thought that the L was los angeles.
is it possible they made it in california and and assembled it in atlanta Ga?

[GAOldsman]

That is weird to have Atlanta, GA on cowl tag and Los Angeles, CA on VIN. I wonder if someone did a switcheroo? Hmm But I guess anything was possible back then.