ST 71 13680 L 06962 BD
TR 705 75 75 PT
04 A 707147 060004

Just picked this up looking for for some help decoding
It has SS tags stock disc brakes ect.

Thanks
John

ST 71 13680 L 06962 BD
TR 705 75 75 PT
04 A 707147 060004

71 - 1971
13680 - El Camino Custom pickup delivery
L - Los Angeles Assembly
06962 - Body serial number (different from VIN)

705 - Unknown trim color code, check to be sure you got it right
75 75 - Cranberry Red, lower and upper colors are the same

04A - Production Date code, April, 1st weeks production
707147 060004 - Data Processing Sequence Number from the Broadcast system placed on tag for reference and for id'ing the body for stagging.

Nothing here proves or disproves an SS OPTIONED vehicle. The VIN may narrow it down because of engine code, but no 6 or 307 engines could get the SS option and a 454 was only available with the SS option.

Beginning is 1969 Chevrolet downplayed the SS by making it an option and no longer a model. So it can be hard to determine authenticity as in the past with a unique model designation. NOTE-Bucket seat, gauges, floor shift does not prove an SS car, options on all Malibu and Custom El Camino's and never standard on SS option after 1964.

Thanks for your help, the stock engine was a 400 the vin is
136801L151727.

Opps, its a 71 so no engine coded until 1972.

It had a V8 a least.

705/706 - Black Elk Coated Fabric/Coated Fabric I think